Daily National Journal from Washington, District of Columbia (2024)

January 11, 1831

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It HH UUUVJ LWWeMpH 111 VHI)(tlt( iTUbllC I Lauds reported a Bill without anpndin nt for the relief of lx 1 nr i 1 Ohio by Messrs Vance Crane Leavtc Russell Tickets $10 Halves 5 Quarters 2 50 Eighths 1 25 Tickets $5 Halves 2 60 Quarters 1 1 1 NATIONAL REPUBLICAN MEETING A a meetihg of the inhabitants of thccountry of One ida NY friendly to the American System and opposed to the Administration of the General Government held "at the Court Ilottsein the village of Utica on Tuesday the £8th December Reuben Bacon Esq of Sangers fteld wasappoiuted Chairman William Walcott Esq of Whitesboro and Jessee Doolittle Esq of Utica Secretaries 'r The meeting was then opened by reading the call asyjrtiblished whereupon it was moved that a Committee olfive persons be appointed by the chair to report reso lutions expressive of the sense of this meeting The following persons were appointed said Committee: William Breon Aaron Barnes Kellogg Hurlburt Henry White and William Tracy The Committee having retired for a short time re turned and reported a preamble and resolutions which eft er some unimportant amendments were adopted a re solution was then offered that five delegates be appoint ed to represent the county of Qttedia in the aStatc Con vention to be held in Albany in January next for the purpose of appointing delegates to the National Con vention to be held in the City of Washington on the £2d of eb next for the nomination of President ami Vice President of the States and that a Committee of three be appointed to report to rhe House the names of suitable persons to act as delegates Kellog Hurlburt Theodore SGold and Chas PKirklandweru appointed said Committee and reported to the House the names of the (oilowing persons as delegates Reuben Bacon of Sangerfield Joshua ASp'ftcer of Utica John Storr of Trenton John Knox of Augusta and William Bacon ofUtica The report of the Committee was then accepted that the above persons be the delegates to the State Conven tion pf Albany and that they be authorized to fill any vaca'ncy that inay occur in their number It was then further re ulvcd that the Chairman and Secretaries be authorized to appoint a Corresponding Committee fur the County 1 Extra 1831 in New York on I hiir utay 30lh Jan 1831 The following are the preamble and resolutions a dopted by the meeting The duty of citizens of a nation enjoying the bless i rigs of a government of laws enacted by themselves and administered by rulers of their own choice to guard with jealous eye the conduct bf those to whom they have entrusted their execution has been so often insis ted 'upon that to repeat it is to repeat a truism whose point has become lost hy the familiarity with which it i strikes the ear Its obligations none deny from the pa triot witnessing with dismay the approaches which ex i Dibit themselves of corruption in Itis councils i to the profligate demagogue who aims at the overthrow i ol faithfifl" rulers to make way for the reign of anarchy in the State All profess an assent in the doctrine and acknowledge that upon the manner of its observance depend in the highest degree the welfare and the liber ties of the country i In the exercise of this duty and in view of the pre sent condition and prospects of the nation those who compose this meeting have assembled They have be held with regret the features which have marked the course pursued by the highest public functionaries of our government for the last two years and have wit nessed with alaim the introduction of principles of ac tion in their administration of the public affairs as novel in their character as they deem them in their opera tion subversive of the institutions they profess to main tain It is now nearly two yeats since the people of the United States called to the highest office within their gift an individual upon whose achievement in arms 1 the admiration and the gratitude ofthc nation had been i liberally bestowed and whose character and previous I professions warranted in them ths expectation that his i administration would exhibit in fearless independence disregard alike of party dictation and the support of vni'itl and corrupt politicians and set forth a noble 1 example of impartiality in allitsoperations How sig nally these expectations have been disappointed the history of his public acts most lamentably shows Scarcely a profession which previous to his election was thrown before the American people as one of the maxims which formed a part of his political faith has not since that period been obliged to stand in open ar ray against conduct to which it was diametrically op posed Au enemy to the monster party which be urged Mr Monroe upon his accession to the Presiden cy to destroy by always bearing in mind that he ac ted for the whole and not a part of the he bail no sooner obtained possession of the Presidential chair himself than we beheld him calling around him a band of advisors composed of the most violent and uncompromising partisans who bad ever disgraced the history of the nation and openly and publicly estab lishing a system of rewards and punishments for po litical opinions Instead of the question Is he hon est is he capable the only inquiry in the offer of a candidate for a political office has been Trra Ae our partisan and if so neither convictions of offen ces rendered infamous by the codes of every civilized land nor outrages against those laws which society honor morality and religion deem most sacred offered any barlo the bestowment of public trusts upon shame less profligates An advocate of the policy which would preserve the purity of our legislative councils by rendering mem bers of congress ineligible to public offices for two years subsequent to the period for which they were elected his first appointments were made from the friends in congress who had supported his pretensions daring the election which elevated him to office and from the important and responsible stations ot seats in the cabinet down to the m'ost subordinate offices of the government where pay not honor is the reward are members of the last Jand present congress to be seen enjoying the fruits of their labors in supporting the ejection of their favorite candidate A friend to retrenchment and reform sowarm in his professions as his inaugural address bespoke him the nation looked to him for the establishment of a system of expenditures which should exhibit economy in all its details and a reduction of the number of public offi cers The effects of the former are only to bo discov ered in the uselessly recalling foreign ministers and re placing their missions at great expense with favorites from at home in the exhausted treasury of the post office department which has been particularly a sub ject of the new operations and in the increase of the public expenditures by the amount of several millions of dollars per annum And of the latter in the pro scription of all office bearers in the government who bad had the hardihood to vote in accordance with their opinions against the doctrines held by him while no single office with th exception of a clerkship at Washington has been dispensed with Nor has his administration been marked with less striking contradictions to his professions upon the great and absorbing questions of public policy which have for several years commanded the attention of all our citizens The liberal construction of the federal con stitution as it has been called by the opponents of the policy it denotes had at all times previous to the elec tion of General Jackson found in him a supporter While a member of the Senate of the United States he had given bis influence and vote to the passage of laws for the piotection and encouragement of Ameri can manufactures for the survey and construction of roads and canals and for subscriptions to the stock of companies incorporated by individual states to under take works of public utility During the pendency of the contest which terminated in his election he publicly avowed his adherence to the same prinples which in duced him to lend his voice to the passage of these laws How far the history of his course since the elec tion has justified the hopes which the friends of these measures entertained his Jesuitical recommendation of and his rejection of laws authori zingthe construction of public itctlts which hadbeen Tickets $10 Sham in proportion or sale at Office Jan Pennsylvania Atenu irufriicled (o inquire into the expediency of placing Dahth soldier of the Revolution on the Pr nsioo Roil On motion of Mr RICHARDSON it wks soJvcd Thft the Committee on Claims be instructed to enquire the expediency of granting a compensation to uller for the destruction of his property at Pit Pa lape which propei iy whs io the occupancy of the United btahs troops when taK oy the enemy and destroyed i uotion ot ijailo it was Reso ved That the Committee unuo Military Peisionsbe in liucfod inquire into the expediency of the names of Jhuc Taylor Sylvauus Sanderson Earn Alien Cook Jii'tin Granger od Isaac Cvit soldiers of the rev dution on the Pei4 Roll Oi motion of REED it was Resolved Tint the petition of (he inhabitants of Dnrits and Yarmouth in the State of MaBSHchiHetttf praying for the ini rovennnt of the Harbor near Bass liter be referred in the C' ranittee cu Cornnn rce 1 On motion of Mr GREN'NELL it was Kesulved ihat the Coinmrtie on Military Pensions be it slructtd io inquire into the expediency of placing the name of i diver May on th Pension Roll io coiHideration of evolutionary servi' On motion of Mr BURGES it was Resolved That ihComm ttce on Military Pensions be directed to i quire into justice an expediency of plac e's on the Roll of (he United Slates William John son 3amu 1 Kimbad Davi Am Id Smue! Eastforth Suphe Young Samuel Currie and Bmijah Syeet each of whutn 8 rved either in the Land or Naval service of the United States in the revolutouay war On motion of Mr PEARCE olv 1 That the Coin nit ee on the Judlcary be inquire into (he expediency of so amending the patent laws as require pateut' es to give public ho ice of ail pa tents them issued On motion of Mr BARBOUR it That the Cuminitti e'of Claims be instructed to ivqiiir ino the expediency of allowing compensation to vi rati for buardiog'pris tiers captured by the United States Sloop of War Trumbull commanded by David Jew if in year 1S00 On motion tf II EVERETT it was Resolved That the Committee on Intel nal Improvement be d'haig from the further concicdra ion of the petition of (hr Convention fold a Windsor in the State of Vermont in laimn the navigation of Connecticut river presented on the 14th ul( hh! that the same bereferred to the Commit nnComin rce On mot onof Mr TAYLOR it wax Resolved That the Committee on Military Pensions be instiucUd to inquire imo the expediency of placing the name of Humphrey Btown on the roll of Revolutionary Pensioners Ou motion of Mr GILMORE it was Rtrs Iv That rhe Committee on Military Pensions be instructed to inquire inio (hr expediency of placingJames Crutchler a soldier of (nr Revolutionary War oa the Pen sion 1st On motion of Mr WASHINGTON it was Resolved That the Committee Internal Improvement be instructed to inquie into thr expeli ncy of authorizing such appM'opriaiioi by the United Slates as may be suf foient to hnupike the mail road bet we Rockville and the Monocacy Bridge in Maryland and into the expediency of having said road made under jhe superintendence of (be United Sutjs Engineers and when completed (o be trans ferred to the Prident ahdDirectors of the Washington Turnpike Company on (he express condition that no high er tolls sr ull be llecud on the portion cf (he rdad made by the 'ted States than will suffice to keep the road In perfect repair and pay rhe salaries of toll gatherers On motion of Mr VUTCHELL it was solved T' at Committee on Commerce be instruct ed to inquire inf' the expediency uferecting a Light House mi or near Turk Point at the mouth of Elk river Cecil county Maryland REDUCTION DUTY Mr TREZVANT offered the following resolution Resolved That the Commbtee on Ways and Means be instructed to report a io reduce the existing duties on imported goods to take effect af er rhe payment ofthc public debt so as (o raise a revenue adequate (o (be support of (he Government under an economical administration of its af fvrs Mr CONDICT demanded the question of consideration Mr 1REZVANT asked for thr Ayes and Noes which were ordered The question was then put Will the House now consi der thp solu 1 1 ai decided in the negative YEAS Alexan Allen Alston Auders Angel Ar cher Barnwell Baylor BhII James air John Blair Bouk ng cnpt jj argon Chandler Claiborne C'ay co*ke Conner Crocheron Davis Debery Desh De Will Drapt i Drayton Dudley os ter Gait er id Green Hall Hammons Haivey Haynes Hinds Holland Himbrd Cave Johnson Lvmar Lea Lecompte Lent Lvvi Loyall Lumpkin Martin McCoy McIntire Nuckolls Patton Pettis Polk Potter Bencher Roam Shepard Aug Shepperd peig ht Stand eterTaliaferroW Thompson Trezva nt Tuck er Vcrpia ck Wayne Weeks Champ White Wilde Williams Wingate 73 Armstrong Arnold Bniley Barber Bates Bockee Boon Borst Bro vn Buries Butman Cahoon Chilton ClarK oleman Condict Cooper Coulter Crane Crawford Crockett Chreight Ciowninshield Daniel Joon Devis Denny Dickinsot) Doddridge Dorsey Joseph Duncan Dwight Eagrr Karli Ellsworth Evans Edward Everett Ho ace Everett indlay frinch ord Gilmore Gori am Grrnue! Gurley Halsey Hawkins Hemphill Hodges ffmai: Howard Hughes Hunt Huntington Ihrie Ingersoll Thomas Irwin William Irvin Jennings Johns Ki hard Jhnmn Kendall Kenioa Kincaid King Leavitt Leiper Letcher Lyon Majscr Mallary' Mart Martindale Thomas Maxwell Lewis Maxwell Mc Creery Mercer ller Mitchell Monell Muhlenburg Norton Pearce Pierson Powers Retd Richardson Rose Russt I Sanford Scott Sholds Sill Sterigere LStorrs Strong Sutherland Swann Swift Taylor Test John omson Tracy Vance Varnum Vinton Washington Whittlesey Edward White Wilson Yancy Young Ou motion of Mr DODDRIDGE (he Committee on the District of Columbia had leave to sit during the sessions of the House On motion nf Mr ALLEN it was Resolved jhritthe Committee on Military Pensions be instructed to enquire into (he exKdieucy of placing Daniel Edmonds a Idier of (he Revolutionary war on the en don Roll On motion of Mr DEBERRY it was desolved That the Committee on Military Pensions be instructed to enquire into th expediency uf placing the name of John Banner ofM nfgomery County North Car olina a soldier of the Revolutionary war on the Pension Roll of the Unite On motion of Mr SPEIGHT ft was Re olved i at the Committee on Commerce be instruct ed to enquire inio tue expediency of making an appropria tion by law forerectinga floating light at or near Braut land Shoal North Carolina Mr DRAYTON offered the following resolution which lies one day on the (able Resolved That the Seen tary ot War be diicctbd to com municate to this House whether existing la ws do not provide for a greater number of Cadets at theU Military Academy than i consistent with the objects for which it was and if so at he doreporta plan and oi ga izauon for thnt Academy corresponding with the aberationg and reductions which may be deemed expedient i On motion of Mr MARTIN the following resolutions offered som dayssiuceby Mr TREZVANT were taken i up Resolved That a Committee shall be added to the Stan ding Commixes to be appointed at tho commencement of each Session which shall be called the Committee on inva lid Pensions and whostt duty it shall be to take into con sideration all such matters repeating Invalid Pensions as shall be ref red to them by the Houe 'Resolved That the Cnmmitier on Military Pensions at the end of the present Session shall be abolished and a vUmmMWWm i appoimeu ai ine commencement of each Session which shall be the Committee fon Revolu tionary Pensions and that it shall be the duly of said Com initteo to take into onsidei alien all such maiters respecting pensions for gervic in tin revolutionary war other than Invalid Pcnsi ns nsshall be referred to them by the House Mr REZV AN some observations inexplaJ nation and fcuppurt of hig motion 4 The icsolutio swre then adopted The SPEAKER laid before the House a communiettioo from the Secretary of War in tefeience io the Reports of Engineers in certain cases which was referred to (be Com on Commeice The SPEAKER also laid before the House a communica tion Lorn the ame Department containing reasons for nut having complied with a certain resolution The laid before the House a communication from the same Department containing a list of licences (o trade with the Indians UNION CANAL Of Penn No 1 for 1831 To be drawn in Philadelphia on Saturday the 15llt of Jan ary 1831 6(5 Number Lottery 10 Drawn Ballots SCHEME NO BLANKS I in the YORK CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY To be drawn 1 Mr BARTON frdm the Comtnitlee on Public Land? re TwCntV firSt OonTCBS Session ft right of preemptions to certain lands ill Mississinni which was read once and ordered to a second reading Mr BENTON aked and obtained leave introduce a Bill for the erant of a patent to William Bradshaw for iaod in Arkansas 'lite Bill was reatl twice with consent 01 and referred Committee on Public Lands nllr I Ik (1 I tueu A I marinrl'il 4" zxn lit 1 i a a a a kj Ma t' mic invi 14 sr tit tin tttl firis Cif I mt don in ht iif Oh tn nru tinu1 thttl 1 1 1 ori'ut i 1 mav be carried enmugn (hat town referred to Monday Jan 10 SENATE A rnCCncrA firnm fh PrxcidnJ if Hia ft' fv Mfi'wu aitj un Executive business was communicated by hispiivnte secre tarv Mr Dotialdsnn iu'lH i trifiir men inu nemrA iim hanuto a a I a i uinv ur vai scu iiiiou from Governor Gtlmer wnh a resolu i of the Legislature Committee on Roads and Canals i'i nib'iuci me oenaiors irom mat alate and' requeuing their members in the House of preseniatives I to oppose all acts in either House inakihi amroiriatina I leOner nl I a 1 A I tinvitirv lire in VJH me IHWIUl) UI LYJ 1 rOUp I (hr um were lain on the (abb 11 A Rep rt from He Secretary uf War relative in Indian a ki 1 1 1 and rmrt fmtn tlio Nor i utr pn I line riVillg a list of (he cle'ka hi employ and (he cumpeination made (o each were al laid before hc Senate I M' SMITH of Maryland moved that the Committee on 1 inance whom wa referred the petition uf Beverley Chew be discharged from the consult i ot the same and that ihe petition be relet red to the Committee on the Judiciarv agreed to Mr SMI from the same Committee reported against the prayer of the memorial of George Dunn Co of Ph ladelphia for certain drawbacks of duties and the Com mittee were discharged from i( rur her constdra(i iq Mr ELLIS from the Committee Pnhlir IV on Wren: also from tlr same Commif'e tl Bill whl outaup'n meut for die reln of Samuel Coburn which was iead a firn I me and ordered tn a second reading Mr ELLIS also gave no ice of a king leave ntro luce a Bill for the relief of William Burrows nf Mississippi nd on motion Gf ibe same gentleman the petition of Thomas Goriegle was withdrawn the Committer on Public Lands Daring reported unfavorably on the tnemmial 'f the Legis lature of Musis ippi to ranklin Academy were discharged from rt fut or hgideratiou Mr VINGSION presented the petition of the Execu tors of th late Thomas Lee of New Orleans claiming the pay rnunt ol a balance due io him: referred to Committee un Claims Mr from the Committee inance re poite i unfavorably on the claim of Georg Arinurong for compensation loss of tobacco destroyed by the Brni in 1814 and he Committee were discharged from its further consid ration Mr ORSYTH prcienfi the following petition of Joseph Ncurse of this city To Senale and House of Represenlatires of the United Staltsin fougress nsscmtded The memorial an I petition of Nours lat Reg srer of the Treasury of the Unitel Sta'ts respectfully showet Tit at your tnentoria ist after having te ved i the military and civil Departments ofthe country Paring the war of the Revolution and the period which intervened between its tetmination and the formation of file Constitution ofthe United States was upon the organization of the govern ment appointed to the situation of Register of tho Treasun Shortly after this appointment the daily exigencies of th Department reqvi ed that some person should be em ployed to act as the Ageni of the government in disbursing the fund appropriated for its con ingent expe ss The powers and functions of the several office of toe I reasurv weie preset ibrd and ascertained by law nnd the duties which would devolve upon such an Agent did not app tain to any particular individual The government might havecrea'eda special office for these pin poses hut const ri ing the great amount of responsibility which must be incur red and co paring that with the amount of corhpensaton whi' could with propriety be awarded this appear inex pedient Ymi memorialist holding a high and responsible situation in the Depa tment was charged with tins addi'ion al duty and during the perio of his continuance in office not ss than fifteen distinct and separate agencies have been vonli 'cd to his care A ref nee to he vinous uct of on gress which relate to tte office Register of rhe Trcasurf will clearly show that none of ese Agencies had the remib test connection with that office In the peifm manic of these additional duties your memorialist was also bliged to occu py those hours which did not ord ourily belong to ihe pub lic and at his own house and during fi evening re was enraged in the necessary discharge of this important and responsible trust An examination of the accounts of your memorialist in his capacity of Agent will show die great amount of labor and the ext ut of the responsibility which were ircurr and from this examination it will appear that in the ab sence of specific appropriations for tte objects which came uniteT his barge he has at various times been iu advance to the government to the amrnnt of several thousand dollars Vour memorialistcould not entertain an apprehension that fur such services faithfully rendered and for a responsibility so extensive occasionally and necessarily involving bim in losses notwithstanding all his care that the government would be disposed to withhold a reasonable compensation He was familiar with the daily practice of the government in all its Departments and tie knew that such rt tnunera ion for such services was constantly allowed in analtSgotis cases In the year 1S01 tie brought this matter to the notice ofthe Secretary of the Treasury but it was not definitively acted upon A communication recently received from Mr Craw ford upon the subject shows that in lhe opinion of that gen llemau these services thus performed hy your memorialist formed no part of the duty of the Register" and that he always considered him as titled to the percentage us lly allowed fur the disbursem*nt of the public The late Attorney General ia his official character has de clared a concurrent opinion in an analogous case upon the strictest principles oflaw On the 1st June 1829 your memorialist was dismissed from the office of Register of th Treasury Within as briefa period as was practicable he prepared and presented a statement of his accounts with the Government in which be claimed a percentage of two and a half upon these dis bursem*nts Ibis was the rate of commission usually al lowed in the various Departments for extra bursem*nts of public moneys when attended with lar less labor and (ar le responsibility The compensation asked by your memorialist averaged less that? anoum dining the period in which these servicea were rendered The accounting officers ofthe Treasury however disal lowed this item of credit and reported a balance to be due from your memorialist to I he Government Yoar memori alist confiding in the justice of his claim made repeated ef forts to bting to a satisfactory and speedy determination the points upon which lie and the accounting officers were at issue inding them ineff ctual and the state ofhis health requiring some relaxation and change of ai on the 3d Ju ly 1829 he informed lhe Comptroller of the Treasury that he had been advised to take a journey fqp the benefit of his health but that whilst accounts with the Government re main unsettl'd he did not think it proper to leave the Dis'rict without apprising the Government through him of his intention He left the District on thisjourney on the 12th July and during his absence to on or about the 20th day ofthe same month a wan ant of distress was issued by the Trea sury Department under the act of Congifss of May 1(5 1820 which was laid upon his real estate in the county of Washington Amt at the same time all his household ar ticles library wardrobe and bedding were seized by the officer to whom the warrant was directed Your mem rialist soon after returned to his home and witn as little delay as pr 'cticable fill his bill for an injunc tion to lestrain proc edings under this warrant in conf initv with the provisions of the act of Congress before allu ded to In the suit us instituted a mass of testimony has been taken for lhe purpose of establishing ihe amount ai value of the services rendered by your memorialist which were embraced within duties appertaining fi hi office At the suggestion of the District Attorney himself to which the counsel of your memorialist unhesitatingly assented the District Judge referred to three gentlemen of great experi ence and unquestionable character in every paiticular to examine and report upon the accounts exhibited by the un dersigned and to eitimate the value of his servlet The unanimous report of these gentlemen estimates the value of these services at $23682 72 100 and your memo rialist confidently asserts that no commercial man in lhe United Stages would either have estimated them after t' ey were remfeied at a ss priee or would luntai ily encoun let the same i rouble and responsib lity for a smaller amount This report has been sanctioned and approved of by lhe District Court It was not however competent io the Court to do more than to perpetuate the injunction against the United States No powers are confided to it In a case ill whi li the government ha party toenforce the perform Hl Ce of what justice would diciaie and your memorialist is compelled to resort to your honotable bodies to obtain payment of a debt ascertained to be due to him by the judi cial tribunal of hL country By this tribunal acting upon tile report of the Auditors it appears that there is due to your memoiialst lie sum of $12331 9G 100 Under these circ*mstance be submits his cause to the consideration of your honorable dies and asks such relief as the Repre sentatives of the nation will afford JOSEPH NOURSE January 7 18 1 The ptriiioo tes rcfetrrd to the Ccmmittew on Claim? INilAN REMOVAL Mr BARNARD fcnnsvIvHniatxeg' nted three memo i rials font Philadelphia against the teinoval ci the Indians I i I Mr ARKS nrewented two pennons on the same subject I al! of which en refei led to inniiitee on Indian Allans a I iiQ'n (tie vommine on renos reported I Bin fr the liet oi iszekiel Laivueid a revolutionary go! dit also rom he same Committee a Bill for the relief of Hugh Barms which was read one and ordered to a second reading Mr ENDRICKS from tHe Committee on Public Lands reported a Bill authorizing a survey for a Canal to join the la liver with St Bay in West lofi Bill read a Gist and ordered to a second reading Mr HENDRICKS submitted the following resolution Resolved That the Secretary of War be insrucced to com nmnicate the Senate the report of a Muvuy of the Wa bash riv heretofore made under the direction of lhe War Department Mr KANE submitted th? following regoluti ik Resolved I hat Committee on the Judiciarv be in structed to enquire into the expediency of altering the times for holding tne District Courts for the strict of Illinois Resolved That lhe Committee on the Public Lands be in structed to enquire into the expediency of authorizing the Secretary of the Trenmty to audit ani pay (hr accuums of the Agent empl cd by the Governor of Arkansas to select ihe two townships of land given by Congress to said Terri rrv fora Seminary of Learning Mg BURNET sub uittrd the following resolution Res 'lve I at the Committee on Pensions tie instructed enquire into tle expediency of pla tug the name of Wm Lelzrlla soldier of the Revolution on (he pension roll ORDER THE DAY Th order of the was hen taken up and following solutions subinitied on riday by BENTON weae oonpid red and agreed to: solved That the Committee on Indian Affairs be in to enquire into the expediency of making appro priations to (r at with tl Kickapoo tribe of Indians and with the i mnArts of the Piorias Wees Piaflkeshaws Sha unites and Kakaskias all in the State of Missouri for the relinquishment of their possessory claims in said Stale and removal to permanent homes beyond the limits there of Resolved That the Committee on Indian Affairs be In structed to enquire into the expediency of providing by law for the appoiutm nt of a Sub Agent to the Winnebago I ndiaiiSjto reside on the wat of Rock River according to the requesi of said Indians ad according to the reaty of Au gust 1st 1829 as agreed upon by the said Indians and the Commissioners of the United States £bnt disagreed to by the Senat as a part of tha treaty A message from the Hue of Representatives brought up he Bill to amend the several acts heretofore paseed on the auhj ct ofCopyR ghtsl The bill was read a first time and ordvre to a second reading The Bill toes abliih a town at St Marks and Apalachi cola in Wes' lorida was read over ami ordered to a se nd reading Th following Bills were then read a third time and posted The Bill making compensation to Joseph Sprague fr taking certain depositions as a commLsioner for the Vai led Stat The Bill relative to the claim of Colonel James Tho mas The Bill making an appropriation towards extinguishing the Indian title in Indiana And Ti Bdl for the relief uf rancis Larch of New Or leans JUDGE ECK The Cf'G't of Impeachment was opened at the usu 1 hour The depositions of Sanuel Merry John Brent and Ed ward Bates members of the State Legislature of Missouri after certain parts had been expunged by mutual agree ment on boihid8 ms inadmissible in evidence were put in nnd read by Mr Meredith Daniel Hoff George Mellody Judge Carr Josms Spauldinu and Wilson Primm were severally examined and with them we believe the list of witnesses on behalf of Judge Peck has closed The Court then adjourned till to morrow house of Representatives rom Main by Messn Jarvis M'fotire Wingate rom New Efonipvbire by Mr Hubbard rom MassachusettB by Messis Dwight Bailey Var nuru Hodges Bates nd Eveiett rom Rhode I land by Messrs Pearce Burges rom Counecti ut by Messrs Barber Ellswoitb rom Vermont by Messrs Malla Swift rom New York by Messrs Hawins A Spencer White Powers Earll Cambreleng rom New Jersey by Mr Swann rom Pennsylvania by Messrs Deunv ord M'Creery Hemphill T'rom Ma yland by Messrs Howard Mitchell rom Virginia try Messr Archer Barbour Maxwell Paliaferto Doddridge Allen rcer Draper rom Sout' Car lina by Mr Drayton rom Geoigia by Messrs Wayne Haynes rom Kentucky by Messrs Lyon Wick iffe rom Teunersee by Messrs Standifer Polk rrom It vin it 1 1 csey irn Louisiana by Mr Gurley rom Mississippi by Mr Hinds rom Illinois by Mr Duncan I1 ruin Alabama by Messrs Clav Lewis Mt flora the Committee on Claims re ported a bill for the telief of Adam Peck which was read twice committed and made the order ol the day for to mor row MrAVHIl PLESEY from the same Committee made an unfavorable epori on the petition of John Edgar which was laid on the tab'e Mr TREZV ANT from the Committee on Military Pen sions repotted a bill to extend to corps of at tificers the nactments of the existing laws allowing pensions to the offi cets and soldiers who served in the Army ofthe United Slates during the war of the revolution which was read twice and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the Slate of the ion On motion of Mr TREZVANT the same Committee were disc' arged from the further consideration of the peti tion of Mathias Sburtz and it was laid on the table Mi ALL from the Commi'tee on Public Expenditures to which was referred the resolution concerning the deduc tion of pay for the absense of sabers reported the foliow' ing joint resolu ion which was read a first time and order ed to pi inted: Resolved uy the Senate and Houseof Kept esentativea of the United Slates of America i Congress assembled That lhe rules of each House shall be so amend as to make it the impeiaiive duty of the Secretary of the Senate and Ser geant at A ins of the Houseof Repi esentatives toascertaia at the end of evei sS'ion of Congress from each Senator Member nr Deleja from a Territory ihe number ofdays which le may have been absent from and not in attendance upon the business of lhe House and in setllingthe accounis of Senators Members and Delegates there shall bi deduct ed fi om the account of amount of pay for eauh Session nt the raie of eight dollars per day for every day any member of eiiher House or Delegate shall have been absent eve nt by order of the House to which he belongs or in conse quenc of sickness Mr STER1GEKE from the Committee on Private Land Claims repotted the bill ftom the Senate concerning town ami village commons in Missouri with amendments which was laid on the table Mr WINGATE from the Committee on Revolutionary I Claims ey cried a bill for the relief of Thomas Parke which was tead twice committed and made the order of tho I day for to morrow Un motion of Mr WINGATE it was Res lived That the Coaimittee on Commerce be instruc ed 1 to enquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the purpose of removing obstruction in and of improv ing the churn lof the Catbatice liver in the State of Maine i and that the documents on file refitting to the subjeot be re i ferted to said Commi'tee On motion of Mr it was 1 Resolved That the Committee on Military Pensions be in structed to enquire into the expediency of granting a pen ion to Josiali Clarke a soldier of thb Revolutionary Ar ray On motion of Mr HARVEY it was Resolved That the Committee On Military Pensions be1 "The laid befoe the House tMtma: passed by tiirdph both houses of con gress yhbtiitUtwitiy testily ducii mconsisiencies ftVben professions and practice as they exhibit we deem dxiwqrthy the chief magistrate of an enlightened na tion Doting Itis administration the newly discovered doc trine in nnr constitution lias been for the first time ac knowledged ihatthe chiefexecittiveolficer of nation can upon his own responsibility set aside consti tutionally enacted and declare treaties solemnly enter ed into with independent nations and guarantied with al! the obligations of national honor null anti void when dissented ftom by a single member the confed eracy Hitherto an American could point to his coun try's history and declare unbhisliingly that no violated faith no broken treaty entered into with a weaker ally soiled its page But th time has now come when as he turns his eyes to the story of her dealings with those who were once lords of the soil he inhabits he must ac knowledge with mortification that his government has in lite most solemn manner in the preamble uf a trea ty concluded with an acknowledged nation declared that it cannot fulfil the engagements it bail formerly made with its fathers to protect their altars and the graves of their ancestors from the inttusion of its citi zens Thus not only assuming the power of violating national obligations of setting aside tieaties solemnly ratified by the supremo power of the people delegated to the Piesideut and Senate and of usurping from the Wood judiciary the decision ot tho constitutionality ol laws enacted according to the forms of the constitution but clearly admitting the powerof a stateto decide heques tion whether she will submit to the provisions of a law of Congress In view of these fact mortifying to the lover of his country as tliey'are subjects for alarm to thejeandid observer it becomes eaclt individual citizen to take Care that lie is not by his apat'iy encouraging the measures which are ptirsmng by the government and to endei vur by all honorable means to put a period to an ad ministration where measures have afforded such a strik ing contrast with the uoiiises it held forth The time lias already arrived when silent disapprobation is not enough alien action is called for and concert should be had with our fellow ct'izeis ol this and other states throughout the union who like ourselves have seen cause to array themselves against the policy which has marked the presidency uf Andrew Jackson It is therefore resolved by this meeting That wo will at once proceed to the organization of a National Republican patty in the county of Oneida opposed to the administratiui) of the general govern ment Resolved That the policy of encouraging American manufactures by the imposition of protecting duties upon the importation of those of foreign count! ies re cognised as constitutional by the first and eveiy subse quent congress since the adoption of the federal con stitution is approved by every dictate of national econo my and the public welfare That while weacknow) edgeourselves to be advocates of the principles of free trade in its legitimate sense by opening our ports to the vessels nf every nation which permits ours to enjoy the like privileges in its pons we would deem lhe doctrine as understood by the opponents of the protecting poli cy the opening out markets for the reception of all the productions of foreign nations as ruinous in its consequences to the most important interests of our country Resolved That the operation of the tariff laws so far as they have had a fair it ia) has been to encourage the manufacture of American goods to an extent which in many of the necessary articles of consumption has driven foreign competition entirely front among us and by opening through means of manufacturing establish ments home markets for the surplus produce of the sot) has afforded advantages to the country ofincalcu lable ce and that the discontinuance of the system by their repeal prove in the highest de gree detrimental to the piospei ity ofthe nation Resolved That we view the course of policy adopt ed by the present administration towards our Indian al lies with regret That its consequences if it is persist ed in by the government will be io purchase for us the scorn and con einpt of the world as a nation regardless of its most solemn engagements when entered into with a power less formidable than itself And that the Pre sident in assuming lhe power to annul the laws of con gress regulating intercourse with them and in refusing to interpose the power of the nation to enforce on the part of our citizens the provisions of treaties solemnly entered into with them was guilty of an unwarrantable usurpation of execu tive power over departments of go vernment intended hy the constitution to be kept dis tinct and beyond his control Resolved That this meeting do fully concur with their friends the National Republicans of Erie county in the propriety of bolding a convention of delegates from the several counties of the state to meet at Alba ny on theSOtbday of January next for the purpose of adopting such measures us shall be deemed best calcu lated to secure the object for which this meeting has as sembled: and that the said convcntiort be vested with power to appoint delegates to a national convention to be held at Washington on the 22d day of ebruary next for the purpose of nominating suitable persons as candidates for the office of President and Vice Presi dent of the United States Resolved That the exalted talents ardent patriotism political experience ami tried integrity of Henry lay of Kentucky whose name has already been before the public as a candidate for this office recommend him to this meeting as a suitable person on whom to bestow their suffrages That we recognise his continued and untiring services in the great cause of freedom during many years of political life and his endeavors to extend its blessings throughout the American continent as high claims to the admiration of his countrymen and the lo vers of freedom of every nation Resolved That be appointed delegates to attend the National Republican Convention to be held at Albany on the 20th day of January nexi with power tosupply any vacancies that may occur tn the delegation REUBEN BACON WtLLtAM Walcott Jesse Doouttle cretanrs Utica Dec 23 1830 YORK CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY No 11 fr 1830 To tic drawn in tho City of New York on Thursday the 13th of January 1831 66 Number LottcrylQ Drawn Ballots SCHEME 1 of 12 of $1250 1 oi loOOO 50 of 1 On 1 cf 6520 50 of 500 5 of 2000 112 of 100 A'c fcc 1 of $20 000 1 of $2000 1 of 10000 8 of 1000 1 of 6000 6 of 600 1 of 4000 10 nf 400 1 of 3000 Sic Sic SPLENDID SCHEME of $30 O0 $7330 of 20000 10 of 2(Mio of 10000 10 of 1000 lie Jtc.

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