The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-03-04 00:00:00, page 1

} and which it was ordered mould
t be printed.
On Motion of Mr. Clarke,
%/ the Committee was discharged, to
whom had been referred the
I Petition of John Rogers, pray
lingto be granted a Tra& of Land
} -by Way of Compensation for mer
£ vices performed as an Indian-In
-Iterpreter; it was then referred
1- to the Secretary of State.
J A Message from the Senate by
} 4 their Secretary, with an Amend
, ment to the Bill in Favour of
. Claimants against the Un. States,
not barred by the A&sof Limita
'tion, and not otherwise fettled:
the House agreed to the Senate's
Amendment.
The Committee of Enrollment
Ito
General Sumpter presented a
Memorial from the Officers, non
commissioned Officers, and Pri
vates of the Soutbearolina Line of
the continental Armies, &c. which
was read, and ordered to lie on
the Table. This Memorial is sim
ilar to those presented from the
States of Pennsylvania, Newyork,
&c. which occasioned so much
^Debate some Days ago, but which
proved then unfuccefsfdl, notwith
•Handing the very extraordinary
Exertions of Mr. Madison; Mr.
Mercer;and several other Mem
bers, who so ably plead the Jus
tice of the Memorialifts' Claims
™son their Country.
The Speaker laid before the
House a Report of the Secretary
of War on a Number of Petitions
. which had been referred to him,
CONGRESS—Fifth Session.
Friday, February 8.
Am BILL was brought in by
the Committee appointed
on the Claim of Eli Jah Bost
wick, and ordered to be com
mitted for Monday next.
Third reading—the Bill for
compensating the President and
Viceprefident of the United States
—the Salary of the former to be
as before 25,000 Dollars, and of
the latter the Salary of 5000 Dol
lars per Annum, which was allow
ed by the old Law; passed to the
Senate for Concurrence.
A Petition of John Green for
military Services, was presented,
read, and on Motion of Mr. Bou
dinot referred-to the Secretary
of War.
[Volume I.]
Published by ELIJAH RUSSELL, at bis OFFICE, near the Meeting House, in CONCORD, Newhampshire^
CONCORD, MONDAY, March 4, 1793.
The Mirrour.
reported, that the Bill refpe&ing
Fugitives from Justice, and Serv
ants from their Masters, was rea
dy for signing; the Speaker ac
cordingly was ordered to fignthe
fame.
The House next resolved itfelf
into a Committee of the Whole,
Mr. Dayton in the Chair, on the
Bill for making Provision for the
Widows and Orphans of those
Officers who were killed fromthe
4th of Match 1789, or may here
after be killed in the Service of
the Unit. States Several Amend
ments were made and reported,
which were^taken immediately
into Confide ration by the House,
and after some Time (pent there
on ; the Bill was ordered to lie
on the Table till to Morrow.
Mr. Clarke 'called up his
Motion for appointing a Com
mittee to report a Bill for eftab.
lifhing Fees in the treasury De
partment so far as relates to Tranf
fer of publick Securities, the Mo
rion was agreed to, and Messrs.
Clarke, Finley, and Gerry,
were appointed the Committee.
The Memorials of the Mer
chants of Norfolk and PortJmoutb,
in Virginia, refpe<fting a Tax,
which they pray may be laid for
defraying the Expense of sup
porting disabled Seamen, was read
and referred to the Committee on
the Case of tick and disabled Sea
men.
On Motion of Mr. Smith next
Monday was appointed, for con
sidering the Report of the Secre
tary of the Treasury on the Re
demption of the publick Debt.
Another Message from the Se
nate, informing, that they had
passed, with some amendment,
the coasting Bill, and the Bill re
fpe&ng the boundary between
the United States and Nortbcarfr
lina. Adjourned.
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A OMITTING that the important
" Duties attached to the presidential
Chair, prevent the President from re
ceiving and returning Visits at is prac
tiled between Citizen and Citizen
(though 1 must confefs it as my Opin
ion, that many an Individual in Society
has his time as full, employed as that
Officer, yet does not .totally give up
the Pleasure of facial Intercouife), still
surely the good Effects that would a
rise from his nowand then mixing In
the busy Crowd would be greater <han
the Value of the Time Spent in such
Employ ment.
The President's Curiosity, at a Mao,
would naturally lead him to pay a Vis
it at Times to our Coffeehoufe : He
must feel interested in the Politicks of
Europe, and is no doubt as eager as a
ny of tit to catch the firft Breath of a
Report; and lately it must be a mistak
en Idea of Dignity that keeps him
aloof. Independent of this Incitement
now and then to become one of us, I
will venture to assert, that his Duty as
a President ought to induce him to Wri
ter into Communion with all Clafa of
his Fellowcitizens, not only to keep up
that Spirit of Equality, the Soul of our
political Institutions, but to gather that
Information with his own Ears which
it must be necessary for him to possess,
in order to discharge his Duties as a
faithful Servants
1 know there are Officers in the gen
eral Government whole speculative
Systems, engrafted on rotten European
Institutions, constitute their only guide ;
who, beaufe out of the immediate
reach of the will of the Mals of the
People, defy and effeft to despise their
Voice ; but I will venture to predift
that their Reign will be the Reign of
a Day, oolefs they proceed to build
their Preeminence on a more solid
Foundation.
There cannot be a Doubt, for In
stance, that a Majority of the People
in the United States with the Doors of
the Senate, when fitting in their legifc
lative Capacity, to be open; it would
be the Duty of the Senate consequently
to conform to that wifh,—they are
unwilling; well their uhimate Constit
uents tlfePeople will make such chang
es in that Body^ to effed the Purpose.
This Operation will take a few Years,
perhaps, before it is accomplished, but
the Time is not far Dißant.
Our federal Government as well as
State Constitutions acknowledge one
great and fundamental Principle !+
that all Power ought to proceed from
the People, because the People have a
right to govern themselves. It is there
fore the Duty of the Servants of the
People to take every Method to be
come acquainted with the Sentiments
of the People and conform as far as
possible to their Voice :=Or they will
be made to conform.
There is, no doubt, considerable
Difficulty in obtaining the Sente of the
People oh any particular Measure, their
Opinions of Charaderi can be with
more ease collected, and a Representa
tive ought, consequently, in a great
Degree, to consult his own Judgment ;
(Semite-)
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