FROM A VIRGINIA PAPER.
To his EXCELLENCY the GOVERNOR of VIR
GINIA.
NEW-YORK, SETT. 28, I7So.
SIR, ' J
WE have long waited in anxious expectations,
of having it in our power to transmit effec
tual Amendments to the Constitution of the Uni
ted Stares, and it is with grief that we now fend
forward proportions inadequate to the purpose
of real and substantial Amendments, and so far
short of the wishes of our country. By perusing
the Journal of the Senate, your Excellency will
fee, that we did, in vain, bringto view the Amend
ments proposed by our Convention, and approv
ed by the Legislature. We shall transmit a com
plete set of the Journals of both Iloufes of Con
grefsto youraddrefs, which with a letter accom
panying them, we entreat your Excellency wil'.
have the geodnefs to lay before the Honorable
Legillature of the ensuing meeting.
We have the honor, of every sentiment of re
fpetft, to be, Sir, your Excellency's most obedie
and very humble servants,
RICHARD HENRY LEE
WILLIAM GRAYSON.
The HONORABLE the SPEAKER of the h SE
of REPRESENTATIVES in VIRGINI, '.
NEW-YORK, SEPT. 28, I /So.
SIR,
WK have now the honor of enclofiitg thr> pro
portion of Amendments to the Constitu
tion of the United States that has been fin illy a
greed upon by Congress. We can allure iu, Sir,
that nothing on our part has been on .ned, to
procure the luccefs of those radical am laments
proposed by the Convention, and appro\ dby the
Legillature of our Country, which as o consti
tuent we shall always deem it our duty with re
fpetl and reverence to obey. The Joui ial of the
Senate herewith transmitted, will at ,-,ce shew
exact and how unfortunate we have b< en in this
business. It is impollible for us not tc "ee the ne
ceflary tendency co conl'olidated en Ire in the
natural operation of the Conftitutio . if no fur
ther amended than as now propof ; and it is
equally impollible for us not to be pprehenfive
for civil liberty, when we know o no instance
in the records of hiitory, that fhe\ i people ru
led in freedom when fubje& to one ndivided go
vernment, and inhabiting aterrito y so extenlive
as that of the United States, and ,vhen it feeins
to us, the nature of man, and c things join to
prevent it. The impra<fticabil : yin s uc h cafe,
of carrying representation 011, ufficiently near
to the people for procuring the r confidence and
consequent obedience, compel a resort to fear,
resulting front great force ai . excessive power
in government. Confederate republics, where
the federal Hand is not pos iTed of absorbing
power, may permic the ex ence of freedom,
whillt it preserves union, ' ength, and fafety.
Such amendments therefore mayfeenreagainft
the annihilation of the State governments we
devoutly wHh to fee adopted.
If a persevering application to Congress from
the States that have desired such amendments,
fliouldlail of itsobjed:, we tire difpofedto think,
reasoning frqm causes to effe<£ts, that unless a
v dangerous apathy should invade the public mind,
it will not be many years before a constitutional
number of Legislatures will be found to demand
a Convention for the purpose.
We have sent a complete let of the Journals of
each House of Congress, and through the ap
pointed channel will be transmitted the Atfts that
have palled this feilion ; in these will be seen the
nature and extent of thejudiciary, the estimated
expences of the government, and the means so
far adopted for defraying the latter.
We beg, Sir, to be presented with all duty to
the Honorable House of Representatives, and to
allure you that we are with every sentiment of
refpetft and elteem, Sir, your most obedient, and
very humble servants,
RICHARD HENRY LEE.
WILLIAM GRAYSON.
In the HOUSE of DELEGATES, Monday the-]th
of December, 1 789.
RESOLVED, That a committee be appointed
to congratulate Thomas Jefjrfon, Esq. late
Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States,
to the Court of Versailles, 011 his return to his
native country, and to allure him of the esteem
which the House of Delegates bear for his cha
racter and public services.
Anda committee was appointed, of Mr. Henry
Mr. Lee, Mr. Zane, Mr. Ldmund Randolph, Mr.
Hopkins, Mr.iCorbin, Mr. Dawfon, Mr. Edward
Carringron, Mi'-King, Mr Johnson, Mr. Strother,
Mr. William £abel, jun. and Mr. Nicholas.
Exxrsuft from the Journal,
Telle, CHARLES HAY, C. H. D.
hi the DELEGATES, W sdnefdaj, the
<)(/' of December, 1 789.
7V/T*R. HENRY LEE reported from the com
mittee appointed to congratulate Thomas
Jifferfon, Efq; late Minister Plenipotentiary from
the United States, tothe Courtof Versailles, that
the committee had accordingly waited upon that
Gentleman, with the congratulations of the
Houfc, on his return to his native country ; to
which he had beenpleafed to return the follow
ing answer:
I RECEIVE, with humble gratitude, Gentle
nt.Mi, the congratulations of the Honorable the
House of Delegates on my return ; and I beg
leave, through you, to present them my thanks
nd dutiful refpedts. Could any circumstance
leighten my affection to my native country, it
.vould be the indulgence with which they view
my feeble efforts to serve it, and the esteem with
which they are pleased to honor me. I shall
'.ope to merit a continuance of their goodness,
i>y obeying the impulse of a zeal of which pub
lic good is the iirft objecft, and public esteem the
liigheft reward.
Permit me, Gentlemen, for a moment, to iepa
rate from my general thanks, the special ones I
owe to you, the organs of so flattering a commu
nication. Extrad: from the Journal,
Tefte, CHARLES HAY, C. H. D.
FROM THE POUC HKE EPS IE JOURNAL.
Found on the narrow road to Happiness, a
White Leather Pocket Book, with a gold
clasp in the shape of a heart, neatly bound with
the ldve of mankind—containing the form of the
new Conftiturion, a proclamation for Tliankf
giving, a short Prayer for the restoration of peace
to our Allies, Mrs. W—h—n's portrait, the
miniature of America, with many ufeful observa
tions on economy and induftry.—lt also contain
ed some prudent invetftives against the mutability
of fafliion, the vice of intemperance, and the
absurdity of unmeaning compliments. It is sup
posed said pocket book wasdropt for the benefit
of the thoughtless croud by the consort of the
amiable lady above mentioned.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
ABSTRACT of JOURNAL of the first SESSION
of the SENATE oj the UNITED STATES.
TUESDAY, August 1 8.
PROCEEDED in a second reading of the bill, entitled," Ar| ft
providing for the expenles which may attend negotiations or
treaties with the Indian Tribes, and the appointment of Commis
sioners for managing the fame"—
On motion, to flrike out" eight dollars," from the clause pro
viding tor the compensation to the Commiflioners, and insert,
" five dollars," in line Bth, it passed in the negative.
On motion, to insert after, " eight dollars per day," "at the
discretion of the Prefiderft," it passed in the negative.
Onmolion, upon tbe compensation tqthe Commiflioners, to
flrike out " eight dollars," and Insert " fix dollars," It passed in
the negative.
Ordered, that the rules of the House be fofardifpenfed with, as
that the said bill (hail have a third reading at this time.
On motion, to strike out in line 3d, " forty;" and insert "twen
ty," in ordertheieby to limit thefumto be expended in negoti
ating a treaty with the Indian tribes, to twenty thousand dollars
inllcad of forty thousand,
The yeas and nays being required by one fifth of the Senators
present, were as follows:
YEAS. Mr. Carroll, Mr. Dalton, Mr. Ellfworth, Mr. Elmer,
Mr. Henry, Mr. Johnson, Mr. King, Langdon, Mr. Read, Mr.
Schuyler, Mr. Strong, Mr. Wingate. 12.
NAYS. Mr. Butler, Mr. Few, Mr. Gunn, Mr. Lee Mr. Mac
lay, Mr. Morris. 7.
So it passed in the Affirmative.
On motion, that it be resolved, That Congress will make pro
vision for the discharging of any expenses that may be incurred
by such military arrangements, as the President of the United
States may think proper to make, for the purpose of protesting
the citizens of Georgia from the depredations of the Creek Indi
ans, ftiould peace not take place with them, or Ihould they, hav
ing agreed to a peacc, violate the fame, —And on motion for the
pietious question, to wit: lt Shall the main question now be put ?"
It passed in the negative!
And on the queltion upon the bill, as it was, resolved to concur
therein with the amendment.
The Senate proceeded in a third reading of the bill entitled,
" An ast for the punifbment of certain crimes againftthe United
States end after progrels, Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, August 19.
Agreeably to the order of the day, the Senate proceeded to the
consideration of a resolve oi the House of ReprefentativeSj of the
10th of August, providing, " Tiiatthe Survey directed by Con
gress, in their ast of June the 6th, 1788, be made and returned
to the Secretary of the Treasury without dtlay; and that the Pre
sident of the United States be requested to appoint a fit person to
complete the fame, who /Hall be allowed five dollars per day
whilst aftuallv employed in the said service, with the expenses nel
ceffai ilv attending the execution thereof"—And on motion,
" That the consideration of the resolution be poftponcd to such
time in the nextScffion of Congress, as that the Legislature of the
State o! New-York may be afforded an opportunity of interpofinu
then objections," it passed inthe negative.
And on the main question,
Resolved, The Senate do concur inthefaid resolution
A message Irom the Iloul'e of Reprefentatrves, info, nnng the Se
nate, that the Houfo had concurred in their amendment proposed
to the bill, entitled, " An ast providing for the expenses which
may attend negotiations 01 treaties with the Indian tribes, and
the appointment of Commiflioners for managingthe fame."
Adjourned.
SATURDAY, August 25.
The memorial of John Cox, and others, citizens of the State of
Nrw-Jerfey and of the State of Pennsylvania, praying that the fu
ture Scat of Government might be eftablilhed on the banks of the
Delaware,and proposing a cession of a traftof land ten miles square,
was read, and together with a draught of the said trait, was
laid on the table for consideration.
MONDAY, August 24.
Proceeded in the executive business before the Senate.
Adjourned.
TUESDAY, August 25.
Mr. Maclay. preferHed a draughtof ten miles square, including
the borough of Lancaster, with a letter containing adefciiptioh ot
the Line, fiom Eilu aid Hand, directed to the Hon. Robert Mor
ris and the Hon. William Maclay ; Mr. Maclay likewise nomi
nated Wright's fecrv, on the Sufquehailnah; Y«rk-Town, weft of
the Sufquehannah ; Carlisle, weft of the Sufquehannah; Harrif
burgh. on the Sufquehannah ; Reading, on the Schuylkill, and
Germantownin the neighborhood of Philadelphia, as different
places in Pennsylvania, which had been proposed tor the perma
nent feat of government of the United States.
I he letter being read, was, together with the draught, ordered
to lie lor consideration
(To be continued.)
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ADVERTISEMENT.
EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE OHIO COMPANY.
WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Agents, it is very much
for the mtereft of the proprietors at large, that ail the
lands of the purchase (hould be divided and allotted as immedi
ately as may be—And in order to accommodate them generally
by the option of claflingas they may think, proper, and drawing
their rights or (hares (where they may polTefs more than one)
either together in contiguity, or by detaching and annexing them
to diitinftchflcsor divisions (at their own election) to give them
the greater chance for variety in foil and fituation—lt is unani
moudy resolved.That as foonas the exploring committee (hall have
appropriated the lands for donation fettlements,in quantity fuffici
cnt for all the proprietors,Wi nth rop Sarcent,Joseph Gi ll
man, and Return J. Meigs, Esquires, whoare herebyappoint
ed a committee for that purpose.shall immeciately make out,upon
a large scale.a complete map or plan of the whole purchase from the
bell information,which they may be then able to obtain,expreflinu
all the lands of the eight acre, three acre, city lots and commons?
one hundred and sixty acre, and donation lots, the reserved lots
ol Congress, school lots, and lots appropriated for religious pur
poles—alfo, the two townlhips given by Congress for an universi
ty.and the towns or situations hn towns to be reserved by the com
pany for a future allotment.—That, all the residuary lands ihall
be, by them, the said committee of three, divided and numbered
upon paper, into forty equal grand divisions of twenty-five (hares
each, as like in quality as may be: That each grand divifiun be
divided into five sub-divisions of five shares each, and each sub
division into feftions of Tingle [hares That as soon as the map
or plan is completed, the agents will form 01 class their fubferib
ers (who Ihall not previously class themfelvcs) by feftions or finele
Oiares, into sub-divisions of five, and grand divisions of twenty
five, arid immediately proceed to drawing Toy lot soT said lands
by grand divisions, sub-divisions and feftions : That in all
draughts of sub-divisions (into feftions) which may be madeup of
proprietors,holding four,three, or two and single (liares.it Ihall be
the usage for the greatest"proprietor, or holder of the greatest
number of (hares, to take his lands in contiguity, by lot, either in
the southern or northern part of th, sub-division, where thev (hall
be numbered from north to south, and in the western or eastern
(by lot also) where they may be numbered from weft to east ; and
where sub-divisions maybe made up of two proprietors of'two
shares each, and one of one (hare, the two greatest proprie
tors (hall receive their feftions, by lot, either in the southern or
western part of the sub-division. Rcfolved, That the before na
med committee, t>e direded to prepare the names and numbers,
and make all the neceflary arrangements for the intended draught:
That previous to the drawing for this ultimate grand division of
lands, there (hall be returns of the proprietors, as they may be
classed by the agents (or otherwise) lodged in the Secretary's office,
and it is recommended in all cases to consult the inclinations and
interests of the proprietors in the order of classing.
Rcfolved, That the agents will give public notice of the time and
place of drawing, and that there be twoperfonsno ways interelt
ed in the draughts, who (hall be fwornto the faithfully drawing
out the names and (lumbers from the boxes, and who alone (hall
be employed in this business for the draught of grand divisions,
sub-divisions, and fe&ions.
■Resolved, That the Secretary cause thfe foregoing resolutions to
be published in the newspapers of K'ew-York, and the New
England States ; to the end that the proprietors at large may have
the option of classing themfelvcs as they may think proper : And
they are hereby requested so to do, and to express themfel' s
upon this fubjelf, either to their refpeftive agents, or by inforn -
tion in writing addressed to, and to be lodged with the Secretary ,
at his office in the city of Marietta,previous to the firftMui\day of
March, 1790 —Upon which day it is expefled the division will
take place. W I NTHROP SARGENT,
* Secretary to the Ohio Company.
Marietta, 3d November, 1789.
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