Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-01-02 00:00:00, page 2

i> 1When 11 »o rnioii' ir, however,
did cc nmurvi- ate bis le ms for the j
•e\J-meut oT that affair, they were!
such o ly as could he intended as a
•premeditated Tusv.lt: they required us
to surrender up to Great-Uritain our j
lawfully naturalized citizens! Was
Air. Jackson instructed to off*-r any
new conditions? No, s?r. iie had
charged the A meric an government with
having known Mr. Erskhic’s instruc
tions ; v.; tii being pnrtiu'/ s crint 'r’iia iu
his vi l.ition of them ; with having du
ped and had a principal hand in the
misbehavior of that minister. Was
such language tolerable ? Did he d* uv
that he wad made these charges ? fie"
did n-*t attempt to deny »' ; lie did not
e ven say, ns copmon decency would
haw required, that he had not me out
to ci >initiate the executive ; he ncknow*
ledged, as was to be deduced from his
own wen-1conclusions of a character
given to his assertions by Air. M nith;
and said on!V» that he had made “no'
insinuations which could not be 6uh
stiKi-unted by fact^.” It was time that
this country had taken a firm and dig
n:fud attitude. Shall we not respect
ourselves? Shall we stand by, and
ere our executive Insulted by a foreign
embassi sent her • as Mr. Jackson w .3 ?
The y nflern-.ia from Connecticut (Mr.
Dunn: had attempted to throw the
blu-oe of tire disavowal of the arrange
ment on our own government, lie
Y would refer to Mr. Jackson himself to
tofispr ive t’ ’s position. He did not
any that G. Britain had disavowed the
act of her mini-ter, because he had
a full power, hut because he had ex
ceeded his instructions. lie did not
cumplain that the pow rs of Air Ers
kino had not been seen by th« presi
dent. If a 4jrm resistance were mant
les'el i this house ti* British aggres
sions, wrongs, and encroachments, he
would venture to sar, that we should
obtain a treaty on fair, honorable, mui
reciprocal terms. Had we been offer
ed such as were atherwisa than the
most contemptuous actl humiliating?
Die resolution was more than suppor
ted by the correspondence itself; it
was peculiarly called for by the occasi
• on, I.-'t jis, therefore, make a stand :
let us he firm to our purpose, until we
obtain that justice which we have a
right to demand.
"5 THWR‘»Ar, December',SI.
Sketch cf the on the joint resolu
ti .n from the Senile.
Mr. T?oss remarked, that the object ot
gentlemen In apposition seemed to be to de„
eifti’e the adininihtra'.on / whilst that of
Mr. J < k*cn was to t'.-.rrade the ndmir.is.
• ration and die cOur.try too. Wu there
iin rrotni re in the annuli of diplomacy so
ou-rr.”.- us an n all decency ax the insn..
lent conduct cf the new liritish cn7«'y ? It
no;e !.urh X ;.tx. why refer to mstory far
ex mil' - h ot, th. »u jeri ? tie w is an r.d
ministr *tiec man, well when they wpre
involved in difliCaltus, rs they had
made peace. The. gen Urmun from Muiia
Cti.i'citx (Mr. VVi,t;i»:Jp) had told tiie
bcu»e v hit h s natural partialities were ,
then, xv‘y be * e unnatural ax to oppose his
cw government f If he had told ui what
were his p. uti. a! j arti&liiies, w* might,
j^rhiM", h. ve judged snore clear}/ o: the
gT/Irm c'scMiric. Mr Roxs quoted sev
eral pfissTges from Mr. Enitine’s letters,
tnsbev *4.:i* the i-xpcb iye was totally un*
!it( i ted w ib tlte ex'ent as well as the
I in.(alien of hi* instructions—»<uid oi| the
rubject of hi* powers, tne preliminary nr.,
iundent'nt of Apul did net require a
kro jdetlgir of thm* on the part of the gov.
crmtir n». The r og e at on in 'hat case t] <1
nut rrmlt In a treatyweand in the case ot
Mr. Hati-nioniJ, Mr. Jefferson took his word
ox far as to agree to n?goci; te with him.
i>ui nitciiran non icut ^.vir.
liana) nntsi shew the obligation of the
president to il ivp called upon Mr. liraltine
1. r be. full powertM.«D(l h*; must then
j*r* v« <1. *i this ned not been done, The
^eiv'emiMi hhd piofttfid jreat respect to.
ward* the adinmictr.xtioa. Tins was, in
ti i c d o
“ Damn -ttrifh faint firaiae, commend
'with civ. I ierr, *f
41 .ini without sneering, others teach to
* s 'err.
But v hrtefnre d d the pres'deat nte.lt* the
Aj.t <1 arran^emeur, if he knew Mr. lira,
ki.ie to be without powers l Upon what
foviK'n;l< rvhas this vile fabric ot accusMti*
t.. b ; r. *ear^«l i Wka itto jutclear-ol tha
ftr»b’jfthkttbrf ftFrnb»-«;nMit wa« ;q.<<1c ?
Th u Uu«l been tmmd \,y us ftitdvr* wiu
chrtM.audetenejr.• Nor caudii be to get
ti l of the non.inteic.f»ut»e < for tl*li whs
httli to l.e ci a »(in»d in force, as to Wance.
Was it Id piut*h? nation ftr.d a War with
P.ny.latfd i i'his coo! * DM be ’ti>«j nio.ive.
The opposition tv-ogives aim.tied tbit
ti tie w ... au!j>iv cause of war A.itecedbuily
t» .l»e arr.in^eoieii'.. V/oid gentkrmn,
then, e fide fct nd to *"ire the fehsoo why
fl»r neemive tas'd acted tku2 / I* the
n s*sx# v«rationu of the president
tlie.*rcrn«ry ot s»«te, to be %-*
< this sttkwjiy wigbuwe to Mpuori
ike of h Bniidi minister ,f H »ve
durt tl wrongs t:n. ufcb, without ■
•ling, by daunts an , MnpIcMiii,
jilt upon our executive govern. j
A* bat had the president, in the ra- j
1 1 flicc 3 he bad :.o ably and s<-1
y tKne to render his word!
If we dnOOt Uis declaration more j
s vague, illtmive, an! poisonous n*.
•msontlHs dsticH'-e d f)ri isk minister,
tints the iorni .l p.ruvd flf Mr lies
the test momenthe remained in tile
, tWl U', u-• ’ *h <«v. .t . 1 :
taW 11.*- >|* I ■■ ol l. . I.. ...
^ling, however, hsd d« •. v-u „ s
“• , 1 ., *i : !.- 1
i % 9
sm* Vr Jack on tn dti* country to deceiv '
-tnd iiisuh » ■ tag^rs Mr. in»d* a tits
Unction between the ins'.tur-umia id Janua
ry, aid the thro* conditions in thon* in
si»,ectK».iSj which M>* Sni-li had iicknow.
lt,!i»ed were cummimiouod 10 h'tn urally
If*Mr. Jacksou were authorised to negoci*
ate, why did he not mak • explanations and
propositions wh< n the secretary hail told
him t e door w-s o e •; But he came
here to insult, not only the grove rumen , but
the pc p’e of this country. He had, by fair
implication, eharg.d iticin with a wan,. of
an “ honorable and in inly dispouiion to
support their rights and independence a„
gainst il»at 44 spir.t of encroachment and
universal dominion which would bend all
things to its own standard”—against »the
Manning strides of the conqueror of I£u
r pe. What tr s {his but to insinuate that
the A mencao peopepvece afraM of France.
Sir, I rejo«cs that Mr. Jackson has found
hirusrlf mis aken. I rejoice that he has
discovered in this country a 44 princi
ple of honorable and nubia resistance”
to in u!ts and propos t.on.s which he hi,
pres n.sJ lo niak' to us, and which 41 wou d
head all things to the standard” which his
government has set up lo ru.e the world.
The gentleman from it iode Island, Mi*.
Butter, after pain ing the repeated and ac
cumulating insults winch have been gi
ven to us for fifteen or twenty y«nrs oast,
has told the house he was oriimsed to the
resolution because it wouid involve us in
war ! It was strange indeed, that tor ;his
reason a id on .his ccc Ton, gentlemen who
had always profess d*y been in favor of pro
tecting tur rights, H ioul l now be again*1
this resolution, when it had that object in
i view. What lingering hope, was there left
for successlol negociation, after Mr J >ck.
sou hail declared 41 that cireit Britain
would never ce se to maintain the princi
ple of the orders -in council i” Is this
were .lie fact, war is devoutly to be will
ed tor. rise crisis was fast approaching,
when it would be absolutely necessary to
discriminate between the friend3 and the
enemies cf cur government. The resolu
tion w..s expedient ; it would nerve tue ex
ecutive arm to guide the vessel of st-te sa;e
iy through the g.i hiring atm at.
Friday, Dec. 22,
Mr. Gold took the same course pur
sued by his colleague (Mr. Emott) to
I nrnvi- that Mr I ,r!t£ni, «» t- •
1 J " -
ed the executive ; that he ought not to
have been dismissed; and that a spirit
of hostility to negotiation had been
[ manire3ted on the part of the govern
ment of this country. lie read n num
ber of extracts from the correspon
dence to shew that Mr. Jacksen, ia
saying the executive had seen the in
structions of Mr. hrshinc, and he in
rimated that other terms might be
siibsti;rted in lieu of the three condi
tions specified by Mr. Canning, had
not meant to impute dishonorable mo
tives to them ; for he expressly stated
in *>ne of his Utters, that the secretary
of state might have supposed the sub
stituted terms in the arrangements an
“ equivalent” for those conditions. The
correspondence was to be taken alto
gether, and not particular senCence<
selected for the purpose of making the
British minister to appear more odious
than he really was. He had looked in
vain, for his own p «rt, for the offensive
words of Mr. Jackson: he could nol
discover them ; they ought to have
been recorded in the resolution. He
thought that Mr. Pinkney had gone
too far in recognizing, even informal
ly, the idea that the navy of Great Bri
tain should be permitted to execute the
laws of the United States againsi
France. Mr. Canning was not tc
• blame on the subject of this condi'ion.
It had not originated with him. Mr,
j Gold qu ited Grotius, llutherfarth and
; Vattel, to shew that the executive
| ought to have refused to enter into tBe
j arrangement of April, without the ex*
I hibitiou of his nnwera hv K.rcVm» !
to prove that his deviation from the
instruction* given to him by the Bri
tish government was a sufficient cause
for th; disavowal oi that arrangement,
ife reprobated the resolution, because
** would involve the na.ion in war for
the mere punctilios of honor and
wounded p ide, and ex end the fid .
of iiumsn sufferings from that greatest
ot all human evdv. lie stared that he had
Understood seizures to have been made
I at some of ourcustom-hoUsns, founded
| on the invalidity of the president’s first
proclamation* Hu hoped this was not
true ; but it came to him from a respec
table quarter. The president had cer
tainly been exposed to gre*t temptati
on in making the arrangement with
Mr. Ersk ine ! The country was in a
deplorable state from the effects of the
embargo, which had now been consign
i «*d to Tie tomb with all ita honors; and
I he invoked the guardian genius of his
country, lc|t by some magical incanta
tions, its spirit should again rise from
tlii grave.
Mr. Macon said that this debate
had taken a very strange turn. C»en
llcmeu had discussed every thing but
the resolution. Was it exprdient ?
‘.Vouli it produce unanimity, fill the
treasury, or prepare means of defence ?
hr wouli have nothing to do with
these votes of approbation «rr addres
see, to tne executive ; the house had no
business with them. Since the last
session, gentlemen h*l completely
cii tilled sides. I nose wh » approved
the r ’solution of the g’MtSumin troin
Virginia (Mr. Kioddph} now oppose
I
this; thos who approve ’ .hi, ->rpo
s r i that. IMo complete* .dcp»u*.n,
h >•' ever, c Hil l not depr»ve a ia.'i ol
the right t i,change Hi3 o ilfuon. 15nt
it* it he correct in plane pie to pa»r» th.
! pres *nt reiolution, it would b.* correct,
in gentle,nen who think Mr. Jackson
! did not do wro .g. to bring larward a
i resolution to renal him to his station.
What would then become rtf y ur go
verament? When both branch?* of
the legislature begin toresoive against
the executive, however powerful his
patronage an l influence may ’ be, hv
will not be worth a straw. II the
grounds assumed by the gentleman
from Connecticut (Mr. Dana) be cor
rect, in relation to the powers oi Mr.
Erdcine, his arguments are unanswer,
able ; but this was not the case, l tie
arrangement of April was not a trea
tv: it did not go before the senate:
it required no full power: the sanction
of lie executive, in conformity to law,
was sufficient. Where was the saga
city of the gentleman at the last ses
sion, that He did not discover this
thing to be a treaty ? Why was not
something then said about powers?
The fact was, that if Mr. Madison had
not made the arrangement, the whole
country, federalists and republicans,
oul ! hive blamed him. One party
would have said, “ we have always
had little doubt the other, “ we
have always had little expectation/1
Hu the arrangement having been made
there was a struggle to which party
he should belong ; who should claim
him as their President. Gentlemen
who think the executive had been hos
tile to negotiation, surely could noi
have read \Ir. Jackson’s first letter.
It was itself sufficient to convince e,
very man, that he was sent here to in
suit us. The other letters were no
| tiling to compare wiui tais.
high t ined language had never been
used towards the executive by a fo*
reign minister, except perhaps fTYru
jo. Bat this debate has an unfavorable
effect: it tends to draw the public at
tention to this insalt entirely, from
thy greater enormities and wrongs,
The two parties in the house were lik
twd men near a house on !ir&; one
would say to the other, 41 Yonder goes
i a Jack-o-lantem the othe *; *• Yon
i tier is a shooting star;” (a general
1 hurst of laughter ;) and they would
• look at every thing but the right ob
; ject. Was thb petty quarrel equal tc
the attack upon the Chesapeuk ? The
gentleman from Ilhods-Island (Mr
Potter) had said that the parties it
this country were only ins and outs
only trying who should get the ‘‘loaves
and f.siv s.” lie was then the tnos'
unfortunate man in the world ; for h?
long as he had been in the house he
had never got any of them. Bath'
did not believe thb doctrine. The
f;cntleman knew his own party; bu
or the old republican party, who as
sisted to pull down Adams’s admini<
tration, they were actuated by no sue!
motives ; they had destroyed five oi
i six hundred fat places, and reducer!
many other sourc«s of official emolu
ment. He did not know whether til.
present majority were the same 01
not. If the gentleman had laid a wai
motion on the table, he had wound
me up to such a pitch, that I really be
lieve I should have voted for it. Hr
urifiNp/t K AtirAsr^i* t A cfrnivnlf* An r
" — ---j t OJ — ’
little while lo :ger without war. Gen
tic men had last winter pledged them
aslves to have “ embargo, war, or sub
mission; but they had unpledged
themselves; he alluded particularly
to the gentleman from the east. Hi
said, that the embargo, with the non
intercourse, would have been as strong
against England as Sampson yvith hi.
hair; the non-intercourse itself wa:
yyeakerthan Sampson without his hair
Mr. M. wished another embargo
but he could get no support. Em
bargo h id been in every word frorr
Mr. Canning’s mouth. It would hav<
brought luir to terms in three month;
longer. He disapproved the indeli
cate and abusive language of the reso
lution, and hoped that the ante pa
pers of this country would continue a:
heretofore, to add dignity and lustre
to the American nime. He eulogiz
ed the superior style of Mr- Jeffer
son’s state papers. The administra
tion, or the southern people, did not
want war with England. They had
every cause for it. If gentlemen wen
for war, let them come out openly.
He did not believe that England
would take in dudgeon Mr. Jackson’s
dismissal,
December 22.
Mr. Troup obtain.d leave of abienc*
for two weeks.
Mr. latve reported a bill to establish
• College in the City of Washington.
On notion of Mr. Livermore, it was a
greed that when the House adjourned, ii
adjourn till Tuesday neici.
On motion of Mr. l.ewis, the report ol
the Purveyor of the Public building* wii
referred to a sclent committee con listing
of Me:Mrs. Lewu, Stanford, Liver.nore
Uuot and J* Drown.
I The bill from he *> :,ate o prevent the
abuse of the piiviie;; -s and iinmum'.ici
enj wed by foreign monsters *ithm tiie
U. .S’utcs, vras twice ieid aud referssd to
a convni tee of the whole.
A Me-sage was received fran the Sen
ate informing the Han-ie that they had
ip Kjintcd Messrs. l-c.b. Llayd, a ad S.
Smi h a committee to superintend the Lir
brary of Congress. The message was
concurred n, and Meatrs. Dana, New.
too, anil Seyoert apapmtted on the the'
pa*t ofthii House.
The committee of cle&ions to whom was
referred lie pe iiidh of fhomas (Randolph,
praying that the seax of Jonathan Jennings,'
the sit'ing delegate from die territory of
lud ana bcvaca.ed, made a detailed report
in favorofthe petition, aid locirnmending
to the House the ad op. ion of a resolution
thut the elcCVon haring been illegal, is
therefore void, an! tha' the scat of Jona.
than Jennings ought fobs V’ica'ed. The
reno-t was referred to a committee of the
•vhole Hattie.
7'ucuday, Dec. 2d.
Mr Johnson reported a bill for the re
lief of William White aud others ; which
w is twice read and referred to a committee
of the whole.
Mr. Smilic reported a bill to encrease
the compensation of the military ag^ut for
the inuidle department.
Mr. Poindexter presented to the Hour.e
the proceedings of h numlter of persons of
the district e.n:ol Pearl r vt-r, (Mis. T»-r.j
calling themselves a convention, stating
the project of a form ot govermneit which
they should wish to he established in that
district, in cas.* Congress shouht think pro.
p?r to divide the Mississippi Territory.—
Referred to tne committee to whom was
referred the petition for the division of the
territory
Air Morrow reported a b:l! to extend
tiie bins fop locating Virginia military land
warrants, and for returning the surveys
thereof to die office, ike. Twice read and
referred.
RUPTURE WITH MR JACKSON.
On motion of Mr. Gnodwyn, the House
again resolved itself into -a committee of
the whole—Mr. Basset in the chair-—on the
joint resolution tram the bsante approving
the conduct of the executive In refusing to
receive any fu« ther communication from
Francis James Jackson.
Mr. Fisk occupied the flior in fivor of
the resolution till 4 o’clock, when ihccom.
mutes rose, reported progress andobtaincd
leave to sit ng;i n.
Ilrecl'icsd lit. Drcember 27.
Mr. Burwell Sc Mr. i’ickmm y enter Jay
appeared and took ibi.<r :>n..ts.
Oil motion of "vlr. PomcF xter,
Resolved, That a committee be appoint
ed to enquire into the propriety of allowing
an additional judge to the Mississippi i'cr
r tory, to reside in Malison county, and to
have the same powers as those granted
>by law to cue jndga or ’.Vis tingt j.i CiCi.
fy- . ..
(^Messrs. Poindexter, S'37e<, Burwell,
Ke.ater and clack ter n the comti'.ke.J
Mr Nicholson laid upon the table the
follow ug resolutions:
R'.solved, Tint a select committee be
appointed to enquire into ths expediency
of making permanent p"'.vision tjy law for
constructing public c .nals acd roads, and
for the general establishment of seminaries
for education throughout the U. States, and
, that they h ive ic-vc to report thereon to
'l this House.
Resolved, That the same commmitt#
be instructed to enquire iutd t'ne best means
of providing by law permanent funds for
the accomplishment of these objects ; and
i that they in I ke ni mner have leave to re
■ norc thereon to this House.
RUPfL'RE WITH MR J\CltSON.
Tnc House again in Co.uui.ciee of the
! whole on the resolution from the Smite.
Mr Miluoi* supported tke resolution in a
speech «f two hours.
When the question on the committee’3
ris ng and reportmgtheir agreement to the
resolution, was taken and carried 54 to 35
—fifty two members oemg absent.
Mr. Livermore, after a few remark",
.v.w .... w.tw. .... -
, on ot the resolution indefinitely.
Mr Rhea called for the Yeas and Nays
on the motion.
Mr Fppes opposed the motion in a speech
of h i hour ami a half.
VViuu he concluded, the House adjourn*
ed.
Thursday, December 23,
The bill from tne Senate to authorise
' the surveying and making certain roads in
the state of Ohio, as contemplated by the
i treaty of Brnwiistown in the Territory of
Michigan was twice read and referred to
I a committee of th« whole.
Mr Tailmadgs presented the petition of
Commodore vV.tipple, stating that he is in
firm and disaulcd, aiul praying relief fr-tn
the government.—referred 10 u select com*
initWe.
KV.’TURF. WITH MR. JACKSON.
Oa motion of Mr Croodwyn the House a*
gam resumed the consideration of tne re*
port of the committee of the whole on the
, resolution from the Senate approving the
conduct ot the executive in rciusing to re*
ccivc any lurtuor communications train
‘ Francis James J .c it son.
I'hu motion lor indefinite postponement
»t"l under consider .t on.
Messrs. Sunford, Quincy, Cardenier, 3c
p.ta.n suppor.ed (h« motion.
Wnen Mr lMkin had been speaking a*
oo4' an nour, a motion was made to adjourn
end earned.
Friday, December 39.
Mr Mwi* presented the joint petition of
the i»cvy Curt j and common council of
tne town and county of Alexandria, stating
itu iH.utiic.cnc/ ot the present jail of that
o.auuiy am praying that power may be
granted by con&ruas for building a new jail
in mat town, and tn.it an appropriation
.or that purpose iniy be made. Referred
to the committee on the D.strict of Coluui.
bia.
Mr Taylor from the co n nittce t'» wham
.vas referred thu letter from I A. Coles,
reporied that tile/ hid enpured into that
ittair, aud hid found tun tne said I. A.
Coles did make .*a outrageous an l unpro
voked attach oi a me n >*.• of this bouse,
p
nbd that- they c<v»sVTar #%i:J attack '. r".•*'•**. ^
of the tinrft.gua Of tile l»,Ui<*. B.* Mat
the letter.-, of acknowledgment of sne s-tuf
I A. Cole; ought to be aatisftctory, a-jd
• hey therefore report that no farther pro,
oeodmgs on the subject are ueccsiary..'
Laid 6n the table.
The order of tne day on the resolutions
from the S;n<it« w»s cnlied up, Tim
motion for postponement under discusst
oa.
Afr. Pitkin concluded the observation* \
which he commenced yesterday. 'He \y.is
followed by Mr. Quincey, who*.lso conclu
ded from yesterday. Mr. G arde nisi- the:*
again urged m a very eloquent speech the
postponement A motion for adjournment
was made and lost.
Air. Livermore then rose find observed ^
that he wop Id not let the opportunity p*ss
of making a few observations in favor of
his motion* He was proceeding, when Mr.
Wilson observing that it wa* four o’clock,
made a motion for adjournment^ which
was carried, 53 to 51.
IN SENATE.
December 27V
The bill to authorise the surveying and
making certain roads in the state* of Ohio,
as contemplated by the treaty of Browns.*
town in the territory of Michigan was read
a third time and passed.
The resolution yesterday submitted by
Mr Bradley w s taken up and passed, tint
the Secretary of tiie Sedhte was directed
ro lay the same aoi'ore the President of tLv;
| United States.
Dec-, miter 28.
| ^ Mr Tait, a Lc.iato, from the state of
Georgia appeared and took ids sr.tt.
Mr Pope j^ive notice that on to-morrow,
he should ask leave to ’jnr.g in a bid con, »
concerning canals and roads' xn tha LTmted
Spates.
——si—
D O M LST1C.
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FaAN_K.roItTj (K.CI1.) Dec. 2.
Extract cf a letter addressed t* tue editor,
from a friend.
Sh rlr wriir. v. _ Iftno.
Dear Sir,
1 have just seen a gentleman who is
immediately from N’ item * lie left that
pi vsb on the 2d ult. at winch time 1500 of
the troops had .arrived at Washington, In
the neigh!* irhoixl of Natchez. About 20#
had died ueiwrtu New Oritans and the
ptaee at wnieli they now are, and U ..ust
every one that an* .»rr.v**.l, • * .ncao-ibla uf
doing duty, owing to sickoosn. He states
tha' of 1500. there are not bO who urn ptr.
fcctly free from some disease or other* al.
though the offic' rs are generally in go->d
health. When he left. N .tch-.-z. three gun
boats were about 20 m U-s ' utov/, enntt. n- l
artillery and r-.-Baun :u, wlitrars ,j .r^d..
iog on to head quarters (Jen WhlAmsou
w vs still there, waiting as he understood^
for thearriv.il oi General Hampton. L • »*
last gentlemanj my informant adds, ne net
betw . n Nashville and fr . ink.Uu, in Ten
nessee, on the 24th ult. hastening on to
take the command of the army. Lteiors
’ Wilkinson left ivew Orleans* lie or i tred
| out a detach iien: of soldier3 to put him a
| sugar plantation in order for cultivation,
in -‘he swamps, upon which imp .riant ex*
pedm .fi, about 40 died.— the disturb-tu-*
I cos at Orleans n tve cmi dsrably abated.
. The yellow fever has h»:c;i particularly fa*
! tal to ih- Frenchmen laid/ imported fro.u.
St. JagO,
Ralcich, m. c. Dvct 28.
In General Assembly, Raleigh, Dec. 23, 8U19.
TO JAMES MADISOW,
President of the United States.
— I he Legislature of North Carolina,
assembled for the firs*, time since yon wero
caiii- l by the suffrages af your Countryinen to
pre? l:>. oyer the Councils of their Country
icel it their duty, to the performance of which
they cfieeiaul'y advance, to convey to you Luaip
unqualified approbation ol the conr*ir whirl*
you have puisutkly and which has so amply
protected from injury tlie honor and diguity of
the American GovCTnment.
In limes portentous ar.d alarming a* the
vvuwM every ^amiary ana equilaokf
principle seems lobe disregarded by the tur
bulent N itioun of Europe, »he citizens of the
United States, unassisted by that fifui'Hif,
wisdom and patriotism which have charar. er.
sed your public conduct, would, indeed, h. v*
roach to fear—but, cheer.-d br tho ooflsolo .icy
belief that the American Spirit which lias hi.
therttr secured to us the benefits of year t\l«
ents, will be always evicted in the advance
ment of your Country's hapoincss, we feel no
hesitation in pledging ours lives, individually,
and as the Representatives of the Free.no i of
Morth.Carolina, t* support, w'rh energy, and
at the risk of our lives and f,irtuucs, such
measures as the G.-neral Govern nent shall
think proper to pursue, to protect from insult
and aggression our common and h ippy Gaun
try.
(Signed) JOHZPH RIDDICK, S. S,
THOMAS DaVIS, S. H. C,
His Excellency the Governor was requested
to send a capv of this Address to the Presi
dent of tho U- States, a ropy to o tr Senator*
an ft a copy t> our Representatives in Con
gress. ,»
A few days hefora tlie llwta rose the fol
lowing patriotic Resolution was adopted s
*' Resolved, That if he reconvnen led by
the Representatives nftbe Free People of tho
5 ata of Mor.twCsrelina, that the members
who shall comptmu the nail General Assem
bly, appear, at the time af their said session,
clonthed entirely, either in the Manufactures
•f this Slate, or af the United Stains.
r‘ Resolved further, That it be tho duly of
the Public Printer to bind up a copy of this
Resolution in front of each of tho ecu of this
setuan.
The fallowing restiuinna have been a,
dopted by the House of Delegates of Mary
land—Ayes 35—Moea 29.
WHEREAS the unexampled conduct of
Francis James J ickson, late minister pie,
nipotentiary of his Britannic rtiajestyne.tr
the United States, has induced tne Prett
di.nt to make known, that no further co n -
ir.unicMions will be received from bin .•
And whereas theCvener.il Assembly of Ma
ry '’‘udj duly apprcc.ate the cortcctncwo of