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CONGRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES.
HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, Dec. 23, 1800.
On the Mausoleum.
f debate continued.J
Air. John 0. Smith faid it had been de
clared by fome gentlemen that the reputation
of Washington might be Safely confided to
the record of hifiory. Was it the the opi
nion of thofe gentlemen that that record
was to be found in the charge of murder
agamft that illuftrious character ? Wis it
to be found in the patriotic effufions of men
'iid pronounced all exprciiions of na
tional gratitude a mockery of woe, and had
dec! 11 -tl that it was high time for thofe who
the Sincere apoltlcs of liberty to be
done with fuch foolery ; or was it to be
found in the denunciations ofa printer, fup
ported by a State that perpetually boaited its
regard to repttblitamfm ?
Mr. Harper could not but regret that
a gentleman, who prof, ifedfo lively a regret
I'orthe ven-rable lady alluded to, Ihouldliave
exhibited in thi* difcufßon fa glaring a con
trast between his profeiTions and his actions,
by introducing that lady into the debate,
and indelicately expreffing her withe*, in
reference to the place where the relics of
tier deceafed partner fhould he depofited
Was it conceiveahle that to her the place
could he of any importance ? Or was i<
pofjibte that this houSe could be enflaved b\
the trifling circumstance of the locus in
quo, or that the paltry consideration at
tending an action of trefpafs could h
gravely introduced into Such a debate.
All that this venerable lady Says amount*
to this that accuftomed from the example of
bcr deceafed friend to obey the national
•.vEhes,fhc Submitted to that difpolition of hi*
remains that Congrefs may make. Shall We
then in violation of the plain meaning of
her words, enter into whifpers of hearfav
reflecting willies, which from his know
ledge of her good fenfe, he was pcrfuaded
had never been uttered.
Mr. Randolph *ofe to explain- He
i.al nei her faid, nor intended to fay, that
he pofTeffed any knowledge betide that
which appeared on the journals ; and from
that knowledge he was jull.iiied in faying
that Mrs \V .Ellington's compliance.
prefJed by her, was not with any publii
hat might be exprelTcd, but with that
will which had been already exprelTed.
Whatever iidinuatioiis the g-ntlemnn
South Carolina may mean to convey.
.of refptriffc for every woman were
facred ; nor were they limited to that fL-x
alone. He vtas not difpofed on this occa
fion to take the. advice of the gen '
wh ; judging me by his own heart, laid Mr.
Randolph, may imagine me capable of dif
p the lex.
Mr. Harpka willied the gentleman!
would avoid any further interruption, and
"•!" -ye his remarks until he was dour. lie
did not know, nor was he concerned to en-
quire into,the motives of the gentleman from
enquiry would, of all others
lea ft profitable or interefting, either to
lorjfe or to himfelf. Neither had he
i} id a of giving advice which that gentle
-11 would follow. He well knew that it
tfas the rtfoftihopelefs of all things to give
advice to one, whole own tenfe of propriety
. not tell him what was right. Ihofe,
ho were incapable of receiving leffonsfrom
eirc-wn minds or feelings, were not likely
icceive t'nem from any other quarter.
The feelings afe.ribed to Mrs. Wafhing
*on were unfounded. That lady was inca
pable of entering into triflingdifpute* about
place or time, fuch as the houfe had this
day witneffed.
The arguments, by which the fnperiority
i ftatue to a maufoleum was attempted to
beeftablifhed, were fallacious.The fdrtuand
features of our iliuftriou* friend would bs
pr de-rvc'd without the eredtion of any ftatuc
by US. Pictures hy celebrated artift, were,
every where multiplied and caught at with
avidity ; and the fculptor and the painter
will be employed unceaiingly to keep pace
with the encreafing demand. Likenefles
may he found every where, and as perfect
on the other lide of the Atlantic, as on this
fide.
A maufoletini would laft for ages ; and
would prefent the fame imperilhable apnea*
11 years hence, that it would now.
Wherr-.n'j a ftatue would only remain till
fome civil convulfion or foreign invafion t
or i!i,Eitioin COilcpieror, or lawlefs Riob
mould dafh it ifjtf) r till fmie invad
i barian Ihotild transport it as atrophy
of his guilt to a foreign fhore.
I hi) ! Mr. Harper, ;.; rno
to a roan, on<
as the patron of America, defaced, mut-j1
Sated, its head broken off, proftrated with
the ground.
A ftatue, erected by the legillature oS
Virginia to perpetuate the virtues of a mar.
to future ages, had been dcltroyed.
IE-fides a ftatue was minute, trivial, and
perifhable. It was a monument ereftcd to
all that crowd of eftimable but fubordiuati
perfonages, that Soar in a region, elevated
I above common characters, hut which
was infinitely below th
Washington.
The grcateft honor which this countr)
ever has received, the greateft honor which
it ever could receive-, was derived from
with its Sons the immortal
Wafhington.
Shall then a mistaken Spirit of economy,
and a It'll more miltaken jcalotify arrelt us.
Honor him, it is true, we cannot. '1 he
world has charged itfelf with that talk.
PoSterity as long as the world fhall endure
will celebrate his virtues and his talents:
thofe virtues and talents of which every
ingredient of their happinefs will be a per
petual evidence. But though we cannot
honor him, we may dishonor ourselves,
Though, we cannot increafe the luflre of
his fame, we may fhtw our own meannefs,
'cowardice, fpite, and malice ; and flu.ov an
aftonilhed world that we are deplorably un
worthy of the high honor conferred by na
ture in giving us a Wafhington.
I am, Said Mr. Harper, awfully impref
!' dby the fubject. I link under the fubli
rnity that furrounds it. No words can
reach it; mine are totally inadequate; to
the feeling* of the houfe then it mult be
Submitted ; they, after anticipating
rhat genius or eloquence can fay, will ftili
far furpafa their boldeSt cffuSum
Mr. Randolph was very unfortunately
Situated, as he was compelled to rife, not
in his own defence, but in defence of the
calumniated reputation of that ftate which
he revered, lince from it he derived his
birth.
I will not, faid Mr. Randolph, enter in
to an elucidation of the motives oi the gen
tleman from Smith Carolina, which have
produced fo much afperity, and fuch a vi
rulence of rancour again ft the ftate of Vir
ginia, but will confine myfelf to the quef
tion on engrofiing the bill.
The gentleman has talked to us about
h's disregard for the locus in qua* Mi.
Randolph faid he cared as little for the
quo modo, as the gentleman did for tin
locus in quo.
He had further told us that a ftatuc
might be overthrown by a licentious
mob; and that this had actually been
the cafe in the ftate of Virginia. But,
why had it been fo ? Becaufe that ftatin
had been erected in the life time of the
perfon it celebrated ; Decani* it had been
erected under the colonial government ;
and, becaufe like evtry other fetter of
tyranny it was broken by the revolutio
nary Ipirit that eftablifhed our liberties.
But, fays the gentleman, ftatuts arc
railed for fuhordinatc men, for this adm -
ral or that general, who may deferve well
of their country ; but who do not merit
the higheft dillincYions of national gr.
titudc. If this meafvire of railing a 111.111
--foleum is to be only a cover for obtaining
flatties for temporary and fecondary and
trifling characters, it may have a very
alarming influence upon us.
It is not eafy for a man of even hi',
fenfihility than myfelf, to hear in iilenc,
the ftate in which I was born, and one
of whole reprefentatives I am, calumni
ated in the manner in which it had b;v.
that day hy the gentlemen from Connec
ticut and South Carolina. In defence of
that ftate, actuated by a love to it, and
not from any refpect to its detractors ;
not to repel any imputation of meanefs,
of cowardice, of malice, which the gentle
man from South Carolina bad called jur.\
(meaning, I fiippofe his own), I wili
inform him, and the gentleman from Con
necticut, that this ftate was the firft to ce
lebrate the fame of the heroof America, by
erecting a ftatue to him in the capital at
Kit hiiiond.
The gentleman from Connecticut ob
ject:-, to a confidence in the record of the
hiftorian. Does the gentleman wiih to
fupprefs the hiftory of the political events
of 1776 ? Or does he helieve that thefe
events will be handed down in aflbciation
with the bloody buoy, and Porcupine's
works ? Perhaps he has formed from his
own mind a proper lYhodion for our chil
dren ; and is againft the prefs handing
down any thingelfe ?
Mr. H ari'ku f.iid, tliat the gentleman
from Virginia had miftated what he had
faid. 1 !<• bad cafl kion on tin
(Utc of Virginia ; but had barely
dances of ftutues overthrown and
deftroyed, to ill! tilty.
Dm
~i .«► !Ei'< d that the C mnnii.Ee: to v, hi m
this fubject had been committed, had cb
tained fevcral cftimates ; among which v\as
one in writing hy Dr. Thornton, which
Hates with confidence, that the expenfe of
.in Fiqieltrian ftuate would not exceed
fiom 8 000 to 15,000 pounds currency
After Some remarks from Mr. Sh"p*
ard and Mr. Lyon, the yf.as and Nays
were taken on engrofSing the bill, and
were as follow : ayes 44, noes 40.
YE AS.
Mcffi-.r. lEi'-r, Harriett, J. Brown,
Champlin, Cooper, Craik, F. Davenport,
Denni", Dent, Dicklbn, Edmond, Evans,
Fofter, Freeman, Glen, Goode, C. Good
rich, E. Goodrich, Grifwold, Grove,
Harper, Henderfon, Hill, linger, Imlay.
fCittera,H. Lee, Morris,Nott,Otis,Pluck*
ney, Piatt, J'oweil, J. Heed, N. Head,
Rutledge, J. C. Smith, Tenney, Thatch
er, J. C. Thomas, 11. Thomas, WadS
worth, 1,. Williams, Woods. 44.
N A V S.
McdTr:;. AHton, Bailey, Bird, Rifhop,
It. Ii 'own-'Chrifti^ (-lay, Claiborne,Condit,
J. Davenport, Davis, Dawfon, Egglefton,
Elmendorf, Gray, Gregg, rlanna,
Eieifter, Holmes, Jackfon, Citchcil,
l.iib, Lyon, Linn, Macon, Muhlenberg,
Handclph, Shepard, F. Sniilie, Smith,
Spaight, Stanford, Sumter, Taliaferro,
I hompfon, A. Frigg, J.Trigg, Tazeweih
Van CortEindt, Van ura. 40.
The third reading of tne bill was fix
ed fcr Thurfday week, when the houfe
adjourned to Tuefday the 30th.
LOTS FOR SALE,
In the City of Washington.
THE SUBSCRIBER offers for Sale a imm
her of valuable Lots beautifully fiuuteil
between the Capitol and the Eaitern Branch
Alfo a (cw lots to be let on leafc for ninety
nine years in the vicinity of the Na«y yard.
WILLIE M PRO Cl'.
City of Wafhington. December ia, 1800 tf
N. B A few Tor*, of good Meadow Hay, one
Kiln of Bricks, anJ iome Cord Wood.
W. P.
go Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the Subfcribtr, living in Fre
deric County, Virginia, a Mulatto boy na
med torn, about twenty years of age, of a ftur
dy make, about five f t nine inches high, he h*s
no particular murk,—He will endeavour to paE
for a free man.—We hah a mother, a black wo
man, flave fo Mr Frederic Conrad, living in the
federal City ; where it is coujeAured he will har
bour. Ihe above reward will be paid on his betn<r
brought home, or Ten Dollar* p,.cured in any
jail and information given to
A. LINDO.
Decejnber. aa. iwjt
\ Totice is Given
THAT 1 (hall attend at the Eaftern
Branch Ferry on Ulonday, the 29th inft. for'
the purpofe of renting the Fifliing Landing.
If any perfon fhouldwant to rent it, with
.vhom I am not acquainted, fecurity will
he required.
JOHN WALLACE, ok Win.
Detember 22, 1800.
BOARDING and LODGING.
TWO gentlemen can be accommodated with
genteel Board mij Lodging in -i good and
comfortable Two itory Brick houfe, a few yards
from the. end of the New Gravel Walk ©n New
Jericy Avenue, and on nioritrare terms hy
JAMES VANSANDT.
December 28 ,11.
f horn is Carpenter,
TAYLOR,
'/"** RATKFULLY acknowledges the numerous*
vJfavours conferred on him, and Informs his
friends and the public that he has entered into
partnerfhip with CHARLIE? V ■VRDf-'N, likewile
from Philadelphia, on Capitol Hill, oppofite Mr
CARROL':, buildings, where, as well as i 1 Perm
tylvania Evenue, between the Prefident* Houfe
and George Town, from their long and extenfive
experience in Military, NavaEnid Fancy dreffts,
and in Ladies Habits &c, and from their having
procured the beft of woiienien and materials,
the utmoft tafle and punctuality might be expec
ted.
vV Two apprentices wanted.
Wafhington, Dec aa.
CONRAD & M-MUNN
HAVJi opened houfes of entertainment in the
range of buildings formerly occupied by
Mr. Law, about two hundred paces Irom tht
Capitol, in New Jerfcy avenue, leading from
thence to the Eaftern ranch. They are fpaci
"li, and. lu^veui i;t, one of which is d
for lla|;c pall lurs, the oth r foi
■he accommodation of hoarder*. There Elf i
bkagc fufiicient tor 60 hories.-——They hope to
1 age.
I fit of YVaibiogtwi, No* 34, i3oa.
THE SUBSCRIBER
BEGS leave to inform the Public in genrnl,'
that he has opened a Btcf-fleak and Oyfter
Houfe, on Capitol i-Eii, Oiiy of Walbington, in
the Houfe lately occupied by Brows and .Snow
den as a Printing Office, a flnall diffance from
tin* Capitol, where Gent'emen inny be acconnno
dated at any hour in the day or Evening, with
Beef flakes, Oytlcr*, Sail fa ires Bte. at rhc
noucer'and on the molt reasonable terms I.ike
wife the Subfribcr fas taken j.ai titular pains to
lay in a flock of Goed Liquor*, and flatters
hinifelf that by pi'ying Ariel attention to the
bufincfi to Merit the favour of the Public in
General.
WILLIAM TONKIN.
Docemb-jr 2E ertf.
Kid, Mot & Co.
At the F/rick Store opposite BlodgeT':;
Elotel.
IT AYE received hy the Brijr Union, Capt.
1 Leonard, from Liverpool, a large Cupply of
Crockery Ware. Some of'which is well aftorttci
in 1111.1.1 tafk« for the country.
Also, by the some Vessel.
White Lead, ground in oil.
Spanrfh Brown do.
Red Lead, Patent yellow, Sec. Ac.
They expert by the Roba and Betfey arrived at
Norfolk, an addition;.! Invoice of crockery and a
large aflbrtment of Gla(a w.-.re. All which will
ho lohl at the Philadelphia prices.
December a 8.
NOTICE, is hereby given to all whom it may
concern, that two Tracts of land belong
ing to Cm i»l.»-f Or. indpri lying in the County
of Pickering in the Mifiifippi Teiritisry, and
adjoining land belonging to Adam Bi»gamau,
are attached by a Foreign attachment at the i'uit
ol joltph Calvet lur a debt «>f 2063 dollars 50
cents
JOSEPH CALVET.
Nov. 38, iSoo.
HOARDING and LODGING.
I^IVE orSi\ gentlemen can be accommodated
with Gcuteel Board aid Lodging, in a good
and comfortable Houfe, on New-Jcrley Avenue.
at Mr. Law's former refidtlice Alfo good
Stablini> wherein twenty horfrt can be accommo
dated by,
SAMUEL BOOTES.
Nov. a6th 4 100. 4t.
To R EN T.
A Commodious Two Story brick dwelling
houfe on fquart No. 701 —'he lor is well
iiulofed and hath every neci ffary out lioufc, and
is very convenient for a (mall iamily—it may ! c
entered oft immediately, the terms made know*
and the prcmifes ihowu by applying ro
&ENTAMIJ* MORE.
Wafhington,New leifey Avtiiue,
December 17, ißco. -,t
JUST Ul TOR TED,
?N the th p Miffritiri, via Philadelphia, and
now piienij g lor Sale at the .'EihEiiberE StWe ex;
New-Jerfey A mm Sill, Square 690.
A General Aflbrtment c f Ironmongery, Cut
lery, Sadie; y, Erafs Wftf'es and Building Mate
rial*.
Among which are the following Articles.
Iron put-;, frying pwis, chaffing difhes, Brifc,
iro • and Japand 1 , patent metal te.i
kettles Mid fai c< pans ; iuppaned tea tray*, wait.
its and Breacj bafltet", fad iron., wind up jacks,
Sweeping, fcruhbing, Kearth and (hoe bruihes ;
M rthematical ii ftromrnt"., mahrgaiiy knife cries,,
filled with ivory hakdled knives and forks, Cruet
[lands, ladies drcfilag cafes; mill, pitt and crofs
cut Saws. 56, a 8 and lzjlb. Iron weights. Alfo
lcale beams tv weigh from 5 to 10 ewt. at an end.
HE MR if LvGIJE
November 34th, 1800.
RAN AWAY
I^ROM the Subfcriber on the zcth inO. Negro
FIDELfO, well known about the City, and
it is though' he i» Lurking about Prlrs. Young's
where he- has a wife. I will give a generous re
ward for having him nut in Jail, and One Dollar
for flogging him anil bringing him home. Ail
perfbm .ire alio forewarned from crediting any
perfon on my Account, without an order from
miller my hand, arid alfo Irom Harbouring mv
People, or permitting them to crofs the Ferries
without a line from,
J.AMES R. DERMOTT.
St. Elizabeth, Dec. 15, 1800. 3t
This day is Published ana for Sale
ur
RAPINE, CONRAD if Co.
AT I'HK WASHINGTON BoOK S'rOUtf,
Comer of South /?. Street anil New jersey
Avenue, nem the Cv, v,,.'.
A FEW remarks an Ma. H.mu i .-,-.•'» late
• * L«t:e,, concerning the Public conduct aud
haractei of the Prefident, price i- cents.
rh.-: Beggab Glut and hci c, *a,a<flor» 3
■/'ols. by lvfjs. Leniiet author of WeiiE hctrefe,
[uvpnile indifcrctmio. .' Courci, and
lounteft of C
' o.My |,9U-id.