Part 5

His Excellency JOHN HANCOCK, Esq. President, Hon. James Bowdoin, hon. Sam. Adams, hon. William Phillips, hon. Caleb Davis, Charles Jarvis, esq. John C. Jones, esq. John Winthrop, esq. Thomas Dawes, jun. esq. rev. Samuel Stillman, Thomas Russell, esq. Christopher Gore, esq. _Boston_, hon. William Heath, hon. Increase Sumner, _Roxbury_, James Bowdoin, jun. esq. Ebenezer Wales, esq. _Dorchester_, rev. Nathaniel Robbins, _Milton_, hon. Richard Cranch, rev. Anthony Wibird, _Braintree_, hon. Cotton Tufts, _Weymouth_, hon. Benjamin Lincoln, rev. David Shute, _Hingham_, rev. Joseph Jackson, _Brookline_, rev. Thomas Thacher, Fisher Ames, esq. _Dedham_, col. William M'Intosh, _Needham_, capt. John Baxter, jun. _Medfield_, hon. Elijah Dunbar, esq. _Stoughton_, mr. Thomas Mann, _Wrentham_, mr. George Payson, _Walpole_, hon. J. Fisher, _Franklin_, mr. Thomas Jones, _Hull_, rev. Phillips Payson, _Chelsea_, mr. Ebenezer Warren, _Foxborough_, Richard Manning, esq. Edward Pulling, esq. mr. William Gray, jun. mr. Francis Cabot, _Salem_, hon. Michael Farley, J. Choate, esq. Daniel Noyes, esq. col. Jonathan Cogswell, _Ipswich_, hon. Tristram Dalton, Enoch Sawyer, esq. E. March, esq. _Newbury_, hon. Rufus King, esq. hon. Benjamin Greenleaf, esq. Theophilus Parsons, esq. hon. Jonathan Titcomb, _Newburyport_, hon. G. Cabot, mr. Joseph Wood, capt. Israel Thorndike, _Beverly_, Isaac Mansfield, esq. Jonathan Glover, esq. hon. Azor Orne, John Glover, esq. _Marblehead_, Daniel Rogers, esq. John Low, esq. capt. W. Pearson, _Gloucester_, John Carnes, esq. capt. John Burnham, _Lynn_ and _Lynnfield_, mr. William Symmes, jun. _Andover_, Bailey Bartlett, esq. capt. Nathaniel Marsh, _Haverhill_, mr. Israel Clark, _Topsfield_, dr. Samuel Nye, mr. Enoch Jackman, _Salisbury_, capt. Benjamin Lurvey, mr. Willis Patten, _Amesbury_, Daniel Thurston, esq. _Bradford_, mr. Jacob Herrick, _Wenham_, mr. Simeon Miller, _Manchester_, hon. Francis Dana, esq. Stephen Dana, esq. _Cambridge_, hon. Nathaniel Gorham, esq. _Charlestown_, hon. Joseph Hosmer, _Concord_, hon. Abraham Fuller, _Newtown_, capt. Lawson Buckminster, _Framingham_, Benjamin Brown, esq. _Lexington_, Daniel Whitney, esq. _Sherburne_, capt. Asahel Wheeler, _Sudbury_, capt. Benjamin Blaney, _Malden_, capt. Abraham Bigelow, _Weston_, maj. gen. John Brooks, _Medford_, dr. Charles Whitman, _Stow_, Leonard Williams, esq. _Waltham_, hon. J. B. Varnum, _Dracut_, hon. J. Pitts, _Dunstable_, hon. E. Brooks, _Lincoln_, W. Pynchon, esq. _Springfield_, hon. C. Strong, mr. Benjamin Sheldon, _Northampton_ and _Easthampton_, capt. Lemuel Pomeroy, _Southampton_, brig. gen. Elisha Porter, _Hadley_, hon. Noah Goodman, _South Hadley_, hon. J. Hastings, _Hatfield_, John Ingersol, esq. _Westfield_, mr. Ebenezer James, _Northfield_, Abner Morgan, esq. _Brimfield_, capt. David Shepard, _Chester_, mr. Jesse Reed, _Charlemont_, Nahum Eager, esq. _Worthington_, col. Benjamin Bonney, _Chesterfield_, major Thomas J. Douglass, _Northwick_, mr. Aaron Fisher, _Westhampton_, mr. Edmund Lazell, _Cummington_ and _Plainfield_, capt. Thomas Maxwell, _Buckland_, mr. Elihu Colton, _Longmeadow_, Joshua Thomas, esq. mr. Thomas Davis, mr. John Davis, _Plymouth_, hon. William Cushing, hon. Nathan Cushing, hon. Charles Turner, _Scituate_, hon. George Partridge, _Duxbury_, rev. William Shaw, _Marshfield_, Daniel Howard, esq. mr. Hezekiah Hooper, capt. Elisha Mitchel, mr. Daniel Howard, jun. _Bridgewater_, rev. Isaac Backus, Isaac Thompson, esq. _Middleboro'_, capt. John Turner, mr. Josiah Smith, _Pembroke_, William Sever, jun. esq. _Kingston_, hon. Joseph Cushing, _Hanover_, rev. Samuel Niles, _Abington_, mr. Freeman Waterman, _Halifax_, col. Israel Fearing, _Wareham_, Shearjashaub Bourn, esq. _Barnstable_, David Thacher, esq. capt. Jonathan Howes, _Yarmouth_, hon. Solomon Freeman, capt. Kimball Clark, _Harwich_, rev. Levi Whitman, _Wellfleet_, capt. Joseph Palmer, _Falmouth_, James Williams, esq. _Taunton_, hon. Elisha May, capt. Moses Willmarth, _Attleboro'_, col. Sylvester Richmond, hon. William Baylies, _Dighton_, hon. Thomas Durfee, Israel Washburne, esq. _Freetown_, hon. Walter Spooner, rev. Samuel West, _New Bedford_, mr. William Almy, _Westport_, Nathaniel Barrel, esq. _York_, rev. Moses Hemmenway, hon. Nathaniel Wells, _Wells_, Thomas Cutts, esq. _Pepperelboro'_, Jacob Bradbury, esq. _Buxton_, capt. John Low, _Coxhall_, mr. William Mayhew, _Edgartown_, mr. Cornelius Dunham, _Tisbury_, hon. John Sprague, _Lancaster_, capt. Seth Newton, _Southboro'_, hon. Samuel Baker, _Bolton_, major David Wilder, _Leominster_, mr. Matthew Patrick, _Western_, mr. Josiah Goddard, _Athol_, capt. Ephraim Wilder, _Sterling_, John K. Smith, esq. _Falmouth_, mr. John Fox, capt. Joseph M'Lellan, _Portland_, David Mitchell, esq. Samuel Merrill, esq. _North Yarmouth_, William Thompson, esq. _Scarboro'_, capt. John Dunlap, _Brunswick_, capt. Isaac Snow, _Harpswell_, mr. Joshua Dyer, _Cape Elisabeth_, rev. Samuel Perley, _Gray_, Thomas Rice, esq. mr. David Sylvester, _Pownalboro'_, mr. Nathaniel Wyman, _Georgetown_, mr. David Gilmore, _Woolwich_, William M'Cobb, esq. _Boothbay_, capt. Samuel Grant, _Vassalboro'_, Moses Davis, esq. _Edgecomb_, David Fales, esq. _Thomaston_, Dummer Sewall, esq. _Bath_, John Ashley, jun. esq. _Sheffield_ and _Mount Washington_, hon. Elijah Dwight, _Great Barrington_, hon. T. Sedgwick, _Stockbridge_, hon. Jonathan Smith, _Lanesboro'_, hon. T. J. Skinner, _Williamstown_, mr. Elisha Carpenter, _Becket_, capt. D. Taylor, _New Marlboro'._ TOTAL _Yeas_ 187.

NAYS.

Capt. Jedediah Southworth, _Stoughton_, mr. Nathan Comstock, _Wrentham_, mr. Benjamin Randall, _Sharon_, mr. M. Richardson, jun. _Medway_, rev. Noah Alden, _Bellingham_, hon. Israel Hutchinson, _Danvers_, capt. Peter Osgood, jun. dr. Thomas Kittredge, _Andover_, capt. Thomas Mighill, _Rowley_, hon. A. Wood, _Boxford_, capt. Ebenezer Carlton, _Methuen_, dr. Marshall Spring, _Watertown_, capt. Timothy Winn, _Woburn_, mr. William Flint, mr. Peter Emerson, _Reading_, mr. Jonas Morse, major Benjamin Sawin, _Marlboro'_, William Thompson, esq. _Billerica_, col. Benjamin Ely, capt. John Williston, _West Springfield_, capt. Phinehas Stebbins, _Wilbraham_, Mr. Daniel Cooley, _Amherst_, Mr. Benjamin Eastman, _Granby_, Mr. Josiah Allis, _Whately_, mr. William Bodman, _Williamsburg_, mr. Samuel Field, _Deerfield_, mr. Moses Bascom, _Greenfield_, mr. Robert Wilson, _Shelburne_, capt. Consider Arms, mr. Malachi Maynard, _Conway_, capt. Zacheus Crocker, _Sunderland_, mr. Moses Severance, _Montague_, capt. Asa Fisk, _South Brimfield_, mr. Phinehas Merrick, _Monson_, mr. Adam Clark, _Pelham_, capt. Nathaniel Whitcomb, _Greenwich_, mr. Timothy Blair, _Blanford_, mr. Aaron Mirrick, _Palmer_, mr. John Hamilton, Mr. Clark Cooley, _Granville_, mr. John Chamberlain, _New Salem_, mr. Justus Dwight, _Belchertown_, mr. Samuel Eddy, _Colrain_, mr. Isaac Pepper, _Ware_, capt. John Goldsbury, _Warwick_ and _Orange_, capt. Agrippa Wells, _Bernardston_, mr. Ephraim Williams, _Ashfield_, mr. Asa Powers, _Shutesbury_, capt. Silas Fowler, _Southwick_, mr. John Jennings, _Ludlow_, mr. Jonathan Hubbard, _Leverett_, mr. Benjamin Thomas, mr. Isaac Soul, _Middleboro'_, mr. Nathaniel Hammond, mr. Abraham Holmes, _Rochester_, capt. Francis Shurtliff, mr. Elisha Bisbee, jun. _Plympton_, dr. Thomas Smith, mr. Thomas Nye, _Sandwich_, col. Nathaniel Leonard, mr. Aaron Pratt, _Taunton_, capt. Phanuel Bishop, major Frederick Drown, William Windsor, esq. _Rehoboth_, mr. Christopher Mason, mr. David Brown, _Swansey_, hon. Holder Slocum, mr. Melatiah Hathway, _Dartmouth_, hon. Abraham White, _Norton_, capt. Ebenezer Tisdell, _Easton_, capt. John Pratt, _Mansfield_, capt. Esaias Preble, _York_, mr. Mark Adams, mr. James Neal, _Kittery_, capt. Elijah Thayer, dr. Nathaniel Low, mr. Richard Foxwell Cutts, _Berwick_, mr. Thomas M. Wentworth, _Lebanon_, major Samuel Nasson, _Sanford_, mr. Moses Ames, _Fryeburg_, Mr. Jeremiah Emery, _Shapleigh_, rev. Pelatiah Tingley, _Waterboro',_ mr. David Bigelow, _Worcester_, Edward Thompson, esq. _Mendon_, major John Minot, _Chelmsford_, capt. Gilbert Dench, _Hopkinton_, mr. Jonathan Keep, _Westford_, dr. Benjamin Morse, Joseph Sheple, esq. _Groton_, mr. Obadiah Sawtell, _Shirley_, mr. Daniel Fisk, _Pepperell_, capt. Daniel Adams, _Townsend_, capt. John Webber, _Bedford_, capt. Sta. Chamberlain, _Holliston_, mr. Asa Parlin, _Acton_ and _Carlisle_, capt. J. Harnden, _Wilmington_, mr. Newman Scarlet, _Tewksbury_, mr. Samuel Reed, _Littleton_, mr. Benjamin Adams, _Ashby_, major Hezekiah Bread, _Natick_, capt. Jonathan Green, _Stoneham_, mr. Phinehas Gleason, _East Sudbury_, mr. Daniel Forbes, mr. N. Jenks, _Brookfield_, capt. Jeremiah Learned, _Oxford_, mr. Caleb Curtis, Mr. Ezra M'Intier, _Charlton_, mr. David Harwood, hon. Amos Singletary, _Sutton_, col. Samuel Denny, _Leicester_, mr. James Hathua, _Spencer_, mr. Asaph Shermon, _Rutland_, mr. Abraham Smith, _Paxton_, capt. Jonathan Bullard, _Oakham_, capt. John Black, _Barre_, capt. John Woods, _Hubbardston_, capt. Benjamin Joslyn, _New Braintree_, capt. Stephen Maynard, _Westboro'_, mr. Artemas Brigham, _Northboro'_, capt. Isaac Harrington, _Shrewsbury_, capt. John Fuller, _Lunenburg_, mr. Daniel Putnam, _Fitchburg_, dr. Samuel Willard, _Uxbridge_, Josiah Whitney, esq. _Harvard_, mr. Jonathan Day, _Dudley_, capt. Thomas M. Baker, _Upton_, capt. Timothy Parker, _Sturbridge_, major Martin Kingsley, _Hardwick_, rev. Joseph Davis, _Holden_, hon. John Taylor, _Douglass_, dr. Joseph Wood, _Grafton_, Jonathan Grant, esq. capt. Samuel Peckham, _Petersham_, John Frye, esq. _Royalston_, mr. Stephen Holden, _Westminster_, capt. Joel Fletcher, _Templeton_, mr. Timothy Fuller, _Princeton_, mr. Jacob Willard, _Ashburnham_, mr. Moses Hale, _Winchendon_, capt. Josiah Wood, _Northbridge_, mr. Joseph Stone, _Ward_, mr. David Stearns, _Milford_, mr. Jonas Temple, _Boylston_, Daniel Ilsley, esq. _Falmouth_, mr. S. Longfellow, jun. _Gorham_, William Widgery, _New Gloucester_, capt. David Murry, _New Castle_, hon. Samuel Thompson, _Topsham_, mr. Jonah Crosby, _Winslow_, mr. Zacheus Beal, _Bowdoinham_, William Jones, esq. _Bristol_, capt. James Carr, _Hallowell_, mr. Joshua Bean, _Winthrop_, mr. Valentine Rathbun, _Pittsfield_, mr. Comstock Betts, _Richmond_, mr. Lemuel Collins, _Lenox_, capt. Jeremiah Pierce, _Adams_, Ephraim Fitch, esq. _Egremont_, major Thomas Lusk, _West Stockbridge_, mr. John Hurlbert, _Alford_, capt. Ezekiel Herrick, _Tyrningham_, mr. Joshua Lawton, _Loudon_, mr. Timothy Mason, _Windsor_, Ebenezer Pierce, esq. _Partridgefield_, mr. David Vaughan, _Hancock_, capt. Jesse Bradley, _Lee_, mr. Zenas Noble, _Washington_, mr. John Picket, jun. _Sandisfield._ TOTAL _Nays_ 168.

The open, manly and honourable conduct of the gentlemen who composed the minority, in the great question on Wednesday, taken in the honourable convention, was very different from the turbulent opposers of the constitution in Pennsylvania, who, not content with their declamatory and odious protest against its adoption, are now endeavouring to involve their country in all the horrours of a civil war, by exciting tumult and insurrection. On the vote of adoption being declared,

Honourable mr. WHITE rose, and said, that notwithstanding he had opposed the adoption of the constitution, upon the idea that it would endanger the liberties of his country, yet, as a majority had seen fit to adopt it, he should use his utmost exertions to induce his constituents to live in peace under, and cheerfully submit to it.

He was followed by mr. WIDGERY, who said, that he should return to his constituents, and inform them, that he had opposed the adoption of this constitution, but that he had been overruled, and that he had been carried by a majority of wise and understanding men: that he should endeavour to sow the seeds of union and peace among the people he represented--and that he hoped, and believed, that no person would wish for, or suggest the measure of a PROTEST; for, said he, we must consider that this body is as full a representation of the people, as can be conceived.---- After expressing his thanks for the civility which the inhabitants of this town have shewn to the convention, and declaring, as his opinion, that they had not in the least influenced the decision; he concluded by saying he should support, as much as in him lay, the constitution, and believed, as this state had adopted it, not only 9, but the whole 13, would come into the measure.

General WHITNEY said, that though he had been opposed to the constitution, he should support it as much as if he had voted for it.

Mr. COOLEY, (_Amherst_) said, that he endeavoured to govern himself by the principles of reason, that he was directed to vote against the adoption of the constitution, and that in so doing, he had not only complied with his direction, but had acted according to the dictates of his own conscience; but that as it has been agreed to by a majority, he should endeavour to convince his constituents of the propriety of its adoption.

Doctor TAYLOR, also said, he had uniformly opposed the constitution, that he found himself fairly beat, and expressed his determination to go home, and endeavour to infuse a spirit of harmony and love, among the people.

Other gentlemen expressed their inclination to speak, but it growing late, the convention adjourned to Thursday morning, at ten o'clock.

_Let this be told to the honour of Massachusetts; to the reputation of her citizens, as men willing to acquiesce in that republican principle, of submitting to the decision of a majority._

Yesterday, A. M. the Convention met, according to adjournment, when a vote was passed for proceeding in procession to the state-house, and there to declare the ratification of the FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, which that honourable body, on Wednesday last, by a majority of NINETEEN assented to, in behalf of the commonwealth of Massachusetts. About 12 o'clock, the procession moved from their place of session, preceded by the honourable vice-president of the Convention. His excellency the president being seated in an elegant vehicle, was drawn by THIRTEEN patriotick and publick spirited MECHANICKS, who thus expressed their love and respect for a man who ever loved and respected his country.

The procession having arrived at the state-house, entered the senate-chamber, from which his excellency the president, the vice-president, secretary, high-sheriff of the county of Suffolk, and other respectable characters, went out upon the balcony of the state-house, from whence his excellency the president addressed the multitude who had assembled below, in a short speech, preparatory to what they were about to hear declared. The high-sheriff then declared the federal constitution adopted and ratified by the Convention of the commonwealth of Massachusetts.

After which the whole assembly testified their approbation by the loudest huzzas.

An elegant repast being provided for the occasion in the senate-chamber, the Convention, and a great number of other gentlemen, partook thereof, and exhibited such marks of satisfaction, as fully evinced, that this joyful event would tend to give vigour and energy to our future continental administrations. After dinner the following toasts were drank, viz.

1. His excellency the president and convention of Massachusetts.

2. The president and members of the late continental convention.

3. The states that have adopted the federal constitution.

4. A speedy accession to the union by those states who are yet to deliberate upon the proposed constitution.

5. May the same candour, and liberality, which has so conspicuously distinguished the minority of Massachusetts, prevail thro' every state in the union.

6. May the United States of America be as distinguished for their increase in agriculture, arts and manufactures, as they are for their attachment to justice and the liberties of mankind.

7. The great and magnanimous ally of the United States of America--his most Christian majesty.

8. The United Netherlands.

9. May the States of America be the asylum of every distressed son of liberty, throughout the world.

10. May the flag of American commerce be displayed in every quarter of the globe.

11. May the landholders of America soon experience the happy effects intended by the proposed constitution.

12. May the nations of the world, who would be our rivals in trade, soon find their disappointment in the energy of our councils.

13. May peace, liberty, and safety, be the perpetual birthright of an American.

It seems that the joy which the adoption of the proposed constitution has diffused, is not only general, but sincere and grateful.--The rising sun of yesterday's morn, by its brightness and refulgent beams, seemed to break forth, from the dusky horizon, with uncommon grandeur, partaking, as it were, of the joy in which an event so propitious immersed the souls of the people. The bells of all the churches, &c. in town, began ringing at early dawn, and continued, most of them without intermission, thro' the day, and part of last evening.

The hardy sons of Neptune, seemed not to be insensible of the importance of this great event; for having procured a boat, which they fixed on a sled, they continued to draw it through the town till near the close of the day, frequently huzzaing, and loudly exulting in the anticipation of reviving and flourishing commerce. In the boat was displayed the flag of the United States, and musick, which kept continually playing.

In a cart, drawn by five horses, the British flag was displayed, and insulted by numbers placed in the cart, armed with muskets, who repeatedly discharged the contents of them through the tattered remnant, in contempt of that faithless nation, whose exertions have been unremitted since the peace, to cramp our commerce and obstruct all our nautical proceedings.

Repeated marks of joy were exhibited during the course of the day by the lovers and well wishers of our country, but we believe none will exceed the exhibition which is to take place this day, as will appear by the following

NOTICE

TO THE TRADESMEN.

THE COMMITTEE of MECHANICKS appointed at their meeting the 7th. ult. present their compliments to the several TRADESMEN, MECHANICKS, and ARTIZANS of every description in the town of Boston, and request their attendance at Faneuil Hall, this morning, at NINE o'clock, in order to form and proceed in GRAND PROCESSION therefrom, to testify their approbation of the ratification of the Federal Constitution, by the Convention of this commonwealth the 6th instant.

They recommend that the procession be formed as follows--First, a plough, drawn by a horse, with husbandmen carrying proper utensils--Then the tradesmen, &c. of the town, each with some tool, decorated; to proceed by trades; each trade with one person at its head. With the ship-builders, &c. will be a boat, drawn by horses, properly manned. They request that the procession may be as full as possible; that the several drummers, fifers, and other musicians in the town, will join the procession, with their instruments.

The rout of the procession will be mentioned at the Hall.

Boston, February 7, 1788.

LETTER OF CHIEF-JUSTICE SARGEANT OF MASSACHUSETTS.

[The following are extracts from a letter of Judge Sargeant to the Hon. Joseph Badger of Gilmanton, N. H., who was a Delegate to the Convention of that state for the adoption of the Federal Constitution.]

I make no doubt but you have carefully compared y^e old confederation with y^e new constitution and I wish you to review them again. Can there be such a thing as Government without Power? What is advice, recommendation, or requisition? It is not Government.--Congress has a right to raise an army, to make war and Peace, of entering into Treaties and alliances to borrow money and appropriate y^e same--to ascertain y^e sums necessary to be raised for y^e Service of y^e United States--to emit bills of credit--to build and equip a navy, and to make requisitions on y^e states for their quota of men, to Cloath, arm and equip them. But who will lend Congress Money when they have not Power to raise a Single Shilling to repay them? Who will take their bills of Credit when every Body knows they can never redeem them? Who will enlist into their army when Congress has no money to pay them a Bounty or their wages or find them in Provisions? Who will build and equip a navy for them without money? Who will trouble themselves about Congress' making war or Peace when they can't command a Shilling to support a war? To what Purpose is it to appropriate money when they can't get it?--What end does it answer for other nations to make treaties and alliances with Congress when any one State by its obstinacy, fraud or some Paltry private interest may defeat y^e treaty or by main force break through it?