Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-02-05

The SeHntc Or Vffg'nf0 rejected
By IS votes 10 6, The proposed amend.
neentso the constitution NJ IhrU. S.7c0u.
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&4 TIE ANCIENT D0AHNI0E-It
mus.be pleasing reflection to every ma.
-tixg Vieeinian, thatAamidst the turnulss
ofparty rage and political intolerance,
thereis vet found a band Of well disposed
and moderate thinking patriots in the old
ancient dominion, sufficiently firm to
make a stand against the denuneiations
Of the day, and save this respectable
state from the Sdeiusiuus Of the moment.
1kisa launentabie truth tina, few people
have sufficient nerve to withstand mo.
mentary and FIRST Impressions, and re-
Acct until they can call 10 their old friend.
reason to guide them in their delibera-.
tions-this is not found in the bulk Of
society, nor can it be expected in the
I most numerous branch Of a popular as
.sembly. but yifpride he il spoken. it
is found in the ssenate ofihc independent
and sovereign state of Virginia, who
have dared, with a m~agnanimity Of soul
which ought to stamp eternal honor on
the majority Of that body, to negative
the resolutions Of the lower house, pro.
posing an amendment to the constitution
Of the United States, for the purpose Of
prosuatihg the Independence of the ju.
dietary. Have the people Ct Virginia
forgotten the IN of those wise sages
and patriots who composed the conysn-
tionthat adopted the Federat Constitu-
toni And IS there not a copy Of the
debates Of that convention re uiaining!
1t there is, read and compare the opini.
Gus then delivered with the proposed D.
mendment, and the senate 81 the state Ct
Virginia win shiue with additional lustre.
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The dill FIR estabdshing a SUPERIOR
court O Ad.V in each ca.ntg in this CONS
manpsaih passed the houstEef delegates
on ths 22din.t. by The large mGjorify Of
TAO 70 s.. his expected thn this bill
mil also pass me senate: {Rich. Pap)
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The committee appointed by the eiti:
lens of BALTIMORE, 4 enquire into the
expediency OF establishing domestic
manufactures, have made a long and We
~ intere sting report in favor Of such es-
tablishmcnts.~ ' de- H. ut "@f~'
II was reported yesterday Csdys the
EruU-1orks IG0sette Of ThnrsdayJ that
the dispatches from the French minister
here 20 BonQparte, Which mere iatercept-
I'd in an AMERICAN vessel by a cru.xer,
and laid before the British government,
1Dere AFTERWARDS submittedto the inspec-
s;sn Of NJ. .4M3nTes, steefare Ais departure
from England. These, dispatches are
said to cyiminate gen. Morcau ; and on
Mr.. Monroe's communicating their con-
teuts,to the fyesideHt, orders were given
to arress the general (he c0u4 be taken
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In the year t795, the father Of his
country, Gen. Washington, ina letter to
the thea secretary of state, shid-n In
.nme, when passion shall have Yielded to
se6er reason, the curreat may POSSIBLY
t.,n ; but, in the mean while, this 60.
verument ia relation to France and Eng.
Land, may be- compared too ship between
Sylla and Charibd.s.,~ If the treaty is
raa6ea. tbs. pAttisAns Of the French, (or
q rather OF wal and eonfusion) will excite
them to hostile measures, or at least to
unfriendly seutiments~-fIt is NOT, there
is 40 foresrsing all the consequences tina,
may follow as 1t respects &, BRITAIN
We neetnot state, that the treaty was
signed, nor detail the violent opposition
TO the government that e~nsued-the uu-
unsuitable hostility OF France, nor the
advantages ofthat treaty to this country.
They are known to thousands who will
not acknowledge thsm:. The scene is
n9v changed! :" the p~trtisans-of the
French" have the government in their
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