‘V *-?-.-.~-.‘- .L.«..7<~.-’.{‘~‘.- ._: “ V ,9) I‘ i.‘ ' ' ' ‘.s"‘«;r ' ’;‘_
’ '''; _ . « j . Li. -4-ft Mr,’ S.«A’Foot""m_ti,ve%an a“__inendm"ent. soas.-to.
, Onnect-lcnt .. -"' r‘n'a_ke—the ‘d.elegate§§iiiq.t e convent_i‘on to consist
..«, « . ~ : ‘ of butilne from _'a mm-.=.-., ‘Motion lost. ’
iaxifiiés‘ liavc been {As a_ i“.ltl:Zt:l’l,(‘)f Cofniécticut » ' I 3
‘am bound to submit to the majority. If thst nia-
ijority ‘suppose, it_c_:_an ,an_i_clioratef the condition of
.. ll/l'iiLenczvti.'r'.1i,1i'fay 2°51.
,.l',F.ROM~.THE ARMY.’ .-
V-;
‘ pay, and how inuclr 2iiilit§\.I'y dhLy_.mu_-it be per-
,,be admitted toitbe ri_g'ht,,ofsu ffrage, who are much
.i-_l-cc,t_ed upon the present situa_*.ion.of C:onnec‘ti,cut,'
-he will act himself. _.
. .,.. ‘-~.:v.rs.v.>.-»:'.~<.-‘.-7.:-ts- > L - ' :,._ ,.; - __ V '. _A_ ,1“. ,
""“-‘;,,'.i,~>-‘-'.:...~»;>‘-.- “ u
, consistent with the plai,ne'st’dictate_s of justice, to
- the bill upon your table‘ when it becomes a law;
' , let us no longer deprive a large poi-tionof our
. ercise as well ‘asoursclves. j
OF ‘REl‘RESENTATI\7
" ‘ 1 . ".Mo_nd¢'zy,J'une~»--la‘ ’
. SKETCH or 'l'HE.DEBATE__.
On the Bill do/gining flzevqualgficaziorza ‘of Freeman.
[This ‘bill p'ro‘vi-des, that bcvides those qualified.
to give their gsuffrages according to the existing
law, all «white. male persons of 2l,‘.,.ye-ars of age
who pays taxes, or performs military duty, shall
be entitled ‘to’ enjoy tl1e_ri_gli_t of s.uli'i;age—-_'and has
become a law.] , ‘ ’ . . I _
Mr.,,«Gi'i'swoltlvobserred, thot the-. ‘subject no‘i_v.
under con_sidera:ip_n',-, was one_of pi-ii11ary_.ignp_ort-
since. “It isa sir-l,J'3.eC_t,, sit‘,”ll1at,has,.c'all::tl‘ibrth
the exertions of g the A. g'ifeate_§_t, niinldis, , and ablest
pens. V‘ ,'l‘__hefpro‘priety I of urgjiicfi-‘bl ,rIgfin'ge;"’,has
been doubted’-in alm_ost every a_ge._and cotintry.
This bill is very intlrfinite. How, white or ,how_
blackimust the-voter _bc.?- How miiichmx must he
non.-.;:‘
form ? ‘ Mr. Griswold asltt‘:’c‘l,-l_ wlherie :-viillibe the
security of real property, w hen file poor and des-
titute canvote it away at pleasur_e.' __ He said that
those w.h‘o exercise the right of__sufi'x'age, ought
to be independent freemen ; _a'nd not liablcto be
controuled by the.-wealithy a_pcl,in_H.t_1sptial.: The
right of suli'r_age is _not,_ as by some iiis conten-
ded to"b‘e,- a na:z'tr'aI'x'ight ; it is a'lt,o“getlier a right‘
established by thepositiveiijstitiitions of society.
if this was_ a natural right, every individual in
society might v'o_tc_. Ejven females would be en-
titledlto thisprivilcgé ;j and I have not the least
<_lo'ubt, sir, if the‘ bill u~'p,on' your table becomes a
law, but that hundreds, and even-thnusanrls will
‘less'."qi’iali'fied to.ex'ercise ‘this iniportant- right-
than our a_ccom'plished'females} but the laws of
nature and of society make i_'he_m dependent u-pon
ores, and b‘ei‘ng,;Ze{}en,,dcht, they ought not to vote;
‘wt any. p'erson who is dependent upon anoth-
- ' it ought to. bc_ren'iemberctl, sir, that
. are rapidly increasing ;,._an¢l,1hei;-.~
. .. bring them. regiments to'the
polls... 2 *.--.-‘-_‘-fi' _much_ fear, sir, if the prpp_os_ed__ bill-
pa_ssc‘s,. the freedom, the independence_, and all
the best i‘nsti‘tutiohs of. _C_onnecticut_..will be bro’t _
to destruction, _admit,¢ sir,_.‘t.h2_lt_,e,very map born
in Connecticut “ is born fi*_ee.’_’.‘_‘bt1_t,’eve‘ry ma,1'g.5
born, is not a.freernan_. ,...lt is,_th,e_la"w_th,at makes‘,
him so.‘ _T l1is,bjll,, sir, ,in my opinion, opens a.
door _to'o_wide to _l1lQCt_.§YlIl} the -appx*obat_ig;l_of-
._, .,_.~_
“L;
so't’m_'d policy. , p A ,
Mr-. S-. .Foot. briefly, r¢.m.arkcsl..th.a: he was‘
not about to follow, the gentleman‘ Erom _13,,,,.
Hartford in his argument ;._. nor_vtlispute_, somegof
the pri_nciplcs_ advocated by him; but,_,_vl,_,,_n l,:_c,‘,ej.
he" was; fully convinced thatuthe present mannerin
which the righ3to_f~stifl_'r,age i_s.e;ter.cised, ht‘-,_,rez';ll‘_y_’ '
lh't_>'ug:ht it was‘infini_tcl)’_worse sitnlated thglnjf
the_,rnost unlimited su'Pfr,age,was' allowed‘ to the.
citizens'.7__ Thcyware now made freemen by a'
completié evasioiz, of. the i:1w‘;.if.tl1e bill passes, _
theypvill befneemtn r1z.cc°.?_°r1i?7s'; t9. law-: .. . - ‘
' Mr."'Pendleton obs'ei‘ved tliat__the pr_es\_enf_mode _
of making freenien‘, '_was,_vastly: worse. tl1a.n..‘,n}‘.'
vcrsal suiffrage. man with an‘_cstate_ ,o‘f,.lQ0,,00,'Q
dollars will make e've,ry"ri1an "a freernan wiflfm
his ltnovvledg-::,j provided" he will c'ons_ul't his ,.wi.s_h_-‘
es'.by his vote. These, si_r,‘_are,'t_he dc‘./zezzclezzt
freemen spoken of by thegentleman from East- ,
Hartford. _Ifhe is made a,fre_e'man,_' by this 134,‘,-,;
Mr. Ch"annin_g said.’ it wa’$ not ‘correct 1_bat..all
governmentshttd rést_rai_ned the rigl1t.of-suffrage.
I-Ie_coul_d- refer ge‘r’nl_eme_n_,to. many of ..thc' “con-’
stitutionsnof the .states w'hi_ch‘,con,tai_n the ,sa_n'_ie_
'p’.fi'nci‘j)le,.as that embraced, in the brefore. lhé
House. ‘He »i_n,stanced"th'ose_ of N_evy-_Ha;‘npshi;_-cg,
He tl_1eri‘i'errx’arked‘th:a’t the principle embraced
inthi's bill wjlzs the g'reat_fprinc_iple upon_ which
_ou_r_ venerated _ahc:estor's'_ re u_teti _the.grea_te_st' rev.
,oIt'1"ti_dn reco,rded'i;n history. , _Tafx_ation and rep-
resentation, say’ ot'ig-ht_t'o_ exist in the same"
.pers'oh’s,-'a_nd in the same p‘cop'le. He was in fa-
vour’ of flit ‘bill. ' ' ' *
lM,x"‘_.‘Merwin said it was a_ position to liimal-A
together incomprehensible ‘how a man could be.
bar}: free,and yet not bra freeman’. Every man
in Connecticut, of apvoper age and of _a good
character, is a freernan-2'-and a freeman who
ought to have at voicein _,the election of those
. ';f> govern liini’, until he forfeits the privilege by
..-4,.iuct'. ' T he cry liasgialways been, that by
(dig the right of suffrage, the poor will
.3.-.ro’~.'.l the rich—th__at they.~'w‘i-llXcom‘e'in regi-
menfsto thepolls to vote. Sir," ifthey come in‘,
regiments to. the polls" to vote, they go in regi-'
ments _to fig!-t the eriemievof t-lieii beloved coun-
try; ‘It 5.5- been‘ asked" how much‘ military duty '
must they performio entitle th'em*to vote’? I The"
law settles this question. ‘It is, Mr. Speaker, in-
,1.
impose, heavy bu_rdens"upo‘n aclass ‘of people",
and at the-’sar_ne time, tddeprive them'of'_th"e ex=V
ercise of the important;-ighrof st}‘lf'r2’rg'e. If, sir,‘
is" found to Pi‘oduc‘e bad‘ effects, repeal it; but
fellow-citizens of aright which they ought to ex-
~‘Mr. Austin‘ said the old modes I find are all to
__Mr._ lflant. H_e_observcd~ tha;t,__the__(3ommittec:.;to'.
I whom this momentous subject v'vas‘=ref.et.‘~re<l, -liatl,
‘man from East-Hartford, in relation to the last‘
_imously'adopted.'' ‘' * ': ‘
,in'.Europe,',' «and -I reallythink, Mr. Speaker, ours
(remaining upon his mind, but that the voiceof the
__people loudly demanded the formation of a Cop-
stitution, and the voice of the people he c_ould,_
pfcver consent to resist. .- - ' -
:right,ith'at?--tlie monarch is entitled to sit lll:')On_l1lS :'
throne, and the chief _m_ag1strate of ‘;a"l‘epubli_cf"is
~autbo,rised-to exercise authority.; Mr.‘_$pcake‘r,
~necticut,:will~ say--No L When asked to show the
. will--_in Connecticut, was the most free, and the
‘they are emerging from servitudeto l.l‘¢_,t‘,(iQ,l'I!, and_
ifederated states of the American Republic‘, a.con.;
. ‘E-'l3lic‘d’el)st‘e.upoii the resolution 'wasopened:by
.giveii:to..it the most ,mature-deliberation which
the short time“allowetl theniaffort-led‘.‘: .IIe-salt;
they--assieluously sought for the best e.vi'dem>e,,.‘of-
the public opinion upon the question. ,. B‘cf;t'r;;§u_s,,
said ‘Mr. Plant, ‘wcre‘"spv-cad 1'g:solutions..fifc;n.nu-
me1'oiis*to_wh's, e:_»'epresse'cl in the most-'-‘decisive.’
terms. ’ Although all-th'e‘to.wns .in-thestate-~bav'e_
not passcd‘resolntioris,- yet said Mr. Plant, I"-.pr,e-.
sumo‘ there is‘ not 'a member- upon .the floorof
this llousc, but knows the prevailing sentiment
of the people he represents to be in favor of this
..gr,cat.-measure.’ - » - W " » .. ,_
Mr. Griswold saidhe was ‘one of the commit-_
.m‘-itt‘e‘e -tor/hum that part of his :Excellency’.s
speech’, relating to'Civil Government was refe_r-
!red.' He said‘-lie had not signed-the report new
on the table;’and couldnot approve of the re_-_-
-solve accompanying the ‘same now before the
house. ‘The government of Connecticut, said
Mr. Griswold," is the '.‘‘oldest- government upon
earth. 'In its operation, sir, it has-produced hap,
piness at, home and admiration abroad. If we
depart from it, we shall unhinge our whole sys-
tem-—-I very .much doubt whether the public _o-
pinion at the present time, demands the forma-
tion of a new,Co‘nstitution. I have, to be sure,
said he, read many resolutions upon _this subject,
but I believe the meetings assembled to act upon,
this subject were ‘very ‘thinly-« attended, and fur-
nish butslight evidence" of public opinion. ._
M r.*Plant sziid he‘-.was at issue -with the gentle-
fact by him stated_.*' He said, so far a-s"his knowl-
edge extent-led-,'~the‘.1nectings were numerously.
attended, and the resolutions were ‘almost unan-.
Mr. Austin said,<ourjconstitution wasgivcn to
us_.b_y liismajesty .Charl'cs.II. it was received
by lhedegislattire as stich-I-—as;such,'has been are-_
pealedly ‘recognized bylthe people, and they have.
sworn to support it. ‘ I know, Mr. Speaker, that
this is not?-the whole of ‘our excellent constitution-.
It,-"is partly written and partly unwritten. _ Go to‘
England, said_Mr. Austin, their Cons_titution_is
.9o.me-w/2‘at‘unwri’tten,, 3lld»_‘i.[ is esteemed the -best
isilhe best in this country. VVe have long. lived
happily underit, and I am afraid, when we depart
from it, we shall get into anarchy and__ confusion.
.-Mr. S.«A‘. Footwsaid he had not the leastdoubt
Mr. G. Hubbard_rem'ar-ked, that .as,.thc
of terror was entledin ~Connecticul.,.._the, .pc,ople,;
had a right to express'their_ opinions upon this
lie, in which the most eminent writers upon the
law of nations are in ‘unison, that the people have
a; right to form for Z/zcm.seZv_cs,'_,a constitution of
civil gove"rn‘m'ent. '_ It is from the‘exercise‘of 'tl1'i’s
have the people of Connecticut ever exercised
the right they possess to es,tab_lish aConstitution?
Every man who hears me,'an_d"every man in Con-
constitution of the sovereign .‘and independent
sitate'of"Conn‘ectic,ut, we are compelled to point
to -tlie Royal Charter of Charles II. and to the
ancient compact betweeruhe two ancient colonies
of Connecticut. These are esteemed as sacred
as was formerly the ‘declaration of an oracle from
Atlelphi. Sir, said Mr;'Hubl_)_ard, in 1788-it was"
declaredby two eminent statesmen of that peri-
od; that‘ Connecticut was .w'l1_'o'lly* destitutcof a
constitution of civil go‘vci'i'fri_ie1'i't of <' their own
choice--James Davenport and Jeremiah Wads-
worth. If the charter of Charles was our form
of government when we were d'ependent.colopies,
must it continue to be so when.we;have'be'c‘ome
an independentstate V? Suppose the legislature
once enacted that thisshould be the form of civil '
government for Connecticut? Cannot tlie-some
power repeal their own" act, and say it is no:-long‘-t
or so? I hope, sir, that this legislature, who -pos-
-sess no power to’ jbrm a’ ‘constitution,’ will‘ take
measures this session,- to ‘call upon the people to
form one for theinselves; by a-convention elected '
for that ‘purpose. _ . _ g ' .
Mr. J. W. Edwards said he had always thought
since he was capable of tliinking, ihat‘ the c9nsti-
tution, or form’ of g'overn'ment_—=ca_ll it ivhatfyou:
best calculated of any within his knbivledge,-‘ to
advance the happiness and promote tlie,'in_t'tj.;rest _
of the people. It_ has uniformly produced these_
effects.’ And why, sir, should we change itéi In;
‘two instances‘, Mr. Speaker‘, I think it expedient-
for a people to form a constitution. ‘ lst, when _
2d, when a number of distinct :govet'nn'len'ts form"
‘a confederacy. " But, sir, the people of Connect-*
icutwere always "free, and ‘as it is one of ’ the ton-‘
stitution is already form’ed~by the people of-,thd
:.pro_spero_us, and-, more'respe‘iiied’tlian'they now
.a,-e,‘ .1’ certainly ' hope ‘they may iiccoriiplish ‘then-
wis.hés.;, but! think.th'ey will not‘-do it by ‘chan-
aging ihe .oldes_t, .an_d__\,vlrat I sincerely think,’ the
best §'oy,crn‘,m'ent pn '_ea'rt:h‘.' ' _ -- ‘
‘Mg. ‘Stevens. ‘ ‘ll/l_r.j' ,Speak,'er,"thi’s. discussion
has-taken a verywide ran‘ge.’, It seems id nie,
sir,";«th_at it_,_is‘_a very _si_mp_le questionthat is before
us. - W\_f.e.are, told, sir,’ t_'_h_a_t the people of‘Con-
nec—t'icut‘havje, lived,a,hu'ndr'ed and sixty‘ years, or
about jhat lime, very happily. ‘Admit they have ;
thisismore owing tq the virtuegof the people
than Qtor the form of -the ’ go_v_ernment._ Our an-
ccstors, sir, resisted tlilestiampiact arid the fee
act, ggbecause they were laid‘ by; England unc"on-
stitutionally. We endured a war of seven years ;
-secure the right of self government, and all this
was ‘for nought, unless we-form a constitution for
.ours_elves.‘. _,VVithout this, the powers of govern-
_?ment are undefined and without limitation. We
do._n_'o_t know what belongs to the -legislative, the
,,e.2:egz¢gi-"ac and the jua’z'cz‘a__ry branches of the gov-
eriiment. , Limits are invariably prescribed for
an agent in transacting the mos_t ordinary busi-
ness of_life., , And shall we, sir; permit that body
of men, in whose hands are oui'_liv'cs, our for-
tunes,-and our tlearest rights, to exercise power
.~_without..a'_ny' restrictions? Let the constitution be
;;known to the _.people, and they will mark that
‘man who violates _its provisions.‘ I would have
...this all impoi-ta_nt,ins'trument in_ black andwhite.
-.I would no longer have the supreme power of
state an "undefined power—-I would not have it
exist on the varying gales of usages and customs.
I think, sir, the"present time a propitious period
to make this-importantinstrument, and sincere-
ly hope to see this. assembly unanimous in the
measure. ,_ ~° '
The debate continued till the house adjourned.
. . R_ESOLU'1_‘lON. V
Resolzlcd by this flésqnzbly, _That it ‘be, and it is
hereby recomme_nded'to_, the people of this State,
who are qualified to_‘vo"te in‘ 'l'own or Freemens
meetings, to assemble in their respective towns,
on the 4th day_of’J‘uly‘next at 9 o’clock in the“
morning, at their_usual place of holding town or
= presiding officer, then and there to‘ elect by bal-
lot,_ as many '.Delegates'as said town now choose
-.representatives tothe, General Assembly, who
shall meet in convention’ at the state-house in
Hartford, __on the 4th VVednesday of August next,
and when so convened shall, if it be by them
deemed expedient, proceed to the formation of a
Constitution of civil Government for tbeipeople
of t_hi‘,s, ‘St-ate : a copy of which Constitution,- when
-so formed, shall be by said Convention forthwith
d,‘eeply»-interesting. subject. I-t is -anrarxiorn, said, transmitted to each Town Clerk in this State,‘ to‘
beby him submitted. tp the ‘qualified -votersin
the Town to.whic‘h he belongs, assembled at such
time assaitl Convention may designate; which
time shall not ‘be «less than one week, nor more
said ‘Constitution when ratified and approvcdby
such majority of qualified voters convened as a-.
fore'sai‘d,' as shall be directed by said convention,
shall ‘be. and remain the supreme law of the state.
«ind be z't:_furt/tar resolved, That. it shall be the
duty of the selectmen in the ‘several towns'aforc-
said, to give legal notice of the time, place, -and
object of holding town meetings as aforesaid,-
whcther for the election of Delegates, Ol'_ for the
ratification of the Constitution : and the votes in
the meetings for the choice of Delegates, , shall
be counted and.certificates of- election shall be
supplied to said Delegates, in the same. manner
as is now practised in the election of Representa-
tives to the General Assembly. And the presi-
ding‘ officer chosen by ‘said. meetings for t‘he.'rat-
ifying the Constitution as aforesaid, shall ‘as soon"
as may be, transmit by :.t.he_Represcntativcs of
their respective towns, to the General Assembly
next after such meetings are held, a. certified
statement of the numbers of votes given insaid
towns, on the question’ of ratifying said Constitu-
tion, both afii-rmative and negative, and a like
statement said presiding officer shall also lodge
with the town clerks of their respective fowns,
which votes shall"be_ returned‘to said assembly.
and counted in the same manner, as is by law
provided for returningand counting the‘ votes for
’Gov'érnor of this state. _. ' -
'./Ind be‘ it further resolved, That two thirds of
the whole number of .Delegates so elected, shall
form a quorum, andsaid Convention shall choose
a President and Clerk ; and the clerk of -said"
Convention having been .sworn‘-to a‘ faithful dis-‘
charge of th_e__duties of his ofiice, shallprocecd to
adrninister to the President and members» there-
of, the following oath or afiirmation, viz :
-. 9‘ ‘You, being.-chosen Delegates to this Conven-
tion for the--purpose,.if need be, of framing and
devising a Constitution of Ci-vil‘-Government for
the people of the'-- State of Connecticut, do sol-
emnly swear_(or-afiirm) that you will faithfully
discharge the.tru‘st.’con-lided to you.”-—And said
Delegates shallube allowed the, same fees for
travel-I .-and attendance on said Convention, as is
me people, and render tl1em,m,ore'i'iapp‘y”, more‘
~ -its defence; and for the
lost many lives, and,cxpende_d much treasure to '
freemens meetings, andfafter, having chosen their ;
_ T
than three weeks from-the rising ofsaid Conven- . :-
:tion, for their approbation - and ratification : and
placp, lsupposetl to be making preparaliuns .m./,1
.l.3ChlC9la~Bay on the 7th in
flsacli Pensacola, distant about 200 miles, lasé
= h“"3d3Y- ~ He will probably take possessionof
frontier settlcincnts.
at Fort Scott, under the command of Gen.Gaines;
‘°'°Vera“"= a"'d‘efTe_«:tu=..||y sub.d.ue« the?-Indians in
for the purpose of cuttin
. British islands.
VVe are informed. tl_iat;Gen. llaicltsofn speaks’ of‘ H
retiring from the service of~'lhe country‘-~-very-"
59°” '1 1"? T-"*Pid decay¥o'l‘\ his constitution, occa-
smnesl by great, bodily fangue and exposupg, is-...
SW3‘ '0 be the CauSe- ...1 he whole army it is--
said, have su'fi‘ercd incon
clares he never -had seen suclremaciatedctroops.
The prosecution of the Seminole war hadprobas
bl!’ l_>€en- attended with as many‘ privatioriiito the
soldier, and as much expenceto the'gove‘t'nment‘,
_8'f31¢_I‘ mzignitude. ,7’ - .
A Fine -two British‘ ejmissaries, Ar,bu‘lhii;6r and
3‘ “-‘»_le_l':,_;_l..V.l.l_.‘’,',!,’V4§P_¢: captured at St. Marks, and
found guillxftglfigxcxtmg the late Indi
executed on-it iilt. ‘The ‘evidence-again-st_
b°”‘ “'35 9le3!,8l?¥l3,£l’9ng. Letters advising the’
enemy of the movements of our army, and 1,0,,-
t° 301: Wcre_intercepted~. - Documents were also
f°““d9‘ Pl'°_Vln9; that a} criminal coi‘rcsponddnee‘
had been so
"Governor of New-
had in his pocket a new coxnniission of Brigadier
General from theBr_itisl1 government, supposelj
"to have been given to him during his late visitto
England, whence he had not long returned. As --
a scrutiny, we are assured, wlll dc-aelope .-the"
ain ivilllikely be disposed to"let the
' ' - _ Savannah, June 1.
VVe are sorry to state, that a serious dispute‘
has -occurred between Generals Jackson‘ 8: Scott,
which we fear will eventuate in-a serioufsxmanner. .
the ‘purpose of 1 calling Scott out.
' " ' 1 June 3.
i We have been favored by a‘ friend \Vit,.l}.' tile,-..,
"following extract of a letter frorn'a‘ gentlcm;‘m:.g§_-._.g.__._
the ‘south, on whose word ourreaders may rely.‘ '
he invaders mentioned we suppose are patriots. '
and we have no doubt, but they will keep their ‘
, footing against all the ‘force -at the dispdisal of the
Governor of St. Augustine,
vessels with troops have landed to the Southward
of 'St..Augustine, not.ccrta'in whether at Mamma-
zas or.Musquito. One hundrcdmen wcw-e‘scn:
from St. Augustine to oppose them." The lass
accounts from that place are‘ to the 23d inst.:"
. .
ton, S. C._on the 1st of_June, under the com-‘
mand of.hMaj. Denl-tins, fo_r»the south. .1’
Extract of a letter from ‘a gerztlcanafz at .NZ:(c};;'[g-
cites to /tie friend in‘ IVa'a/zington. dated [Way 5_ .
“ In time we shall have_._some" fighting near us.
Three Frenchmen,‘ late officers under Bonaparte,
arrived in this town from Galveston. I sent for
them, and on examination, they stated that Gen.
force; that he held out the-idea of settling a col-,
‘ony, but tliatv,,t-litre was more attention paid to
military discipline than clearing lands. ‘These,
.mcn, it appesrs,,.fell in with Lallemand in Phila- :
‘delphia, who p7r'mnised totake them to the Tom-- " A
bigby to settle.-lands. -, They state that the Gen- A
eral has usurped-such strict military power that
they were compelled to ‘abandon him. They j
manner.” A’
New-Yonx‘, June 13. -
VVe learn by a passenger in ‘the schr. Fairpl'a‘y~,?
l-1; days-from -Aux C-ayes, that the -squadron .of" 1’
Admiral "Brion, Com.-Aury, . Sec". were oil‘. that»
take possession of St. Domingo. -The llaytian‘;
government continued to = war against the insur-
from Port-an-Prince, and had recently sent into’
Aux Cayes a patriot privatfeer and four prizes
belonging to her, two bri-gs and tvvoschooners.
ing ;;._.u Gen. Aury, with his Patriot army, toolcgg
_ Geiiéral Jackson, with aregiinent of regulars?’-I in ..i .‘
“I and the.j'l‘enness‘ee volunteers, crossed the Appa: I
st. and expected to... -‘
the place, and leave in it a suliicient garrison for '
protection of our adjacent‘. M -
' A detachment of 250 men have been left .35 ' I
F01?‘ Gadsdén. 500 at St. Marks, and about 250* ‘
ill Phat ‘llljafferi 3“¥lr’§:!l§!’”;ill'force has’ been order? .:' .
ed to cruize on the ‘south-si<_le' of Florida’ Point, 4 AI 2
, E-0flith9'BUpplies,whiclr
such of them as have fled Eto Lake.Mayance,4 » .
m’£Il"' Olht‘-!'Wi'se ;re'ceive' from 'th,e_;coniiguous=. . " A‘
¢'€iVably--axi aim;-er ‘dc-“ ‘
as any-contest’ ever was, of no" longer duration or . .
ah war1,,were. -_‘
-me‘ ‘i“!¢'.k°Pt up by them and the '..-.t«’‘~
, ’ Ifltfovigdence, with the Indians 5 .
and renegade nc'groi:fs’2in‘ Florida; but how jndig. ah‘-:1?"
nant must every one be wheninformed, that am’ ~.-51
Pl'°l’h¢t Fl'aflC|S;- who Was hanged a little before, .- -
“blackest perfidyftowards this country, Great B;-jg.-. _,
matter rest.
‘Gen. Jackson intends, assoon _as'he gets through
the present campaign, to repair to New-Yorkfor
“ Jllay 30.--A report has reached us, that 3.. ”
H UP‘Va’d5i°f95.°7.U. States‘ troops-leftCl2drles-.. 7
..z~..._..
Lallemand, and Gen. Grego, with 62- officers, . —‘ "
‘had erected a fort in that neighborhood; thatfi‘
"Gen..I.‘.' had observed -that hc‘expecte'¢'l'a lax-ge‘iv':_,.
leave this to-day for Orleans. Lafitte (they say) ..
has fr'_o”m eight ‘to te_n~vessels in the bay of "Gal... _~ 2
veston. ‘ This is carrying" on pirating in a bold.‘ '
gent privateers-«their whole squadron was out
An arrival at Georgetown brings thelfollow.-*
up his. line of march from Samaria for the city‘ ; ‘V
of St. Domingo, on the 27th April, and it. was}
‘generally believedhc would succeed in subdtling: A
that well -fortified post of the royalists,.as..the=_ .-
people were much'dissatisfied., ‘ I . -'
- MUTINY men Mormon‘. '
U. States" which.prot'cctsJ,'ts right's.- - ‘As a disiinci
state, sir, we have our riglitsunder that.con's'titu-.
lion. As an ‘independent ‘state, exceptingthe -Grerl_c‘ral Assembly.»
obligations-\enj'oined by. that‘constitution,-we-have. = I,.Be-iffurther rcs_ol-aed, That all such persops as
a right to make cve ry 'necessary‘munic'i-pal‘ifegu} are or may, atthe time of either of said meetings,
he changed. The more we h'a’ve'departed from
the path “ofqur unce's~tors,_the worse we have
grown. Ishould f'tkt:‘tO*See the legislature re-.
I trace their.steps and get back to the good old way;
“' i but I do not knowlas it can be done ; and on the
now. by law allowed to the- Representatives to the
.‘.’.
. .- ....c:- ‘
V -shall be framed for. they state: of Connecticut, and’
whole, I do not know, but the bill may as well
pass into a- law. -W'e are, Mr. Speaker, where
we are, and I do not k-‘now as we can help it. -
- ”I‘HE7’C0NS'l‘l'l‘.U'l‘lON.
. A Resolve, (which accompanied the l~t-iminous
and elegant Report of the Committee upon ‘this
subject‘',)- designunng the manner in.which the
people shall proceed in tlcterrni-ningxthe quest-"
ion whether a Constitution. of icivi-l" g-overnment
if so, in what manner it shall be formed, was cal-
led up, andbecame asubject of animated discus-
_ constitution’, was made for us.- Sir, our ances:-.
waysvexercised this privilegc.‘._ - It is-;sil:id',‘sir,'Ft1i,-at,
the Charter of Charles II, .wh-icli-is-called-‘oui"
tors, madefit-for themselves upon the verygspqt
ratified -by the crown of ,_Gre_at Britain to which
we then owed allegiance. When the revolution
state.-
free.
three distinct litindsealidyal, Pro/zriétary andC’/zar-
tercd. ' Ours was‘ of the latter character, and the
where we are now in session ; and vv'a_s‘n_1erely‘ ~ -
was consumated, ~ it altered not our. rigli_ts”'iis‘ a
As‘ I _said"before,-‘-we have always"bcen
T'he"Am'erican colonies, sir, consisted of- -
lation for our own"government.~- We have an 4be.-qualified bylaw, and duly certified as such, by
the lawful Board-for said purpose, to bemade‘ ‘
‘Freeman ofthis State, may-_the'rrand there be ad-
mitt'ed and sworn, and shallgbe authorised to act
‘as such, -in the, business « of said meetings.
General ./fssembly,’ May,Scs«ion, l8l-8». ' ’
r Passed in the -House of Representatives,
'_ Attcst, E. Pm-:Lps, .(-Jlerkj.’ «-
Concurred in the _Upp‘er House.
‘ Attest-—TnoMAs DAY, Secretary.
The report of the committee on the Bapti-st-.p_e-~
xtition, and the bill relating to ecclesiasticalisocie-.~
sion. ‘
' frees: of all. How can"we be more free-than we
ties‘, -were postponed to October.’ ‘
-the crew; ‘Whoa however,“ effected tli"
- Capt. Tufts, from St. Darts-,informs that a brig‘,
of St. Iago in Cuba, from a slaving voyage, ha‘; I‘
ing been taken possession of by the crew. wlldi
had murdered the captain, supcrcargo 8: «officers,-
. was carried into Saba, where the mutineers rep.)
_ resented her as being one of. Admiral» Brion’s— '
prizes, and sold the slaves. They then attempt,-§
his services to the governor to assist in..;.sgcuriiig==
62.
of
to the mountains, Ste.“
‘ed to destroy the vessel, but in lhi5'.1»h¢y'. ‘ye;-gr
f1".l.istr3ted by a Buenos Ayrean officer, who seiz"-V» :_ _
‘ ’- 2-ed it in the name of his ‘government, and-oll'cretE'{ .
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