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the Doctor by letter, which is now in
the hands of Mr. Beaumarchais, of Pa
ris ; stating, firft, that as the Ameri
cans had dismissed or sent away * their
King, that they would want another.—
Secondly, that himfelf was a Norman.
Thirdly, that he was of a more ancient
family than the Dukes of Normandy,
and of a more honorable descent, his
line having never been baftardiked.
Fourthly, that there was already a pre
cedent in England, of Kings coming out
of Normandy : and on these grounds b 6
rested his offer, enjoining that the Boc
tdr would forward it to America. But
as the Dodor did not do this, nor yet
fend him an anffrer, the projector wrote
a second letter ; in which he did not, it
is true, threaten to go over and conquer
America, but only, with great dignity,
proposed, that if his offer was not accep
ted, that an acknowledgement of about
£ 30,000 might be made to him for his
generosity ! Now, as all arguments re
fpeding succession must necessarily con
ned that succession with some beginning,
Mr. Burke's arguments on this fubjeft
go to (hew, that there is no English ori
gin of Kings, and that they are descend
ants of the Norman line in right of the
Conquest. It may therefore be of ser
vice to his doarine to make this story
known,and to inform him,that in case of
that natural extinaion. to which all mor
tality is fubjeft, that Kings may aga n
be had from Normandy, on more rea
sonable terms than William the Con
•,•' <6
queror ; and consequently that the good
people of England, at the revolution of
1688, might haveddne much better, had
such a generous Norttan ^ this known
their wants, and they had known @is.=
The chivalry character which Mr. Burke
so much admires,is certainly much easier
to make a bargain with than a hard
dealing Dutch man.
A message from the House, by Mr.
Beckley, informed the Senate, that a
quorum of the Membets was assembled,
and ready to proceed to buflnefs ; arid
that they had appointed Meffrs,Smith,
S.C. White and Lawrar.ee,a committee
of the Senate,
The joint committee waited Oh the
President accordingly, who informed
them that he would meet the two Houses
in the Senate-Chamber, to-morrow, at
12 o'clock;.
TUESDAY, OCT. 2fr,
A message was received from the Se
nate by Mr. Secretary Otis informing
the House that the Senate is now ready
to meet the members in the Senate-
Chamber, go receive the President of
the United States, and such communi
cations as he may be pleased tb make;
and that feats are provided for the
members of the House accordingly.
The Speaker preceeded by the Ser
jeant at Arms, attended by the mem
bers, proceeded to the Senate-Chamber :
At t 2 o'clock, the President of the U.S.
arrived, attended by Mr. Secretary Lear,
and Major Jackfon,and accompanied by
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Se
cretary of State, the Secretary at War,
and the Attorney- General, when he de
livered the following
PHILADEEPHIA MONDAY, OCT. 24.
THIS day the Second Congress of
the United States, assembled in
this city
A quorum of the House being present,
they proceeded to the election of their
officers,the Hon.JONATHAN TRUM
BULL, Esq. was chosen Speaker, John
Beckley,Efq Clerk,and Jofepb Whea
ton, Esq. Sergeant at Arms.
A message by Mr. Secretary Oris, in
formed, that the Senate, having made a
House, were ready to proceed to busi
ness ; and that they had appointed
Meff'rs. Izard and Langdon a commit
tee to wait on the President of the U.
States, with this information.
NOTE.
* The word be used quae renvoye, dis
missed, or sent away,
[fo be Continued ]
SPEECH.
FelloeCitizens of the Senate and
of de Haifa of Referefcntati'vts,
I M£ET you, upon the present oc
casion, with the feelings, which are na
turally inspired by a llrong impression
of the proiperous fixation cf our com-:
men country, and by a persuasion equal
ly ftroe|, that the labors of the fefliqq,
which las just commenced, will, under
the gudance of the spirit, no left pru
dent tian patriotic, issue in measures
condtf/ive to the liability and ihcreafe
of national prosperity.
Nw'meious as are the providencial
bleffi,gs which demand our grateful ac
knowledgements ; the abundance with
which another year has again rewarded
the ibddftrt of the husbandman, is too
important to escape recollection.
Your owhobservations,in your reflec
tive filiations,,will have fatisfied you of
the progressive state of agriculture, ma
nufactures, commerce and navigation :
In tracing their cacfes,you will have re-,
marked with particular pleafare; the
hippy effects of that revival of confi
dence, public as well hs private,to which
the COnftitution and laws of the United
States have-so eminently contributed:
And you will have observed with no less
interest, new and decisive proofs of the
increasing reputation and credit of the
nation. But you nevertheless cannot fail
to derive fatisfaftion from the confirma
tion of these circumstances, which will
be disclosed in the several official com
munications, that will be made to you in
the course of your deliberations.
That the mode of alienating their
lands, the main source of discontent and
War should be so defined, and, regulated
as to obviate impoGtion and, as far as
may be pradicable, Controversy con
cerning the reality and extent of the
alienations which are made.
That commerce with them should be
promoted under regulations tending to
secure an equitable deportment to-
The rapid subscriptions to the Bank
of the United States, which completed
the sum allowed to be subscribed in ri
Angle day, is among the (hiking and
pleating evidences which present them
fcl^es, not only of confidence in the go
veriraent, bet of tefource in the com
^uni% ; ,
In the interval of your recess, due at
tention has been paid to the execution
of the different objeds which were spe
cially provided for by the laws and re
solutions Os trie lift session. „ ~
Among the moss important of these is
the defence and security of the Weftern
Frontiers. To accomplish it on the most
humane principles, was a primary with.
Accordingly, at the fame time, that
treaties have been provisionally conclud
ed, and other proper means used to at
tach the wavering, and to confirm in
their friendfllip,the well disposed tribes
of Indians; effectual meafores have been
adopted to make those of a hostile de
scription sensible that a pacification was
desired upon terms of moderation and
justice.
These measures having proved unfuc
cefsfol, it became necessary to convince
the refractory of the power of the United
States to punish their depredations ; —
offenfive operations have therefore been
direded ; —to be conduded,however, as
consistently as possible with the diaates
of humanity.-— Some of these have been
crowned with full success, and others
are yet depending. The expeditions
which have been completed, were car
ried on under the authority, and at the
expense of the U.States, by the militia of
Kentucky ; whose enterprife,intrepidity,
and good conduct,are entitled to peculiar
commendation.
Overtures of peace are still continued
to the deluded tribes, and considerable
numbers bf individuals belonging to
them have lately renounced all further
oppoficion, removed from their former
situations, and placed themselves under
the immediate protedon of the United
States. : '
It is sincerely to be delired that, all
need of coercion, in future, may cease ;
and that an intimate intercourse may
succeed ; calculated to advance the hap
piness of the Indians,and tb attach them
firmly to the United States,
In order to this, it seems neceffary-^
That they should experience the be
nefits of an impartial dispensation ofjuf
tice.
wards them, and that such rational ex
periments should be made, for impart
ing to them the blessings of civilization,
as may, from time to time, suit their
condition. „
.That the executive of the U. States
ffiould be enabled to employ the means,
,to which the Indians have been long
accustomed, for uniting thpr immediate
interests with the prefervatjori of peace.
And—that efficacious provision should
be made for infilling adequate penal
ties upon all those, who by violating
their rights, Ihall infringe the treaties,
and endanger the peace of the Union.
A fyitem corresponding with the mild
principles of religion and philanthropy
towards an enlightened race of men,
whose happiness materially depends on
the conduct of the United States, would
be as honorable to the National charac
ter, as conformable to the dictates of
found policy.
The powers Specially vested in me by
the aft,laying certain duties on distilled
spirits, which refpe&ed the subdivisions
of the diftrids in o furveys,the appoint
meht of Officers, and the alignment of
compensations, have likewise been car
ried into effed.—ln a matter, in which
both materials and experience were
wanting to guide the calculation, it will
be readily conceived that there must have
been difficulty in such an Adjuftmenrof
the rates of compensation as would con
ciliate a reasonable competency, with a
proper regard to the limits prescribed
by the law. It is hoped that the circunf
fpeftion which has been used will be
found in the result to have secured the
last of rhe two objects ; but it is probable,
that with a view to the firft, in some in
stances a revision of the provision will be
found advifeable.
If there arG any circumfoces, in
the law, which consistently with its
main design, may be so varied as to
remove any well intentioned objections
that may happen to exist, it will con
sist with a wife moderation to make
the proper variations—ft is desirable,
or. all occasions, to unite with a steady
and firm adherence to constitutional
and necessary afts of government, the
fulleft evidence of a disposition, as far
as may be practicable, to confuft the
withes of every part of the community,
and to lay a foundation of the pub
lic administration in the affections of
the people.
Pursuant to the authority contained
in the several a&s on that fubjed—a di
ftri& of ten miles square for the per
mament feat of the government of the
United States, has been fixed, and an
nounced by proclamation ; which dif
tri& will comprehend lands on both
lides of the river Potowmac, and the
towns of Alaxandria and Georgetown.
A city has also been laid Out agreeably
to a plan which will be placed before
tongrefs : And as there is a profpea
favoured by the rate of sales which
have already taken place, of simple
funds for carrying on the necessary
buildings, there is every expectation
of their due progress.
The completion of the census of the
inhabitants for which provision was
made by alaw, has been duly notified
(excepting in one instance, in which
the freturn has been informal ; and
another^in Which it has been Omitted
or mifc&ied) and the returns of the
officers uho were charged with this
duty, which will be laid before you,
will give you the pleafiog affarance,
that the present population of the Uni
ted States borders on four milions of
persons.
It is proper also tb Inform you, that
a further loan of two millions and an
The impreffichs with which this law
has been received by the community,
have been; upon the whole, such as
were to be expeded amongenlightened
and well disposed citizens, from the
propriety and necessity of the measure.
The novelty, however, of the tax, in
a considerable part of the United States,
and a misconception of some of its
provisions, have given occasion in
particular places to some degree of
discontent.— But if is fatisfactory to
know, that this disposition yields to
prefer explanations and more just
apprehensions of the true nature of the
law.—And I entertain a full confidence,
that it will, in all, give way to motives
which arise out of a just sense of duty,
and a Virtuous regard to the public
welfare.
half of florins has been completed ia
Holland ; the terms of which are simi
lar to these of the one last announced,
except as to a small reduction of char
ges. Ano her, on like terms for fit
millions of florins, had been let on foot,
under circumstances that assured im
mediate completion.
Gentlemen of the Senate,
Gentlemen of the hou,e of Reprefen? atives,
IN entering upon the difebarge of
your Legislative trust, you must anti
cipate with pleafare, that many of the
difficulties, necessarily incident to the
firft arrangement of'a new government,
for an ,extensive country, have been
happily surmounted by the zealous and
judicious exertions of your predecessors
in co-operation with the other branch
of the Legislature. The important ob
jeds which,remain to be accomplilhed,
will, 1 am perfaaded, be conduced up
on principles., equally comprehensive,
and equally well calculated for the ad
vancement of,be general weal.
The time limited for receiving fub
foiptidns to the loans proposed by the
ad making for the provision debt of
the United States, having expired,
statements from the proper depart
ment, will as fobn as possible apprise
of the exad result, —Enough, however,
is already known to afford an afirance
that the views of that ad have been
substantially fulfilled. The fubferipti
on id the domestic debt of the United
Stages, has embraced by the far great
est proportion of that debt ; affording
at the fame time, proof of the general
fatisfadion of the public creditors with
the system which has been proposed to
their acceptance, and of the spirit of
accommodation to the convenience of
the government with which they are
actuated. The fubferiptions in the
debts of the refpe&ive states, as far as
the provisions of the law have permitted
may be laid to be yet mere general.
The part of the debt of the United
States which remains unfubferi bed,will
naturally engage your further delibera
tions.
TWO treaties which have been pro
visionally concluded with the Chero
kees, and fix nations of Indians, will
be laid before yen for your confedera
tion and ratification.
It is particularly pleating to me to
be able to announce to you; that the
revenues which have been established,
promise to be adequate to their objects,
and may be permitted, if no unforeseen
exigency occurs, to furperfede, for the
prefent,the necessity of any new burthens
upon our con flituents.
Ari object which will claim your
early attention, is a provision for the
current service the ensuing year, toge
ther with such ascertained demands
upon the Treasury as require to be
immediately discharged, and such ca
sualties as may have arisen in the exe
cution of the public business, for which
no fpecific appropriation may have yet
been made ; of all which, a proper esti
mate will be laid before you.
Gentlemen of the Senate and
of the House of Reprefentatiem,
I shall content myfelf with a general'
reference to former communications for
several objects, upon which the urgen
cy of other affairs has hitherto pottpo
ned any definitive resolution :—Their
importance will recal them to your at
tention ; and I trust that the progref#
already made in the most arduous- ar
rangements of the government will af
ford you leisure to resume them with
advantage.,:
There, are, however, some of them
of tOhicti I cannot forbear a more par
ticular mention—These are, the Militia
—The Poft.Office and Pofcßoads—
The Mint=Weights and measures— a
Provision for the Sale of the Vacant
Lands of the United States.
The firft is certainly an object of pri
mary importance, whether viewed in
reference to the national security, to the
fatisfaftion of the community, or the
preservation of order.
In connexion with this, the eftablilh.
ment of competent magazines and ar
senals and the fortification of foch pla
ces as are peculiarly important and
vulnerable, naturally present themselves
to consideration. The fafety of the
United States, under divine-proteaion,
ought to rest on the basis of systematic
and solid arrangement ; exposed as lit
tle as possible to the hazards of fortui
tous circumstances.