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tierib on the piper in question, as being a libel;
ewe, at the same time, they were ender a cum.
Floe misapprehension of the meaning of This
nn which their opinion was founded. ,
pges
imsubulitted, was a sufficient ground on which to
potpuee the disrivision of the question. It was
Impossible to say that a fair oppoitunity had al.
"dy been afforded for considering the paper in
wion. It would be useless in him to polite out
tile ill consequences of precipitation in such a
w;eas this; and, notwitlistantliiig the courage of
toe a the Gentiontes who had spoken on the
„rI side, he hoped the House would take some
I, tie dine to deliberate before they came to a dcci.
on a question of such inipor4ance.
The CHANG E LOR of the EXCtIEQUER
taw ha conceive. how any one prwioseil of the
stare and information of his ii•viunirable and
I.,..trietl Friend roan doubt that the paper in-
question was distinctly a libel. Although lie
mi.lht nut have selected the passage quoted by his
moot rabic Frioud under the Gallery as the
irrigest in that production, still that passage wee

right to look a itli confidenee foe *Notify; to throe laws
the individual now imprisoned has through me applied for
redress, in vain. Thot.e who have imprisoned him 'have re-
fused to list, a my voice, weakly expressing the strong prin-
ciples of the law, the undeniable claims of this I;naliatisman's
' birth-HAW.' Your voice may come with more force; may
command great respect; and 1 am not without hope that ft
may prove irresistible, if it proclaim to this House of Com-
o:ions, in the. saute tone as the tongues of our ancestors pro-
l'elaimed in tho K irgs of old—'Noltonas kges 411114 nattori:'
or in our own more clear, and not less forcible language,
The loos of Enghtailsaall not k,chenged.'"
As far as he had_
gene, was this the proper mode
of treating such a subject? But what followed?
" The principles, fellow citizer.s, for which we are now
contend*: is the MUSIC principle foe which the people of
England had contended front the earliest ages, and their glo-
rious success inswhich contests are now upon retard it the
greats Charter of our Rights and Liberties, mad is divers
tither subsequent statutes of scarcely less importance. It was
this same great principle which was again attacked by
Charles I. in the measure of ship-money, wheisogain the
people of England, and au uncorrupted House of Commons,
renewed the contest—a contest which ended in the imprison-
ment, the trial, the condemnation, and the execution of that
ill-advised King. The self-same principle it was that was
so darintly violated by his son, James it."
And again, towards the conclusion of the same
paragraph,

op,resiiiniably a libel on the House of Com Mono.;
1„t the inference from the .asserlian that Mr.
yoke, in argstiug•foom the Bill of-Rights, had
co:Jetted it jots) a Bill of Wrongs, by which argil.
11.„t the Howse bad Wen induced to art, was that
is,. atone had done wrong, and violated the p,l.
slotcs of the People. All.seented to agree that
44 !fa% a highly hitiew• of 'question. Some in-
it.4 eight think that the intiniry ,nto Opt applica.
putt which his Majesty's M Waters hail made of
gie forces of the country at W.llelleren was of
aill greater importance ; but altoniigh he WAS WH-
IN to admit that this imptiry was of great impor.
wee, he did not believe that the (louse would
(edit to be of such importance as the investigation
if a charge against them, that they had been guilty
„1t.0.0, viol:16011 of the law of the land. VA.
tvm, G•litl:•iiion had called cio some in a
;1,:il scone Pi 3 hie:tile tone, not 141 r‘lloSe
Ai,a,ra to the imputation of interposing the present
to divert tho public attention from the

" V.,lumes have been written by fareignem, as well as by
our own countrymen, in praise of that pan of our law,
which in so admirable a matmer provides for our personal
safety against any attacks of men in power. This has indeed
Wien in all ages the pride of our country t and it is the main-
tenance if tais principle which enabted us to escape that
bondage in which alt the States and Kingdoms in Europe
were enthralled, by abandoning and yielding it lip; mid we
may be assured, that if be now abandon it, the bright day
of England's glory will s.t in the night of her disgrace."
Could any thing be -awe distinct than the
mode of resistance Imre recommended by the
lion. Itironet to the decision of the House of
Ctrmnions ? Was it not evident that.he wished
the people of England to resist in the same manner
as they did in the instances n hich he had quoted ?
But to set this matter in 4 clearer light, the lion.
Baronet proceeded
" But I ►could fain believe that such is not to he our fate.
Our forefathers made stem grim-visaged Prerogative hide his
head i they broke in pieces his situp and massy sword. And
shall we, their soos, tie afraid to enter the lists with unde-
fined l'rivilege assuming the powers of prerogative ?"
Was it possible, after bearing these passages,

ulaeles.ea to divert ti.' public 61 t lelll 60.6 , _ . . -
wal.,acien Ingoirv. Fur the
imciiioscs of . deci.,_ {.that any tote could refuse assent to his proposi-
mown,
oc.or
eistiiiitetlittin
on musistiico,
duck
an ! lion, that the Honourable Baronet had called on
his constituents to resist .the doctrine .by which
insinuation might he very conveniOnt —but 'naval ~.., • .. •
ionossible that any one •coold- roaacinably believe 41,1r.,.s ones had been committed by the. House of
out the wiettesttion of d darbecnee :the deehnen .Lernationa,,as the only entitle by which 'they could
preserve thsiir'' liberties ; that he showed them how
dote Inquiry was a matter of personal import.
a.ietoi) tie Memberti orbit 111 x, 'sty's their forefathers had fought for those liberties, and
an ilonsaterable &verbalist; haul said that he (the that he theatitsked them if they were now afraid to
enter the Brits
the Honourable Baronet ob.,
aag rap ts to a similar contest? 'ln a sue-
Coneeltur of the Eschequer) ctalrulated upon
g phk
sae such eireumithettm; in ihe Chapter of Acci.
ceedin
dents as that which hap.pened to the es:Hideout's el' terwedt
4. ;:kiTit.i.itolat
teosp.n
inwresou.leohign:dtihiisbsilirieui.id,
.exist t !alt.:rift roolzi,biet
'ribber in the retreait.ean I that with a italfi.r
about his lira he lettietal around for same sroltl rune •t to exist,and that its existence should he open!y and
tantalite mates the-perbent tli,eusion, to averc even binialully aveeed in a Country whose chief glory has
1 hero its free Cointitution of Government, is something ton
64i3.1)endi"lf fate- Its lii.assertion lie e"l'i.""t ; inoostriins tube believed, if the proof were nut before our
PPM(' that the Hotosorable Gentleman was se- i eyes."
rims. For Ins'part he was as anxious fur the 1 The Hon. Baronet concluded by telling his Con.
malt of the imptiry into 'the Expedition to the i stitueota, .
sio,.kh as any atatt. Aniteloatiug that result as 1 6l The acrinent by which I have endeavoured to con-
km „oh fist 41.$t perfect 4.0,,6je1l re, ka.toolgod i since ear Gentl-men of the House of Commons tom their acts
te" 1114'1'1444" i'ff d"ieht 4"4'Y /4"s* rah.' hit" 1 roathienarnourte iriirli ja:l connectedwe"e! way in:soh:lilt nconwulrYpotisheitr;
pessiues which' had prevailed with reapeet ;to 0 ratdotelsy the Is iritimentoorneporters ; ant in thong. this
, . .
sessant, the eisdoris and policy of wylebt, he eas 1 tor shalls.l: oily:a:it. now
iredienraniinsisin
ntitilpeoler
enormous
ardbusse thete
frill/link 4.!!!4041 - aivir,f...... 8. I.V" 'ei.iiien. Sir the epoWieerc.utt.i i must /sTerruets qt all. easrottclunmenta ' the,
onrellie ',leaven, 'Welt was *examined. ' Likor, I rights and lalwrties of Faiglishinen."
bar, hear I] Ills honourable and Learned I Hai put it to the House whether any thing could 1
friend had very jeritly add, that in considering a have bz.en written to Englishmen more calculated
kW, adistinclieto 0114111 to be
:merle between the i to excite their resistance to the authority of Par.
matter and the manner. Now both the lust- ;ha nett!, and tis bring the character of that House
er and the manger of the paper in ritteltion i into disrespect and contumely ? Could any thing
sere as tibellows as it was possible to ima. I have been written that bore completely the chat.
pie. He allowed that ally individual was 1 reeler of a libel on the rights and privileges of the
perfectly at liberty to canvass any act of an- 1 ',seise of Commons? Lflear, hear, hear!] Could
fanrity ; but he haul no right to decry the deci- 1 his Honourable and Learned Friend, after his M-
ina of the House of Cetninolts, and to appeal I tention had been thus directed to those passages,
leen that decision to his Constituents... The matt- 1 have any doubts on the subject? If he haul, he
wr of the document was most offensive, and with (the Chancellor or. the Exchequer) was persuaded
metal to the matter, it was Nei' her more HA' less tnat an adjournment of the discussion fur a week,
thane call by Cie Honourable Baronet on the peo- 1 or fur any longer period, would toot remove them.
pie to resist the authority of P,trliatnent. if he With respect to the objectionable passages in
t.nattl pr.ere this proposition by a mere reference the 46 Argument," they had so frequently been
te the leiter of the lion. Barents:l (without say- quoted in the course of the debate, that he
iag any thing of the argument by which it was would not enter into them minutely. The House,
followed), lie should skew a case of libel, which were in possession of passages in which the
it would become the house not to pass imptinish- Honourable Baronet distinctly stated that the
el. The letter of the Honourable Baronet be.: proceedings of the /lons. of Commons were 'sp.
gin as fi/lIIIKS : titutatically against the laws, and in complete.sub.
"The mime of Commons having passed a vote which version of the Constitution of the country. lame
amount. tit a declaration, that no Order of theirs is to he of of the-lionourabbssOentlemen who had spoken,
mree,i4hu than Magna Cherta and the laws of the laud, I
thiut it ley thtt.s ,„ lay my ~.mim,.,g„ thereon twe„,..t. my C„r) had no dell bt that the paper was a libel, but wish•
ffirtients, wh:oe character as frcetnen, and even whose per. ed to know something about the law ; others •ditl
rail safety, depends ins' groat a degree upon the decision n
a thir euestioa-a que-tint! Or MI fess importauce than this nut dispute the law, but wished to know Name-
11%retrt oar liberty he still to he secured by the Mks -of our thing about the libel. He was anxious to satisfy
Winters, or 1w to lie at lit.! :istillate mercy of a part of both parties. As iv the fact, he trusted that What
sor fellow subleuts. collected together by means which it i-
he had already Aced was sufficient ; and with re.
M memory fu me to describe." • .
:' speet to the libel, if a public, reflection out the pro.
After a few sentences the letter proceeded thus
ceedings of that House was not a libel, he did not
"It is therefore now the time 'to resist the doctrine urn ceedings
'hick Mr. )onesMS been sent to Nessea K
ue, as it is high time now *hat was. Let the House Consider the fol..
ewe al
ol p
atners retensions
after In those lihertst its
e macqy sa-
uire lowing passage in the i Argument" : .
or our fret ski many rug4les and s which were
o and
Mires." • . " They (the House of Commons) have become the pro-
prietors by barge/cc imam of the whole Representation;
Thestatement of the Hon. Baronet therefore, sad, iii alert rapacity, are inflated with, their eigtobtown
began by an allegation that the House of Coinmons fanoilfuf ideaskof Ilitesty. and trtiecekteindno:etneinatthiset:lrettigitsittylf
had set up an Order of their own against Maoism • 1 ...
urim% o'int. royalty. snw.!lrditof 1 prerogarirvne, and lord it equally over the
Charta and the laws of the laud ; that personal King aialtiw People. .
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'tidy was thereby endangered, and that now was His lionottrable and Learned Friend declared
fltetaane to resist the doctrines upon which they
had scut Mr. Jones to Newgate. But, perhaps, h that lie slid not understand this, and thelefore
.ht by
contended, that by resistance ~, wos that it could not he libellous. This much how.
it mi ever' was perfectty intelligible, that it declared
meant resistance by argument. What said the
f ,
the House of Commons had assumed ,s luster which
succeeding paragraphs ?
-. by the Constitution it was not allowed to pus-
" Ehher the House of Commons is authorised to dhpense
sus the law of the land or iris not." sess. • The main business of the " Aignment"
was, to prove that the !louse had not a right to
A passage in which it was clearly inferred, that
' commit a stranger fur a Breach .of Privilege; fur
il the instance complained of, the laws of the
. thd lion. Baronet admitttal that they haul a right
heal haul been so dispoused with.
_ ." Ir the Constitution he
of
so delicate a textace-so
weak to commit a Member for, such olfeoce. Now this
as a case of doubt, oat wide,' the lion. Baronet
iievrte-so fragile in substance. that it Is to be only spoke" w • •
aiu tt‘.l4l, of admiration. and In be viewed merely nu it had a right to argue as fully
,as he chose in the
tr., of curious .hut uoprofitabte workmanship t if Magna
China and all the wholesome law* of England be a dead let- t house; but it behoved luitnau take care in what
Is; ill atiat (sew the affirmative of the proposition may ix. I manner he spoke or wrote on the subject. It did
:::"_4(lerl; but if the Coostitution Isles, and is applicable to nut follow that that which it was lawful to
say
lid's 'lamely, the happiness of the community, the per-
sZ.
r seettrllv of life, liberty, and property of each mem- tut the Homes before a decision, it was law.
'cr. awl all the members of the society,
et the then theaffirmative fit' to say out of the House, after a decision ;—and
tree Proposition can never be admitted ; theta mast We he.
wen, Stir ue need no better security ;no more powerful still less lawful was it to tecommend a resist.
truiretan fur our rights and liberties than the lans.and ante to that decision. Supposing that he con-1
"wlitutaise. we seek for, lend we heed seek fur stothine tittered the conduct of the house bt the case .of
ties : wreak
iiii,lii for 110 more than what our forefathers insisted
as their own: we ask for too more than what they be-. Mr. Gate Junes as illegal, the Honourable Ba.
"ealliedllll. 111 ; we ask for no nave taan siausa.shey, nt toilet had a right to endeavour .to induce the
‘CTeSlattient Which some of theta had sealed, teasel which i
p„rort, of them were ready to seat, .wish their phial;
.ress•;6B,,failea is
House to rescind their proceedings ; but when
that attempt) he bad no tight. to
iy declared lobe the birth-right of the patriot/ft Enalandt
. To ape Isere toe NM a call upon the people to radii thcir authori!y.
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# ,
- - THK voicro. MAN.

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He would ,'
now addrehs himself to 'remove lay
doubts with respect to the law of the case.—
The debt of the House to commit strangers
ootild be traced as.far back as the reign of Queen
.Elizabeth,ln whith Mr. flatland Mr Trolope were
se committed (on further consideration the Chan.
of the 'Exchequer observed, that Mr.. Hall, was a
Member,
snot a Stranger). Selden bad decidedly as.
'sorted that privilege. The reign of Chutes I. corn.
pdsed an accumulated mass of autkeritles to that
purpose. In one particular instance, the Kentish
Petition, a Committee resolved, that to deny the
right of the House of Commons to commit stran.
gers was a gross violalion of their rights and pri.
vileges. Between the years 1701 led 1774 there
were no less than thirty instances of such commit.
ments. In the cases of Oliver and Gin:hie, the
Court of Common Pleas and the Court of Exche.
quer both decreed that the House of Commons
had a right to commit a stranger for a breach of
privilege. There was also the authority, of the
Court of King's Bench for the existence of
an analogous privilege in the House of Lords.
Lord Kenyon observed, on a motion of Habeas
Corpus, to bring up the body of Mr.
er, Who had been committed by the House
of Lords, " that if ever a time should come
:when factious men would attempt to overturn
the Government, they would begin by calumni. .
I sting. the Courts of Justice and both Houses of
.Parliament."—[lkar I hear! hear fl " I so.
eolinn sise.House," added the Right Hon.
Gentleman, 46 to consider whether that time'has
not arrived."...[llear I hear! Heart] Where
would be the impartiality of the House, if, after
commiting Mr. Jones for a breach of privilege,
they should treat a Member who, with a better
knowledge of those privileges, had violated them
with more indulgence ? If they adjourned that on,
which it was impossible to have any doubt, he
did not conceive that they would support
their dignity or evince their impartiality and
justice. The House was called upon by an
imperious duty: If they hesihited to pronounce
that against the Honourable Baronet, which
they had not hesitated to pronounce against
a less distinguished offender, they would sink low
indeed in the public estimation. Let the offences
.efi the two individuals be compared. Grossly
libellous as the proceedings of Mr. Gale Jones
had been, it was trilling and contemptible coin.
pared with that of the Hon. Baronet. If the
House, from an apprehension of doing that which,
the Hon. Baronet might iierhaps with, and in
which he might perhaps triumph, were to abstain
from doing their duty, they would indeed afford
him cause of triumph, and would indeed deserve
to be triumphed over and trod upon. In assert-
ing their own rights, they were asserting the rights
of the people of England. The only way to main.
taie their dignity, was to do their duty—to do it
temperately-but to *do it firmly and impartially.
It appeared to him that the Housecould not hesi-
tate in concurring the motion of his Hououra-
ble Friend, and lie was perseaded that they woold
net hesitate. its doing so. .
Lord FOLK ESTON E contended, that the pre.
cedcuts referred to by the Right Honourable Gen.
tleman (the 'Chancellor ar -thit'ExcheCeser) were
either misunderstood 'or misrepresented by him..
Indeed the course he recommended that night for
the consideration, art the House, was both extra-
ordinary and inconsistent. In an affectation of
candour, he (Mr. Perceval) appealed to the grave,
the serious, the solemn deliberation of .that House.
But how did his practice square with his profes.s
sions? By endeavouring to obtain this sober and
solemn determination in the most premature and
precipitate wanner. [hear, hear!) An Ho.
nourable Baronet (Sir J. Itotnilly) entitled to,
every deference for his deep constitutional know.
lege, had declared that night, that he entertained
many doubts upon the nature and tendency of the
publication then ander discussion. . When such a
chewier donbted, were the majority of that House
prepared to assert that their mindsorere satisfied—
that their conviction was decided [Mar, hear!]
The Right Honourable Gentlenian- (Mr. Pelee.
-vat) had gone but shortly into the subject ; but
even in the short excursion that he took, be pro.
ceeded every step tinder the most mistaken views.
It was contended by him, that' because the House
had committed Mr. Jones, that therefore there could
be no doubt of the right pf the House of Com.
mons, and there being no doubt of the right, that
therefore the publication of Sir Francis Burdett
was a gross violation of its privileges. What
said his. Learned Friend near him (Mr. Cruker) ?
He told the house that .the case of Gale Jones I
had nothing to do with the present question, and
should nut be admitted into the contemplation
which the House was bound to give to that
particular question. But he (Lord Folkestone)
begged to say, that the question at present before
them not only comprehended the propriety or im.
propriety of Sir Frauds Burdett's coaduct, but
the truth or falsehood of his doctrine. [Hear !
hear.!] Upon those points he would aik, was
the House conscientiously prepared to say, that
they were free from doubts ? Were their minds
NO fully convinced by the arguments and prece-
dents of th. Right Houourable Gentleman eke
Chancellor of the Exchequer ? As to his precis.
dents, he (Lord Folkestone) could easily illus.
trate their. total• misapplication to the inference
which he wished. to ((Mom Indeed, the Right
'Honourable Gentleman was so wholly ignorant of
the precise facts, of the case he stated with re.:l
pert -to Hall,. that at first he contended that Halt
was e Member of Parliament, and is a few see.
tenders afterwards ho contended that be was not.
[Hear; hear !] There were othercasee referred
to by that Right Honourable Gentleman which
were rather extraordinary, drawn sett .were from
periods of our history, which he trusted even that
Right Hon. Gentleman would've propose for con,
sideratiou. There vas the case of the -Kentish
Gentlemen, who, for the language of their peti-
tion, were sent to .prison by the order of that
House. Was there a man to be found in the
present times who would recommend such a pu.
iiishmeat foe the expressions introduced into that
Petitiow—nor rathere was it not such, as in those
times, would beniore a subject to be approved,'
than reprobated? It was, however, referred to a

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Committee of that Howse to make their Report
on. Upon the adoption of suck a Resolution,
Lord Hartingion moved that the Rights and Pei. •
vilegcs of the People should be considered by the
Committee, as well *stk. Privileges of that House.
It was to be recollected, that the period Muni
those events occurred, was meet great political heat.
and public agitation. The consult's** was, that
itr the Committee to which these .considerations
were referred, great division and jarring send.
ments prevailed. Such a state of things, there.
fore, led to a report from that Committee, which
could now be only considered as a mere comp*.
miss between,the conflicting parties. But the his.
tory of the transaction proved, that at the time
when Lord Hartington mooted that point, the la -
gat)! of that House to imprison for a breach of
its privileges was considered in an extensive degree
doubtful. Numerous able and well.written tracts
were published in support of the doctrine which
pronounced such a power illegal, and bad even in
that period considerable effect' in corroborating
the assumption, that the exercise•of that right was
considered by many an usurpation. But the Right -
'Hon. Gent. not satisfied with his precedetits from
a more remote period of our history, has thought
proper to allude on the present occasion to that
,•assertion of Lord Kenyon, namely, that when fac.
Htious men wished to subvert the Government, their
first effort was to calumniate the Courts of Justice, '•
end to entrench upon the Privileges of Parliaments
Really (said Lord Folkestone), above all men 1( , •
did not expect to hear sects an-athision, much less
such anppplication, from that Right Honourable
Gentleman (Mr. Percent). Does he, or can he, •
believe, that because he conceives this House to
have the power of restraining the communication
of the popular opini4n, upon the conduct pursued
within its walls, that he therefore can deprive the
people of these kingdoms of the faculty of thinking. •
.or of recollecting? Does lie believe, when he cites
the violation of our privileges, as a proof of disaf.
fection and of treason, that the people of Eitgtand
Bova forgotten the transactions of the two last
Sessions of Parliament ? Can they forget the spec.
tack exhibited to their view, of two Cabinet Mi-
nisters, charged, and I will say morally convict•
ed, of a gross and heinous attack upon the Privi.
vileges of this House—Privileges, for which,
forsooth, one of them now affects to feel such
sincere solicitude? Can the people of England for•
get, that though such violations were not
,deitied,
still that the conduct of the accused was not only
not censured, but almost not questioned by it
Bri-
tish House of Commons ? [Loud/ries of hear I
hear !] When then the country recollects such
events, and when this House cannot forget them,
what confidence, what attention can ha paid t•
such application relative to its Privileges, prows& ;
ing from that very man who was a few Short
mouths past arraigned before that very Homes&
culprit for their violation, and who, though rescued .
from punishment, has still no claim to soquittal ?
[Hear, hear] It is idle to say that the people of
this country have no very ermines feelings upon;
the present subject. I, for oneiCr.efean wish that
their voice should he stifled. ore it is AM.
I appeal to this house for that postponement of its
`Jecition, which allow die Fah(
of this ghost important question, end which mist
ultimately settle the legality or illegality of this
power. ,There temains one observation of the ,
Right lion. Gentleman Mr. Percent), upon which •
I wish to remark. He has in his general con.
denmatioe of the paper published by my Hon.
Friend, Sir F. Burdett, laid no inconsiderable stress
upon that sentence, w tech he assumes tends to invite
the people to a resistance of the decision of. the
House of Commons. He cannot have read the
paper fully when. he ventures to draw such
inference. Had he taken the context into his
contemplation...had he reverted to preceding pas.
sages, he would have fund that the term resist ••
once was coupled with the word legal. It was
conveyed in such a manner as must convince oven •
impartial Mind that such was the fair and candid
interpretation of the passage. If, therefore, suck •
a difference of opinion existed as to the nature and*,
to the iuterpretation of the publication, it is, with, '
many others,a very strong reason with me to vote'
for the adjournment. . .. •
Mr. ADAM observed, that in that House there...
was not an individual more sincerely anxioucto
uphold its constitutional and recognized privilessot
than he was. Actuated by a desire to support
them, he ventured to trespass upon its attention.
When, therefore, a question was brought before
it, complaining of a violation of these rights, he
nowt esteem it as most consonant with the chem.
der of • that House to hare, upon such an occasion,
its.proccedings regulated by the principles observed
in these places where justice was best administer.
ed. With such feelings." he had to imprese ups*
the House, that in all judicial proceedings, it was;
a main ingredimit, not only that the Court ofJuris.
diction should deliver its verdict, but that, in such
delivery, it should Mate satisfactory reasons for
such verdict. It was upon that principle that he
felt itbie duty to request the. House, not only to
declare its decision upon the publication of the
Hon. Baronet, bet that it should also impress
upon the people of the country the propriety of,
that decision [llsar, /marl] In order, therefore, .
to produce such impel:mina, it was net alone ne•
cessary that the Reese should decide justly, but
it was bound, in regard to the 'wishes of the coon. ,
try, .to declare, that decision in the most satisfac.
tery and intelligible manner. How then could it
be expected that such a consequence cosrldhe ob. .
disked from- the precipitaney with which thirj igaris.
called upon to act that night? The
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be aware, that the accusation brought Oak
Honourable Baronet was one not receatlyAgE4 •
tated. It was now Dear thitti yearssithea s.l4ssai
ber had bees called upon to answer inithei Hein* .
for misconduct, entrenching upon its privileges...6.*
That was the case of Major-Statt, in the yO4.-
177 g.--W tut course' did the House of Camomile"' • •••
pursue upon that occasion ? Did it hurry acid •
:almost compel NlOllllOl- to the declaration of
as opinion, withoet 'being 'able Pity to Intesti•
its the merits of' the •case ? The House outdone .
MIMI improper exaction: Wallowed' an adjourn. •
tient fur a work, to-enable:its lemberefiLly to to 4-
detstand that upon whlik they. were called hide. .•

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