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Congressional Matters.
PROCEEDINGS OF THZ
LEGISLATURE of the UNION.
discontinued from our lafl.)
&OUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY) FEBRUARY 2.
THE Copy Right engrossed Bill,
was committed to a tela com
muiel
ENUMERATION BILL.
the Amendments proposed to this
#ill were read, considered, & adopted
— =As were a motion, to allow the
Marshal's Allidants one dollar for
enumerating every i§o persons
returned from the country— ^,
One dollar for 256, ih towns of more
than 5000 ioMQu^nu ^e much feat*
tered. Thl! comfcDtaions fo' pie
Marshals of Mine and New-je fey,
were altered from 150 to 200 collars
each*. The Bill was then ordered to
be engrossed for a tyrd reading to
morrow.
The Bill for giving effect to the
laws of the U. States, in Northcaroli
na, came down from the Senate with
an amendment—which was concurred
in. •
WEDNESDAY, FEB. ft
ft ENUMERATION BILL
Was read a third time. The ehu-
Deration by the Marshals, it was a
greed should begin the firft Monday in
August. After a lengthy debate on
the time at which all. th^ returns
Should be made, the EiV,,s recom
mitted to a Committee bl the whole
House.
,^NATURALISATION EILL
Was again considered, and after
much debate it was recommitted to a
Committe, confining of a member of
' each ^uite,—lt was objected to the
Bill, that the terms of citizenship
held out were too easy—and that it
^w^ufd hfoa look like an interference
with the Sure Governments, by ad
mitring persons to the rights of rhe
citizens, +ho are excluded by the
State laws#„
Friday, feß. §#
The report of the committee on the
memorial of Roger Alden, was taken
into consideration —this report ufter
facing toe services performed by Mr,
Aldeo, in consequence of the charge
which devolved on h'm byhaving the
custody of tie papers and records of
the late Congress, pro^fe/ that he
Should be allowed a salary at the rate
of 1000 dollars per annum, during
the time he has beds employed as
aforefaid,alfo neceffar, expenses—&
that the Clerk which has beeri his af
filhnt, be allowed & the rate of
500 dollars per annual.
This report was amended by ad.
ding these words after 'per abnum'
Until the Secretary of State fall enter on
?be duties of bis foe— &; then accepted
and referred to the committee on ap
probations,
, In committee of the whole on the
bill for the remission, or mitigation of
• fines, forfeiture a#d penalties in cer
tain cafes,— The bill fa read & dis
cussed in paragraphs. , Notion was
made that the following words, viz.
" Offering to confess judgment for the
fame” previous to relief being granted
Should be frack out, which after con
siderable debate passed in the affirma
tive-—-and the bill' was recommitt
ed. —=-
MONDAY, REC. &
Mr. Godhue presented a petition
from sundry inhabitants of Salem—
ftating that thro' a very particular
ConftruaioA of a fadion in the coafr
irig law, 'veffels owned by the citizens
Os the U. States—and praying relief
or a refunn of the duty so paid,—|
Several petitions & memorials were
reld, from persons who bad made
sundry difeoveries, and invented cer
tain machines praying encouragement
and a Securing of the benefits of their
inventions.
Tae firft blank refpeding the time
to be allowed for compleating the
adhal enumeration of the inhabitants
of the U. States—6, 4, and 3 months
were proposed.
Mr. Sedgwick obfervedOU so long,
a time is to olapfe before the assistants
are to enter upon the ^ business, the
work of preparation will be complet d
in such a manner, that he conceived
three- -three, two, or one monrh will
be fofficient.
Mr. White said that in many of
the States two, three or fear months
will not be fufficient—and fix mbnths
will be found Short enough tocomplete
tha enumeration in those Stated
in the eastern States, the ^firefs may
be finished in a mte_or:cr pe.
riod.« •
Mr. Smith, (S. C.) Mr. Burke, &
Mr. Jackfun made a few additional
observations, when
The question bfihg taken on "fix
months," it Was carried in the affir
mative.
The assistants failing to make re
turns to the Marshals within the time
limitted by this act to forfeit too dol
lars. 0
A message was received from The
PRESIDENT of the United States
by their Secretary, with the a& for
giving effa to the laws of the U.
States in rhe State of North Carolina,
and for other purpules, which has re
ceived, the President's assent & fig.
naturn.
Mr; Fiifiimons read in his place
fcyural resolutions affirmative of the
greet objects contained in the report
of the Secretary, which he laid on the
tables They are as follow: ,
Resolved, That adequate provision
ought to be made for firlfiling the en
gagements of the U. States in refpe&
to th^if foreign debt.
Refolded, That permanent funds
ought to be appreciated,qr the pay.
@ent of interest on, and + gradual
discharge of the domestic debt of the
U. States.
Resolved, Th:t the arrears of in.
tereft, including indents, issued in
payment thereof, ought to be provided
for on the fapse terms with the prin.
cipal of the said debt.
Resolved, That the debts of there
fpedive States ought, with the confect
of the creditors, to be assumed and
provided for by the U. States.
Resolved, That it is advifeable to
endeavour to effect a new modification
of the domestic debt, including tha of
the particular States, with the volup,
tary confunt of the creditors, by a
loan, epost terms mutually beneficial
to them and to the U. States.
Resolved, That for the pufpofe ex
pressed in thelaft proceeding resolu
tion, fuhferiptions toward a loan,
ought to be opened, to thp amount of
the said domeftick debt; n:ud rg
that of the refpedive States, upon
the tegms followinn, to wit:
That for every hundred dollars sub
scribed, payable in the said debt (as
well iatereft as principal),^fubferi
ber be entitled, at his option, either,
To have two thirds at an yearly
interest of fix per cent, redeemable at
the pleasure of the government, by
payment of the principal ; and to re.
ceive the other third in lands in the
Weftern Territory, at the rate of 20
cents per acre. Or r
To havethe whole sum funded at
an annuity or yearly ifitereft of four'
percent irredeemable by any pay.
ment exceeding five dol'ars per annum
on account both principal & interest ;
and to receive as a compensation for
the redudion of interest, fif,efen doLari
and eighty cents, payable in lands, as.
in the proceeding case. Or T
To have tifty-fix dollars and two
thirds of a dollar funded immediately
at an ahnnity or yearly interest of fix
per cent, irredeemable by any payment
exceeding four dallars and two thirds
per annum, on account both interest
and rate of redemption, Or
To have ah annuity for the re. 1
mainder of life, upon the contingency
of living to a given age, not less dis..
cent than ten yeats computing interest
at four per cent.
Resolved, That immediate provi.
lion ought to be m^de for'the present
debt of the U. States f and that rhe
,faith of government ought lo be pledg
ed to make ptovifion ar the next fef
fion, for so much of the debts cf the
refpedive States, as Sha'lhave been
fubferibed upon any of the terms ex.
pieffed in rhe'left resolution,
Resolved, J hat the funds which
(hall be appropriated according to the
Second of she forgoing relocations; be
applied, in the fixft place, to the pay,
ment of interest on the sum fubferibed
towards the proposed loan ; and that
if any part of the said dotheftic debt|
duh remain unfubferibed, the Surplus I
of the laid fundi he applied, by a 1
temporary appreciation to the paysl
ment of imereft on the unfubferibed,
part; so as not to exceed, for the pre
f,t, 4 per cent, per annum ;but thfr
limitation mail cot be understood to
impair the right of the nonJubferiber
creditors to the residue of the interest
on their reSpedive debts ; And in case
the afo refaid surplus Should prove in-
Sufficient to pay the non- fob Scribing
creditors, at the aforefaid rate of 4 per
cent.
MiSCELL^Nr.
n b^ra^itrat
Gead men, in ail %", have been endued
: <witb a prophetic fyrifl
HOUSE OF COMMONS, Dec. z„
'.^'77s^
,LONDON,
Lord NORTH's Prohibitory Bill
, -MR. HARTLEY.
S[& u po^ this pause which ifr^C
,feted to you by the return of thi bjil
from the Lords, I confess that I feel
a kind of faperftition to with for o n<
last word to deprecate the fatal blow,
l and that our unremitted opposition
and remonstrance from the 6rft to the
very last stage of this bill may remain
at a memorial, that some of us,at leaf
lament this fatal foparation of Ame
rica with an affectionate regret. We
ae overpowered by numbers, and all
our intreaties and remonOunces arc
a vain. — —'An inflexible ma.
ferity in Parliament have now de,
glared all America to be an indepenj
dent hostile state. Disputes original
ly between admieiftr^tion and Arne;
rica, are become, through miniflerial
influence, the ground of # par lament
tary war with America. The ftnfe
of the nation is not with that war, &
I trust it never will be. However
(peaking in parliament to nrritiers as
they feerti determined to drive all
things to extremities, I must aft whe^
ther you are to exped that while you
burn their towns, take ^ideftre, their
(hips and property, they to 11 set with
their arms folded, or whether they
will not be driven to repel ihjury by
injury. You have found their ac„
cive powers of defence by the etperi
, ehee of the last campaign, when by
your orders the fheddirig of the firft
'civil blood was precipitated on the
fatal i fth of April,' before your pre
tended conciliatory rhotion could be
proposed to any of the American af
fcmblies ? Why W&e you found un-
Iguarded in Canada r Two regiments
are taken prisoners, Yous officers
are hostages, and yet you proceed in
this unjust and unnatural sVar, with
fire sword & rapine, ) Whitt farther
hostages ma, faill inteltheir hand at
B.oftoq, or what blood&of our fellow,
fubjefls may be ihed there, I contemn
plate with horror. Idread fcqe fa. :
ul event there. Public report threa-,
L^^ ^-— = j^lfo^J ^ rtoc^, ^C.
tens. When, the ircyin ^tf^l
'the Fate of their lite and fax petitic
and when they fee all piolped of
'peace becohie ' dtfpefale, ^h^ can,
you exped but jhat they Should ex
ert every power to deliroy your tad
forces in America during the Severity
of the winter, before you can Support
or relieve them. Who will be an
swerable for these things ? Wher.
Airbill of ripi»e, which, now lies,
before you geu to them, they will fee
themfeite t, retaliate ^pn your fleet
—yodr land ffy& has been„ci(graced
and annihilated in the firft campaign,
nod withina.ding .11 your boatings •
are we net then to exped, thaupofe
minitiers of vengeance who Shall press
on a nival war with America, fall be
refyoniibie to their country, for the
consequences of their head-strong and
wiilfd! measures, if the navy of this
country fheuk? be Wrought to difgrate
iani defeat ? Weigh the con Sequences
I —ls you feed large Ships, they will
Inet be <bie to a&—if Small oc&s mas
they not be overpowered f—Confided
the dittadee of )^,ur operations. Eve^
r, port in America will bea Dufetek
to you. ' We kio^ &€lr Skill and
bravery as privateers in the lift war.
Ift ^r.y case you are hying the foun
dation of an hogila marine in Ante
fica, which has been, and ought tobe
the Source of th^ Sharing of Great-
Biiriin.
Lcahrtof be ah adviser or a well
wither to the tihdiaive operations of
the adril niftration against America,
became 1 think the cause uhjult; but
at the fatoe time I must be equally
earned to Secure Bruilh property and
interns from deftru&ion ; neither a
vi&ory of Great Britain over Ameri
ca nbr of America over Great-Bri.
tain can afford to us ah, matter of
triumph. ' Both are equally destruc
tive. If nothing can abate your fu
ry against the Americans in this mi
nifefial War, we ffiall expert at Icaft
shat you Should guard at leak curowa
vulnerable parts. Are you guarded
at Newfoundlard ? Are you prepared
against any expedition of retaliation
if the prcvinciilx Should meditate an,
thing to the deftrutuon of your fiflu
eries theres;
4dmibiflratior have been the A
greflers in every thing, step by Step.
By this fatal bill of feperatioo you
now declare the Americans to be e
nemies in foftn, therefore it is your°
Selves that die upon them the rights
of enemies,* I^ uft ^ow be re
fpo-'iVf t.,ocf < untry for the e
ven? of vr;ur cw» w©, to w hich they
have to.l so relnam and you so
precratue.
When 0h ccap J Shall come to
open its eyes, to fee and feel the ton-
Sequences, they will kifiroof whom
to require an account.
Sir, I Shall now move, instead of
agreeing to the amendments of the
Lords, to adjourn the confideratiou
of them for fix months; I conftfs
with very little hopes of averting this
bill, but from a fa pernicious feeling
in my mind, to perform the last ce
remonial office of affe&ion and ever
lading farewel to peace and to Ame.
rica.—
The fate, of America is past. Yoa
may bruise its heel but you cannot
crush its head. It will revive again.
The new world is before them. Li,
berty is theirs. They have puffeffi.
on of a free government, their birth,
right, and inheritance,derived to them
from their parent state, which theft
hand of violence cannot wrest from
themj If you will call them off, my
last wish is to them ; may they ^go &
prosper.
When the final period of this once
happy country fliall overtake our,
selves, either through tumult or ty
ranny; may another Phoenix rife out
of our afhea!
4 __— — — ._= Wfa
The bird &f winder dies, the maidCT
Phoenix,l
Hir aJhes new create anefar heir;
4» great in admiration as bw/efi