The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-02-01

words would Tot bear and whch would haze q ,,,,
Gus eject applied to other powers exp I'd l.. i.Ar
words ihs' he did not conhGet n,mf,H bound /,
what other gentlemen flnceJ tie eoaatutot, 1.aps
I or intended but by hat Is faid.
Air. .iad the argUp,eu, had taken different
turn from what he had expected ] he rel,,.utiuss
did 'tot -7oPoie 70 Remove ,he feat Of government
tar from 1t OF thole who have 40, coated tie
reolu'ions propoiedtn the feat e. so-er:i-
ent, they ali agreed in declarrg tie, had no i,ch
intention he alio declared that whatever It's ipcon-
vene'ces were he had iach intcnrun nor DID nee
know member who had But he wiihed - re car,-
did, he Was Of the opinion that Colgrei had ar.j O.
F"y to remove when and where they pleafcd The
en!tituton did preicribe reRrilisns on the evertl
81 ieveral Legislative powers, but it Precrih no re-
flctcilS on the power OF eXercihng excluiive urr.
dictior over territory exceeding ter milo E1uare
or over forts, arenas, &c OF leyera of hei he had
no DOUBT Congrets would make retroceniou He
had no doubt but retrocelIion wSuid be made of
i.tcver OF that KIND Congrefs had received from
the Fate OF Pennsylvania, al Pittfburg, MeadvilIe
EFeiqne- lille, &c when they ceaied to be uieful 10
Congrets and became incorveuiert TO tla+ aste
lielc iuD)ects are by the explicit language ,f the
contributions language which cannot by fair expo
ition be perverted, veted without rearicaion m the
iesih"ive chcretioD Of Congreis in rhe fame tpoa-
Hhro terms rs the power in queftion Mr. T. lad
twelve amendments had already been made TO The
contribution, and If it found that Conpreis wa.
ar
where they couldnot ACT freely, or fa!elv and thsr
shey were conirained by the contribution TO do To-
another amendment could and would as esfly be
made therefore even admitting, though nor .-rant,rg
me conitctionai Obligation the properly OF sha re-
Hdence a Congreis is rot permanent It's coil,:n-
ianc$ mrss depend on the VIII Of the people OF the
u States. Other coriiderators are yreatpr fec,ri
~. In the city many have laid out lsrre iisS #
money ontheir confidence government & the govern
haslaidout very large msotmoneytop rovde eccou,-
modato-s q mutt lay out more for hatpurpofe And
notwithstanding iome preiert inconvenience he
lad ne believed It was nearly central aud cepabs
OF he!ng made rs convenient Gtuatiou for t. feat
OF government could be found. From this II was
evident that juitice the city and policy with rsf
pect to the United States combined in preventing a
removal oil the feat of government Intice ~, r.
Icy, he fad, he Thought were better f=curity for
me citizens than even the word permanent if il had
been IN the contribution which all who would be at
the pains to read, would hnd it did not contain
MT r laid that he had detained the cofnmi,.r.
longer in dfoufing the contitutionaty of the reGo
buttons than he had Intended and would endavor 20
De mort or the quetcn Of expedency Enough be
thought 1t was this ground Only it ought 70 have
been contefted.-He iad he had heard tie members
VINO were in favour of the refolutians call-d on 10
prove the injury or Inconvenience aifng from. eoC
latng for territory of fuch extent This W.. dors
as an evaion Of the queAion on tie other lid. IVES
required to Rare the advantages &c reje6inp The re-
rroceHon. Waving the enquiry on which fde of
the qaeiton the h,rthen of the proof law Mr. z G;5
ne would fate fome of the disadvantages Everv
!eion oil Congrefs iince it fere H., found S,d
ipent large proportion Of their ,Ire in maxine
Laws Tor different portions nj this territory ana
from his own experience he knew tI3t Tor che ,n,.
Portant Part thereof (AleEandria) they had made a
law taft felton,. That they were told this ieH;nn
they had been irPoed on, they had repealed the law
OF Ian FELTON, and made another, and that was after
TED TO him, they had been mpofed on again He
aid he could enumerate more infapces bu; he would
only fate that Congress now fat at the expenc of
above 1000 dollars dav. He faid e .e.,,l.s-.
""uid recoect now many days had been fpent eve
VEN on eRiilating for this territory without giving
iatisi action, aud conijder how many more probably
may be iPeht, they would enquire FOR the neon
Venlences arilns from governing the territory bur
would be prepared to fate the ADVANTAGES of
tneie ne iaid he knew nothing nor had heard no.
thing.
Mr.. F. faid it had been frequently aked what
more difficulty there was in leeilatr for zen miles
iquarge, than for the city alone IN anlver TO this
ne aiked theie members to recoloct how many APP
Phcations had been made how many laws have been
palied how many days have been occupied IN isgic-
latng for other paris of the d.ar6l than the cty.
he would ak what the people would ole by t,iHg
receded TO the Rates TO which they formerly eong
ed and what they gain by the members of Copnrefs
who have no common intereh with them, nor even
acquaintance with them or their peculiar eircurl.n-
ces, and liable TO be inPofed on by every one with
whom they converfe, IeglatinF for them fIe lad
that il had rot been made appear that the people
would iufier any lois by agreeing to the refoutons
and that it was individually evident that the rullc
would gain advantage, he hoped tley would b. a.
greed TO. He had early obferved that there were
nearly as many interfering nfercns in this ten miles
tquare, as IN the whole United Ststes, tine merhsrs
OF the committee would recor6f tha, feveral ~ III.
roh tedious debates accompanied with the rrea,ea
irritation that bad taken place this efion aroie from
luch fubjeas.
lie faid the gentleman frnm Maryland had slledr4
ed ti'at Cougre's had pow TO agree to the re-
iouons on the table, they he'd po,,ef 20 transfer IL
70 the Emperor Of Fayt; he conceived dis OFFER
walton required very little reply, the queaiou wa, a.
bout recel.on, renoration of what we had nor
about making original transfer. Mr.. = hid he
waS delighted with tie gent enan's mir. Denni)
anticipation 81 the rrofrerity Of ths PIKE that ali
the parts would become one CRY, and have hut one
ntereG, that confeqner''y the fubie@s Of lcp;naou
would BE- fewer and eis difficult He axis in i1cn
cafe what would be the coniequenc. In antici-
PIT ng the Te7rg progrefs OF popuiatonand wealth,
nc iuppoled that a. fome period not FAR dA n sbe
population would We equal TO that of Phiiad pls,.
which with inall dit,i9 around it at preien, had
threg meTb efs on ths floor and flppyfcd al more
diitant period it ould have a ropulstiou equal 20