Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-12-28

known his Will-thus jeaulouhcs and
doubts would be ex,inguiihed, the feels
ings and fentiments of the people would
be amalgamated. Animoiities would
gradually difappear, and each be fatisfed
with the conviction that he had the full
and fair exercife of his right. Corrup.
ton would be rendered impracticable,
Whit every man was the immediate dif-
pofer OF his own truit, and would know
the perion to whom he was abou, to
conlde it.
There was no objection to eqnalizing
and rendering uniform the di,tric's for
Representatives but the propofal to
choose the Electors in diltricts was de.
cared to be an invafion Of one Of the
mott valuable proviGons Of the Conltitu-
ton.
No queftion was taken when the
Committee rofe, reported progrels, OBJ
tanned leave to fit again.
WEDNESDAY, DISC. I8. After the pre-
fentation and commitment of private and
local petitions the Houfe took up the fub-
ject of the
COMPENSATION BILL.
! A long report on this iubiect was made
by Mr.. Johnion from the committees
which had it under confederation. 1t
was accompanied by bill to repeal the
preient Law. and to provide fog daily
allowance to the members, and the fame
for every twenty miles travelling to and
from the feat OF government.
Mr. Johnfon moved to align tie 18th
January for taxing the bill into conlider.
alton, to give time for the arrival of alb.
fent members and to avoid difcuilion
OF this fubje during tho Holidays, " heu
the HoLfe wa ufually thin. This prop
oGtion was fupported by Menrs. GROVE.
nor. Calhoun, Robertfon, Hubert, and
Pickering, who added, that the iubjec,
was an important one, which was, per-
haps, connected with the future liberties
Of the country and required due delib
Grafton apd that as the houfe bad been
acculed Of having acted alhly in pailine
the exiting law, they might be as prop.
eriy reproached with cowardice by a haf.
ny and precipitate re,raction.
4 The motion was oppofed by MeiTrs
Mellon ard Barbour, as the lubject was
we'll underRood, and might be repealed
as eaGly as enacted.
The motion to align the 18th Jansa.
ry was carried by large majority
/ THE EPcRVItR.
/ MIR. Taylor. Of N. Y moved refolu.
ton to inllrua the Naval Committee to
report fome proviGons by law for fetsline
the accounts OF the officers and crew Of
the U. S. brig fpervier, fuppofed to have
been loft at fca.
| p .he immediate object of this no
ton was to providr for the fe,tlement of
the accounts of Mr.. Boawick, purfer of
the Epeyvier. and a vey n,eritsrious eff
Ger and prevent his name ffanding on
the books oflhc Treafury as drfauIier.
on account of the lofs Ct himlen and
vouchers, greed to.
AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION.
The Houfe again went into Commit
tee on the following propofsd amendment
to Contribution OF the u S.
6 For the purpofe of choo6ng of Rep
refentatives in the Consrels Of the United
States. each State fhall be divided, BY its
Legislature, into number f diliricts, {.
aual to the number of Representatives
to which the State may be entitled.
:. Each ditrict fhall contain as nearly
as may BE-, equal numbers.whieh ihall BE-
determined BY adding to the whole mum.
Der of free perfons, including thofe bound
to fervice for term of years, and inclu-
ding Indians not taxed, three afths of
all other perfons.
Sin each diltrict the qualified voters
fhall elea one Representative"
After debate, the queltion was deci.
ded as follows -
For the Amendment 86-againit it 28
So it paAed ;--there being the coniti-
tutional two thirds in favour.
The debate continued on the propofi
ton for the choice of Electors in diltricts,
and continued until four o'clock. when
the Comittee rofe, without taking quef-
ton, and the Houle Adj.