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/ OF Gov. Clinton, who declined being eandi
date for reelection to an Office he has long sus


tanned with honor to himself and unusual bens


fit to the craft.


! The Committee on the STATE VALUATION


will meet the I'd Tuesday Of December next
Al the Cour, House in Portland.
The Governor of Virginia has communicated
to the Legislatures Of several States certain pro-
ceednes Of the Legislature Of fVirginia, iu rela.
tion to Slavery in Missouri, In Connecticut Gov.
WoLcorr answered the virgnians according to
their folly. Gov. BELL Of Newhampshire sent
these proceedings to the Legislature, where they
were committed to a respectable committee, At
the head of which was the Heu. Mr.. MASON, Of
Portsmouth. On "wednesday last this committee
submitted very able and spirited report, in which
they demonstrate the power Of Congress to re-
strict slavery in newly admitted States, and de-
pvecate the evils Of that abominable traffic, IN
terms not to be misunderstood. IL concluded
vith the f6llowins resolutions, which were UHAH-
IMoUsLx adopted by both Houses - -


" RESOLVED by the Senate and House OF
Representatives III General Court convened,
That IN The opinion Of this Legislature the
Congress Of the United States has, by the
Constitution, the right, in admitting new
States into the Union, 10 prescribe the prohi-
biiion Of slavery, - one Of the conditions, on
which such State shall be admitted.


=" That 10 the case Of Missouri, to which,
by the Preamble and Resolutions Of the Gen.
eral Assembly OF Virginia, the attention Of
this Legislature has been called, that right
remained in full force, unimpaired either by
The treaty under which that territory was &C.
CURED, or any subsequent acts Of the General
Goveitlrtieht


"That in The opinion Of this Legislature,
me existence of slavery within the United
States is . great moral as we'll as political ev-
II, the toleration ot which can be justified by
necessity alone, and that the further extension
Of it ought to be prevented. by the due exev.
else Of the power vested 10 the General Gov.
srnmeni.


&" Resolved, That the Governor Of this
State be requested TO transmit a copy Of the
foregoing Report and Resolutions TO the Gov
ernor OF ,he State Of Virginia"