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< \ SATTJRDAY, November 28* 1789.] ' THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE AND ■ GAZETTE, of the STATE. . ■ * r —- 1- ■ ■- f FREEDOM of the PRESS, and- T RIAL, by JUR Y, (kail'remain intiolatet Nrw Constitution of Georgia . A\J GU ST A: Printed ijr JOHN E. SMITH, Printer to the State*, Essays, Articles of* Intelligence , Advert ifements, &c. will be gratefully received, and every kind of Printing performed. STATE-HOUSE, Augusta, AW. 18, 1789. Certain communications taken from the files •of the late Executive, being taken up, Che fol lowing mctTage was sent to the General As sembly. Atieft J. MERIWETHER, S. E. D STATE-HOUSE, Augufia , AW. 18, 1789. Ybe Honorable the President of tin Senate, and the Honorable the Speaker of the Hotc e of Reprejentativcs . .1 HAVE removed from the files of the late • Executive, and placed on those of the present, certain communications and letters; which, from their tenor, require legislative-delibera tion ; and among which are, a communica tion from she Prcfident of the United States, dated the id Oftober lass, accompanied with a* Refcdutiou of the National Government, authorizing proposed amendments by .Con gress to the Couftitution'of the United States; also a communication from his Excellency Governor Clinton, of the-state of New-York, accompanied with a concurrent Refutation of AiTembiy of that slate, 00 the *"*lqbjeeFof amendments to the aforefaid Con ftitutiou. One of the Secretaries to the Executive will attend with any original documents ap pertaining to the Executive Department, any fejmate ot joint committee of either branch, or of the General Affemblyy at. chambers provided in tbe Siate-boufe for that purpose"; arid. after reading the fame, he is intruded to furnifli the necessary extracts or copies thereof, and then return the said originals to depofit.-—The original proposed ~ amendments to the Conftitutiotn of the Unit ed States being ot a special nature, will'be laid before either branch of the General Af femtriy upon a joint order to that cfFeft. EDWARD TELFAIR. TITATE-HOySE, Augufa, Nov. 20, 1789. • Ordered, That the proposed Amendments to the jleral Constitution, as transmitted by the Pre-, > fident of the Uhited States, be published in the Stats Gazette. Attef ; J. MERIWETHER,, S. E. D. Congress of tbe United States , Regun and held at the City of New-fark, on * ll'ednejday, the fourth of March , one thou* sand, jeven hundred and etgbtynint . The Conventions of a number of the Rates having, at the time of their adopting the Con ftituuon, expressed a desire, in order to pre vent mifeonftrutteon or abuse of its that further declaratory and reftriftiye clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Govern bed ensure the bcnificent end of Tts'inftitution: Re/olved, By the Senate and House of Re- of the United States of Ameri-: ca in Congress alTembled, two-thirds of both Houies concurring, that the. following Arti cles he proposed to the Legislatures of the se veral Rates, as amendments to the tion the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three-fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid, to aH intents and purpefes, as part of the said Con flitution, viz.. T P C L E 8 In addition to, and, amendment of the C'onftitu tm ts the Votted tStatts. of, America, fry GEORGIA,. ■ ■ - ■ " •’ ■«,!■■■ p >.■■■■-1 — ■ ■ ■■ - poftd by Congress, and ratified by the Legif laturts of the fever al States , pursuant tothe Fifth- Artide of the original Cvnfnutiom, Art. i. After the firft enumeration, re* <. quired by the firft article of the Constitution, there (hall be one representative 'or every thirty thousand, uutil the number (hall amount to one hundred j after which the proportion (hall be so regulated by-Congress, that there (hall be not lefa than one hundred representa tives, nor less than one representative for every . forty thousand persons, until the number of representatives (hall amounfrto two hundred ; after* which the proportion th«]i be so regu lated by Congress, that there (hail pot be lefa than-two huudred representatives, nor more than one reptefentatjvc for every fifty thou sand perfous. Art. * No law, varying the compensa tion tor the services of the Senators and Re- Drcfcntativcg. (hall take effeft, untjl an elec tion of representatives (hall have intervened. Art. 3. Congress (hall make no law re fpeefing an establishment of religion, or pto hibiting the free exercise thereof ; or abridg ing the freedom of speech, or of the prefr, or the right of the people peaceably to af fetnble, and to petition the gj -eminent for a red refs of grievances. Art. 4. A well regulated militia, being neeeffary to the fecority of a free (late, the tight of the people to keep and bear arms, th:»H be infringed. Art. j. No soldier (hall, in time of peace;- be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be preferibed by law. Art* 6; The right of the people to be se cure in their persons, houses, papers and ef forts, against unreasonable searches and feix ures, (hall not be violated^ and 110 warrants - iflue, but upon probable cause, support ed by oath or affirmation, and particularly de fcYibing the place to be searched, and the per fona.QX things to be Seized. w 4 Art. 7. N o person (hall be held to answer for a capital, or -otherwise- infamous crime, uu,le(s on a prefentraem or indictment of a grand jury, except, in cases arising in.the land, or naval forces ; or in the ;militia, when in actual service intime of war or public, dan ger, nor Ihall any person be fubjeCt for the • fame offence to be twice put in jeopardy of ; life or limb; nor lhall be compelied, in any criminal case, to be a wituefs againlt himfelf, nor be deprived of life, liberty or property, ljyilUUitdiiiS'Procefs of law; nor (hall private property be taken for public use without just i compenfatioa. Art. 8. - In all criminal protections, she j accused ihall «(joy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime (hall have been •■.’committed; which district (hail have been preyioyily afcec*amed by law; aud to be in formed of the nature and cause of the accu- . fat ion ; to be coufroiv ed with the wi-tneffes against him ; to have compulsory process for >i _ohtait{mg i< yvitneireß in his favor, and. to have rhe assistance of counl'cl for his defence. Art. In suits at .common law, where the value in coutroverfy (lull exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury lhall be pre served,; and no fad},- tried by a jury, (hall be otherwise re-examiued in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the comaju law. „ - •1•1 1 * , . pot. CLXV.) ~ r c - , Art. 10. Excessive bail (hall not be re-, quired, nor excessive finea»impofed, nor cruel and inflated, »Art. 11. The enumeration in the Consti tution, of certain rights, (hall not b i tdtirifii- ed to deny’or difpaPage others retained by the people. Art. ia; Tly powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohi—' bited by it to the dates, are reserved to the" v dates refpedliveiy, or to the people. FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG, \ Speaker of the House of Rtpre/entatwes.- JOH N ADAMS, yic e- P rtf dent of the 1 Untied States,and President of the Senate. 1 Attest-. f JOHN BECKLEY, Clerk of the- \ ' House of Reprefentativn. SAMUEL A.OTIS, SeereiZryT of the Senate . STATE of NEW-YORK in ASSEMBLY* February 5, 1789. Rejd-vedy If. the Honorable the Senate coaw' cur therein, that an application be made to the Congress of the United States of America, in the name and behalf of the Lcgiflature of this State, in the words following, to wit: The people of the State ts Nenv-York, hav ing ratified the Constitution agreed to on tho 17th September, in the year of our Lord, Ib y th < Convention then aflembled at Philadelphia, in the state of Fennfylvahia, as explained,by the said ratification, in the fulleft confidence of obtaining a revifioo of the said Constitution, by a general Convention ; anil", in confidence that cettain powers in and by the said Couftitution granted, would not bo exercised until a Convention ihould have beeo called and convened for proposing amend ments to the said Constitution 1 In complpnct, therefore, with the uuanimou* fenfe'of thar Convention of this state, who all united in opinion, that such a teviSon was necessary to recommend the said Constitution tq.the ap probation and support of ;a’numerous body of their condiments, and a majority of the mtm-v b'ers of which, Conceived several articles of the Constitution so exceptionable, thk noth* . ing but fuob confidence, and an invincible re luttauce to leparateffom our filler Oates, could have prevailed upon a fufficient number to as sent to it without stipulating for previous amendments : And from a conviction that - the apprehensions and difeontents which thoftr articles occalion cannot be removed or allay ed, unless an aft to revise the (aid Cohftitu tion, be among the firft that (hall be parted by the uew Congress s IV », the Legifature of the fate of A T e<w-Yorkt do, in behalf of otrr constituents, in the nioft earned and folenus*. manner, make this application to the Coir* grefs, that a Convention of Deputies from the r several Oates, be called as early as-possible, with full powers to take the said into their consideration, and to propose fucli amendment* thereto, as the*- (hall- find bed calculated to promote our comrnoi. inter* ’ eOs, and fecute to ourfehres, and oor lauA i posterity, the great. and unalienable rights of . mankind. , By order of the Afftmbly^ . JOHN LANSING, jun. Speaker • In Senate, February 7,* 1789,*.. By order of the Senate, Fl£&ftJb,VAN CORTLANDt^, F, efdtn/y