Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-15

shall in thesIeast reflect upon the public or pri-
vate conduct of a friend and colleague, it shall
have the sanction Of my name.
Yours, c. A. WICKLIFFE.
Washington, May 18Th, 1926.
| CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS OF SATURDAY.
In THE House OF REPR EsENTATlyEs Mr..
Cooke, from the Committee on lndl an Affairs,
] which wa instructed on the 10th inst. to inquire
into the expediency of making an appropria-
ton for holding Treaty with the Indians in
| the State of New York, and whether il be ne
| c, ssary to continue in the employment Of the
! United Statcs, more than one interpreter among
the said lndians-made report, accom-? panied
by bill to enable the President TO hold Urea
~ with the Seneca or Six Nauons of Indians;
which bill was twice read and committed for
/ Monday next.
The Speaker laid before the House a letter
! from the Secretary Of War, acco mpanifd by
report containing the information called for, in
relation to the probable cost per mile, OF ma
| king the Road on each Of the roates lately ex-
amined between Washington and n. Orleans.
We could only glance al the report, which IS
Inmates the cost OF the Western route al about
! SA7oo-,he Southern at S4.9oO-& the Mid
die at $500 per mile-making the Western
5000 less than any other, and $500 less than
the Middle.
Mr. Miner of Pennsylvania, submitted the
! following resolutions:
ls,. Resolced, As the opinion Of this House,
that it is worthy Of euqury, whether the ASri-
cultural, Commercial and Manufacturing in
terests Of the District Of CoIumbia, would not
be promoted by the substitution Of a free white
population, in the place Of that portion OF dii-
lerent description now existing there; inasmuch
as il would lead to the purchase and cultivation
of the waste LANDS, converting barren fields IN
TO fruitful gardens, promote enterprise and use
full improvements, and greatly enhance the va
lue Of property in and near the Seat OF The Cen
eral Government
3D. That considering the number of valuable
lives, and the great interests concentrated III
! this District it is worthy the distinct conslda-
ton Of patriots and statesmen, whether those
| lives and interests ought not to be surrounded
by free white population, interested IN the
Government, connecting society throughout all
its notifications, and binding it by the sympa-
,hies of common interest, substituting for the
| present substratum Of society, a band OF free
men-an efficient and patriotic militia, the will
ling. prompt and able defenders of their go
vernmcnt and coun,ry--doing away the neces-
|
so dangerous to liberty, and which must other
wise increase with the Increasing evil
3d. Resolved, That it is worthy Of enquiry
whether the domestic slave trade, as concen-
traed and carried on from This District, (not
growing out of property owned within the Dis
,rict, or connected with the interests ofpersons
here on public seryice-the publice prisons K
persons employed therein, being extensively
\ oh, IF in l,ybi elk
requires Legislative intcrposition and remedy
4,h. Resolrcd, That the District Of Columbia,
being placed under the exclusive legislation Of
the Congress of the Uniled States, ought to ex-
hibit to the nation, and to,the world, the purest
specimen Of government, vindlcating the supe-
rior excellence of free Institutions; thar as we
are here establishing City, intended as the
perpetual Capital of great Republic, it is due
to ourselves and to posteriy that the founda-
tons thereof be laid in wisdom, and that no
fundamental evils in the structure Of its policy,
be permitted to take DOT, which might become
inveterate by time, but which prudent and
At:mely policy may eradl
5th, BE it therefore, Resored, That the Com
mi,tee on the District Of Columbia do take the
subjects herein referred 10, into consideration;
and if they shall, after full INQUIRY, be of opin-
ion that the public interests would be promoted
thereby, repor, bill for the. gradual abolition
of Slavery in the District OF Columbia; and
such restrictions upon the slave trade therein,
as shall be just and proper
The foregoing resolutions having been read
the question was put, wllthe House consider
,hem?-and it was decided in the negative
without division. Mr. Miner expressed a
wish upon offering the resolutions, that they
should lie on the table for reflection, but whe-
Their he was heard by the Chair ornot, we car
not say-soi it wasihat their immediate consid-
Grafton was afterwards moved, and resulted as
we have stated. And when it Comes to be con-
sidereo that the object Of Mr.. Miner was bare,
ly to ge, the Get referred TO a Committee
for future enquiry the decision OF the House
may be regardedas virtual rerction'of theI
principles contaiied in the resolutions.
Mr.. Carson ofNorlh Carolina, laid rcsola-
ton on the tabA, instructmg the Secretary OF
War to cause reconnaissance to be made OF
the mos, directpracticable route Tor the loca'
ton of the contemplated National Road leading
from the City of Washington. TO New-Orleans;
and that the results of such reconnaissance De
reported TO the House at the next session oil
Congress.
J All the bills Yesterday ordered TO be engross-