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From the London Observer qf Nov. 26.
MR. PHILLIPS’ SPEECH, \
Delivered at the Annual Illeeting Q)“ t/zc London
Hibernian Sc/tool ‘Society, /zelcl at Sligo.
, ;‘.-—I feel very great pleasure in ‘acceding to
the request ‘of your zealous secretary, and propo-.
sing a resolution of congratulation ‘on the success
of this institurion,and of approbation of the sacred
principleson which it has been founded. I con-
fess that until I perused the ‘report with which he
was so polite as to furnish me, I had a very im-
perfect idea ofthe value of the institution, or of
the great gratitude which we owe to our generous
Wing ish brethren, who have so nobly and disinte-
restedly established it among us. It is an eman-
ation of that glorious spirit which has spread their
name among the nations of the earth, and made
that name synonymous with every virtue.. I had
no idea that no less a number than _50,0tl0 of the
infant population-of this kingdom, including 2000
‘children of our "own ‘country, who now crowd this
hall with pious gratitude, were ‘thus grzttuitously
receiving from them the blessed fruits of educa-
tion and religion. How gratifying it is to turn
from the abominable and infernal pcrjuries by
which the public mind is now hourly polluted,
and the public heart aillicted, and the public mor-
als insulted, to the contemplation of such a sub-
ject ! Fifty-eight thousand children, raised from
the mire of ignorance and superstitution——re-
deemed from a state of almost brutal barb:-Jrism.
and led througur the temple of knowledge, even
to the very altarof God, is a spt-ctacie which len-
vy not the man who can behold it without enthu-
siasm. In this country it borrows from circum-
stances even an adventitious interest, for surely
there never was a country more ripe for its exhi-
bition—ncver was thereia land more full of line
intelligence, obscured and darkened, or of nobler
impulse, more miserably perverted. The mind
of Ireland has by no means hitherto had fair dc-
velopement. Acute but inactive--magnificcnt
but uncultivated, the passing stranger beholds the
people as he does their country, with admiration
it is true, but still with mournful admiration, at
their neglected grandeur‘ and their unproductive
loveliness ! It has been to little purpose that the
genius of the nation has occasionally burst the
boml-age that enthralled it ; that Nature, as it
were to vindicate herself, had shot some spirit of
light to thwart the gloom, in whose lustre the
land become for a moment visible-it was but for
a moment, and the cloud it touched «scarcely re-
tained a tinge of the profitless phenomenon.-A
There was no permanent source "alliance its radi-
ance could be fed ; and the _met”e glimmerings of
unassisted nature struggled but faintly through
the denseness of the atmosphere. To rescue the
country from this foul clisgrace—-'-to dispel the
mist of barbarism and ignorance, with their at-
tendant train of vices and of critnes—-to elevate
the peasantry from vice and superstition to a mor-
al practice and a holy contemplation, your insti-
tution has been founded. A glorious work, and
worthy ofa Christian ! A work characterizzed by
the most glowing benevolence, and not less re-
plete, cven in worldly sense, with the v.-i-sost and
sounds.-st policy, for you may depend upon it, that
sooner or'latcr, national good cannot fail to flow,
from a moral regeneration. The sobriety, the
temperance, the good faith, the industry natural-
ly consequent upon early culture, will, in time.
‘ like a rich stream, run back and hide their fortn-
tain.’ The principles of freedom, by being better
understood, will become, of course, more fondly
cherished ; the impolicy, as well as the impiety
of crime, by being more clearly proved, will be,
of Ct_‘.t;1'Se, more sedulously avoided. An educa-
ted slave——an educated criminal, are moral contra-
dictions. In the very (lawn of knowledge, the
. phantoms that affright, and the vices that dcspoil
us, gradually disappear; and it is only when its
light was vanished, that you find ignorance and su-
perstition crawling from their cavern, and amid
spectral shapes and horned apparitions, taking
their incubus station upon the bosom of society.
If truths like these needed an example, all histo-
ry is eloquent on the subject. _ No barbarous
Country ever rose to greatness and continued bar-
barous. No peasantry ever became educated with-
out hocoming cornparativcly virtuous--the spirit
of inquiry consequent upon literature, and the
spirit of genuine freedom, have been in general
co-existent, and flourished and decayed together.
Turn your eyes from Athens in the ancient time
-—the temple of liberty and letters---the seat of
the at-ts—the mount ofthe muses—-tlrc immortal
shrine of all that could constitute the heathen’s
immortality, where even battle soothed his rug-
ged front, and the warrior’s sword was garlanded‘
with roses! Behold her now! her sages silent,
and her temples fallen--an Ottoman slave en-
throned amid her ruins, and a degenerate people
crouching to the Turk, even, oh shame ! ‘even in
sight of Marathon ! Yet there, where Mahomet
,,,,’,,- revels in contented ignorance, Socrates was
heard, and Solon legislated, and echo listened to
the thunder ui’ Demosthenes. Look in our own
day to a part of our own empire, the once neglect-
ed Sc-_-tlan(l—-the country from whose lake and
moor and mountain the imperial conqueror strode
without a thought. What is she at this day ? A
lurid of less crime. because of more intelligence,
than any in the world; wherever her name. is
mentioned, literature hailsit ; wherever hcr peo-
ple tread, temperance and industry attest their
presence ; a prime’-al piety consecrates her
church ; peace and plenty meet upon her plains,
aud the laurel, which horgcnius and her heroism
has won, is intertwined with the palm-lcafof an
immaculate morality. Let Scotland then, even if
she stood alone, prove the advantages ofan educa-
ted peasantry ; and sl)(A.‘alcl the sccptic awake not
at her voice, may the spirit of Burns pass across
his slumber, and burst upon him in the blaze of
its refutauorr.
But I feel Iam injuring the cause of this insti_-
tution when I view it either in the light of tem-
poral policy, or of temporal fame. Ye:-, though
I am convinced that the most permanent founda-
tion of a people’:-; prosperity are only to be laid in
the popular civilization--though I am convinced
that crime decreases and industry advances in ex-
act proportion to the progress of knowledge,still I
acknowledge in your ambition a much noblerob-
ject, in comparison of which the fame and wealth
and dignitics ofthis world are but as the rainbow’s
gem that sparkles and disappears. Oh! you are
right when lighting up the torch of knowledge,
to i.".vt.-'.r-.-. rm flame but that of heaven to illumine
it. The lights of earth are transient and uncer-
tain—‘-'va'pours that only dazzle to. mislead, and
shine the brightest on the eve of their extinction ;
but the beam of heaven is steady and eternal-—it
enters the soul—-itexpands and rarifies, and lifts
it to a region where human vanity has no voice
and human splendors are but darkness. ' you are
right in making the bible the primer of the in-
fant—-place it in his hand by day——place it on his
pillow by night. Full of glorious thought and
glowing images, it will inspire the fancy-full of
noble sentiment and virtuous precept, it will form
the principles-—‘-full of holy zeal and heavenly in-
spiration, it will guide. exalt, and purify the faith ;
and it is a'wise_ philosophy which associates it with
that season whose impressions fade not even in
nature_’s winter.. VVhen the daring infidel-inter-
poses its mysteries, in order to rob those children
of its morals, ask him, VVhat is this world but a
mystery? VVho'can tell how nature performs her
simplest operations? Ask him to tell you how the
flower acquires its-perftrtnc, the eagle its vision,
or the comet its resplendcnce ? Ask him to tell
you how those glorious planets roll around us in
their lucid circle, or how that mirac'ulons order is
manifested which holds throughout creation, even
from the minutest wormthat grovcls in the dust,
up to the pinion that plays amid the lightning!
These are mysteries, and yet we see them ; and
surely we may trust the word of him who, in his
. owngood timc,will teach us their solution. Mean-
while, amid the bigot’s cunt, and the polctnic’s
railing, suffer‘ those little children to come unto
the Lord. They will bless you with their lips, in
their lives, and in their deaths—-the God to whom
you have turned them will bless you-the coun-
try to which you have restored them will bless
you ; and should your own little ones ever mourn
a parent, the Great Spirit will recollect the deed,
and surely save them from their orphanage. In
the discharge then ofthis sacred duty which you
have thus voluntarily undertaken, listen not to the
imputation of any unworthy motive ; remember
that calumny is the shadow ofmerit, and that tho’
it ever follows, it never overtakes it. “fore the
solitary charge which hostility has flung on, even
true, it is, in my mind, under your circumst-.,nces,
not a crime but a virtue. You use no weapon but
the bloodless gospel—-you assume no armor but
the nakedness of truth ; and in a good cause, and
with an earnest conviction, I would rather court
than avoid this accusation of prosclytism. The
foreign and pious potentatc who made the charge
should be the very last to utter it ; for debased,
as I admit and deplore, that the Irish peasant
practically is, still he and his predecessors. as far
as in them lay, have left him illiterate, imbruled,
andtlcb-.t.~.cd—-fallen in his mental debasement e-
ven below the level of his political degradation..-
But the accusation is not true. You have not
borrorvcd even a rag from the establishment--the
word ascendancy is not heard within your walls.
You have studiously excluded every book of con-
trovcrsy. You have rejected no one on account
of his creed, and you have invited the scrutiny of
every pastor of every persuasion--you have intro-
duced the Bible unspotted by a single pen of this
world. You have allowed the saints, the sages,
and the martyrs ofChristianity,to rtnrol with their
own hands the records of their wisdom, their sanc-
tity, and their fortitude. You have expunged
the comment whether of council, or 5ynod,or con-
clave, or convocation,and left the sacred historians
to tell, in the phrase of an inspired simplicity, the
miracles, the sufferings, and the triumphs of the
gospel, from the conception to the Cross ! Sir,
ifthis produce ptosslytes. such conVet‘sit')‘n can
have its origin only in the truth. In one sense,
indeed, you do profess to proselytizu, but it is
from vice to virtue, from idleness to industry,
from ignorance to knowledge, from sin to s:rlv‘a-
tiou. Go on then, and may prosperity attend you,
and when your enemies are clumorous, be your
only answer this: ‘ B‘ehold—-—frfty—eight thou:-and
strbjects restored to the slate-—-behold fifty-eight
thousand souls introduced to their Redeemer! 3’
Proceed and prosper. Let the sacred stream of
your benevolence flow on, and though momentary
impediments may oppose its progress,depcnd up-
on it, it will soon surmount them-—-the mountain
rill, and the rivers of the valley will in time and
in their turn becomcitributary—-the roses of Sha-
ron will bloom upon IE3 hanks-—|.lie maids of Sion
will not weep by its w.'rter‘s——tlre soil it has‘ fertili-
zed will be l‘Llir.'Ctt:Li on its surface, and as it glides
along in the glory of the sunbeam, the sins of the
people will become regenerate in its baptism.
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SPIRIT OF ’76.
I_.t.-zc-rsL_-trons; or Nova Sco'rut, Jan. 12.
Mr. Fraser moved that the House do come to
the following Resolutions, viz :
‘ ‘Whereas, the Parliament of Great Britain, in
and by an act, made andpassed in the 18th year
of his late Majesty’s reign, entitled, An Act for the
removing of all doubts and apprehensions con-
cerning taxation by the Parliament of Great Brit-
ain, in any of the Colonies, Provinces, and Plan-
tations in North America, have declared that they
will not impose any duty, tax, or assessment what-
ever‘, payable in any of his Majesty’s Colonies,
Provinces, or‘ Plantations, in North America or
the \Vcst Indies, except only such duties as may
be expedient to impose for the regulation ofcom-
merce, the not produce of which duties are to
be paid and applied as therein directed,
.Rcsolvea', That no duty tax or assessment, save
and except such duties as are in the above recited
Act excepted, can, since the passing of the said
statute, be imposed upon the inhabitants of this
Province, other than by the assent of their Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly.
2. Resolved, That a committee be appointed to
bring in a bill declaratory of the fees payable by
vessels engaged in the coasting trade of this prov-
tncc. .
3. Resolved, That a committee be appointed to
prepare an address to his Excellency the‘ Lieut.
Governor, stating to him the evils endured, as
well as the grievous and burfhcnsome fees. exact-
ed from the Coasting Trade of the Province : the
reasons which have induced the House ofAssem--
bly to come to the foregoing Resolutions, and
praying his Excellency will give every facility to
the endeavors of the House in affording relief to
the Coasting Trade of the Przovirrce. __
Mr. Chipman spoke against the resolutions.--
‘ The course about to be pursued (said he) brought
to his memory the un/Iajlfly contest in the revolted
Colorzies, rw/ziclz terminated their M/zaration from
the fzarmz state. He did not ‘attribute like inten-
‘I tions to the hon. ‘mover ’; but the scntinrent avow-
ed on bringing forward the resolutions were some-
what similar to those of that day. .Every thing
sought for might be obtained by a firm, temper-
ate, and respectful petition to his Majest ' ; but
if we undertake to deny the authority of the Com-
rnissioners of the Customs‘, acting under instruct-
ions of the Lords of the Treasury. guided by acts
of parliament, he would undertake to predict the
worst of consequences :--Let gentlemen pause
and reflect. He was for obtaining the most ef-
fectual relief and redress; but must protest a-
gainst adopting; the present resolutions, as violent
and unnecessary, and only tending to excite the
hostility and (lispleasure of gzuvernment.’
two to one.
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I..-‘\'l'F.S'l‘ l*‘llOM EUROPE.
By the ship Magnet, London papers are receiv-
ed at New-York to_thc 10th December.
Lonnon, Dec. 6.
VVe understand, on very good authority, that the
differences hctwcon_ the l<'rcnch and American
governments, on the subject of commerce, have
been adjusted, and that the Minister ofthe United
States at Paris, and the French government, have
mutually agreed that the high duties onshipping,
irst imposed by Frarrcc, and afterwards by the
United States, as at measure of retaliation, shall
be rescinded, and the trade restored to its former
footing.-— '1'imc.s'.
Dec. l0.—The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and
Common Council of London, with the Sheriffs,
Recorder and city ollicers, proceeded at 2 o’clock
yesterday from Guildhall to Carlton I-Iouse,wherc
being introduced to the presence of his Majesty,
who was seated on his throne, the Recorder read
the Address and Petition ofthe Common Council,
condemning the proceedings against the Queen.
and praying for the dismissal of Ministers. The
following is aeopy of his l‘vlajest_v’s replv :—
‘ It has been with th--. filubt painful feelings that
I have heard the sentiments contained in the Ad-
dress and Petition now presented to me by the
Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of
the city of London. \Vhau-ver may be the mo-
tives of those by whom it is brought forward. its
evident tendency is to inflame the passions, and
mislead the judgment of the unwarv, and thus to
aggravate all the diiliculties with which we have
to contend.’
The Common Council of London have agreed
to present the Freedom in a Box of lreart of oak,
of 100 guineas value, to Mt‘. Brougham, Mr. Den-
man and Dr. Lushington, her i\’Iajesty’s Counsel.
A Sussex paper says——‘ Such is the depressed
state of the agricultural interest, that many gra-
ziers in this country arc now selling stock, in a
fiztzed state, for less money than they gave for the
same, wlrenlca7z,l‘2. months ago! Several farmers
are turned mealmen, and are selling Hour to their
neighbors at lllzee half pence a gallon less than
the‘ bakers. In some instances, Rectors have
lowered their tithes, and landlords allowed time
for the payment of their rents.’
Accounts from Naples are to the 22d ult.whiclr
assure us’of the general tranquility of both the Si-
cilies.
Three Commissioners arrived at Rio .laneit‘0
the last of Sept. from Cadiz, with proposals to the
government of the River Plate, for a reconcilia-
tion. A letter from that place says—‘ If they are
to act on the principle of the acknowledgement
of the Spanish sovereignty, they might as well
have remained at home, as their mission will, in
that case. be perfectly fruitless.’
Franz Tro/2/zau.—‘—Private letters from Troppau
of ‘the 24th November, confirm the assurance
previously given of a pacific termination to the
deliberations at Troppau. This result, however,
it is hinted, owes nothing to the good disposition
ofthe Emperor of Austria‘, who has been strenu-
ous in urging united oppositior. to the newly man-
ifested principles of liberty, but who, compelled
to yield to the determination of the other sove-
reigns to preserve the peace of Europe, has been,
in fact, out-voted in the Congress. _
.'(’ro/1/2.-:=¢, .N'o1:,20-'—-Tltis morning the sove-
reigns had a‘ long confc-.rence. It is asserted that
yesterday Lord Stewart presented in the name of
his go\'er[)m€nl, a note of the highest importance,
t'elutive, it is thought, to the affairs of Naples.
The King of Prussia ‘set out to-day for Berlin.
The Emperor of Russia, v. ho has recently re-
ceived sevetal c(>nrieI's from St. Petersburgh, is
preparing to depart for his capital. It is aflirmcd
that his lntpcriul Majesty has received advice that
a treaty of trade and navigation on the Black Sea
has been concluded between England and the
Porte.
Paris, Dec. 6.—It is ttzr-'.l<~:rstood,that all the bu-
siness of importance has been concluded at Trop-
pau, and that the Emperors and Ministers only
await the ans,‘-.';c:* of the Bieapolitan Cabinet to the
conditions transmitted from Troppau, to dissolve
the Congress altogether. In the mean time the
Austrian army continues in its original quarters.
Letters from Italy speak an approaching meet-
ing of l’lenipotemi;=.r'i-:3 from the Courts of Sar-
dinia, lome, Tuscany, An .-‘inst:-ian Pleni-
potentiary is to assist at the con!-rences.
Maoruu, Nov. 22.
Their Majesties entered the capital this after-
noon, on their return from the Escurial. The
concourse of people was immense, and the air re-
sounded with cries of ‘ the constitution forever !’
."V'o-u. 23.—-The Council of State has ordered
the occupation of the tcmporalities of the Arch-
bishop of Valencia, and his offence to be referrecl
to the proper tribunals.
All the prefects have explained to the inhabit-
ants of their several districts the events which dis-
turbcd for a moment the public tranquility at
Madrid, and guarantee them in future against a
recurrence of similar agitations. The rebel Mo-
rales has been arrested in the Commune of Al-
fargates in Portugal.
From Lisbon, accounts are to the 28th Nov.
The new government were going on well; the
Cortes of Portugal were to assemble on the 6th
of Jan. The liberty of the press was guaranteed.
There was a slight alarm at Lisbon on the llth
November, occasioned by an attempt to upset the
new ordes of things; the result‘, however, only
tended to strengthen the government, and in-
crease the attachment of the people. The vice-
president, and two other persons of rank, enga-
ged in the conspiracy, had been taken and sent
away-.
The resolutions were can ricd by majorities of_
. ,_ coivornzss.’
HOUSE OF RnPnEsE2,"1‘A'r1vEs—Fcb. 2.
MISSOURI.
The House, on motion of Mr. Nelson, of V..
again resolved itself into a committee ofthe whole
Mr. Smith of Md. in the chair, on the resolution
from the Senate, declaring’ the admission of the
State of Missouri into the Union, and the amend
ment proposed thereto by Mr. M’Lane. -
The whole day to a late hour, was spent on
this subject. The result was, that Mr. l\l’Laue’s
proposition was rejected, by a majority. ol'9 votes,
and that two or three other propositions were
negatived. ’
In the end, a motion was made by Mr. Clay, in
order to make a last effort at accommodation on
this question which absorbed all other questions,
to refer the Senate's resolution to a select corn-
mitee.
'l‘he motion was agreed to, ayes I03 ; and the
following gentlemen were appointed :-—Messrs.
Clay, of Ky. Eustis, of Mass. Smith, of Md. Ser-
geant, of Penn. Lowndes, of S. C. Ford, of N. Y.
Campbell, of Ohio, Archer ofVa. Hackley, of N.
Y. Moore, of Penn. Cobb, of Geo. Tornlinson,o
Conn. andllutler, N. H. =
The following gentlemen compose the com-
mittee appointed to inquire into the expediency
of abolishing itnprisonmcnt for debt on .process is-
sued from the courts of the U. S.——Mcssrs. ‘N;-1-
son, Hemphill, Storrs, Ross, and Edwards.
Feb. 3.-——Saut/z A722:-2-icon Statcs.—-Mr.Cl-av rose
to make a motion. It would be recollected, he
said, by the House, that, by a majority very dag-
sive, a resolution was adopttd at the last session,
declaring it expedient to make an appropriation,
by law, for a mission to such of the gov-ex-nmcms
of South America as had established their inde-
pendence. It remained for the House to carry
that resolution into effect; and he thought it was
a solemn dtrty ofthis House to give complete ef.
feet to its own decision. [lo rose, therefore, to
move that the resolution adopted at the last ses.
sion be referred to the same committee of the
whole House, to which was referred the bill ma-
king approprizttions {for the support of Govern.
ment, that it might come up for consideration in
a regular rnanncr, and uclause be inserted in that
bill to accomplish the object of the resolution.-—.
Mr. Clay made this motion to prevent the impu.
ration of taking the House by sm-p;~is,_-, Cuncejv.
iog it proper to act in the spirit ofthatresolution,
he now proposed the preliminary step.
The motion was agreed to without a division,
though not without dissenting voices.
The House then resolved itselfinto a commit.
tee of the whole, and proceeded to the considc-t".t-
tiou ofthe several appropriation l)lllS' referred to
it.
The first bill taken up was the bill making ap.
propriations for the public buildings,(accoi'ding
to the rccomrnendations contained in the report
of a select committee on that subject.) A good
deal ofdiscussion took place on some of the iiems
of the bill, particularly that which proposal 7000
dollars for covering the President’s house with
coppc-:.r._ This, however, as well as the other ap-
Pl'°P”'-\U0‘-1S proposed by the select committee,
was eventually agreed to; and
The committee proceeded to the consideration
of the bill making appropriations for the support
of government for the year 1321,
On opening the first item of this bill, the Mis-
souri question was discovered lurking in it! 2 1
Mr. Smith, of Md. having moved to fill the first
blank in the bill with $314,875. to defray the ex-
pense of compensation to the Senate and Htitzgg
of Ruprestznt‘.-rtivcs, thuirr.fl‘:cers and aria-m},,,,;_-,,
Mr. Cobb, moved to fill the blank with a smaller
Sum, as the llelegattc from Missouri was not on
the floor of the House. and no apprI)pria[i0n Wm,“
be necessary for tilt: Delegate or Senators {mm
Missouri unless she should he admitt<:d into the
Unton. A considerable debate ens-ner_l, touclxins:
‘he l"'35Ult relation of l\v‘lissouri to the L‘nion.~’:-
Mt‘. i\'l’l.ean, ol’Oizio, said that the Miss-;om'i ques-
tion met them at every step, and as a few cl-ms;
delay of the appropriation bill could not injure the.
public interest, he thought it better to nostpom:
this and the other important bi’ls, until ihe Mis-
souri question is finally Llczcidcd. He tltc-st-f'ore
moved that the committee rise. Mr. Tyler sup.
ported the motion~--but it was clccldcd in the non-
BUVC only 13 being in favor. Several centletndn
thought that this was not :1 subject tliaf ought to
occupy the tttl(‘.r'HiOn of the House--th:rt war,
not worth the inquiry whether the bill was framed
with a view to include pay to the Iv’.’issom-i 1-em-0.
sentation or not—-that if did not include their pay,
from the circumstance of the death and absence
of members tl‘tt'l‘C was always a surplus in this
appropriation-—and if Missouri should be admit-
ted during this session the appropriation would
be found sufficient to cover the pay to her ‘lepre-
sentarion in Congress.
l\’lr. Livermore, by way of obviating all difiicul-
ty, mow-;d an amendment, containing a scp'.r:'arc
appropriation ofthe necessary sum for the :§.cn,,-
tors and Member from Missouri. This moti._m
was agreed to——5O to 44.
The committee then proceeded with the bill,
on many ofthe items of which there was a good
deal of t.'ebate_, particularly in regard to the 5;._]«,,.
ties ofdiiferettt oflicers in the Executive Depart-
ment at the seat ofgovernmem.
Dec. 5.—Most of the day was spent on the ap.
propriation bill. A sum for an oufit 1'0,--,,,,,j,,i,,.
ter to l*'rance. in the room t. f )1 r. (}'.-til:,ttlt),Y.tl‘.ois
about to return’, was asked. Also, to»: sum of
SIOOO for the purpose of erecting a n.or:un.ent
over the grave of \ lti-'.'. Ptwsiclcrrt Gerry, who di-
ed and was buried in Vfuslritigltlll city, {luring his
term of service.‘ A n.-t.-tion to insert a clans; for
opening a road from Columbus to the oldroad
lcacling from Natchez to Nashville, was agreed to,
Feb. 6.-_—M r. Clay moved an amendment to the
appropriation h.ll, as follows-—'~ For an outfit and
one year s salary to such Minister as the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of-the
senate, may send to any government of South A.
merica, which has established and is mc.inlainin:_-_-
its independency on Spain, a sum not exceetlirrfr
18,000 dollars.’ - 3
This motion was supported by Messrs. Clay.
Floyd, Stevens, ofConn. Trimhle and Clllpepprtfi
and opposed by Messrs. Lowndes, Robertson at-rrl
Rhea. The amendment was negativcd, 77 to 73_
Mr..Culbreth, from a select conrnrittee, rcpo;-;-
ed a blll for a general reduction ofthe salaries of
the Ofliccrs of govcrnnuznt, which n as twice read
and committed.
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