Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-12-23

|atives, not Of the people, bu, Of the fat.,
in proportion to their numbers. This
was the ,heery Of the government f.,
which he msa contend.
Mr.. Randolph believed that,he frone.
ea objection urged againa the adoption q
the Contribution was that it tended to ,
| conioidaeion otthe fa,es. Blu. VIXEN h,
| looked into it with federal eye land win
| no other eye could he ever look at il, :.
| faw the fate iovercisnsics in all ii, psrr
| acknowledged and projected. Of The,
The very "a! was iIfelf a proof For The
Apportionnen, was cot among the people.
Dat among the ha,es, according to tn:
lumber Of each. Believing TIA, hi,
h,uie is ;hc,rep.s!>nta1ivs OF t. tsat,s
Vt was his opinion ,ise 70 long as The re-.
! ;ativc wsisat OF :aea;es could bc rreie-ved.
il was imnaterial that each Gate lhoaIi
be reprelented by large aua,Ssr oflnem.
,ers. =
1t was with extreme regret, and for.,
d;fideacc, Mr.. R. faid that he differed
| from his colleague on this fubjeet. Hi.
| colleague wilhed to increaie the houie
| to fuch an extent as to make !. tn. de.
pottery OF the whole confidence Of the
| people. MIR. Randolph wihed it t.
! pcGeis that confidence 70 far as related to
federal objects, but no further. Incfeai.
it, according to the theory of gentlemen,
make it in point of numbers Bri,ilh Par.
ian,cnt, or a French Convention, and
you vii! proecrtionably diminiih the con.
idence of the people in the date govern.
ments. They will become feeble barrier.
againft the powers of the general govern.
men, and the people will enquire for
what purpoie they elect their fate leg; -
lures.
Mr.. Randolph believed it to be Of in.
finite importance tina. the poifes of the
government lhould he preierved that is
ihould condee itlelf to federal sbjcets.-
His Object, therefore, was to preiervs
| N that floor the proportionate weight be.
| tween the ieverai ltates which the Com
ltitut;on had fixed.
Hal any objection been made to the
! old Congrefs under tn. CONDENSATION,
that was tederaI!y organized, for the
| want OF talents or integrity! No. The
| only objection was that they wanted pow
| er. Had tne public affairs been conduct
| ed with lefs ability than they are at pre-
ient! He had neither heard, no, did he
believe that thsy had.
Mr.. R. concluded by making fom.
rcnalks, on the feore of convenience
Gmilar to thoie already fa,ed.
Dr.. Mitchell. [Our attention W.,
unavoidsbly, and much to our reg'et
called off, during the hrl part Of DR..
Mi.chell's observations. 10 give the
clohng remarks might be an at Of in-
iuRice, unconncsled as they would b
| with tholc which preceded. We, there
fore, torbear the attempt, and consne our
notice to the Aatement thar he fipported
| the ratio Of $1,000
Mr.. S. Smith felt indifferent whether
| the ra,ia CT thirty three, Or that Of thir.
| ty thouiand were adopted but felt anx-
| ious that jufice fhculd be done to tho
| fate of Maryland. He underitood that
| radical errors hid exitted in The numbers
given to that fate; that in Hartford coun-
| ty there were returned only 5000 ilaves,
| whereas there ought to have been returo'
ed $1,000 and that in Cecil there were
| returned 5000, initead Of $1,000. ne
hoped, in order to have ,hefe errors cor
-e;ted, the committee would rife, that the
| original returns in the office Of fate miga'
be examined.
This motion gave rife to conys:!s'
ton of lome length, in which Gu one Lac
n: improperly and injaaice Of making
! an apportionment under the exiting en-
ro.., and without the return from Ten
! neGee were arsued; ara, on the other
Gde, the sr.a, inconyenience' OF delay
and the inability Of the houie 70 obsa'o
correction oferrors, which it attempt
ed in one inaanoe, might be attempted is
many.
! Mr.. Van Nes informed the com
m;ttec that the retnrn from Temet.
Zee was received at the office Of ltate, all
tina, j. made the populations Of thar iss:s