Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-02-17

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= soyeraea By laws in the mskiog OF
S,,sh they have 20 voice BY laws net
"a. with their own content, but BY ne
,rs;,ed States for them, by Tcn who
-. oot the leaa intersf IL the laws
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rogsls ; by men aifa NOT acquainted win
tss minute and lucal interefts OF The place,
70, somirg as they did from dieances OF 500
= 1000 miles, From theie coniidsrs-
lions he inferred their incompeseney to
,.o;Q.te for this diaTiei, whatever their
Abolition might be. Thoie were the
,;;nc;pal resfons that Influenced his mind.
They They might, however, perhaps, besa1ly
ob,iated by the reafons of other gentle
nen. which he would be glad TO hear.
MIR. Huser was eppofsd TO the reio-
,a,;ous. Fiirft, becauic he was not 10
sIiped haaily TO make alterations in the
a,ea, national compact that held Us to-
sss,her. Ii appeared 10 hin that though
sbsy nigh, not always undefaand The
r,aicps, on which ararticu!ar part OF IT
was founded, yet it was prudent not TO
CHANGE i, until experience had clearly
oroyed il, inconv enience. 1t mutt be
oby;ous. that il was eaiily 10 perceive
The etfeeas that may enfue from change.
The contribution contemPlates~ihe exer-.
sile BY congrcis Of executive legi!lation
over ten miles fquare. II mutt imfreis
;t(elf upon the mind Of every gentleman
ina, the wife men who framed the con-
sAitution deemed IL proper. Congrefs
,lfo had thought il proper, as we'll as
two Of the mott respectable ftates in the
union, the one by receiving and the O.
ther by granting the territory. All
,hsle conGdera,ions imprefed his mind
with adiGnclina,ion hafily TO alter the
soorte that had been puriued.
Another reafop, which weighed with
him, was thar though they had been
here three winters, they had no reafon TO
believe that a majority or any contiders-
Bile portion of the people wilhed TO be re-
seded.
Great force has been attached to an
agreement derived from the preient flta-
stion of the people of the territory
from their deprivation of rights. He
fell. for them. But, becaufe. they are
now distranchifed of their rights, it does
not follow that they are always to remain
10. He hoped they would not recede
them on this account. He looked : for
ward to. the period, when the inhabitants
from their numbers, and riches, would be
.nsitled TO representation on this aoor.
And with refpett 70 their local concerns,
whenIthey grew more numerous and veal
thy, there would be no difficulty in CIV
ing them territorial Legislature.
The gentlemah from Maf1achufetts
iMr. Bacon) founded one of his arguments
on the idea that the government of the
United States could derive no advantage
from The fen miles iquare. While, how
ever, he MIR. H. J tell great refpc6 for
the Raiss, he muit think that the govern.
ment of the United States ihould be plac-
cd where j, might find its own convent.
snes. Though under the fates it might
In mott cafes proceed withour material In
convenience, yet he could fuppofe Tome
circumstances that might expoie the 60
ysrnment TO great inconvenience. This
vas one reafon on which the article of the
Contribution was grounded. Such an &C.
surrence had taken place at Philadelphia,
where Congreis had been furrounded by
the loldiery, and had not been able to get
aid to relieve them.
Another reaion againa the recellion was
his belief that it would affect property IN
luriouay. Citizens in various parts of
the union, and foreigners had made pur-
shales in confequence of the ceflion.
Without pretending TO FAY that property
would be leis fate undertake governments,
De could conceive that foreigners might
sonadsr ii more fate under the protection