Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-02-12

sage as a manly expression of opinion ;
and he could not consent to East an obi.
um upon it, particularly when so conge-
/" NAL to the general sentiment of the ma.
tiou.
Mr.. Smile contended that these docu.
ments were too important to be referred
to a~select committee. He acknowledged
that we mustk know souS thing more a.
bout the state of the negotiation before
we could act upon the subject ; but he
wished them t. be referred to a Commit.
tee Of the whole on the state of the union,
in order that they might be acted on
WHEN circumstances should require.
They were then referred to the Corn.
mittee of the whole on the state ofgthe
union, yeas 81.
The house then took up Mr.. Sloan's
resolution, for the removal Of the seat
Of government to Philadelphia.
M. kesvis's motion to postpone the
resolution indefinitely, under consider.
alton.
Considerable debate took place on the
resolution. ~Messrs- Gardner and b.
CON- spoke in favor Of it, Messrs. Eppes
and Love, against it.
The house adjourned without coming
to any decision.
The arguments used OF the subject
were fen, although the speeches were
long. The principal ones against the
resolution were, that the congress had
NO constitutional right to femov. the seat
Of government !; that the law expressly
declared that this should be the pernna-
nent sea Of government; that the words
Of the constitution naturally inferred the
same thing; that BY removing it, the
faith of the nation would be violated ; that
ii once removed, it could be removed
again ; that hundreds Of people would
be thereby ruined !; that congress ought
not 10 assemble in a large city ; that they
could be as well accommodated here as
in Philadelphia ; aud that the continual
motions made to remove. was the cause
Of retarding the growth Of this city. On
the other hand it was contended, that a.
there was no such expression in the con-
stitution as the word permanent as it re.
spected the seat Of government, congress
had a right to repealatAw that one con
gress had no right to fix where another
should assemble ; that this city was a
continual sinking found to the nation ;
that it was a child OF speculation ; that the
members Of congress could not be accom-
moda.ed and that experience had shewn,
that it would eve be a place of any
consequence. IA great Of
people attended the house
THURSDAY, February 1.
The following message was received
from the President and with the docu-
mcnts enclosed ordered to be printed.
TO the House Of Representatives. ef the
United States.
In my, message of January 90, stat
ed that some papers forwarded by Mr..
Daniel Clark Ct New orleans, to the Sc
cretary Of state in 1902, had not then
been found in the Office of state, and tina,
aletter had beenladdrsssed TO the former
chief Clerk, in the hope that he might
advise were they should be sought for.
By indications from him they are now
found. Among them are Two letters
from the Baron de Carondotet to an of.
6cer serving under him at a separate
post; in which his views Of a dismem-~
bermeut Of our union are expressed
Extracts ofso much of these letters as
are within the scope of the resolution of
the house &4~now communicated. With
desc were found the letters written by
Mr.. Clarke to the secretary of state in
1908. A par. only Of these relates to
this subject, aud is extracted and enclo.-
ed for the Information Of the house. In
no part Of the papers communicated by
Nj. Clark, which are voluminous and in
different languages, nor in his letters
have we found any information Of the
corrupt receip. Of money by any officer
Of the U. S, from any foreign agents for