Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1801-02-06

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= soeaiteGo=s law wi.h ,be judges gsn-rsll,
Hv-u IN Gsess Britain where az ere TOO sst -
lock ior example,, &c belisve, faIh hsay adiuG-
e.,ions souis not &c fcaI.d. file was aeouainei
with Nngliih Hsohs, ami sosld nos ,heu rechtca
my cafe Nhers the aoelied had been fn,n red.
iDcted be!prc she grand jur,, and tried by tie We
miro or peut-iery. in the lPscc o. Fs,, h,nrs or
oas dsy at E,oa moro elpetialiF where tic aecnr
led aad alade siEdssir. thAs he had matscisl wit.
aee. AoisnS, - rad bscn tho cafe in two tsials an
dc. shis l...sioa las, Dnt Phiad.lulia the O.
ther 20 Richmond Virginia. II thcte we're deci
cls TIA, had rtve;sd the conaitu,i,naliiy o. the
law in the lnud Of che gtntlen n fren New. York,
he hss 'a2en 0iPp,ry groand from shch ne coa'd
be caGly driven. Bot Judge oftle Unitei State,
having de;srmired the law 10 he sonisiya,ional
did -: b lug conviction on ms mind. re ffill
tn,e9tained the fame opinion he had formerly Gu
RETAINED aud he believed IL Ns,ald be dihcus 20
periuade tire american peopl, that the law was
cihcr e0nts'ta,;onnl or expsdisht The s;ntIe
man frpn, Nev.YorS fays there is nothing IN toe
law an hone& man fnopll nbisei 70. Why then
90 hunelf men take ihessr behind i, We are all
fond 81 having our gooi deeds made public, md of
ronSeai.ns our bad ones. Now L., the public
'adgr who ale the aoreA men tia, gen;!einsr-
ana his political aaoeiates. or uoylell and tb,lc
who uiuaily sot> with me. We ara yrilhng 20
fvbmis our actions TO public fetutiny anu to RE,
or iall by pubhc opinion. Ii THAI genilcman and
his TREND; in,erd 20 se honealy, yeav 10 they
Wiz this lay to hide .heir actions Why lay rhe
hands stpoWes on the lips of the people, who oughr
10 have the rlght OF examining their political con
uua and approving cr.coaden,ning l. While ihey
Scait ot honetfY why hulk in darknes and iheI.
tcr echind edition law III my opinion this
neithef argue honeAy, is ominous of good
Ei al, cv,nts this Is se true diereuee between the
parties in this houie. That gentleman ahd his
friends form party who with TO coRceal their
puDhe eonduSt trcn the pryinT eyes Of The public,
bad MAO i'y IL you Zee yUu fhall not fpcak my
Ssli 4 my political a;iociates, are willing 10 fpread
cur actions before me trbunL OF the peoplc and
70 be Judged BY them. Now l=l the world Judge
who arc ,he ho1es men, we, who expolc our sc.
uoas "a apbie yiew, aod fay TO them, jsdge and
approve or eondeniu Tor oar deeds or thof.
who iay nc hlent vs. are above sou if you To-
pen yo4r lips the penalty Of the law ihall be in.
hieied on YOU
We arc tod hY the eenti=nsn from New-Yorh
there a. - be order o! things. ( believe
there viii be. Il looks II we ihoud burn ali
the old and begin new
What, ate gentlemen not cortented with che
itdition aw 10 Pro;e9 them, 60 they want wall
oi I'ic around Sl,e1 Z
This la,s has osSn in force two years and v7ha;
has been Us cl.s5ts A few printers, and few
ri!ey4hl= nc ipaTcr feribb.rrs have fallen vioimg
TO q, aBa is has dilguled : large gortion OF the
American people wao have loaded your table with
re,i,i,ns praying for 5ht peal % -he obnoxiaus
law and why Will you assin agtate the public
mind by reyiying law 70 foreign TO their feelings
and hateful their fights viii gentlemen never
yield their party views 10 the public voice, and
drop iaw that lIas proCpccd @ much diiconrent
u Shis liw had been good and contributions! and
hut E. " people had been daatisded wi;h il, there
WOuld be lon,u execute for continuing it but the
very rsvsrie is the iaGe az not afraid Of the
law, a, not afraid hali ever be fabisdt 70 its
operation, for il my opinion the standardization,
when il is pTelntsG ~ chs .airet forms ofrrufh,
viii afford ialieicnt ground fol- all my auiiuade
V,r6ous I eau tnrn 20 pages. AID tay My an. sr
CT paragraphs which will authoiile me TO lay more
than win 10 fay
The pa .lc1lan fforD New.York Tags, they have
been ,olt TIC iun OF Federalni would ihortly !
Ss,. | on a iofmcr location dd fay 70, and I d. I
gan repeat il this very law, iTis mas done any
coed was 10 this way, believe i has balensd /
the d.clenGoa of the federal fun aAead OF control4
~ yutlC opinion IS it was int,nded. fhe oPpo~
lie clcGi YES been Produced nlsI have aeted /
mp 20 ,h.if own oP;mons, though tley were Tor
bid 20 ipclk. \ oar own wsaoons have been tur-
rsd ag...it YOU you fud the public nina aeling
Arone,J y, ANA on, though it dar; not fPeak
The gentleman from New York fays thar thofe
whu coniideT governments ar evil will vote againlt
this Jaw. q touIidsr good government bic liig,
aGG am therefore willing 70 let he people ezsm~
ine he.,y md isifly he fruits Of goVefnmeut,
Tl.oss rEo VIC. 20 mike il curis, win alfo to
epnduA il oat Of iight Vi thole Immediately inter-
saed IN is operssions. This hidden way OF con=
du6siue the eone-rus Of the nation val never be 4
plsalng 10 the rec people Of America. Already ,
very many OF ;hem are cpPofsd 20 inc sdminiAra- |
lion, and while you conduct the'r important con
ceras out RI their iiFhs thcY viii DC Jealous, and
withdraw rhcir ate ctiOns from an adaiiniilrsuon
,llAt a.uns the light.
MIR Randolph faid, when re fisR conferred !
this report ne viewed it n4srCly as the fuifImeal
OF an obiigliicn which the committee thought |
iu,po,ed eyoa them by the hoafe, and he had !
ilpp.ed, th1t /, would have been iaGered 20 re-
main on the table without any intention Of bsiDg
eal.ed up
re would rot enter into d ye1 Of the unsuns |
hitutenshty Of he law. Flow hrungly foever !
the gentenirn fuppolsd that auction to have I
Leeu decided by the esngreis who psiIed the lag (;
be Eoud tell that gentleman and all has adhercnts,
tina, he a4d . TN higher tribunai TO appeal 20,
on. h,ghef chsn th-y could prodnce he meant |
the American pesple. Their voice was more 1
powerful than thar o. thsfc courts and cas- PssG
acni &, vsom u gentleman releaed. The viii !
q ,hc ysogiz had seen fairly aid folly eHPraged 4
upou bis t.5i-a, ard notwitnaspding ali inferior
docihpa shis ougbs and the utmUeiy NOR Ne 4