Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-02-28

10 tne Leglnatofe inc reluit OF theil
deliberations. Three courles have
been fuggelted BY the memorialiGs.
/. That the Legislature ihoud remonftra,e
to Congress againR the general courfe of it,
neaiures, aud particularly againfi the Embar
60 Act. -.
q rha, laws fl,ould he pahed, tending di.
rectly to fecure the CHI ems OF this Common
wealth in their perlons, and properly, anc
righ's, aud providing puniaiments for al
fuch as ihoud viola,e them
8. That delegates ihoud Immediately bt
appointed by the Legislature TO meet dele
gates from tuch other stases as fhall elect any
for the purpoie of devl6ng proper meafure.
To procure The united efforts OF The CONNER
c,al STATES, to obtain fuch amendments, or eI
pl.Rations of the Contribution as will fesnre
them from flu are evil,
With refpect to the frit, the Com.
mittee cannot recommend it
1t has been again and again relort
ed TO, and with no other effect than TO
increafe the evils con planned of ; and
to iubject to unjult reproache, and
inGnuations, body, which ought
never to be a fuppliant to any power
on earth.
With refpect to the fecond as far
as it relates to acts of violence in the
ieizurc oil perfons and properly OH
land, without the form alitles rtquIr-
ed by the Contribution OF this State,
we believe that the provi;ons of our
ota,e and National Contributions, as
we'll as the great principles of the
common law, are 10 plain, that no
act of this Legislature can afford any
additional iecuity And as 10 the
prohibition OF our hIheries anu coalt-
ing trade, the Committee cannot, at
this dlftreiling juncture, recommend
a remedy to be relied on 10 made
quate as would be afforded by the
enaction of penal laws.
On the iubjccr of a Convention,
the Committee obferve, that they en-
terrain no doubt of the right OF the
Legislature to invite other States TO
a Convention, and TO join it them
lelses, tor the great purpoies of con
lultlng tor the general good, and OF
procuring amendments TO the Coniti-
tuition, whenever they fnd that the
practical contraction gwen TO it by
the rulers, tor the time being, is
10 It's true ipirit. aud inluri.
Gus L. their immediate conhltuents.
We know Of no iurer or better way
to pIevent that holtiIity to the Union,
the re,ult OF oppreillon which will
terminate Ia its downfall.
than ior The wife and good of thole
otatcs which deem .hehfeives op-
preiied, TO ahcmoic with delegated
au .hority, ana to props,e. urge and
even unfit upon iucn expliclJ declar-
d IONS ot power, or reitric,ion, as
VIII prevent the mott hardy from any
future attempts 10 oppreis, uacsr the
color of the contribution. This wa,
the mode Propoied by Mr.. Madifon
IN sniwer To objections made, as to
the tendency OF the Oenefal Govern.
ment TO uiurp npJn that Of the
otates. And thou, h he at former
period iec the Legislature of Virginia
INTO an oPpoi'lon, without any julti-
hable cauie YET 1T may b. iuppoled
that he and al others VINO underltand'
the principles OF our concurrent fov.
erelsnty, will ackno wieage TIE iitnefs
and proprety OF their All rtlns rig hts
which no people Can ever relinqulih.
But although the committee arc
convinced OF The right, and think
the Legislature ought to vindicate it,
OF actng IN Concert with OF Ter
otA'es IN order to produce powerful,
ana 1t poilible, an irreGltlble clam
tor iuch alterations, as will tend to
Preierye the ualon, and reltore VIC.
la'ed privileges, yet they have con-
iidered that there are reaions which
reneer 1t lnexpedient at the prefent
moment to exercIle this power.
Some OF thefe reaions your Committee
would fuggeit, that the memoriailsts
may know thar their preilius appeals
are not poitponed from any nienG
oiii'y to them on the part of this
Legislature The Committee would
here eApreis their hope that The
people Of TINS Commonwealth, injur
cd aud oppreh~d as 'hey have been.
will as tar as puiIible refrain their