Mirror of the times & general advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1799-1806, 1804-02-25

i't'sal facrllege to amend conRiuton.
and that the people fhould be ealOu, -
every iuch attempt us precifeiy I'll. b,s,
means to deitroy the right in the peool. !.
do 10. II is doctrine levclled rs,nll Nv
peoplelthcmielves, under the predo,uu,n@ss
of whof: will the RICH, can oaly be e,.rs
fed !; and tending to throw this mod. e
national felf defence againH the arr, "
avarice and ambition, into the S,,t
ground; whilst thefe foe. can ca,rv -.
their encroachmsn's upon liberty ,nJ
property, by form of law. Let not ,b.n
Iir, the people Of the United State, nv
deferred from exerci6ng their right to al
ter their contributions, 10 FREQUENTLY ,rI
70 lucceisful'y exercilsd, BY a pie,ur, CT
the French revolution.
Finally Mr.. PRECEDENT, this amcndm.,,
receives my appreciation and fuppor,, b..
canie 1 think i, comfortable to public =.
?in'nn, evidently the fpeclal recommend.
ton OF tundry Rates, and the Concurrence
OF srsa: majority of the Representatives
of the people in the other hou(e bsc,ul,
it accords with the principle of lelf 90.
vernment that this exprstlion Of the pob.
lie will il,ould be obeysd, that the ,ieb,
of the nation to I'D the form Of It's 90.
vernment, ihould, upon that ground, !.
!olemnly recognized becaule elections
the rslult Of preference, are more con.
hltenr with moral retiitudc, than thcl.
Influenced or guided by intrigue, party
artlhcs, or the intrigues OF diets; and
becaule i. was the int ntion of the conN.
tuition, that the election Of PRECEDENT anil
vice 7retidont ihould be determined, bv
fair expreiIlon Of the pubic will by
majority, and not that this intention
lhoud be defeated by the fahisquen, oc.
currsncc Of rate of parties, neither
iorlcen nor contemplated by the cona,a-
ton or thole who made it.
Ma. WRIGHT woald offer but faw
words. 1t mad been obisrved that our ps.
vernment is the retulr Of compronie.
SO are all federal governments. The re.
ference to the old confederation and thei-
voting by Gates amounted to noting
eoncluive /; the old congrefs polft FED no
lsg'ila;ive power, they had only an exc
cutlve and recommendatory power. Tn,
contribution was produced by the nscel,.
lily of the cafe !; no impoit could be e-
We'd by the old csngrels, and to prsiervs
che benefits Of the revolution Virgins
called the convention. He could noe
account for the oppoiition of the gentle
man from Delaware, as he would not
ltrlke the amendment out if it formed pare
Of the conltitution.
MIR. WnITE-Ths gentleman n.iiap-
pretended my exprefion.
Mr.. WRIcHT-l took the eenslcm.n's
! words down-they were thete--.' If the
amendment formed part of the con-,
ltlsutiou would not vote for Ntikny 1t
OUT lie then went very largely into
recapitulatlon and reply 10 the various
points of direuilion, ana ale if il was
| confident with the principles Of the go-
vernment that our laws ihould be Ike
thoe of the Modes, and Pertains, their
form immutable and error eternal. lie
aked il gentlemen would not think it
hard ca!eifmen were placed in the two 6rlt
offices of government who were neither
the choice nor agreeable to either part, !?
Yet this would noe be more inconliG.
emit or ablurd than to have any one mau
10 placed contrary to the Fundamental
PRINCIPLES ofreprelensative government,
the will of the majority. Every gentle
man mutt recolleft what fcene was ex-
h'b''ed in the Legislature Of Pennfylvania
at the late election, which could have its
| origin In intriguss alone, and which end
ed at length in compromie which "a u.
the mott popnlous Gate in the union the
zeal value of no more than one vote /;
the FANS intrigues exile ia Ierfe, wners
an organized plan exlted to place mar
in the executive chair Againe the wilhes
OF the nation, unchofsn and uninteudsd
FOR the executive chair by either party.
Here we nrnuiae n r.n,aI,. c. C., h ~