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h - t I. I POBLISHKD (weekly) BY .WILLIAM- BOYLAN. Payable i Awaif, RALEIGH, C.) THURSDAY, APRIL 16, i8o7. !. 12. No. 575. ft. J: 4 h I in, j N1 k 12- ft '"1 I ira It ':T; HOUSE 0? RLl'Kl.SEN t ATFV'ES. " Wed.icUij FtbiUuri) 18. DEBATE On the remutwn of Mr. Broom Mr. EUi S,eecii c i,ciiufd Ttijobvi. am that must d tlic privileges '.';,ur-tii'ze!, h4Vc rsteotlv bcc.n denied 01 peculiar ilie.chanipioq of the coiiStitution c my country a cor.sututioh unnfecesaarily aS aiud. and radtly violated. Wiale that proud edifice fch.all occupy IA present situ ation, I will plate mystlf before its Walls, and fa 1 e the toe,, whether tlit foe shall be a Burr or any other military' usurper : I will lean igYuist its noble pillars, and, if it ie 'destined' to sink beneath the shock, pe rish, amid the .'sublime ruin 1 On a questi on liki the present, tbe minor interests of party should sleep. At any rate it must be susp Cted that there s a Snake in tne grass uuoer Circmau.i3 01 iriu.ui 1 .... r It mav indeed be aaid that the ,t"' !T V , ' - nssatisraqtion wim tue aaimnisirauon 01 !' deni'd in the fj'St instance ; tht it .u Ui,t Ti? to oe sinpenaui unui tne liHrctl persons wtre placed in a situation ,,11 power oKthe r rountiy. It is true ii.it wAvriJi-jtandingMr urma silent leges, jlii1 w,tr silent amid thi mA ' arms, and although a thousand rrr..'ih(v-re'.l around those, who dared to ei-.TciJo tht ir t rofcSiional duties i: support y: nil. . - . o . -"C- - lt.il of hain as corpus wa- clat lived atid ob tiiiir.J ; anci 1 had supposed thathe very jicxular return wnuh is said to havejieen midcto trie ixnt, was placed on our racial ic. Uri searciiing them, nowevtr, l Ums discover it; but it has been published ID a I ;ae ! wrpapcrs, anu a copy 01 u is now tci'.reme, which 1 will rtau. The uHicrign'd, commanding the arm of the United S ates, t;ks.on hin.stl' at Trtpor-sibduy ir the arrest of Dr. Lriik Iiillnun, tru a cha e)l misprision ol trea- mn against ine uMitto o atesv arci nas i dp'ed mea?urts tor his sale delivery to th- rxecutivej ol we United otatts. it waf tr.r several consul adons with the govern or ami ivvo of the judges of this territory. lut thr u idrrsigntd has hazarded th 13 s'.epv fir national afetv menaced to its base. bvc4 1,uvic3s band oljiaicots associated un ci' r Aaron ,Burrt-vhose accomplices ar fVtrucled In m Nt w-York to this city N run can nou: io nigher rtverence the civil ins'ti.'ut'n -ps of his countrv than the under- int i(md it if to main am and perpttwtfe ktkoly attributes of 'the constitution) agains' U-fi l iirttn nana- ot viol- nee, that he har reraised the lorce of -arms in a momen "txtreme pciil. to seize upon B llman a- i; will upon all oihr without regard u u-wliii-j; or station, against hom sausfac '.V iir.jufs may atis of a participation ir h:lu'vlcBS coiii iinaiion. JAMEb WILKINSON. , ;Heal Qu-t eis, ny"o: t'-c U iifed States, ... N w4J. leans, Dec. ;7, 180S." . II. re is a return, not of iiibedlenre to kUvn, and hvh tcvcrer.ee for c'vil imti ttkns, hut o d.so,bcdicnte arid defiance. he constitution is i. luted in order V nstrve it mviolattt J Prostrated in the h i by military power, for the urpose ol villaining and perpetuating its holy attri w: Aiul what, preat national obicti ! accomplished by such txtraordinar pwuits ? .What necessity could txisi of amg tne or two wandermgconspiratora, 4 tur.sporting them fdtetn hundred or ,thju3nl mots-froth the constitutional tnt ol ij.quisifion and trial, to place.tj,cm micularty endef the tyc of the national 'Vemmeuti when, if the opinion of the ficrrhimsirli Was corfertl it WnnM imitic ''tdv become the duty of that crovernmcnt ' 5n8er them to go, at large ? In regard tc) "e ylhemtlie ctneral was uncertain "tthcr he had ci mtnitted a major or a mj iL'e ipc -i andifeethefJie'-exsdfcaRr pro- I'-UlCeS- a-4 v cam rnm r itffi M tl rlnl J?e!lt5, RJjjityfispTiskuw evens a bailable ffft nee. . He says, "rom the documents in mv . cosseFsicr ift the SrVefjl f omn-.itniratinrKs' vh-I.j! is the national government, must be supposed to eXist and to operate. VVhy so ? has the government avowed its approbation of its military chief ? . For me, I acquit the admi-" nistration. The general has taken upon Himself the responsibility attached to his conduct, and upon his shoulders ltt it rest. It is time, however, to be explicit Upon this subject. I concede to the administration, integrity and general ability, but do not a gree to the ascription to it of that infallibili ty and perfection, the belief of which con stitutes, at the, present momejit, the crite-, r'on of exc,klsiVe republicanism. In truth, I have Jitard so much of the virtue, the pa-irit)ti'-m, ard the perfect wisdr-m of the present administration that I am not anxj- us to hear much moie upon the sutjct. As I surround myself with no tquivocati uhSy as I envelope myself with no disguis es, Kopenly and frankly declare that I am oecommg a little sceptical. It may be as daiigtrotrs to wander in the wilds ol politi cal as in thhse of religious scepticism, but I mii3t uke the course pointed out by duty, and nsk the coh'st.quencts. We must at KW be suspected of being envioU3 ot the f-rn or hostile to the cha racter of general Wilkinsons, Tx that offi cer I 'have once stoodin the relation in which a soldier stands tchis general; in litat siluaiion I was his fiitrhJ, and even hU partisan ? and I have always considered him as possessing considerable military nieiit. I u ill, admit, also, that in the ptcsent in stance he has acted without corruption, and n as only been more rash and arbitrary in us conduct, than a man ol more prudenre and rt flection wou'-d have been. Biit khiiik 1 have heard a hint that it may turn ut he is entitled to a statue of goKl.' Let 'e forwarn gentlemen not to'cominit thcrn itlves in favor ol such a propos'uiun. Lst them wait the course of events, and pre pare themselves for disclosures, which, if i am not mistakm, will convince e very one that such a measure vouIdaT least bc'tx trcmely improper. Whatever rumortnny have reached us this' morning from the western world, 1 should have held a very decided-. lat.g-uage upon this subject yester day. It theie is t6 be a colden statue in ithe case, I should nrefer iivir,p it to the gtnth man from Delaware, who has drawn our atttntion to the present subject of dis cussion ; as the agitater, however, of 'a sub ject, the agitation of which was extremely ucsirable, and, in my apprehension, india pensibly nectssaryi he is undoubtedly suf ficiently rewarded by the conscijurness of having perurued "what hr tltemtd his du- abandon the idea of a statue ot gold. From the same quarter we are told that the stilus populi may have requited and may justdv tne lex auprema of military despotism. -Frits doctrine is unknown to the toustitu-. tion. 'I hat.sacrtd record of cur rights proclaim itself and itself alone (and the .people-wbeu Ahtadopte-itrraiificil iiF decrtt) the testtprcmti) the 14 supreme law of the land." It acknowledges no superior. it contemplates noraseiirwhicrrthe law of operation, be dekated and destroyed. Mr. Sloan. Like the gentlernan from Vermont who has just sat down, I had a great desir yesterday to express a few words on, the motion before the house, but I was notable to get a chance to address the house at that time. I must now bee leave to detain the house some time longer than would have been necetsary then, in consequence of the lengthy speech we have heard irem the peutieman from Vermon . That gentleman has said he will npronly protect tne constitution, but it lUttust die, he is willing to perish in itsrums. That gentleman J expect allude dtoincient times, a he often docs in hilearned way ; when he made that figurehe alluded, I expect) to the case of Sampson, who after the loss of his sigfnatsci perished in the ruins -of the destructim which he had made. -- faithful servant, thou hast deserved well of thy country. Mr. S. made sundry observations rela tiy to the faculties of man combared with thosjof, the deity in going from parts to the whole ftrn the whole to parts, and quoted some lines trom Fope'a Essay orj IIan which he read from a hit nf nmr ; his Leg" leave to ask'-whether this gentle man's sight docs not also begin to be dim ined as Sampson's was. lie says he begins to duubt the wisdonfof our present admi ni4trarion, and the wise measures they pur sue. expect the sight of that ge ntleman is not only dim, but i'm afraid he will be soon pei fectly blind. Some time ago, the gentleman from Ver mont exhibited a scene of prolijicancu which Was nevtr before paialeILd in this house He brought forth nine resolutions at once, and pretaced them by a long spcechlike that we have heard to day, in which he at tempted to excift to this heme the danger in which xve stsodwith J'ereigi poucrs. Those resolutions biougitt up to ir.v mind, the recollection of a f-ble which 1 once read when I. was young. It was in a bodk which I beg leave to recommend to the gentleman from Vermont, if he has never read it. The book I mean is JL.op's. Fables. There is the story of a conversa tion between a fox and a lioness. The fox boasted of her g;eaf. prolijicanaj) and re proached the lioness tur bringing only one at a time. The lioness replied, that she indeed bore but one at a time, but that one was a. lion. -f After making these observations Mr. S. begged lave to consider the merits--of the question. I consider it, said he, as highly improper at this time. Whether it would be proper at uny future time I don't prcjtud to say. 1tis likely that prosecutions will be commence against general Wilkinson. Arid will not tnh house show as murh can dSuras tlic cditt)iXol nivspapers who say nothing on trindnalsieft fdMrial lest there should be a bias made on the pbb,lic mind. Jjopmon ran cnt.didly laylmerTat W ilkinson otiqht not to have deprived thes which he read from a bit of naoer in CM i . .... iuau4iiu. mr. pioan mn concluded hv . elpolitely observing that he hoped the gentle C man from Delaware had had a eood rest and comfortable bleep the last night after hU long speech of yesterday. Mr. J. Randolph introduced his speech, in J'avr of the resolution by observing that he Understood the duration hrfor. th. j . w ..v house to be,rwhether they would refer to a comrnittee of the whole a motion proposing an inquiry whether further legal provision be not nccebs-try td prevent violations of the., writ of habeas corpus. How long it had been the fashion to de bate the merits of a subject on a simple inotion to commit, it wai not material to inquire. Ik- (elievtd it had commenced the present session. Mr.ii. supposed die object of the mover qf 'the resolution in referrnsg it to a com mittee of the whole was to obtain discussi- ' 00. As that had already been had abun dantly, and as the session would soon clse, he suggested the propriety of varying the motiou and referring the resolution in the, first instance to a select committee, who rnight immt diately consider the subject and report a bid. Were, the resolution to go to a committee of the whole he feared it would never get through. Mr. It. then observed that he would pro ceed to answer s me objections which had been yesterday offered agair.st the resolu tion, and state the' reasons which induced hiru to support it, come frpm whom it may. The fiist objection which he heard was the quarter win nee the resolution came. Permit me, said Mr, R. to remind the house that if those who have been called in to public life on account ot their professed attachment to correct principles tver quit the ground of trial' by jur , the liberty of the press, and the "subordination of the mi- litary to the civil authority, they must ex pect that their enemies will perceive the desertion and avail themselves of the ad vantage. Can they who thus desert their old principles, blame others for assuming the popular ground which they have aban doned? Whoever stands forward in de fence of the constitution, and the lights of the people, shall hue mymport quoad men t hbci ty to pievent their treason and the deMruciiorixthey meant agaitt these United Sutcs. Why such sympathy for these persons In what circufnstarcts were they taken? Wei e they taken from their hemes am! their firesides and denied thcee corpus, for some months as has been in former ca M iWjlttcn,ttromn:he- said Dr. Eriek "l,iman',' Oti this subv. ct, I feel ho hesita- 11 m tlcctarinp, under the solemn oblisa- pofati oath, that he has committed mrs- 1son of treason acainst the U, States." rrr,y t s desirable to provide against the l 'rrtncc ot scenes of this description. lrll it be admitted that the' whim, th " Fs s ipn, or jhe a mbitiotiV:of .i: '1 clfitt, nuv supercede at , will th 1 H mortatjt ' checks and safeouurds ol r c-Misututiofi ? ' " . - Bill HWtoCMcy-, cf federal. ;r of tan v 'a01 m'" :")?t I am, vhat.cven Vf this house Ubouud by oath to arms can erect a throhe upon its ruins. Again, we j must b sinuatipn that wecbuntenahce treason," and sympatbife wjth traitors It i surely wrong t tnis timt to make our walls echo and 'rt . cho, and the winds around us sing the durge cf. treason ' Subjudice lis est. Let iht courts. decide. I have noJ seea " one jot or, tittle of evidence1 to prove the ",un rortunaterpesSif how in cot. fine ment gu i Ity jlvreason. Probably they in ay have been ji;i1ty pf a misprision, or mere knowledge f a meditated treason ;and at all eyent their conduct has been such as to reouire years of sincere cpentance, to re store them n this occasion tK tnrtin nf mrtv td and around the b'annerVoCtafV-HQ-the, confidence of society ami their c.dun referenccrto any particular case, I hope that .he resolution, which onlf contrmplatcs the .tppointiiient of a committee,' for the pur pose of inquirywUl not, by soy side yay sen, Which, cumpared to this, were only as a drop to the bucket. Thesemen were ttkcu in deact oi..tfeas.Qn,pi.sp.risiiLn.i0.t, treason, against these United Siates. We ought to wait tilhwe know further into the matter before we decide. z:;:ti any member to lost to huitianity in this house as to reprobate th'e conduct of the executive or of general Wilkinson in this matter ? The foi mer insurrections ccm pared to this, was more properly oppositi ons to government, joppaitions to obntfxW ous and unjust laws, which have been- since repealed, and are now justly consigned to eternal irJalnny. - . -The " matter rest? salely , ori two plam Questions. The first is', was the cmifihe ment of these persons iVecessary t And.! ment 01 these persons necessary: Ana.se- Cohdi was the civil authority adequate to their safe keeping ?-It is plain their confine- ment was necessary, and ;s to the second question, it appears from the affidavit of ge neral Wilkinson, that Ogden, one of ithe conspirators, was released by habeas corpus after being confined. ' . .--'---- " - If a hu-re of-CCOO men had come acrainst "New-Organs' as the general expected, aud ciaUnformaiion before them relative to any. he had r.oraftesfeda6d Tl . I t .1 .1 ! . 1 1 1 awav, inti tney riaa .oec.n reicaseu oy nuxr after captuwg"the city, these persons whenwe se'e.th,is-.flobr to have spiuch svmpathy, would-be the fir si to charge t nerai WilKmscfiyith a neglect ot duiy. I have no douot nut this wrutu oeunejase. "mendable, ind-4t-am astonished that"nv should withhold the tribute so justly due. I wuiid: say : Well" done thou " good and An objection was taken by the gentleman from Georgia Mr. Early onjlhcground oftime. It was said that this is an impro per time to consider the subject contemplat ed by the resolution. Sir, this is no new discoverv. Tfie-ouestion of narliamentarir reform his been 30ars agitated in Ene- land aud the right time ,rta never arrived to consider the subject, and pfobably never will arrive. I also undersfood him to say Here MrEarlyntermptc begged leave' td tcpiatn. Mr K. 6ad h was confident that henderstoodlgui tleman right. However? he at length sat down, and JVIr. K. stated tharhls objectioa was that the house had not Sufficient time this session to finish, an investigation into the sul j ct and that therefore it had better not be aitehiDted. Mr. R. proceeded. I understood the ccntleman Dcffectlv before- and he would have found it so if he had ha patience to hear me outr He urged'twlb objections or the ground of time ; 1st. that we had not sufficient time this session to ' Consider theTSUbject fulIy ; and 2dly. that iherpientimerrwasim subject cf habeas corpus .Was under. consi. deration in the court below. Mr, It, here either wa or affected to be a little confus ed. He was sorry tor the interruption. To prevent it in future he Wi-uld jnentiot nb'geitla.ntwanie,' and he hoped he -should not be again -interrupted. A gtw. fltman has said that-the flfuse have nio offi-" peas corpus. u. itw ill not relcr to tnat gen- . tkman hv naifte, but the gentleman .ircTht Georgia Mf. Karly will enable me tu tell W ho is' referred to . . . '.-..''':, .- ' - '-'-We have now on cur tables official itJTor- tnatiori from,. the -President of the : United ,'i? Iiisrd'ehefictC kinsniitiot-Bnlv iustVfiable buLhichlv com- bes corpus has been denied and the cofi- j j y 1 .. 1. ... A I Ml . . stituiion vicii.eu.:,.Tim jwiu you aixenu 10 reports 'from your cr mmittets of claims of commerce and manufactures, of ways j '. it . - J , -1
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