Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-13


resolutions are again taken up, in the
committee, and the question taken upon
concurring with the Committee OF the
whole in rejecting th m; and the LIST reso-
luton Immediately considered by the house
Yeas 72-Nays
The vote on the second resolution. was
yeas 69-navs SO.
Thus have given faithful history OF
the fate of the resolutions; which were
laid before the House of Representatives,
in the month Of November 1904. ! will
now lay before you, what were the senti-
ments of the citizens of the town, at this
time, on the subject OF recession, and what
was their conduct.
The Common Council on the lst of De
cember, 1904, pass an o'her directing
the Mayor TO call meeting of the inba-
bitants of the town and county OF AlexaE
dria, on the Wednesday following, at 10
o'clock, in the Morning, at such place as
the Mayor and the President OF the Com
mon Council should direct, Tor considering
this subject.
According to the newspaper in which
the proceedings of that meeting is pub
lished, it appears, meeting of the citi-
zens did take place which IS headed in the
following words: CAT a numerous meet
ing of the citizens OF the town and county
of Alexandria, convened al the court house,
in the said town, on the 9th day OF Dec.
1904, according to public notice thereof
given by the Mayor" Elisha c. Dick
Mayor. in the chair, John Hoof, secreta-
~: At this meeting the same paper states
the following resolutions were offered and
unanimously adopted.
''lst Resolued, That an American citi-
zen may not be passed away by one So
yereign state to another, as an article OF
property. and that the Congress of the u.
States. who in the exercise of their pow
or, are bound to regard as sacredlthe ines
Unable principles of American liberty,
cannot of right, cede and transfer the peo-
pie of the county of Alexandria, without
their consent, to the state of Virginia, or
to any other state, whatever.
"2d. RESOLVED, That cession of the
people and territory Of Alexandra county
10 tbs state of Virginia, would be injur-
Gus to their prosperity, and ought not 10 be
made"
"3i ResoLued, That the foregoing re
solutions be communicated in the most re
spectful manner, for the information OF
Congress, by the Mayor of Alexandra >
At the same meeting, eight other reso-
lu'ions upon the plan of Convention at
Washington, and the mode OF electiDg de-
legates to this Convention, disappearing
OF it and directing the mode OF electlng
Representatives to consult about the affairs
Of the District were adopted AS these
last resolutions do not apply Immediately
to the subject under consideration, | have
not deemed it material to copy them
They may be seen by referring to the Ma
tional Intelligencer, Of the 18th OF Dec.
1904.
By the National intelligencer of the 18th
of February, 1906. 1t appears that Mr..
Smile submitted the following resolutions
to the house OF representatives..
Rssolped, That il is expedient for con-
gress to recede to the state OF Maryland
the jurisdiction OF that part OF the terrific
ry Of Columbia, which was ceded to the
United States, by the said State OF Mary
land, by an act passed the 10Th Of Dec.
in 1871, entitled can act concerning
the territory of Columbia, and the City OF
Washington" provided the said state OF
Maryland shall consent and agree thereto.
Resot0sd, That it is expedient for Con-
gress to recede TO the stale of Virginia,
the Jurisdiction of tina t part of the terrific
~ of Columbia, which was coded 10 the
United States, by The said state OF Vir-
ginia, by an act passed the Sd day of De.
cem5er, in the year 1889, entitled San
act for the cession of 10 miles square, or
any lesser quantity of territory within
this state to the United States in Congress.
assembled, for the permaneDtlseat of the
genera government" provided the said
state Of Virginia shall consent and agree
thereto.
Ordered, That toe said resolutions be
referred to the consideration of the whole
house on Monday next. On The 4th March,
1906, petition OF sundry inhabitants Of
the county Of Washington, in the District
of Columbia whose names are thereunto
subscribed, was presented TO the house
and read, that that part of the county of
Washington, now in the District of Co.
lumbia, which formerly made part of the
county of Montgomery, in the state Of
Maryland, may be receded to the said
state.
Ordered, That the said petition be re
ferred to committee of the whole house,
to whom was committed on the 18th ult.
motion to recede to the states of Mary
land and Virginia, the District OF Coum-
oia.
Neither the Journal, of Congress, nor
the newspapers of the day, shew that
these last resolutions were called up again
in the house II is presumed the never of
them was satisfied they would be, as the
others bad been voted down.