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AN ACT
Waking • further appropriation* for com.
pleting the Capitol and for o
ther purposes.
T>E It enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in C'-'iigress
assembled, That in addition to the ap
propriations heretofore made, the fol
low! ig sums of money be, and the
aame arc hereby appropriated, to be
applied under the direction of the Pre
sident of the United States, to the
purposes hereinafter mentioned, that
as to say:
For sculpture, and warming and
*veutilating the chamber of the House
of Representatives, seven thousand
five hundred doll tru ;
For defraying th* expense of com
pleting the court rotm, and the offices
of the Judiciary on ti e east side, com
pleting the Senate cha mber and stop-1
ping the leaks in the roof of the north
v ing of the Capitol, Ct.euty thousand
doll :rs ;
For repairs to the President’s house
ard offices, five thnu a d dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That it be the duty of the Supcriuten
dant of the city of W ashington, prior
to any further advances of monev be
ing made, to cull t< r all claims on ac
jcourn of materials furnished or work
done in the Public Buddings in order
that the same may be liquidated and !
paid.
Sec. S. And be it further enacted,
That the several sums o» money here
by appropriated, shall be paid'out of
any money in the treasury not other,
tviac appropriated.
J. B. VARNUM,
Speaker of the House wf Ilcpre- !
sentutives.
JOHN GA1LLARD,
President of the Senate, pro-tempore.
$Iny 1, 1810
Approved,
JAMF.S MADISON.
AN ACT
Allowing eompeii'Mtion to Robert Rrbin
son.
BE it < nacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
T ‘tv ted States of America, in Congress
assembled, That there fchali belaid
out of the Treasury of the United
States, out oi any monies therein, not
otherwise appropriated, the sum o(
five hundred dollars to R »bei t Robin
, 6°n> in full compensation for his extra
btrvices as clerk to the board of com
missioners at Kaskaskias, and as in
terpreter and transcriber of the differ
ent languages, and as agent to the
bbard, and for conveying the report of
the co nmisfti'ipert to the seat of the
government of the United States.
J. B. VARNUAI,
Speaker of the House of Reprc*
sentatives.
J JHN GAILLARD,
I i csident of the Senate, pro-tampore.
May 1, 1« la.
Appro vet!,
JAMES MADISON.
A N ACT
Confirming the decisions of the com
missioners in favor of the claim
ants of land in the district of
Kuskaskia.
PE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
ted States of America, in Congress
asst: mbl-J, That ah tne dec;*io::S
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made by the commissioners appointed
for the purpose of examining the claims
of persona, claiming lands in the dis
trict of K'skaslcia, in favor of surh
claimants as entered in the transcrip'
of decisions, hearing da’e the thirty
first dav of December, eighteen huu
and nine, which have been trans
mitted by the said commissioners to
fhe Secretary of the Treasury accor
ding to law, be and the same are here
by confirmed.
J. B. VARNUM,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives.
JOHN GAILLARD,
President of the Senate, pro-tempore.
May 1, 1810.
Approved,
JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT
For the relief of Arthur St. Clair.
BE it enacted by ths Senate and
House of K . nresentatives of the
United Sta;es of America, in Congress
assembled, That the President of the
United States be, and lie hereby is au
thorised to cause to be paid out of a.
ny monies which may be in the trea
sury not otherwise appropriated, the
sum of t wo thousand dollars to Arthur
St. Clair, who served in the army of
the United States throughout there
volution.tr>-war: Provided, the said
Arthur St. Clair shall, previous to the
receipt of the t>a:d mi n _
a release oi ail claim lor further re»
numeration f om tiu government for
a - vices rendered, or money advan
ced b> him during the revolutionary
war, J
J. B. VARNUM
ipetUci of the House of Represenatives.
JOHN GAlLLARD,
President of th* Senate, pro-temporc»
May 1, 1810.
Approved,
JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT
For the relief of P. C. L’Enfant.
T3 E it enacted by the Senate and
, ; . ,°“se Representative* of the
L mted S ales of America, in Congress
assembled. That the Secretary of the
treasury be authorised and directed to
pay P. C. L’Lnlant, out of any money
in the trenusury not otherwise appro./
pnatecl, the sum of six hundred and
t*ixty six dollars and two thirds with
legal interest from the first day of
March one thousand seven hundred
and ninety-two as a compensation for
| l.is services in la) ing out the clan oi
the City of Washington.
J. B. VARNUM,
Speaker of the House of Rcpre*
sentarives.
JOHN GAlLLARD,
President of the Senate, pro-temnore.
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», IOIU.
i Approved, •
JAMES MADISON.
an~act
For the relief oi William W. Wev
mouth and Joseph P. Weeks. '
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Heprescntatives of ihe
United Sta esof America, in Congress
assembled, I hat the penalty incurred
*ome time in the month of March
last by XV ill.am VV, Weymouth, mas
ter of the schooner Weymouth, for
not complying with the injunctions of
the ninth section ol the act entitled,
“An act to prohibit the importation
of slaves into any port or place within
the jurisdiction of the United States
from and after the first day of Janui
r> * *ti the year of our Lord one thou*
■and eight hundred and eight,” previs
ous to hit leaving the port of Ncw
York with a fugitive slave ui board,
named Oliver, belonging to the estate
cf James Medford, deceased, late oi
Hichmor.d in the state Virginia l»t
and the same is hereby remitted • a
ny law or laws to the contrary not
withstanding.
Sec. S. And be it further enacted
| 1 hat the penalty incurred some tim
!,n ‘he month of July last by Joseph P.
Weeks matter of the schooner Cere«
aad aLo the forfeiture of said cchoo;
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er incurred for not complying with the
injunctions of the said ninth section
of said act, previous to his leaving the
port of New York rrich a fugitive
slave on board, named Lige, belonging
to Isaac Entwistle cf Alexandria iii
the district of Columbia, be and the
same arc also hereby remitted.
J. B. VARNU VI,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives;'
JOHH GAILLARD,
President ot,lhc Senate, pro-ten?.
May l, 1810.
Approved,
JAMES MADISON.
WASHINGTON CITY, May^3
V’e understand, on the authority of
a letter from Mr Forbes, Consul of
tne United States at Hamburg, writ
ten at Copenhagen on the 3d of March
ht»t, “that by aroval order, priva
teering was immediately to re-tom
! mence. I here is therefore reason t,
fear that th= trade of the U. States
to the north of Europe will have been
put in as perilous a situation as that
to the other parts of the Comment.
v Nat. Int.
a,™6 • e*!™°rdinary delay of the
Mnrquis Wellesley in a-.swering fh
letter of Mr Pinkney proves^^Bri
tish ministry to h.ve b^eu governed
by events in their occurrence oost'-rior
2 dis,Mi”ijn oi Mr. Jackson.
I Had they, as they should have been,
exclusively influenced bv »h,t ur.
with the circumstances that led to it
no reason lor delay C-uIJ have exist
ed. I he case wan too plain and iso
lated to embarr ss the most orjioH
ry^judgment. The lacts w.r ain
piy stated by both parties. The wide I
held of an ecedent negociatioa oa the
complicated affairs of the two ,rations
11 mis instance present, d no obstacle,
a -d .vir Jackson was c least lully
beard as our governments The ream'
sitions on our part were few an I sim
ple* and called for dispatch/ in such
a state ot things the reflection of a day
was aa good as that ol a month* and!
tne judgement must have been as rip,
tor decision as it ever could b.-. A
promp? compliance with our requests
been no le»s honorable to
the Untish government, than nro.no
F vo ol ihe best interests of the nation
it represented. It would h ive revi
ved the waning good will of the two
nations,a d produced, certainly in this
country, a zealous disposi ion to yield
•ouch lor the sake of an entire restor
ation ot harmony. On the otner hand,
hat government must have been sen
<ible that a reluctant and tardy acquit
escence to our demands, would assume
•tore the air of policy than of justice,'
of compulsion than of a spontaneous
disposition to do what was right.
Such must have been the feeling of the
drmsh government had it conaiderrd
llir _
—ica^uiuoie. ua the
contrary, had it viewed them as un.
reasonable the obligation was equally
strong to give an immediate answer,
t..at we might he enabled to form an
unambiguous estimate of its dispositi
on, and pursue measures dictated by
the actual st ile of things, instead oi1
oemg bewildered in the inextricable
mazes ol doubt and mystery* 'Ihede
mand made by us, indeed, so loudly
called for a speedy decision, that the
annals of diplomacy maybe ransacked
m v^in without finding an analogous
case attended with such delay, even in
Moso dark periods when lorce wa*
. acknowledged arbittr between na
tions. At thss day such a delay would
not have been tolerated by any Eu:o
,>ean government, which would, long
oclorc it elapsed, have done itsell ju<
lice by dismissing the offending mi
nister. England herself would inOht
unquestionably have pursued thi *
course.
1 he del rv, then, was unequivocally
the result oi circumstances foreign
!rom the original case, J nese mere
either
1. 1 he existing state of parties it.
England;
2- 1 he political divisions amo-.g us ,
3. The line of policy of France to
wards us:
Separately, or collectively, the*
wa-s.s dictated the autei. aud, ,u,.r.
| sored answer of the Marquis Welles
Hey.
I 1*• e know that the present English
I ministry tottered to dissolution at tht
very moment it drew its first breath
ai»d that it has ever since beeu exposec
r® the severest parox> sms, of which
the Parliament h*s been the theatre.
In this state of mixed infanev and d o.
fa?Tei * was all important, to avoid an'
fhirtg like a rupture with America, In
he midst of a wide-spread defeat and
discomfiture of t'»e British arms, when
every ray cl hope wasq-ienched in the
tatal bogs oi Walchercn, and the right
arm of British power paralysed by the
rapid disappearance of specie and the
consequent depreciation of the' p tper
currency, when, ad led to all this, so
great|sras the demand lor grain, as to
oave^endered necessary the licencing
of vested* trading to France, which a
one time amounted to above live hun
dred lying in the Thames, ii was not
politic tc* add to her enemies or in
crease her difficulties. The non, inter
course with her was still in, at least
nominal, existence, and micht be en
forced ; at any rate, the apprehension
of such an event might have thrown a
weight into the adverse scale, which,
tdded to that already in it, mignt have
lieen fatal to the reigning party. Hence
Oie importance of assuming the air ot
g eat candor, and of a resolute spiri
ol conciliation tow irds this country,
} *piiit that would, in the activity o
rs Zeal, extract good from evil. In th
mean tiiar, the session of Parliatnen
w.ts uasdnor »w .U_______
pluming themselves on the amicable
relations with this country and gnini „■
no mean ace*rs. iun of strengtn from
i. ie reputation; VI,- Pinkney was, with
V auspicious, and even injudici u>, e
“ pit-nee, panegyrl ;ir.g tnc minis ry
t!.d, perhaps, more th n all, the im
presston trn scut acoss the chaune
that America and England were soo:
o be the beat frie.icH, thus awakiiu
.*}e jealousy, if not active hostility ot
b ranee towirls us, for caus s which.
j. iad no existence. Even on the 5tn of
April, ttveu y-two clays utter the del,.!
Vc.y o! Ir>jM W-liesicy’s aus.ver, w !
and th: Bikith prints, u ini»tcrial as
w.ll as others, ex king in th- pros
pset of an accommodation aud cve >
reaty between the two nations; nav,l
|.ne treaty uself ia saiu to hive gom
ou .* In this exp ctation ihe Bri inh
parliament will ii all probability ere this
have adjourned, and under the tame
expectation the good people of Eng
land, in all likelihood, will for months
tome» be gaping lor the returned
treaty,—an expectation which will
3ain strength Irom tne removal; instead
of enforcement, oi our non intercourse,
which they will not fail to ascribe to
the confidential good understanding
between the resp ctive governments.
2. Our political divisions have emi
nently festered, if not imperatively
dictated, the conduct of Britain to
wards us. So long as we p»esenteil h
united front, while the spirit cf faction
slept or f ared to raise us hi ad, so long
las the loud burst of indignation re
sounded thrmin-b th« _i
long as the representatives ol the peo
!p»c appeared to uphold, witn unhesi
tating resolu.ion the course taken by
the Executive, the British govern
rnent exhibited every disposition to
do us full justice, not merely in this
case, but in all others. Attend to dates
and contemporaneous events & mark
the efleets *
Mr Pinkney received his despatch
es on the 27ih of November, and on
jthe Saturday following had a confer
jtnee with the M irquis Welle .ley, in
jthe course oi Which he explained to
him fully the grounds upon which he
“ was instructed to request Mr Jack
son’s immediate recal.” Lord SVel
leslcy s feetp ion “ was frank and
friendly and he lcli him “with i.
'persuasion that we should have nr
:auso to be dissatisfied with the fina.
course oi bis government.” At thi
,»ime we appea.cd to be united* Mos,
ol ths federal presses espoused tin
* “ ll i» generally believed,” say
ie Courier oi March lourteci
lays subsequent to the iLte of tin
Marquis of Wellesley’* answer —
* that a project ol an arrangement b«
ween tms country and too U. d. ha
•cea ngret«) rti with !».r Pinkney, an
iur. l. has gone ou to A U-:.#u W ti.
i /o.ia Aiuxs,” f
, _
’ '"tleofthc^'e-nnent Oniv two ot
hree formed an *xc< p ion to this h >
norable spirit. This state of things ro*
nained unaltered until more thaa
» i mut i af er th_* ineetin ' orCr.«
gress, when the procecdi? gs in the S -
narc held out the flatteriug prospect
o» an almost unanimous s p.iort of the
President by both H uses; and, uoder
this impression Mr Pinknt-v on the
2d Of January pre.ent-d his lerter to
pord V\ elleslev, whose immediate an
swer was expected. Had the an«wv r
been promptly made, there is the
strongest reason to belters that its t«\.
nor would have been verv different
born that g ven ten weeks afterwards z
it is probable, that it would have effi
ciallv admitt d Mr. Jackson to have
oeen in the wrong, announced his i n
nediate recal, and nam«d a succ s jor
ot rank & talents actually substituted
:n his steady connected with the tx
pression ot an ardent hope that al ex
isting di/F*rences might be sct:l d
. ithout delay by Lord Wellesley and
Mr. Pinkney, under the a sura, ce of
the form r that he wa» not wedded to* -
any set of men or to any particular
doctrines.
But, unfortunately, while the pen of
the noMe Marquis was probably en
giiged i:i dra ring up such a oote, i i^.
'.elligenc - was quickly conveyed across
tue Atl ntic, that chided the war n
current th :t fl nyrd Iresh from his
he. rt, and altcrwards gave it a contra
y d'r ction, Party bud again r*:sed
ner hydra head in this couatry, and
through the channels of communicati
on with the British government, hi Id
out the hoDe. tnar *V»#. k- ..1.1 __
c .rry evvry thing before her|.
Averse to y elding more than was re
T1,sltc to gating their enda,the mi
UH'ry hesitated to take any decisive
i teps, resolving in the interim to watch
v nts* fhu indecision, no do b
*inbolJened the enemies f this coun
t -y, as well in as ou» of the cabinet,
h r it the ends of Britain were to be
Attained, in cunsequence of our uivi i
ons, without mak.ng any concession »
on her p^r*, or abandoning thegrou.d
n - ha l taken, it ii e™y to caicu ate
he odium th t would have be n cast
upon men, who had rcsolu ely formed
i t e .tv of reciprocal stipulations, in
volving impoitant sacrifices, which
;however juai, could nm f il llt once to
lshock powerful prejudues and to
wound the an nual t.ensiotfi y. This
parne proved fatal ; every ar ival from
(this country painted in glowing, and
prob bly ex: ggcrated color-, our divi
sions, and the Increasing sirer.gth of
the opposition, until the co-viction
was produced that not only no tiTec
tual measures would be taken to resist
the aggressions on our maritime
tiglits, but that even the existing mea
sures, inadequate as they ware, w ould
mo t probaoiy be abandoned. Such,
• e have no doubt, was the purpo. t, &
■uch the cff-*ct of the intelligent e s ut
Irorn this C' uutry about the beginning
ot February*
3. J.a3tly, the line of policy pursu-,
-j - --»»u;i us iictvc uau
IV) inconsiderable influence 01 the
conduct ot the British government.
I he steady object ot' each ot theta
powers is to embroil us with the other.
If, consequently, we would ngre* >o
make war upon Fraqpv, England
would revoke her orders in council}
or, if we would make wa: up' n Lug*
land, France would rescind her ediett.
As this appears to be the end at wliicti
they aim, so nothing short of it .
t I akc the following txir>ct from it
London pt int published in March, as
an evidence ot the effect of our ctivi.i
°ns on the public bcntiment in Ln ;~
land.
w American pap-rs arrived i.’V‘«ovv
yesterday. $r "j
ti l he question on the comparativ/
disadvantages of war with G»eai Li i
tain and France, has occasion d mv. U
liscussiot! in Coogrcs', and io4< eit
hroughout the U. State*} and
■ appy to find a more just dir.pos tio t
o appreciate tho consequences ot a
var wiih this country, than h.13 hither
o been displ *yed in America, begins
b b« prevalent. 1 he resolution* ot'
.te local legislature of aiassachu eu*t
1 <n the dismissal ot ixir jicksou, rt!;r
<> CJiis subject, and cannot iuii, v *
^fOuld hope, to make a due iuip(C»*i«
ft on every sober an aded osau 10 c