Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-23
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Mr.. Morrow presented memorial g!
the rel ginus SOL iety Il iiients,o al May /
land. and parts Of Pennsylvania and V'r'
gInia, adjacent, pra,ing some meliolat
ling measures rsspec,in., the Indian Tribes
on our borders; which was read and re-
ierrtd
Nit Wilson, from the joint committee
upon.he SUSPECT III the publ c printing!
made report accompanied By the follow
ling resolution
/ Resolved, Tha, when any printing isI
doing by virtue Of Joint rue or resoiu-
|,ion of The two nuses, The SECRETARY OF
the Senate and Gle of tie .ioiisc ot
Representatives and, wl!en ordered bs
luitner house. the secretary aud Clerk re.
50 ctivcly, be authnr,st d and rcquir;d to
len ploy such printer or prtni,rs as will
al 81 expedite its execution and delivery,
land allow rim or til, nj he same p.,es
now allowed % the pri-lrr emplo, ed by
the secretary I'D CLERK giving .heffsusr
the preference when il shall BE- ppacyiCa
tble for him TO execute and deliy i, as
soon as It can he done by any other pgin.
,er OF prinie's.
| The report and resolution were read
and a. reed 10, and, alter the considsra
I.ion o! Executive business.
lie n
Friday Dec. mber ID,
i MIR TAFT from The enmmlttee appoint
ed on tie suleci reported It'll to an
.norisr .hc people ofihe territory Of Ala
|Goyernuneli, aud for the admission Of
such state into the Unisn, q. an equal
lto;ing With the or,ginal stutts, whlt /.
>as read
i Mr.. Wilson, Of N w Jersey, rose Il
fer II solution. lie observed, tia. the
resolution he was abnut to submit re-
Iquired lev tords Of expiaus'iou Thc
attic in sigzcs AID servants II coinr had
uaen carr!,d On 70 consld*iabr extent
from the state OF New jersey; ard,
under color of this traffic il va, b. .e,t,
nrny Ire persons, or w1u were soon to
becnine free, has been consi, red 10 sa
livery for life. he Legislature oi Ng~
4 IL
ly passed law 10 prevent this !. tiic ,
a bu il was feared this law could notice
carried into complete effect. without the
CO operation Of the revenue officers # the
United otaies, authorized by an act OIL
Congress The Legislature had there.
: fore instructed their Senator's. and re.
: q .es.ed their Repre- ssnlatlyes u congress
] 10 use their eideavors to procure the
$ passing OF an act 10 prevent the ,;a,tsnur.
. ttaiion Oh slaves. or servants at cot0r
: from any state to any other part Of ihy
u United states, IN cases where by the
II iaws Of such states. such transportation
lis prohibited, In conformity with thes,
instructions, as well as grceably 10 his
own feelin.. $ and ptiEc pies, he lherei-.rs
iheged leave to submit the following re-
Isolutlon:
II Resolved, That the committee on III,
Isub]ect Of the Slave Trade, be instructed
10 enquire INTO the expediency OF makiue
provisions by law "to prevent HE leans
lpottation OF slaves, or servants Of cu.oT
Etron any one state 10 amy other part OF
: the United States, in cases where b, The
: avs OF such STATE, such transportation i.
a prohibited,
81 The resolution lies on the table on,
lday OF course.
y ihe Senate resumed the consideration
j, nl the molten made ON the 4th inst. b,
i ar iacock, to refer TO select comr :. /
al he the message ofthe President and ,ht
documents accom- panying il, concerning
Inc Seminole s. ar.
On motion OF MI Eaton, the motto,
was amended TO read as follows, and il
II this shape agreedto
X solved. That the message OF til,
u President and documents relative To ii,
= Seminole war, be referred To a seize
co,nmittee, who shall have authority, i,
10 send tor persons and ia
t. lpers; that said committee enquire rela
, Tive to the advance Of the Unltsd State:
IS troops into West Florida whether tbt
, Iotilcers in command at Pensacola and St
Marks were amendaple to, ami under The
, lcoatrole of Spain and, particularly, wha
CIRCUMSTANCES exist to authorize or justi
"lfy the commanding general in taking
' possesslor of those posts.
Y Aco.nmittee was appointed according
: lly, consisting Of Messrs. Lacock, Eaton
b Forsyth, King, and Bnrrill
u Four bills, brought up yesterday from