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[BY AUTHORITY.]
JJ\" . 1C T
Milking an approfniaiioti for C street north
from Bth street to Pennsylvania avenue.
BE it enacted by the First unci be con
Chambers of the City Council of Hash
infftun, That the sum of Eighty Dollars be,
Jtn'l t'ne same is hereby appropriated for
opening C street horth, from Eight street
to Pennsylvania avenue, out of any monies
in the Treasurer's hands not otherwise i>?-
jj! opri.ited, and that the sime be expended
"under the direction of the M:«vor.
S.-v M ii. N S.\i VUAVOOD,
President of the First Chamber.
DANI. KAI'IXK,
President of the Sccond C/uimber.
APPPOVKD,
November 23rd, ISO 9.
ItOnRUT BRENT, Mayor.
J\AVT UEPAUTMEN ¥.
December Ist, 1309. !
Sir,
I have the honor, of transmitting
to,you herewith paper A, in duplicate,
which ii an exhibit of the vessels of
vnr and gun-boats at this time belong*
ing to the navy of the United States ;
dtr.'ingtiishipg the number in com-
Tnis ion prior to the pasasge of the
act ei titled " An act authorising the
employment of an additional naval
foire," passed January 31st, 1809.
The number lilted out under that act ;
the whole number now in commis
sion and prepared for service, and the
number in oidinury, and where.
by tliis paper it will be seen that the
ssctol" 31st January,.TßG9, has been
fully executed. The t umber of ves
sels of war and tfun bats now in com
mission, and the actual s ate of those
not in commission will also appear,
it is hoped, in a satisfactory form.
Paper, No. 1, in duplicate, whiph
is an exhibit of the warrants drawn
■upon the appropriation# made by the
act of 3d March, 1809, for
« repairs of vessels for contingent
expenses ; and for olo'hir.g of the ma
rine corps respectively.
Paper, No. 2, in duplicate, which
is an exhibit of the. warrants drawn
upon the sum of $ 150 000, transfer
red by your order, agreeably to the
?ct of Congress, entitled "An act
further to amend the several acts lor
the establishment and regulation of
the treasury, war and navy depart
ments," passed MaiT.il 3d, 1803, hom
the appropriation mode by the ap
propriation act of 3d March, ISO 9,
for " provisions" to that of " repairs
of teasels."
Paper, No. 3, in duplicate, which is
an exhibit of the warrants drawn upon
the sum of £25 000 transferred by
your order, agreeably to the provi
eionsof the act above recited, from
the appropriation made by tne appro- I
priation act above recited, for " provi j
sions," to that of " contingent ex- j
peuces "
Paper, No. 4, in duplicate, which is
cn exhibit of the warrants drawn upon
the sum of $2,500 transferred by your
order agreeably to the provisions ol the ;
act above feci «d, from the appropria- j
tions made by the act above rt ited
for quarter masters' and barrack
tups'era* stores lor the corps of ,nia- j
Tines,'* to,that of clothing for ths
corps.
The sum transferred in aid ot the
apptopii aii.oti for ''repairs of vessels ." j
maj i- pear Iprgi ; hut pursuing the
spjv'-t of the «-t of 31-it Janua y, 1809,
it was de et'"ihvwl that the i a
nude shotfld.be thorough and com
pleter In doi g this the dishuimerits
hocertainly been, lieavy. Uut the
pi ice of B&Viifstoteai qftd sud
detstiy ei riiced, has 'contri
buted to av/el hem to their present
amount. O. J very Consoling cir-
.'ce foi these heavy disbui se
men /iscs out of the lact, th t all
the viols' repaired, especially the
frigates, have in en so much impr. ved
ill thmr armament, their other ti -
inert's, j u their sai ing, that the most
experienced pr u: i 'ai men pronounce
then to be, at this time, greatly su
perior i ah re-i'OCts, to wbat they
•were when first. fitted out trom the
stocks,
Tht> contingent expenses have also
been n lexpt ctediy .gwlkt, arising priij
cip lly from ffiie very heavy disburse
jh'.i.ts »t JS't v- (»•
Th;; appr opriaiion for marine cloth
inp was found in ikquate to toe object >
for wiiich.it 'v ri l made
of the advanced price of cloihs ar.d
wooiler.r..
I have the honor, to be
With 1 eat respect.
Sir, yiuv m >st obndien',
PXUL IIAMILroNs
The Pttr.SIDBVtT
of in? United State*.
FIVB DOLLARS PER ANNUM,
VOL. X.
fill ft f) Ti $( I %% t # 111 lii' if & V
P&' r>- -'>■--V { iiy - V 'bys-ty ! -V-V il A >- Mr §
• & WASHINGTON ADVERTISER
! I will now proceed, Mr. President,
: to enquire whether the facts staled in
the resolution arc supported by the
J correspondence, upon which it is
! fou ded ? In performing this tasK, l
' propose to read the whole of the cor
respondence which I cfttiQcive bears
ai.y material relation to the subject of
the resolution, and nd other, altho'
; the whole may not be entitled to, nor
i receive ; ny aniniLidversions from me ;
yet as my soic object is to get at the
true ©xpoii ion and meant; g of the
■ j c<H're* O' dence, if I shouid ui fortu
nately omit, misconceive.or ml l Jnter
; pret any mateiial part of it, I sb.di
have the consolation to refloct, tisat by
presenting the whole, the meahs of
my correction in either will bt.
pi csettled to the Senate and the world ;
if ihe observations I propose now to
make should ever find their way ou
of the walls of this chamber. 1 shal
also present this correspondence in it
responsive order, which vnil be !ou d
to be indispenbihle to the due compre
hension of some of it 3 most essential
parts. v
Permit me, then, sir, to cull your
at ention first to the letter of Mr. Jack- j
'ion lo Mr. Smith, dated the I 1 h Oc
ober, 1«09, page 32 33, of tho print
ed documents., For, Slrj.
this tetter is not mentioned it the re
solution, yet it furnishes tti > original
offensive insmu i ions, and is referred
to and reiterated ift the letter ol ti»e
23d of October, wnieh is noticed in
the resolution, ai;d therefore the off<n
sive expressions of tne letter of tbe
I Ith are enti led to and shall receiv.
tne most accurate and critical atteh
fion and analysts.
The expressions alluded to are the
following :—
" V .u hive not in the conferences,
we-have hitherto held, distinctly an
lounced any such complaint, rthfj 1
! sfen with; piea'.ui e, in tins for
> ifancV, on your part, an ins ance ot
:.b«H ct'niiof, 1 d..'U'»t nt>t, will
prevail i our c»'« nu.itcaiions, in j
/vsinucb as you cdWtf not bu. have tbo'i. ;
it uoruasonubl® to' comphun cf th •
Whole prior number now under Fitted out I tnmoer, \Lcommisshn IVhrte at tlvA £
brig Oneida. Ontario Lake This is K«w do. 1 at Orleans Enterprise 12 Schooner
n-o. If f [20 "bil i do. Nautilus ,sp
Spitfire Bomb, u foik V 10 Cutter Ferret
g»m-boats ordiaatyj loj vv Enterprise York ! v 54 do. AHlhese in state ste in a of tsng net uoi
condemntd, c*pt hulk; BombsJ is now and used as and tsu'.ii'.s
aethers, *iz. 36,17, 21, .„ e . th- t Nos. 14 20 _ and wi I , "^ e nt e .* '
prubabili y n „n be condemned | for as unfr. sc r Cun-boats, uictud '
x orbisabta of /W paisoge commission IxOrdixary. REMARKS. & st in of act 31 .- - the th" to to tine h I wtnv.g
ready Junvary, fin 1809 se vicc \ of . t.' the ac iute the L J nvy 31s
| . 18i;9 January, States. "
20j ""l T-.Hhr.ore 10 do. "erret Vixen Ip Adams J®bn
ensuing baying summer, nee tlie in been built ing bug Oneida
, , , watering . a boat. ,
Portland 9 do. *1 ixautnus
-I 111 *
Norwich, Con. I !"> 2 f.o. Ferret ' IIS
j preservation. r'v, Revenge R I 2 do. V.'- ct. 16 ren
j pe&ke ''resident V- mted States 4 l "-s 1-r-.-siuent T
SChesape "1 s-ton I Oonstit«|tson ke President '44 ' Constitution institution. <
„ emplo-. -,'orfolk Argus edoccasiona'.'y, . 21 do. these of Kevenge and fitted f.s j? ms AU
frigates ordinary, repairs reqi-tf* C'>nst' U lion Tbes- States in before U'asp United Essex ii ' ltes "ited S' I
')• 'VasMnffton V ; thev can New. York be sent to sea. Adams Essex John pe- 36 Hornet ke Cn-s 5
gun-boats gun-boats put Charleston 13 T!;r' these e of ,-Jj Hornet been in Nautilus hr.ve com Vesuvius l .New \orfc '
'Bombs . gun-boats J '. J s" Wasp 9 v x «n Rfna 56 Constehshw
Aug. 1809, observes, :»letter d ted 25 , "i! l'orter n nt ,e
I Adams Argus Siren Adams Congress John 3f
f Mlmington, 3" N . Enterprise do. C 4 Siren seX s "
keCh.mplarnJ 2 d o. Revenge i 12
Vangeance J , JTewYork 1c ijoats
repair®. require bombs hose ; V. Ciasseu
gun . Uie boats at New Orlesn.' No. 13 has O . been •
11 . <!"■ Bomb, «»•» I
(ieorgi- v mission for tlic st.-tioß. Bts. atN.O. -2 G.
gun 22 boats And
materials.
Exhibit shewn? the state an I cwkti-o*, at th's time, of the ves*cl* bchnrjinj
on the Aavy of the Unitediftites, ai l of the Ift 9out.v.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL IfAPKISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
MR. GILKS'S SPKhCH. CO A 1 L\ UV.D,
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, isoo.
disavowal of an act, done under such
ciicumstances, as could only lead to
the consequenccs lhat have actually
followed
"It was not known when I 1.-ft Eng
land, whether Mr. Er: kine had, ac
cording to the liberty Slowed him,
communicated to you in cxt.en.so his
original instructions. It n w appears
that he did not. But in reverii.'g to
his official correspondence, and parti
culariy to a despatch addressed on the
20 .ii of Ap-il .to his majesty's secreta
ry of stale for loreign affairs, I find
that c there states, that he had sub
i rnit od to'your ccnsiderati'jn the three
; conditions speclfieid in those ihstruc- >
tions, as tjie ground woik of an ar- j
rangementwhi.h, according to in for- ,
maiion received front this country, it
; vvas thought in England might be
made, with a prospect of great mu'u- !
d advantage. Mr. Efskine then re- !
ports verbatim rt seriatim your ob: *r
vations upon each of the three condi
tions, and the reasons which induced
you to think that others might be sub
stituted in lieu of them. I may have
been concluded between you lhat
' these latter were an equivalent for the i
original conditions ; but the very act j
uf substitution evidently shews that !
those original conditions were in fact '
very explicitly communicated to you,
nd by you of course laid before the j
President for bis consideration I
i.ecd hardly add, thai the difference
between these conditions and those
combined in the arrangement of the
! 18th and 19ihof April, is sufficiently
obvious to require no elucidation ; nor
neod .I draw the conclusion, which I
con'vder as admitted by all absence of
complaint on tbe part of the Ameri
can government, viz: that under such
circumstances his majesty had an un
doubted and incontrovertible right to
disavow the act of his minister. 1
lmist here allude to a supposition,
which you more than ci.ce mentioned
to me, and by which, if it had any th«
slightest foundation, this right might
| perhaps hue been in somr dcgi c.f af
« fee ted. You have informed rue that
I '
I you undftrntdod that Mr. Ersktne had
two sets of instructions, by which to
regulate'his- conduct ; and that upon
one oi them, which not baen com
, ttiuwicatcd either to you or to
lic, was to be rested the justificuion
of the terms liiially igt'eed uport bc
| tween you and him. It is my duty,
sir, solemnly 16 declare to you, and
through you, to the Presideli , that tbe
despatch from Mr. Canning to Mr.
Erskinc which you have made the ba
sis of an official cortespondence with
the latter minister, .:nd which was
rdad by ihe former to the American
minister in London, is the' only des- j
patch by which the conditions were
prescribed to Mr. Ersktoe for the con- :
elusion of an arrangement with this
coui iry on the matter to which it re
-1.; s."
P; rmit me, sir, to call your atten
tion to the fbst paragraph of this quo
ia ion in the following words—Ad
dressing himself to Mr. Smith Mr.
Jackson savs—
" You have not in the .conferences,
we have hitherto held, distinctly an
nounced any such comprint, and I
have seen with pleasure, in this for
bearance, on your par'., an instance of
that candor, which I dgrtibt not, will
prevail in all our comtnifnictttions, in
asmuch as you could not but have thd't
it unreasonable to comfilain of the disa
vonal r f an act, done under mch cir-
I cum.stanccs. as could only lead to the
| consequences that have actually follow
ed"
. First, let me ask, Mr. President! ,
whai were the consequences that actu
ally fodowed this act i The ob' 'ous i
ansuer is, the disavowal of it. W.io •
is it that must[\w\£thought it unreason
anlc to complain of mis disavowal ?
Th answer is Mr Smith, Secretary
of S;ate. What . e I ere suggested, i
as the materials fo ins tin iking or <
upon which bis thoughts must have
been (Xi cised ? The answer is, the
circumstancts under which the act was
done-.
Mr. Smith then must h ve had a
knowledge of these cirqumst ces,~
upon wi ich he Exercised his thoughts
—b. cpusc it is i possible to ex t cise
tiioughts, or perform the aci of fhi k
ing upon cireumsia ces, vithc.u the
knowledge -of loose -j-i • utees.
Wliat must have been the character
of such circumstances as could only *
lead to the disavowal of the act done
under ti»em ? Could it have been
fai ? Couifi it have b„en honorable?
Certaiiily not} because an act done
under circumsta .cts, the character of
which Wi*s fir and honorable, might
merit a better destiny, than an u qua
lified disavowal ; but this act was tk-ne
u dcr tuch circuitlstances within the
kiw wle'dge of Mr. Smiih as could only
lead to a disavowal of it. The charac
t«r of sucb Circumstances must then
have been dishonorable and scandalous;
or certainly seme better fa:e, than a
disavowal of the act done under them,
niigiH have attended it; but in this
cate, Mr. Jackson says, no belter fate
could attend the act; ihe circumstances
were such as could only lead to a dtsa
v Aval. Now, Sir, after thus stripping
this extraot' inary sentence of all its
disguises, and translating it into plain
English ; to what does it amount?
Why. sir, certainty and unquestiona
bly to this : You, Mr. Smith, Secre
tary of State of the U. S. have enter
-1 cd into an arrangement with my pre
decessor, Mr. Erskine, under such
scandalous and dishonorable circum
stances, as could only lead to a dis t a
vowr.l of it; and you yourself were so
wellttppKz d of ihem, and so consci
ous of their inevitable operation? as
j even to think it unreasonable to com- :•
' plai i of the disavowal, I defy gen- !
j tlemen to give to this offenr-ivc pa
j ragraph any other fair and cor- 1
| rect int«rprotation \ and if this be the
j fair and correct one, caft you conceive,
j sir, of an iusult more outrageous and
I premeditated ? A?.d wilt /ou not be
surprised, sir, to be told, that the in*
su.t does not stop here. That as of
fensive as it already appears, it docs
not stop here ; that it is still further
aggravated. Yes, sir, Mr. Jackson,
not content with making this extract*
dinary 1 and iusoicnt communication in
its oi da nary form, underscores the
words tl could only" containing the
fioint or git of the insult : thus ajigra
vating thii act either by distrust
thus manifested of Mr. Smith's men
tal perceptions, or by letting Mr.
Srnii'h know, that the insult v>as known
to, and intentionally given by Mr.
Jack'on: for the underscoring couid
nut have .had any otKr object iu vis'.*.
1 I t till: impudent act of underscoring
> Mr. Jackson reminds mo, vr, of a r„n
i of mViewable, conceitcd'prctenders hi
- wit, yho, haviivg great confidence in
- the acuienes* of iheir 9wn men .Til
\ perceptions & very Utile in that oi their
- hearers, will kindiy and co;npubsi.,n<
, ately explain the point,of wit to fhcU*
I hearers, before they approach it in
; tne re era I 01 the story, to prepares
. and qwiiify the hearers minds to join
- in the laugh intended to be produced
i by it. sfe.;> sir, this tjnders. ot ing - wv»<
i as much as sayiag to Mr. Sini i—t
i , am. afraid that I have so nicely v. r .jp'ed
> j this insult in the veil of misteries' and 1
: ; disguises, that it may escape Übservbi
: tion from the obtuseness of v ,Qv
• | tr.cntal perception—but grri deter
■ mined it shall not. I have underscore,!
it 'for you ; you shtdUook at it ; yoU
shah know that I, Mr. Jackson, under*
sta d and mean it. Jt 1 wrap
■ ped it up in mastery and disguise to'
be sure, but 1 will rend the veil, p
•will make an eyelet In'le for von. that
you shall look through, and behold tho
ii suit in ah its tront oi grossnesb and
impudence.
But, *rr, if Mr. Jackson had tkc\»
known, as well as he now does, the
digiified character, the high sensi
bility, and the correct inteiliger.ee of
the Secretary oi State, the would iuve
foUild it more honorable to himself
to have spared his insult altogether
or at least might have spared hp-s elf
the trouble of underscoring.' si>, J[
co' '"five this i'.sfjft so gross and out
,t; geous fhdt I am surprised how the
ui ive government cou d re«
cii i e it t its if o' irocecd ano<
•Jvr step in the comiri'u 'jr.uioiis vi-ith
Mr J cks .n. Certainly, sir, pro
ceeding beyond thjis point manis'tst*
O the part of the Executive' great mo
dera ioit, gee at forbearance, «nd c -
descention scarcely excusable, and,-
sir. I am perfectly sure. Jjat nothing
could have induced it, to corWder
such gross lntt nations argumentative-
Jy, bu '»'< sod si icere ac.ire
which has invariably ac'u ter| he -re
sent, >s well as the ias ( d njpiii ration, "
to pt eservepe-.ee, at d < vtf tiVat® har
mony, and good understanding wi,h
pre..t Britain. And, sir, we see
-in the cou se of this inve tii-a'ie t w
ii - hi-ei r <fii i ; : ; . ~ A
as. I'Or all forum-acts ofn.od
'forbearance and co d^centio
Le; me now, sir, select out «f the
quotation, another extraordiraj y tx
pcession, for a few ai imadversion*, i-i
the following words: « jj U {
ve y act of substitution evident iy Wwsi
that those original conditions were in
fact very explicitly communicated to
you, and !>y you, of course iaid be
u>!« he I resident lor his Considera
tion." ,
It is somewhat curious to observe,
what stress Mr. J.cXson pl aCt , t f
brough the whole of his eortespon
dehce, upon what he is here pleased
to term " the very act of substitu
tion, and demonstrates to every im
partial mind how slender are the pre
tex s, with which Mr. Jatkson is fur
nished, to apologise for, or rather tt»
equivocate about the disavowal of Mr.
Etckine's arrangement. % Let mej
therefore, enquire, in what this horri
ble act of substitution, as Mr. Jackson
would make it appear, consists? Why,
sir—simply in this 4 That-the three
inadmissible conditions, mentioned m
one of the despatches to Mr, Erskine,
were verbally communicated to Mr
Snith, and insisted upon by Mr. £ f s."
kine, and that Mr, Smith in rejecting
i those conditions verbally, and vmir
great propriety and frankness, told Mtv
i j Ersktne what con<]itions he might ob-
i-.tr. Krskine upon a review ol
■ ell his letters of instructions, finding
it impossible to obtain his, the three
conditions first proposed, conceived
hifftself fully empowered to propo e
» tilose vvl '!ch possibly might have beers
i intimated to him by Mr. Smith ir t
cornet satintn j and the sfrangemcnt
was accordingly apd promptly made
between these two gentlemen on thn
; part of their respteotive governments.
And now let nift .ash von, vvha\ is
, there dishonorable, or even un«* %
usual rn this pror.ee ing, Which ii the
i whole amount of Mr. f season's vera
j net of substitution." sir, it is mpr
■ easy to see, that- Mr. Jaeksow kerps lus'
■ ingenuity Constftntfy upon the *{rc'cn
t r t peeling this very act of ftub-tituv
- ti» n evidently whit a fit«v of fpfcAuc*
. i.'tg- i n irojM piston ' ? the hi« inaaUoiij
1 tho.bxocntive fjvvei'nn.ci-.t of the
'■ '<• f.ad tl -m i;s shir»
5 ip th.it arrunt-elvH-T.;, ~nd in iVtwas'
6«»cer««d i». a
P-iio a? jinrttt-T!?.
NO. U32.