bia

Many citizens were then afraid to be soldiers; now they are all in arms, and delight in being so. Colombians are no longer what they were; and the population of Colombia are a new people, regenerated by a ten years' contest, in which have disappeared those physical and moral disqualifications that rendered her independence doubtful, and are become worthy and fit to govern themselves, instead of obeying another's will, or any sovereignty but their own.

no tmg:ation to proposals of de- On commencing hostilities, Colombia neither had pendency on and union with Spain, be they pro-great armies, nor the materials to form them; toposed under any forms and conditions whatsoever? day she has skilful generals, expert officers, vete. Ab people possess the right of consulting their ran soldiers inured to war, and plenty of arms and own welfare; and, if it be necessary to separate munitions. themselves from the political body with which they were united, in order to obtain it, they ought to do so where they have an opportunity of greater freedon and happiness, in spurning by force the yoke of the oppressor, and may revolt against tyrants and tyranny together. And what people on earth could so justly sever themselves from the body po luc to which they were joined, as the people of Colombia? For three hundred years the Colombians have been slaves, not brothers of the Spaniards; Colombia has existed three hundred years, a pa When affairs are come to this pass, and the Spantrimony of Spain, who made her sons brook a mo-ish army brought over by general Morillo, with its nopoly of commerce, of employments and exclusion numerous reinforcements, is destroyed; when the of every sort; keeping them at the same time de-troops whom the king assembled at Cadiz for the barred from instructing themselves in the arts and purpose of aiding it, persuaded that they were sciences, navigation and commerce, and isolated doomed to perish, as others had, without glory, without honor or pay, in a fratricidal war, leaving Colombia is separated from Spain by mighty dis- their country drowned in sorrow, and covered with tance, and, on this account alone, a state of depen-mourning, by the horrors of despotism and the indency incompatible with the happiness to which quisition, they rose to save it, and to preserve the Colonbians aspire. The cortes have exhibited themselves from the cruel destiny that awaited instances of tyranny, by depriving the Americans, them; when a considerable body in the nation has in their constitution, of the just representation that learned the righteousness of our resistance, and the belongs to America, which, by her superior popu-impossibility of conquering our stedfast resolution lation and incomparable extent of territory ought of perishing, one and all, or being independent; to be greater than that of Spain herself,-by assigning to the former thirty deputies, and to the latter one hundred and forty-nine, for the purpose of leaving the fortune of America entirely dependent on the will of Spaniards.

from the rest of mankind.

when nearly all the Colombians have cast off the errors which impelled them into enmity with their own freedom and that of their brothers; and, in fine, when hatred to the Spanish government has been spread through all ranks of citizens, by their Fightful are the sufferings of Colombia since conviction of its treachery and that of its agents, 1810, from the iniquitous war declared by the re who have never complied with their overtures or geny and supported by Ferdinand and the cortes, their treaties, committing treason against honor and in which Spanish fury has been displayed over Ame good faith, despising the laws of nations, with all rica exactly as it was exhibited at the end of the laws human and divine-the constitutional king 15th, and during the greater part of the 16th cen-solicits us to acknowledge him as master, offering tury. The same horrors, the same cruelties, the same crimes. and the same devastations have been seen and suffered by the Spanish Americans, as the Indians felt and witnessed during the conquest, and they have beheld the same rewards bestowed on the instruments of such desolations, as were conferred on the first devastators of America. For so many causes of separation which reason and nature exact, there remains no other resort but force; and, with its application, will Spain be capable of re-establishing her domination in Colombia? Things have arrived at a crisis which renders it impossible.

for the guarantee of our future happiness. the cortes and constitution which he has sworn to observe; we cannot decline manifesting to Ferdinand VII, to Spain, and to the world, that, being convinced of the justice with which we have defended our rights, and of our ability to maintain them as long as Spain chooses to continue the barbarous she has waged against us, we are resolved neither to enter into any relation of peace nor of amity with the Spanish government, whilst the recognition of the sovereignty and independence of the republic of Colombia is not made a preliminary ba sis, which is required by the sacrifices made by the people of Colombia for ten years--spilling the most precious blood of their citizens for the liberty and happiness of elevating her by independence to occupy the place destined to her by nature.

In ten years of a wasteful war, supported at the expense of every sacrifice which men can make for liberty, all the obstacles have been vanquish ed, that ignorance and prejudice opposed to the invaluable felicity which independence is pre- People of Colombia! The sovereign congress, as paring for these regions. At the outset of the glo- the organ for expressing your will, has returned rious struggle the less enlightened portion of the such answer to the propositions of the Spanish go. people were afraid of offending heaven if they vernment, as you in mass would have done. Ye fought for their liberty. The degenerate conduct have marched over the most rugged part of the of the Spaniards compelled them to reflect on their road of independence; ye are united, and ye are rights and those of Spain, and the very men whom invincible. Ye have nothing to fear from Spain, ignorance then made traitors to their country, are even if she do not recognize ye as entranchised now from conviction its firmest supporters. Diver. sons. Whatever new exertions she may make to sity of opinion on the form of government which was to be adopted, exposed the state to dangerous discussions; now an energetic and central govern ment is established by the unanimous wish of more than three millions of inhabitants, determined to perish or be independent. Division has vanished already, and the republic is become invincible.

subjugate you, will be but adding sacrifices new and fruitless to those which she has made; but, if convinced that it is high time to close a war that ought never to have been begun, she desires to be reconciled to you as equal, and not as tyrant, extend your arms and say-Spaniards, let us forget all that's past; we are friends and brothers. But, in the

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The bill to confirm the claim of the marquis de Maison Rouge to a tract of land in Arkansas, was taken up; and after a short time spent in its consideration, it was ordered to be engrossed for a third After considerable debate, and some small amend-reading, by yeas and nays-yeas 22, nays 9. ments to the bill, it was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. After which the senate spent some time in executive business, and then adjourned.

February 24. Mr. Eaton laid on the table the following resolution:

Resolved, That the president of the United States be requested to communicate to the senate, if any, what proceedings have been had in relation to any person holding an office under the authority of the government, charged with being concerned in the introduction of any slave or slaves into the United States contrary to the existing laws upon the subject; and that he report such evidences and opinions connected therewith, not confidently communicated to him, as may be in his possession. The resolution submitted yesterday by Mr. Barbour was taken up and agreed to.

The bill to continue the charters of certain banks in the District of Columbia was taken up, and having been amended so as to provide for the consolidation of the bank of Alexandria and the bank of Potomac into one bank (according to their own request) the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.

The bill to reduce the military peace establishment was read the third time, as amended, passed, and returned to the other house for concurrence in the amendments.

The engrossed bill to confirm the title of the marquis de Maison Rouge, on the application of Daniel W. Coxe, to a tract of land, (held by him On the motion of Mr. Holmes, of Maine, the senate under a Spanish grant, recommended by the Ame proceeded to consider the message from the house rican commissioners to confirmation, and coverof representatives, announcing their appointmenting a tract of about thirty leagues square,) in Louiof a committee to meet such committee as may be appointed by the senate, on the subject of the admission of Missouri into the union; and the question was on concurring with the other house in the Course proposed.

and the engrossed bill to extend the charters of harmony and concession on this momentous subcertain banks in the district of Columbia were se-ject,verally read the third time, passed, and, with the preceding bill, sent to the other house for concur

rence.

The senate then went into committee of the whole, Mr. Horsey in the chair, on the bill providing for the adjudication and payment of claims arising under the treaty with Spain; and proceeded to fill

the blanks therein.

The question was taken on ordering the resolution to be read a third time, and was decided in the affirmative, by the following vote:

YEAS.-Messrs. Barbour, Chandler, Eaton, Elliott, Gaillard, Holmes, of Maine, Holmes, of Miss. Horsey, Hunter, Johnson, of Ken. Johnson, of Lou. King, of Alab. Lowrie, Morril, Parrott, Pleasants, Roberts, Southard Stokes, Talbot, Taylor, Thomas, Van Dyke, Walker, of Alab. Williams, of Miss. Williams, of

Ten.-26.

NAYS.-Messrs. Dana, Dickerson, King, of N. York, Knight, The compensation of the commissioners was fixed Lanman, Macon, Mills, Noble, Otis, Palmer, Ruggles, Sanford, Smith, Tichenor, Trinble.-15. at 3000 dollars per annum, and that of their secreA motion was made to read the resolution a tary, who is to be skilled in the French and Spa-third time forthwith, but it was objected to, and, nish languages, at 2000.

The bill being reported to the senate was order. ed to be engrossed fo a third reading.

under the rule of the senate, of course, it could not

be done.

The senate then adjourned.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The case of commodore Tucker.
The bill for granting a pension to com. Samuel

Mr. Pinkney communicated to the senate, a report adopted by the legislature of Maryland, in favor of allowing to those states which have had no appropriations of public land, for the purposes of education, such appropriations as will correspond, in a just proportion, with those heretofore made Tucker gave rise to much debate. The gentlein favor of the other states, with resolutions re-men who spoke on the subject, in the house of requesting the senators and representatives of Mary-presentatives, were erroneously arranged, by acland, in congress, to endeavor to procure the pas-cident, in the National Intelligencer. They ought sage of an act to carry the views of the report to have been arranged thus: into effect; and the said document was laid on the table.

The bill to authorize the president of the United States to have certain boundaries designated and marked, (between the states and territories north west of the Ohio,) was taken up in committee of the whole, where it underwent some amendment, and was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.

The bill for the relief of Matthew M'Nair, was considered and discussed in committee of the whole, and was ordered to be engrossed for a third read ing; as was also the bill to establish a port of entry at Blakely.

For the bill-Messrs. Montgomery, Fuller, Pinckney.

Against the bill-Messrs. Metcalf, Cobb, Hardin, Little, Tucker, of Va.

The bill was supported on the ground of the great merit of commodore Tucker as a warrior of the revolution, and his present reduced circumstances. The objections were two-fold: 1st, on the score of hostility to pensions in general, on any other principle than that of wounds or disability incurred in service; and, 2dly, to paying out of a fund, (the navy pension fund), created since the adoption of the constitution, a pension for revolu tionary services. To the first objection, it was re

The senate then again went into the considera-plied, that this case was very similar in principle

tion of executive business.

And then adjourned.
February 27. After other business-Several
committees were discharged from various subjects
on which it was not their intention to make any
favorable report.

The following engrossed bills were severally
read the third time, passed, and sent to the other
house for concurrence, viz:

to that of gen. Stark, and to other cases in which pensions had been granted for services, and not for disability; and to the second, that the act creating the navy pension fund contained a provision that the surplus thereof should be applied to objects of this description, and that there was no reason for discriminating between our naval heroes, whether they served before or after the passage of that act; being in the one case or the other entitled to stand on the same footing.

The bill to authorize the president to cause to be These were the general grounds of argument, surveyed and designated certain boundaries; The bill providing for the settlement and pay-pro and con. The yeas and nays on the final passage ment of certain claims arising under the treaty with Spain;

The bill to establish the district of Blakely; and
The bill authorizing the appointment of certain
Indian agents.

A number of private bills were passed through
a committee of the whole, and ordered to be read
a third time.

The resolution from the other house, to suspend the recruiting service, was considered and ordered to be read a third time.

The resolution which passed the other house last evening, to admit the state of Missouri into the union, was received, and read twice by general

consent.

The senate then proceeded to consider the said resolution.

After an unsuccessful attempt by Mr. Macon to strike out the condition and proviso, which was negatived by a large majority, and a few remarks by Mr. Barbour, in support of the expediency of

of the bill were as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Allen, of Mass. Allen, of N. Y. Baldwin,
Bateman, Bayly, Beecher, Bloomfield, Brush. Butler, of Lou.
Campbell, Case, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Crowell, Cushman, Dane,
Darlington, Dennison, Dickinson, Edwards, of Pen. Eustis, Fay,
Folger, Ford, Forrest, Fuller, Gorham, Gross, N. Y. Hackley,
Hemphill, Hendricks, Herrick, Hill, Hobart, Jones, of Ten. Kinsey,
Kinsley, Lathrop, Lincoln, Maclay, McCreary, McCullough, Mallary,
Meech, Meigs, Mercer, Monell, Montgomery, S. Moore Morton,
Moseley, Murray, Neale, Nelson, of Va. Newton, Parker, of Mass.
Pinckney, Pitcher, Reed, Ringgold, Rogers, Russ, Sergeant, Silsbee,
Simkins, Sloan, Smith, of Md. Street, Strong, of Vt. Strong, of N.
Y. Udree, Van Rensselaer, Walker, Wallace, Whitman-77.
NAYS-Messrs. Abbot, Alexander, Allen, of Ten. Anderson,
Archer of Md. Archer, of Va. Baker, Ball, Barbour, Blackledge,
Boden, Brevard, Brown, Bryan, Buffum, Cannon, Clagett, Cobb,
Cocke, Crafts, Cuthbert, Davidson, Dewitt, Earle, Eddy, Edwards,
of N. C. Floyd, Foot, Garnett, Gray, Gross, of Pen. Hall, of N. Y.
Hardin, Hibshman, Hooks, Hostetter, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, of
Va. Kent, Little, Livermore, McCoy, McLean, of Ken. Marchand,
Metcalf, R. Moore, T. L. Moore, Parker, of Va. Patterson. Plumer,
Randolph, Rhea, Rieb, Richards, Robertson, Ross, Shaw, A. Smyth,
of Va. Smith, of N. C. Southard, Stevens, Swearingen, Terrell,
Tomlinson, Tracy, Trimble, Tucker, of Va. Tucker of S. C. Tyler,
Upham, Wendover Williams, of Va. Williams, of N. C. Wood-75.

Friday, Feb. 23. The engrossed bill making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States for the year 1821, and the engrossed

bill to authorize the building of light houses on Cross and Pond Islands, in the harbor of Booth bay, and at the mouth of Oswego river, and placing buoys off the Shoals of Nantucket and Vine-Yard Sound, near the harbor of Wickford, and on the Altamaha river, and for other purposes, were read a third time, passed, and sent to the senate for

concurrence.

The speaker laid before the house a letter from the treasurer of the United States, transmitting the annual statements of his accounts; which were ordered to lie on the table.

only had a majority of the ballots given and were elected, viz:

Messrs. Clay, of Ky. Cobb, of Geo. Hill, of Maine, Barbour, of Va. Storrs, of N. Y. Cocke, of Tenn. Rankin, of Miss. Archer, of Va. Brown, of Ky. E‹dy, of R. I. Ford, of N. Y. Culbreth, of Md. Hackley, of N. Y. S. Moore, of Pa. Stevens, of Con. Rogers, of Pa. Southard, of N. J.

Seventeen only being elected, there remained six members yet to be appointed.

Mr. Clay moved, as the operation of balloting again to-morrow would be tedious and create deOn motion of Mr. Southard, the committee of lay, that the house agree, by general consent, to the whole was discharged from the further con- select the remaining six members from those havsideration of the bill to continue in force the acting received the next highest number of votes. for regulating trade and intercourse with the In- It was also suggested that the speaker appoint dian tribes; and, a motion of Mr. Tracy to lay the the remaining six-and the speaker having intimatbill on the table having been negatived, the billed to the house that if the duty devolved on him, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.

The house then, on motion of Mr. Crowell, again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. Allen, of New York, in the chair, on the bill for the relief of purchasers of the public lands prior to the 1st July, 1820.

Mr. M. Coy had moved to strike out so much of the bill as permits a conditional surrender to the United States of the land purchased; so much as dispenses with interest on the money due for lands; and so much as makes a deduction, in certain cases, of twenty-five and thirty-seven and a half per cent. from the amount of the debt.

This motion gave rise to a wide debate on the merits of the bill, in the course of which the principle of the bill was supported and opposed by the following gentlemen:

For the bill-Messrs. Anderson, Brush, Hendricks, Jones, Clay.

Against the bill-Messrs. Hardin, Culpepper, Allen, of Ten.' McCoy.

The question being taken on Mr. M'Coy's motion, it was negatived by a large majority.

ment of the whole sum due.

he should, from a sense of propriety, make the appointment from the names standing next highest to those elected, on the list-the latter course was concurred in by the house, Mr. Clay having withdrawn his motion, in favor of that course.

It appeared then that the five following gentlemen are also elected on the committee, being the next highest on the list:

Messrs. Darlington, of Pa. Pitcher, of N. Y. Sloan, of Ohio, Gross, of N. Y. Livermore, of N. H.

After these Messrs. Randolph and Baldwin were next highest on the list, and having an equal nume Iber of votes, it remains for the speaker to designate the gentleman who shall make the 23d member of the committee.

The house then adjourned.

and Mr. Smith, of N. C. were appointed, in addition Saturday, Feb. 24. Mr. Randolph, Mr. Baldwin, to those already named, to be of the joint committee on the Missouri subject; the first of these to fill up the number of the committee, and the two last to supply the vacancies occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Livermore and Mr. Gross, of New-York, Mr. Anderson moved to strike out that clause of who were excused from serving on the committee. the bill which proposes to allow an absolute reduetion of thirty-three per cent. on the amount due by Mr. Sergeant presented a memorial of Richard the debtors, and so to amend the bill as to confine W. Meade, a citizen of the United States, and forthe discount to those who should make prompt pay-merly a merchant residing in Cadiz, in Spain, setting forth the nature and extent of his demands This proposition brought on a long debate, in against the government of that country, and pray. which Messrs. Beecher, Jones, Cook, Hardin, Ser-ing that, in such act or acts as may be passed for carrying into effect the stipulations contained in geant, Anderson, and Clay, joined. the treaty concluded and signed between the United States and Spain, on the 22d of February, 1819, and ratified, and the ratifications exchanged on the 22d instant, provision may be made for paying, without deduction, his claims, which have been An unsuccessful motion was made to lay the bill liquidated and acknowledged by the government of on the table, with the view, (it being late), of re-that country, amounting to 8401,153 33, according ceiving the report of the tellers relative to the ap. to the obligation of good faith contracted by the pointment of the committee on the subject of Mis. United States to Spain, under the express stipula souri, (in examining the ballots for which the tellers tions of the treaty aforesaid; and the petition was had been employed nearly four hours.) referred to the committee on foreign affairs.

The amendment was finally negatived-ayes 55, noes 62.

Several proposed amendments being rejected, the committee rose and reported the bill without amendment,

Mr. Hardin then renewed the motion he made in committee to amend the bill; when, a motion to that effect prevailing

The bill and proposed amendment were laid on the table.

Mr. Smith, of Md. from the committee of ways and means, reported a bill making appropriations for the support of the military establishment for the current year; which was read twice and com

mitted.

Mr. Archer, of Va. then reported that the tellers Mr. Nelson, of Va. from the committee on the appointed to examine the ballots given for a com subject of abolishing imprisonment for debt on promittee of 23 members on the Missouri subject, ac- cess issued from the courts of the United States, cording to the resolution of yesterday, had per-reported a bill to provide for that object; which formed that duty-the result of which ballot he delivered in.

It appeared that 157 members had been voted for-but that the following seventeen gentlemen

bill was twice read and committed.

The engrossed bill to continue in force the bill to establish trading houses with the Indian tribes, was read a third time.

currence,

On motion of Mr. Baldwin, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the state of the union, to take into consideration the bill laying a duty on sales of merchandise at auction.

Out of this bill grew a debate which lasted the whole day. Mr. Smith, of Md. moved to strike out the proposed duty of two per cent. in order to insert a duty of one per cent.

This motion was supported by Mr. Smith, of Md. Mr. Silsbee, and Mr. Gorham, and opposed by Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Sergeant, Mr. Meigs, and Mr. Foat.

Mr. Nelson, of Va. being hostile to the whole bill, moved to strike out the first section; and then the committee rose, and the house adjourned.

Monday, Feb. 26. Mr. Newton, from the commit. tee on commerce, to which was referred the bill from the senate further to establish the compensation of officers employed in the collection of duties on imports and tonnage, and for other purposes, reported the same with sundry amendments, which were read and concurred in.

Mr. Smith, of Md. from the committee of ways and means, reported a bill to authorize the president of the United States to borrow a sum not exceeding 4,500,000 dollars; which was twice read and committed.

avowed intention of calling for its consideration in the course of this day.

The house then proceeded to the consideration of the bill for the relief of certain purchasers of public lands.

[After many proposed amendments had been rejected, the house manifesting a determination to pass the bill as it came from the senate]

Mr. Cannon moved to amend the bill so as to al

low to those who purchased lands at a rate less than three dollars per acre the same discount as is allow. ed to purchasers above that rate, and to reduce that discount from thirty-three and a third per cent, to twenty-five per cent.

This amendment was supported by Mr. Cannon, and spoken upon by Mr. Hendricks and Mr. Hardin, and was agreed to, 69 to 53.

Mr. Anderson then moved to amend the bill, (since the system of the senate had been broken in upon) so as to strike out all that proposes an absolute reduction of twenty-five per cent. on the amount due by each purchaser of public land, his object being to substitute forit an allowance of discount for prompt payment.

This motion was opposed by Mr. Clay, and supPorted by Mr. Anderson, Mr. Fuller, and Mr. Cobb..

The vote thereon was as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Abbot, Alexander, Allen, of Mass. Allen of Tenn.

Anderson, Archer, of Md. Ball, Barbour, Bateman, Bloomfield,
Bryan, Buffum, Case, Cobb, Cocke, Culbreth. Culpepper, Cuthbert,
Davidson, Dennison, Dewitt, Dickinson, Eddy, Edwards, of N. C.
Fisher, Floyd, Folger, Fout, Gray, Guyon, Hall, of N. Y. Hardin,
Hibshman, Hill, Hooks, Hostetter, Little, Livermore, Maclay, M'Coy,
McCreary, McLean, of Ky. Mercer, Metcalf, Monell, Montgomery,
S. Moore T. L Moore, Morton, Murray Neale, Nelson, of Mass.
Parker, of Mass. Parker, of Va. Phelps. Philson, Pinckney, Plumer,
Rankin, Reed, Richards, Robertson, Rogers, Russ, Settle, Silsbee,
Simkins, Southard, Stevens, Storrs. Terrill, Tomlinson, Tracy,
Trimble, Tucker, of Va. Tucker, of S. C. Udree, Walker, Warfield,
Wendover, Williams, of Va. Williams, of N. C. Wood.-83.
NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Allen, of N. Y. Baker, Baldwin, Bayly,
Beecher, Blackledge, Boden, Brush, Butler, of Lou. Campbell,
Cannon, Clark, Clay, Cook, Crowell, Cushman, Dane, Darlington,
Edwards, of Con. Edwards, of Penn. Eustis, Fay, Ford, Fuller. Gor-
hamn, Gruss, of N. Y. Gross, of Pen. Hackley, Hemphili, Hendricks,

A message was received from the president of the United States, transmitting an annual return of the militia of the United States, prepared by the adju-Herrick, Hobart, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, of Va. Jones of Ten. tant and inspector general, conformably to the militia laws on that subject; which was ordered to lie

on the table.

Mr. Clay, from the joint committee appointed on the Missouri subject, reported the following resolution:

Kendall, Kinsey, Lathrop, Lincoln, M'Cullough, Mallary, Marchand,
Meech, R. Moore, Moseley, Nelson, of Va. Newton, Patterson,
Pitcher, Rhea, Rich, Richmond, Ringgold, Ross, Sergeaut, Shaw
Sloan, Smith, of N. J. Smith, of Md. A. Smyth, of Va. Smith of
N. C. Street, Strong, of Vt. Strong, of N. Y.Swearingen, Tarr, Ty,
ker, Van Rensselaer-70

Some further proceedings being had-it was agreed to postpone the further consideration of the subject, to take up the resolution concerning the admission of Missouri: when

to report the resolution. He considered this resolution as being the same in effect as that which had been previously reported by the former committee of thirteen members; and stated that the committee on the part of the senate was unanimous, and that on the part of this house nearly so, in favor of this resolution.

Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, Mr. Clay briefly explained the views of the comThat Missouri shall be admitted into this union on an equal footing with the original states in all re-mittee and the considerations which induced them spects whatever, upon the fundamental condition, that the fourth clause of the twenty-sixth section of the third article of the constitution submitted on the part of said state to congress shall never be construed to authorize the passage of any law, and that no law shall be passed in conformity thereto, by which any citizen of either of the states in this union shall be excluded from the enjoyment of any Mr. Adams, of Massachusetts, delivered his objecof the privileges and immunities to which such ci- tions to the resolution, on the ground of the defect tizen is entitled under the constitution of the Unit-of power in the congress of the United States to ed States: Provided, that the legislature of the said authorize or require the legislature of a state, once state, by a solemn public act, shall declare the as-admitted into the union, to do the act proposed by sent of the said state to the said fundamental con- this resolution to be demanded of the legislature dition, and shall transmit to the president of the of Missouri. United States, on or before the fourth Monday in November next, an authentic copy of the said act; upon the receipt whereof the president, by proclamation, shall announce the fact: whereupon, and without any further proceeding on the part of congress, the admission of the said state into this union shall be considered as complete.

Mr. Brown, of Ky. replied to the arguments of Mr. Adams, and defended the resolution from the objections set up against it. He earnestly invited the house to support the resolution, and thus to end the distracting and painful controversy respecting Missouri.

Mr. Adams spoke in explanation.

Mr. Allen, of Massachusetts, next obtained the The said resolution was twice read, and ordered to lie on the table, on motion of Mr. Clay, with the¦ floor, and delivered his sentiments with much ear