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r THE NORTH CAROL! A MINERVA AND FAYE T T EVIL Lt ADVER T I SER, Vol. IL ... ,$ A TURD AY, ARdn 3, 1798. Numb., 102. 4 V - i V-' . ' , .. mcnt that when I left it, 1 left with the regret of much the greater part of jhe officers, and all the fol- di'ers. 1 mention the Lievt. Colonel, becaufe Colonel Wariiet is not living. . My certificate of having fettled my accounts, jwhich js at home, would prove my having done my duty Well. ., ... this houfe, for a., .violent attack, and grofs; indecency, committed upon the perfon of Roger. Grjfvyold, an other member in the prefence of the "houfe while fitting,' be for this diforderly behaviour exptllcd there from." ' , . XT 1 '-i - p . . p 1 ' ms uypiu:caeafliLipoRt auouows C O G U E S S. HOUSE OF jlhPRESfflt4 fiyE$, . Thurfday February 8. MR. Bayard, from the committee appointed to prepare and teport on an uniform fy item of bankruptcy, reported a Bill which was committed for Monday next. . 1 he Chairman read over the refolutibnidj my Jiavuig taken my naufkpt, aricf -.been reported by the committee of nnvilePes. for the marched to the lines evtrv dav. durihtr the fidoe of Adoption of the houfe which was the follo wing words V Burgoyne. I mould not have mentioned this ccum iveiolved, T hat Matthew done 1q when PaVmafter. I could aifo prove, .that when an. officer offered me an imuit, icnaiiiicd mm Dctorc tne.omceii or tna. gimeut. ' " ' Mr.. Champlin afked. whether the gent Vman laid he had challifed an officer, or would;cha ft jfe bini?H Mr JLvou anfwered that I had chaftifed him. J couui prove that 1 too the conuiiillipn in L'Oio ncl WauierY regiment, when I was driven from my plantation by BuVgxry ii-iri vafion ; tLa t J rt figried m appointmtnt, arid left the regiment for the'eafe of m family, for preferment, lor honour, for ftipenor office arid to ferve the people of the ftate of Vermont. ; 1 euuld prove, had I opporturf it y , that, I was im me diately appointed deputy fixretaty of the ttatc, pay mailer of the ttoops of Vermont, affitlanf. treafur er, . affiflant to the conjmiffioner of loans, and capt. of. the militia, bclidfs being called on to al as private fecretary to the Governor, ,. " , . . .. ," ,1 could alfj prove ihat within two yea-g from the tiihe of that resignation, 1 was appointed ftefctary to ' the-ffovr-iMirHd-ouncUametberof.tl.eJi,jilla-.! tijtc, clerk of the houfe of Afiemb'.y, one of" a com mittee far. the collection akd . tevifwa of the laws and to a number of other oiEces under the. authoitty of that ftate, befides a conficierjiblc number of oflki'6 in the municipal eftablifhmcut of the town in wicli I lived", ai well as"my promn'ion to the cori)fnari4;jof, a regiment, and all this bao'e 1 fnrmed a conneftion with one of the molt rtfpedciblc families in the Hate 1 could prove alfo:, that l jive bcefls rnCmber of the legiflature of Vermont, except two years, ever fince thatT have been appointed to many other important fuclT Mf. CHrman, I feci mvftlf extraurdirtarilv circum- flancedjjand. accidentally drawn into a very t'erious li tuation txrely by my ignorance of the .oufc bf Rer prcfentaives being likely to take fogmahcc of ap iffdir t hat Ifiipeiwrd whin i t Ke imBrriToT . the hufc Vere at tTi.eir imufement and recreation ; yhen every pne was dotng that which was right in his. own eyes. How much was I fupportcd in this opinion bythe con J,uft of the .Speaker, evejv gentleman may fee. b his tedimony. He fat in a chair within the bar facing me as I ftood without it. He fook'e to me of mv coun try and the conduft of fome people there, concerning, the (tamp act. ft, appears, I turned the convetfation tovyards Connefticut ; it appears I had four or rive oth'crgentlemeV-.W..Uan4raillery to bcar,aiid this in heading of the Sptaker. Doe? this look like the houfe ing fitting ? , , How could I jmagioe this houfe was fittiiig.vyhcn the Speaker f uttered me to be interrupted when, fpeaking' to Him by the retparks of four ot five gentlemen. , How could I imagine the houfenvas fntipg,; when the Speaker wasjoking me about an embafly to Kamp- fchatka among the fur tribes ? How could I imagine the houfe was luting, when I heard and knew the Speaker heard Mr. Gnf'vold in-. fuli,me, without checking him ? ... """T''"""" . How could I imagine this . houfe to be fitting when the .Speaker fuffcrcd Mr. Gtife moJt provoking mlolence time- 'wltOuie- rtialt'lVmvAlrins. MToJ"ii?ii"-. Had the houfe bten fitting! I 'mould not have heen "eilled,-B by Mr. JDana, with ref)tc1t' to fi)nicthiiig tAr Williams had laid, confequently 1 fliotild not have Ctitered into any convet fation about Count rffcHt. -the Sj'eakei would not have ffjoken to me bf Vermont, pd 1 fhould Hot agsin have turned the fubj-.cl to Con retticut; and Mr. Giifvvold would have pofip;.nfd his prtineditated infult.;- nrinw'ii-f - fpy,' "lhif "BaTBeen proved thathe had ndtjee of my feelings and my, cTetermiriaiioaon this futjeit. . -11 it proper to fay. the houfe was fitting'while half the mejnbers were (landing round the table, while two thuds or the other half wete walking round the. bar, th? bpeakcr engaged in a jocular coin er fatinn, and the few who rerrlained in their feats, either jn private con- tto n-or-wTtt :t ngt ettersT Vermont to obtain it ; for my owrrpartl cannot fo onlidcf-it. 1 mud think that the Houfe of Repre fentatives ought never to have taken up the matter, of the difference between Mr.Grifwold aod, myfelf, cir cumftanced as it was ; and that if the Houfe thought other wife, the due fuhmiffion to their authority which I have always (tood ready to pay, aud the forrow which T1vSvTeexpTdred,and anrrcomTriaaliy expTe1ung7f6r my mifapprehention, might ferve as fome mitigation of an offence againft the dighi-tjr.'0f thtit Houfe. vyhith I never could lveeen"utltylf. . , . After Mr. Lyon fat down, Mr. Champlin rofe and fpoke in favour.of. adopiog the refolutiun ; .M;. R. illiam6 howtvtr, gavc lii reafoti why. he fhould vote . againtl" the refolution J. and Mr. Harper followed with arguments for its adoption. '.. , .oi j ' Friddlt F:brw$$ ' ;, ' . .. IfT' K arper lafd be was under ntceffitVof perform ing a very difagteeable duty, itnvas a duty, however, which he found. hitriielf bound to perform, finec noo ther member had thought proper to unricitakt it. Ic aaliudrrotercalmcrs acc6ot and judge. oTtfie' county where J live. .: ,; Bv thefe thingsrafld my ftandiPg in this houfe, I could prove that 1. have always been fefpefted in the. country I reprt fent,' and where 1 have lived thele twenty-four years. . , , .. t . . ; , , . , ; Tht free .".cieftots bf my diflrifi have gven me a preference to a gentleman of very great lefpeclahili -.tyonc-whoft.fved earrwtnnDTiteha'blrfidelp" ty in, this houfe, arid is i dw chief )u ice of the (late of Vermont, yet evidence has .been adduced in order to (hew that I am a perfon of difrepute,. As to my being in the habit of receiving .Infult with jmpunity, for which it feems M r . C h ipm nu'&JL cftim nv wiis introduced, were I allowed toaH teftimo- ny from Vermont,, couia very eamv prove lo much on tJVJur or uld not be the cafe, it had not only been heard br ny ofPthe memtwrs, but by many ilrangf k ; ,iwi about to appear irt, hiuil be recollefled, hefaid by many member, of that houle, that the niember from Vtrmortt,; .whole yciy extraordinary condutl has btcn for; fome time.thc fub jeft of dilcuifion, . ytllerday, at the couclufion o, his defence, made ufe of an tx bullion. lo outrageous, fo grofs and indecent, that , no gentleman yet had been. able to repeat it ; .and if this e-xpitfiioii couJd have Wen buried in filence, he, for one, (hould .'. have been ii its be ng fo buried ; but uiifortunattly. this c m i . a r i f- ne was autnorned to, lay, n v as . . . V- . i a oneot toe public gfcettrs oi tins cuyTWi-it-vo.iik1 -n'otitierefoi e, be kt pt f rr m 1 he public view, it va4 rtucelTary to fake fuch, nctice cf it ?p it dt fttved. Be fore lie mide it, the fubjecl of a ufolution,.he. (hould move Af, that, the chairman, of. the. corrmittee the whole, who heard if, be requefttd to ftate. pietifely, iii writitig, the exptellion, and the time, place & mannef in whichit was uttered." He did not wiflito put ih. gentlemai to ..the. painfulJalk of repeating it ; he wiiliedonfy that heftiould date it, in writing. ... If . Mr. Olhf laid it would nojJyLicLhit power toftaic rthc pieUfe. Vspretlion., as he did nut htar the firft ivrrt of the femcticeT" It wa true lie" heard ihc &ffer.five term. . . . . , . . , . Mr. Harpehoped he would (laic the offehfivc ternv and the time and manner of ufing it....fc'; ; 1 he queftibnfot .requefting the - chairman to pjjii the oltenhve exprt-luon.-t-o--writing-:-waaamtru-7;-J- to r. Mr. ( Dent aqcordiiigly prefetitcd the t ffe'i. five word to chair rW""vv the commit tee of tle whole, to whom was rtfrrffd P t .1 .l.'.P n I I I or lome, gentlemen mat reipectaouity , wnicn, m mdng; other things, T could prove. that the gertt wee.ttl-rWMOftil9Wej.jjayouri:of... the jreiytution.t..v..Thc r SSaaaJtJfeOjs,' by the courfe this b'u- untiji Ltias lAKen in me committee, that 1 am to TreTr m Miated for iholding an -f i ndtiiea te con vet fat ion' wit ki n "thehearnigof ry one k ow8 there are two 'different opinious enter tained inthis country with refpe&s to the manage ' lenf 'dF-tlie-govierH'.iienti and'evei y ''.oic..'wb kuotis ;. e'fe'nftygf hit"I iWlref-frec in" fplfflkftig jny 'opinion"; on thefe fubets. There are many, and I believe, fome in this Houfe, who know fomcthing of the rpagh, illiberal ma n n e r, in whjcfi. I have been treated in, the- - New-England newfpapeii on account of my politicar Mr. Otis differed iiv opinion from the gentleman opinion and i Delfeve there are many perfons in this from b. Carolina. It the gentleman, thought it houfe, wtuv are, well acquainted with the kind of pp- ; would be of fervice to him to-inform the committee litenefs which the gentlerrien from Conriefticut make that he had challifed an officer in the face of his regi- ufe of towards their opponents ; and fome are acquaint-i ment, or beaten a Judge of the Supreme Court, he the report of the committee of pnvilee The quef tion, foi; this; reference Was carried by the caltiyg vota of the Speaker, there being votes for it, and a gainlt it. . , The hcufe then again rcfolved itlelf into a eommit- tee of the whole, on. the Vport of the committee of TtuVhtrasrpeThap IJcnrYnhe. chair wTen,aTong de epened py Mr. bnepard, in He was followed l-v Mr. ' , 1 bate eniued, . uich was favout of the resolution. marr-fttrtrr" Vermont r-whe-was -twlled- to pive mony agafnft me, has, with the politenefs peculiar to ! latter gentleman moved, to add to the fefolution, as a. certain country which ! will not now name; infultcd i an amendment, " and fo mrandiecdved d.ugftaflfleminrbro' me lor it. Mr. H aTpef tilled (of defTTTrTeen tleman from Vermont hadra!rcady fpoken improperly of witrieftes, ar.d "he now fpoke in a verv rcprehenfiblewav of Mi. n.H.ehLoped he . would beadmoniflied. was right in ftating the circumftance. Mr, . Jtia per laid, if he wijhed to iee the, gentleman ed with the fhare of ppJiter.efs which thofe gentlemtn defeive from me. ; : " . If the houfe are at a lofs on this fjbeft,; they will, ;. difgrace binifelf and the houfe, lie mould not objeft hopej recur to the language made ufe of by Mr. Coit to thirmode of proceeding f but he did not. and Mr. Daua, in thciV,teftirnbny 5 and die houfe, I Mr. Lyon. It would be folly in me to ftate any belitverwillrecoUetVa fpcechfiOTn a gentleman whdthing fohis' comrrirtfeertharrcannot prove.- Nor fits behind mcnwhuih--hetold the Committee-twice-f fhould rKave"rri"cnUoned that-circumftance, had I not tee'of the'woTe? This arrienditicnt - wgs agicd to, af ter fome debate, 48 to 43. The amendment being incorporated witli trie refo lution, Mr. Gallatin fpoke agaihft. agreeing to it- as amended. '..7. ;:,'-i'-7" ." There feemed to be a great defite, very loudly ex p retted thaf the queftiog moul4 be taken before the committee rofe 5 but Mi". Sewall and Mr. Rtitledge both appeared to have a defire to fptak on the fubject, and it being near' four o'clock, the committee'rofe arid had leave to fit again- r three times, that I was no gentleman. Again, 1 lay, Mr. Chairman,- I am very extraordi narily; fituated Evidence has" been introduced into this houfe, to induce members to believe that I left Co elonel Warner's regiment- witri difhonor that I arq a. perfon of difrepute ; that 1 have been in the habit, of "receiving infult with. impunity.; Here ! am 350 milts ' from hoaie, and from the evidence who are able" to fhew the contrary. " Had 1 a'rea'fonable opportunity, J could prpve, by thr LicutenantColonel. who is ndw General Salfbrd, and feveral other officers of that regi- been chareed with receiving J injurits with impunity ; nor did I come here to do fo, I 'would fooner leave the-world. Mr. Irthen jiroceeded.' --. Were T to be allbwed time to bring forward tedi mony from Vei mont I could prove. that my charac--ter, as a man of fpirit, lianas 011 fuch grout d in in y country, that I had no need to defend it, by enter ing into a iquabble with inch a cbtif juftice in couit time... If the proof of thefe things be confideicd of im portance, I hope I Ihallbe allowed time to fend to full before the committee 'rofe, the Chairman irT- formed them that he. had received a letter from Mr. Chipman of the Senateiiicm4& falIcnffolhTrrLyonf - in his defence-of ye fterday4 -The-letter vvaYrequeited to bcread, & was as follows : ' s,v! . . 1 .T" I feel it my duty; in this public manner, to vindicate rrryfelf againft an unwarranted attack -on my character, . by Mr. Lyon, ye(lerdayiri the Hwife ef RepeifcntaT--tives -I learn that he there afTcrtcd, that he had thaf..'-; tifed me publicly for an affront which I had given him; The exprejjton alluded to ve did not difl'mSly Lear, at it tvas uttered in a lower tone e" -noise than the rejl of hit' vfpeech. We believe it ivas Juititthing , like tbit.i , " did noisome bert to hav$ my 'ktsked ty $very ledy. I ..,4, i
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