Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-01-25

Populations OF the eons'''utica, wsrs k;&
But We have another authority upoo \
point. which is in truth, a cot.mporaoyr'
exposition of this article OF the colsti:u;''
II allude to the resolu ION passed On ~ /
81 OF Juty 1888, in sh> ""rd, i1I!oHic"
Whereas app'ication h.,.hes II 's.c!, ma,
TO congress by the leSisIa,o:e q! yueias
and the district OIL Kentucky, Tor The .,
mission OF the SAID d's,lc' into The ttd.,,
union, as Il sepal ate nrn,DSr ther ,eE on Il,
term. contained IN the acts ul The said l.,
isla,u-e and in the reso uIiuns Of the g.
district relative to the p:en,Is So,
whereas congress having Tally consid-rI
the subject, did on the thi;d day o! Tp
last. resolve thai ii IS eXprdI.nt hat the sa!
district be erscte into sovereign and p,
tlxpenden. state, aud separate member q
the federal union; and appointed Com,
nirt-e "a report and ACT accordingly, whi,b
committee on the second instant was d.
charged, it appearing that n'nc states lid
adopted the constitution OF the y. Stats
lately submitted 70 convs u ions OF the Dy,
ple. And whereas a new comic deracy /,
formed among the ialIiylng states, ( ,hrn
is rca.cn 70 b, licv. INA, the State at Vur.
MIA including the said district, did on III
25,h OF June last become Insmosr Of TIL.
said centederacy And whereas an &C. Of
congress in the preseut state ct the govern
msnt OF the counuy, scverlnG 4 pant o: he
said state from the other parts thereof, aud
admitting il mo the conieaeraty lcm,d
by the articles Of confc Iteration and D, DE.
tual UNION, and as An ind pendent n,emD,
thereof, may be tended viii, many lntou.
vtnienties, while it can hive no IF, Ct 10
make the SAID district sepa: ate member d
the federal uni1n, IoIn.rd by the aGop.,a
ot the SAID constitution, and thrr'ior Il
must be manIlesdy improper for congress
assrmbled under The articles IF couis~r.
ton, TO adopt any other measure, rsiauec
the premises than those, which express ht
sense, that the SAID d.s.rlct ought 70 b. a
indie pendent mcMber Of the union, IS sOos
Is circumstance shall permit proper mca
sures to be adopted for that purYosr,' Il.
solved that copy Of the p,oce, dings .
congress, relative to the independence Q
the district OF krntucky, b. trans.nltt.dr
the leg stature III Virginia, and also to S.
muel M'Dowell, esq la~ president OF th
said convention /; x that the sad iegisIaluu
and the inhabitants Of The dist, ic, aarrsa1
DC informed as the CONSTITUTIONS of the S, u
is now ratified, congress think it unad,isa
bic 10 adopt any further mrasuees for i'd
mttiog the district Of Kentucky into III
federal union, as an independents IN nh,
thereof, under the articles of con.e dv rao
and perpetual union but that conCrs,
thinking it cxped;enl that the SAID dls;rc
be made separate 81 ate and member OF ii
union, as soon after proceedings shall Cor
mence under the said constitution, as c,
cumstancss shall permit, rrcomm .nds i,
the said legislature, and to the inhabi,sn
OF the said district, so 70 aller their ac,s
resolutions relative TO the premises as Il
render them csnIormable 10 the provision
made IN the said CONSTITUTION, TO the en-
that no imPedimrnt may he in the way
IN. SPEEDY accomplishment of ,hi. import
ant business"
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