The American statesman: a political history, exhibiting the origin, nature and practical operation of constitutional government in the United States; . th Spain, Algiers, andthe north-western Indians, having been previously communicated to thehouse, Mr. Sedgwick moved, that provision ought to be made by lawfor carrying into effect, with good faith, the treaties concluded withthe dey and regency of Algiers, the king of Great Britain, the king ofSpain, and certain Indian tribes north-west of the Ohio. The objectof the mover in joining all these treaties in one motion, was not motion
The American statesman: a political history, exhibiting the origin, nature and practical operation of constitutional government in the United States; . th Spain, Algiers, andthe north-western Indians, having been previously communicated to thehouse, Mr. Sedgwick moved, that provision ought to be made by lawfor carrying into effect, with good faith, the treaties concluded withthe dey and regency of Algiers, the king of Great Britain, the king ofSpain, and certain Indian tribes north-west of the Ohio. The objectof the mover in joining all these treaties in one motion, was not motion was divided, and the question taken upon the treaties separ-ately. Resolutions declaring it expedient to carry into effect the otherthree treaties having been adopted, that relating to the British treatywag taken up. The debate in committee of the whole commenced on the 15th ofApril, and continued until the 29th. Speeches were made by more thanthirty members. Among the opponents of the treaty whose names aremost conspicuous, were Mr. Madison, by whom the debate was opened,and Mr. Gallatin, who had just commenced his public career, as a repre- 4. 3. oL. kJicicLA^rLS DISCUSSION ON THE JAY TREATY. 145 sentative from the insurrection district in western Pennsylvania Hehad been previously chosen a senator in congress; but on its being ascer-tained that he had not been nine years a citizen of the United States, howaa excluded from his seat in that body. He had taken the lead in thedebate on the call for the instructions, and was the most prominent andeffective speaker against the treaty. To do justice to the principal participators in this celebrated debate,would require the transfer, to our pages, of more copious extracts fromtheir speeches, than our prescribed limits will permit. The grounds onwhich the treaty was opposed and supported, are thus summarily statedby Pitkin: The objections of those opposed to carrying the treaty into effect,were generally, that it wanted reciprocity;
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