Portland gazette., 1805-05-20

| yhiS IL into eHe~t al AL events, IN lone
form or cthcT,was put in my hands bythc
Igentleman to whom ii was direaed. Az
this, caucus the bufiuelS was concluded by
adding to the amendment that proviGon
which afterwards oppoied, and il was al
10 determined to, take the queifion. the
next day before the fenate ihould rife
t1ere let It be remarked. that there had not
been any regular debate upon the main
queitlon Ia Senate, and that the addition.
al ProPoiition, in fubaancc, had already
been reje6ed, when propoled by a fedsr-
al member Two or three republican
members di6tated in caucus as the SINE
QUA NON Of their voting for. the amend
msnt, this important addition. and one Of
them afterwords oblefved publicly in ny
Pretence, that he mad not only dictated ic
N caucus, but had given the leading reput.
icanS in the Houie to underitand that the
tate Of the amendment depended or its a.
doPtlon, IN that very form, as his vote
would be put upon it lhould it beient back
10 the tena,e. Thus il was virtually de-
termired, in one of theGe cuenine mseting5,
that the representatives Of the people, the
tate leglilatureS,. and the people them.
feiveS, ihould fan6tion an alteration of the.
contribution in the precife form diaated
by two OF three men, and that every one
who oPpoted it fhonld be denounced as
tederahlt and aPofate. The republicans
OF the hOuic were told, in language TOO
unequivocal tQbe .mifunderltood, that this
was the arrangement, and that upon their
conformity or oPPolton depended their
future popularity. An unwavering and
venerable republican member from Maf-
achuietts exclaimed, at the bar, when an
adjournment was denied at the uiual hoaY
I cannot aor rgiA Be dragged qio1g maths
manner, and left the houGe. with indigna-
ton. As the quefion, however, was not ia
ken that day, as we had repeatedly been
told It ihould be, in confequece of the ar
dent oPPQftion which myfelf and otber--
ting the DEBATE to iate hour atnight, that
gentleman however recorded his vote in
oppolition to the mea(ure, "A very
refpe4abIc democratic member from a
middle fate declared, that were the a.
.mendment in the precife form in which
he wifhed ii, he would never yote for K
while it was attempted to carry it BY
fnch means. r... ..
AS almoft every member Of the majority
who expreied his opinion difa2Proved Of
the additional propofiuon, il mutt Be evil
dent 10 every candid republican from the
fimple ftatenaent of fa6ts which / have
made, that the amendment, 10. It's Prefenr
form, was carried through both houies by
the undue influence 81 lew individuals,
and By the combined operations OF in-
trigue and terror. was Of opinion that
We ought not tod!fgrace olrfelges byinch
courie of condua, and that. however
defirable he amendment might be infome
form OF other, we ought to wait until II
could be adopted n fare and truly re-
publican manner,
Connected with this fubica, my con-
| duG with 1efpeG to the nominations OF
prehdent and vice prefdent, requires cx-
| pianation. Eearly in The feaion i was
determined By the feif chofen few who un-
dertake to dire6 the pubic fenriments5
| that GOV. Clinton fhculd be the next vice
prehdent, ,and that gentlemcnwas informed
| that the unanimous voice Of the members
was in his favor, when not ten Of them
had been confult-3. Some difficulty be-
ing afterwards sPPrehented from the
. Pennfvlyania delegation, a fabcaucus wa'
, held, and the representatives Of the ita''
reconciled to the neafufe general eau
. Gus was then called to ratify "hat The iev