Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-02-25

SeHutnAaM tfOuk EGLu1J1yauia Mr. OlDl-
lie) and he was surprised thar any gentle-
man would bring forward another 81 Ire
same nature, after the treatment that one
received. He had no idea Of encoufar-
ing those fcstless people 10 intrude on the
house. They we're not well disposed
people who could send ! petifion TO COM
sress, which dtrogAted from the national
character. He hcgked thar the reading
of il might cease, md thatthe house might
20 10 business 81 more importance.
Mr.. Leib moved that Il should b refer
red TO select committce. y.
Mr.. Haenam hoped il would NOT u ~
ferred to aselect committee. Whsttter
might have been the difference Of p6liti-
kcaisopinion, in this country Il did Dot be-
come the Aliens who were asking fhvofs,
AL on whom many bene6tsh had heenalrea-
dy conferred, I'd make such remarks Is
were contained in these memorials pre-
sentsd 70 the house yesterday and this
morning. He hoped the house would
Immediately decide against them.
Ma Ihatcksrs thought tie petition
ought hot to1be referred to . select som
mitteet-it would reflect disgrace UPON
the hotse, torefer to acommIttee q pei.
ton calched in very indecent terms, md
whose principal object appeared to be to-
criminske the late administrator. As il
MAS precisely like the one offered yester-
day, and the house had been told that
many others were expected, il wac time
70 give their decided disapprobation Of
the sentiments, rs well a. the disrespect-
full manner in whirf ihe petition was ex-
pressed He thought people paid y veryt
illeomplimcnt 70 die majority Of the house
in attempting d obtain their favor by
abuse Of the late administrator. 4 Z 81.
Il would Be rycollccted that early in the
session, the hotse had manifested great
uneasiness even at the readiag Of i memo-
rial from i latk Officer Of the government
Mr.. Me Henry though expressed ii ve4
ryrespcctfuiterms. Certainly chose zen.
tiemen who uponthat northumberland
So much sensibility for the honor Of the
house, would not feel less when these
fsrestless aliens importuned them IN Ian.
guage extremely abusive. He did not
objectto the commitment merely on ac-
count of the abuse Of the former admins
stration. He should have objected had
i ths same language been used wiflfrespecf
10 the present. There was i dignity at
tached 70 the Government and the repre-.
!. sentatiyes Of the nation, which those ali
a'ens should be taught 70 respect, md
which rendered such language inadmisll
sible. EEs nv .5stt "a
M. S. Smith said Il. had been usual d
refer petitions which had been presented
TO congressto . committee, who would
report in. whole, on. in part Is their discre-i
tionshould direct. Hshadobserved, thar
some parts of the memorial were NOT 90
agreeable and. yet there were others
which deserved attention. The gentle
man last up from Massachusetts, l1NIr.
Thatcher had adxerted to 1 meihaSial
from late officer of government Mr..
McHenry3 hewss not present when chat
memorial was read, but be could never
see the drift oft, unless itwas 10 have
itprintsd, in order thar Il might 70 forth
to the world, and perhaps create preiu-
dice against the present administrator.
The gentleman had said that his opposi-
ton TO the petition would be the same !,
had Il made . similar reference TO the
present, ~ il had 20 the former admini-
station.q How that could be his senti-
ment, when he had ON 4 certain occasion
during the present session, declared by
his>solenm vote that he had no confidence
in the executive, Ne was at 4 loss TO de-
termine!
M. 7Aaicher did not know what had
led the gentleman [ Mr.. S. smith, 10 con-
clude that the late secretary's object IN
presenting his memorial to the house was,
to have il printed. If he had been pre-
sent he would have known that there wss
no attempt, in the house to print
eyen'a motion to commit il. Although
he considered the gentleman from Ma.
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