Indiana Republican, Volume 2, Number 72, Madison, Jefferson County, 25 April 1818 — Page 1

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CONORS S.. SENATE March 23.

tiz?.-cs submitted a mo-

Struct the committee on

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president communicated i.ution of tlie legislature n:na territory, praying to itcd with power to incor-

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e redds, &c which was

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liarbour 2.ve notice tint

lid, on to-morrow, ak

win? in a bill to increase 1 j

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lili regulating the p.y and

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picker:jrn gave notice that

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I introduce a resolution dinicdals to be struck, and,

F with the thanks of con-

3 be presented to general

P and governor Shelby.

Wrf;, Mflrfb 26. following resolution, sub-

Jy ilr. Troup yesterday, :nupand arrccd to :

That the committee

Militia be instructed to inf the expediency of set and appropriating the . ; v.iiich shall ariic from "r held by the governn t:" Bank of the United ljJ the manufacture of

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supreme and district courts of the United was taken up and postponed to this day week : and The bill in addition to the act for the promotion of useful arts, was postponed to this day two weeks. The joint resolution offered by Mr. Barbour on the 9th December, proposing an amendment to the constitution, to give congress the power of appropriating money for the construction of roads and canals, with the consent of the states in which they are made, &c. was taken up; and On motion of Mr. Daggett to postpone the further consideration thereof to the 1st of July next, (to reject it) it was deter mined in the alhrmative. The senate resumed the consideration of the bill to increase the salaries of the heads of de

partments and the attorney general. Various prepositions were received and disposed of respecting the increase proper to be made, the impropriety of discrimination in fixing the compensation of these orlicers, &c. The bill was finally amended 0 as to UX Hie Salaiics j thocc cretariesot State and the 'iicasu-, ry at 6500 collars each; the secretaries ot war and the navy at 6000 dollars eth; thatof thea.torney general at 3500 dollar; and that of the post master general at 4000 dollars, to commence on the lit of January last. In this shape the bill was ordered to be en groped for a third reading; and 'Ihc senate adjourned. Jriday, Mutch 27. V01L OF IHAiSKS. The senate resumed the consideration ot the following joint resolution; Resolved by the Senate and House cf Representatives cf the United States of America in Congress us scmblcd, That the thanks ot congress be, and they are hereby presented to major general William Henry Harrison, and Isaac Shelby, late governor of Kentucky, and through them to the officers and men under their command, for their gallantry and good conduct in deieating the combined British and Indian forces under major general Proctor, on the Thames, in Upper Canada, on the 5th clay of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, capturing the entire British army with their baggage, camp equippage and artillery; and that the president of, the United States be requested to cause two gold medaUto be struck emblematical of this triumph, & presented to general Harrison and Jsaac Shelby, late governor of Kentucky. The resolution was modiiicd by striking out the word entire ia the 1 2th line, and ordered

to be engrossed tor a third read-

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THURSDAY, MARCH 26. FURTHER OF AMELIA. The following message was received from the President by Mr, J. J. Monroe, his Secretary: To the House of Representatives of the U. States. I transmit to the House of Re. prescntatives, in compliance with their resolution of March 20th, such information not heretofore communicated, as is in the possession of the executive, relating to the occupation of . Amelia Wand. If any doubt had before existed of the improper conduct of the persons who;authoiized, & oftho&e who vvere engaged in the invasion, and previous occupancy of that island, vt the unfriendly spirit towards the U. States with which it was ccniiuenced and prosecuted, and of its injurious effect on their highest interests, particularly by its tendency to compromit them with foreign powers in all the unwarrantable acts of the adventurers, it is presumed that these documents would remove it. It apprs by the letter of M. Pazos, agent cf commoduic Aury, That the pro ject ot seizing the Floridas was foiirud and executed at 2 time when it was understood that Spain had resolved to cede them to the U. S rates, and to prevent such ccbsion taking effect. The whole proceeding in every stage & in all its circumstances was unlawful, 'ihe commission of gen. McGregor was granted at Philadelphia, in direct violation cf a positive law, & all the measures pursued under it, by him, in collecting his force and directing its movements were equally unlawful, with the conduct of these persons, I have always been unwilling to connect any of the colonial governments; because Inevcr could believe that they had given the sanction either to the project in its origin, or the measures which were pursued in the execution of it. These documents confirm the opinion which I have invariably entertained and expressed in their favor. JAMS MONROE. Washington, March 26, 1818. STATE Or SOUTH AMERICA. Report cf the Secretary if State Transmitted ' by the President to the House cf Representatives, cn the 2$tb inst. 'ihe Secretary of State, to whom has been referred the resolution of the House of Reprcsentatives of the 10th of December, has the honor of submitting the documents herewith transmitted, as containing the information possessed at his Depart mcnt, requested by that resolution. In the communications receiv

ed from Don Manuel H. de Aguirre, there are references to certain conferences between him and ' the Secretary of State which appear to require some explanation. The character in which M. Aguirre presented himself was that of a public agent from the government of La Plata, and of private agent of thatof Chili hiscommissions from both simply qualified him as agent ; but his letter from the Supi erne Director Pueyrredon, to the president of the United States, requested that he might be received with the consideration due to his diplomatic character. He had no commission as a public minister of any rank, nor any full power to negotiate as such. Neither the letter, of which he was the bearer, nor he himself, at his first interview with the secretary of State, suggested rhac he was authorised to ak th?- acknowledgment of his government: as independent a circumstance which derived additional weight from the fact, that his p-e v lessor, Don Martin Thomps'Mf, been dismissed by the Direcor Pueyrredon for having transcended his powers; of which the letter brought by Mr. Aguirre gave UOllcc to ti.o prowlctant. It was some time after the commencement of the session of congress that he made this demand, as will be setn by the dates of his written communication's to the department. In the cwifrr--ences held with him on that subject, among other quest ions which it naturally suggested, were those of the manner in which the acknowledgement of hh government, should it be deemed advisable, might c made ? and u hat were the territories which lie considered as forming the state or nation recognized ? Ir was observed, that the manner in which the United States had been acknowledged as an independent power by France, was by a treaty concluded with them, as existing independent power, and in which each oae of the states then composing the union, was distinctlynamed : that something of the same kind seemed to be necessary in the first acknowledgement of a new government, that some definite idea might be formed, not of the precise boundaries, but of the general extent of the country thus recognized. He said, the government of which he desired the acknowledgement, was of the country which had, before the revolution, been the Vice Royalty of La Plata. It was then asked, whether that did not include Montevideo and the territory occupied by the Portuguese ; the Bmda Oriental, understood to be under the government of general Anigas, and several provinces, still m the undisputed posse ssion of the Spanish