The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-12-03

ties in the Indiana Territory to elect their
snerifis In their respective unties, and that
The said com nittee enquire likewise into tne
IeXpediency OF allowing the Appeals IN GER
tain cases, from the territorial courts to thc
courts OF the u. s., and what amendment, 4
any, are necessary TO be made to an act ca
'tltled " An act to divide the Indiana Terri
cory into two separate governments" with
!eave to report by bill, bills, or otherwise"
Mr.. Morrov presented the petition of the
.iayor & Aldermen OF the CITY sof Newt
cans, praying that Congress will invest the
night to certain lot oflantl lying in the city
ot New Orleans in the corporation thereof,
on "hica 1t is proposed, uader an act OF thc
said corporation, to erect steam engines and
the necessary buildings by which it is COZ
tcmplated to supply the said city with water.
mr.. Grnndy presented a petition of sun
dry inhabitants of Giles County, Tennessee,
IN behalf of Robert Brown, an inhab:tant OF
SAID county, praying that the said Brown may
nave pre-c:npt:on right to a certain parcc.
Of land, tho property OF the u. s., on which he
mas erected mill; which Was referred to
the committee OH Public lands.
Mr.. Iuorrozv moved the following resolu-
ton, predicating it ON the late unfortunate
occurrence on the Wabash:
Resoired, That the President of the U. s..
be authorised to loan to the State If Ohio
scand of arms, with bayorets and cartouch
boxes, &--pieccs of field Artillery, OH the
legislature OF that state making such prnyi-
sion by law as shall, in his opinion, afford Sc
curly Tor their safe-keepmg and return, save
the damage s. loss incident to use K accident
III actual service.
The resolution referred to q committee o.
the.who!c House.
df''. Tailmadge presented petition Of sun
dry inhabitants of the district of Maine, pra
ing tor the establishment OF a new coliecto
district, to be formed out of the district 81
Penobscot and Waldoboro,' and that Camden
may be made port of entry for the same.
Mr.. Green presented the petition of sun
dry inhabitants of Barnstable, Yarmouth ana
Dennis, in Massachusetts, praying for the
erection of a lighthouse on Point Cannon.
The two last petitions were ordered to be
referred to the committee of CONNIE ce and
Manufactures.
FRIDAY, Nov. 90.
The House were engaged until late hou,
IN this day, in the discussion and decision on
the Contested election OF Gen. Hupgerford If
Virginia.
The report of the committe of elections Ill
this case, states, that further time should be
allowed to the sitting member to procure tes-
timony, &c.
The report was ovcrrulcd by the House );
the sitting member was declared not to be
entitled tohis scat, and john TALIAFERRo,
esq. declared to have been duly elected.
A detail OF the proceedings, &c. in our
next.
M. Porter from the committee ON Foreign
Relations, made the following REPORT,
which was referred to a committee of the
whole
The committee to 7vlion zvas r..ferred that
hart Of The PrestdGns's Message, which
relates to our Foreign .4!6airs, beg kcave
REPORT IN PART
That they have endeavored to give to
the subject submitted to them, that full and
dlSpasSlonate consideration which is due to
one so intimately connected with the interest,
the peace, The safety and the honor of their
country.
Your' committee will not cucumber your
journals and waste your patience with de
tailed history of all the various matters grow
ing out of our foreign relations. The cold re-
cital Of wrongs, OF injuries and aggrcssions
known and felt by every member OF this u
mon, could have no other effect than to dea-
zen the national scnsibility and render the
pubic mind Caious 70 injuries with which it
Is already too familiar.
Without recurring then to the multiplied
wrongs OF partial or temporary operation, of
which we have so just cause OF complaint a.
gainst the two great beiligerents, your COM
ihiItSe VIII only Cali your attcntlOn, at this
lime, 10 the systematic aggression of these
powers, authorised by their edicts against
neutral commercial system, which as re-
garded its principles, was founded on preten-
sions that went 10 the subyersion Of our ma
tional independence and which, although
now abandoned by one power, is, in its broad
and destructive operation as still enforced bv
the other, sapping the foundation of our pros
perity.
1t is more than five years since England
and France, ill violation of those principles
OF justice and public law, held sacred by all
civilized nations, commenced this unprece-
denied system, by seizing the property of the
citizens OF the u. 5. peaceably pursuing their
lawful commerce OH the high seas. To shield
rage must incur, each of the beligerents
sought a pretext in the conduct of the ether
-cacn attempting to justify his system OF
ripine as retaliation for similar acts on the
part OF his enemy
AS II the law of nations, founded OIL Tie
eternal rules Of justice, could sanction a
principle, which il engrafted into our mni-
cipal code woIld excuse the crime of one
rob5er, upon the sole plea that the unfortu-
nate object of his rapacity, was also n victim
to the injustice Of another. The fact of pri-
ority could be true as to one Cnly OF the par
ties and whether true or false, could fur
nsh no ground G justification.
The United States thus une xpcctcdly and
violently assaulted by the two greatest pow
r. in EIrri,c with vnyy fitoit