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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16) - -Author: Thomas Hart Benton - -Release Date: August 18, 2012 [EBook #40499] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEBATES OF CONGRESS, 1789-1856 *** - - - - -Produced by Curtis Weyant, Josephine Paolucci and the -Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. - - - - - - -</pre> +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40499 ***</div> <hr class="chap" /> @@ -3466,10 +3430,10 @@ in the contemplation of some members of the committee. He thought enough might be raised if the tax was lowered. He formed this opinion from some calculations he had made with respect to the imports at Baltimore. He stated them to amount for the last year, at the rate now proposed, to -£258,163; to this, if he added five other districts in Maryland, the -probable amount of which, on the same principle, would be £185,537; +£258,163; to this, if he added five other districts in Maryland, the +probable amount of which, on the same principle, would be £185,537; then, these two sums multiplied by twelve, the supposed proportion that -Maryland ought to bear of the national debt, would produce £5,324,400, a +Maryland ought to bear of the national debt, would produce £5,324,400, a sum exceeding very considerably what the wants of the Union required.</p> <p>Mr. <span class="smcap">Gale</span> thought a duty of nine cents would operate as a prohibition @@ -5095,7 +5059,7 @@ the necessary light-houses. On a calculation of what will be paid in Georgia, I find a sufficiency for these purposes; and I make no doubt but enough will be collected in every State from this duty. The tonnage employed in Georgia is about twenty thousand tons, fourteen thousand -tons are foreign; the duty on this quantity will amount to £466 13s. 4d. +tons are foreign; the duty on this quantity will amount to £466 13s. 4d. Georgia currency. I do not take in the six cents upon American vessels, yet this sum appears to be as much as can possibly be wanted for the purpose of improving our navigation.</p> @@ -8547,7 +8511,7 @@ affirmative—ayes 41, noes 8.</p> <div class="blockquot"> <p>Messrs. Abraham Baldwin, Egbert Benson, Theodorick Bland, -Ædanus Burke, Daniel Carroll, Isaac Coles, Benjamin Contee, +Ædanus Burke, Daniel Carroll, Isaac Coles, Benjamin Contee, Thomas Fitzsimons, William Floyd, George Gale, Elbridge Gerry, Nicholas Gilman, Benjamin Goodhue, Samuel Griffin, Jonathan Grout, John Hathorn, Daniel Heister, Benjamin @@ -10666,7 +10630,7 @@ of human nature in one man, demand the aid of others. When the objects are widely stretched out, or greatly diversified, meandering through such an extent of territory as that the United States possess, a minister cannot see with his own eyes every transaction, or feel with -his hands the minutiæ that pass through his department. He must +his hands the minutiæ that pass through his department. He must therefore have assistants. But in order that he may be responsible to his country, he must have a choice in selecting his assistants, a control over them, with power to remove them when he finds the @@ -11129,7 +11093,7 @@ be so useful. Do gentlemen mean that he shall give it piecemeal, by way of question and answer? This will tend more to mislead than to inform us. If we would judge upon any subject, it would be better to have it in one clear and complete view, than to inspect it by detachments; we -should lose the great whole in the minutiæ, and, instead of a system, +should lose the great whole in the minutiæ, and, instead of a system, should present our constituents with a structure composed of discordant parts, counteracting and defeating the operation of each other's properties.</p> @@ -12763,7 +12727,7 @@ the duties of these were especially within the Executive department of the Government. He conceived that the President ought to be relieved from the inferior duties of his station, by officers assigned to attend to them under his inspection; he could then, with a mind free and -unembarrassed with the minutiæ of business, attend to the operations of +unembarrassed with the minutiæ of business, attend to the operations of the whole machine.</p> <p>If the office was admitted to be necessary, and he was certain the @@ -13127,7 +13091,7 @@ such a situation.</p> <p>Mr. <span class="smcap">Burke</span> was against the motion, because he thought that twelve dollars was not a reward for the Speaker's labor. The Speaker of the House of -Commons in England has an annual salary of £8000 sterling.</p> +Commons in England has an annual salary of £8000 sterling.</p> <p>Mr. <span class="smcap">Carroll</span> thought the Chair of the House of Representatives was one of the most important and dignified offices under the Government, and as @@ -19576,7 +19540,7 @@ would injure the inhabitants to pay the whole debt at the time it was contracted. The principle, I apprehend, is demonstrated by experience; the first system of the kind that we have any account of originated in the State of Florence in the year 1634; that Government then owed about -£60,000 sterling, and being unable to pay it, formed the principal into +£60,000 sterling, and being unable to pay it, formed the principal into a funded debt, transferable with interest at five per cent. What is the situation of Florence in consequence of this event? Her ancient importance is annihilated. Look at Genoa and Venice; they adopted a @@ -19592,12 +19556,12 @@ a heavy load of debt. England is a melancholy instance of the ruin attending such engagements. In the reign of King William, 1706, the policy of the English Parliament laid the foundation of what is called their national debt; but the sum was inconsiderable; it little exceeded -£5,000,000 sterling; the example then set has been closely followed. In -1711, it amounted to £9,177,769 sterling, during the wars in the reign +£5,000,000 sterling; the example then set has been closely followed. In +1711, it amounted to £9,177,769 sterling, during the wars in the reign of Queen Anne; since that, the capital of the debt of Great Britain -amounted, in 1777, to about £136,000,000 sterling; and to such a pitch +amounted, in 1777, to about £136,000,000 sterling; and to such a pitch has the spirit of funding and borrowing been carried in that country, -that in 1786, their national debt had increased to £230,000,000 +that in 1786, their national debt had increased to £230,000,000 sterling; a burthen which the most sanguine mind can never contemplate they will ever be relieved from. If future difficulties should involve that nation still further, what must be the consequence? The same effect @@ -21261,7 +21225,7 @@ Christian system is founded, he will find that religion is not against it. He will see, from Genesis to Revelations, the current setting strong that way. There never was a Government on the face of the earth, but what permitted slavery. The purest sons of freedom in the Grecian -Republics, the citizens of Athens and Lacedæmon, all held slaves. On +Republics, the citizens of Athens and Lacedæmon, all held slaves. On this principle the nations of Europe are associated; it is the basis of the feudal system. But suppose all this to have been wrong, let me ask the gentleman if it is good policy to bring forward a business at this @@ -22084,7 +22048,7 @@ no gentleman had attempted to show that this was the case, though all the arguments against a discrimination were founded on that supposition. Perhaps it might be said, that every argument ought to be considered as fair; unless the contrary be proved. But where one man has obtained the -property of another to the amount of £100 for £10, or £12 10s. the +property of another to the amount of £100 for £10, or £12 10s. the transaction must be explained to him, before he would believe it to be honest. What is the present case? The original holders, who have parted with the evidences of their debts, were principally common soldiers, @@ -22094,11 +22058,11 @@ enlightened among our citizens are the creditors of the United States; common soldiers cannot be comprehended in this description. What must have passed, he asked, between the soldier, the militiaman, or farmer, and the purchaser? What reason could the purchaser assign for offering -£10 for a paper which specified an obligation to pay £100? It must be +£10 for a paper which specified an obligation to pay £100? It must be something like this—the States will never pay you; if they do, it will be at a very remote period, so long as to be useless to you; but to relieve your present necessities, I will take the risk on myself, and -give you £10. Now, could any enlightened man, he asked, in 1783, or at +give you £10. Now, could any enlightened man, he asked, in 1783, or at any subsequent period, in which time the transfers took place, believe that the independence of America was in danger, or that the debts could not be provided for?</p> @@ -22114,11 +22078,11 @@ themselves, whether, under such circumstances, the man who had rendered services to his country should be deprived of his reward, or whether the purchaser ought to receive it. He said it was very different in the common transactions of life. If a man purchased a tract of land for -£1,000, paid the money, and took a bond for the conveyance, a third +£1,000, paid the money, and took a bond for the conveyance, a third person, by informing the purchaser that the seller could not make a title, or by other false suggestions should obtain a transfer of the -bond in consideration of £100, and get a conveyance and possession of -the land, yet, on repaying the £100, the conveyance would be set aside, +bond in consideration of £100, and get a conveyance and possession of +the land, yet, on repaying the £100, the conveyance would be set aside, and he would be restored to his land.</p> <p>He gave some other instances of a similar nature, and said, he believed, @@ -22164,7 +22128,7 @@ transaction, but he thought their accounts imperfect. They said they had the documents under their hands; he wished they had been read; he had them not, but would state from memory what he thought applicable to the case in question. The directors of the South Sea Company, by various -arts, induced the people to give as high as £1,000 for £100 stock; in +arts, induced the people to give as high as £1,000 for £100 stock; in many instances the money was paid, in others it was contracted to be paid. A gentleman has said, that Parliament interfered, not to violate, but to perfect the contract: but what did Parliament do? They @@ -22500,8 +22464,8 @@ carried into effect, wherever the execution is safe and certain; because I think, whenever it appears in any court of justice, that the consideration was not an equivalent, that then the contract is not carried into execution. The execution of the principle of natural -justice then is safe; for instance, £99 19<i>s.</i> 11<i>d.</i> is not a -consideration for £100, but a small sum may be a consideration for a +justice then is safe; for instance, £99 19<i>s.</i> 11<i>d.</i> is not a +consideration for £100, but a small sum may be a consideration for a valuable property; this does not arise from an infraction of the principle; but because the property may not have a determinate value in the society; and it would make judges arbitrary, legal proceedings @@ -22540,10 +22504,10 @@ exchange took place on any other terms. You never can allow the confidence of the speculator to be estimated very highly, perhaps at not more than one for ten. For if it is admitted, that the speculator had entire confidence, he was guilty of a palpable fraud, and a violation of -the first principle of justice; it amounted to this, that he gave £10 in -money for £100 bond, which he was certain would be paid. I believe, if +the first principle of justice; it amounted to this, that he gave £10 in +money for £100 bond, which he was certain would be paid. I believe, if the case stood exactly in this form, no man would hesitate in deciding -its illegality. If a man takes £100 for £10, it is illegal; but suppose +its illegality. If a man takes £100 for £10, it is illegal; but suppose there was a risk, and this risk was considered by the speculator as little less than ten for one, has he not discovered his own mistake when he sees he gets an interest of sixty per cent. on his capital; and that @@ -22912,7 +22876,7 @@ shows that they themselves were sensible of the equity of the sacrifice.</p> <p>The other case was of still greater weight, as it had no relation to war or treaty, and took place in the nation which has been held up as a model with respect to public credit. In the year 1713, the civil list of -Great Britain had fallen into arrears to the amount of £500,000. The +Great Britain had fallen into arrears to the amount of £500,000. The creditors who had furnished supplies to the Government had, instead of money, received debentures only from the respective officers. These had depreciated. In that state, they were assigned in some instances; in @@ -23703,7 +23667,7 @@ honor, proverbially so. The Romans and Greeks had slaves, and are not their glorious achievements held up as excitements to great and magnanimous actions? Sparta teemed with slaves at the time of her greatest fame as a valiant Republic. The absolute power of the -Lacedæmonians over the Helotes is frequently spoken of by the ancient +Lacedæmonians over the Helotes is frequently spoken of by the ancient writers; they were not only the slaves of the Commonwealth, but of every individual; they could not be set at liberty, neither could they be sold; hence arose a saying, that a free man at Sparta was most a free @@ -24456,7 +24420,7 @@ sending a Minister, equivalent to the expense; the necessity contended for is merely conjectural; and by that rule, the Ministers Plenipotentiary may be increased, and one sent to Spain and another to Portugal. If only one Minister is sent to Europe, the first sum will be -sufficient; with respect to the Court of London, a Chargé des Affaires +sufficient; with respect to the Court of London, a Chargé des Affaires will answer every purpose.</p> <p>In support of the motion, it was urged that the President of the United @@ -24466,7 +24430,7 @@ Legislature to make provision for defraying the expense. The Committee of Conference did not rely on their own judgment, they consulted the Secretary of Foreign Affairs. His opinion was, that in the present situation of this country with respect to foreign nations, two Ministers -and two Chargés des Affaires were necessary; a Minister at the Court of +and two Chargés des Affaires were necessary; a Minister at the Court of Versailles is generally conceded to be requisite. The peculiar situation of this country with respect to the posts, the Northern and Eastern frontiers, and the state of our commerce in respect to Great Britain, @@ -25598,7 +25562,7 @@ ordered to lie for consideration.</p> addressed to the <span class="smcap">President</span> and members of Congress of the United States, with twenty-six copies of a Civic Eulogy on <span class="smcap">Benjamin Franklin</span>, pronounced the 21st day of July, 1790, in the name of the Commonalty of -Paris, by Monsieur L'Abbé Fauchet, was delivered to the Senate, by Mr. +Paris, by Monsieur L'Abbé Fauchet, was delivered to the Senate, by Mr. Lear, Secretary to the President of the United States.</p> <p>Read, and</p> @@ -25976,7 +25940,7 @@ of the Commonalty of Paris.</i></p> <p>To the <span class="smcap">President</span> and <span class="smcap">Congress</span> <i>of the United States</i>.</p></div> <p>The letter accompanied twenty-six copies of the Eulogium on Dr. -<span class="smcap">Franklin</span>, delivered by the Abbé Fauchet, pursuant to a decree of that +<span class="smcap">Franklin</span>, delivered by the Abbé Fauchet, pursuant to a decree of that body.</p> <p>Mr. <span class="smcap">Boudinot</span> proposed that thirteen copies of the Eulogium be returned @@ -26468,13 +26432,13 @@ Secretary's report, as they came before the House. His principal object was to let the tracts which Congress proposed to sell be indiscriminately located.</p> -<p>Mr. <span class="smcap">Boudinot</span> thought the committee could not then enter into the minutiæ +<p>Mr. <span class="smcap">Boudinot</span> thought the committee could not then enter into the minutiæ of the business. It was enough to fix the general principles, viz: Whether there shall be a General Land Officer and two subordinates? Whether they shall be under the direction of Commissioners? And whether certain tracts of land should be reserved by Congress for certain purposes? And then to appoint a committee to bring in a bill on those -principles, and to take into consideration the minutiæ of the business.</p> +principles, and to take into consideration the minutiæ of the business.</p> <p>Mr. <span class="smcap">Scott</span> moved as a substitute his second proposition, that such districts as shall be set apart for sale, shall include the actual @@ -29604,12 +29568,12 @@ supposed that by means of the bank the traders with Georgia had been enabled to send her the precious metals, while the bank paper had answered their purposes nearer home, where it circulated with undoubted credit. He instanced a case of a Philadelphia merchant, who was -possessed of £100 in gold, and £100 credit at the bank; the merchant -wanted £100 worth of rice of a Georgia planter, and the like value in +possessed of £100 in gold, and £100 credit at the bank; the merchant +wanted £100 worth of rice of a Georgia planter, and the like value in flour of a Pennsylvania farmer. When he purchased the one of the Georgian, he could safely pay him the whole in gold, while he found the Pennsylvanian would as readily receive the bank paper for his flour; but -had there been no bank, he could have purchased but £50 worth of each, +had there been no bank, he could have purchased but £50 worth of each, and the Georgia and Pennsylvanian both would have gone without a market for the residue. In short, the whole Union may be likened to the body and limbs; you cannot aid or comfort one but the other must be likewise @@ -34728,7 +34692,7 @@ measure; it eventually tended to the safety and honor of the allies. The individual who undertakes risks for his country's good, a magnanimous Government will always sanctify. We should consider the case upon substantial principles, not according to the letter, not act as the -Lacedæmonians did to one of their leaders; they fined him for the +Lacedæmonians did to one of their leaders; they fined him for the infringement of the letter of the law, yet for the same act rewarded the hero with a garland. The fine here ruins the General's estate, and the garland alone, I fear, in this country, will not give his children bread @@ -37427,7 +37391,7 @@ bounties and drawbacks as they essentially relate to the administration of this Government consists in the governmental objects to which they may severally be applied: drawbacks are necessarily confined to commercial regulations; bounties may be extended to every possible -object of Government, and may pervade the whole minutiæ of police. They +object of Government, and may pervade the whole minutiæ of police. They may not only be extended to commerce, but to <i>learning</i>, <i>agriculture</i>, <i>manufactures</i>, and even the <i>sacredness</i> of religion will be found too feeble to furnish complete protection from their influence. The people @@ -37747,7 +37711,7 @@ coins, either to hand down, in the ignorant ages in which this practice was introduced, a kind of chronological account of their kings, or to show to whom the coin belonged. We have all read, that the Jews paid tribute to the Romans, by means of a coin on which was the head of their -Cæsar. Now as we have no occasion for this aid to history, nor any +Cæsar. Now as we have no occasion for this aid to history, nor any pretence to call the money of the United States the money of our Presidents, there can be no sort of necessity for adopting the idea of the Senate. I second the motion, therefore, for the amendment proposed; @@ -37765,10 +37729,10 @@ coins: would wound the feelings of many friends, and gratify our enemies.</p> <p>Mr. <span class="smcap">Williamson</span> seconded the motion also, and affirmed that the Romans -did not put the heads of their Consuls on their money; that Julius Cæsar +did not put the heads of their Consuls on their money; that Julius Cæsar wished to have his on the Roman coin, but only ventured to cause the figure of an elephant to be impressed thereon; that by a pun on the -Carthaginian name of that animal, which sounded like the name of Cæsar, +Carthaginian name of that animal, which sounded like the name of Cæsar, he might be said to be on the coin. He thought the amendment consistent with Republican principles, and therefore approved of it.</p> @@ -37989,11 +37953,11 @@ table, as follows:</p> <i>rations</i> and supplies for the Southern Army of the United States, became bound as surety for John Banks & Co., to Newcomen & Collet, merchants in Charleston, for the payment -of £8,743 15<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i>, sterling money, being the condition +of £8,743 15<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i>, sterling money, being the condition of the said bond:</p> <p>"And whereas, on the 1st of May, 1786, the balance of -principal and interest of said bond, being then £8,688 +principal and interest of said bond, being then £8,688 6<i>s.</i> sterling, was paid by the said General Greene. Therefore,</p> @@ -38006,7 +37970,7 @@ Newcomen & Collet, in which General Greene was security for said Banks & Co., it shall appear that neither General Greene nor his executors shall have received any payment or compensation for: <i>Provided</i>, The executors of the said -General Greene shall account for a sum being about £2,000, +General Greene shall account for a sum being about £2,000, be the same more or less, recovered by John Ferrie, one of the partners of the said John Banks & Co., to be in part of the indemnification aforesaid; and also shall make over for @@ -41304,7 +41268,7 @@ and brothels of the cities, &c. For his part, Mr. W. had often seen them, and he believed they were equal, if not superior in spirit and appearance, to most of the soldiery during the British war, and better than the soldiery were at the close of the war, with some exceptions, -such as respects the men who cost £300 each. Before he could quit the +such as respects the men who cost £300 each. Before he could quit the subject, he begged leave to mention another instance of the efficacy of regular troops; it was the affair of General Wayne's surprise, when the light-horse dismounted, and cut the militia to pieces, and the infantry @@ -44230,7 +44194,7 @@ this am I so solicitous as to be willing that it should constitute an embarrassment."</p> <p>"I destine a million and a half of this sum as a payment to -France, under the direction of Mr. Short, our Chargé +France, under the direction of Mr. Short, our Chargé d'Affaires at that Court, whose orders for that purpose you will please to follow."</p></div> @@ -47785,7 +47749,7 @@ before the House a resolution, by which Congress were to indemnify all such citizens of the United States as had suffered losses by the British pirates. He supposed that for this, there would be found as little authority in the articles of the constitution, as for relieving the -fugitives from Cape François.</p> +fugitives from Cape François.</p> <p>Mr. <span class="smcap">Madison</span>, in explanation, replied, that the two cases were widely different. The vessels<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_463" id="Page_463">[Pg 463]</a></span> of America sailed under our flag, and were under @@ -48867,7 +48831,7 @@ estimate of the expense, and the ways and means of defraying the same.</p> <h3><i>French Refugees.</i></h3> <p>A petition of Peter Gauvain and Louis Dubourg, in behalf of the French -refugees of Cape François, now at Baltimore, was presented to the House +refugees of Cape François, now at Baltimore, was presented to the House and read, praying that Congress will speedily decide on the memorial of the committee appointed by the Legislature of Maryland, to draw for, and distribute, the moneys granted by that State for the relief of the @@ -57603,7 +57567,7 @@ wear them as to wear his hat. Only let him wear them out of doors.</p> was worth. He mentioned the proceedings of the French Convention, who, some time before they cut off the head of the Duke of Orleans, debated four days upon what name they should give him, and at last called him -<i>Egalité</i>. He feared that calling for the yeas and nays thus early would +<i>Egalité</i>. He feared that calling for the yeas and nays thus early would look like party, as if intended to cast an odium on gentlemen who should vote against the motion.</p> @@ -58151,7 +58115,7 @@ one way or another, because his sentiments were already known.</p> subjects. We had seen the National Convention of France diminish their dignity, by spending three or four days on the business of giving a name to the late Duke of Orleans, and hardly had they finished, by giving him -the <i>name</i> of Egalité, before in <i>substance</i> he became so bad that they +the <i>name</i> of Egalité, before in <i>substance</i> he became so bad that they cut his head off. What good did his renunciation of title do, excepting that it afforded him a short opportunity of deceiving his fellow-citizens? Mr. T. said he was fully convinced, and had been so @@ -59351,7 +59315,7 @@ or sacrificed their property to the public safety in such extremity, ought to have satisfaction made, as far as possible, by the Commonwealth. Any thing short of this would destroy the reciprocity between the sovereign and -subject."—<i>Puffendorf</i>, <i>b.</i> 8, <i>c.</i> 5, § 7.</p></div> +subject."—<i>Puffendorf</i>, <i>b.</i> 8, <i>c.</i> 5, § 7.</p></div> <p>But can public necessity be urged in the present case to justify this kind of political robbery? I answer, no. If the Indians are to be kept @@ -59368,7 +59332,7 @@ add, is it not an invariable axiom with all authors on Government,</p> the public benefit or accommodation, should or ought to be paid out of the public revenue, and that one should not bear more of the burden than another."—<i>Burlamaqui</i>, <i>b.</i> -8, <i>c.</i> 5, § 27, 28.</p></div> +8, <i>c.</i> 5, § 27, 28.</p></div> <p>Is it not, then, obvious to all, who will reflect on this subject, that compensation is due to these individuals, whose property has been @@ -73509,7 +73473,7 @@ calumnies of the day, this article had been a fertile source of misrepresentation against the State he had the honor to represent, he was anxious to place this subject in its true light; and, as he professed to be well acquainted with it, he hoped to be indulged with -some minutiæ of explanation. He said, this subject presented two aspects +some minutiæ of explanation. He said, this subject presented two aspects to the public; the one, as it respected States, the other, as it respected individuals of the United States. As to the first, he admitted that if a greater proportion of debts of this description were due from @@ -78064,7 +78028,7 @@ Secretary of the Treasury, made to Congress on this subject, the 26th December, 1791, and which is herewith laid before them. The bond given by Gen. Greene to Harris and Blachford for J. Banks & Co., is dated 8th April, 1783, -for the sum of £18,473, 13s. 7d. South Carolina currency. +for the sum of £18,473, 13s. 7d. South Carolina currency. This sum, by a variety of negotiations and payments, has been considerably reduced; the committee have not been able to ascertain with precision the sum now due, but suppose it @@ -78089,7 +78053,7 @@ viz:</p> estate of the late General Greene, for the sum due on a bond, given by the said General Greene to Harris and Blachford, bearing date April 8, 1783, for the sum of -£18,473, 13s. 7d., South Carolina currency, as surety for +£18,473, 13s. 7d., South Carolina currency, as surety for John Banks & Co.: <i>Provided</i>, That it shall appear, upon due investigation, by the officers of the Treasury, that the said General Greene, in his lifetime, or his executors @@ -78168,7 +78132,7 @@ country immediately. John Banks knowing of this, and being, it is said, a man of a speculative disposition, determined to avail himself of this offer. He therefore went into Charleston, at a time when General Greene was lying not far from its walls, and there made a contract with Messrs. -Harris & Blachford for goods to the amount of £50,000, which were +Harris & Blachford for goods to the amount of £50,000, which were delivered to him under the firm of Hunter, Banks & Co. After Banks had made this purchase, he entered into contract with General Greene to supply the Army with clothes. Some time after that contract had taken @@ -78229,7 +78193,7 @@ which he did not think it proper to do.</p> <p>The report of the committee was at length agreed to, as before stated, and a bill ordered to be brought in, which subsequently passed. By this -decision, between £11,000 and £12,000 sterling will be paid out of the +decision, between £11,000 and £12,000 sterling will be paid out of the Treasury of the United States to the executors of General Greene. The yeas and nays, on the passing of the bill, stood, 55 to 24.]</p> @@ -84991,382 +84955,6 @@ Government, and also as showing the expense of maintaining troops in the north-west—then as far off (time and cost considered) as our Pacific possessions now are.</p></div></div> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, -from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16), by Thomas Hart Benton - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEBATES OF CONGRESS, 1789-1856 *** - -***** This file should be named 40499-h.htm or 40499-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/0/4/9/40499/ - -Produced by Curtis Weyant, Josephine Paolucci and the -Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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