The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-06-05 00:00:00, page 2

ing defcriptioni, or their widows
and heirs, viz.—First —those headr
of families, and fiogle petfons, not
member! of any such families, who
were residents in one of the prov
ince! aforefaid, prior to the fourth
day of July, one thousand (even
hundred and (event, fix, and who
abandoned their fetilements, in
confluence of having given aid
to the United Colonies or States,
in (tie revolutionary war against
Greatbtitain, or with intention to
give foch aid, and continued in
the United States, or in their ser
vice, during the frid war, and did
not return to reside in the domin
ions of the king of Greatbritain,
prior to the 25th of Nov. 1783.
Secondly — the widows and heirs
of all such perfont as were aduah
refidenta, as aforefaid, who aban
doned their settlements, as afore
laid, and died within rhe United
States, or in their (ervice, during
the (aid war. And thirdly, all per
foos who were members of fami
lies at the time of their coming in
to the United States, and who,
during the war, entered into their
fervice.'
Sec 3 And be it further enaEled,
That the proof of rhe leveral cir
curoftances necessary to entitle the
applicants to the benefits of this
ad, may be taken before a judge
of the supreme or diftrid court of
the United States, or a judge of
the supreme or foperior court, or
the fi<ft joftice or firft judge of the
court of common pleas or count,
court of any State.
Sec. 4. And be it further enaEltd,
: That at the expiration of fifteen
months from and after the passing
of this aa, and from time to time
thereafter, it (hall be the duty of
the Secretary tor the Department
cf War, co lay fuck evidence of
claims as he may have received,
before the Secretary and Comp
troller of the Treasury, and with
them, proceed to examine the tes
timony, and give their judgment
what quantity of land ought to
be allowed to the individual clai.
manes, in proportion to the degree
of fhtir relpedive services, foetid
fices and fufferi g, in consequence
of their HUchmeGt to the cause of|
the United States, allowing to
those of the fifft elate a quantity|
not exceeding one thoufaod acres,
and to the last class, a quantity
not exceeding one hundred, mak
ing tuch intermediate classes as the
resolutions aforefaid, and distribu
tive juftke, may, in their judg
ment require, and make report
thereof to Congress. And in case
any such claimant (hall have sus
tained such losses and (offerings, or
performed such tervices for the U.
State, that he cannot justly be
classed in any one general class, a
separate report (hall be made of
his circumftancei, together with
the quantity of land that ought co
be allowed to him, having refer
ence to the foregoing ratio : Pre
vided, that in considering what
compensation ought to be made
by virtue of this a&, all grants ex
cep: military grants, which may
have been made by the United
States, or individual ftttes, fhiil
be considered at the just value
thereof, at the time the fame were
made, refpeaively, either in whole
or in pare, as the case may be, a
fsmfaaion to those who mar have
received the fame : Provided alfe,
that no claim under this law, ihsil
be affigoable until after report
made to Congress, as aforefaid,
and until the said lands be granted
to the person entiled to the bene
fit of this act.
Sec. 54 And be it further enaßed,
That all claims, in virtue of said
refolotioos of Congress, which
(hall not be exhibited as aforefeid,
within the time by this aft limit
ed, (hall forever thereafter be bar
red.
Approved, March 7,1798.
John Adams,
President of the United Stares.
Patriotism & Fedevalifm.
MEETING at SALISBURY,-{N.H.)
Mr. Davis,
Therewith transmit to you an attested
copy of certain resolves, passed at a meet-
I ing of the inhabitants of the town of
I Shlfar, —and inform you that the meet
lingling was remarkably large— that every
I man voted—and that every vote passed
I unanimously.
JOEL EASTMAN, foe Clerh.
IATaI ATa meeting of the inhabitants cf
I fl the town ot Salisbury, in the State
I of Newhampfhire, on the 281 b day ot
I May, 1798—
Tbs Hen. Ebenezer Webster
, in the Chair.
Refilled, That although we are (mall
I and remote, compared with many other
I towns, yet at a period like the prefect,
I when the Honor and Independence of the
I United States have been outraged, we coa-
I sider it our duty to declare to the world
I our unfaaken attnebnunt to our National
I Honor, Independence, Constitution and
I Government ; and to support these, we
Ipledge our hard-earned property, and
1 even our lives.
I Rrffod, That we view with inexpref-
Ifible detestation every attempt, foreign
lor domestic, to (hake the foundation of
our National Government, or embarrass
liisI iis administration.
I Rehtad, That as the nature of our
situation and employments precludes us
I from immediate and toll information re-
I fpeftiug the measures adopted and to be
I adopted by our National Government—
las tbat\ Government is adrcioiftered by
I men of our own choice—men whose
Icharacters for wisdom and integrity com-
Imanded the votes of their fellow^citizens
I —and men whose interests are the fame
las our own —we will cheerfully comply
I with, and endeavor to fepport the eonfti-
Itutional measures of that Government,
I although the reasons of those measures
I do not immediately appear to our view.
I Revived, That so far as we are able to
I judge from the information we have re-
Iceived, the measures adopted by our
I Chief Magistrate to preserve peace to the
I nation, and to procure indemnification
I to our fuHfering fellow citizens, are such
I as every enlightened friend to humanity
I and his country must approve.
I Re/elved, That, in our opinion, the
I measures of the French in robbing our
I commercial fellow citizens of upwards of
I fyttra millions of dollars, and demanding
I additional millions before they will even
I accredit our Envoys, must meet the in-
I dignation of every citizen of,thefe States ;
I but fmsll in malignity are these intolera
ble accumulations of injuries and insults,
I when compared with their infididus in-
I fernal efforts to diftrad our councils, and
I divide our people from our govern-
I menh But
Rifoloed, That in proportion „ we
Iholder abhorrence the prefect measures
I of the French, we should rejoice in their
I becoming a humane, just, and virtuous
Ipeople, enjoying all the bleffingsof inde-
Ipend. nee, liberty, order, religion, and
Igood government.
I tylto, That our confidence in our
I fellow- citizens in general, and in those
I of this State in particular, persuades us
I to believe that they will rally round the
IGovernment, and cherish the honor and
I independence ot the nation ; —and < bat
:|we (hall fee their resolutions from every
I quarter, expressive of firm opposition to
)1 all attempts against our National Gov
'lernment and Dignity.
'I Refold, That the Town Clerk be
1 I directed to furnilh the Printers in Con
:I cord with an attested copy of these refo-
I lutioni. , ~
dirut top, — due,,
H : JOEL EASTMAN,
q&wnCiuh
'From Harvard UAver/ity.
ADDRESS
; To His Excellency JOHN ADAMS,
Prefabat of th United Statu.
Six,
WE slitter ourselves you will hot be
displeased at hearing that the walls of
your native Seminary are now inhabited
by youth peffeding sentiments congenial
with your own. We do not pretend to
great political sagacity, we with only to
convince mankind that we inherit the
intrepid spirit of our ancestors, and dis
dain submission to the will ot a rapacious,
lawless, and imperious nation. Though
removed from a&ive life, we have watch
ed with anxiety the interest of our coun
try : We have Seen a nation in Europe,
grasping at universal conquest, tramp
ling on the laws of God and nations, sys
tematizing rapine and plunder, destroy
ing foreign governments by the strength
of her arms, or the pestilence of her em
braces, and feathering- principles which
subvert social order, raise the storms of
domestic fadion, and perpetuate the hor
rors of revolution : We have seen this
fame nation violating our neutral rights,
spurning our pacific proposals, her pirat
ical citizens (weeping our ships from the
seas, and venal presses under her control,
pouring out torrents of abuse on men,
who have grown grey in our service :—
We have seen her Ministers in this coun
try insulting our Government by a dar
ing, unprecedented, and contemptuous
appeal to the people, and her agents at
home effering conditions, which slaves,
whose necks have grown to the yoke,
would, rtjed with indignation. We have
seen this, Sir, and our youthful blood
has boiled within us. When, in oppofi
tion to such condud, we contemplate the
measures of our own Government, we
cannot but admire and venerate the un
sullied integrity, the decisive prudence,
and dignified firmnefs, which have uni
formly characterized your administration.
Impressed with these sentiments, we now
solemnly offer the unwafted ardor and
unimpaired energies of our youth to the
service of our country. Our lives are
our only property ; and we were not the
funs of those who sealed our liberties
with their blood, if we would not defend
with these lives that foil, which now af
fords a peaceful grave to the mouldering
bono of our forefathers.
[The above addrtfs was signed by up
wards oft 40 Students.} F ,
Rhode Jjland.
The. following is the Address of the Le
gislature of this State, to the Prefideot
of the United States, unanimously vot
ed at the late Session.
H.tbe PRESIDENT of the United States.
Sir,
THE General Assembly of the
State of Rhode-I(land and Provi
dence Plantation!, beg leave co
expref! their cordial approbation
of your wife and pacific measures,
in the attempt to negotiate with
the Republic es France. They
observe, with fiogular fatitfadion,
that you appear to have been ac
tuated b, a sincere desire to do
justice to that Republic, if in any
thing ffie had been injured ; to
obtain justice for the multiplied
injuries which, her citizens had
committed agaioft us ; and, above
all, tb preserve peace. We in
dulged a hope, that your over
ture for reconciliation, dilated
by a spirit of impartiality, and a
love of justice, would have been
heard with candor, and treated
with refpea. It is therefore with
regret and aftooilhment we learn,
that these unequivocal proofs of
friendihip have been di(regarded ;
that our Envoys have not been
accredited, and that the most lite
ral advances to negotiation have
been rejeded. You have pursued
peace with a (olicitude correfpond
irg with the importance of the ob
jed; and if it cannot be preferr
ed, the failure ought not to be at
tribu:ed to any want of liberality
or joftice in the means you have
employed^ We are fatisfied that
you could not have gone further
toward rhe attainment ofthfe ob
jed, without abandoning the hon
or and dignity of our country.
In the present fl ate of our na
tional affairs, when a foreign pow
er has loft fight of the immutable
principles of justice, and of the
solemn faith cf treaties, and cher
ishes the unfounded opinion that
the people and government of the
United States are divided, we
coofider it our sacred duty to de
clare to you, and to the world,
that the Constitution and Govern
ment of our country have merited
and obtained our affeaionate con
fidence.
On an occasion so iotereftmg,
we feel the most lively pleafore in
giving you every assurance of our
confidence in your wisdom and
integrity, and of our relpedful
and personal attachment. Rely
ing, under God, upon the unan
imity, courage and virtue of oor
fellow-citizens, we declare our fol
emo determination to support the
Constitution and Government of
the United Scares.
By order andin btkalf of the General
4f0% ARTHUR FENNER.
The following is the PrefiJent's Answer
to the above Address.
To bis Excellency Arthur Fbnnbr, and
tbe Hen. the General Affmbly, of ibe Se&te
of Rhode IJland, and Providence Planta
tions.
GENTLEMEN,
THIS unanimous Address from the
Legifidture of Rhode Island, comes with
so much authority, that nothing I could
fa, in anther to it would increase its
weight; 1 (hall therefore confine myfelf
to request your acceptance of an aflur
ance, that I receive your declarations of
approbation, confidence and support,
with great refpea, and your refpedful
and personal attachment with sincere
gratitude.
JOHN ADAMS.
Philadelphia, Ma, 11, 1795.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
MAT 18,
Tbe Provisional Arm, Bill
PASSED to be ena&ed, 51 votes 10 43.
B, this bill tbe arm, is rtfrifled to 1&
tbonjand, and tbe PreJident is authorised to
accept of tbe ferrites itfvolunteer corps, and
to commission their officers.
The resolution for inftrnainga Com
mittee to report what measures are prop
er to be taken for concurring, removing,
or otherwise reftriaing seditious or difaf
feaed aliens, or others, was agreed to,
without a division or debate.
MILITIA LAW.
The House ,ent into a committee of
the whole on the Militia Law. It con
tains nine Pedions. The two firft went
to make uniform exemptions from service
throughout the United States, taking
from the individual fates the power
which the, now poflefs of making their
own exemptions. The fix next Pedions
proposed fines on officers and ofr ne
glecting duty, and other regulations ref
peding mufler. The ninth Pedion pro
vided tor the purchase of a quantity^
arms to be distributed amongit the Mili
tia of the several States. All the fedions,
except tbe last, were struck out, and it
was recommitted to the feled Committee
to undergo feme alterations.
I. SENATE, Ma, i§.'
Refolded, That the Secretary of tbe
Senate be direded to write to all such
Senators as are absent without leave, or
whose leave of abfeace has expired ; re
questing their immediate attendance.
In HOUSE, may 2l.
Tbe Naturalization Bill
Was again difeuffed, amended, and read
a third time.—TO This b it provides that
Aliens fall in faure reside 14 years in the
United Stales, and give 5 jeer's notice of
their intention es becoming citizens, before the,
can be naturalized ; —except tbe,e who vuere
in tbe country before the passing of tbe law of
Jan. 17,5, bat cube bavenegteaed to become
citißns ; & tbofe who tasecame face, a,'