Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-02-22

{ greater pcrloha! Inconvenience as t,.p
| his conltiruents from the diifasce q :
rsidence, as any member On the G,or '
bis condiments coad feel. b, , y
pledged hInlfc.f aad his continue,
that however great thoie inconvenieoe.
they would iabmit 10 them in o,J
that they nighs have co1aAon csvir@
and afford lseu;!ty 10 The gove,nnsn'
Mfr. Claiborne ipake In favor q i.
refolutions.
Mr.. Southland rofe only to nskco,
cultivation, which had besn touched n
bat tightly in the courie OF tae deba,
It app he'd to him thar when CoDertG
aiamed The executive jurldlttion q Il.
ZEN niles fqdafe they had 10 the dla r.
ieance entesld into coaualt with Il.
Legislatures Of Virginia and Marylan
He had no doubt that if the contr,4
had ended here, they might with then
content make recelion. The ftcotI
Rep, however, taken was conlrati b..
tween the agents Of government and
che psopfie;ors, 10 order 10 Obtain ii.
foil. Ihis coutrad appeared TO him 10
be lelemn and binding. In eate;ins il.
to the contract, the propFietors gave lLe
general GOV ernment icites for the pablic
buildings and half tie relldue Of tic
Land within the city plot. he conceis.
Ell that this was a contract founded on
espsels POPULATIONS that Congress houlI
exerciie executive jurildittion. The pro.
prietors had no idea at the tine they
made their coniratt that their property
would be receded and the govefnme7,
had fnce received more than one NIL.
on's worth OF real property which they
now enjoyed. He woald ak whether
recelion, under fuch circumeances,
would DOT have a Retrospective ei.ls
and impair tliofe obligations which ii:
United StareS were bound 20 obftue.
For this reaion he thought receiion
improper, as it would be violation Of
contract wish The people Of the terrific
~ Il appeared 10 hin that whl.s
they were iatisaea the general govern.
ment ought 20 BE- iatisGed.
Various inconveniences had been Nat.
ed TO which the;government was expofcd;
and The people Of the territory had been
repr@fented as in fate of lavery. But
he looked forward TO the time, as NOT
d.ltanr when they would have the right Of
governing themielves through teIntoFl-
al legillatare !; in which event there
woald be no time lof TO the councils OF
the union.
The gentleman from Mlaachalet'i
Mr.. Bacon las compared the pfopoitl
transfer to thar of little piece OF foil
for turnpike road. Nat the cafes ~ef'
not parrelle ; as in tie la& intaac'
there were no individuals TO be transtci'
red.
MIR. Southland had bat one more 90.
fervaiion to make. Such reloIutiooS tsA-
ded to dsfroy the conidence OF the Pcop'
il the government. When their PEo1est'
ings Aactuated and became unltaole, Inc
government became uahinged, and ne il
berries OF the nation cealed TO be iecafe'
From the tendency of lhefe !eiolltioaS ~
did expect that before this time ano,A''
refolufiol would have been bFcu3ht l"'
ward, to remove The government. b"
h. hoped thefe reloldlions wouid be I''
jeded by 70 decided a naajoglfy as TO P'''
vent the propod5ion of any hnilar ones
MIR. Varnum called for the reading O
the document aliuded to, as he haa ne
yer fcen it.
Mr.. Southland laid he did not Kao'
that there was any iuch official dccune0'
but he had ieen fuch ftatement OF me 1O'
tt-enticity Of which he entertained >,
doubt, and he prelumed the gen'itn'''
was as well poGcaed Of the fad.' as A'''
ials.
To be eoutixuea.l