The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-12-23 00:00:00, page 2

On th? firft da, of June last, an
inftalment of one million of florini
, became payable on the Joans of the
United States in Holland. This
was adjusted by a prolongation of
' the period of reimburlenient, in the
) nature of a new loan, at interest at
five per cent, for the term of ten
years ; and rhe expenses of this op
eration were a com miflion of three
per cent.
The firft inftalment of the loan of two
Imillions of dollars from the bank of the
United States, has been paid, as was di
re&ed by law. For the second it is nec-
I effary, that provisions should be made.
No pecuniary consideration is more ur
gent, than the regular redemption and
[difeharge of the publick debt : on none
j can delay be more injurious, or an econo
my of time rcore valuable.'
The produdivenefs of the publick rev
Chtfes hitherto; has continued to equal
p the anticipations which were formed of it ;
but it is not expected to probe commenfu
, rate with all the objeas, which have been
suggested. Some auxiliary ptovifions will,
therefore, it is presumed, be requisite ;
and it is hoped that these may be made,
। confidently with a due regard to the con
venience of our Citizens, who cannot but
be sensible of the true wisdom of encoun
tering a small present addition to their
contribution, to obviate a future accumu
lation of burthens.
But here I cannot forbear to recom
mend a repeal of the tax on the tranfpor
tarion of publick prints. There is no re
source so firm for the Government of the
United States, as the affections of the
People, guided by an enlightened policy ;
and* to this primary good, nothing can
produce dore, than a faithful representa
tion of publick proceedings,diffufed with
out restraint, throughout the United
States.
An estimate of the appropriations, nec-
L effary for the current service of the ensu
ing year, and a statement of a purcbafe of
[ armsand military stores, made during the
recess, will be presented to Congrefi.
ti Gentlemen of the Senate and
lofI of the Honfe of Representatives,
r THE several fubjeds, to which I have
K bow referred, open a wide range to your
-1 deliberations ; and involve force of the
[ choicest interests of our common country.
E Permit me to bring to your remembrance
the magnitude of your talk. Without an
I unprejudiced coolness the welfare of the
& government may be hazarded ; without
'harmony, as far as conlifts with freedom
I of sentiment, its dignity may be loft But
as the legislative proceedings of the Unit-
L ed States will never, I trust, be reproach'
I ed for the want of temper or of candour ;
■ so shall not the publick happiness lan
■ guifh, from the want of my strenuous and
| warmest co-operations (Signed)
I GEORGE WASHINGTON.
„ United States, 3d Dec. 1793-
IThe President having withdrawn, the
Ihoufes separated.
I The President's address was committed
[ for answer. -1
A roeffage from the President of the
I United States, was delivered by Mr. Dan
■ dridge, his secretary, communicating fun-
I dry papers, &c.
[ Dr White, and Dr. Green, Were chof
lenI en Chaplains.
n < A committee was raised to report on
[ the unfinished business of the last Con
■,grefs. ~; -
| B^c 4. In committee of the whole,
L on motion of Mr. Sedgwick, the follow-
I fog refol utioh palled ,
Refolded, That a refpedableaddrefs be
L presented by the house, to the Pefident of
the United States, in answer to his Speech
I to both Houses of Congress, at theopen
^&gef the present session ; withaffuranc-
Ifo, that the House will take into confide-
I nation the important matters submitted to
them.
[ ( Several communications from the Sec
retary at Wir, were received—among
1 which was the Journal of the Commif
[ fioners lent to negociate peace with the
A 'utt. fr-The Journal of the Commif
A ^ers for treating with the Indians wa
I read. The definitive answer ofthe ln
dians contains their reasons for rejeaing
the propofalsof the Commiffioners,drawn
'up in a masterly manner ;it bears all the
;appearance of European logic,faintly clad
'in an Indian dress. All the documents
, relative to this business, were referred to
a committee of the whole on the state of
the Union. T
A meffdge was received from the Prefi
dent, communicating sundry papers rela
tire to our European relations, introduc
ed by a message, of which the following is
a copy.
UNITED STATES, DEC. 5, 1793.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and
of the House of Reftejentati-ves,
AS the present situation of the several
nations of Europe, and especially those
with which the United States have impor
tant relations, Cannofbut render the state
of things between them and us matter of
interesting enquiry to the legislature, and
may indeed give rife to deliberations to
which they alone are competent. I have
thought it my duty to communicate to
themcertain correfpqndences which^have
taken place.
The representative and executive Bbdie>
of France have manifefted generally a
friendly attachment to this country ; have
given advantages to our commerce and
navigation, and have made overtures for
placing these advantages on permanent
grounds ; a decree, however, of the na
tional assembly, fubjefting vessels laden
with provisions, to be carried into their
ports, and making enemy's: goods lawful
prize in the vessel of a friend, contrary to
our treaty, though revoked at one time,
as to the United States, has since extend
ed to their vessels also, as has been recent
ly Rated to us. Representations on this
fubjed will be immediately given in
charge to our Minister there, and the re
sult shall be communicated to the legifla
ture.<
It is with extreme concern I' have to
inform you, that the proceedings of the
person they have unfortunately appointed
their Minister Plenipotentiary here, have
breathed nothing of the friendly spirit of
the nation which sent him; their tenden
cy, on the contrary, has been to involve
us in a war abroad, and discord and an
archy at home. So far as his ads, or those
of his agents, have threatened Our imme
diate commitment in the war, or flagrant
insult to the authority of the laws, thew
effe& has been counteraded by the ordi
nary cognizance of the laws, and by an
exertion of the powers confided to me.
;Where their danger was not, imminent,
they have been borne with, from fenti
! ments of regard to his nation, from a
sense of their friendfhip towards us, from
a conviaion that they would not fuffer us
to remain long exposed to the adions of
a person, who has so Tittle refpeded our
,mutual dispositions, and I will add, from a
reliance on the firmnefs of my fellow citi
zens, in their principles of peace and or
der. In the mean time I have refpeded
and pursued the ftipularions of our trea
, ties, according to what I judged their true
' sense, and have withheld nd ad offriend-
Imip, which their affairs have called for
frem us, and which justice to others left
Jus free to perform. I have gone further,
° rather than employ force for the reffitu
tion of certain vessels which I deemed the
United States bound to restore, I thought
it more advisable to fafisfy the parties
by avowing it to be my opinion, that if
} restitution were not made, it would be
incumbent on the United States £o make
compensation. The papers now commu
nicated will more particularly apprize you
’ of these tranfaaions.
The vexations and fpoilatior runder
flood to have been committed on our vef
e fefetfrify the cruizers anc
f officers of some of the belligerent powers,
1 appeared to require attention ; the proofs
- or these however not having been brought
• forward, the description of citizens sup
-posed to have fuffered were notified, that
' on furnilhing them to the executive, due
measures would be taken to obtain redress
-of the past, and inQre effectual provision
, against the future. Should such docu
ments be furnished, proper reprefenta
e tions will be made thereon, with a just re
liance on a redress proportioned to the ex
igency of the case.
The British government havfog under
taken to restrain generally our commerce
in corn and other provisions to their own
ports, and those of their friends, tne in
ftruflions now communicated Were im
mediately forwarded to our Minister at
that court. In the mean time force dis
cussion on the fubjed took place between
him and them ; these are also laid before
you, and I may expert to have the refillt
of his special ioftruftions in time to make
it known to the Legislature during their
present session:-
Very early after the arrival of a British
Minister here, mutual explanations on
the execution of the treaty of peace, were
entered into with that Minister, these are
now laid before you for your information.
On fubjefts of mutual interests between
jhis country and Spain; negociations and
'conferrences are now depending—-The
publick good requiring that the present
state ofthefe be made known to the Leg
jflatore in confidence only, they ffiall be
the fubjed of a separate and subsequent
communication.,
GEO. WASHINGTON.
Mr. Madison reported the draft of an
answer to the Address of the President.
^ - The remainder of this fitting was em
ployed in beginning the reading of the pa
pers received from the President, which
u ft voluminous.
Lift of the Members of the House of Reprefen
,tatroes, returned to serve in the THIRD
, CONGRESS of the United States .•
NeuhampJhire. —Nicholas Gilman, John
S. Sherburne, Jeremiah Smith, Paine
Wingate.
Maffachafetts. —Fisher Ames, Shearja
(hub Bourse, David Cobb, Peleg Coffin,
Henry Dearborn, Samuel Dexter, Dwight
Foster, Benjamin Goodhue, Samuel Hol
ton,' William Lyman, Theodore Sedg
wick, Geo. Thatcher, Peleg Wadsworth,
Artemas Ward.
R^Weifaz/.-— Benjamin Bourne, Frarl
c^ Malbone./
'Cortneaicut^-foro^s Hillhowfe, Benja
min Huntington, Amafa Learned, Ste
phen Mix Mitchell*, Uriah Tracy, Jon
athan Trumbull, Jeremiah Wadsworth.
Fermoff/.—Nath, Niles, Israel Smith.
NAcyorL—Theodorus Bailey, Ezekiel,
Gilbert, Henry Glenn, James Gordon,
Elias Talbot, Thomas Treadwell, J. E.
Van Allen, Philip Van Cortland, Peter
Van Gaafbeck, John Watts.
Nrojerjey. —John Beatty, Ejias Boudi'-
not, Lambert Cadwalla&r, Abraham
Clark, Jonathan Dayton.
Pentylvania. — James Armstrong, Wil
liam Fmley, Thomas Fitzfimons, An
drew Gregg, Thomas Hartley, Daniel
Heister, William Irvine, John Wilkes
Kittera, William Montgomery, Freder
ick A. Muhlenberg, Peter Mugleoberg,
Thomas Scott, John Smilie.
Delaware. —John. Patton.
Maryland. —Gabriel Chrifiie, George
Dent, Uriah Forest, William Hindman.
John Francis Mercer, William Vans
Murray, Samuel Smith, Thom. Sprigg.
I ,Pirgraia.T—Thomas Claiborne, If^ac
Coles, William B. Giles, Samuel Griffin,
;George Hancock, Carter B. Harrison,
John Heath; Richard Bland Lee, James
; Maddifon/, Andrew Moore, Joseph Nevil
r le, Anthony New, John Nicholas, John
' Page, Jefiah Parker, Francis Preston,
' Robert Rutherford, Abraham Venable,
,Francis Walker.,
K%<i,.— Christopher Greenup, 4-
Itexander D'Orr.
Norihearolina. —Thomas Blount, Wm.
Johnson Dawson, James Gillespie, Wm.
Barry Gove, Matthew Locke, Nathaniel
Macon, Joseph M'Dowel, AlexanderMe
'Bane, Benj. Williams, Joseph Winflon.
Somhearolina.—Lemuel Benton, Alex
ander Gillon, John Hunter, Andrew Pic
;kins, Wm. Smith, Richard Winn.
Georgia. —Abraham Baldwin, Thomas
P. Carnes.
; * Mr. Mitchell it thaed a Senator in the
room of Mr. Sherman deceajed.
From a NEWYORK PAPER.
”apt
>Melfa. JAY and KING'S Reply.
TO THE PUBLICK.
- ALTHOUGH well constituted, free gov
•ernments only can give and p'referve to
- men the enjoyment of rational liberty,
yet no government can liberate individu
als from (he tepulfe and domination oi
rtheir paffiont. A Hence it is that the efc
ceffes of these paffioni fo-frcquently pro- ,
dute parties in all communities, and thate
personal motives are so often found to bee
malked by patriotick profeffions.l
While the people continue enlightened,,
and watchful,they may experience incon
veniencies from such parties ; but most
alarming are the mi(chiefs they caufe> a
whenever they become fedueed, infe&ed r
and inflamed, by foreign influence. \— ■
The hiftory pf mankind has in all age^^fl
declared and proved, that foreign influ- J
ence is the most subtle and fatal poifore
that can be communicated to a nation ^
for numerousand melancholy are the in
stances of great arid powerful, and oncer
happy Rates, who, under its operation^,
have either expired in violentconvulfion^
or been reduced to a deplorable state of
debility and insignificance.
When at Philadelphia, in July last, wet
frequently heard, that Mr. Genet, the
French Minister, had on ^certain occa
sion said," that he would appeal from the
President to the People." An appeal by
a foreign Minister from the President to
the People, appeared to us tobe a serious
and alarming measure: That a foreign
Minister, finding it impossible to bend the
government to his purposes, should turn
from it with disdain, so the Citizens at
large, and before, them impeach the wis
dom or virtue ofthe adminiffration,would:
be a proceeding unprecedented and un
permitred in every well policed state; it
would be a proceeding evidently and nec
essarily prodtaive of parties, practices, &:
intrigues, highly detrimental to the peace
and independence of the country ; and in r
a variety of refpe&s offenfive to the digni
ty and sovereignty ofthe nation, as well
as humiliating and injpriou&tu its cpnfti
luted authoritiesJ
Wb left thar city well convinced that
Mr. Genet had made such a declaration. (
On our return to Newyork, we found *
report of that declaration had preceded,
us, and that it bad made the fame im
pression upon others, that it had made
upon us: We were asked whether, is
was true ? We anfivered that it was.
To many, a declaration so extraordinary
did not appear probable, and our having
affected jt to be true was questioned. We
were called upon in the publick papers to
admit, or deny, that we had made such an
assertion. That call merited attention,
arid we thereupon made the following
-publication: s^r
[& follows the Card, publiftedfeme time
since, signed 1, Mfrs. Jay an^KiNG.J
Os the time, place, occasion, and other
circumstances relative to the tranfadion,
I we omitted to give any account. Altho'
, we found it necessary for the reasons be
fore mentioned, to avow our having men
tioned that declaration as having really
been made; yet we had no desire or i^ty
tention to come forward as the profecutecT _
of the French Minister, before the tribu
nal of the publick. ,i
Th common with other free citizens of
a sovereign and independent nation, we
;fpake our sentiments ; but we were mind
ful thatto the government and not to us ,
' belonged the talk of taking such measures
!relativeto that Minister, and his conduft,
as the interest and honour of the nation )
mitht require :. Nor did we deem it ne^
l effary to detail and explain the evidence
1 on which we rested ouraffertion ; for. while
' that affection remained undenied, & un-'
contradiaed, by the Minister, such a step
could neither be requisite nor proper. To
anonymous writers on the fubjed in the
publick papers, we paid no attention ; nor
:fhall we in future payany.„
On rhe singular letter written by the
Minister to the President, and the answer
through the Secretary of State,we restrain I
* ourielves to this remark, that it only de
" flies his having made such a declaration to (
the President ; and that it leaves the quest- [
' ion whether he had done it at all, entirely I
out of fight—lt seems that this did not 1
' escape the discernment of the President ;I
for he very justly observed, "that whether|
>the declaration was made to him, or oth-'
c<s, was, perhaps, immaterial :" To 7
whom the declaration was made, wasa 1
question foreign to the enquiry ; the true
• and only question being, whether he hadl
made such a declaration to any body , To
• this the Minister gave no answer, and
d thereby left the credit of otir affertfon riot )
, only unimpeached, but also ftrengthenedi
by his silence, and by his endeavours ;to
elude the force of it, by his letter to &(l|
- President.