The Wabash Courier, Volume 3, Number 22, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 29 January 1835 — Page 1

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v'1 Twenty-Third Congress, 4 epronn sessiox.

SPKECH OF MS. Iir.VDRICKi. in senate—jan. 2. A.Ths bill for the iniprorement of the Wabash being under consideration,,

Mr. HENDRICKS said, that th*position he occupied in relation lo the bill now before the Senate, as well as lo Ibe foi mcr bills on the same subject, rendered it necessaly and proper for him to say a few words on the present occasion: that duty and inclination alike impelled him to this course: and that if any apology should be thought necessary for obtruding himself on the attention of the Senate, it would be found on the table of every Senator in thfc form of instructions to himself

the-State they represented. These ac ^comganied thp printed report recently f," made by the Committee on Roads and ft Canals on the subject of this bill.

It would bo .recollected said the Honorable Senator, tlmt nl the last session, the bill to improve the navigation of the Wabash, about which so much had beed recently said here and elsewhere, had been introduced by himself on leave of the^ JP Senate. It would also be recollected, that heretofore himself and his colleague, had been unsuccessful in endeavoring to have the improvement cf this river classic cd with works of internal improvements, already begun however firmly they were of opinion that the Wabash and Erie canals, a work now in rapid progress, and a work to which this Government had made "^large appropriations of public lands, was but a part «:id portion of this very work, ar^l thnt appropriation of public lands •would faiily claps tire improvement of the

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In this view of the matter,then, and that it might struid on its own basis, and alone, I determined at the last session, said Mr. Hendricks, (o present it in a scperate bill, drawn up in the^same language, and askflamc. amount which had been

been reported by the committee, and the result is the same. The views of the President on the sub

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•, jiad been, however, foiled in their attempts to have it so considered by the Senate.— ,.Thi* work, the improvement of the river, was then classed with new objects of interual improvement, and bccame an item in the harbor bill of 1832, which receded thewfoof the President.

We all rccollect said tKe Hon. Senator, that bill ant! itshislory. This work in the opinion of its friends, having such high claims to national importance was ouly endangered In 1832, by the society which it was found lor it was most certainly believed bv the friends of the present administration that this item, unconnected with other®, would not h.we met the disapprobation of the President and murine rs were heard, loud and reproachful of the members of the delegation, who were supposed lo have had this matter more especially in charge, for permitting it to be thus tlas/ified and defeated.

for the same amount which naa ocen 1 jg true that the bill before the Senate is to functioned by both Houses, as an item of improve the navigation of the Wahnsh riIhe Harbor bill. In this form it was pre- vcr, and the appropriations, if made, will, •cntcd to the Senate. In this form it pas- doubt, be chiefly expended in improved both Houses and was presented for ingthe rapids below Vincennes possibly the signature of the Executive. I give by a canal around them for whether that this history of it to present it fairly before nrwde of improvement be now adopted, or the Senate. It was my intention, had the not. it Fill no doubt be the mode "Itimatercsolution referring it to the committee Mv adopted.

The Congress of 1787, by its ordinance, declared the river Wabash a navigable river, and this has been repeated by Act of 1796 and other subsequent acts in relation to other streams of the new States. The rapids of the Wabash, below Vincenncs, say for 15 miles, will certainly be best improved by a canal of that length, or perhaps longer. A few years ago a corps of engineers weie instructed to examine many places proposed for the location of a Western Armory. Now, suppose this Armory to be located and pelt in motion there, would the Government permit the States of Indiana and Illinois to withdraw the waterof that river from a valuable public work into the feeder of a canal? If the river belongs to the Federal Government, the States cannot without the permission of the Government enter upon it even for the purpose of improvement. The power of improvement, then, seems inseparably connected with ownership and jurisdiction. To say that the latter exists in the Government and not the former, is to say that the improvement can never be made without a compact cn

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would contend that such compact could confer any power which was not previously in the Constitutions of the respective Governments. The power of. improving the navigation of rivers surely belonged to the States before the formation of the Union. It is since, either transferred to the Government of the United States, or not being so transfeired is reserved to the States, or by the formation of the Constitution of the United States it is entirely annihilated. "Now, in case of "the Wabash, it is ndft reserved to the States, for by compact and ordinance Congress de clared its power over it, declared it a common public highway, and guaranteed its fiee navigation forever. The power,then, of improving this river not being reserved to the States, it is in the Federal Govern ment, or it is annihilated. That it is not annihilated but remains in the Government, under the sanction of the Constitution of the United States is obvious and certain by referrence of the (HJl Article of that instrument itself.

It will now, Mr. Presiderft, proceed to state some reasons for believing that this work of internal improvement the navigation of the Wabash river rests upon a basis essentially different from other ordinary objects such as those chiefly comprised in the Harbor Bill of 18*32. Indeed I have great reason to believe that the President could not have been in posses sion of all the facts of ihc case, 01 he would have taken a totally different view of the whole matter.

In the first instance, this is not a new work. It is emphatically an old work commenccd about two years ago, and now in successful progress a work to whrfch this Government has already appropriated a portion of her public lands, a portion by the very means of wbifch the work is pow carried on for the canal is but an improvement of navigation of the river, in and through ihe State of Indiana. And what is the work? It is a work which when finished, wili form a perfect in-land navigation between New York and N. Orleans, on the shortest and most eligible route. It

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not been introduced by my colleague, to ("han stop at the mouth of the Tippecanoe have asked leave of the Senate, and to 110 erently important will be that link in the have introduced the same bill but the one form is as good as the other a bill has

nect of internal improvements 1 very much I dition of this work, already begun unreerct, becausc in their effects they are der the united auspices of the federal Goinjuriotts, in my opinion, to the prosperity vernment, and that ol the-State of Indiespecially, are they so I ®na? hence I come. With The origin of the Wabash and and En?

that portion of it whence 1 come his views, however, it is unnecessary on canal said Mr. H. was a law of Oongres, ot the present occasion to conflict for this March 2d, 1827, appropriating a quantity biH stands upon its own ba««, and is not, of the public lands, equal to five miles in at I believe, obnoxious to his objections, width

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the great Landholder of the West, and in this important grant of lands, a corps of the all the new States should sustain a portion U. SiatesEngineers was detached to locate of the expense in making the chief prima- the canal the whole expense being paid rr roads. The owners of U»e soil in the I by this Government. Ihe canal was lone* states, whose property is supposed to cated fiom the MaumecBax»on lake Erie, be increased in value by roads when made, across the summit level near Fort Wayne, taxed for making them and why and down the Wabash river to the mouth fthoaid tfte Government be exempt from I of the Tippecanoe. The whole distance Its fair proportion of the assessment? But is 211 miles, about 75 of which arc within ihe case is still stronger in relation to ri- the limits of the State of Ohio, and the revert, which the Federal Government de- maining 135 within the State of Indiana, elared to be public highways, assumed ju- The State of Ohio has by compact with risdirtion ou retained perpetually the the State of Indiana, agreed to construct Awnenhip of, exclude them from the sur that portion of the canal which lies witbm vevs. and thus prevent them from becom- her boundaries, and the State of lodiana

Ine private property of the citizens or the has relinquished to her a corresponding nipertv of the States through which they 1 portion of the grant. The State of Indi.,ow If the Government of the Union ana has entered with spirit on her part of bat not power to improve them, where I the work. She hat sold a portion of her doe* it get the power of jurisdiction over lands,and made other large appropriations, them! For that power of owr.ership and and the work is going rapidly on. It is proper her#to remark that the river below iurisdiction necessarily exdudct the own- pro, ershin and jurisdiction of the Stales. If the the mouth of the Tippecanoe ha* also State* have neither ownership nor jurisdic- been survejedby an officer of thehngitk*n. the? surely have not the power of neer corps at the expense of the u.atates. taking possession of them even for the pur- An appropriation to thw object was made poie of improving them. If they have no the bed of the river can they

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chain which the Wabash is destined for a while to supply, that will be ultimately constructed down the eriire length of the Wabash to the Ohio nver. And,Sir, what was the origin, and what the present con­

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of that officer will be found oa the tables of the members. Of the 136 miles/poken of, 70 are under contract, and about 35 at this moment completed. It is furthermore contemplated to finish the work in 1836 or 1837. The State of Ohio, we believe, will not be long after that period in constructing her portion ol it to theMaumee Bay,fend instead of being premature, then, in asking for this appropriation for the river, this will no doubt, be the best portion of the work done. It will in all probability be found undone when the canal shall be finished. This work then is vastly mofe important than the improvement of any other river of its size. It is more important in the magnitude of the navigation with which it is connected,' in the greatness of the commerce which it creates and accommodate?, and in the unparalleled extent and productrveneFS of the region of the country through which it passes.

Another reason why 1 believe that the improvement of the Wabash has stronger claims upon this Government than almost any other object presented is, that the importance of this navigation seem to have been within the view of the Government before the Constitution was formed. It seems to have been provided for by the Congress ol the Confederation, ana the provision thus made to have been afterwards sanctioned by the Constitution itself, I allid^,said Mr. H. to the ordinance of Congress of 1787, which is declared to be a compact unalterable, unless .by common consent, between the original States and the people, and State? in the North Western Territory, wherein the navigable waters of Wabash and of the Miami of Lake Erie, and the carrying place between them, are declared to be common highways. The ordinance alluded to is in these words: "The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrenteand the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and for ever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory, as to the citizens of the United States and those *of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy without any tax,.ippost, oj duty therefor. tJ-r 1

between them arid, although there is no positive stipulation in so many words, that the Government of theUnion shall improve and keep in the condition of usefulness, which the country may need and require, those highways of commerce, yet the implied intention and pledge of the Government to do so, has always appeared to me too strong to be resisted. Nor was the extent or binding obligation of this compact at all weakened by the Constitution of the United States adopted afterwards lor, in that very Constitution, by its sixth article, it is declared, that "All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as vnlid against the United Stattes, under this Constitution, as under the Confederal lion." This ordinance, then, is sanctioned b) the Constitution itself. ...

In this view of the question, it has always appeared to me, that instead of constitution^ objections to these works of internal improvement, there is a direct constitutional obligation to carry them on and complete them and I have always thought that instead of aiding the State of Indiana in constructing the canal, and improving the river, it was incumbent on the General Government to do both, without the interposition of these States.

The carrying places referred to in that ordinance, are well known to have been, at Fort Wayne, between the Wabash and the Miami of Lake Erie, and that at Chicago, between the waters of the Illinois river and those tf Lake Michigan. There may have been others of less note, but these were the principal ones. That at Fort Wayne, was especially well known. Its advantages and importance were perhaps magnified, and there is little doubt that ifwas in reference to this, more than to #ny other, that the clause in the Ordinance fust referred Jo, was (rained and inserted. This carrjiilg place had been known and used by Indian traders, before and during the Revolution. These had rcquently passed over it in peroques and canoes in rainy ^and "flood seasons of the year and subsequent to that period detachments of U. StaJes troops, witfr their baggage,have passed over this portage,or carrying place in the same way.

This, said Mr. He^dkjcks, is not a new view of this matter, presented now to the Senate for the first time. It is now atfbut 9years since thEC proposition to make an appropriation of public lands lo aid the State of Indiana ii\ improving the navigation of the Miaou and Wabash rivers, was first made by myself to Jhe Senate. And in a report upon that subject,which if became my duty to make as a member ot the committee en Roads and CanaMhe ground of obligation on the part of the Federal Government to improve. thit carrying place, and to aid in thfs chain of inland navigation, were distinctly taken and presented to the Senate. This wa* relied on as a strong ground, and one which shielded the application then made from the constitution! difficulty about internal

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Now, sir, the people of the N. Western Territory—at this time the people of the Sjates of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and the Territory of Michigan—have never,as yet, requested any change In this ordinance.— It remains now as it was then. It secures to the people of the then Northwestern Territory the free navigation of the rivers leading into the Mississippi and the St. Lawrefice, as well an ttW-cnrrying placft*- places fee!ow portetJteetTjr established by

menfs. This ground was then sustained by the Senate. An appropriation of the public lands was made to this object March, 1827, and by the aid of this appropriation, and of the energies of the State, the Canal is now in rapid progress.

The Slate of Indiana is unable at this time lo prosecuteand accomplish this work. The canal which she is now pushing rapidly on, is as much as ought to be expected from her at the present time. Where the interest of the general government, as in the present ca$e, is in unison with those of the State, the object decidedly one of national importance, and where th$ obligations of the federal government to the people of the Stati and of the U. States in the construction of this work, is paramount to all others, it does seem reasonable that an appropriation should be unhesitatingly granted to aid in making this .improve* ment otherwise it must be left undone till the State of Indiana shall have finished her canal, which canal must still remain for a great portion of the year, comparatively useless, till the river is improved.

The people of the western country, as matter of necessity, consume foreign goods, almost to the amount of their surplus productiotreVahd* the land holder in that country is deeply interested in ever* facility of transportation, to and from the country. That which diminishes transportation, adds to the value of his agricultural productions, as well as diminishes the cost of Custom House goods. Every facility too of transportation diminishes the difficulty and expense of emigrants in getting to the country, brings more means and more people into the.country saves more of their means to purchase public lands after they get there increases the receipts into the land offices, and is of lasting benefit to the emigrating, classes of the old States. But considerations of this kind might be multiplied an unlimited extent, and 1 shall not dwell on them.

I have, said the honorable Senator, the most implicit confidence in th£ declaration of the President, in which he regrets that he could not give his assent to the Wabash bill. I believe that his feelings and inclinations were wholly in its favor, and I sincerely regret that he had not taken the view of the case which I have endeavored to present: had he done so, I cannot hut think, that ha would have come to a different conclusion ant to this different conclusion, it does seeofiSo me, he might have arrived without in %e le&t receding from any

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subject of internal improvement The rule by which appropriations for the improvement of/ivenJ, are confined to

law, has never been satisfactory to me, nor does it appear to be very satisfactory to the President himself. It seems to imply that a work which is unconstitutional today,may become constitutional to-morrow, by the simple passage of a law, establishing a port of entry at the head of supposed navigation, ,and that the constitution can be changed, and new powers given it by the Legislative power, a power which it has created, prescribed and lim. ited.

A port of entry on some centra] position of this extensive navigation, will be convenient and useful. It will probably be soon indispensible. It was moved in the other House at the last session, and conversations were had with the chairman of the committee of commerce here. Jt was thought then to be premature. I am anxious to haver the reasonable assistance of the government in perfecting this navigation, nnd-the proper facilities created for using it when perfected. I am disposed, theq, as I was last session, that a port of entry or delivery should be established at Lafayette, upon the river, and I haVe at this time,this additional reason that I doubt not it would rtfmove all objections to an approval of the bill, should it again pass both Houses. Their objections, however, I hope will be done away by other considerations in addition to those already named by the rapid progress of the canal.— Since the close of the last session of Congress, and by the advance already-made towards a perfect inland navigation between the two commercial emporiums of the country, New York and New Orleans. Important facts exist in the case now, that did not exist at the close of the last ses-

Then it was not a fact that 35 miles sion. of the canal had been finished, and that the water had been let into the summit le vel section of the canal. Now, all these facts exist. The waters of the St. Joseph's, a tributary of the Maumee, already flow upon the summit level of the country and mingle with the waters of the Wabash. The water communication is now continuous, very imperfect*, to be sure, but it is continuous, between the ports of entry and delivery which are numerous on Lake Erie, and those upon the Mississippi. vwrROX TOR WAT. IKTCLLIGIKCK*. V^i

OUB RELATIONS WITH VRA5CC. With a pleasure which we wish we could communicate to our readers we yesterday listened to the reading of an ela borate and powerful Report, to the Senate, from its Committee of Foreign Affairs, on so much of the Annual Message of the President of the United States as concerns our Relations with

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were completely taken, by surprise by it fcr we had supposed that the Senate would await the action of the other House upon the subject. We listened to it with not the less interest, however, ©n that count and we were glad, we may say proud, of the ability, the moderation, and •he elevation tone of the whole docu­

ment, in every respect worthy of its distinguished author, the Chairman of the Committee.* We rejoiced on Ending in this Report so much to confirm the general views which the Editors of the National Intelligencer have thought it their duty to take of this very important question, because, if we could have doubted their correctness before, it would be impossible to doubt after hearing or reading this very important State Paper,

The reading of the Report occupied about two hours. Having had no access to it, and having only our hearing to depend upon, we shall attempt nothing like a literal report of its contents, but will endeavor, for the gratification of the public curiosity, to make a rapid sketch of the outline of it.

The Report sets oullvith expressing the entire concurrence of opinion of the Committee with the President as to the justice of the claims for the payment of which the Treaty between the United States and France makes provision. They had their origift in flagrant violations of the law of Nations, and of our neutral rights, for which the pretence alleged at the time afforded no justification. At the period of those aggressions, the Government of the United States would have been fully justified had it then appealed to arms to vindicate our outraged rights and it was a fact known to those who were conversant with the history of the times, that the expediency of such a measure had been seriously considered in the councils of the United States. The selection between the two belligerant8, by which another Nation became the enemy at that time, arose not from any insensibility to the injuries received from France, but from considerations -of a different nature. Restrained by prudential consideration from then .making war upon France, the United State3 had yet resolved never to acquiesce in the wrong and injustice dpne to them, but to persevere in the demand of indemnity until it should be obtained. As early as 1812, one of our most distinguished citizens, appointed Minister to •France, was instructed to demand reparation for these wrongs and the demand had been persisted in,by every Administration, from that day down to the conclusion of the Treaty of 1831.

The report then goes on to say, that* of these claims the amount had not previously to the Treaty been fully ascertained, and couldtiol be exactly known until they were fiinally adjudicated but the Committee concur entirely with the President in the opinion that the amount awarded by the Treaty, by way of Indemnity, falls far short of the just claims of our citizens, including damages. The Treaty had nevertheless been received in this country with geoeral satisfaction, for several reasons, but, more than all, for the reasons, that the People of the United States saw in it the removal of the only obstacle to perfect harmony between this country and a nation, the rcmemberance of whose an. cient friendship was always dear to them, had not been for a moment supposed that a Treaty between the two countries, being on. the face of it a perfect obligation, would be violated by the failure of either party to perform the stipulations on its side, &c. and so little did Congress apprehend such a state of things, that they passed several acts founded upon the Treaty, one of which was to provide for the investment of the money lo be received under the Treaty in some productive fund, for the benefit of the claimants, until the adjudication of the claims should be completed. In consequence of this last provision, when the first instalment bccame due, a draft was drawn for Ihc amount, the protest of which was the first notice of the no-nexecution of the Treaty. To the ^tanner in which this draft was drawn, perhaps on the score of formality or etiquette some exception might be taken: but the Committee are unanimously of pinion that the mode adopted, of drawing for the money, was fully justified by the termsof the Treaty. It is with profound regret, says the report, that the Commit tee have learnt the failure of the reasonable expectations of the Executive and of (he country, as to the execution of the

Treaty. The report goes on to say, as the President in his message justly remarks, that the idea of acquiescence in the refusal to execute the Treaty, can never be for a moment entertained. The United States can never abandon their rights under it. When negotiation for procuring the execution of the Treaty shall be exhausted, it will then be for the United Slates to consider what other measures are neccssary to procure their rights to he respected. In the opinion of the President, that period has already arrived, and he has recommended to Congress to authorize Reprisals in the event of a failure of France promptly to make payment, Ac. The President, however, dotjs not present the course of Reprisals as the only one open to Congress, but by the admission of the alternative of waiting a further time for the action of the French Chambers, leaves lo the choice of Congress the two courses, of further negotiation, or of a contingent measure which, in its consequence, may possibly lead to war. As to the latter couise, if the habits^inclinations, at|d interest of this People*are opposed to war. when not unavoidable, with what added force do not all these objections apply to a war with an ancient ally,towards whom the

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kindest sentiments}" Partaking of tbitMfr rihient themselves,the committee extendwf their inquiry, first, into the practicability and expediency of the peaceful alternative presented by the message.

The report here proceeds to a critical analysis of the correspondence (between our Ministers and the French Ministry) which preceded the formation of the Trea* ty, shewing, by various quotations from \t9 that, throughout the negotiation, theKing ofFrance evincc*d the most friendly feelingi towards the U. S. and took an unusual interest* in the adjustment of the question between the two countries. Our Minister badabeen reminded, over and over again, of the difficulties which the Ministers would have to encounter from the Cham bersin consequence of the Treaty,&c. To this history of the negotiation the Committee did not advert tojuslify the omission of the French Government to carry into effect the Treaty the difficulty now expeperienced in the French Chambers being an afiair between them and their own Government, and not hetween them and our Goverrttnent. But the Committee had

after the warnings which were given of the difficulties which tvould have to be encoun-. tered, a fair construction ought to be put" upon the course of the King and his Mio* isters in this matter. If the King haa throughout acted with good faith, and ift still laboring to effect the passage of a bill in the Chambers to carry into effect the Treaty, it would be not only unjust,as respects the French Government, but inn politic,and unwise as respects the claimants themselves, to throw obstacles in the way* of the success of the King's exertions, by the adoption of rash or nasty measures," even contingently, which might convert some of the warm friends in the Ch^nbsif into bitter enemies of the claims.

The report then proceeds to the consid* eration or what has*transpired since ths

ratification of the Treaty carefully re* viewing and analyzing the correspondence which has since passed between tne Minis* ters of the two countries, &c* The Com* mittee express the great pleasure they have in concuiring with the President of the U« States and Mr. Livingston in entire confi-. dence in the good faith of the King, &c. as professed in several of the letters from out Secretary of State and pur Minister ia France and they consider it due to candor to declare that they. have seen no reason since to distrust the sincerity 01 perfect integrity of the Kiog in this matter.

It having been arranged in the ctfrrMjpon* denec which followed the rejection of the bill by the Chambers,that this Government should await the further action of the French Chambers before taking any other step, the Committee proceeded to examine on what ground the President now recom* mends action without waiting. They. rethe correspondence between the French Minister here and our Secretary ef State, in reference to the supposed pledge of the French Minister for an extraordina* ry convocotion of th£ Chambers. The Committee do not find such pledge, the' they find every assurance that this earliest practicable opportunity witl be seised for pressing the bill upon the Chambers.

They find an expression of an expectation on the part of the President that tne Kingl will use his whole constitutional power which includes the power |o convene the

Jhambcrs at any time,) but they do not find that expectation to have been responded to by the French Minister or, if it was,the document containing the response has not been communicated to Congress, dcc. &C, If the Chambers had been convened earlier than usual, though nothing should have been done by them, at the time that Con* gress met, it is not probable, says the Re* port, that the President would have held the language towards France, which contained in his Message! nor weuld he, if he bad known what subsequent intelligence r. has disclosed, that the Chamber* were to meet on the 1st of December.

The reasons assigned by the "French -s Ministry for not calling an extra meeting of the Chambers were plausible at least* and if they do not cointnnnd.conviction, would justify acquiecence in the cobrsaef /,: the King, if, as the Commitieeare entirely convinced, throughout the negotiation, and oa all occasions, before the treaty and after the treaty, the King has invariably shown an anxious desire for the satisfactory adjustment of the differences between France and the United States. The opposition to the execution of the treaty haJ not proceeded from the King of France or his Ministers, but from the Chamber of Deputies. While these exertions are making by the French Government, the policy of this Government is to strengthen (hem, to second thenv—-and, abdve all, to do nothing to impair the force of then*

The refusal of one branch of a Government, it is true (says the report) to execute 4 a Treaty may be regarded as the refusal of the whole Government btit when the head of the Government evinces the ear* ncstness which has been shewn in this case by the political head of the French Government, avich a conclusion ought not to be hastily drawn. Upon the whole, the Committee aft of opinion that the time has not yet arrived when Congress-is callcd upon to go into the consideration ot the very senous question, whether they will enter into any measure for the-purpo«e of taking into their own hands redress fof wrongs by France. The committee 9W of opinioa that Congress ought to avokf any resort to war, or to measures which may lead to it, and rather wait to tee the result of the exertions which the French King Is undoubtedly making to carry t|9 Treaty into full effect*

We have not finished our account #f this Report, but'wehave followed it out far enough to disclofc to the reader its gene* ral character being prevented by the late* ioest of the hour from adding more.

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