Opposition to the excise law....

President's proclamation....
Insurrection and massacre in the island of St.Domingo....
General Wayne appointed to the command of the army....
Meeting of Congress....

President's speech....

Resolutions implicating the Secretary of the Treasury rejected....
Congress adjourns....

Progress of the French revolution, and its effects on parties in the United States.
{1791} More ample means for the protection of the frontiers having been placed in the hands of the executive, the immediate attention of the President was directed to this interesting object.
[Sidenote: General St.Clair appointed commander-in-chief of the army.] Major General Arthur St.Clair, governor of the territory north-west of the Ohio, was appointed Commander-in-chief of the forces to be employed in the meditated expedition.