24 MINISTERS, &c. OF FOREIGN POWERS, NEAR THE U. S. David G. Burnet, consul, Galvezton C. W. Davis, consul, Petic and Guayamas J.W. Langdon, con. Laguna, Island del Carmen Republic of Colombia. J. M. Macpherson, Pa. consul, Carthagena Thomas F. Knox, Vir. consul, Angostura J. M. Baker, Minorca, consul, R. de Janeiro Charles Savage, consul, Guatemala Republic of Buenos Ayres. G. W. Slacum, Va. consul, Buenos Ayres COMMISSIONERS under the Convention with France, concluded July 4th, 1831. George W. Campbell, of Tennessee. do Chili. Thomas S. Russel, consul, Valparaiso Daniel Wynne, N.Y. consul, St.Jago de Chili' Republic of Peru. Wm. F. Taylor, N. Y. consul, Quilca Arica and Arequipa A sa Worthington, do. consul, Lima F. M. Dimond, Rhode Island, commercial agent, Port au Prince Wm. Miles, commercial agent, Aux Cayes Samuel Israel, Pa. comm.agt. Cape Haytien Sandwich Islands. J.C.Jones, Jr. Mass.comm.agt. S. Islands China. J.H.Grosvenor, consul, Canton Consular Agents, recently appointed. Jasper Chasseaud, Damascus, Beiront, Balbec, Said, and the towns within their limits David Darmon, Jerusalem, and the city and port of Jaffa. Clerk. Portugal. Commandeur Torlade d'Azambuja, charge d'affaires. Denmark. W. Steen Bille, charge d'affaires. Chevalier Ankarloo, charge d'affaires. Adr. Martini, charge d'affaires. Belgium. Mexico. Baron Behr, minister resident. J. M. de Castillo y Lanzas, charge d'affaires. Colombia. Don Domingo Acosta, charge d'affaires and consul general. Brazil. Manual G. Dos Reis, charge d'affaires, ad interim, and consul general. PRESIDENTS, SECRETARIES OF STATE, AND DIPLOMATIC AGENTS, since the Federal Constitution went into Operation, in 1789. Presidents. Geo. Washington, of Va. from 1789 to 1797. John Adams, of Mass. from 1797 to 1801. Thos. Jefferson, of Va. from 1801 to 1809. James Madison, of Va. from 1809 to 1817. James Monroe, of Va. from 1817 to 1825. John Q. Adams, of Mass. from 1825 to 1829. Andrew Jackson, of Tenn. from 1829. Secretaries of State. Thomas Jefferson, of Va. 26 Sept. 1789. To Great Britain. Gouverneur Morris, of New Jersey, commissioner, 13th October, 1789. Thos. Pinckney, of South Carolina, Minister Plenipotentiary, 2 January, 1792 John Jay, of New-York, Envoy Extraordi nary, 19th of April, 1794. Rulus King, of New York, Minister Plenipotentiary, 21st May, 1796. James Monroe, of Virginia, Minister Plenipotentiary, 18th April, 1803. James Monroe and Wm. Pinkney jointly and severally, Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy, 12 May, 1796. Wm. Pinkney, of Maryland, Minister Plenipotentiary, 12 May, 1806; renewed 26 February, 1808. John Q. Adams, of Mass. Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 28 February, 1815 R. Rush, of Pennsylvania, Envoy Extraordi hary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 16 December, 1817 Rufus King, of New York, Envoy Extraordi nary and Minis'r Pienipotent'y, 5 May 1825 Albert Gallatin, Pa. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 10 May, 1826. James Barbour, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 23d May, 1828 Louis M'Lane, Delaware, En'y Extraordinary and Minis'rPlenipotent'y 18 Apr. 1829 Martin Van Buren, N. Y. Envoy Extraordi nary and Minis'r Plenipoten'y, 1 Aug. 1831 To France. Wm. Short, Va. Charge d'Affaires, April 6th, 1790 Gouverneur Morris, New-Jersey, Minister Plenipotentiary, 12th January, 1792 James Monroe, Virginia, Minister Plenipo tentiary, 28th of May, 1794 Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, S. C. Minis ter Plenipotentiary, 9th September, 1796 Charles C. Pinckney, Eldridge Gerry, and John Marshall, jointly and severally, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 5th June, 1797 Oliver Ellsworth, Patrick Henry, and Wm. Vans Murray, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary; 26th Feb. 1799 Wm. Richardson Davie, of N. Carolina in place of Patrick Henry, 10 Decem. 1799 Jaines A. Bayard, Delaware, Minister Plenipotentiary, 19th February, 1801 Robert R. Livingston, New-York, Minister Plenipotentiary, 2d of October, 1801 John Armstrong, New York, Minister Plenipotentiary, 30th June, 1804 Joel Barlow, Connecticut, Minister Plenipo tentiary, 27th February, 1811 Wm. H. Crawford, Georgia, Minister Plenipotentiary, 9th April, 1813 Albert Gallatin, Pennsylvania, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 28 February, 1815 James Brown, Louisiana, Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 9 December, 1823 Wm.C. Rives, Virginia, Envoy Extraordina ry and Minis'r Plenipotent'y, 1 June, 1829 William C. Rives, with special powers to negotiate concerning Claims, and Commerce generally, 18th March, 1831 To Spain. William Carmichael, Md. Charge d'Affaires, 11th of April, 1790 Wm. Carmichael and Wm. Short, Commis- Thomas Pinckney, South Carolina, Envoy Alex'r H. Everett, Mass. Envoy Extraordi- Cornelius P. Van Ness, Ver. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 1st of June, 1829 To the Netherlands. Wm. Short, Virginia, Minister Resident, 16 of January, 1792 John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts, Minis- Wm. Eustis, Massachusetts, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotent'y, 10th of December, 1814 Alexander H. Everett, Mass., Charge d'Affaires, 30th November, 1818 Christopher Hughes, of Maryland, Charge d'Affaires, 9th March, 1825 William Pitt Preble, Maine, Envoy Extraordinary and Min'r Plenipo'y, 1 June, 1829 Auguste Davezac, Louisiana, Charge d'Af fai cs, 15th of October, 1831 Ta Portugal. David Humphreys, of Connecticut, Minister tiary, (in Brazil) 6th January, 1819 Henry Dearborn, Sen. N. Hamp. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 7th of May, 1822 Thomas L. L. Brent, Virginia, Charge d'Af faires, 9th March, 1825 To Prussia John Quincy Adams, Massehusetts, Minister Plenipotentiary, 1st of June, 1797 Henry Clay, [Secret'y of State,] special commissioner, with full power to conclude a Treaty with Prussia, 18th of April, 1828 To Russia. Rufus King, New-York, Minister Plenipotentiary, 7th of February, 1799 John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts, Minister Plenipotentiary, 27th June, 1809 James A. Bayard, Delaware, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 28 of February, 1815 William Pinkney, Maryland, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 26of April, 1815 George W. Campbell, Tennessee, Envoy Extraordinary, and Minister Plenipotentiary, 6th of April, 1818 Henry Middleton, South Carolina, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 6th of April, 1820 John Randolph of Roanoke, Virginia, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotent'y 26th of May, 1830 James Buchanan, Pennsylvania, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 4th of January, 1832 To the Ottoman Porte. Wm.Smith, South Carolina, Envoy Extraor dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 11th of February, 1799 David Porter, Charge d'Affa's, 15 Apr. 1831 To Sweden. John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts, Com missoner, 14th of March, 1798 Jona'n Russel, Rhode Island, Min'ter Plent potentiary, 18th of January, 1814 Christopher Hughes, jr. Maryland, Charge d'Affaires, 21st January, 1819 William C. Somerville, Maryland, Charge d'Affaires, 9th March, 1825 John Jas. Appleton, Massachusetts, Charge d'Affaires, 2d of May, 1826 Christ'r Hughes, Maryland, Charge d'Af faires, 3d of March, 1830 Negotiators of the Treaty of Ghent. John Quincy Adams, Albert Gallatin, and James A. Bayard, Envoy Extraordin’y and Minister Plenipotentiary, 17th April 1813 Henry Clay and Jona'n Russel, were added to this Commission, 18th of January, 1814 To Denmark. Henry Wheaton, New-York, Charge d'Affaires, 3d of March, 1827 To the Republic of Colombia. Richard C. Anderson, of Virginia, Minister Plenipotentiary, 27th of January, 1823 Beaufort T. Waits, South Carolina, Charge d'Affaires, Sd of March, 1827 William H. Harrison, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 24th May, 1828 Thomas P. Moore, Kentucky, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 13 March, 1829 To the Republic of Buenos Aures. Cæsar A Rodney, Del. Minister Plenipotentiary, 27th of January, 1823 John M. Forbes, of Florida, Charge d'Affaires, 9th of March, 1825 Francis Bayliss, Massachu's, Charge d'Affaires, January, 1:32 To the Government of Chili. Heman Allen, Vermont, Minister Plenipo tentiary, 27th January, 1823 Samuel Larned, Rhode Island, Charge d'Affaires, 9 h February, 1828 John Hamm, Ohio, Charge d'Affaires, 6th of May, 1830 Guatemala (continued) William B. Rochester, New-York, Charge d'Affaires, 3d of March, 1827 William N. Jeffers, of New-Jersey, Charge d'Affaires, 14th of June, 1831 Peru. James Cooley, Ohio, Charge d'Affaires, 2d of May, 1826 Samuel Larned, Rhode Isl'd, Charge d'Affaires, 29th December, 1828 Emanuel J. West, of Ohio, Charge d'Affures, 221 of October, 1829 Assembly of American nations proposed to be held at Panama. Samuel Larned, Rhode Island, Charge d'Affaires, 15th of May, 1839 Richard C. Anderson, of Virginia, and John Sergeant, Pennsylvania, Envoy Extraor dinaries and Minister Plenipotent.aries, 14th of March, 1826 Assembly of Americans (continued) Joel R. Pointsett, South Carolina, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 12th of February, 1827 Under the Umpirage of the King of the Netherlands. Albert Gallatin and Wm. Pitt Preble, Agents in the Negotiation and upon the umpirage relating to the Northeastern boundary of the United States, 9th of March, 1828 Austria. Henry Clay, (Secretary of State,) with spe cial authority to negotiate a treaty of Com merce and Navigation, 24th of Oct. 1828 Martin Van Buren, (Secretary of State,) with special power to negotiate a treaty of com merce and navigation, 11th of Aug. 1829 The two Sicilies. John Nelson, Maryland, Charge d'Affaires 24th of October, 1831 Les chiffres 6, 8, 23, 45, 320 et 713 sont nuls.-On commencera par combiner trois chiffres.-Lorsque l'on rencontre le chiffre 424, on continue à lire en combinant deux chiffres.-Lorsque l'on rencontre 49, on recommencera par combiner trois chiffres et ansi de suite. Il n'est pas besoin de dire que le tableau ci-dessus ne présente qu'une des mille manières de chiffrer adoptées par les divers gouvernemens, mais l'on a cru à propos de mettre sous les yeux du lecteur, dans un cadre très-circonscrit, l'une de celles qui, plus ou moins étendues dans le nombre de mots qu'elles sont susceptibles de renfermer, sont en usage dans beaucoup de cabinets. La même déchiffrée. Monsieur, La réponse qu'a faite le roi d'Angleterre au mémoire de M. de Comminges, et celle qu'il a rendue depuis aux instances de M. Van Goch, achèvent de persuader MM. les Etats de la résolution qu'il a prise de faire la guerre, et ils prennent toutes les mesures sur ce pied là. J'ai l'honneur dêtre, cto. THE UNANIMOUS In Congress, July 4, 1776. DECLARATION OF THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident-that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate, that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present king of Great Britain, is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all hav ing in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation, till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless these people would relinquish the right of representation in the legis lature a right inestimable to them, and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the repository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness, his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large, for their exercise, the state remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states, for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands. He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers. He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers, to harass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies, without the consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the military independent of, and superior to, the civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation: For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:-For protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states:-For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:-For imposing taxes on us without our consent:-For depriving us, in many cases, of the ben |
