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.