The Wilmington Gazette

              wilmington gazette of the accounts of the several stales jgains the united states for services rendered and supplies furnished during t!*e war makes as ample and liberal provision for an allowance of all the accounts exhibited as could possi bly he expected or e»en asked by any of the parties to tne settlement : it was founded on the principles of mutual compromise and by the unanimous consent of all the st»tt l'>y the conditions of the settlement agreed upon by that ordinance the public faith of each state was solemnly pledged to all the other ststes and the public faith of the u states was sojeinnly pledged to each individual itatc that the settlement and proportion of the debt allotted to each state by the com missionen thus ni'ituaily agreed upon and chosen by nil the stairs should he final and ooprlusive soon alter the establishment of oie tretent government in the year f 78 uiw trak pvfised vy congrest for facilitai^ng the sc'tlonerir yud for riling vacancies in the board ngreeoble to the principles f f the ordinance of i7i>7 nnd 50 far as i have disco vered by a recurrence lo ihe joumtils ■' ; s law passed without any opposition in 1 1 1 congress ai^aii rhatimcd jih 1 ronsider.it i n nf the subject ami patted a law which recngni zi d all the principles of the nrdinhiice f 1787 and provided that a distribution of the whole expence should be mode idiion the several states according lolhc fivsi census un der the present constitute n this law was also passed by the nlmost unanimous content nf the mouse and in the senate wr.ere the sts'c botereignties bi<c more particularly ic presrtiftd it ippeursbythe journals to have p.r • ■•.■! sv'rthout opposition thus sir froin the first agreement of 1787 to the final clone of the settlement all the states were untini mous in the m dc pr sc ribt rl for settlement nnd 6tor.tl mosi uolcmiily bound to enrh o ther to abide by it ; and the public faith of the nation was y t!>r several acts of con gress on the subject most solemnly pledged to can 1 )' it into t iu-rt can the legislature tlien relinquish these balance without a violation of plighted pub lic faith and yet will they undertake to do it sir it is a fundamental principle r the government of nil civilized nations to pay the most sacred regard t f ' plighted public fnith and sir the friends of our government have deriv d much ( nnsolation from the ideu th?.ts the l'nit states would never suffer their national character to be itained by ;« violation ofthit important national principle yet sir from v!i»t hds taken place it has been believed that the united states would not be behind any nation on earth in the r<."ier>a t':r this public virtue but ifthe resolution om the table should be passed into a law tliis valuable principle will receive a wound whicii may lead to lit;il consequences i must be permitted to doubt the po^ve-r of con gress to extinguish these balances without tliu concurrence of all the state the set llement having been made under rtnlemn a greement of nil the sttt-v where will you find a d't(.m rt-stcd in congress to alienate the in terest nrbich at»y individual state has acnui red in thcbalnncc in ron^equence <■■'. that ?■ greement nd t\.st it in another stalf ? no sue power in e.xpresstd in the constitution nor can 1 ennrrivo it to 1 i n|>lied \>* ny thin w!iich is expressed in that in«.tmment if then congress have no constitutional power to make t ! ir extinguishmpnt will not the transaction be considered un hinovaiioti on the rigtits of individual stales s vn.ll at a direlir.tion of the public f*ith ? a gentleman from new-yoik has siid tnrvt th uxtintruishment coul.hiot be a violation of public faith her.ttdte congress lias already given up a part ofthe e'ebt it r.^ir.s to me that the jrentleman's < onr.lusion loes not t turjlly follow tha premises which \\<: h»s sta ted for if it could uu.lfr any circumstntices be considered as a diveliction of pitbitc faith to extin v'li'.'i these balances it cannot at this lime be considered the less so merely on the irround ol the legislature having heretofore ullen into an error on the subject i be fact is ihnt congress i!id in 1799 im»s 3 mv for remitting thcbal inccs on condition thai each debtor htate would pay into the treasury of tlir united states by a given period the a mount ofthesums which l-.pd been assumed by the united states of their respective state debts prior to the settlement hut vr t t ihr time nfpashinir that law and pversince 1 have considered i in the same point oflight as i do the r solution before you nnt therefore cannot admit that as n circumstance in favour of tha resolution that provision na , now expired without being embraced by am of the debtot states rxctpt in that which has hem done y the state of new-york in for tifving her ports and b-'rbors if the state of delaware had thought proper u hsv e com plied with this liberal provision she nii»rht bnvc been discharged from a debt of 600,000 dollars for 60,000 doltars but it seems that sir prefers a total extinction to a paiti pay ment if the balance should be extinguished on the principle that the settlement was un just which is the only ground taken in favor of heir extinguishment i am apprehensive that this is only to be a stepping itone to a more favourite bject i mean the extin guishment ofthe balances flue to the creditor j hit imperial majesty graciously w nccept ■ the italian crown his iihliiin majesty is immcdiutelv to re pair to milan lo be crowned nnd in pive a definitive constitution to lii n w 1 ii di n . ciomlniic hus been erected into a pritici j pality and our dear lister fc'liza princess bor(?he»e hni been invented with ihe sove reignty of it but as a fief of l-'ranre the i ostensible motive for the erection of this new power in the heart of italy is to succour tlo j rent ii garrison in the island of elba rnd lo provikinn it when necessary april 5 the lust pnris pepe rs say thct n attempt is meditntcd i gainsi iibrnli'ar in t icfi case ihe kpaniordii < spiel ir be ii<'irl by a secret understanding with the garrison the french ambnasador m brunei pre vious lo hit departure from constantinople iti:ti ,. l-fl lo tlir h«i»i f.,nr |), e co ,,. i r „ mi w m |, the mh icier talleyrand had addressed to the turkiih knvoyal 1'am the nnte r*preise astonishment ni ihe > e . fimlfifthe porte to recognise ihc emperor napoleon a rnnre had at ;,|| tiniea been i 1 .- friend and faithful ally of the ottoman j.mpiic km ire is h i i . ,. , .. ■•'■■■ i -, s which have operated this :■■,:; itutinira montj others that there cxib 1 .: in tlx i'urkish ministry i fartioni whose views and i.-on uct ure dirfrtly opposed to t 1 t - t n e initrrsti f the finpirc ; that this faction harl consiantly evaded the advantageous proposltiotis niade mi the pnri of france and had sought hy every means to strengthen the connection between the porte and a certain power it nl*o states thamhe present conduct of ih porte contradicts the genera dignity of ii character in thus submitting without cause to a foreign dependence fro thk vermont jovnsal mr elliot to his cqxsltlvents lrttbr v tlinr.i'werc several other questions of considerable consequence on which i differed from i!ie majority of the republican party in congress ; but '•» all of them a number of the most respectable republicans and in two or three odium all the members from the five new-england states with one or two excep tions united with me in opinion in ihll review i l>all only notice and that brie y thr rn'iiio to enquire into the official conduct ' of judge chaie ( the resolution for abolishing j the loan offices the motion to extinguish the stat balances and mr randolph !{■.- solutions respecting the georgia claims i was opposed loan uqiiuitorjal investigation of the conduct of t public oflicer upon the mere denund of a tnetnherin his i '?<", fhh ou any specific accusation : but 1 submitted without r murmur to the decision of the ma jority and voted for the impeachment in the first instance after thr i vi lence was suppor ted voted in the first instance in favor of discontinuing the office of commissioners of loans i but upon a farther examination 1 be gan to fear that tlu measure might with propriety he constructed in'o a violation of public faith and altered my vote most of lite re > iblicdn member from massachusetts ik<j mrsclfi altered their vous upon delibe rate •:..■■:;:' ti mi and the resolution was re •■•■'.- i by i small uujority upon therm tinn to extinguish the state balances the m-n')t from the ntnr-england states were uiit-jl with the single exception of my col league mr o!tn to whoso integrity and a bility i shall il-r.iys bear my feeble testimo ny ; and the same was tiic case on the il jt'ct of t!u'g-.m'niacuim except that is member from massachusetts did not vot up on the r|iie»tiofl theie questions were con i lerod as involving the interests of the east ern'(fates to the amount of several millions of dillai's i those states being creditors to a large amount as it rejected tlie ktiue balan ces j n numbering amon thrir citizens most of the honest claimant whom the l'ni icw state had s'ip'.ilattd with oeorgia upon the cossjon of the georgia mississippi ter ritory to compensate in a cer'am r;t!:o for their claims upon that uu l'hete subjects ike all others of i local and complicated i h have never been thoroughly investign i-nl by the poople at l«ii c ; b>tt as they have now become of national importance i shall render my constituents in acceptable service ijv detailing to them rtw information i possess vpou the subject thi letter will be devo ted to a general vie\y of ths sub ct of the state balances nd the succeeding our to that c !' tha georgia claims the stats lj^.ijucis m'they are cnlled re 3'ilt fr»;n circumstances immediately c":ni«c t«rd with our national independence innu merable were the diiticultias whfch presented themselves in our councils during therevo luttonary wm ; and the smile of providence alone could have enabled our fathers o stir mount them from peculiar circumstances certain tntes contributed m<;i and otlicrs l.-<8 than their equitable proportion towards the riippnrt >>' the common cause ; and cer tain principle were prescribed by congress '•"■: an ultimate eqaalu u end settlement between the states the resolution nnriei consideration p^'op^ied t!i extinguishment o the balances due from several of the indi vidual states to the united s'i-.tc as appears by a report of the commissioners appointed to adjust and finally to settle tl e drmnoritnf the several stntas for services rendered and nupjilies furnished the united states in the utr rc-volntionary war with great-britain this report wm made on the 5th of decem ber 17 1 ?. the whole amonnt of the ba lances due from the debtor states and now proposed to be extinguished is 3.5 1 7 83 dol lars new-hampshire massachusetts rlinde-island new-jer icr south-carolina nnd cleor^ia are creditor states new-york ttela-vare and north-carolina debtor stales to a l.'.rpe amount ; the other states but little interested in i he question the commis si'iiitis were men of integrity nnd tnlents and their report met with a general acquies cence nt the time when u was inade the stnte ofnew.york ikis actually paid a large sum town ds her balance ; and some of tiic other debtor states htive exprtssly recogni zed the settlement it is n w proposed to e ttinguish the lialiinrf s \>\ 3 mere act of pow • er and congress are almost equally t'ivi<!eil on the question were it not that so lurpea nnn>b*r of representatives consider the slates tli^y represent as interested and were it not that itmc rn.mi x>»«ess d wonderful faculty <>[ m.iv.ini any question whatever 1 party one this equal division of the national legiklature on a sulijcci so simple would appear to a i-an did observer unaccountable 1 runnot hitter illustrate the nature ant merits of the settle ment , and the irre»is,table strength oftherir ngaintt the extinguishment than bv subjoining i>n extrsct from the able aprrch of hen varnum of massachusttts upon the resolution in question the iinswcr to this communication was by no means s tisfactory ; the ktis f.ffendi cle clareti that in reiming to recognise the em peror mopo'eon tin turkish rovernfnent havl nccf dccl to the wish of other powers crittf\-?rnr,h march u letters re ceived from lubeck to day confirm ibe sir oii'its brought liy tliel^st post that french troops occupy all the villages round thnt city r.n i thai not a waggon or cart wilh good is permitted to come nut of i the object of iii it is haiti is to hop nil english conimc ditiei gre«t fenrs ire entt ruined that it is t tlie only one but that contriljutiom trill also be drmanderl states op the settlement ; for although theic r bahiic.es hate been funded by the united '■ states it is well known that the evidences cf the debt in possession of the creditor states ate not transferable so 1 1 1 r 1 congress . will have nothing to do to elvcct this purt of the businest but to order payment to life creditor stau on tiiobe balances to be stop ped i nii.'iu conclude with observing tliat it is n.-^t probable that the debtor state will e"er [ pay the full amount of iluir balances j nor is it i probable t!i it be < reditor states will ever < n f\*r,r in a civil war to com el them om;,!;e p;>ynut this hituation of thing furnishes however r c argument in favor ofthe adaption ; ofthe monstrous principle or rather perver sion cta principle that honest debts may be <* inftiiahed by a wanton i t i,'l power i •■ f ik l*ncei stand on record bpni\i»t the ' debtors until a wrnse of jtiatfce shall pr^v;,il ! over private interest and induce them lo > mat . •: an honorable composition with their j creditors james k'.lliot ' late foreign news i london march 26 j the catholic petition v.,s yesterday pre ; sen'ecl to parliament b lord cirenvilic nnd ; mr fox but did not ns was expected i^ive 1 rise lo any discussion in the house of lords j lord aukland exprs ssed 1 hope tl i the sub i ject would be completely ( nolly und dispas j siona'.cly disciimed i nnd f^ord hav/kesbury ' announced his detenninuliun to oppose lhe prayer of the petition in the house of commons mr cartwriglit j snidhe had beenalwaysin hopesihat it would ' not be brought forward as lone as nn insur i moimlal '(• objection to it exittcd they who } presented it knew t!ii insurmountable objec ' tion existed a'!-l he whs surprised tli fore j tliat they should bring it forward tl is pro j renlingcoold serve noother purpose lhan ex i iling a ferment and agitation in the public j mind thtrt ought to be avoided ; i possible i the discussion of the petition in the house j of commons was fixed fur the 9ih of mnv i no day has vrt been fixed for its discussion j ii ! iir house oi i .'•■.•<!«. we repeat the opinion p h >.\- mnre than once expressed thai the petition could not i hove been presented at a more unsea*n't;iblc thre and •.»:■ *<} gesl one v mark 10 the i consideration of our readers that compliance ii with the wishes of ilir catholics must neces j sarily rn . in the repeal ofthe 1 est and all '.':- yts ih t nfff-ct prodestant d'ustnlers oui ftrst arcount which some forelen ad vices inconsiderately contradicted has bec;i j proved to be correct and buonaparte has ! added the title of king of italy !-> thai f i emperor of france the italian consulta j of state an the deputation of the it ban ! republic headed by the vice-president mel ij ci proceeded in great state to the tl nillc j riesont'he 18th where duonnparte received i them se«?ed on his throne und surrounded i by the princes of his house und the great ii officers of s'ute j m mc-lzi h?n nddressed him in n short j spi ech hi whicii h pronounced a condem ii nation of the constitution which had been ij given to the italian republic — a censitntion '| which he considered as the mere'crealion y creature of circumstances too feeble to be permanent or respectable lie then read in ltalinn he resolutions passed by the consul t.i in which after declaring the government ofthe ual'ran republic an hereditary mo i nurchy on the same principles as those • hich constitute the government of t!.c 1 french empire they declare napoleon buo naparte king of italy and the throne here ! ditary in his direct and legitimate male des j centantt natural or adoptive they dei lare likewise that the crown of haiy enn only be united to the crown of france in hi p.erson : ! and thst no future emperor of france shall at the same time b king of italy ai the name time whilst they give him the right of resign j itie thn crown and naming ui successor dur \ ing his life-time they express their opinion \ that he cannot make use of it without com | promoting the safely integrity and indepen ! dence of the state so long as the french ar mil's shidl occupy the kingdom of naples the russian armies corf u and the british me 1 .- \ tii and d ion ai ihe peninsula if italy shall •>: •• menaced with being m:ij every moment t lie jit id \ of battll of the grclest ptv : crs in rurc e j buonaparte nccepting the proffered erown \ nith great willingness reminded the consul 1 ta of the benefit he had conferred on them ' and acknowledging that the separation j '• the crowns of italy and france might at pre sent be fatal to the existence of the former cons-'nth to keep the crown till the moment should arrive in which he should be ahie to place i on a younger htad v.!id shall con ! lfarch29 the boulogne flotilla have a o:ain btgan to venture into the outer roads the day before yesterday uboul iso of their t»tin-boat rind l«r{je prnnma made their np peurance in the outer roads w here they prac tised lime mat'oeuvre but took especicl rare to keep undor the protection of their batteries there appear to he 2000 vessels bf different sizes in boulogne harbor dial marches i.'iromorlalite quitted hev station lately at midnight with scaled or der«i sr.d which orders were so sudden that captain owen was called out of bed and the ships on the station ordered to supply him from their own stores with four months pro vision and every other necessary so much pood speed wai used on this occasion that l'lmmortslile sailed at day break the ge nerally received opinion here is that this frigate \? ordered to cruize in the track of the homeward bound spanish galloons — ■ fs>fflgo — boston may r fly cnpt xash from halifax we have beeti favored with the following account of thetiialand condemnation of the brig hap py couple of new york the hapfiy coupfr t w stery master this case wn lately argued and decided in the court of vice admiralty at halifax upon two vt-ry important point i the one concerning the armament of american vends the other respected the right of currying contraband article to those part of st domingo under the dominion of what is now called the empire of h.nyli the brig happy couple sailed from new york r the month of october hist completely armed and fitted for war with a cargo consisting chiefly of gun-powder bound to the porn of gonaivei and port-au-prince she had under convey two schrt the l)a»1i and the ann both of which had also gun powder on hoard hound to the same ports and both of which were armed teasel the three vessels sailed under the following instructions from their own crs : the captains'ofboth the rcl r?.1iart orders to follow your directions as to the route of the passage line to obey such sign.nl as you may in the course thertof give for their government either instiling or in case of your and their having recourse to arms ia flcffiire of your persons and tlic property committed to your charge and the protection of your gum which we consider 10 compe tent to the security of all vein little squadron that nothing but some unforeseen misfor tune or l>a.l management in case of action or separation which we think with care is to l>e avoided as to render the ri»k ve ry small indeed ; but in case the latter should happen we have appointed turk's iilund as uic place of rcndezvoui and lhafr tinuc mv work atvl s ready to sacrifice his life to the happinen of t he people over whom providence the constitution am my will thai have culled him to reiq;n repairing from thii mockery at the thnil leriei to hit senate uu inaparte w;ix there haraugaed by m tahcyrandi who in much tlic tame style ml the duke of huckimchiim harangued richard the third entimerntcd the-reaj . r jncl irgiimcntt that bould imlac " the ordinance which pish»d the nld cpngrfsn in 1 717 authorising the settlement published wfeklt 3y ai.lmand mali tuesday june 4 li ■ . av4s9 folumm ix