Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-02-20

30, e,esion ii the Houle Of Representatives were
! poaible cafe, this ~provilon was calculated 70
tsmcdyis The only OBJECT now urged y that
the Houfe Of Representative may ar eorrn2tiy
Mr.. Holland wcold nor give INTO this idea as
pos Sc. Yeti vas very pofisle that fone or
euiaifanecs night atle vhich would pseg-ntt liz
Houfe Of REPRESENTATIVES from ilaSing az csec,
ton. Some greatdifaaef might oecer- Tor m
aance, this Hsuie might fall and cfuth she mem
bers 10 death.
MIR. Smile. The Senate have mads svo al
~tcfations IN the pfopofvion that went IRON chs
Rouf.. The only thing for us to confiaer IS,
whether they are Of fuch a nafu :, as 10 render II
b:tter fer us to ADOPT 81 Esj.a thc epttte fefo-
Insiea. The Senate appear 10 have eopGaeled
the dJfituifies and evils, lately experienced, and
10 have provided againit their recurrence. 10
this ~provifoa gentlemen now except. This .
mendment, which il is pfopoled to ittikc out, IS
10 favor OF the FINAL itates. This, nofwithlapd-
ing, I, as a rep,efentativc Of a large Rate, hail
not reject it. We have h.afd, on this o~ccafon,
a great deal about fate ~ioteyefls. BntI have
never witnelfed az infancc, in which it has in.
aueoced the deosfon on any q~uefion Of great
importance. And e the time ever does s%rrive,
when local intcrcas hall dlrecfss the councils OF
our country, we need care little about tbe con-
f~itutlon. Be this as sit may, thofe who thsnk
this amendment renders The contribution better
than il now is will vote for it. We mutt con
ider tie other branch of the lcgiAatufc as pafti-
~cipating with Us; and IN order to obtain q cor.
refpondence of opinion with them we mott conci-
late. AS ! confder this amendr-nt as a grave
for The whole bufncfs, I fhall vote againR it.
Mr.. Thatcher expreaed him(cIf in favor Of the
motion OF the gentleman from Vermonr. rs 70
the idea of the gentleman from Pennfy,yania,
MIR. Smiled that we rnna rake llis refaluiion
from the Senate, or nothing, ] 90 TOT know
whence he draws his inference. ! faoala fnppcf.
We ought TO make the amendment aspcrfcGt as
polible. Are we 10 adopt what we think totally
improper, beeaufc the Senate approve III What,
in my opinion, principally renders this restitution
exceptionablc is, that it carries tue election Of
PRECEDENT frons the popular 20 the fedesstive
branch of the legislature. The friends of each
candidate will he introduced 10 fcaster their votes
and thus aided By the influence of the Senate,
prevent an election in the Houfc Of Reprrfenta-
CVESs IilGIC Will no., III luCii ESCiit exit HE
fame Inducements TO make an election, flowing
from a dread Of the evils of anarchy and Of an
interregnum. Another objection alto, ic my
mind, is powerful. The ef2 of this propoi-
tion wiK be to fend a number Of candidates into
the HoOfe, not the thee or FIVE hightf on the
lit, but the tbrSe big5<G a~xmbsys, containing
an indefinite NJ ,her Of peffons. Ore conie.
quence NUT follow, either that the elcoion
wiIt come into the Houfe, or that the large Rates
will combine together, in order to prevent it.
M. Lawnds Eid he was in favor of the mott
on ofthe gentleman from Vesmont for the ~rcafons
which had been already urged. Il appeared to
him that, under he proportions received from
| the Senate the Vice P-efident would intrigue
with the member, Of the Roufe OF Repreienta-
! tivcs. Having til. whole patronage Of tbs 60
| vernne8t IN his hands, ii cafe Of @fuccefs, he may
work upon them, as, he believed, that though
| they we're not coFruPt DOW, they MIGHT be
| hereafter. II the objecl BE- to prevent the re.
| eufreoce OF a late eveat, that would be eaGIy
| efectcd by providing that in cafe OF an equal.
voFe in the Houfe of Representatives. for Pref
| dent, lo,s hali decide and II the p.efsnt n,tiou
prevailed he would move an amendment to
| fuch effect.
To be continued.