Annals of the Congress of the United States

ing here as Representatives of the United States, we are not at liberty to attend to anything not confined to the trifling district of country we may each of us represent, miserable is the ground on which we stand, and humble indeed our condition! But let me say, even on this ground, the ship owners and the merchants on the Atlantic are deeply interested. Our Western citizens are certainly more deeply interested in the freedom of the Mississippi; but it goes to the great interests of navigation generally. They feel it most; but we feel it much.

This is all I deem it necessary, said Mr. D., to observe on the remarks of the gentleman from Virginia on his historical detail. Sir, this ought not to be made a party question. With respect to the motion before the House, my colleague has drawn it in terms the most respectful. Gentlemen propose to refer it to a Committee of the Whole. To this we object, because we want the information promptly. But the votes of gentlemen prevail, and it is referred. Our next step is to refer it immediately, to avoid delay. To obtain information, full and prompt, is the end of our endeavors. Why are we told of the inconsistency of our means? The course we pursue is plain and direct; that which carries us steadily to our obtaining information; and if the House will not give it to us in the way we wish, we are for taking it in the best way we can. Let it be remarked, that, if no obstacles had taken place at New Orleans, the subject of the cession of Louisiana is referred to in the Message of the President. Is not the information, we ask, important, in the general view, of who are to be our neighbors; where, from the dispersed population of our citizens, the Union is most vulnerable? And in this light it would have been proper to get the information, even if the measures at New Orleans had not occurred. It makes no difference whether those measures are the measures of Spain or of France. The two points were not necessarily connected, though I admit that the proceedings at New Orleans have a bearing on the general subject. With regard to the measures at New Orleans. we have information, and have obtained it. That information has been referred to a Committee of the Whole. We now ask information respecting the cession; and having got it let us refer that also, and deliberate on the measures proper to be taken. Cannot the logical talents of the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. BACON) distinguish between information and measures? Will he say that premises and conclusions are the same thing? This information is that on which we are to deliberate. I had supposed facts necessary to legislate on. I had thought there was, to be sure, a connexion between one step and another which follows. But will the gentleman say, that whenever we ask information, we conclude upon measures?

The yeas and nays were then taken on the call of Mr. GRISWOLD, on going into a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, which was lost-yeas 38, nays 48, as follows:

YEAS-Phanuel Bishop, Thomas Boude, John Camp

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bell, Manasseh Cutler, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, Thomas T. Davis, William Dickson, William Eustis, Calvin Goddard, Roger Griswold, William Barry Grove, Seth Hastings, William Helms, Joseph Hemphill, Archibald Henderson, Benjamin Huger, Samuel Hunt, Thomas Lowndes, Ebenezer Mattoon, Samuel Mitchill, Lewis R. Morris, Thomas Morris, Elias Perkins, Thomas Plater, Nathan Read, John Rutledge, uel Tenney, Samuel Thatcher, Thomas Tillinghast, John Cotton Smith, John Stanley, John Stratton, SamGeorge B. Upham, Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Peleg Wadsworth, Lemuel Williams, and Henry Woods.

NAYS-Willis Alston, John Archer, John Bacon, Theodorus Bailey, Richard Brent, Robert Brown, William Butler, Thomas Claiborne, Matthew Clay, John Clopton, John Condit, Richard Cutts, John Dawson, Lucas Elmendorf, Ebenezer Elmer, Edwin Gray, Andrew Gregg, John A. Hanna, Joseph Heister, William Hoge, James Holland, David Holmes, George Jackson, Michael Leib, David Meriwether, Thomas Moore, Anthony New, Thomas Newton, jun., Joseph H. Nicholson, John Randolph, jun., John Smilie, John Smith, of New York, John Smith, of Virginia, Josiah Smith, Samuel Smith, Henry Southard, Richard Stanford, Joseph Stanton, jun., John Stewart, John Taliaferro, Trigg, John Trigg, John P. Van Ness, Joseph B. Varjun., David Thomas, Philip R. Thompson, Abram num, Isaac Van Horne, and Thomas Wynns.

Mr. GRISWOLD said, that notwithstanding the unfortunate situation they were placed in by the refusal of the House, he still deemed it his duty to move other resolutions, which he would read, and move to be referred to a Committee of the Whole.

Mr. G. then moved the following resolutions: Resolved, That the people of the United States are entitled to the free navigation of the river Mississippi. Resolved, That the navigation of the river Mississippi has been obstructed by the regulations recently carried into effect at New Orleans.

Resolved, That the right of freely navigating the river Mississippi ought never to be abandoned by the

United States.

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire whether any, and, if any, what, Legislative measures are necessary to secure to the people of the United States the free navigation of the river Mississippi.

Mr. DAWSON asked if these resolutions were not necessarily connected with a subject which the House had determined should be discussed in private? If, by this arrangement, other gentlemen had been precluded from offering resolutions, he would ask if it were right in the gentleman from Connecticut to violate a general injunction laid upon all the members?

Mr. GRISWOLD.-There is a Message from the President, of the 22d of December, on this subject that is publicly entered on the Journals. It is on this Message that these resolutions are predicated. I trust I understand the rules of the House well enough to know that I am not to bring forward what it has been enjoined shall be secret.

The question was then taken without further debate, on taking up the above resolutions for consideration, and lost-yeas 32. nays 50.

Mr. RANDOLPH then called for the considera

Ordered, That Mr. VARNUM, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. BUTLER, Mr. LEWIS R. MORRIS, and Mr. CLAY, be appointed a committee pursuant to the said resolution.

NAVIGATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

On a motion made and seconded, the House was cleared of all persons present, except the members and the Clerk: Whereupon,

The House again resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the Messages from the President of the United States, of the twentysecond and thirtieth ultimo, and the documents transmitted therewith; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. SPEAKER resumed the Chair, and Mr. VARNUM reported that the Committee had again had the said Messages and documents under consideration, and come to a resolution thereupon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was read as follows:

"Resolved, That this House receive with great sensibility the information of a disposition in certain officers of the Spanish Government, at New Orleans, to obstruct the navigation of the river Mississippi, as secured to the United States by the most solemn stipula

tions.

"That, adhering to that humane and wise policy which ought ever to characterize a free people, and by which the United States have always professed to be governed; willing, at the same time, to ascribe this breach of compact to the unauthorized misconduct of certain individuals, rather than to a want of good faith on the part of His Catholic Majesty; and relying, with perfect confidence, on the vigilance and wisdom of the Executive, they will wait the issue of such measures as that department of the Government shall have pursued for asserting the rights and vindicating the injuries of the United States; holding it to be their duty, at the same time, to express their unalterable determination to maintain the boundaries and the rights of navigation and commerce through the river Mississippi, as established by existing treaties."

The House proceeded to consider the said resolution at the Clerk's table: Whereupon, so much as is contained in the first clause thereof, being again read, in the words following, to wit:

JANUARY, 1803.

cured to the United States by the most solemn stipulations."

The question was taken that the House do concur with the Committee of the Whole House in their agreement to the same; and resolved in the affirmative.

The last clause of the said resolution being again read, in the words following, to wit:

That, adhering to that humane and wise policy which ought ever to characterize a free people, and by which the United States have always professed to be governed; willing, at the same time, to ascribe this certain individuals, rather than to a want of good faith breach of compact to the unauthorized misconduct of on the part of His Catholic Majesty; and relying, with perfect confidence, on the vigilance and wisdom of the Executive, they will wait the issue of such measures as that department of the Government shall have pursued for asserting the rights and vindicating the injuries of the United States; holding it to be their duty, at the same time, to express their unalterable determination to maintain the boundaries and the rights of navigation and commerce through the river Mississippi, as established by existing treaties."

A motion was made, and the question being put to amend the said last clause of the resolution, by striking out therefrom the words following, to

wit:

"And relying, with perfect confidence, on the vigi. lance and wisdom of the Executive, they will wait the issue of such measures as that department of the Government shall have pursued for asserting the rights, and vindicating the injuries of the United States." It passed in the negative-yeas 30, nays 53, as tollows:

YEAS-Thos. Boude, Manasseh Cutler, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, John Dennis, Calvin Goddard, Roger Griswold, William Barry Grove, Seth Hastings, Joseph Hemphill, Archibald Henderson, William H. Hill, Benjamin Huger, Samuel Hunt, Thomas Lowndes, Ebenezer Mattoon, Lewis R Morris, Elias Perkins, Thomas Plater, Nathan Read, John Rutledge, John Cotton Smith, John Stanley, John Stratton, Samuel Tenney, Samuel Thatcher, George B. Upham, Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Lemuel Williams, and Henry Woods.

NAYS-Willis Alston, John Archer, John Bacon, Theodorus Bailey, Richard Brent, Robert Brown, William Butler, Thomas Claiborne, Matthew Clay, John Clopton, John Condit, Richard Cutts, Thomas T. Davis, John Dawson, William Dickson, Lucas Elmendorf, Ebenezer Elmer, William Eustis, Edwin Gray, Andrew Gregg, John A. Hanna, Joseph Heister, William Helms, William Hoge, James Holland, David Holmes, George Jackson, Michael Leib, David Meriwether, Samuel L. Mitchill, Thomas Moore, James Mott, Anthony New, Thomas Newton, jr., Joseph H. Nicholson, John Randolph, jr., John Smilie, John Smith, of New York, Josiah Smith, Samuel Smith, Henry Southard, Richard Stanford, Joseph Stanton, jr., John Stewart, John TalTrigg, John Trigg, Philip Van Cortlandt, Joseph B. iaferro, jr., David Thomas, Philip R. Thompson, Abram Varnum, Isaac Van Horne, and Thomas Wynns.

Another motion was then made, and the question being put, to amend the said last clause of the resolution, by striking out therefrom the word

"vindicating." next before the words "the injuries of the United States," and inserting the word "redressing," in lieu thereof, it passed in the negative.

The question was then taken that the House do concur with the Committee of the whole House in their agreement to the said last clause of the resolution, and resolved in the affirmative.

A motion was then made and seconded that the House reconsider their decision on the said last clause of the resolution; and the question being put thereupon, it was resolved in the affirmative. A division of the question was then called for: whereupon, the first member of the said last clause of the resolution being again read, in the words following, to wit:

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A motion was made, and the question being put, to amend the same by striking therefrom the words existing treaties," and inserting the word "treaty" in lieu thereof, it passed in the negative.

On the question, that the House do agree to the said third member of the last clause of the resolution, it was unanimously resolved in the affirmative, by yeas and nays, every member present voting in the affirmative, to wit:

YEAS-Willis Alston, John Archer, John Bacon, Theodorus Bailey, Thomas Boude, Richard Brent, Robert Brown, William Butler, Thomas Claiborne, Matthew Clay, John Clopton, John Condit, Richard Cutts, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, John Dawson, John Dennis, William Dickson, Lucas Elmendorf, Ebenezer Elmer, William Eustis, Calvin Goddard, Edwin Gray, Andrew Gregg, Roger Griswold, William Barry Grove, John A. Hanna, Seth Hastings, Joseph Heister, William Helms, Joseph Hemphill, Archibald Henderson, William H. Hill, William Hoge, James Holland, David Holmes, Benjamin Huger, Samuel Hunt, George Jackson, Michael Leib, Thomas Lowndes, Ebenezer Mattoon, David Meriwether, Samuel L. Mitchill, Thomas Moore, Lewis R. Morris, Anthony New, Thomas NewPlater, John Randolph, jr., Nathan Read, John Rutton, jr., Joseph H. Nicholson, Elias Perkins, Thomas ledge, John Cotton Smith, John Smith, of New York, Josiah Smith, Samuel Smith, Henry Southard, Richard Stanford, John Stanley, Joseph Stanton, jr., John Stratton, John Taliaferro, jr., Samuel Tenney, Samuel On the question that the House do agree to the Thatcher, David Thomas, Philip R. Thompson, Abram said first member of the last clause of the reso-Trigg, John Trigg, Philip Van Cortlandt, Joseph B. lution, it was unanimously resolved in the affirmative, by yeas and nays, every member present voting in the affirmative, to wit:

The said division of the question was objected to, as not being in order, and the SPEAKER having decided that the same was in order, an appeal was made to the House from the decision of the Chair; and on the question, "Is the decision of the Chair in order?" it was resolved in the affirmative.

Varnum, Isaac Van Horne, Killian K. Van Rensselaer,
Lemuel Williams, and Thomas Wynns.

And then the main question being taken, that the House do agree to the said resolution, as rèported from the Committee of the whole House, it was resolved in the affirmative-yeas 50, nays 25, as follows:

YEAS-Willis Alston, John Archer, John Bacon, Theodorus Bailey, Richard Brent, Robert Brown, William Butler, Thomas Claiborne, Matthew Clay, John Clopton, John Condit, Richard Cutts, John Dawson, William Dickson, Lucas Elmendorf, Ebenezer Elmer, William Eustis, Edwin Gray, Andrew Gregg, John A. Hanna, Joseph Heister, William Helms, William Hoge, James Holland, David Holmes, George Jackson, Michael Leib, David Meriwether, Samuel L. Mitchill, Thomas Moore, Anthony New, Thomas Newton, jr., Joseph H. Nicholson, John Randolph, jr., John Smilie, John Smith, of New York, Josiah Smith, Samuel Smith, Henry Southard, Richard Stanford, Joseph Stanton, jr., John Taliaferro, jr., David Thomas, Philip R. Thompson, Abram Trigg, John Trigg, Philip Van Cortlandt, Joseph B. Varnum, Isaac Van Horne, and Thomas Wynns.

YEAS-Willis Alston, John Archer, John Bacon, Theodorus Bailey, Thomas Boude, Richard Brent, Robert Brown, William Butler, Thomas Claiborne, Matthew Clay, John Clopton, John Condit, Richard Cutts, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, John Dawson, John Dennis, William Dickson, Lucas Elmendorf, Ebenezer Elmer, William Eustis, Calvin Goddard, Edwin Gray, Andrew Gregg, Roger Griswold, William Barry Grove, John A. Hanna, Seth Hastings, Joseph Heister, William Helms, Joseph Hemphill, Archibald Henderson, William H. Hill, William Hoge, James Holland, David Holmes, Benjamin Huger, Samuel Hunt, George Jackson, Michael Leib, Thomas Lowndes, Ebenezer Mattoon, David Meriwether, Samuel L. Mitchill, Thomas Moore, Lewis R. Morris, Anthony New, Thomas Newton, jr., Joseph H. Nicholson, Elias Perkins, Thomas Plater, John Randolph, jr., Nathan Read, John Rutledge, John Smilie, John Cotton Smith, John Smith, of New York, Josiah Smith, Samuel Smith, Henry Southard, Richard Stanford, John Stanley, Joseph Stanton, jr., John Stratton, John Taliaferro, jr., Samuel Tenney, Samuel Thatcher, David Thomas, Philip R. Thompson, Abram Trigg, Philip Van Cortlandt, Joseph NAYS-Thomas Boude, Samuel W. Dana, John DaB. Varnum, Isaac Van Horne, Killian K. Van Rens-venport, John Dennis, Calvin Goddard, Roger Griswold, selaer, and Thomas Wynns. Seth Hastings, Joseph Hemphill, Archibald Henderson, Benjamin Huger, Samuel Hunt, Thos. Lowndes, Ebenezer Mattoon, Lewis R. Morris, Elias Perkins, Thomas Plater, Nathan Read, John Rutledge, John

The third member of the said last clause of the resolution being again read, in the words following,

to wit:

"Holding it to be their duty, at the same time, to express their unalterable determination to maintain the boundaries, and the rights of navigation and commerce through the river Mississippi, as established by existing reaties:"

Cotton Smith, John Stanley John Stratton, Samuel
Tenney, Samuel Thatcher, Killian K. Van Rensselaer,

and Lemuel Williams.

Resolved, That the injunction of secrecy upon the members of this House, so far as relates to the

resolution last recited, and the proceedings of the House on the Messages from the President of the United States, of the twenty-second and thirtieth ultimo, be taken off.

The SPEAKER laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, enclosing information relative to the timber deposited in the navy yards of the United States. for the purposes of building ships of war, in pursuance of a resolution of this House, of the third instant; which was read, and

ordered to lie on the table.

MONDAY, January 10.

Another member, to wit: JAMES A. BAYARD: from Delaware, appeared, and took his seat in the House.

A new member, to wit: PETER EARLY, returned to serve in this House, as a member from the State of Georgia. in the room of John Milledge, who hath resigned, appeared, was qualified, and took his seat in the House.

Mr. MITCHILL, from the committee appointed on the seventeenth ultimo, to whom was referred so much of the Message of the President of the United States as relates to navy yards, and the building of docks, made a report thereon; which was read and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the whole House on Monday next.

A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act to carry into effect several resolutions of Congress, for erecting monuments to the memories of the late Generals Wooster, Harkemer, Davidson, and Scriven," to which they desire the concurrence of this House.

JANUARY, 1803.

Resolved, That a monument be erected to the memory of General Nathaniel Woodhull, who commanded the militia on Long Island, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, and was then taken prisoner, and most cruelly put to death by the enemy; dollars be appropriated for that purpose. and that Resolved, That a monument be erected to commem

orate the virtuous and patriotic conduct of John Paulding, David Williams, and Isaac Van Wert, who, on the twenty-third day of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty, intercepted Major John Andre, Adjutant General of the British Army, returning from the American lines in the character of a spy; and that the sum of dollars be appropriated for that purpose.

Ordered, That the said motions, severally, be referred to the committee to whom was this day committed the bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act to carry into effect several resolutions of Congress, for erecting monuments to the memories of the late Generals Wooster, Harkemer, Davidson, and Scriven."

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, on the report of the committee to whom was referred, on the fourteenth ultimo, the memorial of Thomas Herty; and, after some time spent therein, the Committee rose and reported to the House their disagreement to the same.

The House proceeded to consider the said report: Whereupon, the resolution submitted by the select committee, to which the Committee of the whole House reported their disagreement, being twice read, in the words following. to wit:

Resolved, That the Secretary for the Department of State shall be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase, for the use of the United States, copies of Herty's Digest of the Laws of the United The said bill was read twice, and committed to States, to be distributed in the same manner as the the committee appointed the fourth instant, to pre-laws of the United States were directed to be distributed pare and bring in a bill for erecting a monument to the memory of General Harkemer, pursuant to a resolution of Congress, passed the fourth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and seventy

seven.

Sundry motions being made and seconded, that the House do come to the following resolutions, respectively, to wit:

Resolved, That a monument be erected to the memory of Major General Joseph Warren, who was slain on Bunker's Hill, on the seventeenth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five; and that the sum of be appropriated therefor.

Resolved, That a monument be erected to the memory of General Hugh Mercer, who was slain at Princeton, on the third day of January, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven; and that the sum of dollars be appropriated for that purpose.

Resolved, That a monument be erected to the memory of General Francis Nash, who was slain at the batdollars

tle of Germantown; and that the sum of be appropriated for that purpose.

Resolved, That a monument be erected to the memory of General Richard Butler, who was killed gallantly fighting in an action with the Indians, on the fourth day of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one; and that dollars be appropriated for that purpose.

by the second section of the act, entitled "An act for the more general promulgation of the laws of the United States."

The question was taken, that the House do concur with the Committee of the whole House in their disagreement to the same, and resolved in the affirmative.

A motion was then made and seconded, that the House do come to the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and he is hereby, directed to purchase, for the use of this House, out of the contingent fund, twelve copies of Herty's Digest of the Laws of the United States.

And, the question being put thereupon, it was resolved in the affirmative.

On motion, it was

Resolved, That the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures be directed to inquire into the expediency of erecting a port of entry at or near the mouth of the Black river, on Lake Ontario.

THE MINT.

Mr. GREGG said he wished to submit a resolution to the consideration of the House, on a subject that must be acted on during the present session. The act establishing a Mint will expire on

the fourth day of March next. A resolution now lies on the table for abolishing that institution entirely.

H. OF R.

halls and colleges as they may be built in succession, by the fund to which the whole people of America are now so liberally and so honorably contributing by voluntary subscriptions from Maine to Georgia inclusive; thus virtually following the ancient custom of the original Americans, who, men, women, and children, carried a stone to the monumental pile of a beloved

chief.

He was not prepared to vote in favor of that resolution, neither did he feel himself at perfect liberty, on the information he now possessed, to vote for a longer continuance of the law. The establishment, it was true, had been expensive, but he expected that, under proper management, it "It is humbly conceived that no other aid will be nemight be rendered useful. The Director, in his cessary for your honorable body to give, till in your wisannual report made to Congress at the last session, dom it may be deemed proper to follow the sublime stated that the lots on which the Mint now stands and prophetic advice of WASHINGTON, and to assume were not sufficiently extensive, and that the ma- the entire direction of the most important object ever chinery was nearly worn out. He said he knew contemplated in the united efforts of all parties, persuathese lots, and he believed that, on account of the sions, and classes of the American people; under a firm convenience of their situation, they might be dis-sis thereof be maturely considered and wisely adapted, belief that, provided the Governmental plan and synopposed of to good advantage; perhaps for a sum it will promote the views of the sage and provident WASHsufficient to purchase as much ground as would INGTON, namely: To do away local attachments and be necessary in another situation, and also to erect State prejudices, as far as the nature of things would or suitable buildings for the purpose. If this could indeed ought to admit, from our National Councils,' be done, there would be but little additional ex- and, in short, to promote a true amor patriæ, as well pense incurred in continuing the establishment. as the advancement of new arts and universal science He thought it highly important to obtain every in all useful knowledge; while our youth by associating possible information on this subject before we are with each other for these purposes, and forming friendcalled to act on it, and therefore for the purpose ships in their juvenile years, will free themselves from of obtaining that information he would submit those narrow local prejudices which, when carried to exa resolution. cess, are never-failing sources of disquiet to the public mind, and pregnant of the most mischievous consequences to this country.'

Mr. G. then offered a resolution instructing the Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business to inquire into the amount for which the whole property of the Mint, including the ground and buildings would sell; and the probable expense of more suitable buildings, and of the machinery necessary for conducting the operations on the principle of steam.-Carried.

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.

"Such are the principles under which this sublime institution, founded by WASHINGTON, and indubitably the best monument to his eternal fame, is now rapidly progressing, to the immortal honor of the American Nor does it require uncommon inspiration to name. foretell, that so long as it shall continue true that parents are naturally attached to the most amiable of their offspring, so long will the patriotic founders delight to preserve a noble fabric, which, in itself, will throughout the Union, themselves and their posterity,

Mr. VAN NESS presented a representation from Samuel Blodget, on the subject of a National Uni-unite the most sublime points that can with reason versity, as follows:

The memorial of Samuel Blodget, late Supervisor of the City of Washington, represents that, owing his appointment chiefly to his zeal in forming several probationary plans for a National University, he conceived it an indispensable duty, after the death of WASHINGTON, to follow the commanding advice and noble example of the common Father of his Country, so irresistibly portrayed in his Farewell Address, and in the clause of his will annexed to his liberal donation therefor. In thus calling, most respectfully, the attention of your honorable body to this part of the will of WASHINGTON, he fulfils a promise made in behalf of more than one thousand subscribers to the same object, whose respectable names accompany this memorial, with a request that a committee may be appointed to consider what portion of the public lots and lands in the Western Territory of the United States, shall be appropriated by Congress to this important institution, in addition to the contents of either of the sites already contemplated therefor within the City of Washington, by WASHINGTON himself, and by the Commissioners thereof. And further to consider the expediency (should it comport with the monumental plan to be adopted) of erecting the statue of 1783, or in lieu thereof an appropriate and characteristic equestrian statue of the original founder of the National University, as a beautiful centre piece for the entire plan, to be surrounded by

interest a generous, industrious, and an enlightened people, and equally endear them to their country and to each other. And so long as the divine principles that gave birth and strength to the infancy of the University may continue, so long, by turning the tide of emigration in search of learning, shall the American character be the pride and boast of the liberal and learned of all nations, and the dread of every foe to human excellence.

"A synopsis for the University, uniting with it a plan for a free College, adopting and combining therewith the interests of the existing seminaries throughout the Union, accompany this memorial, together with a description or duplicates of several monumental plans, which will remain before the present committee of subscribers, till Congress may think proper to assume the entire direction of this object, in conformity with the ardent wishes and earnest advice so irresistibly enforced by WASHINGTON."

The memorial was accompanied by a plan of the Equestrian Statue of Washington, surrounded by halls and colleges regularly arranged, the whole to be styled the Monument to Washington. Referred to a select committee-ayes 42, nays 27.

The following members constitute the committee: Mr. VAN NESS, Mr. TALIAFERRO, Mr. HILL, Mr. ELMENDORF, and Mr. CUTLER.

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