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Federal Gazette & Baltimore Daily Advertiser 1807/07-1807/12 msa_sc3722_2_6_2-0566 Enlarge and print image (5M) |
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LEGISLATURE,
House on Delegates, Maryland.
Wednesday, December 2.
' The house met. Present as on yesterday.
¦ The pro? eedings of yesterday were read.
,- Mr. W. Mofiit' appeared in the house.
The following message was sent to the
seriate :
We propose to proceed on Wednesday-
next, to the election.of two directors on the
pari of this state in the Farmers' Banlt of
Maryland.; and to regulate said election, we
have adopted the following resolution :
;>Yy'oA™', That, the two directors to be
appointed on the part* of this state in the
, Farmers'. Bank, of Maryland, be elected by
ballot, one of whom shall be a resident ot
" the city of Annapolis, or of Anfte.-Arundel
t.c tinty v upon tire western shore, and the
other a resident of the town of Raston, or
Talbot county, upon the eastern shore, and
that the person resident on the -western shore
'as aforesaid, having a majority of all the
attending members of both branches of the
•legislature, shall be a director ot the Farmers'
Bank of Maryland, and the person resident
©n the eastern shore having- a majority of
.ballots of all the attending members of both
branches tfthe legislature, shall be a direc-
tor of the Branch Bank of said Farmers'
Bank of Maryland, and the persons having
a majority of ballots as aforesaid shall be
•declared duly elected as aforesaid.
' The bill for the relief of Robert Leather-
bury, late sheri of Somerset county, was
read the-secovid time and, on motion, the
question was put. That the same be with-
drawn ? D'termined in the negative.
The question was then put. SI.all the said
bill pass ? Resolved in the affirmative, yeas
$1, nays 11, and sent to the senate.
A petition from sundry inhabitants of
Arme-Arundel county, praying for a public
road, was preferred, read and referred..
The bill authorising Benjamin Ray, late
' Sheriff ar.a Collector of Montgomery county,
to complete his collection, was read the se-
cond time and passed.
Th»* clerk of the senate delivered the
resolution in favour of William Amos, en-
dorsed, " dissented from." And the fol-
lowing message :
We have dissented from your resolution
in favour of William ' trios, senior, of Har-
ford county, and propose the following re-
solution, to be originated in your house, to
whi'-li the senate will assent.
Resolved. That the treasurer of the
western shore credit the bond of Abraham
Jarrett, William Amos, junior, and Thomas
Caldwell to the state W Mainland, with
the sum of one hundred and five pounds
two shillings and eleven-penre, and pay to
William Amos senior, of Hartford county,
•r order, the sum of nine pounds fomteen
shillings and elevenpence halfpenny, out of
any any unappropriated money in the trea-
sa y.
Which was read.
Also the bill to incorporate the stockhol-
ders of the Hager's town-bank, the suple-
•lent to an act to establish a bank, and in-
corporate a company, under the name of the
farmer's Bank of Maryland, and for other
purposes, the bill for the- benefit of Mar?a-
retta Chalmers, and the bill for the benefit
of the vestry of the German evangelic lu-
iheran congregation in and about Eliza-
brthtown,. at St. John's church, is Wash-
ington county, severally endorsed will
5USS-. Ordered; to be engrossed. ¦ And the
bllowing message :
We concur with yonr resolution regulat-
Irijrtheeleetion of t o directors on the part
Jhis state m the Union bank of Maryland,
and agree to go into the election on ihs day
proposed Jn your message.. Thomas Dixon,
A'exender Rogers, John W. Glenn and Sa-
inuel Wright, are"put in nomination by the
senate, and we have appointed Mr. Par-
tridge and Mr. Dorsey to join the gentle-
men that may be nominated by you to exa-
mine the ballots.
Which was read.
The report on the memorial of the heirs
of Jean Babtiste Chirac was read the second
time, and on a motion the question was
put, That the same be resommitted for a-
mendment ? Resolved in the affirmative.
Ordered, that Mr. Stone be excused frr-m
serving on said committee, and that Mr. T.
B. D rsey act in his place.
On the second reading of the resolution
relative to the appointment of a director in
the bank of Baltimore, the question was
put, that the word Tuesday be stricken out ?
Resolved in the affirmative.
The question was then put that the word
" immediately" be inserted in lieu thereof ?
Resolved in the affirmative.
The question was then put, That the
house assent to the same ? Resolved in the
affirmative..
The house proceeded to ballot for a di-
rector in the Bank of Baltimore, and upon
txamining the ballots it.appeared, that Ed-
ward John' or was elected ; he was accord-
ingly declared the director on the part of
this state forthe ensuing year in the Bank of
Baltimore.
The clerk of the .senate delivered the reso-
lution in favour of Richard Choate, endorsed
«'assented to." And the bill for the relief
of .Henry Hawkins Young, the bill to lay
out a certain road in Harfoid county, and
She bill for the benefit of Allied Jones, se-
verally endorsed, " will pass." Ordered to
be .engrossed,
Mr. Seth delivered the bill entitled. An
act to alter all such parts of the constitution
and form of government as relate to the re-
"'" sidence of voters, as amended j which was
read.
Mr. Harryman delivered a bill, entitled,
An act annulling the marriage of Edward
Welch and Prudence Wclcb, of Baltimore
eoiinty ; which wa6 read.
Mr. Street! delivered a favourable report
on the petition of William Amos, senior ;
which was twice read, and the resolution
- therein assented to.
The.bill to extend Centre-street in the
northern precincts in the cityorBa*tirrtdre,i
and to b'aild a bridge therein across Jones's
Fail's, was read the second time and passe.!,
A petition from John Lynch, of Kent
county, an old s Idler, ¦ praying a pension
was preferred, read and referred.
; -Mr. Callis delivered a bill, entitled, An '
act authorising Alexis Boone, late sheriff of
Prince George's county, to complete his col-
lection ; which was read.
¦ A petition from Samuel Thomas. James
Colston and Benjinnn Finney, executors of
Charles W. Binney, deceased, of Talbot
county, praying (hey may be authorised to
complete the collections of Philemon Willis,
late sheriff, was preferrrd read referred.
Mr. J. Williams deliv red mi unfavoura-
ble report on the petition of Molly Walker;
which was twice read and concurred witn.
A memorial from the president anddirec-
tors of the Bank of Baltimore, praying that
t'">e sapp'ement to theact to establish a bank,
and incorporate the subscribers thereto, may
not pass, was preferred, and, on motion, the
question was put, That the same be referred
to the committee appointed to bring in said
bill ? Determined in the negative, yeas 26,
nays 34, and ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Davis deliveted a bill, entitled. An
act to lay out, straighten and confirm, a cer-
tain road in Harford county ; which was
read.
The further supplement to the act to in-
corporate companies to make several turn-
pike r ads through Baltimore county, and for
other purposes, was read the second time
and passed.
The bill for the sale of the real estate of
James Winchester, was read the second time
and passed.
The house adj mrned till to-morrow morn-
ing.____________________
The London Courier, a Ministerial paper
of the 19th Oct. makes the following re-
marks on the proclamation.
*' The misunderstanding with America,
which has proved a source of so much anx-
ious speculation, may now be considered
finally settled—In a former paper, we stat-
ed, that the wounded honor of the United
States was only to be healed by marking the
conduct of the Leopard, in its attack upon
the Chesapeake, with the displeasure of the
B itish government. This once granted,
along with the renunciation of all ciaim of
right to visit ships of war, we hazarded an
Opinion, that the friendly relation between
the two countries would not receive any far-
ther interruption, & to this apinion we ad-
here. The first of these two points was
publicly conceded some days since. The
recal of admiral Berkely, within whose
command, and by whose direct and imme-
diate authority, the affair of the Chesapeake
took place, cannot be considered in any 0-'
ther point of light than as a sucrifice to the
wounded honor of the Americans in that
particular case. The second great point of
dispute, « hich is the general question ap-
pears, by the proclamation, to be also com-
pletely set at rest forever.
" Hese the right of visiting ships of war
in the precise manner it was exercised by the
Leopard, in pursuance of the orders of ad-
admiral Berkley, is completely given up,
and another course prescribed in its place.
This amounts to a complete abandonment
of all claim to search neutral ships of war
—nor does it stop here ; for the recomrnen--
dation of great care and caution to be ob-
served in the search of merchant vessels, is
an indiicct admission that the complaints so
repeatedly urged by the Americans, of irre-
gularities commited by our cruizers in the
search of their merchantmen, are wall found-
ed, and consequently the precaution re-
commended against their recurrence is a far-
ther concession to America. Under all
these circumstances, although the recal of
our seamen to their country's service, upon
the ground of especial difficulty and danger,
be the prominent and most ostensible fea-
ture of the proclamation, it is an official de-
claration of the code of the maritime rights
which we mean to observe in our intercourse
with America, in relation to the several
disputed points, as well as complaints, that
have been brought into discussion.
These points embrace the conduct of the
Leopard, the alledged irregularities commit
ted in the search of neutral merchant vessels,
and the arrogated claim of a right to visit
neutral ships of wat, and, as in all these
three points, the proclamation of our go-
vernment has given full satisfaction, by the
recal of Admiral Berkeley the injunction of
regularity in the search of merchant vessels,
and the abandonment of the right to search
ships of war, we do repeat, that ive must
tonsider the proclamation as a declaration of
an amiable adjustment of all our dijfetenees
with America* '. „
For the FEDERAL GAZETTE.
Mr. Heives,
To a man of generous feeling and honor-
able principles, it is at all times peculiarly
grateful to offer atonement for an injury im-
posed under error or false information. In
the hearts of some men it- is cherished as the
cardinal principle of honor, at every hazard
and sacrifice, to afford ample and honorable
remuneration for an injury undeservedly in-
flicted ; and under the influence of that
punctilious and exalted feeling, he becomes
degraded even in his own estimation, should
he hesitate to be guided by its dictates. The
duty to obey such, rules of action is equally
1 imperative when applied to public men, as
j private individuals, and their inculcation is
1 more important by the former, as examples
I set by elevated characters are more apt to
i dazzle and receive the sanction of the mul-
titude.
That the people are represented by their
own free choice jn all situations of high or
unimportant public trust, is esteemed the
• brightest gem in the republican diadem.
That popularity is a proof of merit, and
the. most, enlightened, ,an,d. patriotic .men ai
;¦ confluence of the people,
to tjeny, Would be to Reject a vaunted truism
of democracy, and incur the inveterate en-
mity of all daemons of. jacobinism. Hence
it is we do. and are bound to expect from all
agents of the people, a scrupulous adherence
to the rigid rules of truth and honor, and
to watch with a jealous eye, lest they com-
mit violence on both, and defeat or expose
the real object of rheir trust. Shall they,
acting as the responsible representatives of
tiie oeople, be detected iti unfair and dish -
novanle practices, it becomes the imperious
office of a free press, to expose their designs
and bring them under the severe lash of
p iblic political censure ; aud it is a duty
which every honest individual delights in
dr-charging, to uphold and support the pro
scribed victims of popular fury, who are
about to be sacrificed by the daemons of
faction.
Various papers of the United States in-
form U-, that the late riotous proceedings in
this city, have been sounded throughout'
the union. The people have been told that a
ba"8 born brood of jawles/S rioters, under the
guidance and control of a few disorganizing
malcontents, have set themselves up in open
opposition to the laws and usurped the reins
of government. They have seen Jacobini-
cal tricks copied from the tumultuous and
rebellious fugitives from European states,
successfully put in practice in this country,
and a headstrong, turbulent mob called in-o
conlave, to deliberate upon the popriety of
innovating upon the fixed and established
rules of our state government. In the heat
of disappointment and fury of political dis-
content, representatives are chosen to cre-
ate a chimerical reform of mnnicicipal regula-
tions hostile to tumult and faction, and to
hunt down the honest fame of all men of
honor and incorruptible integrity.
A judge whose promptness and decision in
the discharge of his official duties have en-
titled him to the esteem and confidence of
his fellow-ciiizens, is arraigned as the ser-
vile and corrupt tool of party, and impious-
ly, aid mostltalsely charged with a violation
and abuse of his judicial functions. But to
the confusion of falsehood and malice, eve-
ry allegation contained in the report of the
committee, against Mr. Dorsey, has been
completely disproved.
The committee appointed at the panthe
on, have formally and solemnly charged a
judge with the commission of the highest
judicial crimes. Through the medium of the
press, sanctioned by the names of some
men, who were wont to revere principle and
honor, they have assailed his integrity, and
accused him of denying to a witness, drag-
ged before him for private examination, the
right secured to him by the constitution and
laws of his country, of consulting and hiv-
ing every benefit of counsel. With compelling
a -witness, upon oath, under the terror nf im-
prisonment, to criminate himself by his evi-
dence.
These allegations have been made by the
committee, upon the foul and false informa-
tion of a man whom a majority of the c ini-
mittee themselveshave declared, they esteem
unworthy of credit. Tiiis information then
thus given by a man, who has proved himself
destituteof every principle which can secure
either the respect orconfidrnce of his fellow-
men, having by ther confession of this very
witness himself, been proved to the satisfac-
tion of the public at largeand the committee
itself- to be absolutely false and malicious it
mu t and ought to be said, that the commit-
tee participate in the designs and guilt of
the witness. If they fail to make ample &
honourable atonement ;for an injury imposed'
under ejror fir false information they more
richly deserve the severe repiehension |