Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1805-02-25
On Mr.. Alert rJaiafion for diG'Agng tbs
f5Htsrt a. the Palladium.
4. tcontiuued from 'aft Monday Gazette

tcontinued from aft Mondays Gazette
nix SPRACUE (of Dusbuyy) laid,
the gentleman from Sbe5fsla had offered
many Authorities III iupport Of the podri)n
ne had taken /; and there was not time to
produce counter-authorties to diiprove
them: Bur he was certain, he had mif
quoted or milreprelcntcd what MIR 1e4sr-
in had written in his Notes o., VirgiYia. =
he gentleman appeared to intimate, thar
the fretdent had declared, it was of no
coniequence to iocirty, neither we belicv-
cd there were twenty Gods, or no Cod
Whereas, Mr.. J. fays, " II dssr a.en9 IL.
l2'y tor my an< bkor lofty. t5s,e are Tqven-
~ Gsds, Or no G1d. Which, he flid, was
Quite different matter 1t was true, the
gentleman had corrected himfclf, by read
ing the words but it appeared he meant
TO make a wrong imprciIi II with them.
he believed, If other documents were as
READY AT hand, the other inGnua,ions could
as eatlly be proved to be fallc or diforted !:
But whether the refolution was approved
or negatlved, it would not hurt Mr.. Tff'tr-
j0nf reputation. He hoped tie queition
would Re taken
Mr. NHc6e4 {of Eafoa) did not ike, he
iaid, to fee 10 much party fpirit excited
ne was iory the iubied had been difcuf-
led. tic meant, however, TO vote for the
retoiuuon not 70 much on account Of the
publication in debate though he did nor
| approve OF the condu6t Of the worthy
Printers but becaule he thought he
could get the work done CHEAPER. He was
tory TO hear the gentleman (Mr. H.y fay,
he be'lcved the principal part of the piece
on the able for his part he believed
very kttt of it.
Mr.. j0rk|5a (of Neqvfsn) laid, he could
no, but exprefs his dilapprobation of thoie
who brought forward fuch fubieas as the
one now in dilcuGon 1t was depart
ure from the butinefs they were lent to
trAniact by their conltituen's. The inv ef.
t'satloh he iaid, could do no god. But
as tAe rcloiuflon was thruit upon the Hou(e
It mutt s. dllpoied of. The refolution, he
tald, went to the difmif-al of Printers. ybo
hat executed the public work for ten
year, and he believed TO general acceptance!
and to Punifh them without giving them
notification, or hearing them in their
defence $ III violation, he fad, of the con-
ttltutlon, and ar exprel6 rule of tie houfe
HE iubJctt appeared to him TO be feri-
GUS one, and 70 require more difcuf:on
than could be given in the houie he
therefore moved that the refolution be com
mittcd, for CONFEDERATION. The motion be-
Ing fccondcd,
Mr. B,e70er tOf Ror5ury) hoped the ref
| oiution would not be comnitted. The fub-
ljeCt FAD been very thoroughly difcuded
and confidered and every member he be-
Ilesed, was ready for the queition.
+ Mr. .Toek/on added TO pats the refolu-
ton, would be a direet violation of one Of
the rules Of the hou1e, which declared, ,haf
no vote, 10 any manner, affecting the pro-
petty or character o:an individual could
be paned, without previous notice to fhe
party intereited. Another motive too. he
laid, ladUced him 10 move for the com
n'irment; that Of preventing tle intro
du6tion of thofc party feelings which gen.
tienen fecmed 70 much to de .,recate.
Mr. Vtbam (of Broakfeld,) faid, he was
in favor of the motion for commitment.-
The iuoject now before the Houfe, he
tald, was an important one 1t was to
him aovei iuoje6t, and one that required
CONFEDERATION and celebration TO thoic
more acquainted with parliamentary pro-
ceedings it might fecm common and finn
pie.-fie believed it had been the practice
of the Houie, in cafes that were attended
with doubts and difficulties, and that re-
quifed examination and inyefigation, to
refer TO a committee There were, he
fad, IN MS mind, many quefions, as to
the reiolution on the table, to be taken in
to view, which might with much more IA
ciity and propriety be iettled in committee,
where Che members of it NAV have tine
and Opportunity calmly and cody 10 de-
llbera,e and decide, than IN the Houfe.
In the hris place, he faid, it was to be
confidered whether the Houie had the