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i*] lILADELPH L\, November
the 2 id, I bOO.
At a numerous meeting os the
citizens os the City and County
os Philadelphia, convened by
public advertisement, at the
State Houle, on Thursday even
ing, the 20th Nov. 1800,
Capt. JAMES GAMBLE
Was unanimousiy called to the
chair, and William Duane,
named secretary. A citizen
having dated the purpose os the
meeting to be intended to take
into consideration the recent
conduct os the legislaturc.
It was moved that a commit
tee be appointed to drast reiblu
tions—and Medrs. Hugh Fcr
guson, John Lcib, Edward Pole,
John Smith, and John L k Irvin
were nominated, who having re
tired sor lome time, prcsei.ued
a sorm os proceedings which
alter seme warm debate, and
undergoing severai amendments,
were adopted by paragraphs and
passed with only a Angle dilTcnt
ing vote as sollows :
The citizens os the city and
coulityos Philadelphia, convened
by public notice at the State
Houle, on Thursday evening
the 20th November, 1800, aster
considcring the recent transac
tions in the senatc os this com
monwealth, and witnesiing the
unhappy subscrviency os a num
ber os the members os that bo
dy, to the dictation os a sew
persons known under the deAg
nation os the Dunwoody com
mittee, in opposition to the voice
os their legitimate condiments ;
and having likewise considered
the measurcs attempted and the
means pursued by a majority os
1 3 tc * ll the members os that
body to render the voice os
Pennsylvania nugatory in the
present interceding moment —
think it expedient to declare to
their sellow citizens os the com
monwealth at large their opini
ons, byway os resolution, on
the culpable condud os the Laid
thirteen members os the senate,
in the manner sollowing :
1. Resolvcd as the opinion os
this meeting, sounded on the
principles os republican govern
ment, and recognised by the
conditutionsosthe United States
and os this date, that the will os
the majority os the people is the
only lase and legitimate rule by
which the representatives os a
sree people can ad.
2. Resolvcd, That it appears
Loin authenticated returns that
the late elections' have been
made os members os Congress,
os date senators and represen
tatives vipon the conviction os
the people os this date that the
os public measures pur
-11 led sor sorne years pad, was
ruinous and unwise ; and wdth a
v jew to the correction os pad
errors and the promotion os a
svdem more economical, and
consormable to the spirit os our
country ; that the election os our
present governor was carried
upon the same principles ; and
that in the recent election os
only seven senators, six os whom
v/ent out by rotation, the new
senators have been chosen by a
majority os 11,000 votes; and
the members os the present housc
os representarives by a majority
os 18,000 votes.
3. Resolded that elections
being the conditutional criterion
whereby the sensc os the people
is obtained, that the voice os
the people has been unequivo
cally declared sor a change os
measures, by a change os men
in the recent elections.
4. Rcsolved, That this meet
ing view with indignation the
contemptuous manner in which
the petitions and memorials os
their condiments laid besore
them in the present sesiion, have
been treated by a majority os
the senate.
5. Rcsolved, That the majo
rity os the senate os this com
monwealth, considing os Medrs*
Woods, .Potts, Gurney, Jones,
Johndon, Ewing, lypdellan,
Podlethwaitc, King, Barton,
Wheelen and Carpenter, in op
poring the mode os election by
joint vote, have disregarded the
principle heretosore unisormly
adopted, and particularly direct
ed in the condltution ; and that
it is the opinion os this meet
ing, and mud ncccslarily sollow,
that is the election by joint vote
is not conditutional, that MesTrs.
William Bingham and James
Rols, senators in congress srom
this date, are not entitled to hold
their seats in congress, they hav
ing been elected by a joint vote
and many os the members who
are opposed to the principle at
present having voted sor them
by that mode.
6. Rcsolved, That the res
pedablc minority os the senate
os Pennsylvania deserve the
gratesul thanks and suture consi
dence os their condituents and
the date at large.
Rcsolved, That the thirteen
members os the senate who have
cohtumaciously disregarded the
voice os the people—the duty
they owe to their condiments—
the sacred rights os petitioning
—the weight and sussrage os
this date in the scale os the
union, merit public execration,
and that in the opinion os this
meeting they ought not to re
ceive hipport at any suture elec
tion, nor promotion to any place
os prosit, honour or mid under
this commonwealth.
Rcsolved, that copies os thesc
resolutions be transmitted to the
honed minority os the senate,
signed by the Chairman, and the
proceedings be published.
[Signed]
JAMES GAMBLE,
Atted Chairman.
Wm. DUANE, Secretary.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4.
We underdand that the housc
os representatives os this date,
on Saturday, agreed to the a
mendment os the senate, to the
elcdoral bill—eight cledors to
be chosen by that house, and
seven by the senate.
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BALTIMORE, December t.
Extra st cs a letter srom a merchant
in Havannah , to his correspon
dent in Baltimore , dated 17 th
cs Ostcber,
“ I have jud heard that dis
patchcs have been received by
the government, in this city, os
the French and Spanish, with
14 ships os the line and 17 sri
gates, having taken Trinidad,
and that their present ohjed is 1
Jamaica—and have requeued a
supply os provisions sor 20,000
men. -T his may, probably,
produce some alterations in our
market sor the better.**
RICHMOND, December 5.
On Wcdnesday lad the elec
tors os president and vice prcli
dent sor this commonwealth,
convened at the capitol agreeably
to law. Mr. Wythe being ap
pointed chairman, and Mr. Wirt
clerk, they prepared their bal
lots ; which upon examination
were sound to be unanimous sor
Thomas Jesscrson os Virginia,
and Aaron Burr os New-Ycrk.
The lad accounts srom th/
Pennsylvania legisiature, cor>
vinccs us that there will be no
appointment os electors sor that
date. The amendment propo
sed by the senatc to the lad bill
which was mentioned in Tues
day’s Examiner, has been reject
ed by the house os representa
tives.
LOUISVILLE,
H'EDh ESDAY, December 24, lBco.
The electors os president and
vice president os the United
States, sor North-Carolina, met
at Raleigh, on the 3d indant,
and gave Mr. JcsTersbn and Mr.
Burr, eight votes, and Mr.
Adams 6c Mr. Pinckney sour.
CONGRESS
Os the UNITED STATES.
Ho use os Representatives,
The sollowing committees
have been appointed in the house
os representatives.
Os Commerce and Manusac
tures, considing os Medrs. S.
Smith, Wain, F. Davenport,
Huger, Parker, E. Goodrich,
and S. Lee.
Os Elesticns , considing os
Medrs. Dent, L. Williams, Ed
mond, Muhlenberg, Evans,
Dickson and Claiborne.
Os IVays and Means , Medrs.
Gniwold, Powell, Bardet, Ni
cholas, Imlay, Nichollon, Tal
liaserro, Woods and Smilie.
Os Revtsal and unjmised hi
siness, considing os MesTrs. Platt,
Evans and Aldon.
Os Claims, considing os Med. 1
Macon, J. C. Smith, J. C. j
I homas, Gregg, Holmes, and !
Bartlett.
The Committee cs Revisal and
hnsnished Busmess,
have reported —in part,
That they have, according to
order, examined the journal os
the lad sedion, and sind that the
sollowing bills and reports were
then depending and undetermi
ned—to wit,
Which originated in the house os
representatives.
Making surther provision sor the
relies os persons imprisoned
sor debts due to the United
States ; May 13, 1800—
Podponed by the senate until
the next sedion.
More esicChially to provide sor
the national desence by estab
lishing an unisorm militia
throughout the United States
—April ai, 1800, podponed
\SO
by the house, until the sir
Monday in December, 1 r
To revive and continue in s crte
an ad, entitled “ an aCb s or
cslaklishing trading houles
with the Indian tribes •/'
14, 1800—Podponed by sa
senatc until the next seden. *
In addition to the ad, entitk.J
“ an aCt sor gi anting lands 0
the inhabitants and Tctskrs •
Vincennes and the
country, in the Territory
north wed os the Ohio, and
sor consirming them in their
podedions May 14, j3 CO
—Podponed until the next
sesiion.
For edablisiling a military aca
demy, and sor better organ■/•
ing the corps os artilienlb
and engineers ; April 28,
18 co—podponed by the house
until the sird Monday in De
cember, 1800.
To authorise the secretary os the
treasury to lease certain sair
springs, the property os tire
United States, in the territo
ry north wed os the Ohio;
May 9, iBcc—Podponed by
the house until the sird Mon
day in December, 1800.
Regulating the grants os land
appropriated sor the resugees
srom the British provinces os
Canada and Nova Scotia ■,
May 14, 180c—Podponed
by the house, until the third
Monday in November, 1800.
To provide sor the Tales os cer
tain lands between the Great
and Little Miami Rivers—
May 10, iBcc—Podponed
by the senate until the next
selncn os congress.
For eroding a mausolcum sor
George Walhington ; May
12, 18 00 —Podponed by the
senatc until the next sesiion.
Do provide sor the more con
venient and tsTedual adminis
tration os judicc in the courts
os the U. States; May id,
1800—committed to a com
mittee os the whole house—'
Not surther added on.
REPORT os Sele st Committees
On the subjed os trading houses
with the Indians ; April 22,
180 c—ordered to lie on the
table.
The report enumerates various
ether bills and reports cs a
private nature not asted up
on ; and then concludes,
| Your committee surther report
their opinion, that all petitions
which were depending and
undecided at the lad sesiion 0C
Congress, ought to be taken
up and aded upon by the
housc, as the same may be
called sor by any member, or
upon the application os the
individual claimant or petiti*
oner.
Monday, December r.
Th* bill sor compensating
and extending the priviledge os
sranking to the delegate srom
the Territory N. W. os the
Ohio, was read a third time and
pasled.
Tuesday, December 2.
Mr. Macon srom the com
mittee os claims reported that
the demand os Philip \Vilson
was barred by the ad os limita
tions, and that sinding in his case
no rcason sor suspending the ad,
he recommended that the prayer
os the petitioner ought not to I'S