Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-02-18

in rccediug there wcu'd IS none. Wopu
there be . power in Virginia aad Marm
land, if receded, to prevent a rclunp;on}
Such meaiure ihewed but little ref,rt,
for the people Of the territory. As far a.
he knew the ientiments OF the people. !,
was not their win TO be recedcd. inv
were willing to I've under the protection
of,crngrefs. The gentleman from Penn.
iylvania has called them layes. Thew
may not thark him for the appel!ation.
Ifthey were ilaves, there mue be fome
corolary; and if 20, we mutt be their ~.
rants. Bat they are not llaves; they are
children, over whom it is not our with 10
tyrannilc, but whom we would teaer sod
nurture. Are we, in the character Of re-.
pre(entatives of tie United States, to bs
conlidered as their tyrants, becaufs they
are not Immediately reprelented here !? We
ought not TO decide this queition un;il
people express their deGre to return to The
itates.
But there is more ferrous conGderati.
on relative to the people Of the territory.
1t is paopo(e>! to fecedc the diltriet to M.
ryland and Virgioia. Once take that
Aep and what obligation was there in con.
grels to remain here. He felt there wa.
none. The obligation TO remain aries,
in great mealure, from the ceilion, and
by deitroying that YOU extingui(h the
fenfe Of the obligation to Aay. This
may be The Object Of gentlemen. Anum.
Der Of the mealurcs lately propofed ap.
peared to have that tendency. One mo-
tion had been made TO concentrate the
public buildings. Violate one itipulation
OF the government, or difappoint realon-
able expectation that had been excited by
the mea(ures of the government, and the
ruins of hundreds follows. Now mott.
on is made 10 recede. Combine thele
two operations. Ulhx the capitol, and
recede the diAritf, and believe me con.
greis will ioon rake wings and fly to fomc
other place. 1t had been truly remarked
on iimilsr location by thole intereaed,
though thefe things may be fport to you,
they are death TO us. Not motion OF
this kind had been made, or could be
made tha, did not depreciate the intereits
of the place, and fruitra,e the object pro-
ieiIed. BY fuch means our accommodate.
ons will be impaired, all enrerPrife ne fub-
dued, aud induary ,anguiih. He hoEed,
therefore, that the houle by decided
vote would rejee, lheie rcloIutions, and
pu, all fmiIar ones to aeep.
Mr.. Gregg faid he had expected, that
this queition would have been decided
by iient vote. He, for his part, mad
no intention of having troubled the com.
mi,tee with any oblervations Of his on
the fubjete, but as other gentlemen had
feen proper to enter into diicuiiion OF 1t,
he would beg the indulgence OF The com.
mittee, while he aft sned as cosciicly as
poAible, tie realons that would influence
his vote.
Having beena member Of the Legiila
ture at the time the att was paiiei 'of
,aumlng the jnrifdittion Of the territory
he toreiaw pretty clearly molt OF The Gil,
fculties in which we are now involves
BY that at, and therefore had gwen Il
his oppofi,ion in every fage OF IFS pal
sse. A majority OF the Legislature
however, at that time, entertained d a'''
ferent opinion, and male the all mpt'o''
From that momen, he had conadeIeo
contract to be fully conpleat and rauae'
be,wixt the ltates Of Maryland, V'Fyini''
the people of the Territory OF Columbia
and the government Of the United o'a'S''
That contract he co ,GdeIed as OF pefds'
nent obligation, not 10 De done away
BY the un ,nimous content of all the PAL
ties. Il
Among the pecisl powers OF Cong',n
enumerated in the eighth fiction OF '"'