Portland gazette., 1805-06-18

Der of the fenare declared in my prefence
that nothing could be clearer than that i
is totally wrong 10 have ienate al all il
a republican government. MANY RE.
pUBLIcANs, of other itates as we'll as well
as Virginia, have declared 10 me- that We
rv important amendments ofthe conifitu-
ton mzf and zOfL take place in few years.
One member from Virginia, in the pre-
fence OF ieveraI members of both political
parties, told ME, that tie time f0r zObieb fbe
JenafOrs are etei7ed maf be reduced TO taoO
years tbaf this alteration 40snld jean be az.
hafsd !; tbatit qvould Be d. tef b. S0bicb 10
try tie repir5deaHs I; and that 10 member
cqald Be ronFaered as a true repabGcoh eg50
f5ouid opbaJs il. ] have alcertalned that a
very great proportion Of The republicans
in Con6rtTs are of option that the conlti-
tuition is too arfocratic, that the fmall
iates poiiefs 10 great weight, that the iu-
dietary is Tar too independent, and that the
folIwing alterations Of the contribution
mutt be made, as loon as the public mind
can Be PREPARED for them.
I l., 10 reduce the time for which the
Senators ale elected 70 two yearS.-l his
would render the lenators from the -fnan
fates5 the mere tools of the large ltates
and would lead to the total deetFuttion Of
the fenate.
=. TO carry the election Of Prefdent to
the people at large. They would deltroy
ali the remaining weight Of the fmall ftates,
as flares, in the election Of preelident.A
The weight of Vermont relative I'd Penn
iylvania, in that election, is now in the
ratio Of 6 TO 20; il would then be only as
a 10 49,
8. That The judges ihall be appointed
for few years only.-Comment is here
unnecefary.
PofIibly there may be NO iuf ground,
for my alarm upon this fubieet, bit altho'
| may lie too credulous | am certainly
fincere IN NY fears. Should no attempts
be made to alter the contribution, ihall
be willing TO be conGdered, not only
weak al2rmif, but viionary poiiti-
clan. .>..
Much il faij of a plot to divide the u
MON. 1t is imputed chiefly 10 the feder-
alifS, but attempts have not been writing
TO explicate the nethern Republicans. /
have expseded riylelf in favor of a union
of the people in The northern ftates IN gen.
eral fentiment, for the purpole offecuring
70 us our due weight ii the councils Of
the nation, and for prelerving, inltead of
defroying the conltitution but with
that union TO take place upon republican
principles and no other upon the genu-
inc principles Of the contribution alone.-
Were the nothern ftates as we'll united as
the fouthern, we ihould not be 70 unrea-
lonable as TO deiire more than our due de-
gnsr of political weight, and that the
louthern ltates would be willing to allow
US, for they mutt dread difolution of the
union equally with ourfelves. No per-
lon in the United States can more ardent.
ly deGre the prefervation Of the Union
than myfelf |. f1aii always be prepared to
fpill the lalt drop Of my blood in its fio-
port. believe the only way to preferve
the Union is to preIerve the Confitution.
May both be preferved May the Confitu-
ton and the union be perpetual!
1he1e are the Ientiments Of a Vermont
republican, who, without afpring to pre-
eminence, will never conGder hinilelf infe-
rior TO the republicans of Verginia. My
little farm Of fourteen acres is cuItiv ated
by the labor Of my own hands my bro
ther of the fouth pofeaes hundreds Of
laves icattered over thoulands of acres
SpecuIatively the virginian may be bet
Ter republican than am bit his repub-