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/ CATSKILL i f i l V H dATSKiLL, (NEW .TORK :)-^PtJBElSI*El> | * T CROSWELL; g . . \ j T O i - . I I . J MO BD AT, t®, jSoS. [ N o , 9 4 . ] ei0i^ViwsCTsi'i^*afc. tiimm •fciw<|T»^ •'-I JP^em W^^gtQtiy I ft M d 1B06. . -'■ .^\ ■ ■% ' *' .■ iJifJTmngcfrieiid S l^< f tsIobitloirE wi$ '^1^. » pQftppncmeait^^ijat^^^ J^ib V.a» < ^ f^d tijr - > . - i '. = A fouj)' of %^ic fair fwf.- ' I \ tftrndd to father Sloao^ atid w a t.« more or itfs” griev ed to fe€| what I^< 5 iually, truly, plaitiiy and honeftjy.dxd fee, that reverend gentleman turniog ^is, eyes (in pity, or wantonrrefs) to: ihole^y whblp miiil) itrong menareflain}^ whoife houfe is thev way to hell, dowx; to ebambersof^dgath-^But^thiyt^r^ 4 $^/1 :^fter t h e ^ c ^ n , ^p . thpd itefbhkff t5ftl ed^rtm of €ejh and bone by the for 1 ^ Mio Ciid-he vfcaC alfo oppbfad to the tcfelution, as he. Qio’t^the impofitibn of a tax would ivot, ftt^p tl\c evil, tijk was agaitift the poftponemem aijdin favour of the refolution—.\What faith he,,dp w# complain that OUT brethten atre imprtied ’by the Bntifh apd hcld in c m i bondage, while.we CChrif* falm h&0| ftciehd Reif,] feruplc not to t m h ^ a n d from wife, brother fromfiiler, child- yen from parents,, and bring here'to flavery: for Hf« wa« oppofed to poftponc- ?ncnt-^Thc poftponcment was loft, 35 only Jfpt it. fyxend I>ana: faid he ^^Onftdcred thb uiti- xnatc force of the Trfolutioii td ampunt to this, a reproof or apptobation^f the condud of Somh-Carclina—he did not introduce the xefoltr^on ; but as it Waa before the Hbufe he fhould ^xprefs hia difapprobaltpR by Voting in favour of the refolution. j^ifton fhougl^ the ultimate force of the rcfolutiqn aroemnted to this i whether cr not Congreft wo.uIdj commence a new revenue fyftcm thaf'lbould operate only on one Bate. 4 rtd how, Mend R d f , hearken to the profoj^d argument of that ptofuiid man f te prof9un4WilUa -^Ifton —If a tax of ten dfUari be imppfe^on Javcjr hemaftcr imported, the price of thbfe ftaves will be enhanced; the purchafers will Wifti to g e t the worth of their money ; hence they ■ Will make them do fo much the more ferVicc,i Vri@iiebl^Mb6f o f $j .CaroHha,.rofe and fcoid :^3 ^Sinc timif, but^^ after which fhc.^uefildn/wls taken, and there appelred of ?the r^dftftibn, \Ijjfe eoin%yittee rdfe arid the houfe took up ib t h^olution. Clark called-:f6r the ayes and na|]|<«^e fpokeibout as .long as he did at the tcial of Judge Chafe, and faid he never Would cGi^cnt lo the right of ^pngre/s to cenfuref the aS%<>f indiyiclu^Is ftate|. - The »3rea and nays were then takea: .Ayes NiN^ry: the Hoes were, Alfton, Bediwger, Butler, J. Campbell, Cafey, Clark,. Crowninfhield, Dawfon, Early, EUiat, .„Gar« net, Merion, M—, [I could not hear the name] M'Crecry, Meriwether, Moor, qfS. Carolina, T. M. Randolph, Ray, of Tcn- neftee* Stanford, [or Sanford] C. Smith, Spalding, J , W. Thempfon, D. R* ‘Wil liams, V/inns.—Friend Taggart did not vote, and Several others, A consnuttee was appointed to bring in a bill. This day in the morning Varnum called #p hi# bill for authorizing a detachment of Mid intulMaof the United States. J. C. Smith In the ehair. The bill underwent feverai a- metiflthenis. Two milllom oi dollars be and’hereby /V* was a gramatical blunder of iriend Vatnum* Eidw^eU whifpered to him tCMnOve an amendment, and infert are inftead nnd treat them njoith f i ptM^^ m o r r /em i^i Varnuilt itW t of it a^ whiie^ andmov. on the fide of humanity would vote againft the rcfolatioti. This argument, fit only to heftjorned by children, was ufed by tEi«.&-s tnsmt member of Congrefs# .Friend .J, C. Smith faid he could not add to the luminous difplay of eloquence and ar gument by hii friend from iDclaware—he Tofe to make fome tcply to the gentleman from Georgia [Early]—That gentleman had called members to point to a Angle ftate whofc conftitution forbad the introdu^ion of flaves —^the conftitution of Connecticut commen ced its cxiftcncc nearly two hundred years ngo, when fuch % fubjc^I could not have been contemplated : but the ftate has never admitted a Have into its bofom—He believed Georgia participated in .this traffic, and that \veffels loaded with Haves landed their fable fwarma on either fide the Savannah—Early explained—he faid he intended the challenge for the gentleman from Delaware, to (hew any part of the conftitution of that ftate pro hibiting flaVery. He faid the iacl was not fo ; the gentleman had miftaken : there is no port belonging to South-Caroftna on the Sa vannah—yet he would neither conceal nor deny that Georgia participated in this trade But it is to that gentleman’s neighbours and friends, to the people of Ncw-England, to whom they were indebted for the extenfton of ftiis traffic. The people of New-England arc (hip owners and navigators ; they furnifn the means of carrying on this bnfinefs—^Pa- Ictbudjbd' with the furpaffing beauty of the Fricn| Ely (poke a coniidcra^lc time— had ito|prcdileft^n for the fum the CQr^itte intqo^ to leave ittoihe houft, wh<T miiht enlargell they tho^t proper—he wa^s a ibJ'^dj^heiv^^jiftdered the defence lef# ft?t< 4^-feme m; Scarcely we?f. thf iadlesf£.atf;di when old lady Gregg reported Oh a octtaln petition : the ; report|fejon|^’5other cktbmftances, jthat .iie p c t l e y d c r ^ certain IndW W'oitah”—The gentlemefi looked at im h i i k t ^ t k p ladies id&ked ver« iomp i aughiog. The cd-the amendment, which Was 'carried. their in one place was made the relative of part. G. W. Campbell thought it would rc#d better to fay parts, and moved tin ad dition of cm $: 34 only were for thus making good grammer. A tall Him member from New-Jerfey, whofe name I do not know, thoughV the difficulty might be overcome by faying its inftead of their, but no gentleman feconded the motion. Varnum’s bill pafled to a third reading for money: he is a gen tleman not favoured with that early educa tion, which might have prevented him from the ufc of fuch expreffions as, “ there is no data^* See. Up rofe together that Smilie and one Stan ford, and each begun to fpeak.—The Speak er faid he knew not which rofe firft—they muft. both fit down and the firft up (hould be firft >h e a r d .E a c h tried to make the other yield, gradually fitting: at length they were both bottomed, when friend Taimage rofe and difappointed both, £a laugh.] Soon rofe Dawfon, and moved for the order of the day on the report relative to fortifications, gun boats, 74*8, &c. committed to a commitee of the whole oh the ftate of the union. The motion, was carriedj^ and old Udy Gregg put In ihc' ehier, as the Hon. Speaker calls it. With grace and maiden majefty rofe delight ing Dawfon. The turtle fhell comb deck’d Ms - powder’d mane: * his^Sunday coat the old yphth had on ;’ the under gallery was na faid the gentleman frohi Georgia was'p^rtly light—thefe arc fome fuch charaflers in a part of New-England: but we havejn New-Epg* V, land moft fevere laws againft them—when 4 c€tcd they never efcape punifhmen.t—to pre- vent dcteiftidn they fly to the Southward where they can be encouraged—fuch Cfear- fe^ers catinot fta'y at .the northward—Bbt it is ®ot among oUr friends and neighbors they are to be found ; yet if the gentlcman^fiom Georgia wifhes to know in what p.artjpTHew- Engtind they may be four|d„, I would refer him to a'gen.ticnfian from Rhode-liiand [looking-at Gen. Staunton] whom I fee oppo.fitc me on the other fide of the houfe ; though I am hap py to fay that gentleman Is himfclf an enemy to this trafSc-^GeiJ. Staunton faid he be lieved there* were cow but few. fuch charac* ters in Rhode-IQaUcli Snnlic fpokc fome time in favour of the- refolutlon ; as alfo frienjd Southward again, whom however I could not well hear*—[I ob- ferveft in the gallery fcveral of the frail (or fair, which gave animation to this aged Paris. His fpecch was a ftudied, florid and ener getic expreffion of the infults and outrages, we have received, and of the propriety and fteceffity of making a bold fland in defence of ,6urfclves and our rights, by agreeing to thefe refolutions. The ftrft refolution was the ap. propriatiomof 150^000 dollars for the.better fortification' of our ports, &c. Clinton, of New-TTork, tho’t the fom altogether inace- qoate it would “fuffice for the fortification of N. York but in a fmaii degree: fych a fum was a burlefque---he wanted docu ments, of the fta|e of all our fortifications, tjliat their exigencies might be known. ■ Thontas [ n . y.] tho’t the fum inadequate, blanks, Ire faidj ought to have been left for the comroittee bf the #hole to fill up-^he moved tdetafe the 150,000, for the purpofe of filling it with fuch other fum as might be thought proper. N, Williams [ n . v .] faid the fum was not infetted by the committee lor the purpofe of Jaid^ »nd^-bontflbtrii^ by- a * twepty- hbdr^s tj^ f pbf-w h e n c e receive 3 or 4 iniEion# of revenue, might be compiete- ly l^bppcd* Dawfqirfaid that 150,000 dollars w#s the eftimatc of the Secrewy at War, as necef-, fery for repairs, &c. Early wifticd the committee to rife. The voting away of 150,000 dollars thus haftily was in itfelf Tcry unprecedented. t.Y.et ' friend Relf, thfe very feffion 6op,coo dol lars were toted away without debate, to fup- ply laft year’s deficiencies in the navy depart ment.] Ije difliked this mvde of defence alto- gethet — w4 may bankrupt the nation in deavQuring ^ defend ourfelves and not fucce^d at / ^ —he mpved that the committee rile with out leave fit again. Dawfon «gain—wc will defend— wc muft defend. Jackfon jMde a handfome fpeech for ef ficient mcafures—our honour, our intermit, demand theiii---let us not delay—there is but one fentiment in the nation, let us have but one in tlic houfe. Dana—feven weeks had cbpfcd, and the anxious nation arc told of nothing done for them. The manly tone of firmnefs and de- feifion which the Executive has exhibited, has excited the applaufc of ail the confidex- ate. Will not this houfe fuftain him ? Will they exhibit hoftility to the nieafurcs he has recommended ? Ncifon was loud and impotent—he wan ted a report horn the Seertary of War—(hall wc go to an enornious expcncc to gpard a- gainft an TlW speaker de- fired the chairman to call Neifon to order. Nelfon wanted to know what the queftion was [a laugh.] He foon' blew his blaft and fat clown. Smilie was for the committee’s rifing. The houfe had -already done fomething, which he hoped would be efte£iual—he wiffied certain things were unlocked and chairman told hirn not to [tell tales] meddle with what was not before the Houfe. The Speaker was for the committee’s rif ing—He was not fent to Congrefs to cEey the mandates of any Prfident, he was oppofed to the refolution.‘(■This gentleman has been heard to fay, that there ought not to be, or that he wiffied there were not a vcfici in the United States of above 50 tons burden.] Dawfon faid the Speaker had at firji declar ed be would do nothing [in feerct meeting I prefume.] Geo. Campbel was for the committeje’s rifing and reporting progrefs, he was in favor of the refolution. Smilie faid he did not mean by locked up to refer to any thing done v/ith ciofed doors, but nothing had been dene —called to order. Lyon laid nothing had been done, nothing []the truth I believe is that the houfe in fectet have carried forme trifling meafure, which they arc as yet affiamed to fub.mit to the in d ig n a t io n o f their c o n f t it u e n t s .] Elmer, in favour of the relolutlon, but againft the committee’s rifing. * Filk, in favour of the refolution, but for the rifing, arid reporting progrefs. The.committee rofe and reported progrefs. Early talked of moving to difeharge the com mittee to morrow, but I do not think he will fucceed—I think the refolutions will be ail carried—rthat for building the 74’s will have a ftrugglc, but will I truft fucceed by a fmaii majority. I expe^ warm debating ere ths fubjea is finiffied. THINE.. ^Prom W ’a’wington. 1 it Mo. 24th, i' 8 o 4 - F riend R elf , A petition to make Jerfey [Pawles Hook] a port of entry, was jead and referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufadlures. The bUl made over again by Crowninffiield, Ob-' fervct|pp«> -two ?.cfofe«^is, I the purport of which waSr to call? on |he^pfefidi^.t for in for- mation, refpcdimg tfe prefent -ftate of our fortfficaHphjri the expenfeg, the :pradicability of ^.defc;iid|ng- our ports?'ky batfeiies 5 the an nual jexpeaCe-tof naaintainibg the fortifications, the expence of repairing them , and, tire vvhple coft of the navy yards, coft of ejtch frigate, expenees of maintaining dacy navy , p r d , -|cc. See. He- introduced thetn with- many remarks, few of which I can temeniber.' The phyfical fituation 6f fome c f our p6rts is fuch, that the expence of defending'them wiU be beyond out refourceS?—The people repofe confidence in the. wifdom of Gongrefs, hence wc muft not .go blindfolded ; we muft have all neccifary knowledge of the fubjed, before we a€i—We muft nut mifufe the confidence of opr conftitueBts, left they withdraw that confidence, as heretofore [5 year« fince, he meant]—The gentleman from Connecticut [Friend Dana] had aftced^, us if we would not rtfpedit the advice c f the Prefident—there id lomething about that gentleman [D.] which, to ufe the language of Junius, even treachery will not truft—[This vulgar and ungentle- manly quotation, though made in hafte, fef- ves as a key in part to the'mind of him that ., ufedQ-ff-Xhis 15.0,000 -dollars for repairing' fortifications, &c. is intended as a decoyed’' lead us on tp futher ap4)'ropriatians»—It is-*bv - Tingle beginnings •wr-^atejed to burd^TUome expcnces—If I.miftakc -not, the veryiiohrelei , which w? now legi|late-fis an awful warning m.adeare axiL 0!c appropriations for the nairy already made are an awful warning. J. C. Smith thought no one would obje£b to the refolutions, but he was furprifed the gentleman frorni Georgia had not before fels this Want of information of which he now fo much complains; Friend Dana faid it Was unfortunate that gentlemen %vould -Xiot ednfine themfdves to the reafonablencfsofthe fubjedt before them ; that, for the want’ of argument they ffiould appeal to the paffions rather than the under-’ ftanding of the houfe—It is of no confequence to the gentleman from Georgia or to the houfe what had been, or what now were fiis political fentiments *, the houfe will attend only to the fubjedl before them. I v/ill not diffionor myfelf by retorting on the gentle man from Georgia, language of a fimiiar ot more fevefe kind, even if I coUld with truth, which I do not pret^d. Early regretted that the gentleman had mifunderftood him—he alhxdedto.the manner of his noticing the'Frefident's recommenda tions, not to the matter-~Aie wasTar from having any intention of alluding to the gen tleman’s condus^^ / Lyon faid it would be thr&e yv^cks before the prefident would’ be able ro give the full information required .to. the houfe, and if would be three weeks more perhaps before -the lepcnrt cart be printed 5 after Which time will be required^ to confider-—the vety printt* ing of fuch a wqMniinous prodm^ion may coft 8000 dollars,.' Early—Perhaps the wJbole infcfflTiat|Gn re«> ■ quired can* Be give;>:i]i3 pue of paper. Dawfon rofe, fpoke ■ eatneftly-^This re--- queft is onljv.for the purptatfe of delay-~Do wc not hnonv that’onr fituatxon is fuch, that bur fortifications muft be repaired, and our ports put in- a ftate of defence ? This is the queftion, the next is, is rfi^e-fam too hrge ? Either gentlemen are determined to give it the go-.by, OT .thcy are afraid-to tfuft the ex ecutive, one of the two. Early again—This projeCi of defence is at jeaft probleroaticah Friend J. C. brrsith wiffied to infert gun boars; when enquiring into the coft and maintenarice of frigates, the enquiry ought to.extend' to gun boats. for extending the-timc'of taking the oath and j Crowrdnffiidd Would include them in the giving boiijils in cafeg of drawback, pafled to a fecend reading and was referred to the words frigates and other veflcls. Ftiend Qaincey • wiffied the expenoe committee of the. whole for the 2nd day of gun-bosts—gun-boats of the fame fi2e 2nd next week. Beauty agrdn graced the under gallery. materials, -he had been told, h.-'d coft in one plocc i2iOtQ d’ollarg, in ancihci' 4’5^’Q fiG-
