Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-02-23

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raj ,,rac ice that arc on THIS toortor the
iilusr34tioa of any general point was expedl-
ent. ana, in this case the main argument urged
nv tie gentleman from Georgia. and others,
s. was q reason why tue course of which pre-
5cedent had been produced should be pursued;
that they ought to keep themselves l'f s5sool
shumor with one another and that ehereiose q
subject of this kind should not be disenssea
I between them. MIR. Q acquiesced Win gen-
tlen.en 10 the opinion that thus was not time
when those passions should be introduced
which this sub was calculated to excite
but it was a subject fromlwh lch they could not
shrink, which they must meet, because II
was a susi ect connected with their Official du-
~. ana expose them as it would to the CEN
sure or personalities of other gentlemen, they
ronst see that the subject was fairly presented
10 the members of this house, particularly TO
those who were new members and had never
Vet had an opportunity of hearing discussion
on the. subject. Now much time would be
saved, nluch Irritating argument avoided, ana
the public good promoted, II an lndlslduai
were admitted ca the floor to state the gene
raj principles of the claim of the petitioners,
who would refrain from making any obserya-
5. lions which would have tendency to excite
irritation, and press his observalions no fnf-
.ther than the house should please to attena 70
them. The prayer was therefore reasonable,
discussion OH the subject could not, De re-
straincd; it had become actually necessary
III was impossible fora representative from
Massachusetts to stand on this floor and not
represent the opinions which there prevailed.
MT were an opportunity given by the atlmls-
Sion cr an advocate to relieve themselves lrona
tt:.at necessity, much time of the house would
lie saved and passion prevented. " lth respect
10 the precedent which had been adSiuced, ana
TIE attenlptsto make Discrimination betweea
that case and the present, Mr.. Q. observed
that the circumstances OF eachwere similar.
The former w sss an olS. yam. 80.
ncve eieepsy interested from the nature of the
claim; so was this. There was also ano-
thor circumstance which had not been no.
ticcd and which ought to have weight: lhe
former was claim from the Virginia and D.
Carolina company !; this was claim OF aAlas-
sachusetts company. In tie enc case an.ad-
voc%te Of the ci..i.n was heard at thehar; IN
this case it was insisted thatit should be deni-
ed, This was question which was growing
into,a loca! question more than any gentle
man would ;dlow.or believe. he would not
justify the claim, or enter into its merits at.
this time; IL Massachusetts teeiisss and IN
terest e.listedon this subject very different
from what was generally ui'derstoodby mem
bers on this floor.
With respect to the observation OF the gen
t,eu.an from Georgia on the memorial or go
vernon Sullivan, Mr.. @. observed that the
massage alluded TO was by no m cans an eX-
nression Of threat to the house, but OF re-
Election presented to the house Tor It's consi-
Iteration whether or not such principles as
these did tend to the dissolution OF the social
compact. The gentleman from Virginia MI.
Eppes) had told them that the law OF last
session had put this question down. In dong
This had thew net put down the judiciary pow
er of the United States9 1t was indeed true
that they could put down any claim BY putting
down law There was also another consioerati-
on which he would put to the gent iromGeor-
yia merely for their reelection as It resPectea
the effect which their warmth miaht nave
nnon mems minds in other parts OF the UNION
II was true a consitlerable zeal existed against
sth;s claim in some of the southern states; Out
men Interested iIiemselyes would remenloef
one fact, that, from the tenor OF the compact
as he understood it, the very land which taese
-, en- claimed did revert to the state ot'Seorgia
after a certain term if not granted to
claimants. That state therefore and It's re-
representatives. had strong individual interest
to put down every claim of this kind; tor IN
the result of no grant being made, they would
5 II Mr.. E5tf,es begged leave here to interrupt
the gentleman to tell him that be was totally
mistaken J. the compact said that it should re-
vert to the y S. and become a common fund.-
MIR. @. said he was then misinformed. He
wished his own mind and that of every other
gentleman to be kept clear and unobscursd by