«Статьи — 1. Наше удовольствие в том, что все вышеуказанные земли, страны, потоки, реки и острова были и остаются включенными под названием правительства Луизианы, которое должно быть зависимым от общего правительства Новой Франции, которому оно подчинено; и далее, что все земли, которыми мы владеем от Иллинойса, были объединены и т. д. к общему правительству Новой Франции, и стали его частью и т. д.»
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The chairman had risen to put the question, which would have cut Mr. Clay off from the opportunity of speaking, by carrying the bill to the house.—Editor.
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This prediction is already beginning to be realized.—Editor.
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It is due to Mr. Clay to observe, that one of the most offensive expressions used by Mr. Quincy, an expression which produced disgust on all sides of the house, has been omitted in that gentleman’s reported speech, which in other respects has been much softened.—Editor.
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It is impossible to describe the pathetic effect produced by this part of the speech. The day was chilling cold; so much so, that Mr. Clay has been heard to declare, that it was the only time he ever spoke, when he was unable to keep himself warm by the exercise of speaking; yet there were few eyes that did not testify to the sensibility excited.—Editor.
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This speech was never published.
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The proposition which it asserts was, he thought, sufficiently maintained by barely reading the clause in the constitution on which it rests: ‘the congress shall have power to dispose, &c. the territory or other property belonging to the United States.’
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The house of representatives has uniformly maintained its right to deliberate upon those treaties, in which their coöperation was asked by the executive. In the first case that occurred in the operation of our government, that of the treaty commonly called Mr. Jay’s treaty, after general Washington refused to communicate his instructions to that minister, the house asserted its rights, by fifty odd votes to thirty odd. In the last case that occurred, the convention in 1815 with Great Britain, although it passed off upon what was called a compromise, this house substantially obtained its object; for, if that convention operated as a repeal of the laws with which it was incompatible, the act which passed was altogether unnecessary.
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The resolution, offered by Mr. Clay, declaring that the United States would not see with indifference any interference of the holy alliance in behalf of Spain against the new American republics.
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Madame de Staël.
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It has been, since the delivery of the speech, suggested, that the reverend Robert Finley, of New Jersey, (who is also, unfortunately, dead,) contemplated the formation of a society, with a view to the establishment of a colony in Africa, and probably first commenced the project. It is quite likely that he did; and Mr. Clay recollects seeing Mr. Finley and consulting with him on the subject, about the period of the formation of the society. But the allusion to Mr. Caldwell was founded on the facts, well known to Mr. Clay, of his active agency in the organization of the society, and his unremitted subsequent labors, which were not confined to the District of Columbia, in promoting the cause.
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A society of a few individuals, without power, without other resources than those which are supplied by spontaneous benevolence, to emancipate all the slaves of the country!
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See the last annual report and the highly interesting historical sketch of the reverend Mr. Ashmun.
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To say nothing of cotton produced in other foreign countries, the cultivation of this article, of a very superior quality, is constantly extending in the adjacent Mexican provinces, and but for the duty, probably, a large amount would be introduced into the United States, down Red river and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Mr. Clay subsequently understood that colonel Murray was a merchant.
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Mr. Clay stated that he assumed the quantity which was generally computed, but he believed it much greater, and subsequent information justifies his belief. It appears from the report of the cotton committee appointed by the New York convention, that partial returns show a consumption of upwards of two hundred and fifty thousand bales; that the cotton manufacture employs nearly forty thousand females, and about five thousand children; that the total dependants on it are one hundred and thirty-one thousand four hundred and eighty-nine; that the annual wages paid are twelve million one hundred and fifty-five thousand seven hundred and twenty-three dollars; the annual value of its products thirty-two million three hundred and six thousand and seventy-six dollars; the capital forty-four million nine hundred and fourteen thousand nine hundred and eighty-four dollars; the number of mills seven hundred and ninety-five; of spindles, one million two hundred and forty-six thousand five hundred and three; and of cloth made, two hundred and sixty million four hundred and sixty-one thousand nine hundred and ninety yards. This statement does not comprehend the western manufactures.
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As to Shirley, Mr. Clay acknowledges his mistake, made in the warmth of debate. It is yet the abode of the respectable and hospitable descendants of its former opulent proprietor.
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This subject had been set down for this day. It was generally expected, in and out of the senate, that it would be taken up, and that Mr. Clay would address the senate. The members were generally in their seats, and the gallery and lobbies crowded. At the customary hour, he moved that the subject pending should be laid on the table, to take up the land bill. It was ordered accordingly. At this point of time Mr. Forsyth made a motion, supported by Mr. Tazewell, that the senate proceed to executive business. The motion was overruled.
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It is understood to have been read by Mr. Hill.
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The following is the proceeding to which Mr. Clay referred: Решено генеральной ассамблеей Мэриленда, что сенаторы и представители от этого штата в конгрессе должны быть попрошены использовать свои крайние усилия, при допущении штата Миссури в союз, чтобы предотвратить запрет рабства от требования от этого штата в качестве условия его допущения.
Он прошел, январь 1820 года, в утвердительной форме. Среди имен тех, кто был против, — имя г-на Тэни.
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The amendment was in the following words: Далее постановлено, что во всех случаях назначения на должность президентом, с совета и согласия сената, право удаления должно осуществляться только в согласии с сенатом; и когда сенат не на сессии, президент может приостановить любого такого офицера, сообщая свои причины для приостановки в течение первого месяца его последующей сессии, и если сенат согласится с ним, офицер должен быть удален; но если он не согласится с ним, офицер должен быть восстановлен в должности.
Г-н Клей был впоследствии побужден не настаивать на своей поправке в это время.
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The following is the table referred to by Mr. Clay.
Заявление, показывающее дивиденд каждого штата (согласно его федеральному населению) от доходов общественных земель в течение 1833, 1834 и 1835 годов, после вычета из суммы пятнадцати процентов, ранее разрешенных семи новым штатам.
States. Federal
population. Share for
each state. Fifteen per
centum
to new
states. Total
to new
states.
Maine 399,437 $617,269
New Hampshire 269,326 416,202
Massachusetts 610,408 943,293
Rhode Island 97,194 150,198
Connecticut 297,665 459,996
Vermont 280,657 433,713
New York 1,918,553 2,964,834
New Jersey 319,922 494,391
Pennsylvania 1,348,072 2,083,233
Delaware 75,432 116,568
Maryland 405,843 627,169
Virginia 1,023,503 1,581,669
North Carolina 639,747 988,632
South Carolina 455,025 701,495
Georgia 429,811 664,208
Kentucky 621,832 960,947
Tennessee 625,263 966,249
Ohio 935,884 1,446,266 230,844 1,677,110
Louisiana 171,694 265,327 67,661 332,888
Indiana 343,031 530,102 325,485 855,588
Illinois 157,147 242,846 483,760 726,606
Missouri 130,419 201,542 174,354 375,897
Mississippi 110,358 170,541 788,403 958,945
Alabama 262,508 405,666 541,940 947,607
[Fractions of dollars are omitted in the above sums.]
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Г-НАМ ГЕЙЛСУ И СИТОНУ:
В речи, которую я адресовал сенату по предмету петиций об отмене, я приписал д-ру Франклину авторство закона, принятого штатом Пенсильвания в 1780 году для постепенного освобождения рабов. Таково было впечатление в моем уме; но из сообщения, которое я получил с тех пор, я верю, что мера возникла у другого выдающегося гражданина Пенсильвании, покойного достопочтенного Джорджа Брайана.
Я буду благодарен вам сделать это исправление, неважное в отношении использования, которое я сделал из факта, но в остальном справедливое и правильное.
Ваш, с уважением,
Г. КЛЕЙ
Вашингтон, 2 марта 1839 г.
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The result of the returns has since been announced, and it shows a population of rising seventeen millions. Still Ohio has the proportion supposed, of about one tenth of the population, according to federal numbers, which furnish the rate proposed for distribution.
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It is but justice to those officers to say, that the most extravagant increase in the contingent expenses of congress is in the article of printing, for which they are not responsible.
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