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Happening to be present
in the House of Keprefenta
tives of the United States, a few
days past, when a bill, providing
for the payment of the interest on
the balances due to the creditor
States, came under consideration,
and being a citizen of Maffachu-
Yetts, the largest creditor State, I
felt much interested in the fate of
the bid. As this balance has been
foiemnly pledged towards the dis
charge of the heavy debt which
flill hangs upon us, £ therefore paid
particular attention to the pro
ceedings of the House on the fub
je&> At the commencement of
the late revolution when the Unit
ed States agreed to contend for
their liberties and independence,
^nd throughout the whole of the
ftruC^ 6 * did most foiemnly
pledge J heir faith, (whenever they
called upo? the individual States
fat supplies) / or ‘he Payment of
the principal interest of ail
advancements that^M be made
by any individual beyond
her just proportion, whicJ* eng^ge
menthas been expreEly recognized .
by a law passed since the eftaCblb
ment of the present government
authorizing and directing a fettle-*
ment at the accounts between the
United States and the individual
States andexprefsly ftipulatingthat
the balance found due to any par-
Opposition to the claims of the
Creditor States. '
AH’ little Orphan, cease those swelling
f,gh ’’ u • i ,
No longer vent thy grief in pearly tearst
Clam thy deep throbbihg heart, dry up thy
eye?,
Let sorrow cease to cloud thy tender
years.
’Tis true—thou haft no friendly helping
hand,
To cheer with Toothing (miles the rug
ged way;
Friends like thy felt indeed thou canst com
mand ;
Who feel with thee misfortune’s iron
sway.
With thee they would divide their little all;
With thee the scanty boon that fortune
gave— t
With feeling hearts attend a brother s call,
With joy impart whatever his wants
might crave.
But ah ! with thee chill pen’ry is their let,
Scarce are thu needs of life to them fup
ply’d j
11l could thy feeling heartendure the thought,
To a& from them what fortune has de
ny’d.
Though curs’d dependence wounds thy
tender breast.
The cloud# may yet difpede, and tem
pt ft s cease.
The fond expectance of Come milder fate,
Should drive dull mafing melancholy a
way ;
Let cheering hope thy finking mind elate,
And brighter profpcCts to thy eyes dis-
And words unkird each day destroy thy
peace—
Yet (HU unmov’d — on hope’s firm anchor
rest.
play.
If honesty th* induftripus hand attend,
Good -Providence will crown thee with
success; _ 7
Will prove thy strong support and -ftedfaft
friend.
And with his bounteous (lores thy life
will bless.
FROM THE COLUMBIAN CRNTINEL.
MR. RUSSELL,
PHILADELPHIA, MAY, 1794.
Poet’s Corner.
the ORPHAN.
BLANDULUS.
ticular State fhbuld be placed to the
credit of that State upon the books
ofthetreafury, upon the lameterms
as the domestic debt of the United
States- A settlement of those ac
counts has taken place, and the ba
lances found due to the individual
States, has been placed agreeably
to law upon the books of the trea
sury, to their credit refpedively,
and the object of the bill I allude
to was to provide for the payment
of the interest on those balances, a
greeably to the engagements of the
government. This being theftate
of fafts, 1 did not fuppoie it possi
ble that a :queftion could anfe
whether prompt and ample provi
sion (hould not be made for those
balances, and yet f found to my
great furprize, the bill met with
opposition and every poflible em
barrassment.
It was objected to by one set of
' opponents, that a clause ought to
be annexed to the bill making the
debts of the debtor States, the
fund to which the creditor States
were to look for payment ; and
some of them went so far as to fay
they would never provide any o
ther fund, and at the fame time
declared, they did not believe the
Constitution had vetted Congreis
with a power cf compelling the
debtor States to make payment,
and if it had it would be impos
sible to enforce such a power, and
that it was not to be supposed the
debts ever would be paid.
It was objected* to alio by the
members of the large debtor States,
who said they had many iubftan
tial grounds for claiming an exone
ration, and some of them went so
far as to declare that their States
did confider the balances found a
gainft them as unjutt, and that they
would never content to pay it, and
to force them would be difficult if
not impracticable, they would not
therefore vote for the bill unless it
contained a clause for exonerating
the debtor Slates.
The friends of the bill opposed
both of those motions; the fir ft be
cause making the debts of the
debtor States the fund for the pay
ment of the balances due to the
creditor States, was making no
provision at all, even upon the very
words of some who had propoled
it; who had said they did not
think those debts ever would or
ever ought to be paid, and it was
therefore a downright piece of
mockery to the creditor stares to
propose such a fund, and they had
better come forth in plain language
and fay the creditor States never
should be paid. In the original
engagement and by subsequent re
cognitions thereof no such idea was
held out, and the creditor States
could look no where but to the
United States for payment, and
whether the debts of the debtor
States werecolleded or not by the
express terms of the contrad, they
were holden to pay the balances
due to the creditor States.
To the second motion for exon
erating the debtor States, by af
fixing a clause to this bill for that
purpose, they objected, by faying
the fubjeds were diftin^t, and it
w’as aqueftion of much importance
how far it would be either just or
politic k to adopt such a measure.
lt was then moved that the bill
be engrossed and read the 3d time,
upon which the previous question
was called for, and on the previous
quefton, * { lhallthe main question
be now put.’* it passed in the af
firmative 52 to 37. The question
was then put for engrossing the
bill, and having it read a third
time which passed 51 to 36. It
was then moved in order to destroy
the bill as it is a rule in Congress
they fay, that all unfinilhed busi
ness (hall expire with the close of a
session, that the firft Monday of
October Ee afligned for its third
-reading, which passed in the nega
tive 53 to 33. It was then agreed
to have its third reading the next
day, and on the final pafiage of the
bill, it passed ^2 to 34*
I have been thus particular in
giving you a detail of this bufinels,
partly because it has been said by
some among you that the South
ern members were your best friends,
but principally because £ was a
stonished, and my feelings hurt
beyond measure, at the many
fhameful manoeuvres pradifed to
withhold from the Massachusetts
and the other creditor States, what
every honest man knows to be
their just due, for their superior
exertions in our lare glorious re
volution, and which the United
States has so frequently and fo
iemnly promised fliould*be reim
bursed to them on the settlement
•Mr. Nicholas was the Virginia
member alluded to.
t This fund in the bill was impost and
tonnage.
that required a very ferrous and
di ft in# consideration from the pres
ent bill, which contemplated noth
ing more than making provision
for a debt which the United States
had taken upon themselves and
had promiied to provide for.
Upon a motion for the commit
tee of the whole to rife and report
the bill to the House it was carri
ed 42 to 40.
After the bill came before the
House, it was moved to add a clause
to exonerate the debtor States,
which motion was negatived by
58 to 23. It was then moved by
a member from Virginia* “ that
the payment of the interest of the
aforefaid balancesout of thefund,-j
--(hall cease and determine after the
year 1798, and that thereafter the
balances reported to be due by the
Commissioners from certain States
be appropriated for the payment
of the -interest and principal of the
balances due to the said States”—
and the Yeas and Nays on this mo
tion were as follows
MeSTrs. Baldwin, Blount, Christie Clair
borne, Coles J. Dawfon,Fin<iley, B. Giles,
Gillespie, Gregg, Hancock,Heath, Heister,
Madison, Montgomery, Moore, Muhlen
berg, Neville, New, Nicolas, D. Orr,
Parker, Ruthcford, Scott, Smillie Venable,
and Walker.
Meflrs. Ames, Bailey, Beatty, Boudinot,
Bourne,Cad walader,P. Carnes,Clark,Cobb,
Coffin, Coit,Day ton,Derborn,Dent,Dextr,
Fitzfimons, Foster, Gilbert, Gillon, Gib
man, Glen, Goodhue, Gordon, Griffin,
G.ove, Hartley, Hillhodfe, Hindman,
Hunter, Latimer, Learned, Lee, Locke,
Lyman, Macon, Malbone, M'Dowell, Me
bane, Murray, Niles, Pickens, Sedgwick,
Sherborne, I. Smith, W. Smith, S«if,
Talbot, Thatcher, Tracy Trumbull, Van
Allen, Van Cortlandt, Van Gafback,
Wadsworth, Ward, Watts, Williams,
Winn, and Winflon.
YEAS.
NAYS.
Blanks
OF most kinds, printed on
good paper, to be fold at this
Office.
“It is clearly evident from the
hiftory of nations, and their pres
ent state, that public credit; found
ed on unblemished public faith, is
the spring of industry, private cred
it, wealth and power, the men must
be extremely ignorant, or traitors
to their country, who do not labor
to strengthen our public credit,
and perfect the federal government.
In case of war, no nation can raise
supplies to support it long, without
loans, and as no nation can be aft
sured of perpetual peace, this cir
cumstance alone isfufficient toffiew
the folly of the little politicians,
who trifle in matters of public
credit.”
of the accounts between the United
States and the individual States.
A MASSACHUSETTS MAN.
ABegger in England was pick
ing a few off his old acquait
antes off his cloths, when a noble
man passing by, accosted him—
‘‘You dirty rascal, what are you
about ?” Nothing fir, replied the
begger, “but guillotining a few
aristocrats “ Aristocrats ? you
seditious tcoundrel, how dare you
call such vermin aristocrats ‘*l
cannot find any better name for
them, may it please your honor;
they always live on the poor.”
Whoever will return said boy to his
matter free from expence shall receive the
above reW 4J d.
THOMAS VEASEY, juifc
Stratham, June 9. 1794;
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Just received, and for sale at this office.
Dr, Doddridge's four Sermon* w tb*
Religious Education of Childe
Also, the
Death of Abel,
Dr. WATTS'
Psalms Hymns,
Merrill’s Arithmetic,
WEBSTER’S
Spelling-Book.
Lying in Epping, about three quarters of ■
mile from the old Meetinghouse.—Far fur*
tber par titulars inquire of Enoch Page.
typing* June 9.
WHERE AS GrttnleafCilley has in his
poffeflion two Notes of hand, figg
ed by me the fubferiber, and witnessed by
Bradbury Cilley and Enoch Butler, bearing
date May 27, 1794. —one for the sum of
payable to him or order in one week
with interest after, the other for the fame
sum, on or before the rft day of January
next, with interest from the date—l do
hereby caution all persons whom foe ver a
gainst purchasing laid notes, as I am de
ter mined not to pay the fame, they being
given without any value received.
RAN away from the fubferiber an in
dented apprentice boy, named Sam
uel Kennifton. All persons are hereby
forbid harboring or trotting him on my ac
count, as they would avoid the penalty of
the law. ~ .
EZEKIEL FRENCH.
Exeter, May 28, 1794.
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ST TAKE NOTICE.
Six Cents reward.
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