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:-. . . i ii . ... ; i i i - -i- i - . ; . . j, i , n " .; . iThtj r , 1 j X". x-:...--: . : ,-XX": zi'JZ-i' :r .... , . . , -'- ' ;.".- u '- i :. - ---r;-- . ;-. r - .- . . . . '--i ; :-, ;. - .V: !- ..- vv ,- . : ,X. - - jikt- 'Payalile half Yearly. J PUBLISHED (WEEKLY) 1 X - Vol. "8. CONGRESS. House of Representatives. Wao.mspAY, January 18. RALEIGH, (nv c.) MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1 H04.'- ' - - - ,) T- - . J-x, u-jfcijj.jpnjirfr - ii j ! nniirT-- IK jjehat; on Mr. Rochiey's motion Jor tht extinguifb X; -mint of ihi Balanca rtforttl to be due Ij fever al X ! , Mr. Williams of Norih-Carolina. T will rdr fl, ; wTo fmnnpr "iW-i fiichwifh. fieither do tHink it ever Will' juftice was done to that Itate, in the it- be attrtnptcd. " ' - - ' '.. dement of the accounts. In tlie year . Some genflcmetx liayc.Taida; we; 173 1 ihe 1 giflatare paffed a lawgiving ea& the debtur Itecsba't is ihmd full nnw'pT rn the-, hord of auditors to7 1 Pro quo. . Hive Ti'ot the"creditnt Itate? fettleand liquidate the claims ot indivi-1 got their dtbt funded and tlkrtanfrot r- m - . . . s . I - 1 . Am J dk . d. I J i i M A W duals tor iupplies lurniihed during tne our gpvcfamem-- pieogcu .iui m' war -and fix the mire of articles. Ill 178, a law, was -pad fixing the fcale or,, aepregianun,aua- unuer iuuc merit ?' B'mdeneitdeiit or thatl Ithlnk. fir. tha Wiertv anrHrecHom we now en-' joy wculS be a iuffiqctituid'pro quo. :''u,o k- w.mm;p;Ann mnif . h:w( ! oat ihtTtMs or" r?;donmore vrnicn-! lcttled the .accounts' of thaf'ftate, or u j tunral vvcu.dtelttftoear tQ.ex- would be impcilihleior-her to have been imgunii i;- oie uewi j 1 ue tw uu Via ft-.ifp r have rh hnnr to rtSrptenf. -I will offef- fome realohs to the Houle ; in favor of the preltnt refolu-tion. I. .foXfirjt contend that the ad palfed in the year .1790, was in violation ot jhe original comrtacl, which vas entered into by all the itates, eftablHhing the principles by which .each date was to i upp1 her part for the fuppott of the revolutionary war; and tfiat by chang ing that mode it .-operated againlt the itate ot Ncrth Carolina. Stcswii that by the fenlement which w?.s m?de by the co'.iimiflioners, injudice was dune to yn uiaking thefe remarks,' I do not "yi(h to be under flood by the lidule thai they ever ought to go ihtd an examina lianorthat fettlement, but it from the nature of things any one dare can lhew how (he was injured, that wd have con fu! arable w ighi, and be a good reaibh to abtfliuYthofe debts which are faid to be due from the feveral dates. Inihe 8th article of the confederation, all charges of war, and alt other expenfes, ; that ihall be incurred for the-.common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the urnted states in Mongrels auein bled; fhail be defrayed out of the cih- I ' mon trealury, which fll be fupplied by the feveral UaieVin proportion rd the va lue of all land within -each date, granted - to or- ftjreyed4or , any-peribriv is,Iuch " 'landed theb-uildings & improvements tUrnnn alr:Tlnr'tifl,inArAVrtfT to' X fuch niode "as 'Corigr'efs flull from time 10 mile uircciauu iipuiui. 111 111c l iuf article t is pvorpfslv derlared. that" the- articles of-this confederation fhull be ir- Yio'ably ohierved by each date, nor ihall any a'terafion take place, un.lcfs luch al teration he agreed, to in Congreis, and afterwards confirmed by the legifiatures of every date ,: , "Rnr n 7fntlemah from Penrifvlvarna. lias dated, that Congre's unanimoufly, aureed to cnange tne etn article 01 ne confederation; therefore the att paff.d . jr. 179c, laying lhat each Itate ln'Hi?u pay in proportion' to "the number of in habitatit's was done by conknCahd that content' would, do away error ; hut if the gemleman wil!.uxamjne the cfe iliictly, - he will find-he is wrong, forS4o jbtes . never did conicnt to alter the original mode prefcrir cd by the co ifedelrdtioiu and it i a piinciple, which cannot be denied, that wherever parries entrinto This beinn a aueflioh of iihDortancc tdJ , ArUtnt ftar. -Rirt it mav b 'aid that 1 give ": tie o them ; that noble cauls ot u tne ti;;ie,pauea - laws-- vuiui L.pci.i(.u 1 .vw.7 :,v... v "7: again u uer, u was 1101 iucwuh vi i',""" r ' V 7 1 r. general government. - But at that iii.ie i te h:'d aHttned ihis happy i land or A- wcJiad not adopted the federa! ccnditu-! metier, .he only affylum for dbeity ; aul tion, tnerciore eacn uate nau a nui 10 . -v.v b., ..v - v-.:: - - pals fiich laws as would difenarge her 1 by the joru eflort 01 all om fJk-r .tates froma heavy debt, which fhe had incur-; that we grated oarktvesfVom inland red in our itruggle for liberty. Alto i iywav j. imh uw uv, w ii .i . .. . ;. j 1. ... !-.. ' r;.iiiv,- V h ;i t )ir i-ior IiCLilutil that uiouiu nave tne goou lonuac iu tvv 1 i,viw her accounts rnoie accurate, fhe ouht ; i'-'o our government o in not now to wifh to exact the lu.m '' V urar, when the .are ol ed to be due from her -filter -itates. - i a iufpeiidcd 00 mc wing- believe there were few dates in the unijnu, d one o! our -attej ..ac. y.ith--wKKTnffpr mnre j Y. a ti -f- iufe k draw n -her Hniiance. f 1 cm the virion, I J'JwiiC?; WC llliiil U uun lib : ""M"! thde. v&i;'alil.-i( i ?5 hot ur.Jct the (rourye if a ni.natch yui ii. c-r.kr to iiT-.i'tHns er.nro' nerfniinc'i.iiv niiJer our ju.k r ice 'o of North-Carolina, to' ;fhe not only was lavaed by a lore'n eiieinbut a coit rinuaritene of diltreis vj& kept up by ......... . jT mtw . sj Vi iJf an mteinai eucuiy umn ; - v - . 4 . citizens, after having iiuninV ail they pre:c;nt Tirnro. p.v.rnni., 1 t., could fpare toupport our. army, were J cui not only Lc p 1u:y4JiL.h tCt llat'o ix.m no; in M-ivu ...... . property and noihing ieit toiupport tneir 1 1 IV JJ IO DC ,;-,:av, v licit cr thf-v vvt:,e l.Tt'cd oi-i r, 'nehvesot and ji.h:.e bawcen ; IcVi.raf dates ni.i! as it a ioin'f cau'e, one'irch will a!ways'd."ho:ir to At.iei i,t i'.s long Tr annftars that concrefs rebCat'ed.ly re. corn'mended 10 the levtral ilate7a?v 1 for baltemng the extmgudhmtnt or tae . v tift,e j, j h), c (h,u ihe Houle debts, as alio for- the cUabhfhingoi ihe? . , id:he , wJl t ot the commit- harmony of , the Urittrd'at. Jo-nwke 1 T - .ul bt ul,ihc opiutoa; that the bd- j .he kgiflature ot Not,: h. Carol iTra-t ak j nig the matter into conftdeTjtbn, ;rict ,'n;n'. j 1 .. w., A r. ,hd ..till r. n1, hpr . a (Jill) Illrtli&U. lUti A Hi v-.i V ' nvi v.ici wi.', but ceded Jill ife' exferfivu country. Clinch forms the llare ot 'fenr.-liee.-Thk'i tiike to be a drone realon wl Ihe ought jo be re lea-ted, from her del t,' '1 he gentlemen who havxfpckc.n sgi intt the rcldution; l rskeit, 'hire not Hated iiViy loli'd rtalons why the debtsiliould not be aboiiilied ; tey have contended t hat't he fet tlement m ade by t'.ie com m i f fuu,.r& was a-iud'one.anu that i: would "be impodible to rectify the matter; and tk-.rlt t u v rp U'-a e trio e deDts tne ere- lUUl Al " - - - ditor dates may' be called on to refund the money' they have received,., I tLji neither of thole, pofitiv;ns are comet: for 1 believe ihe'fertlemcnt was ".made in the dark, a,nd in daiknefsit .willTenin. TFvc total amount of the advances m;de by the fevtral Itate as. fixed by the fmal ,ii,iii;:ifnrrR nor kRo'ili Neither has the proportion of the debts been 'Correct- "fi$can4"ptaj)li(ic;th lame by lan- - guage couia oe, pu . :, v s.Sij; tfteyeahi 78dmyttcjbf ingjne ; accounts relative to thofrexpenfes to a final lettlemeKtj-'Congrels . appointed coininiiTioneis. for that purpofe, and at ' the fam time recommended tc the feve- iM'itates, to ruthorife .congrefs in the fi nal fenlement of the proportions, to be Uttn?' liu ("r ft 'ntThf the exoences be- fore mentioned, to adopt ftuh principles as from the particular circumftances of. Ihe feveral dites at different periods, inisht appear' jud and "equitable, with out being confined to the. rule laid down -in the SeIi article of.'cortfaderatloa "'-this rprnrnmpnrlfit alteratiOlt. did . not meet ' with ihcaoprobatioa of all the dates .' r .. . 1 s ...... J ' ot courie u tailed, and me article lnxena edto'be amended; or affected, thereby remihed untouched ahd.nnrevoked. n the yt ar r. ipi'!owing they formally , -spread to -revoke that-.articet' and-itt -place thereof declared that We ebfges ' and expenfes of the war fhould be a?por tloned among jhe .Udtes according JO number vhtch-waa: fibtred' to the le giflatures of the feveral ftates? for their Ynt'.fir it?n-ilnr - in this, hs in. the a'.' ft attempt they were alio unrucreisi'ul, lome WYiiM nnfp flppmino it contrary to their - !' intercd to adopt the fame. ' In the year 17S7, tneiuDiect was-a-. gain refumed by congrefs ; by palling an ordinance eftabliflring a new board oi romir.iflioners,witr powers, to make a final ajufimcnt of all'thc accounts a Hreeab:e to fuch quota as congrefs mould thereafter determine If, fir, congrefs li tY,', r.r.i'nar-.r.-' to fix the ratlO of cxpence, agreeable to the 8th article, and to irVpower the commvfiioneTS to make final adjaltment of all the ac . counts lubfiftirio; between the Utiited -States, and 'hede-verat memJ?eT8 thereof 11 non" t'h it nr i n ci pi e, i t. w as i n my op; nt- Hn ccsTli f ctnr nrn' pCTTcdt'be-dt--fbtv tat'acts-ti,tu -dc. xti-. .d. '.. -:Mr.' KtiNK'-n -'T.Ifr Sp?nker-the date: wbich 1- i:i part 'rtrpreibiyt, hzbvz or.e otjlioje that arc Viioiiunatc: J debt ee, it:itfdl being lironBly'imrr.iied -w:-;.h a -toef,-. that the means . hy which fhe'has become ro, are4npropcr,--l'con. ceive it try indilTnfibVduiM.ofu"hwdt to tne Hufe'my'rco'ao jur tohiimg fach i-pudvjn. 1 . '. . .." - In eiidravourir.?; -Vo perform this tz ?n correct hut if they intended thereby eftablifliinethe ati4ttivay...QLhetprincip nudt be pcriritt?dJ4.favJ that the ordi-n-iitce.isln direct violation o the terms o' tlicctifederatipn, andthereff.re void r,xr Ki.i it m hp a found nrinciple, tint ihe. old congrds. had no power but. v,l. f were e'xprefsly'' given by the then fcderl compact, "and whenever they ex deeded the limits by that iidtrumetit pre-h-ribe ! to them, their ac"t are intirely i- 1 - 1 -i A. .-. r. 1 l-infviKltr -mva'i-n 'iiuvmg .uicwn, huimw, "nceive to the fati faction ot every rea-i;m;'b!eK(.nt!-man, that the former con-'..-i:- A nn rrtwpr tn fett'e thole a t,, v ... r- - - the m il pnhit 1 flull attempt to euahliih.j counts upon any prise-pies, other than -is, thai die" act of congr -which ih,cd i thofe under which they.w ere contracted, mil 1.4V. o 1 , - ..ii r i .1.1. ..l.n iKqtnni.lt ordms to nivmlvr and un- : l w tu ouv-t lunner.fciudisui .a. and proceca totnew, uiai iuciuhbius i h. rifi 1 i-r aeniea,inat wnergver parity uci - afe:ertai&cd";." l ids mat er haUeen n ronrraL thev mutt al coident befute K '"' . ..,1 :; a .; v ..r...f:. K-,ri irrnn hei rern 1 anoi r?.Ke intrueioou . .r. .-. . , . v dcr which" the accotws v.;l;ie leftlcd that'.' pro nrM ihcfe baiar.-i.x-s, was" u r, r on u-i-tutiovd, r.nd'm order .to- piove fTjpo. li t ion,- it may not be i niltoper . to gl v"e, for the information of'thole genilctnn . W ho. tiive'r.Ot made thcndel ve pafticii--lariy acquainted-with the fu-i-jeta con ci.'e. ftatuni-nt of -the p. oceedmBr, of the old coiigrefs; relative to the matter" now tv.t rr'Pi iV-ifi df.rr.tmn rerm it rue-.- 1 ; " m uii "now before ' in her. fovere that compact 1. -..!-. 1.. 11 Xlgtil 10 pais a liirvim-a-iiuii uj , wijiu- we now hive to pals a law direaLy tn " violation ofVne conltituticn which we havc fworn to.luppcrr.x.. ; " " I will now endeavour to mew that by .changing the mode by which each ftate as'ttiraiihAet-prdportiQnal parLid: - lupport tne war, it operated againu uie j itate of North-Carolina. " I betteye after j the clofe of the;.war,'TTr was nearly ten . years before the number ot inhabitants was taken, within' tne United States- :-- " during Thaf period .'-there was coiifidera CiiiV'Trefs. After the sopttGiiVof the. .'"-feoral .couditution Congrefs -was r;.ious to bring the matter to-a cloh-, ard UbereJ tome-time Welled it, but Ut liij.t tb-y aflumed a del t , ot up wards otHwent y , illiZnTTTr it-was onl y- neceffaryj'to hayeiraTrHtHiobur-eleyen- nm DoK- t,t reducing them into a fars of .padUc 'obedienceTit becarne their inte- ie!t to unite tor thvi.r iecunty, and ac cordingly they aflbciated Land ejiguciJLo gethcr; under cirtain tertris and ccnui tions, the'wliole ot which are contained r.i :vnat is kr4mm43y..inr the 8th .ot which d millions of dollars, and the Jame reful- which now exifts might have be.cn eUect- haHfhvWaited lill rtheaceeunts l hiHiwn fcn led : and ihu thcAVcreated tenfiveinlerritbry, and land vtry cheap j dcltoCTetya.tohnla. : jwve m clearly that they never intstideu to caU Rut Iprii'j'rnnndt-r what is'the eoniDa- . land in the northern dates and m North- en the debtor ltates,: and that it was on y Carolina. 1" believe, firv-,at the time ,his necefTary to make provdiqn -Sor iM r.i-. ,w.4l'U-;A.-n-fft fieU dares which had a balance ftruck in their fpttlnipr.t vvhr made.-ir Wks atlealt five to one ; that is, one acre wouklfeU foe? as much as hveHhererore in :tne lame r propxrrion-as6 vr popu kition increafedr and the inequality of the value oHand, fo. much was the relative proportion ot .the debt changed, and thrown on the --itizens of that date : and whenever a -am'tation tax is laid, it alwavs onerates hard en that part of the community winch are.upoA an equality, ana no; ve . ry wealthy., .. '. ,L:J : fl arec u;h;ph had a balance fmick in their liuive "- -r ! ....... . I- . - -A ; -j,-.-' .V... IhrtU ,lHitrtT' avor. vjuuuc uol uiciuiuutc vi,-h'iu- itAc tvh rnntnfr when they have had iheir-dibrum inn t ht-v are aniiuaiiv uxkiw.iuf iiucicit fnr the fame r and with retDect to , tne AUffinns whirh Gentlemen have made, ticiwv-fc.v. --- CJ : . ; . . ' that dy ciicnarging tne cieoior leaie-s,!!. will be the . means of deftroying , their debts, they are merely ideal. 1 Dtiieye there is not a perfon on this door who is in favor $ the refolmion, that has any that -ail charges ot war and all other ex- i. ' . " - ..-..AT- 1 petijes that Ihall be incurred tonne com- hionefeneef or general weliarevfhalb Kp dr-frpved out 'of a cOmmX)ri treafury V .wh.icft hall befivppliedby the; feyeraT" (iatss ;ti" proportion to the value f alt land within each ltare, gramea iq or iarveyed tor anyerton, as men 1.41a, and the buildings nd-improvements thereon ihall be.eltimated accornmg to fnrh moHfi ihi TlT!irefeStates iu con- Grefsiflenibled, fnall from- time rto time n - i - -?'. 1 .V... K ..t Yrr tlx federal c-mftitution, are equal ly adeltituteot fuch powers. Sir, after the mod deliberate exami nation i have not been able to difcovcr any thiiuj in that mftrument that; either exi'tt lilfor tin illicitly gives to them that, , power ; but, on the contrary,-d find the fixth article pofitively declaring that all debts coractedv- ana engagement .w tui.d into b.rofe . the adoption of that confiitution, fhouid be as valid againlt tne United States under the conditution, unJvrthe confederation. ' " Will ;my gentlerjian pretend to fay that when the c.vpences; of the war areappor. i? ned among-the itates accorumg 10 nut-ube-s,. that the balances would be pn cilely the fame that they would De. u..., .-it t w-inr-H arrnrdlnti to the Va WJL" (li'l'UIUW.iv" ....,.-..-.-p tie of the f urvcyed or granted tana anu- tiTattttmrno i3ne wiir Hiff "and'annnint --rind the ith ar1' Wi.ww, " - f- - . tlvTcnf nrnhih?ts-nhv-. alteration in lint A'FtKp'm i nnteft ji-riM'd to iti COncrelS. and which (hall be afterwards confirmed Vv tfip lM?n'tnr' nf pvprv Itate. " - -rpiiu waicir it may uc ciu.i.u uiav rhs manner of leuling,:;, adjuding, -and fiiijlV 1etirmlntncr Yp nrrinortionS to iiui.i j , - ... - f ..-j- .... be borne by the feveral dates of the ex i Vif tht wif' wit VomnlftelY'i r imDroveiiieiit hazard that opinion. - . , . It follows, then ot courfe, . that it tne nlancesdueW.of the ftates upon tne ettl melit'of thole? acedunts" accnrdinfr . . l..f... .Konfl irp l.'t to tweprmcipics u.vcu vy m. o.,....-v- than -whit : ttjey wouldhave been nau the fettlement been made according to principles contained in the conreue - ration,-tnoie f)aiaueL.iirt "v.. v. frera the United btates are io rar as uk. are - reduced not' a valid as they were under the cdhtedeuiion,; therelore, tb-. At. . tsf ft v z5pmir:jTUi;i 11 ur mninuim ... r vtrn. rl i YorttraHLto the conltitu ti'jtrapd or sc-durfe void. xlJyion'-ofhe firft article xv ot the fameHtdtrament, Congfefs ha v inipoftslmd excifts: not to add to.oro :nifhv hnr 10 nav the debts ot ttieUn;- 7 v. . . -. r ;. , - - . -1 V'.. -' ' ' :-.;. - r;rx
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