Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-02

zion. to standforward, hrm and nniteo, ~
] supper.i Of the general government, Ia their
,laudsbls efforts TO defend the righss OF this
country against tie continued and growing
ssgressisns Of The great aud naughty ma.
etions Of Europe. -.
Therefore. .RsssIoed, That the course
which has been pursued; o well IN regard
70 The arrangement concluded in April las,,
with :David NJ. .Erskine; miuisser plenips'
Tertiary OF HE Britannia majesty, as with
respect to- the subsequent correspondence
with, and dismissal OF, his. successor, Fran
els. J.. Jackson, and 10 relation to our to-
reign affairs in general, has confirmed the
Genstal Assembly Of Virginia, in the *.
allied opinion which they entertained of the
justice and wisdom, the 6rmness, !decision
and patriotism Of the. present executive OF
the United States. g..
Resolved, That the General Assembly
of Virginia. being deeply impressed with
the necessity of union among the people,
and devotion to the government, in the pre-
sent awful and eventful crisis, do hereby
pledge themselves to support the general
government in all such measures as may be
deemed necessary tor the defence OF the
rights, the interests and the honor of the
nation.
Mr.. Blackburn (ef BATH then introduc.
ed the following, which, with the rssolu'
tons offered by the committee, were order
ed to be laid on the table:
=. sResoiued, That the people, having by
the constitution of the u. S. exclusively
delegratsd to the general government, the
power of providing for the common de-.
fence, of making peace, declaring war, and
the regulation Of intercourse with foreign
nations, that government alone can, and OF
right ought, without control (olher than
CONSTITUTIONAL to exercise those powers so
wisely con6ded to it; that the practice of
expressing public opinion by resolutions, so
often exercised as we'll by the citizens as
the legislatures of the several states, is &C.
nerallv fallacious but always dangerous
innovation upon the principles of our So
vernment and if at all resorted to, ought
to be reserved for cases of the last neces-
sity.
That the powers Of approving and re-
commencing, imply alse, those of repro.
batting and controlling the measures of any
government:
That faithful, impartial and con,.i-
tutional administration of the governme Mt
of the u. S. is the best guarantee of the
affections, the attachment and support of
the people of rhe several states: and OF
amity. justice and good Offices from foreign
nations
That we, the members of the General
Assembly, wholly occupied in discharging
the duties imposed by the constitution and
people Of Virginia, disclsim all right of
debating to, or otherwise Influencing the
general government than by constitutional
representation in the Congress of the u.
States; and, as representing ore Of those
states, claim for it no privileges or immu-
mites which might endanger the rights or
encroach on the constitutional powers Of
the general government; or higher honor
than to occupy that station which shall be
allotted to her by the government Of our
choice on any emergency which may in.
volvs the future destinies OF our country !;
and to which, from her wealth, population
and devotion to the best interests of that
government, she shall be entitled"
On Saturday the Sd inst. they were taken
up, when motion was made to postpone
the original resolutions, with the amend
ments indie 6nisely (or in the phrase here
ssed to the 3lst OF March)-This passed
in the negative as follows:
AyEs--Messrs. Scarborough, A. An
derson, Steele, Blaekburne, Osey, M. Tate,
Peadle.en, w. Lewis, Buckner, Clark
son, King, White, Simon, Claypsol, Bar
re.s, A. Morgan, w. Tate, Reynolds,
Rozz.l, holland, ]. Allen, F. E. Walker,
Berkshire, Gray, r. Christian, J. H.
Christian, G.. Parker, Dunton, Birkhead,
Hull, Womack, M'Campbell, Bailey and
w. Tazswell.-34.
.NoEs-Messrs, Barbour, (speaker) S.
E. Parker, Meriwether, Coles, Cooke,
B. Randolph, Armistead, Norvell, Row.
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