Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-12-10
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

u relations. The following is the resolution:
 ReSofred' That Committee be appointedon on State
 and Federal Relations
 MT. Ml4NLEY sad, he could not perceive fine propreiy o1necessty of raising such committee
 NehaVe the usual nnmber of committees common
 10 legslatlF assemblies in the several states there
 Is no actual necessity why we should depart from the
 usual eustoif The very terms used are su- ! as to raise the presumption that something is intended by
 tIe creauonpl such committee which is hidden, and
 which does apt meet the eye There is to ny mind
 something hehle In the name of such eomniiiee- Il Il appears tqs treat the government of the United
 States as fHelgn power, which cannot be admitted even under tfe most forced construction and which would be atvhlance with all my notions fleeslaion
 have ueTr understood that such committee has
 had an eXlseAee' local habitaon ora name, except m the State ~ Georgia The tille of such commit- tee conveyslo my mind something overt, something | winch migF prove dangerous to the union of the
 states. do nope, therefore, the House will panse before lheycrente committee which isunnsual un- necessary, md without knowing tho objects Conem- | plated,
 Mir BAtER said, there may be some secret mo-
 i've whlclJaciuates the gentleman from iauderdale. nave noIatent motive which wish to thrust upon ms House through ihe medium of the commee, winch IprOpose raising by the adoption ol the outon under consideration Scorn the ideaofhosti- lIty 10 the unlon The terms of the resolution are not ambiguous; they are in every day use, and gen erallY and explicitly understood. The words State and Federal are not new they arc familiar to all of us, and the critica situation in which our political relations are involved, renders it indispensable such committee should be added to the standing commit tees of this House.
 have. said Mir BAKER, an attachment as strong. devoted sincere, for the union of these States as the gentleman from Landerdale, and do not yield to him tittle in the ardour of my devotion such devotion Is not the exclusive property of that gentle man any other.
 Bu. the gentleman says such committee is not on- ly unnecessary, but unusual. He is erroneous in both particulars. There is great and absolute ne- cessity for such committee, Has the gentleman read the Governors Messagel mot, will read for hls information an extract from 1t, which seems to demand that such committee be raised for the pur- pose of considering of portion of his Exceency's communication.
 "I have received copies of resolutions of the Legislatures of different States, which, accor- ding to request, l present to your honorable body for consideration, viz: of Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts, respecting the integrity and permanency ofour civil institutions, in relation to a more perfect organization of the militia under the anthori- | ty of the United States. Of the State of De- | laware, in relation to the tariff of the United States, and to internal improvement in re- lation to the amendments of the Constitution of the United States, proposed by the Legisla- lures o the States of Louisiana and Missouri, in relation to the surviving officers and sol diers oi the revolutionary army; in relation to the public lands of the United States in rela- ton to resolutions of Alabama, nominating Andrew Jackson for reelection, &c Of the State ot Vermont, in relation to communica- tions from the States of Georgia, Connecticut and Louisiana, on the subject of proposed a. mendments to the Constitution of the United States. Of the State of Ohio, in relation to the constitutional pnwer of Cnnarese 10 ap propriate money to aid the Colonization Soci- ety. Of the State of Maine, in relation to the tariff and internal improvement. Of the State of New Hampshire, in relation to the more perfect organization of the militia of the United States. l also lay before your honor able bodts, copies of memorial of the Amer ican Convention, for promoting the abolition of slavery, and improving the condition of the African race"
 Here, said Mir BAKER, are no less than thirteen separate subjects presented to view for consider ation, emanatng from different States which have been properly submitted to us ds TegteSted and which require from Gs a response-a of them impora mt and some olthem of the deepest and most vital inter- est and which require at our hands, as the sennels of the people, as their agents and public servants not only that they be examined but that we express sentiments in language that is strong and by ar gument which shall be powerful and irresistible- Nay, hir Speaker, the sub ects embraced in some of the resolutions communicated from several of the States and in relation to the memorial of the coloni- zation society, are ofsarug consequence. Propo- sions gravely made proposing and asserting the constitutional power of Congress to appropriate money out of the Treasury of the United States for the purpose promoting the abolition slavery and also for the purpose oiinterna improvement These are projects which if persisted in and carried into effect, would inevitably jeopardse the prosperity of Republic consequently, then, such propositions demand from an expression of opinion, which be- comes us as lreemen, as legislators, guardians of the constitution, in language which cannot be mis- understood
 It is against the tariff policy it is against the sys tenn of internal improvement, 1t IS against the mad and visionary proJects of the Colonization Society that wish to remonstrae.
 There is yet another communication made to us by the Governor, from New Hampshire, in rela- tion to north eastern boundary, between that State and the British Province, which is vet n source of contention between our government and Great Britain This makes the fourteenth matter which would properly be referable to the committee proposed to be raised by the resolution, which have had the honor to propose.
 All these are matters of the utmost importance and being unusual subjects of legislation there is no standing committee to which they can with the least proprety be referred they require minute and labo- rious examination. It is indispensable the measure proposed be reported on, that the reports be ac- companied either with remonstrances or resolutions. The ordinary committees have an abundance of a- bour to perform and the matters communicated for consideration cannot, ought not, to be referred to any of the committees in existence Does not the gentleman from Lauderdale now see the en- cessity such committed Does he now perceive the dangerous tendency of such committee as he nm. agned2 How is the union ofthe States to be endan- gered by its creaonl Will not the House consider of their reports, and determine upon thema The gen. teman's fears groundless, and have not the sha d ow of foundation.