The Delaware gazette. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1809-1810, 1809-12-13
Congregational RtgtHer.
IN SENATE.

Friday, DecemGcr 8.
The following resolution, reported ty Mr..
Giles on the 9Th inst. was read second uinc,
AMI passed TO third reading OH Monday.
Res9ip,d In liz senate aad Acuse IF nt,cst afa
tires Of the Uaued States Of .4n,"ica IL congress
a,u,nllcd, That the expressions contained i'll
the oEitial letter of Francis James Jackson,
minister plenipotcntiary Of his Hrpal,nic ma
ies,y near the nite;l statcs, dated ,he Esd day
Of Oct. 1909, and addressed to Mr.. Smith, Sc
eretary Of state, conveying the idea, that The
executive government of the United States had
Il knowledge that the arrsnse inunt lately made
by Mr.. Erskine, his predecessor, OIL behalf OF his
government with the government OF the Y. ).
was entered into without competent powers on
the part Of MIR. Erskine for thai purpose, were
highly intlccorcu5 and inao!cnt; that the repe-
titon OF the same in,in,ation N his official let
ter dated the nth Of November, | 300, after he
was apprzed by the asseverat on of the secre-
tary OF state that the executive government
had no such knowledge, and that ii i, had pos
sessed such knowledge such Arrangement
would not have been entered into on the part Of
| the United States, and after bcin. officially ap
| prized that such intinlation was inadnsslbir ;
was still! more nsoient AID a.ilonting: and
| that in refusing TO receive any further cominu-
outrageous and premcd:ated insults, the exs-
cutive government has manifested just regard
| to It's own dignity and honor well AS % the
character and inter@s. OF the Am. rLan peo-
pie.
That the letter signed Francis James Jack
son headed i" Circular" dated the 'lh of No
ven,bcr 1862, and published and circulated
| through the country, is a still more direct and
aggravated insult and anicnt 10 tie American
people and their government, as it is evidently
an insdioHs attempt to c.ci.e :heir rcsrn,,nents
AMI tistrusts against their own government By
appealing 10 them, through false and ia!lacious
| DISCUSSES, against some Of lis ac.s anl to ex-
| cite resrntmcn,s and divisions amongst the
people themselves which can only be diahonor.
| able 20 their oWn characters and ruinous to
| their own interests; ard the congress Of the
! United Sta'cs do hereby so,emn!y pledge them
| selves to Tie American people and TO The wo.
to stand by and support the executive govern
ment in its refusal to receive amy further com
| municatons from the sad Francis James Jack.
| son, and to cal, into action the Whoe force OF
the nation il it should become necessary il
consequence CE the cantuct Of the exccut'vt
governments in this respect, To rcpcl such in.
suits and to assert and maintain the rights, IL,
honor, and the interests CT The United Skates.
The following bill, which was likewise intro
1uced by MIR. Giles, to prevent the abuse of III
privileges and mmun!,cs enjoyed by ioreiSl
ministers within the United States, has also {
ceivcd second reading.
BE Il caacted, &c. That il any foreign ana
hassador, minister. or Other person, enntled t
enjoy within the L. $. TIE privileges and immu
mites OF foreign minister, Shall have committee
r or may hereafter commit, AIRY such ACT as by h
a ! laws and usages OF nations would ,ns.ify TN
1, president OF the United States in ordering snc
II ofending Ambassador, minister or other p-rso
l. as aforesaid out Of the District OF Columha o
out OF the territories Of the u. States or
E. sending him home to his sovereign, or to som
place or territory within his soyereigns iurs lie
ID ton in every such Case where the president {
s. the United States shall deem it proper and exp
TO dent to exercise his constitutional authority,
D. either OF these respects he shall be, ant. is hercb
n, authorised and empowered to cause warrant
v be issued and signed by the secretary of s,a,
directed To any civil officer OF the Z. S. autho
C, scd to serve process, or AIRY military officer II
r. der the authority Of the L. States, commandir
e. him TO provide for and enforce the departure
ed such ambassador, minister other person osicn
ing as aforesaid, taking due precautions to avo
IL improper or unnecessary violence in cxccutir
Ma such warrant, And all officers civil and IN iii,
ms ry, under the authority Of the United States a
pt- hereby required and enjoincd to be obcdcnr
be such warrant And in any officer, civil
Oh military, to whom such warrant shall be dire,
NC ed, shall fail, ref Sc, or unreasonably delay
IS; execute the same, cvcey officer 50 otIcning sh
the be deemed guilty of high msdemeanoc, a
to shall be punished by fine and Imprisonment |
18th fore any court of the United States having CT
rizance Of the offence. Preceded ;h1: thc 1.