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GEORGEAVASHH?DTOiir,
Uffi^^ates,
. \: v AiH-nM GOD LONG ESERVE.
<jQHN ADAM Wee PfefMr^
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fident of the Senate.
©)e Ornate.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
JOHN Langdon, Samuel Liv
er more.
MASSACHUSETTS.
George Cabot, Caleb Strong.
RHODE-BLAND.
Theodore bolter, William Brad
ford.
CONNECTICUT.
Oliver Ellwonh, Jonathan Trum
bull.
SOUTH-CAROLINA.
Pierce Butler. Jacob Retch
GEORGIA.
James Gunn, James Jackfor, re
signed.
©oiife of ifteprelentatfoes.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Abie! Foster, Nicholas Gilman,
John S. Sherburne, Jeremiah Smith.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Filber Ames, Theophilus Brad
bury, Henry Dearborn, Dwight
Foster, Nathaniel Freeman, junr.
Benjamin Goodhue, George Leo
nard, Samuel Lyman, William
Lyman, John Reed, Theodore
Sedgwick,George Thatcher,James
M. Varnum, Peleg Wadsworth.
RHODEISLAND.
Benjamin Bourne, Francis Mal
bone.
CONNECTICUT.
JoEiua Coit, Chauncy Good
rich, Roger dGrifwold, James
HUlhoufe, Nathaniel Swift, Ze
phaniah Smith, Uriah Tracy,
VERMONT.
Daniel Buck, Ifrae’l Smith.
NEW-YORK.
Theodorus Bailey, William
Cooper, Ezekiel Gilbert, Henry
Glen, John Hathorn, Jonath N.
Havens, Edward Livingflonjohn
E. Van Alien, Philip Van Cort-
Japdt, John Winilitis*
VERMONT.
Moses Robin son, Ehjah Paine.
NEW-YORK.
Aaron Burr, Rufus Kin?.
NEW-JERSEY.
John RmherfoidjFrederic Freling
heilon.
PENNSYLVANIA.
William Bingham, James Ross.
DELAWARE.
John Vinning, Henry Latimore.
MA^YLAND^ ,
Richard Po ts, John Henry, dec.
VIRGINIA.
Henry Tazewell, Stephen Thomas
Mason.
KENTUCKY.
John Brown, Humphry Marshall.
NORTH-CARQLIN A.
Timothy Bloodworth, Alexander
Martin.
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American Herald of Liberty.
FOURTH
of tfje aiiuteU
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9.
IN Committee of the whole on
the President’s speech,
Mr. Kans Murray moved, “ That
a relpedful address ought to be
presented by the Houle of Rep
, refencatives to the President of the
United States, in answer to his
Speech, containing affurancesjhat
theHoufe would take into con
fidsration the various and impor
tant matters recommended to
their attention.” -
Mr. Sedgwick seconded the
motion.
Mr. Parker, offered as an a
mendment, that a * Committee
should be appointed to wait yer
finally On the Ptefident, and to al
lure him of the attention of the
Houle to the fubjeds in the speech.
Mr. P. had the highest refped ■
for the Prclident, but he had al
ways disapproved of this pradice
of making our addresses in answer
to theft speeches, and of the houie
leaving their business to go in a
body to present ir. Last fefiion
the framing of this address had
cost very long debates, and pro
duced very great irritation. Some
of the most disagreeable things
Harrdon, John Heath, J «mes
Maddifon.Andrew Moore, George
Jackson, Anthony New, John
Nicholas, John Page, Joiiah Par.
ker,Francis Preston, Kober: Ruthe
ford, Abraham B. Venable.
KENTUCKY.
Cristian Greenup, Alexander D.
Orr.
NORTH-CAROLINA.
Thomas Blount, Nathan Bryan,
Dempley Berges, J^ffeFranking
James Gillespie, Wm. B. Groves,
William Hill, Mathew Locke,
Nathan Macon, Jos. M Dowell.
SOUTH-CAROLINA.
Lemuel Benton, Samuel EarL
Wade Hampton^ Robert C. Har
per, William Smith, Richard Winn.
GEORGIA.
Abraham Baldwin, John MiHege.
I- . NEW-JERSEY. |
1 Dayton, Thomas
Hendeffco^ Aaron Kecchdi, 1 Lac .
' ^rnithy M^rk' Tfiompfon.
.PENNSYLVANIA.:,
Ablalenvßdrd, W&ianS^inß-
Gallatme, Andrew
H Gregg, Thomas- Hrrdev, D>vd
. J fAL-r t JAn
S&mud Maclay, Fed Au u .
Muhlenberg, Samuel Shgreaves- i
John Swanwick, Richard Thomas
DELAWARE.
John Patton.
Maryland.
• Gabriel Chrdbe, Jeremiah Crab\
George Dent, Gabriel. D J V LB,
William Hindman, Wiliam Vans
Murray, Samuel Smith, Thomas
Sprigg-
VIRGINIA.
Richard Brent, Samuel J. Ca
bell, Thomas Chiborn, John
Clopcon, Isaac Coles, William B.
Giles, George Hancock, Carter B.
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W E DN E S D A Y,^T)ecember 30, 1795.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11.
The answer to the President’s
speech was taken up by para
graphs.
Mr. Mason moved to strike
out the following ciaufes: .
“ The interesting profped of
our affairs with regard to the for
eign powers, between whom and
the United States, controverts
have lubfifted, is not more fatis*
fadory than the leview of our
internal situation ; if from the for*
mer we derive an expedation of
the extinguilhment of all the cau
ses of external difeord, that have
heretofore endangered our tran
quility, and on terms consistent
With our national honor and fafe
ty, in the latter we difeover jhofe
numerous and wide spread tokens
Os prosperity, which in so peculiar
w a manner, diltinguilh our happy
country.
“ Circumftaces thus every Wav
auspicious demand our gratitude &
sincere acknowledgments to Al
mighty God,and requires that we
(bould unite our efforts in imita
tion of your enlightened, firm and
persevering example, to elUblifh
and preserve the peace, freedom
and profperitybf our country.”
Mr. Mason’s objtdipn to these
clauses was, that they were calcu
lated to bring into view, the d^ci
fion on the Treaty fee. ' :
happened, during the fc Ilion,
^occurred in these debates. He
^dhtd unaniniity^ and rhe dilpatch
bull neb, and so could not con-'*
vP' that any address ihould be
Atawn up, as he preferred end
he affair at once, by lending
commircee with a verbal an
nh:'' 1
Mr. MiPrrny । replied, that t#e F
: pradice of drawing up such an
address, was coeval with the con-'
Itirvcion. It was confident with
goodness, and he did not fee that
any argument had been employ
ed by the gentleman who (poke
last against it. It was true that
the Huufe might fend a verbal
anlwer, and it was likwije true,
that the Prefidenc might have sent
them his speech, by his Secretary,
without coming near them at all.
He had come to Congress, and
Mr. Murray could perceive no
impropriety in Congress returning
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the compliment by waiting on him.
The committee divided on .the
amendment propoled by Mr.
Parker. Eighteen members rose I
in support of it, so it was.; loft.—*
The committee then agreed to the
re fol ut ion. as offered by Mr. Mur”
ray. They rose, and the chair
man reported progrefc. The ref-*
elution wasagreed^toby the House,
& Mr. Madison, Mr. Sedgwick
Sitgraayes were chofen^
To draft an address, &c.
The PRESIDENTS SPEECH
I Was referred to a Committee of
ihe whole to morrow.
A Committee was raised to re
port the unfip.yhed business of the
last Congreb.
SENATE,
be lamented. In order to effect
this their favourite object, they
arc continually striving to excite
the distrust and jealouty, and to
alarm the fears of the people.
Delperate of succeeding in their
bale attempts to plunge us into
war, while our present rulers, the
viuuous guardians of American
peace, are in administration, they
exert themfelyes with an afiiduity
the most unequalled and malignant
to load them and their salutary mea-
Jures with undtltrvcd censure.
They are anxious that the prelcnx
administration should be changed,
and that mtn of their own pary
should iucceed .them. Whenever
that event (ball happen, we may
bid farewell to the peace and iran
quility of America; war wnh al!
its direful tram of evils must be
the confequeo.ee. Should this
greatest of human calamities be the
portion of our country, agricul
ture, and commerce, and all ihe
arcs of peace must decline; our
fhor.es would become feenes of
bloodlhed ; America would mourn
the loss of many of her most val
. uable citizens ; and our peaceful
land would resound with the cries
of widows and orphans. We may
rest allured that such are the wish
es of the Jacobinic fadion, and
chat all their efforts are calculated,
to produce these unhappy effeds.
Mr. King thought them as de
licately written, in relpect to the
feelings of the minority bn the
.Treaty question, as could reafon
ablv be desired.
Mr. Butlir in a warm speech
(as detailed by Biche) supported
Mr M’s motion, and on the
.1 tion for linking/ ou% the numbers
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YEAS.
Melfrs. B-ood worth. Brown,
Butler, Langdon, Marcin, Mafon r
Robinion, Tazewell—tf .
NAYS. '
Meflr-s. Bingham, Cabot, Els
worth, Foster, Frelinghaufen,
King; Latimer, IJvermore, 1W-
In all, Paine, Reed, Ro&, Strongs
Trumbull— 14. ♦
The minority, as was to be ex
pe<fted, made further attempts ta
afer the address ; but it passed
by the above majority.
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For the Herald,
AT a time when the greatest
exertions are made to destroy
tbe confidence of the people in the
administrators of our Genera! Gov
ernment, it must afford the sincerest
pleasure to every friend to the hap
pipefs and prolperity at his coun
try to relief {Jut the
of this State have mamfefttd in
the rqcft th3^
their trust and confidence in the
configured authorities remain un
impaired. That there exists a com
bination of men, coextensive with
the United States, who are hofti.e
to the peace of our happy land,
and who wiib to fee it involved in
the present most deftru&ive Eu
ropean war, is a truth greatlv to
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