Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-07-19

tion, but alas. The result nay DIV,
"ncthing Is certain in this uncertain w,,a
| enclose Bill which has passed !.
lower house, clogged with preamJl. ~,
seems to neutralize the whole procss%
aud may put THE President into dis,.,
bic dilemma as to the course whos
ought to pursue, PROVIDED the Bill d.
pass the Senate. | am told howevs, ~, "
the Senate does not feel very friendly oa
preamble. and was informed by resn.
able member Of the lower house ,ba, w.; Nv
it, or something OF the same kind ~
would never pass that house. So The A..
among ourselves, is now whetbe, a
shall be preamble by which the AZ, IL
be called something or nothing, or wbsn
the requisi,ion Of Congress shall be Conn,
ed with in as .fev cords as possible AZ
the latter method, the lower house, thin! II
will not accede. So we go! X
Bad as this state OF affairs must be- co,.
dered, our miseries are not 10 slou bs,.
seems. Our State Constitution { as i,
led. contains within itself the seeds no, a,
ly of dissolution, but OF speedy death, l$'
contains one unfortunate clause, which a. n
thorises the Legislature to propose smsni I,
ments to It and if the next Legislature :,
prove of them, the Consultation in ho..
particulars is to be ipsO .jacto altered, m,,
ceremonie. The blessed effects Of this r,,.
provision we are now beginning to ts,.
The constitution has not been in exten,.
one year, and our Legislature has 20, bss,
in session two wee ks, and no less ,h, :, \
alterations in the constitution have hoo
proposed in the Senate, and passed Tbs
have also gone through the House of Rsvn.
sentatives in such triumphant manner =
leaves no doubt on my mind, that if the ps
Legislature, (probably TO be composed d
the same members, should sanction them
we may bid adieu to six good articles in Oh,
constitution and prepare to receive in The,
stead, new tangled notions, (lor you must
know they are of Yankee origin and in
the space Of FIVE years, verify believe
there will not remain rag or vestse Of
that solemn instrument agreed 10 10 CONVEX.
ton by the good people of Missouri, as The
basis of their rights and Liberties.
Among :he most prominent of these ate
rations, the Judges of the Supreme and Cir
cult Courts are to be elected every 81
years! by which the independence 9
the judiciary will be Frustrated at the lee
of the Legislative power, and instead Of up
right, independent Judges. we shall have a
. electioneering, paltry, time-serving set
fellows on the bench. who tear, in attemP
ing to retain their popularity will lose the
virtue"
The tollovins bill has passed The HouH'
Representatives, and been sent 10 he s.
ate for their concurrence.
A SOLEMN PUBLIC ACT.
Declaring the assent of this state 10 the u
damental condition contained in 7
solution passed by the Congress OF the IN
ted States, providing for the admission
this State into The Union On certain CO.
diiion.
WHEREAS, the Senate and House Of R
representatives. of the United States, by the
resolution approved On the second day
March, in the year Of our Lord, eigbte'
hundred and twenty one, did declare, Ii
Missouri shall be admitted into this Uni
upon an equal footing with tie Origin
states in all respects whatever, upon the fl
damtntal condition, that the fourth cau
OF the twenty sixth section of the third al
Gle Of the constitution, submitted on the p
Of said state TO Congress, shall never be CT
strued to authorize the passage of any Ia
and that no law shall be passed in conoru
ty thereto, by which any citizen Of either
the states in this Union shall be ezcIud
from the enjoyment Of any OF the privel
and immunities to which such citizen IS
titled under the Constitution of the Uni
States Provided, That the Legislature
the said stale, by solemn public act, Sd
I declare the assent OF said state TO the s
, fundamental condition, and shall transmit
the President Of the United States, on
before the fourth Monday in NovemI
next, an authentic copy OF the said act
, on the receipt whereof. the President
Proclamation shall announce the fact; rbe
upon and without any further proceed
, " on the part Of congress, the admission