Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-29

or he should hear any objections presented ~
,hs co,,se ,f the debale he would then attempt
n answer them If he could. There was how
ever one excep,ion-it was in relation to tax
alton. which hi, 5th Restitution had anticipated.
He read the 5rh Resolution.
He commended, thai each person. ought 10
paw taxes in proportion 10 his ability to pay ;
thai representation and taxation were iounced
on diffsren, principles; no, different streams
issuing from the same glen, and afterwards re-
uniting but springing from different toun-
.ains-,hat representation wss founded on the
prime ;ple of numbers, and taxation on the a.
bility Of persons 10 pay.
He concluded by declaring that upon this
subject ne felt himself tolerant, not IN Terms,
,bu, in tru,h-he found himself opposed to m y,
whose opinions he was ac' us'nmtd ana dis-
posed TO respec,--and in the sp'ri, oil tn u'mos'
forbea rance, he had addressed The COMMITTEE
If he had employed any offensive expressions
he begged leave To declare thai they we're no.
intended-and he repudia,ed them. He moved
that these resolu ions be added TO the Bill o.
rights by way of am ndment
The Chair hen read the resolutions over
The question was about 10 De pu, OH the FIRST
resolution.
MIR. Green stated that he should vote against
|
things in them which he nigh, approve Blu,
with his reason for This Cause he would not al
present trouble The Hou 81.
Mr.. Nicholas s,ased the reasons why he
! should vote against these resolutions. They
contained b,'ract propositions, which might
| not suit every state Of society. The better way
was, he thnoght, tn met the great prooosi
lion openly, which must come b. fore the Con
| veniion, without voting upon abs,rac'ions.-
| He had another reason for this course. The
| Bill Of Rights hal been penned by the ablrsl
men, who had ever understanding the
creates, truths and he had no wish 10 add
| 10 them, without the utmost consideration.
| Mr. Johnson moved to lay the resolu
.ions on he fable aud not discuss hem. I'll
the Report of he Legislative Committee had
been acted on.
| Mr.. Nicholas assented 10 this course.
! Mr. Taylor commended that this was the &c
copied time for acting upon these resolutions
! They were come led with the Bill OF Rights
| md not the L. ei,lalive Report The Bill o.
Rights laws d"wn the prInciplrs, on which the
| Constitution itself is 10 be framed-and is
SORT Of touc hs one, by W ich all lis provision:
| ought TO be tried. And as to distractions, i:
here any thing more abstract in these resoiu
ton +, than in tee Bill Of Rights? Is there an,
| hing more abstract, in these than WHEN mi:
Bill says I" all men are free and equal" He
would acquirse in the motion Of he gentleman
of Augusta (Mr. Johnson,) bu, he made these
remarks 20 show, that his resolutions were
connected wrh the Bill of Rights, not with the
Legislative Repor,
Mr.. Johnson suggested, tina, they might be
taken up a, any time along with the Bill Of
Rights.
The morton TO lay the resolutions on the
| table was then AIKEN. ahd carried in the affir
NATIVE, without division.
rb. Question was ,hen iu', m taking up the
Report from the Legislative Committee, and
| carried.
The Report was hen read.
Mr. Green moved amend the lst R-solu.
lion, BY striking ihrrefrom the word g. erciu
siveiy" and Inserting Taxation combined"
Mr.. Green remarked, hat here were some
documents from the AUDITORS fl e, now in
the hands of the Printer, materially bearing
upon thi, resoiu ion-and he therefore moved
that the Committee now rise-which was a
greed to without opposition.
The Committee then rose, and the Chair
man re exported that the Committee had cone TO
no decIsior.
And then on Mr.. Dodd'dge's morton the
h US. adjourned