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SATURDAY, JUNE 6, ^or.
Never did Jacobinifm experience % more
mortifying and unexpected defeat, than it did
yeflerday. Previous to the faceting of the Le
gislature in the afternoon, when the vacancies of
the Senate were, to be filled up, they assembled
in droves round the State-House, availing the
members a^ they, passed in : and the fetters on
were early in taking possession of the galleries,
and the lobbies behind the chair ; where they
were all on tip-tee in expectation of a decided
majority for their candidates, as they called
them : and had their hands cork'd and primed
for a Fancuil- Hal! triumph. ^0 certain of suc
cess were they, that the principal pgrt of the
Jacobin candidates for the Senate were in towh;
ready at a bound to leap into their chairs.—Al-'
ready feats in the Council, and other subordi
nate places, were marked and numbered ready
for delivery ; and “ our General" in order to be
accustomed to the found, had diredied bis ser
vants to call him “ His Honor," But alar, how
changed the tune—No sooner had the commit
tee announced 149 votes for the federal candi
date, to 103 for capt. Jacob, then all was mor
tification and dismay, and the Very animals who
were hut five minutes before as merry as grigs,
now flung from the pretence of “ their fervanh"
as melancholy as March rabbits, and in a fbort
time nor one of them was to be seen in the per
lieus of the ftatc house. On this event We mod
cordially congratulate the United States; who
may rest assured, that the good old ship Massa
chusetts, notwithstanding the mutinous conduct
of a part of her crew, has still a hearty, found,
and Strong (hip's company on board, who will
keep her in failing trim and fleer her clear of
the shoals of Democracy, and the rocks of Jaco
'binifm. [l&fenGo*]
An ACT making appropriations fir the
Military Lftablftmeit of the United
Stales, for the year one thousand eight
hundred and one.
Sec. I. DE it enabled by the Senate arid House
D of Reprefentativee of the United States
of America, in Congrefi aflem&d, That for defray
ing the expenecs of th: military eftabliihment of
the United States, for the year one thousand
eight hundred and one, the pay and subsistence
of the officers and men, bounties and premiums,
the clothing,hofpirai,ordnance, quarter matter's
and Indian departments, the defensive prtteahn
of the frontiers, the contingent expetices of the
war department for the fabrication of cannon
arid arms, and purchafc of ammunition, and for
the payment of military penfious, the sum of
two millions, ninety three thousand and oaf
dollars, be and is hereby appropriated ; that is
to &y.
For the pay of the arm, of the United States,
four hundred and eighty thousand three hun
dred and ninety fix dollars.
For the subsistence of the army, three hundred
and fix thousand three hundred and ninety-five
dollars.
For forage, the sum of seven thousand fix
hundred and eighty dollars.
For horses to replace those which may die,
hr become unfit for service, the sum of five
thousand dollars.
For eloathing, the fem of one hundred and
forty one thousand five hundred and thirty
dollars.
For bounties and premiums, the sum of forty
two thousand dollars.
For the hospital department, the sum of twen
ty thousand dollars.
For the ordnance department, the sum of one
hundred thousand dollars.
For the quarter-matter's department, the
sum of one hundred and sixty five thousand
dollars.
For paying annuities to the following nations
of Indians, in pursuance of Treaties : To the
fix Nations, Cherokees, Chickasaws and Creeks,
the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ;
And for presents co the Chodaws two thou
sand dollars.
For defraying the expense of the transporta
tion of annuities to the Indian tribes ten thou
sand dollars.
For promoting civilization among the Indian
tribes, and pay of temporary agents, arid rations
to Indians at the different military posts, the
sum of Forty five thousand dollars.
For the defenfive protection of the frontiers
of the United States, including the erection and
repairs of forts and fortifications, the sum of
thirty thousand dollars.
For Ibfs of stores, alldwanteO to officers on
being ordered to distant commands, and for
special purposes ; advertising and apprehending
deserters, printing, purchasing maps, and other
contingencies,the sum of thirty thousand dollars.
For the annual allowance to the invalids of
the United States, for their petitions from the
fifth of March one thousand eight hun Ired and
one, to the fourth of March, one thousand eight
hundred and two, the sum of ninety three
thousand dollars. ''
For the fortification of ports and harbours
within the United States the sum of two hun
dred thousand dollars..
For the fabrication of cannon and final! arms;
and the purchase of ammunition being the ba
lance of appropriations unexpended, which have
been carried to the surplus fuu^four hundred
thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enabled, That the fore~
going approptytions Rial! /be paid but of any
monies in tlie Treasury. of the United States,
to; other wife appropriated.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Reprefentativet.
JAMES HILLHOUSE,
President of the Senate pro tempofc,
Approved March 2, A.D. 1801.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
Majachufetts Triumph !
PUBLISHED by ^THORITr.
Sixth Congrefe of the United States, at the second
Sefton, begun and held at the City of Washington,
in the Territory of Columbia, on Monday the 1 „b
of November, one thousand eight bundled.
Laws of the Union.
house, but that you are deprived of their fur
vices for some cause which the honorable gen
, tiemen wiffi to know, and which cannot be ex
, plained.—At the lame time, while it is admit
: ted arid made the fubjedl of complaint, that
these persons are no longer employed, and it is
known that those who faceted them, profefs the
fame principles, yet they are not to enjoy the
confidence given to their prcdeceltors. If the
exercise of the Royal Prerogative ihould Ap
point new Miniflers, might not the fame ob
jection be made against them u,on the ground
of their not being trjed, as against the present
administration ? I mould like to know, and to
have the point fatisfa&orily made out, upon
p what grounds, in a fair and conflitutional way,
we are to deny them that trial to which they
hav€ an undoubted right, and which 1, as well
as the honourable gentleman opposite 'me, have
enjoyed ? But, on the conttafy, i maintain, Sir,
that they are not unknown to the country, and
that they are nor,what they have been called,
new minders. If one of them in particular
were/ the fubje& of investigation ; one who
knew how to conciliate all parties ; one who
has evinced talents of tbe most distinguished
kind; with what propriety, let me alk, can
you refufe to tty him ? With what consisten
cy can the honorable gentleman oppose to me
undertake to fay, " becati'fe you have quitted
a fitnation superior to all others in this house,
because you have displayed powers which have
graced that high fituacion,, and because you
have accepted an office of great crun without
any felicitation on your parts, we are therefore
to refute the confidence which you have a right
to claim ?" If I ,urn my eyes to th^ bench be
low me; 1 fee another inffance of irreAftablc
claims to the Confidence of the house; 1 fee a
noble Lotri filling the cSice of Secretary of
State' who has been ten year's in Parliament,
whose information, indt>ftry,and superior pow-,
ers of mind, ate undoubted ; andy 1 ma, add,
whose abilities are hereditary. If any gentle
man can be rimmed more qualified than the no,
ble Lord to perform the duties of his office, I
content to admit that he is new and untried. 1
certainly e^cepf rheHon.Gentleman On the other
fide, of tbe b'mfe, whose extraordinary talent#
make film an exception in every, thing that re
quires uncommon powers, and the exertion of
superior faculties.
If the Hon. Gentleman can Rate any person
more qualified for the fitnation which he fills
than my noble friend, I Ihall then give up the
queftfon ; bnt 1 beg leave to fay, that in the
observations I have made I mean no incivility
to any man. If it necefl'ary for me to mention
those who at present hold the great offices of
thole cotnlels which they have Uniformly re
jected, then I (hall think there is fame cause for
dcfpondcncy.--.[/f general cry of bear ! bear ?]
When the counsels of those persons (hall be re
sorted to as necessary for the support and secu
rity of the Rate, then I ihall feel much rcjfon
for banishing the hopes I now entertain of our
successes and triumphs. Those who are friends
to the late administration, and at the fan 4 time
concur in the Vote which you are called upon
to give, cannot cafily convince the House of
the consistency of their conduct; for having
approved all the important cases of the conduct
of that administration, they now come forward
and press an enquiry into the causes which in
duced them to support the roeafurcs they func
tioned. 1 perceive, according to the manner
in which the question is proposed, two sets of
gentlemen are requeued to vote, upon princi
ples directly opposite.— One set is called upon
to vote, because the late admihiftration is out
of office ; and the other, because they are ad
vetfe to the new minifies. There is no ex
plicit charge preferred, of crimes and misde
meanors ; there is no precise accdfation brought
forward; no fpecific ftatemeut made ; but
these gentlemen are to tale© the benefit of the
vote, while 1 Ihall only Lave the benefit cfa
speech. The honorable gentleman opposite to
me fays, here is an adminillratioh gone out cf
office, who had the confidence of the hpufe ;
and the complaint is, not that the persons are
out of office who had the confidence of the
resolve it,f into a Committee to inquire into the
State if We Nation."
'' ftCANNO f be indifferent in the difeuflion
X of this fubjedt, recording as I do with
gratitude and exultation, the confidence which
in common with ney felf and honorable friends,
I have experienced as a faithful servant of the
crown, nor can I with any consistency pretend
to indifference, when I re nemb^r the ample
portion of perianal crwfidL.ee' i have enjoyed.
Unicis gentlemen arc fully prepared to m.ahl
all the votes which they have given;,efe
they arc completely convinced of the uectff'y
ol cheit changing their opinions, so repeatedly
and io folcmdly pledged; with regard to the
nature of the couteft ; cniefa they are io every
refpchl Satisfied that it is not, what they have
all along cor.&cr^d it to be, a contest for our
independence as a nation with our enemies
abroad, and for otir internal fafety aud cliftence
as a people with our enemies at home, the hon
or and consistency of the Houle mufl be violat
ed by agreeing to the motion of the honorable
Gentlemen. It will be a future cotihderation
tor the Houle and the country at large to de
cide whether those perlons who have from the
commencement to the prefcot period opposed
the war on cue principles of the enemy ; wheth
er those perlons who have proceeded upon the
plan recognized by our adversaries themselves;
whether those who have by their arguments
promoted their views, and by their efforts coun
teiaftci your exertions during the whole of the
'Juggle '" which we are engaged are worthy
of directing the fyltem cf public affairs, and of
pollening the confidence of the country. If the
moment ihali ever come when, by treading back
thole steps in winch you have hitherto march
ed, you ale to avoid a smaller portion of the
calamities which threaten you ; if that mo
ment (hall arrive when the boule shall listen to
On Mr, Grey's motion, viz " that the Heap da
Imperial Parliament.
Hol. Xf.
STATE OF THE NATION.
House us Commons — March 25.
Mr. PITT'sSPEECH.
?^. 34-
Morning, by CHARLES PEIRCE, Printer of the Laws &c. of
in New-Hampshire.
the Rate? I Btrieve an, notice or eulogium of
mine, with refpcd to the arrangements in the
law department will not be requisite. Is the
man who is tohold the Great Seal unknown and
new to the country ? Yet there is one of whom
1 (hall take the liberty offpeaking a word. 1
mult, in common with all who hear me, give
to the noble lord who presided at the Admiral
ty that approbation and praise to which hid
eminent Services are entitled ; but 1 must aifo
alk. is the name of St. Vincent new to the pub
lic ? Are the profeffional merits and the active
Icrvfces, in which he has been coollantly em
ployed, of no account ? His name alone is Effi
cient to inspire the enemy with terror, and is
a ihicld and bulwark. I therefore maintain
that the Hon. Gentlemen art riot borne out in
their llatemcucs agunft mini Hers, when they
assert, they are incapable or untried men.
Having said thus much as to the general
view of the fubjedt, may I be permitted to fay
a f.w words of personal relation to me and my
colleagues ? 1 muff configs, Sir, that i am at a
loss to understand what is exactly meant by rhe
mystery which has been the topic of animadver
fioa. Th^ Hon. Gentleman was plcafed to al
low that a confeientious feeling is a fufficient
teafcu for declining offices of importance held
under the Crown; and I may add, that no
man can withdraw hi, sci vices at a moment
when they are particularly wanted, unless that
eonfeientious feeling do cxift, and be applicable
to considerations of great magnitude. 1 have
for my own part lived in a very a&ive manner
for Seventeen years, during uhich I have, of
ccarfe, had a very confidciable (bare in the di
tedion of public affairs; and I do not hesitate
to fay, 1 now feel that 1 have retired to a pri
vate fiction, as much inclined and ready to chal
lenge and indulge enquiry, as when I was in
office, and enjoyed thf confidence of tfiis honfe.
In all the interests which have been agitated,
and the rcfpoufibility which niuft be found, 1
feel that I have a deeper (hare than any other
person, and 1 do not (brink from any difeuffion
either into the motives or effects during my
official filiation under the crown. But I mull
observe, that I have not relinquished that filtra
tion from the apprehension of difficulties, or the
fear of dangers and embarraffinents which
might be thrown obt in the way cf the public
service. Refpedting a melancholy event, and
my condu& upon that occasion, in which 1 was
certainly very deeply inters fted, I have to ft«te,
that I tcel myfilf ready to challenge enquiry,
anC to meet the qaeftien of rcfponfibility.
With refpedl to the importance of the meafura
alluded to by the Hon, Gentleman. I mean to
the Catholics, though I may be fu,ported in
my sentiments by the gentlemen eppofite to me,
I am not convinced that I (ball have their per
fe& concurrence. It is net a fit time to agitate
the qutftion ; and whatever measure may be
thought just and necessity to be brought for
ward by myfelf and friends. I beg leave to be
dillinaiy unC llobd, that we desire to dlfclaim
the phtafc ol Catholic Emancipation. We en
tertain no fuel? meaning; but I think that ex
tending to them the benefits of the remaining
rights and privileges, would tea measure ren
dered particularly wife and fa!u:aty after the
great a<% of the Union; that in every point of
view it would be less dangerous than before
that event, and could be accomplifhcd with
more fafet, to 'he interests of the Church and
State. More than this I will not fay, and be
yond it I will not go. With refpe& to the na
tureiof the measure,- even thus much would
not have been drawn from me if the Hopfe had
agreed to go into the Committee on the „ate
of the Nation ; for it does Qiu possess the pow
er of compelling an anfwtr from me or any in
dividual upon any principle which can be set
up in consequence of fueh a proceeding The
difeuffion of the question will_ not ftrve the
country ; it will not serve th? cause of the
Catholics, nor can the committee throw any
light upon it, and as little will its inquiries tend
to lay open the obstacles and difficulties which
prevented us from bringing it forward. When
rhe hon. gentlemen (peak of a myßcry, they
arc pleafcd to draw the name of tl^ Sovereign
into question, and appear, at the fame time,
angry that we fliould make it a matter ofcon
fideration whether it is proper that name ihould
be introduced. Thus they de the opinion of
tife Sovereign in one way, and the conviction
of his ferrants in another. If they deny to the
Sovereign the right of having and expressing
an opinion, they are guilty of conduct which
gets in the most material manner to deflroy
the constitutional privileges of monarchical
power, and they will confcut to the establish
ment of the obligarchical system. If any meas
ure can occur of a peculiar kind in which the
Royal opinion is to be defended, it is the pres
ent confideracion. Witbrefpea to the affuran
ccs said to ha+e been held out to the Catholics,
a p^per has been mentioned which has been the
fobjedt of much converfadon ; ^id as the name
of a'noble lord at the head of the government
of Ireland has been introduced, 1 believe that
rhe noble lord did not write that paper, for the
purpose of making certain communications to
the Catholics of Ireland in consequence of the
resignation of Minders, and in order to pre
vent any erpreffion of feeling that might be
likely to diflutb die tranquility of the country.
It may be luctffary to state, that the fulfedl of
the paper was not communicated through me,
but through my noble friend near me ; and it
cannot become the substance of a charge, because
We published our intentions that we might pre
vent any embankments and dangers which
were likely' to arise. Ihe phrases used in that
paper were not conftruded by me, but tue
general tenor of it, and the sentiments which it
contained,- were certainly conformable to the
opinions'! have expressed in the House. 1
m^, that a foeaftire of this fort appeared to
be so great, as to feqeirc the fafffl ion and fun
port of government ;'and'tbat although we de
sired to carry it into eifea, yet we thought
that any attempt to_prtis the question forward,
so as to endanger the pftblg tranquility would
be altogether unjufldi+bie. Upon these grounds,
it was our determination to rettft such an at
tempt with as much firmutfs and perfeventnee
as we Ihould otherwise have come forward in
i&Refence, and left the confideratipn and adop
tion of it to a'morc fit 'opportunity arid a more
mature difeuffion. As te any other pledge, I
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That the obfea of the contest was the rs
establishment of royalty in France, I do not at
tempt to deny; for, that end accomplished,
would have ntC ffarily restored trsnquiiity to
Europe; but I have never yet' Rated that its
establishment was the fine qua non of peace.l
way <; fs the objects of the war under three
different heads. The firfl was the restoration
of royalty, and consequently the restoration of
peace; the next, was the security of internal
tranquility and the fapprefim of dtfrudive and
anercbial principles; and the third was, the pre*
nervation of the national independence and
prosperity. If we have failed in one of these
objects we have most completely accomplished
the others; and it is no incanfiderable confola,
tion to us that we have a: this moment, in the
wreck of Surrounding nations, the glory and
Satisfaction of maintaining the dignity and hap
pinch of the country. We have kept our re
sources entire, our honor unimpaired, our in
tegrity inviolate, amid all the difeordant ele
ments of jarring confederacies; üb^c tbofe face
tubicb did not aft in unison with tie manly protec
tion which ire afforded to their wants and prayers,
occame the viaims of the common enemy. We haVo
not loft, in the midtl of all the dreadful cort
vuluons which have devafted Europe, a single
foot of territory, and we Lave given to tbe rtf of
tie world many cbanees of falvaticn. I have one
word to mention on the Rate of the finances,
as a charge has been thrown out that it has
been a war of unexampled pro fufion. If on
this head any Specific charge be made, I can on
ly fay that i have at lead the merit of render
ing the system more plain than on any former
octafion, even when the Sums neceiTary to pro
vide for the exigencies of the public Service,
did not amount to one tenth of the prefect
disbursements. That consideration, however,
wants no committee on the Rate of the nation.
It is a fair comparison made between the ex
pence# of the prefect war and that which pre
ceded it; arid it is considered at ;he fame time
that the hft war wa% one carried' on and con
daaed by regular means and with accustomed
method, and that the prefect is with a country
which flakes its capitol in the contest, which,
unable to Support the warfare with any regular
revenue, is compelled to make an inroad upon
its flock, and diminish the very Scarce oi reve
nue; and it will be found that the present war
has been conduced with unexampled economy
and frugality. That an uoivetfal pressure has
been produced, bearing upon all orders of th#
people, cannot be denied ; but the fid of econo
mical expenditure during the present war, mu&
at the fame time be admitted. I wifli not to
go deeply iuco the fubjedl, but if gentlemen
will lobk at the Rare of the revenue, excluding
thetaxes which exited at the conclusion of the
lad peace, they will find that allowing for Some
deficiency open beer and malt^that those per
manent taxes have increased in produce about
4,000,0c01. pb annum, since the period of that
peace,. They will also find, if they look a little
further, that the taxes appropriated to the fink
ing fund now produce little dels than 5,000,c001,
per annum, making together the sum of
9,000,000!. by which the amount of the per
manent revenue has been increased Since the
conclusion of the left peace. A Sum which is
within 10,000,0001. of the amount of the inter
est of all the funis borrowed during the nine
years in which the war has unfortunately con
tinued. That the expenditure of the present
has been very.considerably less than in all oth
er former wars, cannot for a moment be dis
puted. The knowledge of thi, fact is, I hope,
Sufficient to operate as forne antidote to that
despondency which might be derived from a
general mention of these topics, without bring
ing them to the tell of particular detail. Lite
as the hour is, I mull advert to one other topic,
on which I think it necessary to make Some oh
furcations, although I shall decline all * minute
investigation: I mean the Subject of neutral
laws and neutral nations, refpe&ing which gen
tlemen on the other fide seem so much inclined
to impute raffinefs, precipitancy, and impolicy,
to his majefty3 late miniilers. T he, speak as
if/the blow was already flruck, or bad been
inevitably decided on; but ffir roan can fay
that all hopes of pacification with the northern
powersore wholly excluded. It was the earn
ed wiCi,of those Ministers that the extremity
bf war might be avoided, at the fame tigie they
were prepared lor both, either to commence a
war with vigor and energy in defence of the
deartf rights and iaterefls of the country, or
finally to fettle the question in dispute,
on terms consistent with the honor and
,dignity bf the country. Were his maj
elly's minilters tamely to fuller the
country to be boroe do*n by the hofi
tility of the northern powers; or were
they quietly to Allow those powers to
abuse and kick it, out of its right.
They wished to bring the coeftion to
a prompt decilion, whim at the fame
tithe they rendered the way smooth for
pacific negociation. Here the right
Hop. Gentleman W^tT^'^T Q ° <*rnandg
of tire question relative to neutral bot-,
toms, denying that free bottoms made
declare that none has been given which can
disable roe from a&iug as my public duty re
quires in an individual character. 1 am afnam
ed to trouble the house so long. (A cry of
bear !J If the question be put to roe whether
gentlemen did fu pledge thcmfelves to the
catholics, and prejudge the decifioo of the legi
slature, as to render our retirement Deceffary,!
aufwer no; and I can Hate that the catholics
never conceived that any such pledge had been
given. The, certainly might have expelled
the accomplishment of the measure, as the
conference of the union, and the, might have
been justified in thinking that it had a more
proba&lchahcc of succeeding as the result of
an a& which tended to reconcile opines of the
most different nature. Such were the Senti
ments I entertained before the union, and such
are the opinions with which I continue Since
the union to be impkffed; but I desire to be
diftindily underßood, that no pledge of th.e
kind alluded to has teen given. I ibali fay a
few words with rctycA to the general plan of
the war.