averse from every measure which liail a teirlen- j cy to chat point—he then enlarged on the ideas lie before fuggelted —he had no objection to die mode of ex predion proposed by the gentleman from Maflachufetts [Mr. Ames,] but lti.ll contend eel that uniformity pointed out the neceimy ot one clay's being fixed on—this he (uppofed might be done in perfect conliftency with the claule in the conltituiion. . Mr. Seney was in favor of striking out the words. Mr. Sherman (hewed froin the Conlututionthat Con<Tiefs polfefs the power of appointing the time s os chufingtlie electors, and the tune when they fiiould meet lo give in their votes : He was in favor of Congress' exercising this power m or der to guard ag'ainft all intrigue, and this ne conceived was agreeable to the people, for m none of the conventions was an amendment of this ar ticle ever moved for. _ Mr. Viningwas against (trikingout the words, | he thought that uniformity was an eflential ob ieift to a free and independent election—with that uniformity, the equal rights of the citizens is inseparably connected—l he manner of chu fino-may be left with the legislatures; but the time of chufing and voting said he, fliould be de termined by Congress. Mr. Lawrance ihewed that the operation of this principle of uniformity, would be to pro duce the very evil apprehended. should the time come, when the states are reduced to a size more proportionate to each other, this uniformi ty may be introduced. Mr. Williamfon was in favor of striking out the words as proposed Mr. Jackson. The vote being taken, the words were (truck out : so that the time of chufing eletftors is left by the bill with the state legislatures. The next clause refpedts the time when the votes (hall be counted Some of the members supposed that the votes iliould be counted by the old Congress. Mr. Benfon said if the votes Ihould be counted by the new Congress, they may be counted by men chosen with a special reference to influence finally in the election—no alteration was made in this cla-rnfe» The discussion of the bill being finifhetl, the committee rose and reported the fame, with the amendments, agreed to —which being taken into confiderarion, they were adopted by the houlc, and laid on the table. Adjourned. MONDAY, Jan. 31. - Mr. Conteefrom Marylaud took his feat this day. An engrofied bill declaring the consent of Congress to a certain ast of the state of Maryland, was read the third time and passed to continue in force one year. Mr. Lawrance from the committee appointed for thatpurpofe, reported a bill making appropriations tor the year 1791. Mr. Floyd, from the joint committee on enrolled bills, reported that they had examined the bill, entitled an ast admitting the line of Kentucky into the federal union, and found the fame to be duly enrolled ; the fpeakerthen figncd the bill. Mr. Sturges preferited the pitition of Colonel Thomas Hobby? of the Hate of Connecticut. Referred to the Secretary of the Treafurv. A motion being made to go into a committee of the whole on the bank bill as the order of the day—the fame was obje&ed to— it was contended that the militia bill was of moie immediate im portance, when the neceflity of making fpcedy provision tor the relitf and protection of the Frontiers was taken into view.—ln an iwer it was said that a committee was nearly ready to report on this fubjeft, and that more speedy and effe&ual relief to the inhabi tants of the Frotiers was contemplated} than could pofllbly be de rived from the bill. The obje&ions to the motion were overruled, by the question's being determined in its favor, thirty-five Members rising in the affirmative.—The house accordingly in committee of the whole took the Bank Bill into consideration. Mr. Boudinot in the chair The bill was read in paragraphs; and no amendments being ol fered, the Chairman reported it to the house, who voted that lhould be read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Boudinot moved the following Resolution : That during the residue of the present fcflion, no debate should be admitted oij the qutftion for taking up the order ot the day. Latd on tlie table n committee of the whole on the Pott-Office Bill, The committee difcufied the firftand second fe£lions ; and then rose and reported progress. Adjourned. TUESDAY, Feb. i The Appropriation Bill for the year 1791, was read the second time, and ordered to be engrofied for a third reading to-morrow. The Bank Bill was read the third time : A motion by Mr. Smith, [S. C.] tor a re-commitment, occasioned a debate, which continued till near 3 o'clock ; and was finally determined in ihe negative. The Ayes and Noes being as follow. AYES. Mcffrs. Alhe, Baldwin, Bloodworth, Bourne, Brown, Burke, Carroll, Coirtee. Gale, Grout, Giles, Jackson, Lee, Maditon, Matthews, Moore, Parker, Smith (M.) Smith (S. C.) Stone, Tucker, White, Williamfon. —23. McflYs. Ames, Benfon, Boudinot, Cadwallader, Clymer, Fitz fimons. Floyd, Foster, Gerry, Gilman, Goodhue, Hartley, Hathorne, Heifler, Huntington, La wrance, Leonard, Livermore, Muhlenberg, Partridge, R nfellaer, Schureman, Scott, Seney, Sherman, Syl velfer, Sinnickfon, Steele, Sturges, Thatcher, Trumbull, Vining, Wadfworth, Wynkoop.—34. Mr. Amis of the committee on Indian Affairs, informed the Speaker, that a report was readv to be laid before the houfc— 011 which the doors of the gallery were ordered to be (hut. Philadelphia, Feb. 2. SOME people have thought it a great affair to prove, that the Stares are free and independent. The word is not worth contending about —but those who use it, certainly mean to secure the date governments from the controlling pow er of Congress : The Rate legislatures are to ac NOES. count for their use of power to tlie people from whom they derive it, and not to Congress.- — If Congref:s should meddle with them, they would make a fad outcry of invaded rights, of infiilted sovereignty, &c. and why should they not ? in aftnuch as they could (ay to Congress, you med- dle with what is none of your buiinefs Brother Antifed. take the thing by the other handle : Is n<t Congress a sovereign legislature, whose power is derived from the people ' It ihe several afleinhlies should meddle with Con gress, what would you fay ?—O ! that is quite another affair, you answer : Then I find your argument will not work both ways. 1 ins government was framed to bind the parts of the Union lightly together : In order to have unity of counsels, ihe Coiiftii ution veiled certain powers in Congress : But several of the States are lUrring, giving counsel, and directing the af fairs of the nation : If all should be liflened to, the federal edifice w on Id go on like another Babel. With the powers given in the Constitution, the oppofers thought one Congress dangerous. In this regard, tilings turn out worse than they ap prehended—for half a dozen Congresses have al ready begun to adt: There is the Congress in N. Carolina, and the Congress in Virginia, and the Congress in I'ennfylvania—and they will all be doing. A plain man, that cannot fee far into things, is terrified by the number of Congrefles, and because he is told their powerlias no bounds. When Virginia or Pennsylvania aists Congress, a man, who is counted vastly tunning, remarked, tliar there is no check upon them—for, said he, they have no power to do any thing which will not hold out to do everything. We must not let Congress swallow up the state governments, fays an honest antifederalift, my neighbor, becaule, fays he, Congress cannot go vern us well : They will .not know what ipecial laws we want to have made : At least as well, (aid 1 ill repiy, as one State can govern all. Vir ginia has members in Congress—it is therefore more proper for Congress to govern Virginia, than for Virginia, or any other State, to govern the Union. On this a bye-ftander demanded fneeringly, Which has molj: reason to be l'atisfied, the state assemblies, with the fullnefs and clear ness of the information upon which they have decided on the measures of the Uuion, or we, the citizens of other Staves, with the modesty, pi udence,and national spirit of their resolutions ? My antifederal neighbor and 1 had nothing to i'ay to this : 1 do not know which fide of the queltion he meant to take up ; but he proceeded to fay— Better times certainly are coming—when the state aflemblies give themselves the trouble to ac r t beyond the bounds of their jurifdi&ions, and in deed of their territory, fui ely the passions will have no part to play in their doings. When one body contents to do another's business, we may expert more impartiality on one fide than grati tude on the other :—Ah perverse human nature ! Neither Congress, nor the people of the other States, will ever thank Virginia or Pennsylvania for all the trouble they have given themselves : Let the reflection on their virtuous motives of atftion,make up what is wanting in the reward. Indeed, if the people ftiould chufe any of them to Congress, ihey had better let that reflection alone, becanie they would be rewarded without it. The opinion ofthe State, exprefled'by the mem bers, is nothing in the judgment of some people but when exprefled by the aflembly is an oracle. One state came very loath into the Union, because the amendments were not made the condition of their acceding to the Constitution : Congress af terwards agreed to sundry amendments, andpro pofed them to the States. The State alluded to rejected one of its own precious articles.—What regard is due to the opinion of an aflembly, if it should mistake the opinion of the people, or change its own ? We have one government over thirteen : What fort of an administration would it be, if every one of the thirteen (hould insist upon governing a thirteenth part, and be allowed to do it ? Tho these are not lcripture times, yet, if that should happen, we may live to fee the tower of Babel finifhed. ■ People are informed, that it is proper to tell Congress the mind of the State upon the measures before them—and that the aflembly is the tongue of the State—and so, they lay, it must be fuffered to run : That unruly member ought to be kept under prudent restraint. The state has its mem bers in Congress : If the aflembly is to speak for the state, what becomes of the duty ofthofe mem bers ?—They were chosen to speak for the peo ple : Shall they be silent—or, shall they call themselves the tongue of the State, and speak too. Beiides all this, the people may remouftrate to Congress, and use their own tongues. What abundant means of speech to the national go vernment ! This fupei fluity of tongue might be so used, as to overpower the common stock of ears and brains, especially if the adembly should recommend one thing, the membeis of a State another, and the people themselves, by petition and remonstrance, a third. 727 Exlraft of j iell;r from a gmthman in the country to his jritnd in Philadelphia. " I am pleased with the spirit of the debate on the part of Mr. Bingham's motion—" that it is inexpedient for this legiilature, at prefent,to en ter into any difcullion relpediing the laying and collecting excises by the government of the United States"—contained in the paper you lait sent me. " I have wondered, nay have been vexed at the imprudence of i'ome Pennfylvanians. Some pe tition lor altering the funding bill—Pome sub scribe for the exemption of certain very impor tant members of society from the militia bill (I mean minors and apprentices) btsaufe, if they were all excufed,the muller-mafter would be put to difficulty to find his men. Others spout and bawl againfl excise. And if some people were indulged in their wishes and attempts, we might soon expedt a resolution moved for—" that Con gress might go home, as the Pennfylvanians were (in their own opinion) competent to do their bu linefs for them." Not a few, with indignation, behold their presumption. " But it is believed that the Federal Ship will truly find her own course : That fbe has the head of the Branch at helm, the world acknowledges ; That she is in the main well-manned, all the pas sengers teftify : That she fails well, two years experience has proved : That her voyages have been profitable, appears from the credit of her bills. " The expectations ef the owners are by no means allayed from some little appearance of a mutiny on board one of her' Tenders—for they fay, that the materials of thefhip are good—that fhc was built by the firft of the profelfion—that her fides in particular are ltrong—that the crew are in good spirits, and well paid—and that they are confident, the Ship will take more than one broad-iide, before fire will quit seas, in .which she has an indubitable commission to navigate." e'oston duck manufactory. Quantities of this Duck have already been fold at Philadelphia and Baltimore—where it is in high estimation—which inuft be the cafe, when its principles are confidered—lt is made from Klax, the raw material of our own foil—-which has not fuffered from that fermentation which mult arise from all vegetable substances confined in the hold of a ship, whereby the fibre is greatly weakened. Ir. the Boston Manufa<ftory the whole of the clean flax is worked up—which is separa ted in foi'eign parts, into eight different forts, the fin ell; of which they never permit to be work ed into their fail-cloth, but reserve for tlie finer linen manufactories. Another peculiar excel lenceof'tlie Boston Duck, is, that it i9notful>jeCt to mildew, as all foreign Duck is—this is owing to the difference of the fizingsmade use of in the several manufactories—ln the Boston Manufao :ory, it is made from animal substances—in Eu rope from vegetable. Lad Saturday (he Senate of the legislature of this Common-" wealth non-concuired the Resolutions sent on the 22d inft. from the House of Representatives ; which resolutions were intended to express the d'fappiobation of the Legiflatureof Pennsylvania, with refpeft to the Excise Bill, now before Congress ; and were palled in the form of inftru&ions to the Senators from Pennsylvania in Congress, by a very considerable majoiity. Hon. Thomas Johnson and Daniel Carrou, Efq'rs, of Maryland, and Dr. Stewart, of Alexandria, in Virginia, are the Commiflioners appointed by tile President of the United States, for running the lines of Experiment defining the territory on the Potowmac to be located as the permaaent feat of the go vernment of the United States. Died the 16th injiant, at Bojlon, much lamented, Mr. Samuel Gil ma n, Merchant, iate partner in the house oj Blodget and Gilman of that town, and oj the house oj Blodget and Co. in London. PRICE CURRENT. PUBLIC SECURITIES. FUNDED DEBT. 6 pr. Cents 17f. 17/3. pr. £ 3 pr. Cents Sfg qJ. Defered 6 pr. Cents 9f UNFUNDED DEBT. Final Settl. and other Certificates 15/6 15/9 Indents 8/g gf N. and S. Carolina, debts, 11f. 11/6. The seat of the late governor LIVINGSTON, situate about a mile from Elizabeth-Town, on the public road to Morris Town. The contains between 90 and 100 acres of land, 15 or 20 acres of which are wood land ; there is also apper taining to the said farm about 19 acres of fait meadow. Particular attention having been paid to the cultivation of fruit ; there is on the farm a very large colle&ion of various kinds of the choicest fruit trees, &c. in full bearing; the house is large, convenient, well built and in very good repair. Enquire of the Printer, for further particulars. New-York, Jan. 1791 Pcnnfylvania Hospital, 31 Jan. 1791. Wanted a Ground Rent, of 15 or 20 J. pr. annum, well secured. Enquire of Josiah Hewes, Lawrance Seckel, Owen Jones,jup'r. By Carey, Stewart, and Co. No. 22, in Front-Street, The American Museum, For JANUARY, 1791- [Contents in our next.] 86J pr. cent. 45 do -45 do 78! do. 45 d °- 57 i do - TO BE SOLE), This day is puilifhed,
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