Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1805-05-31
From peculiar circumstances

clN ICWaFNS InN >lssSSAl Nv 'NG common
Cause and Cc rtAIn pr,n> Iniv< were pre-
s. uhed b> Congress iar an ultIm tie
qlAhkAt,on and >v,tlrm Mt between til
sttc<. 1hrr<,ltl,,,,n and ~ consider
unn proposed the rxt,nG n<hrn Mt Of III
balances due from <v~, raj Of the lRd;vir.
, nal states tn the CN,:cd States, as al
pears 5r report Oi comm siorers u;
pointed To adjust AMI 6aAtt, to settle ia
dem ,nlS Oi the 81 rvTh II AtrS Tor serNi.
cts rendered and supplies furnished n,
United States IN 'hr late rr~oAt;0nar
war with Urea, Britain. THIS rtpor
was made on The 5lh DrCembtr, 1875
! he whole amount al the balances dr
from the debtor >lA'ss, and nov propo>
ed to he cxtIngui>ht d is S3,5l7S9.
New. Hampshire Na<~A, huseus, Rnod
Island Connecticut, New Jersey Sou'h
Ca,ollna and Georgia, arc ,r' dl,M
states; Eew-Yurk, D>sawarr and North
Carolina, are debtor states To- large
mount; the other states but lit,lr inte-
r, Stcd in the question. Inc Commissi-
oners were men OF integrity and talents,
and their rrr"rt met w''h a general &C
Q Hessthre ~ tfrr time VII, a it was made.
Inc state OF Eew-York mas actually paid
lI,gt sum towards her balance; and
some al the other debtor states have ex-
prrsslv recognized tbs settlement. 1t
is now proposed TO xtinguish the set
II, mont. 1t Is now proposed to extin
gulsh the balances bv 4 mere act Of pow
er, and Congress are almost equally di
viIrd ON tbs question. Were it not that
81 largr mum ler 81 yrprc ST a,atIvts con-
slider The states thcN rePVescn, as inte-
rested, and were 1t not that some men
posse SIS a wonderful faculty Of making a.
NJ question: party enc this equal divl-
SION OF ,hr national / si>la'"rc on sub
jaSt 5" simple, would ,.pIcar to a candid
obs. river unac co,,n,aNis- canno, better
Illustrate the MT are and N, TiIS 81 the set
dnrn,, and the ,r'v S4>tAoie sucngth at
th- aEtm-n's Sg nN<t the~sx+1RBuIsh-
ntn,, than o> su', }9'n'nS an extract from
the s7rrrh uft,rn. Farrum, of ha~sa.
chu<rtt>, upon the ?. solution in question.
:. / rs nrtinAn,r which passed. the old
Coue',S< IN 1857, AWih0rl>'ng the set
Il, mt Mt ri Ihv az cunts OF the several
states agun>, the I nI;~d States, for SER
wees rvnIs red and supplies furnished
d .une tk4- war, makes - AMPLE and llo-
era! vru> l>i"n Tor an .s.lnWAp,c Nt II the
= accounts t1h'hsI. d, IS c",:lu ~ >>i'.lv be
! exp, Il, or even asked, bN any OF the
! p,.,tl, ot the >1t,l,-m n, ii WAS founded
on the pti,I, lpl, >"t na,WAA compromise,
| and ~ the I'm ,n,GE'st.s cons. u, al all tn
stats B> The conditions OF the settle
| ncnt agreed upon b. that ordinance,
the pu hc tAI'a III IA b state was sol. mn
| Is nI, tx, i to Ill the other states, and the
| publ iaith Of the CHatrd States was So
luu.uIv ple,Igcd u ca, h individual state =,
| that the set;lvmcnt, and proportion Of
| b, 4 1t aln,,, i to each ind,>i dual state,
| b. i!t- ,u.nfniSSlNnxE THIS m4tu.4lt a.
| gra,,! nI7 n, AI,A .hn<t b All the states,
>h"ulAl:s, hn4l and conclusive. SoUn
alter the establishing NJ ii The present go
| vrrnmcnt, in the Wear 1889, a law was
PASS, d bv Congress "a, att~trTg the settle
M MT and for filing vacancies in the
beard agr.eaLIe to the principles OF the
or Ilnancr Of 1857 and so far as have
discovered by rrourr,noe to the jour
nails, this law passed without OPPOSITE.
on, In 1880, Congress again assumed
the consideration OF the subject, and
passed law which recognized all tbs
principles OF the ordinance of l7s7> and
rovidsd that n distributor NJ the Who'll,
expense should he made among Inc Sc,
veal states aooord:>S IL III, 6r>t census
under the pscsent c"0Srtuti"n, This
Law was also passed BY an unanimous
consent OF the h,u>c, and in the senate
wh,re the state >nverrISnties are more
pA.tl ularI rr;,re<Sn'vd, IT appears by
IN journals ~ have nAs<r! without or.
poslIINn. lhn>, Sir, ,rom ,he~hfst =.
\ Sretmept "t l!S. to me a"Jl lose Of tbs
>,s.swens> al :rr >:s.,>>.w' lr u9animou,
IN 'hemo1e T,e<sr,a,l 10, sr,tlcmcn,