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and put :si.-. question: _.. '
** That jono Gnle [ones, having now no 'si
kmledgui himself to be the author of [he -si
"ye! in question, wns guilty of I grass vi
ded" of'zhs pritsiilcdges of that housz."
Thequenioa was carried-. man. (:n. *
Mrs York tsifn rose anduid that after-i
ths voujust puscd, he thought it impossi
* ble the house should not- soﬂowit up by {
Me further Motion, which should mark si
its o'wu sense oL-the-e'odipity oﬂ'ered to its
high authority, by the per-soon" Itsi-t-he "
hot, and by making a proper example, warn
_. mll [l.-nous srom taking upon then to}
me!: in such a way upon the proceed
. iogs of that house, and-the parliameo ry
A ct M— forle moved the order btsi the day,
fol' blinglog Mr. ]obn' Galc jane: to the
but.
T'ssFRfD-lsg NAY 2!
m
Mr. ]oncs being brought accordingly,
(be w midward lum as soﬂows' ——
"]ohn Galc ]oues, i complaint having
been made to mio house at the public-anon
of . mal-lous and unction had mli, re
hang on the proceeding: of du: honou
Ne w and an: conduct osceruin 01 in
made" ; and the: pnmcr of the aid band
but nuingbccu and to me her of an:
house, to amuse: for (he and publiution,
anedged that )ou use the author thereat".
an have you so say in your behllt 7"
Mr. ]onn answered, " ] nknowlcdges'
air, that 1 was the ""it?" of than paper .
und ] am exuemely may she princes hn
experienced an) inconvenience on my ac
count."
eonduct of its members-"sixth then on
moved. the! ]ohn Gsle .]ooesss for his. of
soon, be committed to .hismsjesty's put
soo st New. . .
skemrds. M Ynlhsssppesnd,
ye to oﬀer Mr. Denis—petition so
Mr; Spesker. Repest trhnt you have ]
. r.'Jones complled.
Mr. Speak". _ ane you any thing more
to say in your behals ? '
Mr. ]ones. i sincerely lament ! should
have tocumd she displelnne of this ho
narsble house; and I trutt the) willnot;
consider that, in what-[" have done] was ,
actuated by any sende of dierespect to its
pririkdgn, or the persons of any of its
members- individually; or that ] hsd any" \
other notive in mentioning the names of .'
the —two ' home-able members niluded to, Z
suethat they happened to be connected!
with : subject of public disgussieion. ! have
alweys considered it the priviledge of every _
Englishmsn to animadvert on public mea- :
sun-s, and the conduct of public men; but si.
on looking over the proper in question again, .'
I find ] have erred; l be; to express my 3
contrition, and ! throw thyself on the men _'
eyes this honorsble house; this house 0! l
commons. which as an important branch ot ;
the constitution, has always had my un- '
presented it to tho' hono- -]
The Eftioo hsviojhoetmd, ' .!
Mr so the princes was then churche
M _- .
[Q- the uth of Much, sillfrsoeis"-Bos- .
den. nice desying the tights the house is
man. be! to--eonmit Mr. slow, -
nued this is besidisehugsdsibutsschis
minut- nex-med by s mjotityef
m. - ' —
feigd respect.
_ e speak" then addressed the house,
the due, aid 'th- spukﬄhs'iq'mfitdat
ed to him the dilute sndfeiroumstsom of; -
h'n _ol'euce, told - hit-'that ib consideration
oUnssi denesuorozesterdsy, with pculior
w the cuditvslthepleo- ct
two of the house he should be dischargcd
without sees, and he nssgdischstged zc- -
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ss' Either thehouse of commune is author
?sed to dispense with the laws of the land,
or it is not. [( the constitution be of so de
licate a tenure, so weak a srarne, so sn
gile a substance, that it is only to be spoken
of in terms ol admiration. and to be viewed
merely as a piece of curiou but unprolita
ble workmanship ; if Magna Charta and all
the wholesome laws ol England be a dead
letter; in that caee the asirmative of the
prepositisn may be admitted: but is the
constitution lives, and is applicable to its
end, namely, the happiness of the commu
nity, the perfect security of the life, libet
ty and property, of each member, and all
the members of the soeiety, then the sﬂir
mstive of the proposition can never be ad
mitted; then must we be freemen; for we
need no better security, no more powerful
protection, for our rights and ltbeftiel than
the laws and constitution. We seek for,
and we need seek for net/ting new. We
ask for ngmore than what our forefathers
insisted upon as their own ; we ask for no
more than what they hequeathed unto us—
we ask ler no more than what they, in thess
Testament which some of them had sealed,
and which the rest of them were ready to
seal with their blood, ezptenly declared to
be " the birth right of the people of Eng
land," namely, "rue LAWB or ENGLAND.'
Tg these laws we have a right to look with
confidence for security : ,To these laws the
individual now imprisoncd has,-through
me, applied -sor rednss in vein. Those-who
have imprisoneel him, have refused-to lis-ss
ten to my voice, weakly si-exPressing-xhe
strong principle-s of the low, the undeniahle
claims of this Englishmitn's ." birth\rigfit.".
Your voice may come ;rith more force, may "
command greater respect; a"nd,_l not not
without hope; that it may prove irresista
ble, is it proclaim to this house "of corn-,
monsct in the same tone, as the tongues of
our socescors proclaimed to the kings of
old,-Nolumu Leg-e: Angliae Mutari :"-or
in our own more clear and not less sorcibless
language, 'rru: LMvsssor Deum) sa'iu.
nor se CBANGED." ' - ._
'. The principse, '{ellofcitiiens, for'which'
we are now contending, is the same princi-'
ple for 'which the people of England have
contended-srom the esrliest ages, and their
glorious success in which contests ere now
upon record in-the sgreat 'chsrter os—our
ri hts snd— liberties,-snd in- divers- other
osieqm siltutes of source-ly less import
ance. It was this same great principle which
was sgain attacked by Charles the First, in
the measure ol ship money, when again the
people of England, end uneorrupted house
oscominonsfteneded the contest, a contest
ssihieh ended in the imprisonlnent, the triol,
the condemnation, and the execution of that
ill-advised king. 'The" self same principle
it inns-that was so dsri yctviolated by his
son ]ames the Second ; or uhich violstiou
he was compelled to ﬂee from the just in
dignstionoisi the people, who noconly strip
ped himnf his me, but tho gem-na
cthn grown from (kneading-to his Emily.
In all those contests,_;the' coursge; pen—e.
thee-ad Maid ent.-cum con
Wusms ers, were'not more
WMsi-j findinsilosg are,
pin shent fish- When. swelling-pri
* ' dom 'ties, {winnen-red,,
ormdzllesewgether, ifonrpsnou m,
zr-timk killed eve-w (for-ws si
it.-o- ' . si -._dzP*ssnd- inn.-59"
n de Upon?- "?.Msisssis this que'ettbi-o:
due Qoeetton o no en mace,
Thin; whether our liberty be,:tillwbeee
cured by the lene of our sorefnhen, orsibe.
to lie et the ebeolute men, of . port of our
fellow eubjecte, collected together by meane
which it ie not neceenry for me to ,de- _
mibe. _ _ " ' ;
in order to give to thie subject all the at- ﬂ
tention to which it it entitled, and to evoid '
the danger O be epprehended from partial
view: and pereooel feeling, it yiilbe ldj :
vieeeble to argue the queetiowon' it:. out i
merite, putting the individual, however we}
may deplore hie present suﬀerings, out of
their ; though it the same time every men ,
ought to connidertho eate his own ; be'cnuse '
ehouid the principle upon which the gentle-'
men of thecthouie of commone have thought
proper to act in this instance, be once ad
mitted, it is impossible for any one to consi
jecture how soon he himself may be sum
moned from his dwelling and hurried with
out trinl, and without onth made againet
him, from the bosom of his family into the
clutcbee of : jailor. [t it therefore now
the time to ruin the doctrine upon which
Mr. ]onee has been tent to Newgate ; or it
in high time to cease all pretentione to those
liberties which Were acquired by our sore
stthcro, after so many etrugglce and so ma
m sacrificcs. L
si you to jatl, wnen you do not displease tnem.
Mr. Yorke did not move so: the sending of
M r. ]ones to jail, until Mr. ]ones displeas
ed him; but it is not a Very great compli
ment to pay to any eonstitbtion to say, that
it does not permit a man to be imprisoned,
unless he has done something to displease
persons in power. It would be difficult, l
ehould sup use, to find any man upon earth
however tlespotie his disposition, who
would n0t be cemented with the power of
sending to prison, during his pleasure. eve
ry one who would dare to do any thing to
displease him. Beside-s, when ! am told
that there is little danger that the gentlemen
in the house of eommons will often exercise
this power, [cannot help observing, that,
though the examples may be few, their ef
fects will, naturally, be great and general.
At this moment, it is true, we see but one
man actually i'n jail for hat-ing displeased
those ger-tlemen, but, the sate of this one
; man, (as it is the effect ol all punishments)
' will deter others from expressing their opi
nions of the eovduet of those who have had
" the powers to punish him. And, moreover,
it is in the nature of all power, and esprCi
ally of assumed and undectþned power, to in
crease as it advances in age ; an as Max
na Chsrta and the law of the him have not
been sufficient to protect Mr. Jooes, as we
have seen him sent to jail for having des
cribed the conduct _oi one of the members,
_ si _.
as-an outrage upon publicsrelmgf what se- ss
curity have we,-unless this power of impri- ss
eonmensit be given up, that we shall not see '
other men sent to jail for stating their.opi
nions respecting rotten boroughs, respecting
placemen and- peneioners sitting in the
house ; or in short,/sor-making any declara
tion, giving any opinion, stating any fact, 1
betray-ing any feeling, whether by writing, l
by wordctctos mouth, or-by- gesture, which]
may displease any of the gentlemen assem
bled in St. Stephenk chapel ?
= Then again-; to the fine! of punishment; !
why should they stop at sending persons'to ct;
jeil-Z - is they can send who—they please to '
jail ; is they can keep-the persons, so sent,
in jail,aslong as they please ; if they can
'eet their prisoners free at the aid Of the
first hour, or- keep them confined {or seven
years; is, in short, their absolnte will is .to
have the force of law, what security have
-you that- they will stop atct-imprt'eonment ?
If they have the absolute. power of impri
soning and relcasing, why may they not
-eend their-prisoners td.York jail as well as
a jail in London? -Why not confine .men
in solitary cells, or load then with chains
and .bolts ? sThe-y have not gone these
lengthe yet, but what is to restrain them-if
they are te be sole judges ol sithe extent of
their powen. 'ilhoat any control , and
without leaving the parties when. they
chose to punish, any unde oC-redrees ?
r'l'hat apower and: as this should exise in
any country, it is litle-table to besidtl'
to believe; but thee it ehqld be
exist,sndﬂtat its existence should be open
.1, and even boansully med in a c
whose chief glory haeheen its free consti
tntion of cover-nent, is son-M.
m it:-be belined, is the
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si'si',sz, and the'm si' bectsiodetalned' as inn.-wit
seen as by our own eountryruen in praise of
ct me.' the parties ee'ndlez froth-feare:
that part of our law, "which in so admirable
: manner, provides for our Pcnonﬂ "key
against any attacks of men in power. This
(has indeed, been, in a" ages, the pride-"es
our conntrj : and it is the maintaimee of
this sirinciple which enabled us. to escape
that bond-ge, in which all the states and
kingdoms in EurOpe were enthralled, byaw
bandoniog and yielding it up ; and we may
be assured, that if we now abandon it, the
bright days of England's' glory will sit in
the night of her disgrace. "
But, ] would fain believe that such is not
to be our sate. Our soresathers made stern
grim visaged prerogctioe hide his be'ad ;
they broke in pieces his sharp and massy
sword. And shall we, their sons, be niraid
to enter the lists with undefmed privilege,
'assuming the power-s ofprrragatine ?
I shall be told, perhaps. that there is not
much danger of this power being very ﬂe
querm'y exercised. 's he same npolugy may
be made for the exercise ofnny power what- ss
ever. I do not suppose that the gentlemen
of the house ol common: wi!l send any of
risen. andthenh durlss . the. _
gfthntMol-sseeeosmrneni 'MW _ (ss
inﬂ- liableat-eny sitints teba um;- .n
apa to the and tis—your li e).'ith0t'tt any,
court to appeal to, without an means obse
dress, if this be the ease, sha ! we still boast
ol'the laws and if the liberties of England?
Volumes have been sstrritteo by foreigaera as
Zr 'isiesit ef- muche-clad as; throvnlnte
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8
_ Stating that he arrived then- in-32 day.
' from this port. having put in no account of
i the ac'citlcnts his ship (the Georgia Planter).
; met with in :! trementlous gale, which com.
sii meoced the 7th March, and continued until
I the mid ; in which be lost all the cotton on.
sdcclt, the boats, cambose, steeragc hatch,
companion, the wheel hrolte to pieces, and,
in fact every thing above the ship sunne];
ss the cabin dead-Iights were stove in, and to
secure the cabin, Wcse obliged to throw o
vetboard : parcel of cotton ;ss'asiboy was
washed away from the ship ;siaod had she "
not been new. and of the btst materials,
the sate of all hands would have been seri
ous.
The ship ]usti'na, eaptain Have, also put
into .Falmouth ; both vessels sailed from '
this port on the same day. and the Georgia
Planter only heat the latterhynwln houre.
- Captaiu Brown expected to þroceed from
Fslmth to .Gottenburg, and-liheil, it: the
Baltic.
"just" "Receivedfir Salc'by 74-15155' X: N
ctVEDT, Sat. Bmfisdleering drad,
' Doctor Silliman's lotion] of his In: elsin
En land. Scotland,-wi Hollnnd.
urnbull's Vqun round "the World, in
1800, ], 2, 3, and 4.
'[nvcﬂing S-ketchesin Rays}- and Swedeno
in 1305, 6. 7 and 8, by Robert inform.
si Dr. Gillin' History of the Woi-ld smmthc
Reign of Aleunder w-thatns AWI.
fRiohcnnd's Elemcnu of Physiology.
' Dr. Campboll's Lectuxes on Fsiccluiastiftl
History, to which .is added kisslebuud
Exsay on "inch. , - .
Lectum on Syﬂeumic Theology. 5! 40
, Dr. Ewing's Syttem of- Natural and Expe
iuncntzk Philooopby.
Dr Sinkh'shctuns on the Eridenccsds
Christianity.
oDrsi Paley's Sun-mon- and -Evidenceo of
Chrigtinnity.
Tbcsilook ofConunon; Prayer with the all
' Hym
!The'ble WorkcofDl-Jmes Buuie;
.W'sWLoMnbc-mdshlminu
me;-pen 'Poe d :!
0 I m 0. .
Mcnnion, , , do. do.
I:)". - en
T—HFETT-lch [. E Rct A
on my" polifical. literary ,
mdumypoblilbedintbccitictw
_ on Wedded" not-lift!!!"
me no" us attend-T'"
beare-LBHUl'ZfS amend-: um
manam-m..
na- Tn—f-zfm W ?" W
p hTWiladv-u- un'
,' NORFOLK. _May 21.
; \Ve have seen a letter from capt. Blown,
si. to his friend in this place, (lated
-'*-—""""" m
'I'HlS day by mutual consent the. pil-tan
nonhip ofssBencdic-t Brmhearcct_v (sso. -il
dinolved. All sstbose- indebted to them
are requnted to make paymcnt to- Tmnan
life:/teare; those having claims igninst the
concern, will please .apply-to hsiim son-pay
ment. . si
, kiTrucman-Brashcaps.
chncdxct Brashcars.
I
is as. simssf lesiiict-ir'inctef w he. m! th.
II,-O {With-Gum "(si—Wind which
ct [ende-vered") envineuhe ,nﬂmm ,;
the time nice-omi- the} eir am. i..
she was?!" ] osiisi'ct'mss: "? {li. Lihun
snow be on I" in te in an con
I'peculgvsy XXX- {cold — Wibiy be an",
"by ihspdrliemenukyxf _ \ n. end in do.
ingibio, ] childe-31 - nsisiwv, "wound in
mysipower, coward: !M'mtsisrction, of this a.
" ] deem il, mon mon-win abuee 0! pin-m,
.ud man dedgerctomoi all memorial-m.
upon the righte "and iibekdea 'o! Euglichm.
--l remain, gendenemctyour molt obedim
bumbie nium, - .sssi
i - ,: FymBurdaz.
i' Pifcodikþ. masts, mass .
w
NEW-XORK,-My 22. _
By the brigctSdlly. cept-[Place, in 17
sromsiﬂeﬂbn'a, - wcte learn, that (he
port of Havanm me (up-med do Amrricanss -
{2 days before the Sally sailed. "she go
ss vemor .aud momil,-were nbouc weeting,
fsor the purpose of taking oﬀ the ducin
_ an import: in American bpnoma. from 34 '
perss cent advaiorem, to fifteen per cenc on si
dry goods, and 10 per cent on provisiom, '
it was said the reducfion of the dutin
ssss were about to take plaeojn consequence cf
intelligence from Spain, that the French
! Wtrc near Cadiz. It was allo rumon—d in.
'rhe Havanna, that the Spanish Colosisi,
would speedily declare chexnscives an indcsi
pendcnt government.
siÞ 'Nm'quh'cdtianct.
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FAonvut. lpril 7, 1810.
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