The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19

once for forsien AasfrS and u ne war os,cs. ana
e 4 s%xpeai.nt hat che same shonid bs done before
moved. 20 Inc end that fbs public intsrsst may bs
attended 70 and tho said sctof Congress compiisd
Wnsrsas. BY intelligence recsived from the west.
with tie indians unless the cause Of Is1sre %Jsalous wi IL
removed and treaties Of peace concluded. 70 edect
and che eIerclsc o. those powers with which .se
Rhersas. may be hourly. expected
ceded to the u. 1. by the late treaty Of peace; which
Government and rcndsr q suspension Of its powers
either By adjournment or Otherwise a. this time and
public welfare; and
Hampssire and Tassschasttfs have s snnou1 os So to
the Committee 81 the states their intention of re.
will leave the mml without a competent mum.
her to proceed TO business, expose the Federal Gov.
want Of a federal mead. and in the most evident man.
ner contrayoPo the design of Congress and the spirit
Resolved, Therefore, that the Chairman write to the
resented in the Committee OF the states. rcquestins
them to send ON = member to take his seat In com
ness referred BY conSPeS" TO the he committoe NAV be
completed. the Federal Government relieved from tho
SsnfSi and isfU The 4Ss,s snS OF SS Congress 81 a lsSe sse
spirit of the Confederation properly attended to.
the i rs a9 %Gaae Of Dan t sns rfSS,%a,Sp Hrc %Ssa
had remained at Annapolis from the adjourn
ment Of Congress. June 3. until Aug. 2. over
days. and ON several, 81 these days they sd:
Mr.. Dana had. not, missed attendance a single
day, and Mr., Blanchard missed but one. 1t was
had not been attended TO- Experience has
shown that the COMMITTEES was not in:
s slinsd could to tF'n nct 81 tss' ePR psliS business: 81 j. REMAND sHa
business AZ home; T. anySodyy deserved censnre
10 NvnC 1 ~ h Hraf N urA hnA ANNA at Cha.
gress adjourned, and, secondly, those who, while
For the members whose Want Of punttueiity
had SO often prsvented q Quorum 70 andertske
been p]nnctuaf in their attendance wal an in.
justice that could not DO patiently borne.
beers placed upon the journal this entry:
wherse.; The honorable. the dSlsga.ss from the
month OF August, leave the city OF Annapolis and sot
mittes Of the States hath been reduced 70 a number
insufficient to do any manner of business; and,
OF the remaining member without the power to 90
n nos conceive p%Ssf act ih wl, IS sG ,S Sen sSsiissi ho Sad ,s ss 's 3 suS 40
Client number OF delegates can again b. assembled at
business before the time appointed for the meeting
OF Congress pursuant to adjournment. and It "a
rs%oscd a. speedily ? saIIly'i . p may b sns to 'f PsiisSs si%SS%ii' III. Il
onices can be prepared Tor their reception At Trenton.
sss ss,s .s;yo Of co onS ST. to take order for q , the imme,
and records OF Congress.
They also advised the Chairman to write to the
Executives Of the several States unrepresented,
t them to s ene% d Gs sss t s,suf to Pb ind 5leaqest Ing
order that a Committee Of the States may DO as
sembled and be enabled as early as possible to
They then dispersed to their respective homes.
On Sept. % the delegates from Georgia, North
met in Philadelphia. but, there being no quorum.
the Secretary WAS directed to write another let
tho despatch, Of delegates to meet them there.
Apparently little or no attention was paid to
this by the various Governors. for the records
kind. New HAMPSHIRE and Massachusetts for
maily approved the action Of their delegates in
ties of the other Statcs seem to have thought
that the country could get along without the
Congress. although it had adjourned to meet
on Oct. 80. did not have a quorum until Nov. %,
States had no government at ali. % 'n0 on''eo
The collapse of the IT the States
gave great satisfaction to the enemies of the
country both at home and abroad and alarmed
many Of its friends. Jefferson was greatly dis.
turbed when he heard OF it in Franc . He tells
the bad news to his Colleague, DR.. FRANKLIN. but
the only comfort the philosopher could give him
Lighthouse Keepers who had been sent to the
Eddys StaI I'll, lighthouse tho IS in the British Channel.
on account OF boisterons Weather., they 1ns ", were
supplied in the fall with six months proyi.
sions.. In the spring q boat was sent to them
with fresh supplies. On it's arrival one of the
kkfHfPsrf; !. n 1a%r cemn and in reply re- dso 70 ortshhe question;
Rnow;a Don't Know Is he not here =. II
]. indeed" They were about to lay hold Of
him az having murdered his companion. but
he desired them to 20 upstairs and examine for
other keeper. They had quarrelled soon after
being left there, had assigned the cares below to
one and those above to the other and had never
spoken to ono another"
One of the consequences Of the dissolution of
matter might be takenup by Congress and made
the subject of a bitter wrangle as to tho merits of
the controversy, Fortunately there were cool
headed men in that body who foresaw this dan
was one Of these. Writing to Madison. Nov. Is,
he said:
The variance which took place between tho men,
b"rs or the COMMITTEES OF the States, which ter
minated In their abrupt dissolution by a secession on
the part OF some me nners, IL also an AFFAIR which
may come before us: but had we not also better keep
this AFFAIR out OF sight. and while we lament they
could not in that instance be calm and temperate,
prevail on them II possible to be so in future.
Happily, this view prevailed with Congress,
the experiment of the Committee of the
States was never repeated, and Congress seems
to. have been satisfied that Government by an
oligarchy, was a failure; Probably, also. it
Of the Constitutional Convention OF 1887. and
had Its influence in preventing any provision
for q plural executive. Referring to its failure.
Jefferson says: We have since seen the same
thing take place In the Directory of France. and
ecutiVe consisting Of a plurality"
TsRG MT pD 11ryur a.