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■"WHEN YOU SHALL THESE DEEDS RELATE, SPEAK OF THEM AS THEY ARE ; NOTHING EXTENUATE NOR SET DOWN OUGHT IN MALICE"
13. An aft in addition to the a&, entitul
ed " An act regulating the grants of land
appropriated for military services, and for
the society of the United Brethren for pro
pagating the gospel among the Heathens."
.. 14. An art to provide for the salvage in
cases of re capture. <
if Ala& declaring the assent of C>n
grefs to certain ads of the States of Mary
land and Georgia. :
16. An a& to alter the'time# of holding
thegiftrid court in N. Carolina.
17. An ad for the relief of Campbell
Smith.i
18. An ad to extend the privilege of
franking letters and packages to Martha
Washington./
19. An aft to establish an uniform f,f
tem of bankruptcy throughout the United
States.
20 An ad to discharge Robert Sturgeon
from his imprifonment.s
21. An a& to allow a drawback of duties
pn goods exported to New-Orleans, ana
therein to amend the aft entituled " An a&
to regulate the colleaion of duties on im
ports and tonnage."
22. An ad to continue in forte 46 An a&
concerning certain fifheries of the United
States, and for the regulation and govern
ment of the fishermen employed therein,
"and for other purpufes as therein mention
ed."•'
23. An a& to alter the form of certain
oath's and affirmations direded to be taker
by the a& entitled " An a& providing tor
the fecund census, or enumeration of the in
habitants of the U. S,
24. An a& for the relief of the corpora
tion of Rhode-Iliand College. , •
25. An'a& to extend the privilege of ob.
taining patents for ideful discoveries and in
ventio^s, to certain perfms therein mention
ed, and to enlarge and define the penalties
for violating the rights of patentees. &
„6. An act to fix the compensations of the
payma/ler-generaU and affittants to the ad
jutant general.
27. An aa to continue in force the a&
intituled, " an act to authorise the defence
of the merchant vessels of the United States
againit French depredations.",
* 28. An a& tp coptiue in force, for a lim
ited time, an a& intituled, " An a& to pre
scribe the mode of taking evidence in cases
of contorted ele&ions for members of the
Hodfeof Representatives of thg U. States,
and to compel the attendance of witnesses."
29. An aa fixing the rank and pay of
the commanding Officer of thecorps of ma
rines. , \„
30. An a& supplementary to the aa to
regulate trade and intercourse with the In
dian tribes and to prefervQeace on the fron
tiers.
31. An a& to eftablilh a general gamp
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Lift fffa
Passed during the Firfl Session of the Sixth Cmgrefs
„ of the United States.
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I. A N aa for reviving and continuing
43. suits and proceedings in the Circuit
Court for the diftria of Pennsylvania.
2. An aS extending the privileges of
franking to Wm. Henry Harrison, the dele
gate from the territory of the United States,
north weft of the O^io: and making pro
vision for his compensation.
3. An ad supplementary to the aA enti
tuted " An ad m provide for the valuation
of lands and dwelling houses, and the enu
meration of ffaves within the U. S."
4. An a& for the relief of persons impri
soned for debt.
5. An a& for the preservation of peace
with the Indian tribes.
6. An aQ to repeal part of an a& intitul
ed '' An ad to provide for mitigating or re
mitting the forfeitures, penalties and diffa
bilities, accruing in force the residue of the
fame.
An a& for the relief of John Vaughan.
8. An a& giving further time to the hold
ers of military warrants, to register and lo
cate the fame.
9. An a& to suspend in part, an aft inti
tuled, " An a& to augment the army of the
U( S. and for other purp'ofes."
10, An a& further to suspend the com
mercial intercourse between the U. S. and
France; and the dependencies thereof.
11. An ad for the relief of James Yard.
11 An aft providing for the second cen
sus, or enumeration of the inhabitants of the
U.Sates.
41. An a& to divide the territory of the
U. States north welt of the Ohio, into two
separate governments.
42. An a& to enable the President of the
U. States to borrow money for the public
service.
43. An a& to continue in force an a&
laying an additional duty on salt imported
into the United States, and for other pur
poses..
44. An a& to authorife the allowance of
a credit to Wm. Tazewell.
45. An a& to authorife the sale and con
veyance of lands in certain cases, by-the
marshals of the U. S. and to confirm form
er fates.
49. An a& for the regulation of public
arsenals and magazines.
47. An a& making appropriations for the
support of government, for the year 1800.
48. An aa making appropriations for the
military ' establishment of the V. S. for the
year 1800.
49 An a& to establish the diftri& of Ken
nebunk, and to annex Lyme to New-Lon
don, to alter the diftri& of Bermuda Hun
dred and City Point, and further to amend
the a& regulating the collection of duties on
imports and tonnage.
50. Au ad supplemental to the a&, inti
tuled, " An ad for an amicable settlement
of limits with the state of Georgia, and au
thorizing the eftabliihment of a government
in the Mifliffippi territory.
<l. An aa in addition to the pa, intituled
"An a& to prohibit the carrying on the
Gave trade from the U. S. to any foreign
place or country.
52. An ad for the relief of Ithamer Can
field.
53. An a& to provide for equalizing the
valuation of unseated lands.
54 An a& supplementary to an ad, en
tituled; 46 An a& to establish the compenfa
cion of the officers employed in the collec
tion of the duties on import and tonnage.
55. An ad to amend the a&, intituled,
"An a& for the sale of the lands of the U.
S. in the territory north weft of the river
Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky ri
ver, & .
56. An act to make appropriations for
the navy of the U. States during the year
1800.
57. An a& to afeertain the compensation
of public ministers.
58. An aa supplementary to the aa inti
tuled "An a& to cftablilh the Treasury de
partment."
59 An a& to authorize the issuing of cer
tain patents. t
60. An a& direding the payment of a fe
tachment of the militia under the command
'of Major Thomas Johnson, in the year
^794-,
6r. An a& to retain a further sum on
drawbacks for the expenses incident to the
allowance and payment thereof, and in lieu
of damp duties on debentures.
I . 62. An a&to make provifinn relative to
rations tor Indians, and for their visits to
tft feat of government.
63. Ana& to authorife certain expendi
tures, and to make certain additional appro
priations for the year 1800. ~,
74. An ad to lay additional duties on cer
'tain articles imported.
32. An aft to alter and to eiiabnth lundry
port-roads.,,
33. An a& for the tetter government of
the navy of the U. S.
34. An ad refolding the mint.
35. Ana& to continue in force th
a&, in addition to the a& for the pun
ishment of certain crimes against the United
States.
36. An ia to repeal the a& laying duties
on mills and implements employed in the
manufaaure of fnuff.
37- An a& to make fotthfl ^vifion fir
the removal and accommodation of the gov
ernment of the U. S.
38. An ad to authorife the President of
the U, S. to accept for the U. S. a cession of
jurifdiaion of the Territory weft of Penr:-
fylvania, commonly called the Weftern Re
serve of Conne&icut.
39. An ad to provide for rebuilding the
light house at New-Lindon ; for the fun.
port of alight-house at Clark's Point ; for
th^eredion and Support of alight-house at
Wigwam Point ; and for other purposes.
40. An a& supplementary to the laws now
in force, fixing the compensations of the of
ficers of the Senate and House of Reprefen
latives.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1800.
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Wherefore be it known, That 1, JOHN
ADAMS, President of the United States of
America, have granted, and by these pre
fenis do grant, a full, free and absolute
PARDON, to all and every person con
cerned in the said infurreaion, excepting as
herein after excepted, of all Treasons, Mif
prifons of Treason, Felonies, Misdemean
ors, and other crimes by them refyaively
done or committed against the said United
States, in all or either of the said counties,
before the twelfth day of March, in the
year 1799 ; excepting and excluding there
from every person who nov iftandeth indi&-,
ed or conviaed of any 1 reason, Mifprifon
of treason or other offence against the said
United States ; hereby remitting and releas
ing unto all persons, except as before ex
cepted, all pains and penalties incurred or
supposed to be incurred for or on account of
the premifes.'
Given under my hand and the Seal of the
United States of America, at this city
(£.s.) of Philadelphia, this 2tft day of May,
in the year of our Lord; 1800. and of
the Independence tfthe paid Stated, the
twenty -fourth.
7JOHN ADAMS.
By the President.
Charles Lee,
Now executing the office of Sec'ry of State.
\—repcnmaCTatiffl^n^^
Übe Gramtner,
Rept&fed by particular request.
THE late treaty with Great- Britain, is
duly ratified by the constitutional authority
of out nation. It is now the law of theland ;
and every man, whether he at firft approv
ed of it, or not, is under; the molt solemn
obligation to maintain it.
Theforcupine Club did not originate with
that instrument, but have rallied round it, as
their ftandafd. They were in existence
long before that measure was thought of,
but never before had the countenance, and
support of the names of Washington, John
Adams, and John Jay. They therefore
dwell under the display of that ensign, and
derive an aid which they never had before.
Under an idea of defending some of the
molt illuttrious characters of the country,
they have maintained a landing in the pub
lic mind, which nothing elfc Mould have af
forded to them. r ,
That this association originated with the
American revolution, is evident, because the
men who were opposed to that glorious ob
jea,and ate of any public consequence, are
members pf it, or at least, are in support of
its measures. The Club have Uniformly
maintained a war withthe leaders in the re
volution, where they have had the least hope
of success. For these important fads the
readers will cart their eye upon the noisy,
turbulent men, who call themselves federhk
ift, and observe how many of them were as
high in opposition to the measures of the
WHEREAS the late wicked and treafon
ible inform,ion against the' just authority
of the Un. -d States, of sundry persons in
the counties of Northampton, Mongomery,
,nd Bucks, in the state of Pennsylvania, in
the year 1799, having speedily been fuppreff
d, without any of the calamities or horrors
usually attending rebellion :—Whereupon
peace, order, and submission to the laws of
the United States were restored in the afore
faid counties, ind the deluded, mifeuided and
misinformed in the said counties have re
turned to a proper sense of their duty ;—
whereby it is become unnecessary for the
Public Good that any future prosecutions
should be commenced or carried on against
any person or persons, by reason of their be
ing concerned in the/aid infurie&ion:
65. An a& enlarging the powers of sur
veyors of the revenue.-
66. An a& to appropriate a certain furn
of money to defray the expenses of holding
a treaty or treaties with the Indians.
67. An a& to ,make further provision for
he children of Col. John Harding and Ma
jor Alexander Trueman, deceased.
68. An a& supplementary to the a& ef
tablilhmg the mint, and regulating the coins
T the U.S.
69. An a& supplementary to the a& to
suspend part of an a& intituled, '' An ad to
augment the army of the U. S. and for other
purposes."
PRESIDENT OF THE U. STATES QE AMERICA.
By JOHN ADAMS,.
a proclamation.
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In Pennsylvania, the Farmer whose cele
brated letters in 1774, united America in her
opposition to the claims of the mother coun
try ; and who has been Governor of Dela
- ware State ; Dr. Franklin, wh<fe hoary head
was loaded with laurels, and whose lap over
flowed with tokens of the gratitude of hi
fellow citizens, and Gov, Mifflinwhofe val
or and patriotism, drew upon him the mofl
exalted honors, produced by the fuffrages of
a free people, have been equally the fubjeth
of this party's flagder. Judge M'Kean who
was lately ele&ed governor of Pennsylvania
has had his turn with them He was long
ago eminent in Congress. For several years
has done the business of chief justice in the
great state of Pennsylvania to the intire ac
ceptance of a-numerous and wealthy people.
The reports of cases adjudged by him, are
read in any of the courts of the U. S. where
they are produced, and are attended to.-—
But this fame man was not fatislied with the
treaty, and of course is to be run down, o
verborne and destroyed. He has been char
ged by the Porcupine Club, with paffi'on,in
temperance, and other small crimes : but
, the people of his own state universally know
him. They do not believe these flinders
and have therefore eieded him goverriot for
the present year, by a majority of fix thou-'
sand votes. 4 I
The Club cry out, that all is loft, because
they cannot controdl the fuffrages of lit
people in Pennsylvania. If JudgeM'Kean's
want ofr Food morals disqualifies him for
public office, let them examine their owr
members, and fay if there is not one, whom
they are attempting to place at the bead th
the nation, whose morals are inliniielfc more
loose, than they have ever fuggelted McKeans
to be. One who derides, and laughs at even
the forms of religion ; and opep|y practices
these vices, which are by sober and good
men, considered as abominable, and by wife
men, as subversive of the order and regular
ity of society. They will fee if they do not
find one, who, when he was accused of
(pending the public money ip unlawful a
mours, published a book, confeffingthat he,
though he was a married man, had been in
an amour wish another man's wife, but at
afmall expense, and considered it as , mat
ter of no moment, as a filhionable vice,
which ought not to be condemned. Whe
thn he attempted to excofe the grpfs indeli
cacy of a criminal conversation wM the
wife of another man, 6, her bu/banfs rafeut,
rnav^hm fppn in hl< hhhV
country from the year 1 774 t<) 1779, as they
now are to republican' principles. The
change of times has given item an influence
which they never ought to possess, but still
their malice against the old whigs remains
in full force. They can never love the prin
ciples on which the Revolution was found
ed.
The reader will take a review of the state
of those characters who lead them to glory,
and independence ; who rifqued their lives
and many of them ample fortunes in the de
fence of liberty.,
' In South Carolina Gov. Rutledge came
forward, bjeffed with affluence and ability.
He hazarded his life and great riches in the
gaining the independence of his country.—
His fellow-citizens rewarded him with hon
orable ttyimonies of their love and confi
dence ; he was eleaed feyeral years Gover
nor of that state. The office of chief justice
of the United States became vacant, 2^ Pre
sident Washington, with whom he had fe
most intimate acquaintance, and to when,
he was as well known as he was to any body,
appointed him Chief Justice. —He accepted,
and came on to Philadelphia.—,—When he
came there, and the senate had met, it was
said that he had condemned tl;e treaty ; his
appointment was negatived, he was thrown
out of office, and fuffered all the difgracQ
which such a measure could heap upon him.
To keep the people quiet it became necessa
ry to resort to the handy deposit of flandef,
and his character was calumniated as unfit
for a public station.
In Virginia the Lees and Gov. Jefferfon,
who had been a&ive in the revolution, fuf
fered under the fame kind of enormities. —
Jefferfon drew up the declaration of inde
pendence ; represented the United States in
the Court ®f Versailles, was several years
Governor of Virginia, and eleaed Vice-Pre
sident of the nation : but he did not tike the
British treaty. The world is witness to the
slander and unparalleled abuse which he has
fuffered since that instrument was brought to
America.