Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-13
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which have been made at three different
periods in Congress to recede the counties
of Washington 4 Alexandria, to the states
of Mary land and Virginia.
The first attempt which has come TO my
knowledge of Preceding these counties, was
on the 96.h of January. 1908, by Mr.. Ba
con. them member from Massachusetts.
who submitted to the house, the two fol-
lowing resolutions:
LIST. Re sotved, Thatit is expedient for
Congress TO recede to the state OF Virgil.
MIA, the jurisdiction of that part OF the
territory of Columbia. which was coded
to the United States, by the said State of
Virginia, by an act passed the Sd day Of
December, in the year 1889, entitled An
actor the cession of ten miles square, or
any lesser quantity Of territory within this
state to the United States, in Congress as
sembled, for the permanent seat OF the
general government; Provided the said
State of Virginia shall consent and agree
thereto"
Cd. "Re.olved. That it is expedient for
Congress to recede 10 the State of Mary
| land, the jurisdiction OF that part OF the
territory of Columbia, which was coded
| to the United States. by the sta e OF Me-.
ryand, by an act passed the 18th day Of
|. December, in the year 1871, entitled IAN
| act concerning the territory of Columbia,
and the city of Washington; Provided the
State of Maryland shall consent and agree
! thereto"
On the 9th Of February, 1893, these re-
solutions were taken up by the House OF
Representatives in the committee ct the
| whole house; on which according to the
| newspaper report of the procee dmgs y
"A debate that continued until A O'Clock.
ensued; in which Messrs Smile, Bacon,
Claiborne and Varnum supported, and
Messrs. Bayard, Gregg. Randolph, Eus-
| It's, Thatcher and Southland opposed tho
resolutions the question was taken
| on agreeing to the first resolution tor re-
ccding that part of the District, on the
south side of the Potomac to Virginia, and
lost. Ayes 22
The question was then taken on the I'd
resolution, "Fer receding the other part OF
the District to Virginia >, presume thi.
is misprint and ought to be to Mary Wand
"Andsost without division" The com
mittee rosa and reported their disagree
ment to the resolntiops-The house i'm
| medately took up The report. ayes
and nays were required, on which Mr..
| Dawson moved for division OF the ques
| ton. He said, be would vote tor the first
resolution for reoeding that part OF the ter
rtory originally attached to Virginia, and
for the I'd resolution, for recedng that
part originally attached to Maryland with
| the exception of the City Of Washington,
Il Il l. - H. n
Mr. Randolph said he agreed with Mr.
! Dawson. Mr.. S. Smith spoke against and
Mr.. Holland in favor oil the Cession. Al
ter further discussion, the question was ia
ken by ayes and nays on concurriDg in
the report of the committee OF The whole
house in thsir disagreene to the first re-
solution and carrjed-Ye,. Sc, nays 26 =
In the debate OF the 9th OF February 1903,
published in the lnteligencer, of the 18th
of February. 1909, the remarks of Mr..
Bayard and of Bacon are given. The
first commended that Congress had not the
power to recede any portion OF the terri
toy of Columbia, and that If they had il
was inexpedient Mr.. Bacon commended
| il was both constitutional and expedient
to recede the territory. On the lst reso
| lutien, The vote for Cohcurring with the
| committee of the whole house, the names
OF those who voted on each side are given
| in the paper of the 18th of February 1908
and among the yeas are thirteen OF the
members from Virginia. Among those
who voted in the negative. are five MEM
bers from Virginia. The Cd resolution was
rejected without division.
The second attempt made in Congress,
10 recede the counties OF Alexandria and
| Washington to the states of Virginia and
! MARYLAND, was made on the 29tb of Nov.
1904. These resolutions are in the words
| of those offered by Mr. Bacon inIaC3, sx-
cep pit the Llty of Washington, is reserved
| made two mistakes in my first number;
one as to the time. the other as TO the mo-
yer Of these resolutions. | find that Mr.
Stamford of North Carolina, was the mo-
yer oil these resolutions and not MIR. Daw-
son.
By the journals OF Congress Of the 9Th
OF December, 1904, it appears that "the
speaker laid before the house letter from
the Mayor of the town of Alexandria in
the District of Colum 5ia, inclosins sundry
resolutions of number of the citizens Of
the town and county of Alexandria, ex
pressiye of their di.approbaton Of mo-
ton now depending beioresthe house. to
recede 10 the states of Virginia and Mary
land, respectively, the Jurisdiction OF such
parts of the territory of Columbia, as are
out OF the limits cf the City of Washing
tom"
On the IIth of December, 1904, "the
Speaker laid before the house, letter adj
dressed to him from George Washington
Parke Gusts, Chairman of meeting oil
The inhabitants Of the county of Alexan-
L.. - H. n;e,r,ot IF CoI,u,b;. ;n,lo.