HISTORY OF VERMONT. 2S5 



* can be done, a token of friendship, and affection, 



* from their bretiircn of ^'ermont, in such arti- 



* clesas he shall deem best, not exceeding in val- 



* ue the sum of one hur.drcd dollars ; and that 



* he cause their maintenance while here, to be 



* regularly paid for."'* 



The Indian chiefs having found good quar- 

 ters and good cheer, attached much attention, 

 curio.'-jity, and company, and receiving their hun- 

 dred dollars, retired in good humor to their 

 tribes ; well pleased with their own policy, and 

 with that of the assembly of Vermont, hoping 

 that the game would prove still better another 

 season. 



At this session of the legislature a proposal 

 came forward from the state of Massachusetts, 

 purporting an amendment in the federal consti- 

 tution, That no person should be eligible as 

 president or vice presi:lent of the United States, 

 nor should any person he a senator or represen- 

 tative in the Congress of the United States, ex- 

 cept a natural born citizen, or unless he should 

 have been a resident in the United States, at the 

 declaration of independence, and should have 

 continued either to reside within the same, or tQ 

 be employed in its service, from that period ta 

 the time of his election. Nothing could have 

 been more agreeable to the sentiments of the 

 assembly, than the proposed amendment. It 

 was adopted by the votes of 152 members, five 

 only appearing in opposition.* 



In reviewing the proceedings of this assem- 

 bly, it is impossible not to observe, and It is 



• Journal for 1798. p. 166. 



♦ Journal-for 1798. p. 10.;, 



