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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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The New-York Federal Legislature's response to the Governor's speech asserts that state legislatures cannot interfere in U.S. foreign relations, pledges cooperation with the general government for national protection, and refrains from criticizing the federal administration over an unatoned injury from an attack on a public armed ship.
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"The powers constitutionally vested in the legislatures of the particular states, do not authorize any interference on their part with the Foreign Relations of the United States. However, the general government, to whose consideration this and many other topics embraced in your excellency's speech, properly belong, shall require the co-operation of this house in any measure necessary to maintain the dignity and provide for the protection of the nation, the well known patriotism of this state is a sufficient pledge that such co-operation will be promptly and cheerfully afforded."
… It does not comport with our sense of propriety to assume the office of censors, on the conduct of the general administration, and therefore we forbear to enter into a discussion of the UNATONED injury we have received by the insulting ATTACK on one of our public armed ships
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Extracts from the answer of the New-York FEDERAL Legislature to the Governor's Speech, stating that state legislatures cannot interfere in foreign relations, pledging cooperation with the general government, and refraining from discussing an unatoned injury from an attack on a public armed ship.