GEORGIA.. WE the underwritten Delegates from the People in Conven vention met, do declare that the following Articles (hall form the Constitution for the Government of this State, and, by virtue of the powers in us veiled for that purpose, do hereby rati fy and confirm the fame. The CONSTITUTION of the STATE of GEORGIA. ARTICLE I. S,ttion I. r | Legifiative Power (hall be veiled in two fe -1 parateand diftintt Branches, to wit: a Senate and House of Representatives, to be flyled, " The General As sembly." Sett. 11. The Senate shall be eletted on the firft Monday in October in every third year, until such day of elettion be altered by law, and shall be compoled of one member from each county, chosen by the elettors thereof, and (ball continue for the term of three years. Sett. 111. No person shall be a member of the Senate who shall not have attained to the age of twenty eight years, and who shall not have been nine years an inhabitant ot the United States, and three years a citizen of this State, and shall be an inhabitant bf that county for which he shall be eletted, and have resided therein fix months immediately preceding his elettion, and shall be possessed in his own right of two hundred and fifty acres of land, or iome property to the amount of two hundred and fifty pounds. Sett. IV. The Senate shall elett, by ballot, a President out of their own body, Sett. V. The Senate shall have solely the power to try all im peachments. Sett. VI. The elettion of members for theHoufeof Represent atives lhall be annual, on the firft Monday in Ottober, until such day of elettion be altered by law, and (hall be composed of mem bers from each county in the following proportions: Camden, two; Glynn, two; Liberty, fourj Chatham, five; Effingham, two; Burke, four; Richmond, four ; Wilkes, five; Waflimgton, two; Green, two; and Franklin, two. Sett. VII. No person shall be a member of the House of Repre sentatives who shall not have attained to the age of twenty one years, and have been seven years a citizen of the United States, and two years an inhabitant of this State; and (hall be an inhabi tant of that county for which he shall be elettcd, and have resided therein three months immediately preceding his elettion; and (hall be pofTelTed in his own right of two hundred acres of land, or other property to the amount of one hundred and fifty pounds. Sett. VIII. The House of Representatives lhall choose their Speaker and other officers. Sett. IX. They shall have solely the power to impeach all per sons who have been or may be in office. Sett. X. No person holding a military coramiflion or office of profit under this or the United States, or either of them, (except justices of the peace and officers of the militia) shall be allowed to take his feat as a member of either branch of the General As sembly : Nor lhall any Senator or Representative be eletted to any office of profit which shall be created during his appointment. Sett. XI. The meeting of the General A(Tcmbly lhall be annu al, on the firft Monday in November until such day of meeting be altered by law. Sett. XII. One third of the members of each branch (hall have power to proceed to buftnefs ; but a fmailer number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of their members in luch manner as each House may prescribe. Sett. XIII. Each House lh|ll be j'idges of the elettions, re turns, and qualifications, of its own members ; with powers to expel or punish for disorderly behaviour. Sett. XIV. No Senator or Representative shall be liable to be a rrefted during his attendance on the General Assembly, or for a reasonable time in going thereto or returning home, except it be for treason, felony, or breach of the peace: Nor shall any mem ber be liable to answer for any thing spoken in debate in cither House, in any Court or place elsewhere. Sett. XV. The members of the Senate and House of Represent atives shall take the following oath or affirmation : " I, A. B. do solemnly swear, (or affirm as the cafe may be) that I have not ob tained my elettion by bribery or other unlawful means; and that I will give my vote, on all queftionsthat may come before me, as a Senator, 01 Keprefentative, in such manner as in my judgment will best promote the good of this State ; and that I (hall beartrue faith and allegiance to the fame, and to the utmost of my power, observe, support, and defend, the Constitution thereof." Sett. XVI. The General AlTembly shall have power to make all laws and ordinances which they lhall deem nccelTary and pro per for the good of the State, which lhall not be repugnant to this Constitution. Sett. XVII. They (hall have power to alter the boundaries of the present counties and to lay oft new ones, as well out the coun ties already laid off as out of the other territory belonging to the State. When a new county or counties (hall be laid off, out efany of the present county or counties, (uch new county or counties lhall have their representation apportioned out of the number of the Representatives of the county or counties out of which it or they (hall be laid out; and when any new county lhall be laid off in the vacant territory belonging to the State, such county (hall have a number of Representatives, not exceeding three, to be regulated and determined by the General AlTembly. And no money shall be drawn out of the Treasury, or from the public funds of this State, except by appropriations made by law. Se6l. XVIII. No Ciergyinan of any denomination shall be a member of the General Alfembly. ARTICLE 11. Se£L I. The Executive Power lhall be vested in a Governor, who lhall hold his office during the term of two years, anu lhall be elected in the following manner : Sett. 11. Ihe House of Representatives shall, onthefecond day of their making a House, in the firft, and in every second year thereafter, vote by ballot for three persons; and lhall make a lift containing the names of the persons voted for, and of the number of votes tor each person, which lift the Speaker shall lign in the prelenceof the Houle; and deliver it in person to the Senate; and the Senate (hall, on the fame day, proceed by ballot to elett one of the three persons having the highest number of votes, and the person hav ing a majority of the votes of the Senatots prelent lhall be the Governor. Sett. 111. No person shall be eligible to the office of Gover nor who (hall not have been a citizen of the United States twelve years, and an inhabitant of this State fix years, and who hath not attained tp the age of thirty years, and who does not pofTefs five hundred of land in his own right within this State, and other species of property to the amount of one thoufund pounds ifterling. Sett. I\ In cafe of death, resignation, or disability of the Governor, the President of the Senate Hull exercise the Execu tive Powers of Government until such disability be removed, or until the next meeting;of the General Aifembly. Settl V. The Governor lhall, at dated times, receive for his krvice, a compensation which (hall neither be increafcd nor di minished during the period for which he lhall be eletted, nei ther shall he receive, within that period, any other emolument from the United States, or any of them, or from any foreign pow er. Before he enters on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation : " I do solemnly swear, (or affirm, as the cafe may be) tint I will faithfully execute the office of Governor of the State of Georgia, and will, to the bed of my abilities, preserve, protett. and defend the said State, and cause justice to be executed with mercy therein, according to the con stitution and laws of the fame. Sett. VI. He (hall be Commander in Chief in and over the State of Georgia, and of the militia thereof* Sttt. VII. He (hall have powers to grant reprieves for ©Acnces againii the State, except in cases of impeachment, and to grant pardons, in all cases after convittion, except for treason or mur der, in which cases he may rei'pke the execution, and make a re port thereof to the next General Aflembly, by whom a pardon may be granted. Sett. VIII. He shall ifiue writs of elettion to fill up all vacan cies that happen in the Senate or House of Representatives, and shall have poWer to convene the General Aflembly on extraordi nary occasions, and shall give them from time totime information ot theftateof the Republic, and recommend to their considerati on such measures as he may deem neceflary and expedient. Sett. IX. In cafe of disagreement between the Senate and House of Representatives, with refpett to the time to which the General Aflembly shall adjourn, he may adjourn thein to such time as he may think proper. Sett. X. He shall have the revision of all bills pafled by both Houses before the fame shall become laws ; but two thirds of both Houses maypafsalaw notwithstanding his difl'ent, and, if any bill should not be returned by the Governor within five days af ter it hath been presented to him, the fame shall be a law, unless the General Aflembly, by their adjournment, shall prevent its return. Sett. XI. The Great Seal of the State shall be deposited in the officc oi the Secretary, and it shall not be affixed to any inftn ment of writing without it be by order of the Governor, or Ge neral AfTembly, and the General Aflembly may dirett the Great Seal to be altered. ARTICLE 111. ' Sett. I. A Superior Court shall be held in each County twice in every year, in which shall be tried, and brought to final deci sion, all causes civil and criminal, except such as may be fubjett to a Federal Court, and such as may by law be inferred to infe rior jurifdittion. Sett. 11. The General AfTembly shall point out the modes of correcting errors and appeals, which shall extend so far as to em power the Judges to dirett a new trial by jury within the County where the attion originated, and which shall be final. Sett. 111. Courts Merchant shall be held as heretofore, fub jett tofuch regulationsasthe General Aflembly may by law dirett. Sett. IV. All causes shall be tried in the County where the de fendent resides, except in cases of real eflate, which shall be tried in the County where luch eflate lies, and in criminal cases, which shall be tried in thecounty where the crime shall be committed. Sett. V. The Judges of the Supreme Court and Attorney-Ge neral, shall have a competent lalary eftablifhrd by law, which shall not be increased nor diminished during their rontinuance in office, and shall hold their com million during the term of three years. ARTICLE, IV. Sett. I. The elettors of the members of both branches of the General Aflembly shall be citizens and inhabitants of this State, and shall have attained to the age of twenty one years, and have paid tax for the year preceding the elettion, and shall have resi ded fix months within the county. Sett. 11. All elections shall be by ballot, and the House of Representatives, in all appointments of state officers, shall vote for three persons, and a lift ot the three persons having the high est number of votes fliall be signed bv the Speaker, and sent to the Senate, which shall from such lift determine, by a majority ot their votes, the officer eletted, except militia officers and the Secretaries of the Governor, who shall be appointed by the Go vernor alone, under such regulations and reftrittions as the Ge neral Aflembly may prekribe. The General Aflembly may vefl the appointment of inferior officers in the Governor, the courts ol justice, or in such other manner as they may by law establish. Sett. 111. Freedom of the press, aftd trial by jury shall remain inviolate. Sett. IV. All persons shall be entitled to the benefit of the writ Habeas Corpus. Sett. V. All persons shall have the free exercise of religion, without being obliged to contribute to the support of any religi ous profeflion but their own. Sett. VI. Estates shall not be entailed, and when a person dies intestate, leaving a wife and children, the wife shall have a child's share, or her dower, at her option; if there be no wife the cf tate shall be equally divided among the children and their legal Representatives of the firft degree. The distribution of all other intestate eftatei may be regulated by law. Sett. VII. At the general elettion for members of Aflembly, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, the elec tors in each county shall clett three persons to represent them in a convention, for the purpose of taking into consideration the alte rations neceflary to be made in this constitution, who shall meet at such time and place as the General Aflembly may appoint; and a, tW ° th ' r< * s thc wh °k number shall meet and concur, they shall proceed to agree on such alterations and amendments as they may think proper. Provided, that after two thirds shall have con curred to proceed to alterations and amendments, a majority shall determine on the particulars of such alterations and amendments. Sett. VIII. This Constitution shall take eflett, and be in full force, on the firft Monday in Ottober next, after the adoption of the fame; and the executive shall be authorised to alter the time lor the fitting of the Superior Courts, so that the fame may not interfere with the annual elections in the refpettive counties, or the meeting of the firft General Aflembly. Done at Augusta, in Convention, the sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, and in the year of the Jiovereignty and Inde pendence of the United States, the thirteenth. \Y ILLIAM GIBBONS, President and Delegate frvmChatham. Asa Lmanuel, Justus H. Scheuber, Chatham. Benjamin Lamer, John Green, N. Brownfon, i-ffnghim. David Emanuel, Hugh Lawfon, William Little, Burke' Abraham Marshal, W. F. Booker, Leonard Marbury Richmond. John Talbot, Jeremiah Walker, IVUkes Launchlan M'lntofh, Liheru Alexander-Billet, C/y™. Wood" Wa " 5 ' W fXn. Jofepii Carmichael, Henry Karr, • Greene D- LONGSTREET, Secretary. lothe PRESIDENT ot the UNITED STATES. The Address oj the Minijlers and Elders of the German Reformed Con gregations m the United States at their General Meeting, held at Pkila. dfiphia, on the 10 th day oj June 1789. WHILST the infinite goodness ot Almighty God in his gra cious Providence over the people of the United States of America calls for our fincercft and rnoft cordial gratitudeto him that ruletl'i iupremely, and ordereth all things in Heaven and on earth in imerrmg wisdom and rigteoufnefs ; the happy, the peaceable ef tablilhment of the new government, over which you so deservedly prelide, cannot fail, but inspire our fouls with new and the molt lively emotions of adoration, praise and thanksgiving untohis holv name. As it is our noil firm purpose to support in our perfins a government founded in justice and equity, so it shall be our con itant duty to impreis the m.nds of the people entrusted to our care, with a due lenfe of the necclfity of uniting reverence to such a government and obedience to its laws, with the duties and exer cile of religion. Thus we hope by the bleflingof God, to be in lome measure mflrumental of alleviating the burthen of that weighty and important charge, to which you have been called by the un animous voice of your fellow-citizens, and,which your love to voui country has constrained you to take upon you. Deeplv possessed of a sense of the goodness of God in the ap pointment of your person tothe high station in the national govern, raent. we shall continue in our public worfltip and all our devotions before :\e thrortc of grar,. to pray that it may r odto you in your perfon,your family and you, government, I temporal and lpiritual blefliags in Christ Jesus. Signed bv order of the meetin-. W. HEN'DiL. p. t. p'a.r e ,. F - DELLIKHR, p. t . The President's Answer. To the MiniJlers and Elders of the German Rejormed Correlation! U the United States. ° J Gentlemen, I AM happy in concurring with you in the sentiments of -n titude and piety toward. Almighty God, which are erfprdftil with luch fervcncy of devotion in your address ; and in believm that I (hall always find in you and the German Reformed .Con" gr.gations in the United States, a condutf correfpondmt to (ucC worthy and pious expreflions. At thr fame time I return you my thanks for the manifeftation of your firm purpose to support in your persons a govctnmcne founded in juilice and equity ; and fur the promise that it will be yourconftantftudy to impress the minds of the people intruded to your care with a due sense of the neceflity of uniting reverence to such a government, and obedience to its laws, with the duties and exercises of religion. Be assured gentlemen, it is by such con. du&, very much in the power of the virtuous members ofthe com munity to alleviate the burden of the important office which J have accepted, and to give meoccafion to rejoice in this woild to having followed therein the di&ates of my conscience. Be plea fed also to accept my acknowledgments for the interest you so kindly take in,the prosperity of my person, family, and administration. May your devotions before the throne of'grate be prevalent in calling down the Median of heaven upon voun selves and your country. GEORGE WASHINGTON. " Authentic injlance ofthe horrible barbarity oj Religious Persecution. MARGARET Valois, Queen of Henry IV. of France, writes in her memoirs concerning the maflacre of Paris : " When in a found Ileep, fays lhe, I was very suddenly awak ened by a knocking at the door, and calling out,' Navarre! Na varre ! My nurse, thinking it was the King my husband, hasten ed to the door; it was a gentleman named De Trajan, bleeding very much, being wounded in two places, and with four yeoman ofthe guard at his heels, who forctd their way after him into my room ; he ran to my as a fan&uary, I leaped out, and he after me, clasping m'e round the body by the bed fide. We both cried out, one being no less frightened than the other. At length the Captain of the guards came in, and finding me in such a con dition, though there was more call for pity, fell a laughing, as at foinething droll. In the Louvre, in the King's filler's chamber even on her very bed, gentlemen were butchered, contrary to oaths and treaties! and Niniac, who had the charattcr of one of the worthiell men at court, laughs at the fight! He laughs in tlus horrible juncture I Oh ! this so execrable day he couH laugh! " Having fliifted my linen, (adds the Princess) because I was all over bloody, and throwing a night gown over me, Iwcnt to the appartment of Madaine de Lorraine, I was no sooner in her anti-chamber, than a gentleman flying from the yeoman of ths gujrd, was ltruck dead with a ha Inert close by me," THE NATIONAL MONITOR. —No. XIIL [The fubjett of the lait No. continued.] IT mttjl be conceded on all hands that the equality of circumflances which prevails in jome oj the United States, is more f riendly to general liberty, than thedifparity which is apparent in others. This idea fuggefs an obvious advantage, which will result to the Southern traveller, who may make»' he Northern and Eajlern tour : Born with high ideas of birth, and educated in principles ofjuperiority to the numerous herd of Jlavet which continually surround him, the opulent planter can fcaruly conceive oj government, obedience, and good order, among a race oj freemen : But when he quits his extensive acres, cultivated by the hand of the de pre [fed, and toil-worn /lave, and traverjes the highly cultivated jelds of the Eajl ern States—when he mingles with the hardy yeomanry oj the North—the indujlrious, free jpirited mechanicks, the evterprizing traders and mer chants of the New-England States—When he objerves their variousfocial injlrtution-s jor the promotion of harmony, mutual ajjijlance, arts, manu failures, and literature—the equal opportunities enjoyed by all rank [ for the acquisition oj knowledge, and improvement oj the human faculties, and a variety oj other objetls which might be mentioned, and which will always jlrihe the ingenious and attentive objerver: Ifay, an opportuni ty to reflefl upon theje things, will have a powerful tendency to enlarge the mind, liberalize the views, and reFiijy the afjeflions oj the Southern traveller : he will, in all probability, return a more generousfriend to the Tights of human nature than he jut out. On the other hand, a variety oj prejudices will be eradicated from the mind oj the Eajlern traveller, by exploring the regions of the South: I.e will there find muny things worthy oj notice, ojimit-jtion and admiration: He willjce indujlry crowned with affluence, independence, hofpita'ity, and liberality of manners ; and notwith(landing the prevalence of doitiej ticflavery, he will jnd the noblefl sentiments of freedom and independence to predominate—auguring the final triumph of reajor., humanity, and univerjal liberty ! He will behold the highly cultivated plantations e x ten sive as the horizontal landjcape : He will extol the enterprize, the art, and ingenuity, which are co-operating with nature to unite extensive regions by the friendly connexion oj noble rivers, that meander through, md frufiify the bpun'dlefs intervals : He will jee that nature here com benjateS for intenjerjolar lays, by a joil that yields to eajier cultivation, 'han subdues the glebe which forms the jurface oj his native clime • g vill compare—he will balance—he will rrfleft, that nature is wife, end 'hat providence, in the dijlribution oj its javors, is not capricious, or iujl. C. _ This Day is publJjhed > (Price 2/6) , And to be fold by Berry & Rogers, Hanover- Square, Dy Robert Hodce, Cornerof King and Queen-Street, an y the Editor hereof; TWENTY-SIX L E T T E R s > upon INTERESTING SUBJECTS, respecting the REVOLUTION of AMERI ca * Written in Holland in the Year M,DCC,LXXX. By his Excellency JOHN ADAMS, WHILE HE WAS SOLE MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY PRO.- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR NEGOCIATING A PEACE, AND A TREATY OF COMMIRC £ » WITH GREAT-BRITAIN. Never bejore publijhed. ADVERTISEMENT. Prefixed to the Letters. , , DR.CALKOEN an eminent Civilian at Amflerdam, to whorn t f J c letters were written, compojed,bythe means oj them, a comparison oet ™"? the revolt oj the Low Countries from Spain, and the revolution oj K United States of America; in which he concluded, upon the whole, " as it was a kind of miracle that thejorrnerjuceceded, it wnuldbeagteat " miracle jlill ij the latter jhouli not."—This composition was read him to a jociety oj gentlemen oj letters, about jort\ in number, sometimes at Amflerdam ; and by its means jus fentim nts of Ame r } cd , affairs began to jpread in that country, and to prevail over the m \J "representations oj certain gazettes and emiffaries —The pubnea 1? oj General Howe and Bu rgoy n e, in vindication of thcrnjc'.ies, 111 procured to be translated into Frcnch,and propogated, together wit other pamphlets, which afjijlcd in the jame design, and contributed 0 cite the citizens to thoje applications, by petition to the rcgenctes oj - several cities, which finally procured the acknowledgement of Anew- Independency, the Treaty oj Commerce, and a Loan 5 Publiflied by JOHN FENNO, M aidE ' ; ' Lani, near the (Jfaiego-Marliet, New-York.—[_^doi prtn-i
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