The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-03-20

:, deS 20 come to 4 dccihoa of il. He
Snougns II proper that the United States
.liou'd reilnquifh thoie balances. Il was ,jjo
| important, 10 far as it refpe0ed New YorL,
wh'e', he thought much injured, becauf. 70
I,ompiy with the law OF congress, Che lad MID
.iog.aiiY, white other fates had paid no,b;nv
why continue the debtor fates , vii :.
Paya thiiiing into your treafury, No i vii,
oniy Jour their minds towards RI. NC
J were there any mode of enforcino the ~,
Inent OF this debt, / ihouid be for i. H.,
there ff,no chance IF II. - o"'
oelieye that every fate in The ,in;o, q.
erted irfelf in our common canGs -; "a
that no fate excrted itielf more tb,1, 80
~ all fought together like brothers. Wbere
.iefe was danger we appeared; and wbercyer
cue eneHy was, we net them. There was rot
. held OF battle in South Carolina, whrre
'rele were not TO De found the blood and bones
q iMar ylanders, and citizens Of o1her fares.
MR.. RUTLEDcs faid he was called ,ir, X,
me oo'eryft.ons of the gentleman from Norfhb
Ca:IIoilna, who afks, with forne fofcs and ,,er,s
replace. reliance upon the queRion, if gentle
men WIZ not content TO review this fcttlcment
ne would anfwer no. We cannon do +
he thing is irnpo8ible the vouchers are Is.
itroyed; the materials for new fettln,enr DO
not exit. And they were properly defrovcd
nc fettlemeit once made, the were nf,Iefs
Mr.. DANA, | hope the amendment will
not De agreed to. However gentlemen mn,
be potiefied Of wholeiale intelleta rhas on,
bies them to decide on intcreftine ouei4ion,
without momeRt's reflection, confefs T am
not nleited with 70 happy an intuition. | Dc
nos know that have ever been called upon r.
form an opinion on this iubiea. As to a re.
terence OF it TO committee, think their in.
veitlgaton may be uieful; ard after we oe,
that, "5e may take time to decide. But nov,
/ the plan is changed, and we are called uror
70 decide at once the principle. This mode
OF traniaeting butineiS may be called an ec,,n.
ony of time. You may give il tbe No.
hut It is not the iubfance. For my nart. 7 de-
lire proceed according to our Old nIan- On.
go through the flow procets Of inveif;c,t;nn
4 ms IS my way, andgentlemen may ref At.
iured that this mode of hurryine bufnefs i
| NOT the way TO fave time, but to Iofe it.
! MR.. bAVARp declared himfelf in fave,
or the amendment, and he could NOT think
Notwithstanding the remarks of his bonorabI.
TREND from Connecticut, that any gentlenngr
IN the houie Wss unpreparedto vote uno, +
nc tubleet had been frequently dncufFed. and
ne believed The hou3- then as well ,rena,ed
TOR deciion as they would be for a centr,r,
TO come 1t involved but a Jingle principle:
and as 70 information, he could icarcelv te,i
Wnat information was wanted.
| Hefelt muchof the indifference of the gen.
tlenen from North Carolina. He was fure
the United States had neither the right. no,
the power to recover thofe balances: and h,
repeated It as his opinion, that it had not Been
the original intention that the debtor Hates
thould pay them. VIII gentlemen recollea
that the commiflion was initiated under tbe
OLD confederation. Had congrefs then a rigbt
to do any thing to bind the fovereignties Of
the independent hates. All they could do,
was to PATS reiolutions making reouiiitions
which the ftates might or might not comply
with They could appoint commitioners
20 iettle the accounts; but could thew jn1pofe
debts upon the fates No, they could NOT.
1t therefore never could have been conten1-
plated that they would efablifh thoic debts.
The only effect that could ha1. been conten-
plated was that the creditor ffates might reIy
thai on fsttiement, congfefs would ahumc
their balances.
Mr.. BAYARD iaid, though he thought,
and others who had taken view of the fub
Je6t thought, that tfele balances never could
or would be recovered, yet Others did aog
hold the fame opinion. Re alluded to thofe
who were not competent to the taking an en-
larged aud correA fjew of the dueRion. The
opinion entertained by this defcriptioa ofciti~
zeus, however unanportant il might be ia
other itaees, was particularly detrimental 70
the rate of Delawarc. He believed that the
apprehension that the balance allotted, 70
Delaware would have to be paid, materially
Affected the value of property in that Fate.
Mr.. BACON went at Comfortable length,
into the general merits of the queftion, which
the room already devoted to the debate pre-
vents our further nolicing.
Mr.. GRIswoLD faid, he wfhed 1hc fub-
ject referred 10 a fele6t coulmitte, that il