Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-02-22

e has been argued with great aDIlity Dy
|. gentleman, who, for twenty years has com
o handed the fixed and charmed attention o
ii this house, and other gentlemen oil eminen
i talents and virtues. Among them name
n with pleasure, the gentleman who address
D ed you yesterday from Delaware, tina
noble little state, whose independence ane
' intelligence appear to be 10 an inverse ra
i ito TO its magnitude. But, sir, it is not il
II this house alone, that eminent talents have
O been enlisted. In adverting to the otheI
c branch Of the legislature, cannot forbeal
. 10 express my admiration Of those sublime
h talents, which, whether in the supreme
E court of Justice, or the senate chamber
are ever heard with blended astonisha.enl
land rapture. Bot, sir, II is not in this
+ body alone, that abundant and copious
+ matter is furnished for deep excitement.
Beyond its walls what is the spectacle
, Only short year ago, the body polite,
our country, was healthlui aud quiesent
our sky was serene--beautitu as the sum-
,,,eE evenins-save only Sir, small! speck,
which the watcbful pilot observes in the
distant horizon. The storm has come.
From the Bay Of Funday TO the St. Ma
ry's, almost every individual has felt its
peltiDg fury. No, sir, it has not yet come.
! Il has only commenced its influence: and
il belongs to the wisdom of this house to
say, where it viii arrest its desolating ca.
reer, or human hope and liberty receive,
perhaps, a fatal injury from its violence"
I T. ns,.fsxr sx-.o. e Al
subject, Mr.. G considered the question
underline four positions which the friends
Of restriction were bound to maintain.
|. That the condition was couformabe
to The constitution Of the United States.
2. That it did not violate the faith of
The nation, as pledged in the treaty Of
Louisiana.
| 3. That it was warranted and justified
by those great principles which constitute
the character Of republican government;
aud
A. That il was recommended by its util-
ity. On which heads he argued at length,
maintaining by considerations which We
have not time to sketch, that each several
| position was untenable, and thai, on the
contrary, the reverse of the two latter was
true, aud that the measure or restriction
attempted TO be defended thereby, would
be unconstitutional, peridioas, assti-rspub-
iican, and pernicious.
From the 9th to the 10th inst. the
house was almost exclusively engaged in
| discussion On the Missouri bill
1 WEDNESDAY,, Feb. I6.
i Mr.. Charles Kiusey, member from
New-Jersey, appeared and took his seat.
1 LEGISLATURE OF NEW-JERSEY
From the True American
A sketch Of the proceedings Of the House
? Of Assembly.
: SATURDAY, Feb. II.
4 Mr.. Miller, from committee, reported
bill No. 8, q supplement TO the act respect
ing conveyances, with Northumberland
and postponed.
Mr.. Griffith offered resolution for a
committee Of conference with council on
the disposition Of the compiled bills--a
greed to.
i The engrossed bill to enable Jacob, Van
Doren TO erect mili.dam across the Rar
tan the bill supplementary to the act re-
specting toll and chain bridges-the bill
!, for the preservation Of deer, &c. and the
bill from council TO repeal the Cd section
Of the act concerning sheep, passed the
: house.
No. 3 supplement to an act concerning
: landlords and tenants, and No. supple
mentary TO the act concerning costs, were
read second time and ordered third
; reading
The engrossed bill supplementary to an
act for the limitation of actions, was re-
committed TO Messrs. Griffith, Butcher
z and Murphy.
The compiled bill No. %, for the grad
ual abolition of slavery, &c. was read a
I'd and Sd time, considered and ordered to
be engrossed.
On motion, Ordered that during the
; remainder of this sitting the house will
meet at 8 A. M.
Adjourned TO p. M.
!, 3 o'clock the house met-The question
On engrossing the slave bill was reconsider
ed, and the bill ordered to be recommitted.
Mr. Foster proposed a resolution for a
committee to enquire into the expediency
I. Of providing by law for the more easy col
: lection Of debts from corporate companie
: agreed to.
The supplement to the act making lands
liable to be sold for the payment OF debts,
:, aud the compiled bill No. 80, respecting
suits for the recovery Of monies due The
slate, were read and ordered I'd readings.
The bill supplementary TO the small cause
! act was taken up, considered, amended,
and after some time speut thereon, postpo-