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'V: -. .- -' - 6 - , - . r-r.,- . - : , i Creafe thepowcr'and IfifltrcncecfthcUtgcfiatP 'I" "ft 111 not pretend ,. firl th aMhevp artiea tojjhia cf)ituttotul eo-npact, cannot afaeHts TMjioal ;aWRffenrtal priociplea ; and ikatfncb alterations may Viol be effected; nnder the name 'of. amend meotS but, let propctal of that-kind oro; ciWwirl io its wo proper a'ed tfirdifguifed fhape,. leftfjie YaTrl-ftatcd to-C0Rgrei40 ibtlftat Ic$fkfurei, to the people at large, that the io tenttoa it to cha age an important fodtTati ve fa turr ih tbe con&it utioo, - which change in itfclf and ail ita confeqnences, will tend to a coafoti Nation of this uoi.ooi iat Ample republic j Itt it be fail If dated1, that tbt ftnall Aetea have to much agency io tha imporrtntarticU of jlcAing a duV laigittrate ; and that the groat ftaOa cldia the choice j and wc fhall tben hate a fair tJcelfion - -If i be Senators enTnTTnTaTT stael jf ibeiL ftaieiegifl lor ea will then, qu'ct I f - part with the right thej 1ne, do pction cart TeafaablT complain. . , Nothing tan be more obvioua, than the in . tefltiaa ef the plan adopted by ar ceoftitutieo for cheolisg a Prffidcnf. . 'Tht eleftera arc tay a .xiamiaate two perfoiw, ef vho they taaaot iaow.whirth will be Pre Scent t thiacirenrtittanee'. sot e-dfy induces tfceat to felecV both from the bc(l men ;bnt givesa direft advantage into the" hands of the fmair fiatcs even ip fhe ehtcleral - choice. Far they can atwave felled from thef two candidate ft up by the electors of,la'rge fthtf confederacy ;, t.he protect win 'of theeaa; igaiatt t be ftroDg ; iha ftcorify of the fmll againlt the great i tht Uft, bttt hop of nan, with a view ta ftabritf jo a free government, aid to tut prrfcivatioD of liberty to a republie ; ia demised tt ovderg changes, and faffer inm Tationi, till there halt be no 're63o worth pre,. rervipg,2wCj1iylfi ! fbjeh ambition will edtfcend to overt ' .. Time will not permit rne to dwell any Isnger j n thil part f mr arpymeotj - Dnt I envdeev ftood .firft j thia ia called a. fort of recsid tafti-; moov. and in iddiiioaj'foaje, if net all the tlttU ftiltiMadneajnct fhow mill obviouflt, that in f.rf laid they meant to ! Mr. Jefierion Frd iti frmatiotf tkere vaa ' (It uu aria' bttvaen the kfl3eot, and Mr.'I5titr Viet frefident t and this ed, -fir'T the, view I have now taken of the on- rt and freell dates, with refpeA to many et" its principlei and leading lesttiras, Aod that iQi parntipai ion oi iue imnii uaics iH ilia cicw the caaftitulioual rrqrao, the elceors.,, Notwith. Aatidteg tbta expreffiau of tbc pull'uk tuiu, fay by' the cooArtntfon.-- will prceiv,ra deadly blow fey the adoption of the proofed' smaadf&cnt. 'vlt can We no coatraditVfla "7 ideas upon the fubjA if wc have jrd nmh;ogf Arte b tiiiils, in th adminirttatien f tbie gd)yrnmet. Tbe great Itatea hive neverr till new, directly attempted jtfyi!ae the fanclury of the ftaall, and defpQil them el their rights had this been eirlirr attempted, we (bould have heard and fee n tre faroc jcaloufy akencd, and I be fame cpo fitiea exerted. . Tha eonfiiA couf'l happpo in go other way than by an attack frain the large ffatea. We hid " atea.hy throwing their rstca upon thtif favor- I aeitber tbe dtfire nor ability te iojura them, ard 1tef and of courfe gmng hi ajnty, of, if we aow ac no ravmi, but 4 net r pcraaimB to erjoy, .in peate lately, tne rigntaeneeded t us by thetnTelves, and ftctittJ 'by a felemu ctjoftitutienal eutpc. Wc have been told, by a gf atfeman froin Virginia, mat it won to nt impolitic m us to the eteSton of the large dated fhould, to prevHt ' thil ffe, 5 fcatter tbir voei, for ene oandi, ' c dte,tbcn the electors e the fmall flatel wauW ehave it ill ther power t6 d eleft a Viee Prefident. H So thf tn nyH'thV fai,f ftataa .wttl have . ; a qonfidcraMegericy in, the ..tie (ft a. But if the diferihijiatiaig tt Jefignating priQerpIe is ar n'ed a tdntained in this refcl&tiftn, the whol, or nearly tha wbolt right and agency f he ftnall Uateg, in the elcftorl choica of chivf magih rate ladeliroyad, and their chance of obtaining a fe. dcrative choice by ftatea, if net dcllroyeJ, is ye ry oaaah drniinifhsd t . : Far this identical purpufe' ii the principle -of: cedflaral difcriininaiion and deAnuian, intto duced into 'the refolution before y.a, fur the Trtine purpore is the number of eandidatits edo ed fruai Ave to three, treat -whom, the hotife rcpiYl'cnutivei may eleft, . in cafe f e!eAural failure of fihoiae V. that ii to dciiroy, m di nifri the agcocy of ;be fnall ftates, in the. choice TPrafldent. , " ' " ', '-..For hat porpofe elfe, are-we perpetuary told, andirom all parts f the Senate, ,tbatk the fublte tbiil i oppofed, by the prefent made, and tbe pubTtc'wll cannot be'fjiatified, 'without tha; intredaiVii't f ihe difciiniinating principle ? By bk pnblic iw'tll thae nentieaed, the gen. l!eciciaraherwiiri 1 popular majority, er, the will of the groat ftataa, which, ia this cfe, I repeat it, a'e the fame. He is it paffliJe far the geatletneti to incrcf the chanceaef gra tifyiug tbia .daferiptien, of the publ'tt iwV,'witli put docreaflng the agoney ef the Imsl; lht t The whole power of clcfiion, . it do vcdcl in 1 the two parties qupbert and date, er great - and fmall Hatea, and it is detnonftration itftlf. that if you iocreafe the power of the one,- in uk fttab proportienv- you dioiinifh that of the other. Do the gentlemen loppofe that the tub. ir W, wh'ga couftiitioiuliy rtprfffl'cd by a majority of Aatca, ia purfuaate cf the federative principle of nr governtncot, is of lefa validity , orjefs bisdin? aoon the com-eunitv at Uti.Tr tnatTYht pnbl'w mil cxprfcTd by a pupular niap- -Tity ? Tkfranaeri of your c'snltitutio.ii,1' the " people who adptd it, .air-ant, that the fubl'ic hu'iU i the chaice of-jKpfcuJent, flisuld be ex , prclTwd by ekAors, if rhey"6Qiild agrre, and if ' . not, that Xhtpublic will Ihijldr-t?re(red by a iaiiirtiy ei me Hates, aamg in tuctrfeieta tivc Capacity, aiidj thnt in bth eafes-thc exp" J ' "' f . t In li n . - . lio a or toe pudtc nittll tnnuld tie eqniilv biflOrng, Ij it pittecded, that the publrc wul&ia nev.-r propeUy or coatti'utjanally ba cxprdfjcl, but by f i"u?rrity)f numbers, "f ih-poplir,. or of the " h-oyfc of rcprefeataUCT lhis may be a pleating! dodtrioe enough togftfa't itatcs ? but it is cerjaiii 1y incorrect. Pr canflitujio j has "giyrti tie CSprifliun pPfht public will, in a variety of in ; ' ; ii lit c i, - ovher't h . n that of the chUe f prefi' ''4ptf'tyy aery' d:ffrQthaa;iafroi eithsr tho houl". oi reprtfenttives or the pcopl? at tfrg The P efideirt . aud tieiiateV and ' id nian'yoSlev the 'PeGdEflLMjorie,. crti rxp'efs pubUettuU, in appoititmenta ofyfeh rrud and rcfpanflbiiiiy, ariicanoot beMorgottn that the PreflJcnt. fomvtMocs eapieffss the public u-W hv: removals. - Tr.eauesigkly i.T!tiaht txpteffijiis of 'the - ;, publiill-,,are inada by ;he Pre Jeut and ie naifi and they are the fnpremela f tlu lasd. '"7"! a" t h i fey eratif aTes, .nuuy g.-ea t. aBT-ili TeTil Ic d7 aoi cvn the ichef rnsgirac'y, y inns "Tjai niti or election,., t ue puouc wfij'ia, I'Mnctimes ex. " , 1 pre fJeTl by pluraltiea, iMlltjid tf mprixici, fofne." times by hot b branches of he leg'fituic, o4 , l 'Oie times by dao and in twtiin coKtiapeneies, ) - - Cieiiooa are fettled by U:t. The people hve aduptsd coaftitutions containing futt 'rtyftia'tf -r-n?,anu"exprielVce7;hae ptoyej that thry arc ' vrell calculated to prefer e their iibvnies and ' A fie r the view of tbe conflitutipti which we have tkce, aod ccttparing this faft, or fet of facia, with tbeprevifipns fer elecling a Prefident," wc ihaii really be at a iwta to nna out me mign ty evil, which the epetience ,' f tbia elc!i ioo h a cHfcovered, aod whicb ia faid to call Co im perioiiflyfof ;anrcrrcdy. But the advocatcsof this reiolulioa have bad (he geodnefa to puHhcIr finger oithefpot.- They fayr that iftlihejceis. tifieaiea of the electors, Mr. Jefftifun a name teptcfautatives withttood and ippffd the pub- lick will, for tb fpace ofJI dayi, aod wilfully voted, for the man to be PClent who, they knew by the evidence jalt nacctiftned, was meant to be "-Vice Pre fide ot only. One geuiUrtnan, (Mr. Weight) hafajdfitjiat if he had been theu, a nasnther of that henfe, poCffiagfushjTenti meats epijn thofubjtA, asVc now Joe? j futh voting wotild t-hiai bavc .emnntd tj ih crime f peijnry, orwQds t the fame cffiA-., I nean toute his ideas a axprcif'd. aud be have I have given nearly bis very wordu, And it is a(!ded,; that ihua therewas itumi nent danger of a perfon being impifcd ujftt the Unite J. Starss as chid, magitf rate, who was not originally intended for th at high efficc, "ft tl.aT t'tvll war mtf'l "hive bxn the eonfrueme. Ar.d, as ii common ia fycb cafes, tl pirtura is filled, in thtfVick grour.d, with brother ra!fi hi murderous hand as It brothjsr, father fieninlt I i .m--'--irr-t! ' rnu.l'pafa Let tfcis flatement of fails be kept in view, while we cxenvine the tiuaeg affitnrd by the con ftitutisn t tbe feveral aenis concenied. Tha duty of the ele&ora is prrtifsi defined. They- re each to bring forward- two ca tdiJatts mllj rbule the areat llaYei. 1 "ftialf. at rcfent.take Vtia6 with" ao""? SogtSTitctm$ no further notice of this warning, given to u, j P avoid a re-peiitie i thitf trtmtndous crifts, no doubt in the full erci of beneleoe 81 .h Ia e'Ucd, the prefeot refrluUoa it is fa id, but to teqoeft the (mali (tares to prefere it, in eonftant recoiled ion It may iftduee thero not hfiftily to part vith'conftitntiorial fecority.- There arr fonae other, points of hght, in which I. wifh to place th? fabjeft btfor va :r" The . conftitatioHv is of rerent date; -At was fartne'l' by lhe matual cooctlTioiij ef eoijflifling parties, tind balanced wiih a vic.v ro the fci ority ot all.. Experience jilune can teft its atiltyj and time anl praftile difepters its faults. It is a found portion, rt jou (tioutd nsvef'attetr.pt ao -a It e rat io- iajmTn'R rW t fo conjplia;ed, ani calculated to fetve to mary varicu:t and cp poCte rnteratts, without hiig Me by 'tbejett of expaninf af, to tTffcero deaily the necafSfj f f nlteratioo, ana without a moral certatntyT" that the change '(hall not only remove an exifting e vil, but that iV fhall not produce any itCelfw The article in tbe eonfliiiitiot fftablifhinr the mode of aleftiag a thief . magijlrnte and which ia tiuw pfopftfed to h.ealterrd was uadeifthtedly oae of the moil-difficult parts el the whole, at its formation. ' 1 am coovincee 'Sir, that the' publick tniad is not fufficiently imprtled with: the difBelT)fof adop'.irg, set only an nnexcep nVauble, bat even a tolerable and pracllTeab'e, mode of.eltfting a chit f siagjfti ate,: jfTrflirg foah important aodextenfive powers, as arseo. lit ytionally veiled in thexp'rljdeni (,f the Uit. ea States. An attempt to detail the nnwiej & .magnitude I bis porr, to this 'Sena:?, would oa irnperttnent ; . ,dumi man-ata- wiii oa ac knew'edged by all, t hit the Preddentsve wuh po.crs vallly-extenlive and impoiurfii, & that he will brinsj with bim into thjfciycrnfovot -more or efs cf tlarr- poriTieka aartie prejuJi ces, and th failr, to w hjkny 'b adJed tha probability th it he wjjlbc tkeu from a large ftatp, mufl have ipcjeftfcd th difficuhitB cf the conveetion iniflting oaftnode of choie. . ttbw ollrti have cobtefls, wart and bl.6J(hd the dcAtlift ofvall pottt'on the eleftioDbf oorfideMuat the powers veHtd ia a PrtiSdint of thVnion, ere "fufSci'entry important -to ex Jimeroftht laficlaaion, conten.plgtcdik;' a Jaw, auihorifiog or appointing fome perfon , aA'aa Prtfidejit, ia cafe no choice hud beer anae by ihc hotife ofTrf iefcntativcs.r . then, fit, a member of the gvcri.ment, aaj not ktiowiog ef futh a pu j ft t .Ji:iifiigUhava been fo, .but fappcfif'g" it u as, rfoi then Vhy iaya thegenrlcwan tbe fccilyi. i fiu. ipp9i,(e(( coald not have ktpt his bead oc his lhu!dn :4 ' boura ; and this would have, nude a civil wtry; If the tjdtity bow fhuld cootenoplate amVs! fure which the conffhuLion doea Bet auihciiz as it cTeatly did Hot authoriac-jbe leealure luff jcad by the - gfetlersaB, thegh he iaUnot prove it the Left Jbitg in the world foi thm ' iw do, wo old be te givcilwp'withaiit irtv r Mt-f iffi i lit..- r , . ' ly cip. vai pai argemcnt ail Uii cahnffori ia faviui of the amendment, -or wkv it w& .meatiored, in ft dtbate, t beyond my cam. titfhtf ion. In the cfu!t ot the la tt tkfrm the great fiates and iht. ru.'ing political p4ii, ' weie ctrtairtlf gratified, and there does ntip t, pear tin leajl reaftoftfcble gfbuad of c'oUipau;t ' aif ft ''"'be ;:"mfi Imitates, in thi ufc of heir cuafti. ?ifrIoal lighia ott thf otcafirt. .All (uppor't lljcforc to lie. acaeer.t, Jrawis from tV taacto, aouiiihil. Cwcludtti in our next . ?i press. SEXjITE of the v. states. On the &th ult. Mr. Lrulinr'ulge refuted frcn ike tommitlti appointed on ike fubjeit, tie folloiu ippbiU, tfc8in2JLevfiini ivtottuo territories, .. ' fpf igjir 'ibTtempoTciry goi ertirrtnt titreif, which was ready t$ pnjjcd ii the ftcwd reading. Be it tttncled bs the Senate and Ifoufe ef Re prtentt.tives of, the United StLs of America in Ccvgrej; ofiembied 1 hat alt that portion of . ceuntry ceded by France co the United Stateft, under the name cf" Louifiana, which lies femh of the MifTifijppi ttnito- ry, na of an catt and welt Ime paihng ifrrf have coblefls, wart and bl.odfhd ' ' n-dvice ot lennblc candid men, z iftioa feonfcderaciea,-f liberty, aod J hercaferrttight be uleful bat could ittionsf the human racr, rif?.i fiotn ,0,ding frce whitcvcr. The flrlt e!e iott-'of chief raaeitatrs ? When we j " right-to thoofe a Vice Prefident. ri . . . . . . w . . ' i : -i' .. . t. j ' i--. qwlified for Prtfideot, becat.fr jhey ca.rnot know from the Miffiffippi river, ten miics.novtti of the town ot NacchiFochca, to the we; ern boundary of the faid cefTionwaJl. conltiiufeaterritOTyoftheUneffStates, uEckr the name of the teprfory cf Or leans .7 the goTeriimentliereof fhall fee organized nd adrpiimlcred as foIfb'Wi: 1 hsec.ufive poweHhallhe veiled in a5yerripury tvho ftalrefide" in fhe kitfterritory, ..and hold bis office durmtfthe term of three years,- unlefs T&&ner rt moved by the Prefident of the a nirei States, lie mall be commander in ehiefof the militia-ot-tbc faid '.territo ry ; fiia'I have power to grant pardons for offences agairtft thefaid territory, and reprieves for thofe agamit' the UniieS States, until the decilion ot therrelidfint of the Uiuted . States thereof, mall be made known and fo appoint and ccm milfion all officers, civil afcd cf thjriili-' tia, vhofe appoint meiits are not hTreiH otherwife provided. fcr, andj'hich fhall be efhblimed by. law. He fhalf.takc care J that the lavs be. faithfully executed. '. :'Sec. . A fecretary of the territory, fhall alio be appointed who hall hold. - his office during the term of four years, unlefs foonr removed by the Prefident -of the United States,' wriole duty it fhall " be, tinder the direction of the govern-, our, to record and prcferve all the papers i and proceedings of the executive, and all the atits of the governour and' lcgi" lative.toucii,and trariimit autnentic co tllfl ,fa lv titiftrie arice arrmtim ot the nunsan ueart. r. proiHote.ihclr happinefa. - From wfiai good, or eveu pardonabic ..auotive.. tuen can ifbcurg-d, that tbe ptet(u( oaode.xd aU Aing our Prefident, has a tendency to caunterait the public-wrir ? li gtutlcmen intccd to ocilioy ; every federal feature TahiFcHiUtiou,? --rr" "And is this refroiibn, a precufor to a-..cotb.' plete cofifalidatioa of the union, and to the f ibiilhmeRt of a fimple republic I Or will it fuf fice to, break down evct y faderari ve , feature ivhich fecurea to one ponioQ efj the union, to the fmalf daUMbcjf rigbia. - , ; l am not oithout tny fears Mr. TiefiJent, that ihia is bat the bsginnin? of f vilf, a3 that thii two moft ; aJrive wrinciptes, to gain pb(TetSon of theoffire; "ivbcii We co. fider.. the difference of fentimtiit. h a brtal! dFi o ter e ft in ihia etiuntiy ; ftate prid and "lUfe Ualeufy, which could never' be laid nfjerp ; tbe ithcult iea ot fixing upnQ a nropr mode of election,; fnit be a'ofto iufinltt-' ly tHultipled. :-And yet this-article now fe. Iected fof3Ltcutwttvi-' ;AH , the ametidmenta "which have been hitherto adopted, wen 1 1 o frme general exp!aiiaion, upon verjr' geutral prirci .plev not chaigt"6g-, . but r.ther r.ou;;Jiug the" cantl'tu.ion, . . V ... -L- This, a I Ita v; before faij,' ia taking vp the nvift. if5riit m3 thr"molf impottant article irt, the coiitli;uti'nr h'h ia relaaon to;tfghts and princ-iple'-. -But it is faid that txpcfiencr has .fljowfl uV'lheT nec? ffity" of an alteraion in thi rtiel hat evil has been fviond io pr acide to grow rut of he eoullitutiocal pi oviGoa, which calls iuiperu tifly for a iemer!y. . - At the Istt-eottin ?t I'rtliient, two periond baa an tqurtl number of votes- and tsat uum wa a molarity of thevotes of ail the clcdurs-j pppoi!iteU,w()icr circumttance gave thebauie -at the time of jiving their ballott, tpon which the choice Will.fall. The tircu'nftant'c tf two having a mrjnrity , and both htTrg rqnal in norr br ef votes, is an exptcfSs-n of the publiiiE w,i!l,. ihiotrgh the ofaiy conniiirtirtDa orgap4Jyhioh.i in this cafe, the pobiic wll can be cxprc:7cd, thai ho.lbhad the qiifite qualifications. The pablick will, then, jiv as in this iii(Taccec,eBi'i inXiTnsqiiivccalljr exprtfTed,- by a cobil'itutionsJ and a mimmcar.jorit) , tbst both caodidatts Were wi th of the cilice : hot hits 'he rX prVfH on ef tbe publick jfrilijccafed, atid kkh ef ihef two fhould be the Prefident, wss now to be de rcraea y anemtr cortniiurioL;. otaninatJi by the bcufe of reprefentaiivcsotingbjHfa'.ts. The harriers tf the conljituc'on jjirntende!, aad the people who adopted it hzbs lu ord'ihed. that their jtttiil a tbia cafe tUpvtU be ticpreffeij by a a.jjrity of the Itatejicln.g ,bj- thrir repre:. fentatioo iu th hrofiff repieinttatics, Taf figf't of fecSinpiis a right complete in, i'.felG o be exefejfcdby I lavfo fecond elrCtf-rs j uuia nHencdy' any cxtraiteouj T cofi'i Jcratisn, aud goverced on.y ty their. own lenle ot propucty d rectitude, j he 'tiion nf the ptwplt hd. becntxprefied, by He;elCTr3, bat it ?iily itach ; ed a certain point, and then' was totally u:ent as lowhieh of th two Iheu'd be PrefiHent, and their fen fe upon ibis pciu enld cn'y he t olh-d. e4 threujhV tir couft itwtirnnl ergan, tf e hrufe of rcjK?ff'titaiivep, vMing'by lta:s. Ary irter. fereace vf the ful), cleclars, or cf an individual oi iudividuals, nioft be intotrnd ni improper. The advice of fenflblc & cundid tucn', as in every d have nor edris had fo claio-. it Aaa crverllepping their.duty, and arrpgatii-g to thejnftlves a power, nt giveny or anant to be givfa to thtm by the coa'tirution. If there taany tiling in this whole tranfaction, v-hiah has (be ir.oft diilant appearance of a breach pit's of tli'e iVroceedings ofthe- governour in his executive department, every fix months, to thePtefidentof the U; States In cafe oi the vacancycf the office of go vernour, the government of the faid ter- f duty,- it wis iuhc ehclors, by atteriipirg to rjrory devolve on the fecretary; dtfignate, atid by exercifittff..tbeimportant ilH of an elector, "under the iafi tence ct improper motivee that ia, by officioufly attempt ing to decide the qutftion, which cf the two prrfons w proper fer Vice Prefidenf) which they ' were cenftitutionafly incompetent to decide. By this cohduft they attempted to break JLispnJMh nuportant guard provided by the con ftitut ion,. aod imp-operiy to rele;fe themfrlvrs from its obligations, ; w hic.h made it their daty to.felefl two men euahhei to be Prefident . R-iit if theje r can be. a lha3ow of r'eafon in this claim of the ekcVois, to dehgnate under the prafent cent It u tional renlitijas. of whif h, to doubt, feems to be fo hetnoua. ttbat'bcecffuy eao there' ba for. this a naend net 1 7 The e4-jt ft of the amandine at , or certainly ita cfcief objeet ra to'eltaulilh the defignaiirg pnacip'e -b.it why this, it it cea o t e pr c f i t a t i vca a c o n fi i t u t i o c a I f ig lit t o f r U ct ore of them Isr rrendent. Is cxfrcijng this coultitntiooal '.right:iby voted by ita.tcf, ard , thcic was at fiiil a divifiop, no choice bii:g nudr uatii the fixtb day ; when an clcCtiin waa effedtfdcf the very n-Ro whom the great ftatesi and the advocates of this refolution, wiThed. . It ought to.be noic hue, thtt although they voted by HatcB, yet it happened, in ihi s divifiun, that a majarityia poiat-df t.umbara, voted for the pet f a as PrcCdefit, wbe aventually became Vice Pi e fiden t ! r Aa to in t r igtie, by ei t b r pf the candii3aea, or by their friends, 1 know ol none; ihc Veatimcnts aud conduft! of tbe Vice PiefiJeot, as publifted, rere perfectly fair and hoouurable, containing a declaiatiaa of his wi(h;s not to Sec. a, "I he legiilative powers ihali he veited ia the governour, and in twenty four of the molt fir and difcrett perfons cf the territoryi to be called the legiia five council, who fhall befelecled annu- ally by the governour, from among tiofe holding real ctlate thereia, & who (hall have refided ontTyear, at ieaft, in the fyid territory, and; hold no-afike of profit-under the ternary, of the .United Stares. .Kite. governour, b' and with the Mvice and cenfent ot the faid legtljatiye council, or cf a majority of them, faail have power to alter, modify, r tcpeal the laws which may be in force .at the commencemcni ui iuts,avt.. a ui KTCTwI1 fjU lafive powers fhall alfo extffid to allthe, ttr(K one naaie firl onH.c laltpr. wich iS fafy 'Hgmful;fbjeas of IfglflaUObut no .v;f,-j-:,. .I..77 ; . , c...- i,- .:..: taw fhall De va ia wmcn n uicommciii ..iu ui uvii, iuai il .mlm iuiirvv.aiuiuu tuti I . . . - , , . , r . if done, bv the dodrine of ecntlcmen. h. info with the c6nltitutionot theUnueaures far biiidiig the honfc of reprefcoratives that if they evtudoabt, they"are damned ? : , Tha fci ccrtaialy was, that at the Jaft ch'Ai. on the great-ftatea brought forward the two candidate ; they were bo:h of the fame political - ffajaftitauop, the balwark of the feeble member! ' ftaud ia the way of the othct canidte , with the laws of congrefs' or which fhall lay any perfon under reftraint, burthen, or difability, on account of his religious opinions, dechratfons, of worfhip ; -in all which ne mall bejree to maintain his. fentioaeBta; tbin,tby had a coollitutiol-nght j own and not be burthencd for thafe of to do ; hut it bow fcems that-their, language to the fmali ftater was ; " becaufe - you .will not give up yocT conftitutional rTghta to us, and let us go od and idefigoate, we will-llir up a civil war j aod laykhe blame to yau.r And ot this iuu proper conduft of ours wc will take the advan tage, aad obtain an' alteration of the copftitu tioa, which wilt hereafter prattlr us ia every another. J he governour tiiall pubhlJi thouchbut the faid territory, all the Jaws f which fhall be made, and mall from tin.c; of the United State's, to be laid before Congrefs ;Tr vvhich if. difapproved of by. . Cohcrels, : fhall t hefncel or t h be of no Smith,) bai faid, that fachcard thaughhc curdd refpcA'.- A geotlemaa fiom Marviaad, (Mr. j foyce. The governour or legiflativecoun- c:l fhall have no pevrer over th- primary I D 1i
The Raleigh Minerva (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 30, 1804, edition 1
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