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FRIDAY, DEC. 10.
qpHE taace having concurred in a
resolution of the house to appoint
■0 Chaplainsuf different denominations,
L for each House. to interchange week
■—and having on their part appointed
L Rt. Rev. Bishop White—the House
^daymadechoiceof the Rev. Dr.
Hair for the other Chaplain.
HA committee Was appointed to bring
bill or bills for determining, agree
■ly ro the Constitution, the time of chooj-
L Ehaar: of President and „<# Prfaint,
her the expiration of the 3d of March.
&3.=Likewife to determine who or
officer ffiall texercife the office of
^Tffldent, in case of .vacancy,V Also to
provide for the opening an office at the
feat of government, td receive, the votes
of the Electors of President and Vice-
Prefident.^' 1 :^
The papers communicated by the Se
eretary at War, relatives to the E*,Mti
an again, the Indians, were read, They
contained particulars of the depredati
ons committed by the. Indians on the
frontiers, for almost ajear past, commu
nicated in a feriea of accounts from pri
vate persons, public characters, and bo
dies, in letters, memorials end reprefen-
Irations to the -President of the U. S. the
ISecretary ar War, &c. . ; v
The Clerk then read ian efimate of the
—^ „?nro attending the expedition against
the Wabaftr nation, and the banditti of
L Indians. 1500 Militia and about 400
IFederal troops are employed on thisoc
-1 rafion. The amount of the expence is
I estimated at One Hundred Tboufad Del-
Jars.' • ' 11,J' % 'r. 1
r The inftroaiohs of the President of the
U. S. to Gov. St. Clair, and? the letters
from the Secretary at. War. to Gen. Har
mar, were then read.^3?L r %
A committee was appointed to bring
in a bill, more effeaually to provide for
the nationals defence, by establishing a
uniform MILITIA thrtoghout the U. S.
Meffrs.Gilman,Grout,Wadfworth,Floyd,
P. Muhlenberg, Boudinot. Smith (M,
BloodwoHh, §mi&(S. C.) and Jacklora
were the, committee.,
A meiege fyas received from the Se
nate, informing the Hxufe, that the Prte
faentMthe U. States having received
a communifatfen from the President and
commonalty of the city of Paris,, hid
thought proper to lay.the fame before ^e
Senates who had directed their Secretary
to bring,them te the House. ,The letter
from the. President and commonalty of
Patis wro Mcompuied/with >6 printed
copies pfan eulogcum on Dr. FRANK
LIN^. f«#'o<{ ... . ,
liMk. Madison of the ceminittee ippoint
& ed to prepexe an/ addreG, in answer to
the fpeecttf die Prefidept of the U. &S.
brought i&a ^port which was read ; re
ferred to a committee of the. whble h+vfe,
and made the order-ofthe day for tQ.mor
roff. ^ ^—— — ^t ,
SATURDAY, DEC. 11.
The eddrebof the President was a
dopred without any alteration froth the
^ty* committee who drew it up.
• MONDAY, DEC,
A letter to read from the Secretary
if the Treasury,-accompanying a report,
which wit also itft and peffaed to a
committee of the wholes
r1 was moved thak the House adopt
Die fallowing refolutiQii T ; ±0 .This Hwe
-7 is highly feMMrto -the polite attention
QfF President of the commonalty of Pa
m, in dire&nge number ofopiw of in
^•logy pronounce^^
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
CONGRESS.
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Saturday, January 8, 1791.}
third session.
-Mr. Lee moved that a, committee be
appointed to bring in a bill to dired the
mode of renewing evidence, of the debt
of the U. S. which may have been, or
shall be loft. Qrdered to lie on the table.
The House waited on the Prefiden,
with their address— returned and ad
journed. r' , ^ 1
TUESDAY, DEC. T 4.
min Franklin, a citizen of the U.S. to be
transmitted to Congrefs—Refolyed, that,
the Speaker be ditched to fignify to the
commonalty of Paris the sense of the
House on this occasion." ——Ordered to
lie on the table till to-morrow. : .
'The foregoing resolutions being a
dopted by ttie House, the firft was refer
red to the Sectetary of the Treasury, to
repoit ways and means ; the second, to
a committee of xz members, one from
each State ; and the third to the Secre
tary of State. 4 :
Refol-ved, That the report of the Secre
tary of the Treasury fdr disposing of va
cant lands, and establishing a Land office
for that purpose, b^ referred to a com
mittee of the whole on: Friday next..
? , The report on the Uniformity of Weights
and Mtafarv, made at ;he Jaft session by
the Secretary of State is to be referred to
a committee of the whole on Wednesday
next. . /: = ~ ;
A report on the fubje& of a NATI
ONAL BANK was laid before the House
by the Secretary of the Treasury, read,
and referred to a committee of the whole
Houfe.on Tuefday next. - %
A bill for the eftablifhtnent of an uni
form MILITIA was read a 6rft and fe,
cond times, and made the order of the
day for Thursday next. _ (
The committe agreed to and reported
the following resolutions :
Refolded, That it is the opinion of this
committee, that immediate provision
ought to be made for defraying the ex
pence of the expedition against the In
dians, north-weft of the Ohio.
'„ Refolded, as the opinion of this com
mittee, That a committee be appointed
to report a bill or bills for further en
couragement of the navigation of the U.
States.
% THURSDAY, DEC. 16. ^
-Mr.^Fitzfimonb presented the petition
of John Churchman, requesting Congress
to take further notice of his improve
ments anc | difeoveries relating to the
magnetic Variation of the ifeedle.
, The remainder of the day the House in
committee was engaged in the confeder
ation of the Militia Bill. §.
- FRIDAY, DEC. 17. ::'
, Several Petitions were read, and dis
posed of. An address from sundry Qua
kers, praying exemption from Militia
duties, was read • ft ; " 1
;Read a second timea bill for continu
ing ,n'Aft refpeaing certain duties in
Georgia;Maryland, and Rbodc-lJlandj :
A Bill fepplemenforf to mi A& mak
ing provision & the debt of the U. S.
came down from the Senate. Read a
firft time.'
^MiLffiA.^:
: The residue of the day, the House, in
committee, spent Tn difeuffing the Militia
^ANSWERS CT
Os the SENATE afid HOUSE
; ,of REPRESENTATIVES ^
e TO TH, ^^EBCq pr
The PRESIDENT; or The
>^TO^wra ,;?,4
Refolded, That such part of the Prefi
deCc'r fpeach, as relates to the Mediter
ranean trade,be referred to the Secretary
of State? '
WEDNESDAY, DEC. If. ^
The House adopted the motion which
Mr. Smith laid on the table last Monda,
relative to addressing the President of th,
Commonalty of Paris.
In commitm of the ^wbole on the fate of cho
Published by H. Ranlrt, in the Main Sami, Exeter.
Union.
the President at his own ' House, and
deliver,d,the following ADDRESS ; r
Ta ib& PRESIDENT e/f the,United Stated
The critical situation of the Euro: A
powers will engage a due portion of our
attention ; and we shall be ready to i
dopt an, measures which a prudent cir
cumfpeaion may suggest, for the preser
vation of the blessings of peicC. Thfe
navigation and'the fineries of the United
States, are objeds too interetting; not to
inspire a disposition to promote them, By
all the means which shall appear to us
consistent with their natural progress and
permanent prosperity. c,
Impressed with the importance of a free
intercourse with theMeterranean, we shall
,not think any ' deliberation mifemploy
edj which may conduce to the adoption
of proper measures, for removing the im
pediments that obftru& it.
The improvement of the judiciary fyf
tern, and the other important, objefts,, to
,hicb yqr have -pointed bur attention,
will not fail to ;engage the consideration
they refpeaively merit? '' I
: In the coorfe of our deliberations, upon
every fubje&, we shall rely upon that co
operation, which an uridiminifhed .zeal
and incessant anxiety for the public wel,
fare, on your part, so thoroughly ensure;
and as it is our anxious desire, so it shall
be our constant endeavour, to render the
established government more and more
inftrumenuu in promoting the sßd of our
fellow-citizens,: and more and more the
objed of their attachment and confidence.
To ibis Adfofn the President -was plitafed
'Gt,TLEMtN,
;THESE assurances of favorable atten
tion to de fubjeds 1 have recommended,
and of entire confidence in ty,&,
make the, impression on me,' Which I
ought to feel. I thank you fofthem Both,
and fhal| continue to rely much, for. the
firccefs of all our measures for she public
good, on the aid they will receive from
th, Wifdofa arid integrity of ydtff counsels.
G. WASHINGTON.
At two o'clock in the afternoon', the
following Address of the Horse of Repre
sentatives wal delivered to this President
of the Urfited State!, at bit hdufel ! °
WE receive, fir, with particular fatis
fidion the Cora munication# contained in
)our Speech, which confirm to us the pro,
greffive state of the public credit, and as.
ford at the fame time, a new proof of the
solidity of the foundation, on which i§
rells; and we cheerfully join in the ac
knowledgment which is due to the probity
and patriotism of the mercantile and ma,
ritime part of our fellow-citizens, whole
enlightened attachment to the principles
of government is not left ctinfpicuous in
this, than it has been iq other important
refpe&s.'
In confidence, that every tonftitutional
preliminary has been observed, we assure
you of dur disposition to concur in giving
the requisite fandioii to the admission of
Kentucky, as a diftin& member 6f,he
Union; in doing which; we (ball antici
pate the happy effe&s, jo be; expected
from the sentiments of attachment towards
the Union and its present government,
Which hate been expressed by the patri#
otic 'inhabitants of that diftrift.
'White we regret that the continuance
and erfcrehfe bf the hostilities and depre
dariohs which Have diftreffeed our no#h
w^ftefn'ff&i tiers, (Would have rendered
bffenfiv^' meaftife# neceffafy, we feel an
entire confidence in the Efficiency of the
motives which hath produced them, and
in the wifdbm of the difpotiticns which
have been concerted, in pursuance of the
powers veiled in you ; and whatever may
have been the CVerit, we (halt cheerfully
concur in the provifionb.'which the expe
dition that has been undertaken, may re
quire on 'he part of the legislature; and
in any other which the "future peace and
fafety of oar frontier Settlements may call
^, . . of Americas
The proper regulation of the jarifdic
tion and fun&ions which' may be exer.
cifed by Confab of the United Starts ia
foreign countries, with the provisions
stipulated to those ofr his Most Ghriftian
Majesty established here; are lubjt& of
too mnch consequence to the public ir
tereft and honour, not to partake ot oar
deliberations, r•Q
We (hall renew our attention to the
eftablifhm'ent of the militia and the other
fubje&s unfinished at the last session, and
Shall proceed in them with all the dis
patch, which the magnitude of all, and
the difficulty of fomt of them will allow.
Nothing has given Uimore Satisfaction
•than ro^^toat the revenueshteretot dre
proved ^adequate to the
thtf w?re allotted,
^r s o r^eiefdu.
Le equally ocreae
Land punctuality in
the Trerfurv^f
& ^
We share in the fatisfa^ion inspired ty
the profpeas which continue to be so au,
fpicious to otir public affairs. The blefli
ings resulting from the smiles of Heaven
on our agriculture, the rife of public cre^
dit, with the further advantages promised
by it and the fertility of re&rccs which
are found so little burdensome to the com
munity, fully authorife our mutual cotf^
gratulations on the present occasion. Nor
can we learn without an additional gra
tification, that the energy of the laws 'for
providing adequate revenues have been
so honorably seconded by those classes of
citizens whose patriotism & probity were
more immediately concerned;
„ The success of the loan opened iq Hol
land, under the disadvantages of the pre,
font moment, is the more important, if
it hot-only denotes the confidence already
placed in the U. States, but as the effell
of a Judicious application of that aid,
will Kill further illustrate the folldity of
the foundation on which the public credit
rests. r ? - ' . ' % b
The preparitory steps taken by the
State of Virginia in concert with the dif
trid of Kentucky towards the ere&ion of
the latter into a diftind member of the
Union, exhibit a liberality mutually
honorable to the parties.; We shall bestow
Qn this important hbjea the favourable
consideration which it merits: and with
die national policy which ought 10 go
vern our decision, (hall not fail to mingle
the afFedionatq feotiments, which are
awakened by those expressed in behalf of
our fellow-citizens of Kentucky.
Whilst we regret the necessity which
has produced oft'enfive hostilities igainit
fame of the Indian tribes northwest of
the Ohio, we sympathize too much with
our weftern brethren not to behold wih
approbation the watchfulnefs andvigor
which have beer , exerted by the executive
authority,for their protection ; Mhd which,
we trust, will make the aggressors sensi
ble that it is their interest to merit by a
peaceable behaviour the friendship and
humanity which the United ' Seam
plways ready to extend te them,;
: The encouragement of our own navi
gation, has at all times, appeared to us
highly important. The point of view
fender which .you recommended it to us is
strongly enforced by the adual state of
things in Europe. It will be incumbent
on us to confider in what mode our com
merce and agriculture can be best reliev
ed from an injurious dependence on the
navigation of other nations, which the
frequency of their wars renders a too pre
carious resource for conveying the pro
dudions ofour country to market.
: The; present state of our trade to the
Mediterranean,feems nbt less to demand,
and will accordingly receive the attend,
on which you have rcCommended.
t Having, already concurred in eftabiiffi
ing a judiciary system, which opens the
door of justice. to all, without diftin&ion
of persons, it will be our disposition to
incorporate every improvement which
experience may suggest: and we /hall
confider in particular, how far the unifor
mity which in other cases is found conve
nient in-,the administration of the general
government through all the Oates, ma,
be introduced into the formspd tales of
executing sentences iffuirg%rom the
federal courts.
[Vol. V.— Numb. 231.