Part 203

THURSDAY, October 29.

JAMES HILLHOUSE, from the State of Connecticut, attended.

MONDAY, November 2.

JOHN GAILLARD, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of South Carolina, for the term of six years, commencing on the fourth day of March last, and JOHN SMITH, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of New York, for the term of six years, commencing on the fourth day of March last, respectively took their seats, and the oath prescribed by law was administered to them: their credentials having been read and filed during the last session.

On motion, by Mr. MILLEDGE, it was

Resolved, That the members of the Senate, from a sincere desire of showing every mark of respect due to the memory of the Honorable ABRAHAM BALDWIN, deceased, late a member thereof, will go into mourning for him one month, by the usual mode of wearing a crape round the left arm.

On motion, by Mr. HILLHOUSE, it was

Resolved, That the members of the Senate from a sincere desire of showing every mark of respect due to the memory of the Honorable URIAH TRACY, deceased, late a member thereof, will go into mourning for him one month, by the usual mode of wearing a crape round the left arm.

TUESDAY, November 3.

ANDREW MOORE, from the State of Virginia, attended.

The PRESIDENT communicated a letter, signed William Eaton, enclosing the translation of a petition of Hamet Bashaw Caramalli, stating his services and sufferings in behalf of the United States, in which, relying on promises of remuneration, he hath exposed his life, and sacrificed all his means, and praying relief; and the petition was read, and ordered to lie for consideration.

THURSDAY, November 5.

Removal of Federal Judges on Address from Congress.

Mr. TIFFIN submitted the following motion for consideration:

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following section be submitted to the Legislatures of the several States, which, when ratified and confirmed by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the said States, shall be valid and binding, as a part of the Constitution of the United States, in lieu of the first section of third article thereof:

“The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices for ---- years, shall be removed by the President on the address of two-thirds of both Houses of Congress requesting the same, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.”

MONDAY, November 9.

Mr. POPE, appointed a Senator by the State of Kentucky, produced his credentials, which were read and ordered to lie on file.

FRIDAY, November 13.

Slavery in Indiana Territory.

Mr. FRANKLIN, from the committee to whom were referred, on the 7th instant, the resolutions of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Indiana Territory, on the propriety of suspending the sixth article of compact contained in the Ordinance for the government of the North-western Territory, passed the 13th day of July, 1787, together with a remonstrance of certain citizens of Clark County against the said resolutions, made report; which was read, and ordered to lie for consideration.

The report is as follows:

The Legislative Council and House of Representatives, in their resolutions, express their sense of the propriety of introducing slavery into their Territory, and solicit the Congress of the United States to suspend, for a given number of years, the sixth article of compact, in the Ordinance for the government of the Territory north-west of the river Ohio, passed the 13th day of July, 1787. That article declares: “there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said Territory.”

The citizens of Clark County, in their remonstrance, express their sense of the impropriety of the measure, and solicit the Congress of the United States not to act on the subject, so as to permit the introduction of slaves into the Territory; at least until their population shall entitle them to form a constitution and State government.

Your committee, after duly considering the matter, respectfully submit the following resolution:

Resolved, That it is not expedient at this time to suspend the sixth article of compact for the government of the Territory of the United States north-west of the river Ohio.

TUESDAY, November 17.

The PRESIDENT communicated a letter from JAMES FENNER, stating the resignation of his seat in the Senate.