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I- '4 . it. . . i en of thcigretcH: influfr.ee cf different fen titnentsi, Thii conference jauiuil explanations, and . Succours to the Bataviari pm.aH quarters. in if detached 'from who ders turn ; a.Ti were ei.campe d at Liege i t a - "hid fur its ; end to reconcile' all i army are poaring French have been5 ditb.e 15COO men bivt alio r- to inarch tkicher. Bernadotre, the , minifteT et. jwr has'been difnii He d 1 1 e i s fu c c e c d e d by Do'sCranee. AMSTERDAM 'September t. c.,t.mm- ...'I rJr!ifijr; that could" jn'ak'e'.tbe! ixJheVeoU-fhej SiboTdcr ,bjufh, .-':.. .J.. !.l ....r.r.An,nf he uv before lift fome other; lie Saw tlx Engr as lUis victim for a. erday. Froni, the firft'time that the had iaf'foVsftin bn cur! ':' mores a ' i i 1 Ji v. ;e i n rpa V i leal a r t he' on fo rtun atc,vTi of V';ttr:rutUi.'' -The'lilOth iuft. i u, and all inhaVitants .oj this c day of modrnini? and abhorrence ; Tcrmtt) ififjraee to thefOrange parity, 10 ,.- .! " . 1 . -' - & -: . . 4.: .a - ; cimant'e'nrf-auon. 1 j t Early jri the morning of tfce ioth.j wa diir villa?, which was then in 'polfeflioi? of country, i - - rt ana I mult 1 the.. French, taken bv xhi i rrtaKen tira co ilrfe RofT5an;s;:andrthen the iiv rl -Frnrh '- arid 'fin finer-ltl to of ibis fiUaf-e J thev devoted theiRfelves plundc, murder, exacting ot .rnoney, ana poffened ; . bur no rapacity even af- Irr a tfrfat number of ' tbt unfortunate ' bit.ants had given up their ail to ihefe oarba- riane Lftof rkv.lii' tT ihrnkf 11 nnCIl all the btlts and. lockea the vajJabJcs f he ' people ; thin & could fatUte .their i I of the houles, , ar Lrr--. . Uniilir t nrv FnvLr ridings.1 bt-inS't on its (ecoc tead r.t in the pepatejoi tm Siate , -o n ? rid ay t li e oj) i b ul ti tb follow-, . ing Debate tuck lace : , 'j j "ij : Ths till having bsm r fad. and put oH iH I Air. Blount wilhed that! the ;Gtnicjnan who introduced th J billy or would roinf out f:s . utility; imperfections of Our pr(nt Judjcjial JS Henj, and withedlthrrn remeducl as much ias any gentleman on thai floor ; but r.f: I ciuru; : hts evwu judgment as tp rhe proper remely for them. He had his doubts w hctjier thi bill would furnifitnaV remedy1.- Ke.Wiflicd, . ii'oevcj-, -for information, being .fiendiy toj -the hjl, if it ecu Id "be fhewn to be'pectuaM; t.W' Johnstok faitJi I be I want . qi: fom.e Cciri to which reorrcould be 'hi d io tri.e lall egrte, mull Jiavrb"eef:' obvhius . toevpry man Older, the bill being upon its pilag.. Mr. AyK"Y fa id, that! xvniKt tlie! biU reading by paragraph, he forbore' io any amendment to it, though it u w pan, ne tnougu it capauie of aiBend as ha feUy nowevcr, tnciiaatior, to agftintt the bill altog-thtr, U iii net tempted to sraenu ic Ue i-ofe with dinidrnce to fptak to meritsfjthe billr Ke Was reaidy to knowlsllge that tliere are grcaVj dfficif in ouij- pifrnt Jtidicia L SyllemJ 7whiti fi;ould e denr6us of remedying; (f it cc u done in an objeaionabie iranner ; by- looking jinto.this bul, led, jmjiead of its rem i'n ths countrr, j who- "had attended; to the firu'nrthn nf our : Judicial Svilem. -liftftead cfc r f , - j ,!.. luits ttinevfioally dr :ermincd in ti e Courts? fcni'e Crur lujts jting. finally in wliTcb they, arc-ccrwuienced r.hich fiibuld reyife tlie. prccecthnns ct ether Coaf t s..' liot , c,i.!y th'atjirnr Judg-s may--oeccnie the -more circundpeii Ji. thej perior .jancciof their. duty ; bat that tberer ihould be en opportunity atrorded cf fevifiiig.ard iref pnftuering cles which may l.ivc been Wrcr.pfuUV decided. ;-- M.l. . - ! Ia cales vtherc men are placed n indrp pendent iituations,' in . )iich: tiiey re fp on fib le to any fuperior power times happens that they beCcme are not it 'in roe I arbitrary . This plundered them of tbeir'contents ; axid 'while the poor inhabitants on their knees wnn j folded hind, prayed, lof their ives,; lt,i, i.thefe Ilufliaa tronflers were poll: (led of fo Jmpch malignity, -or obeyed the orders-of tlife En.gjHfli,. that, not even ) pregnant matrens, boary; fathers, lifping infants, or beauteous miiJens were fpired.t pThe aatrbns in the face o their biifbVnd arid fatheis were viola, led in j th'-mod bruTal; and favage manner ! and VhovfcU vicVim? of j their luft " and ' rapa-. city 1 1nd after j bat,; tbofe who escaped the briyorjit were fhot, or iuj a Ciockirg man ner cut to pieces, ;and their man&ed corpfes . lf in the mott horifjd ardlrigktJul fpectacie, ' ot which a vail nuny were'.feut to . .lil&niaar - ; ; . I-; - t ' ' : ; la wagous, ; - , , ' : I' Ft.v Kvhom the enemy V le,ft for dead, ; 4iftervvards were a'il?, to crawl from the heaps' . : ot the fiau":jtered oruh noeavoured to .pre- ierrc the rrnaining:Jnarks ot life, by a rc tre:.i 1 heir dead nodies! were lound in tne and txTannicai in- tneir proc.ee c -. . - li-.- hill' it Tended into a law. vrill o hdrate a a " . . t . , - , - 1 i, I power j and even the bs.Q of mn, abiyfe tiieir ,w ie n hpuf-i and' cellars, as Aveli or our vill: as iivfverai other fcatterind habitations where "the Kusiians had connjitlfed fuc'h. cruelties, as ? ae niore th chartjfierift'ics Jof .wilcj '."be ft V thin 'of man ! CrusTtics - and wantonnefs A from 'wi.icb nature reiroils with horror, "and at which hu.ma.ouyv. t'remles ! " Thi is the ' deliverance yhicbijhc northern nations, have "brought to us !' This is. the reftorarion of , - religion ''nd good oVder, ( which the j Stad tholde'i and tlritiflWeneral iiae offered to' r pieced in a litustion in. -vtr. che ck upon their "conducr, oft en doltnt and neo'cciful of their when they know .there is a Cour - cflablifhed tilere is i;o become i cUity ; .but , ;if conduct, they j eir proceedings to correct tneir errors on will be. more ruardcd in tfc than they ai e it pre. fer.t. V . - j The reafon which had prevented blm from ;attcmptina a remedy to this evil at an ear- Iier period was;tins y wlien the bar, faid Mr. T. we Judgcfi,' wtio vvefe obliged he feared' . if . - .1-:'. in;ead of us remed virg rhe prefeR fecit', h wouid incrcafe tl.em. : : f I c M il we'll- kriown, faicr Mr .A.Vtj. greai pin of our Judicial -bufiricfj, ys , i n C o u n ty C o u r t s , a n,d h e f o und ro r c- in tliis aill for any errors which n;jru ;i . . : r i i '.'! . l v","',rT J""e ?""'.."'.Iif . where a sj; at pre fent, appeals Tare made io thofe Courts to the bu pernor Uourtt. ri bill contemplates that one fjudgt Dull j ii nil' wv. - f f;. m si ;v li c. Uli n 111 J ' r ' .-t . ' 1 nati oe niaos ircm his .aeciiion. sY.t $ not think that there was compl-eie h?J r f". r '11 ...t-.: ' h . t . -i 'i iuc;i a rejuaiions i , v With refpect to the expence c( ho'.cic thefe Courts. N oi c o ni p e n fa i i o n w as TOT oned fo the JudgH jVbut they cimld rxpecled to. the bufinefs for nothing. fr pote tne tour judges were to nave ; ice A U iC cLit vvui i hi jiyuiu 4 5si This additional expente he Ihckjjd'not cb- to, if the ;br!i held ont a canlplate tem for the the evjU GctnplBintd' -ofrlbut this" r not iarpppari to be the cafe.;tfffe kiiew rr.v inconvenier.cies would YefoU Arjhtn cerrr this act I practiied it three ;ad I to attend every Coiiit.. ko, have termed thcni'intoa Court of "Appeal,; would, therefore, have?.5 obtaioed no rcrnedy faV.lh.'e ; evil, - Tnce the p Court wculJ .confift of t!ie fame men' wjbfe." error or faults were-to be; corrected ; and ) when I conJidercd the extreme relucl'ance ptrhfPS geotlemen was deter fepiratc clta- found it in my' this fed into ehect, partrcularlyi ;t'o citiz tar removed from-the feat ofc uovtnr where the Courts arc orcpofed to be he'd inftead of bt ing beneficial to foch perfoti. woulci opfratt as their- total -Turn, Tsk- all; the 'le things into confideration, he fit be, inclined to ote snainft the 1 I c5 asi. be had already prcmifed, fufpicion of his own judgment laudable r c I a ft a o c e . w h i c hj- fo m e have tc every kind of expeiice 1 red from oifer-to form any bliflimf nt. . TIiefirriiim j 'povi er to briiJg forward a remedy ' for grievance, was at the la ft fefTioni We to" It : Mr tleman have b remec bill; he had with iliccl J - i f - ' -j - 1 all up expected that his bill fU. ren perfect in all its parts, ann til ied every inconvenience expbr'fiicl dndtr pur Judicial Sy ftcn, h$ ex peel e' e:-c us J t. Who is .there but mull tremble at the fate of ihof people whom! the- fortune . of war ma throw in the poweriof thofe tyrah'ts A French- hulif j who conducted to sir. fome of the- niifcrable women and children whofehufb ;nds and parents; fhared in the fate of the d y. re fufed to accapt a r1 purfc of money which was offered to him, as a recompenfe for' his kindnefs ; but being jmprtuned at laft fubmitted. Whit a ccn- tr ift.hctweec this . foldier and our wanton redeemer's!- . ! i V ! i I' The brave' French and Dutch, to whom he fortune of war was IelY favorable, and who liave fallen into the hands of rhe enemy, although their number! is fmall are treated rnot: crur(lly fome everi after they had laid down thejr arms, were wantonly and coward ly butchered ; what a difference between fuch treatment, to what ihey .experienced from u. ;!iti)ir.i5-iiiiti!itr;utii3Hfiti to jme, Ibyighfj; not T H UjR S D A Y, .4.1 .Q. ECEAIEER 26, X.799J Cjrtrt (if. Errors fed :cpp(a!sj ...ar , then four Judges, ind it appeared that if the .State were divided into - four fid 1i:.gs,4ijifteadi - of two; the duty, of tie ..'jju'd gek would be- fo ma:h lelTened, ; tlnt the ;Le-gifi-ture migbrdemapd cf ;them;he sdeii)) on'al du'tv' of hpiding this new Court,: w lib" cu; any increaie 01 iafary. j , TJhis expedient fvlr- I J; ! -faid, be the heft for curing; the evil complained of ; but it m as the be ft a ad moft pracllcable jthat h 3 sj o e c u r e d t o in e V j H h a d , I h e i e f r e J f u b . -mi tied it to theccrifideration of jthe houfe ; cy difapprryV it, the bill; "VvcuTclJ of Cf'uffe, he rrj-tfrd. Ue Ihculdbe fatpfied naviog done-his dury f in blinking it t('Trrd . If any gentlemyn can lurniJh a ; ttcr rcir'edy , he' would J cheerfuliy Igive V,Z(:cm u as j. be had no particular preju dice in favour cf tlie fyfiem he had propoffd. If any objections fliould he made to particu lar parts of the bill,- he would endeavour to aniwer inem j but r 5 he fo'und himfelf ame- what indifpofed from a cold gentlemen, naiour .'cf the to its general merits. Mr. niou nt t on fe Tea ihe own opinion with jefpea to the merhs of this bill and his afking for the j information Avhich had been given, was! more lor tne fa tisfaction of other getitleraeq iban htmfelf. Incapable as he acknowledged himfclfto be 10 rmedy the evils of ourl prefent' JJicral Syftem, hef thought he difcovered a defedt in the b& clauTe of this bill, which . he jnov-n to araend br a proyifb to this effect It .(That llieJudfi refptel.yely fhoud ride cunht to have done. V 00k to .mankind lor berfeaion ; t of the Almighty are only cotWicii d ml yger dated, w! .difta: d beij I ht-toped iother bill,, would :fpeak diftrufted his Jfir ei!i to eaab im a Court of Errors and, !. diHt ids vhre thev K,- 1 n L ot L ? peal,, and to ividc the Supenor Ccn ne.er 1 than h nt to-works He wi fiied tli e Gentleman from Fefke, ': fl-arl of ohielini'- to the bHl in tcto. I propofed.l.i3 amendment "I he on ral ooieeiron wnicn niq oecn, ai that the court s wouJd be held j a r - a frnm fnm nf rnr ritiyVrie. lit wot: poinbljei tlVSr, J iaidj to eftabjim a:pirt this kind in actuation vyhere this ; cbjefli wiiaht not be made This isrnn Icconver ence, laid he, which, the inhabitants cdugtry will be willrng to fuomit to; to have fecured to the m, the 'due rf the laws bv which thev hold their lil" andi prcpretv. ' Under ourj prefent fftt .faid Mr. I. what is law at one place, r- arlanother. The opinions of Judge vary andthe decifton of one Judge ) ditreg3r by another. But. when a Cburr, fuch ;s now Jpropofed lhall be eflabiifhed, vhi fliall govern all ihe Vary ingj d cifioijs tvb may be siven in various parts of- tlie Sta- foiive . fecurity will be had for t h e d 11 e zcf nift ration of juftjee j Muchji sdded Mr might be faid oh this iubje&l; bet difficulty 1 find in fpeakingV to be faid by others. Mr! Irwin obferved, it cpuld not 7 1 lhal! roij 1 leave of m in crdl tit citjl he K With any degree of ccrtaintV what wculd the --'eiffVa of thim btll. ss it wrs! an entuM new meafure. The ereat end of law 'S rhtain Vufttri fftr inrv irlilflif.. and. i?iieffC ! the admioiftration of jftice;:cughr to le nu as convenient to the citizens, at large as fn fible. Bur, ioftead of tlsjl the prefent propofes to remove it as far from t heir, as ' j State wilf admit of ; and.takes away thetfl e : TV 1 T ; ! : 'r. . tl fi t ....t n rr o ntl net now airoraec, wimoui iudiuvui 1 t fee that this ;jbdr,' than a Jury. . When a trial has osen nau i i 1 ? A
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