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* made under their authority ; cases affecting 



* ambassadors, other public ministers and con- 



* suls ; cr.ses of admiralty and maritime juris- 



* diction ; controversies to which the United 



* States shall be a party ; to controversies be- 

 ' tween two or more states. '^*^ Tiie common- 

 wealtli of Pennsylvania hud concurred in the 

 measure, and requested the concurrence of the 

 other states. Such was the moderati.in and 

 "/visdora of the assembly of Vermo!it at their 

 present session that they discovered diffidence 

 ;iiid caution in approaching, or venturing mate- 

 mlly to change the original compact. After 

 sotir>e debates on the subject, one of the most 

 active of the republican members introduced 

 this resolution : " V\ hereas, that part of that 



* invaluable instrumenit proposed to be amended, 



* embraces many objects, which whether retain- 

 ' ed in their present form, or amended, will have 



* eflects in community by no means of an indif- 



* fcrent nature ; and v/licreas, the best possible 



* knowledsre ousrht to be had of existinsr evils 



* or benefits, before a single step is taken to- 



* wards altering or amending a compact, which 

 *■ will not only have important effects in the af- 



* fairs of our own state, but also in those of our 



* several sister states : Therefore, Mesolved^ 



* The governor and council concurring therein, 



* that the further consideration of the said reso- 



* lutions be referred to the next session of the 



* legislature.'* The house, without any debate 

 or opposition, adopted the resolution. | 



With regard to the particular afliairs of the 

 state, the assembly Avere now in earnest to obtain 



* Page 25. + p. 78, 79. 



