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PUBLISHED (wtekly) BY WILLIAM BOYLAN.
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Vol. i0rj
RALEIGH, (A. C)! 'MONDAY, MARCH j0, '186S.
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CONGRESS.
HOUSE OI REl'REStTATlveS.
Friday," Fel. 21,
Drhateon the till from the Senate, providing
. for - the p njmvnf of the witnesses on the
trial of Samvel Qiase.
In comraittte ot ihe who!c-Mr. G&fC&iu
the cair. "
J. Smith fa:d. at the clofe of the W
frfii fli,-':hiil"yr'i-ltn for the payment of
the itT- oji the pirt of the-United States
In 1 pone fro.n tbo Ho'lle ta the Senate, and
been difarcei lo br thm. The Seoatc on
their p-uu hiTp.;fld n bijl providing f f the
p.imifu of all the .t'l ffej, -. which the- Hciife
hid dreed.' VconlW-ce Had taken place'
na.tbeviliagrreingves of thi llonfes, and
th: bi I hid l-eei i'ulK ho' waB f concur
rcrcc The c onf-qVnce was, the witnefT:s
fti'l nmin inevnpr Atct ; fame or whom
have fuTunrd heavy expert fes. Pr titioiis rt
ctied thi feiUin fro-tt ferrral wiintfiea on tlu
pt't of th: profecurhn, had been referred to
t!tf cffl Mi' te of Claims,- who ha reported a
b;d which wa the fame ii fihftRee with that
adopted by he Huuf; the laft feffion ; the com
tnl'tee n -i c iii !eting themftfves at liberty-to
de-prut r'-Qi the principle thcu eftabiilhtd by
lh: Mo'ofe
U fa th.e Hjut'e to decide how long
llH inptcfiuh!c C'tifelr fir unprofifabie it
fureiy was to he citntfTr?) Ih 'U;d be kept Bp.--Mr.
Srrt.h faid h; was rot difpofed to g bto
a corifi-erati in f the q'ledion, whetricr.the ex-p.-Ticc
cf an impsach-ncfU tVu!d inall cafea b
i,:c rci 1 the jrverfreiiJ. He w-mld bare.
I j ohr.fv: i batth Senath,j(d be't ttnanioaous ;
a n d f t h t H o u fe ill ' u J 1 i.Lhore to the proand
they h 2 J taken, ou conpefiton would be al '
lowe.: t e wttaiir 8- He fubnitted it, whether
. un 'e'f ti-ele circi.nftances, it were proper to
ktp op iii'.h a coi li cl. It hiJf happened
that min? of , the .witne'fil'j, fuoiiisoned by the
tccuf. J, bfci i'-f-'l by tl.e nian.igers, and
tli? piocen -of Utm.aoin'g th-n hud bt-;n dni
It- o: both 'idea. , la the bill there wi an otnif-
ttrrTTTptaaef-TTiTTitp? orjrrncuTrea by
.ma;ia;T(.ra. It no other ttleman propofed -tn
antitdTt-ot, hr Ihi.uld 'hi k it hi4dvty toeffr
one, prviJ;r)q f jr ihrf? tspenfes. . lie, hoped
th", comfnittet would iiee ffl thf bill. Some
tKt-r?n mlht .It,, by (ri ttr"y to it lhy
feviiictrln opiiiifl oi the gvt'it xr iptiyccoce rf
'th-c ; Bccii'sd-' . B'U foch a vote cof not be
irwtd iu thi light. The H .ufchad ts:rcifed
their con9ituicnl tight by voting an impeach
pient, jfiile the Scoate had excrofed the
ftie tj:ht in acq-titting the actifed. The fame
Vdr who hrd iq lit cd, bd fent down this
bill, 5? tWL-jV ihcu opi iort that the prapoff?
cowptpfation to rfnrirn""s was tinht.' Indeed
hi- cwiitercd the h-i'i trim ihi S nate as a tax
a ioii of cottb by the coutt who Cat on this occa
ion. Ar. Macon, with the vliw to .try the
xjueiHott, wheilir the HQufe won'd agree to
1 f i y h i Ltu Sfi. ) v itifli ed to infert f t f r t h
vi. ir 1 wtx'Jpj-tht wod ' 'o behalf of the
U.itttdh . e." "He faid the hid cry of thti bu
ft ffi 'iiu by tire gentle man from Conredticu:
w.is cir-tft,. Th:: acctiCrd had been a quitter1
by1 ct,'ifuHf"iln59j -'ity, conft ling of a mi"
1 Q! ity oi thj JSenate. - 1 1 not, he beli?v?d.
the p'lice v any criminal court, of any .Hate
- in the upio'n, for wrtnff-i fivnmoned by the
cUfsfiilatiti to be paid by the Hate. The ftates
in -nary inlfaiiccs.pay their own wirneffe.
w-hrre ihi pti accufrd ie not convicted, bu'
ynh ftn-eit to th: c : fl'd between the' to
Ilo'itVn,' hi wai.v.-'Aviocid the decifion of thi
Houfo wj correct ; and that it accorded wi:li
tbe gen'rial.ofHjje th'onh iut tbe'UoiteJ'State.
If there wd$ in exo pi .n, he aid not reccjlecl
xir. It was true that one or other Hoiife mull
gfvc way, or 'the bill would be loft. He-would
(ftefion. but he cmud r.ever confent to .ay thev
wita-ircB of the accfifrd. . '
Mit. AtjTOtf fjttd the mendment went to
try the qu Jlior, whether thc.M-ufo'Wjiifd a,
i?iee to pay ai! the witntiTra runnra6:trd ou the
'ial of judge Chpfr. Before it'was r.iadr the
honourable 8pcakvr ouiht to bve tof the
lliufe wbctbjr thev cot't tl determine wh: h
B-itDtflei were fumronxd on lhe ,pait of t- U.
titcit, and -which on the pm ot jadg Citafe.
Fkitj every thirty which he hadTceo. and he
hadfxiTtned all the document on the firhjeeft,
he hid found rodr.ta upoa whfeb to determine
thtt wit rtffcj bad hctn (vmrnored ti out fide
or the other, nlefi from the recolleclion of gen
tWmn, by which hi ftipp-ifed the Houfe w.itild
ao conTent to be .'j;oT'tne I. VVheatherpef.'
tion wh$ before the HouTe the latt fiffi mt he
had eipreffe.t hi Joub''! wbther they ottpiht to
pay the witnefTes of ao acctif'ed man, whether
he wi acquitted or eoniced ; bnt hi vtM now
eortrrccd that until C'Djjrefs p3ffiiIa-, pre.
fcribij how in'tniff arc to be pa tdl '.they
wrrc borird to pay them. No fuch l4W had
been pfiVd, He wouid afif jje'i'tliwea fa"rtid
in the hvr, whether witne ffta on thi prtrt of
j'.'dg? Chile could de nand cotrpenfatiou. front
him ? Have we pjl'd any k prefcn"ohig
how rrtich (hall he paii1, or how it fiis'I bedm e ?
No luch liw ba been p :ff d. Mr. A. faid, he
thought fcentleroeo. were carrying th:ir f cj'-i
dice tod far in ih ii:ftnce. He bad voted
for - oi of tijiht of the article, but the Se
nate had acqtiirt'! him of all of them, ifwa
contented with thin detifioo.and fr far ashe wa
acqoaintfil with the fenttmtnts of thele he re
prr(en:ed, he bilie ve& they too o-ere a;aned.
It wli not now a queftion how, tfcts principle
(lioald-be fettled. If a pehcral' lavr rre
brought tefore thcos ihere wno dcuht,.bttff
jh t -if JUnaa-fo-tndiiciediuvfelf-a 4 ha
hirnCelf to' trill, ' he (h-u'd pay, his rn wit
ntflieai" pmtrided fuch law declared how teach
they fn tfld bdpaid.i The hon. Speaker had
faid there wa i ot fiat'e t: v.e nnion in whtchl
the witrtfTr cf peru u i ' 'id;d ?.nd ecj'!itedl
vtrepiid by-the rtate. Mr. Aitton fai ! hbe.
!ieved.i Virginia whrr a roan wsa indt3! and
aiouiitec, he waB cot A'ii tfedtt vir payment
oj coll. If this were tfre. one ibc at letft, j
Urifft in the, tirinri, bad fet l .dif.
lie wa.clbamtd, yet the iury havir? prcnouncecl; cotirtK.1 He conclnded by cxprMtttt a bbptf
innoreur, a wuntts on his pan, orougnt
fcom Kftuticky, was paid out of the public t a
f'iy. 1Im8 9 not the csfe where ah irtdivitial
ia conif3ed. If he pofTefa fufScitrit property,
that ia anfweraWe fcr the tJtptnfes.-
The Senate tfodbtibtedly pcffefB the rip'rtt to
fay whether the witneSckiddticed are ncccflary
and if in .any . future tafe, improper witnefle
fhall he brought forward, ibty may refufc to
lax thtrn. Jl'hii blM doe net pro-ride for 'all
ctfescf irrpeachnfert, hut is f-onfinedftothc cale
of Bantiiel Chaf?. M r- J. faid h; would-frihmit
whuhrr it wjprettr orju'l to compel men at.
a great erfretyfe to artend at the feat of 'govern,
ment fq an irieletfrsnt fufen of the year, with
out pitfiog th-n a corttjrtufattoo. 1 f a law had
been ptiiufly pified, pr:fcibing that the wit.
neflea of the accttfed fhoulj be psid by him,
they wrcld have rtquirfd fme afl'urancc fro.m
him, litit. ae no difciimination bad been made
ittwTcft the wUotfiV:, they came forwatd in
full faith that the1 powemment would allow theni
a liberal eompenfatioo. , ,
M k. Nic'io'-so ffiM h? had bntfrwobrer
y'ij' to make op this furjet. Indeed indif.
plitioQ difib'ed him from making many. Me
(jor.fuk'' td this bid an ca'culated to (Hiblifh a
gret principle ; a principle whether in all cafe
of i rtpeach ueoi tbe United States are to besr
the bttr rhen. It was not in reference to an
todiyldviai th-t he wa Tnduccd to advocate the
atcndmrfit ct hi honourable friend, the b'peak,
er. but becfe it effrti wonH be to ettabiifh
principle that wouVl Iterenftcr jjowct a itt fiwti
br cafe, If he pVincip!s were ellabiifhed that
io a I cMespf impeachmeot thegovernrrenr is to
hear trie whole f kpcrtcf, Tft " will put it io the
power t f the individual imjjp-rachcd lo'iacreafe
the bnrihej toltny r'xtynt ; he p'eifeY Ani
!tttr--trtrtr flia if he t nrpe 3chdr ha fe c t ! c h
to hste the jfovernmeiit under which he liven
aud holJe'au ofae, in a cafe lyhich requires bnt
two witrcfle.' be msy fumn oi t wo. huRditd.
that the .amtn-mr c)t' would be, adVjp,d.
M)t. f.AilX fM it wis hit' ntiVfprtur; i ;
fsfl f-fijun to cjffer hirh -'a 'iaoiiry f th
Hc&iV, ahd hit -'pnTent. ftjtaiofl ' was whfit 4c
tho was. Hi opihioo waj not fcauW fcitbefr
en geter.l pn'ncipies, or co the pfadice of" h3C
fevcral ftatefl. or U. S conttg. - h vi feuncjed
on the peCnUar 'circnniftances ! trt thiY eafc r-i
Some of thrfe circa.T.fhncfn had already bh
Hated by giotLrmen ; but. there wee forne ioi
portant pointti of iew in which they might he
onildrcd.: which, had nnubce iwtked. ftp-
was trne, n had bro ftaied by the pei;tlerrerti
from N. Carolina that it could not be i!iiljn
guidied wh'ch vf'itnert'. were ftiatof.cd n't his:
part of the prof 'Jcrjtmn, and which eio tb part
of the rrfp:?mlcdt,: A-iia ch onnie;n: : by the
Senate, when' they : prfcribed the" form cf' the
Sirbftjeoa,tod?'Wn!ij.1lj, a it m tfwa!', fot which
party ir. was iffited . .This fift wav ahuodaot 1 '
proved by the form of the fn hyaena.' Ho',
then, were wi xefT to kriow "that ihpy. wrr
ftirrimoBC.I on the part ot ths'U. S.r o'r the tet
fpondeut ? They" c!d. not kno! There were
no circtvindanccs by which they towld acquire
ftich knowledge. ,'The patty did not frv bit
fnbpcena? in -per fin, but thtf were all fent to
the nidtilial of e pivn ttaie. A number ,cf
them vVrre t k n our. in blatk, and fertt to th
roaifhals by ! 'it: The ftentreman' from Mary
land has titoea voted to obviate the force fcf this
fafl, by informing us trm a .d;fcrirniaation may
be made, by the circumfbrtce of the facl
whkh fide the witnrires were fwoto. " "True j"
but no pentlemrn know bftter tha'n htmftlf
that the witctffljs fommomd a ore fide , were
in f -u)e inlbncea forn oo the other . and he
wu!dta!l W reco letttn to tlic trtf imooj giv
en by Mtflra H rtyhman ind Kaw'e. '
Thir9 bill wi'i i tihiith f" "h a prinriplc, and
'fliall ? 'all tit. ot caiw t that the wit nff.
of ihe ecct:l?d were paid iu the cafe of C,liole
It was for this rcafon, Mr. M;t.hrtlfon 'faid, he
advocated tbs iTitiidmti)f, and to eonvtf'ce the
io :i i vidtttl that fii.hjf zJ hitiif'eIlizaoJcnp3ch
much rather, that it fhould.be rrjefted hy 'th.e
difitrrefin ' vote?nf the two Iou, 0.3O that
it (hordl pa fa as it.thtn ftood. If the Senate
haloei'd this bill, it is eq-iVly trttc that the
" jrrarid jury .who make i hid," have refufed ft- -"
The two lltuifes flood oa thf fjm.e rronhj ...
Ontvtre the triers, and the other jhshearerft
If Cmr.ru fa agree, to pay ell the expenecs of an,
i-npcAchntedtf the impeachVd.. rriay run the exr
' pe."ceeto ftich amount a to prevent atrial.
Vhy py the txpracis in this cafe, if not in any
-h r KaJl.rMy.b.e ' pail b.raufe thia man is
i. wT ju)v!e, and utJ man arraigned; e
j-j pt f ben .a judge, l tried be d-Tervea no
- nnnt oilmen c t nan m tji iva! r nd'VinHaipn'
tl'.-.Ji'h he iajtrou-'ted the at aittat is not foch
, a to trnvncf toe ORtion, or ry ohhoy ot
nsen, that he Is lander.?. It wai,n(Jt that-kind
r i tf acquit til whschan horyelt man wculJ wifhj
It wis cotjrJi, uiidnij'Vit not- ty l rhj rity 0'
the v ate. - Art we ntidcVtbt (e cirenmitancts,
b!ue,l to piy ths witntiTis h ,he chofen t;
fy nirtion ? Be:ievirt," 25 he ilii, the map grtil'y
ml" "the chirge in my ir,5anc , fnpportedy
.he-yAifiit of h?8 witiK ra appeared to-h'i
" t very tfrarffs thirg;-- .In tcts as in evefy ot her
ztej he waV wiliti. to icld'ta a cdn8iricTia
and that tji
fertrt exTrtple, nd if prrcedem were-rntitied
1 o any ii Eoeitce, " tt wa3 ifimfi lUr ?iaker.t
Nfr. A. fsii this bCTtr bad no weiiftt w4th
'iim. The Sttxt v.brcKtrwith hjin-wa Uia; J
tiy coo.'a tipt (titer, m mate me. wttorut-? once
U tStntea from thfe of theacc'ifrd, aiidrt'they
c ul'J after ta'hi theirn' hi ewa"n Irw ae.fcnh
ir'- how the larvr tbouiJ, be paid by thj accuf
cd.. .. r
Mr.. Jacksou brltCved Conj"rfi bound to
render competifation to tire witoirs oo the tri
il t f Jndjre Chafe, on the ab ft raft principle of
jafticre and eighty a8 jvvt!rJrrprecedef)t and
piadtxe. TheArgumrat of the hon. Kpe,ker
militated ag'in!t tbe icferencc d:' v by him, He
lays the acenfed may multiply 'wiriu.ITei tofuch
an extent, as to defeat a ptofecotionc, 1 the
pi opn ;!ior, however he examined ia a1 its
bearings, it will be; found, to operate mtt fe-
f iffy , a nd llmolV eitc tafiye,' y, on the nri.a n irn
peached by the Houfe of Reprefniaties rio
matter fct what csufr, cr whether he is guilty
or innrcent. If the Houfe arc de ttr.-riioed to
dtftroy him, it is onlyaceffary toyote aj im
peachment, which will tm'pfe upon hi a mi.
n oca-but then. --M r-J .- U id - hcdid r or apply
tt.cfe r marks cxeTuntly to th, impeachment of
Judge. Chife.rhe J' mnahi cit" the Houfe wruld
(hew thai he was in favour of his Mnpeachmfnt.
But a he had becrkacqtutted hy the conftitati'
' ooal tribunal, clo'ihed with authority to pro.
nounce him guilty or irrrjoctnt, tbe'dernter trii
buna! conftitu ed for fttch cafes her5 id oot Coo.
fider himMf Justified to fay, after thideci?oo,
thdt h wa guilty, He held himfe'.f bund by
the j'tditlif dtcifinns and laws of the couo'ry,
. iKfidjih as an iridivHoal. he'Tnighj diff. nt firm
f-me of them. The United btates might, in
cafe a pcrf.n arq-titted on an impeach treat ia
crri pvlled to ps hfs wTtreflVs, mtiltiplychargts
sn bratt'pjr 'he whole life of;, the eccttfed,;and
itacing him from the diitiirt f f Main to Geor
gia, fo.as to compel him, in order to refute the
thsrcii"ro adduce ten times as many wane (Tea,
as would otherwife b neftfTary. The true rule
Uf thanhe.ourt fhali decide what wtneffes are
i proper to he taxed in the coils, and what are opt;.
The ;otr.are4 ,wno in rn'8Hsi.ce arc me courr,;
have decided that all fhall be taxe They were
p'er.-c"t'y competent to decide, whether any wit
o if of lie accufed were br ouat forward wuh
o)t fuflic'ent ctufe, or whether ;hey were eflVn-
rial to the defepce. It is mn f. ft by the biJ-f
nrder corfideratlonv that they have made the
-!attr -decifion. " The jentlemsn irom North
"CiTolini is corrtc is his flatemen: cf precedent.
The nhi cfrrn tonrfe in Virginia it o tat tfce at.
tendance of witnciTei, who are paid out f the
public trcaiu'y aorl thoe no tie part r?f Abe
idant.in 'he, fame way a tnole on tQfart
rcciit, thst htf tri'iit fuller forre paius and peoal.
ties. For n ; not to be pre fumed that tte
. Houfe of Keptvisnlatives woild ioipcach any
mfi onltfe tbf 'e tis fwnc fil.iur fot it, tonic
rafou to irtiuce jlu natir n srlarjre, to; he.liev?
hini gsjTly." IAn iwpe?cTrnrnt f)M-sS the Ian
gttageof ibe nation, xprtScd tlircugh their re
prtftntativiB arid wheDerr a meu io tfGcf fo
co-di'U 'ht felt as to make tbeation bcl.eve
bin guilty, it wan rot de(irble to t ffer the
piotictini held out in ihe hi1', pin ictilarly
j. when a r.njo'ity in ,!' other bianch aifo believ
ed bim guilty.
15 1 t gentlerr?'! fy, thia,"is cotthe pra.tice in
(Sir. NUbJhn here rxp'f.ine!, and contefted
the fat. Mr. iiariy a etil that ihefe two wit"
nefTe? hrd been. -fu.iim ned both on tbe part of
the profecution aod the tefpondeet )
Mr. Early faid whether he was rfeeft or not
s to the particular cafes 'he bad al'ude J to. he
wj not mill .ken,as to the g oal f.tt; The
t'tHtleiman from Maryland, he laid, hd eodea
vorcd to ohyia't the force tS this, aro a ment ia
the lute Couits ; it?u we are tnu in Viiir.u
when a man is scqui'tcd, the Rate psyj t hir
exptnee rf his wit,t flcs. Mr. N. faid this
ninKr K. f.i. I linnnK- li A'tA tint linn, l!..t it
wi-it v, 6. uct fo, hoeverrfn the courts of t,. For it is a ftandg pria
an who doubt- "i -" 1 . iw is not u
anoth(t way, by irprefeoting that the, witr.elTea
atijjht be culkd on to fwoa on which fide tlry
wee fwof. liot .this coyli not be done, but
bv the pafftge of fome !ar on the f;fjeft.
There was no authority wh?c.b would juliify the
Secretary ot'iTle Senate n fifmanding luch art
oath, aud if the elrcomlUnee coold heprured,
t!:ere wes no p -wer, under i.py exiHing law, by
which the wimeflts could reccTer a compet fatica
f,r their attendance." They we e cr-mpvl'cd to
attend By whom ? By a brarch of this leriflt..
i !r, on pain of impnfvtinrot fa cafe ol dilfii-bedienee'.;-
VVKfitce fha'11 tliey be indemnified ?
Will ary pentieman fay they can recover front
the refpondeot ? If To; let. them point to rbe
law which, anthoriff ftich a recc.7ety. Wrtl
I they fay it can be had under the coram n fsw ?'
,1 IM.'JOFHy (l illlO JV'S w-ii tiiy ur , ,,l,,t
,-t
It was then eorfidcred proper that the United
States ithtiuVl pay their own ,witatfies...Tbe ir.
(?upent, thettioie, fails. The only cijedion
pf any weight is fhi: raifed by the gentlemetf
from North Carolina J' It is faid to be imprfli
ble to difcrfoif haft the witntffes. Thegeotle
mrafays jhat hehss rxmiaed thejioaals of
the' Senate, and cannot find ar.y difcrimtoatton.
But has he locked at the join nil of itnpea'ch
nteht t where . ifeapprars that Tuch witneflirs
were 'Vora oo the part of the United Stares,
and foch- on the; part of -the accufed. Befides
if this ;eu!erce w-renot on t he j tirnal, it ctnld
nf ihe DroffTotiof;., ; This prsclice has tcea exT he got from rhe ...-.parties' thrnifoive, who -could
ied fd fir an to embrace tne payment ot wttr j iwrar itify were lawmorMa o ice part oi me
nt fies from another ftate. Io a laii cafe, rftho' Uot'tetLStates r the dtfertdaot. This was a
erart of Maryland, andi
vvs hkewife f 19 ether
be Unittd hra- 8. Any gentleman
ed this, had oly to refer to the trejfuiei's ac
counts firte the government bed bein in opc"
ratiodtraad he cal ed updo ary fuch gentfetren
to-fhew iC-firgle cbstge for witnttl.s in cafes cf,
'at q littali I i fot the practice in Ergland,
not culd ?t he madt to appear by any document
eanrr" ttiat'lhe witotCs funrimonrd'by War
rea - Hafiings, though he was acquitted, h .d
b en 'psldby the (fovernrrmt. .Bnt at-mrvtiig,
f?r argument fake, the prsdicr to be fuch in the
Uoittdi States tt it tl reptefented to be in the
courts of .Virginia, would that. meet the pre
Cent cafe I No,; In Virginia there was a re
ciprocily. Fhete if 3 man was convicltd, be
peid all the corts, acd if acquitted the ftate py
them; But in the United States do we make
the convided pey the colls i .Had the acculed
judge, been coniftrd,wculrjj
cate his paying all 4 he 'cofta No. In "that
cafe, be we' old. have been SeioVfrVe,'TaV. to the
payaierit of money. hough he might hWe ink
in reputation. ' In Virginb thcte ia aVtecipro-1.
city. The coo-icled vithtt pays tbe espeaces of
ihe profectttiorti-ef goj tgi gaol -Whetess in
this cafe the Uuitfd StattS are called uprn to
"beat the whole biiriheV. WTien lodge picker."
trig ws ct'Hic3ed, was he called on to psy the
si far as he opinion
miru-waidcclrtd
J Cia Jt V j'J ' VI 4t i iticj .wvvaauint
er ftate. In a late cafe, rftho' United Sta's r the
njon of t,he coart couhl jfo, a cormon thin? ig the
gailt v( the criae-with-hich I M. f:ippofcJ i;
force in the courts of ihe U. S, But pu
thii
fljeQuiii nfi-e; how much "fhall thry tevri
Where ii the law bxutg.' useiy per tlitm al
lowance There ia a jerttci chalm on the
inljrft. "'' -
Mr. E. rcrjeated that hi cpicion '"vst goyrn ;
ed by the peculi'r circumll-inr's of the cafe ; Vyt
....... r -.-- r .
;hc ootitli.ia or the Jjer.a-e to 1 ictt in tne luo
pc8 a, on wh -iTfide the wftneffeft was fum ron'
ed, or to provide for mking a y reccr ty from
tilt accufed ; or how'iQUch, and where the" reco-
V.-rv fhou'd be hlide. . He crmfidered the WtU
mff.s ftimmoned. owing to this omifilon, s be
fing (vithout a remedy, from which reful ed the
obligation ;rn-the-part-t t tne-gcwtcmepraau
ihey nis the omifiion, to provide a remedy. .
The gentleman from Maryland, in roticing the
obfervatio'-s relative to the praftice' f Vig. ft a - j '
ted that if a fitmiar reciprocity ca tted ca im-T
peachmcritBi n x tjftion to this .bll -in hole t '
or.in patt .woold be done w:y,: M. Er (aid. '
In htSvcpinfonv this obfeivaiion fortified the. -greand
he hadjakti. If thcte were ro rect- L
ptocity' in, this -cale, it was for wjat bfa;frotr."
ral oriwifinn - Lt us then pjfs a law makinsr .
this proufiort', and let it opertc in all fntoie ca- 1
1 his would x tquitaa e.' -cut tne wart ,
les.
char-re i ucr aihiD? was not then dreamt of.'lof reciprocity, which aroft with themfev, r
I . . " . . - .. ' . - . - -. IT i- - .1 f .T T . . - - ;l. ika ' . 1
was rogioucd, for.omtttng to rrske the otly.
pro fi n for the wirmffes whtc.the t-faMtow "
ed' .When at the laft-ftflin, in conf-.quace
of the difsgreeing votes of the" two houtit, a -committee
of confetenfeTha been appointed
Mr E. faid heVcpilected. that a dillioguifhcd
member of the other branch, now rbfent ia con
frqueace cf an utifortunate acciitr.t took thii
gtound .that the fubpoe-na did not dlfljnguifli . ;
on which tide the : witntfies were furn-monelp .
arid made a propofitiou that the bill fhoa'd He
f modinej as to f,la the allowance made tf
the witntffis cf the tfKol1$CDt7 , ! Pc''
ar ground. Th:s pic petition did not then i)h.
tain, hut Mr.' Ewljr faid he .saa ftiU fqtakrJif t
fuch a ecu r f-. H e hoperf the a trend ons
the hon. ; Bpetkerw(a(d. trot pyeii, 'n wlm h,
Ca.Ce he weyid more, by way ;p eaa-rr to U