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.,,,,wry. without evofds OF

efart''s H., !, indicted of trelpais and
,,,5ld p, at The h lais Of the King: 2 Rex
or'l,xsa l,; = II, ntlag9riam in <am sron4ts4 :,
's'a'S :, sa;4gaia ad eam perfect ana ans
I'm, e that the defendant mall
p';siI ans for Il leeneth thar 'hefe words
n1k' l"s y ,nm Bertinet without any re-
f 'gsa "a are sA TOO gsnsral to difpeoes win
&c ms : n,rion Of all forfei'ures wall not
,..a q an in,erea v9f<4 in the king
M0a =. 10 pardon from the king fhall d.
q, II interea Uegsd in the iubJect 10
e:' a. a"' c,all it, qoaboat eoora' ef rc/-
osl'n is, even diQge any thing ifom the
i: |" Lev. S. 40. Mod. So Saund.
klil Mod. III. Bac. 5. Ego.
5'a' ia ! man outlawed at the iait OF a
.,,v he oaraoned Of the outlawry, yer he
p ? ~, r. 1.aored to his goods t5srs9y: For !
nn1 ..,5m fhall not give reRitution Of
'ls r. RI. Charters de pardon Fl. II.
S q pardoa by the king, without exptels
.n,l, ofueitati5n. lhall not diVef, either
f 6g~ the king or fabjea an int<rs9' either
~; ! l.nds or goods, Vsesd liz item BY an
!, or conviction precedent. 2
Hawk Pl. C. a96. cap. 37.3' S.
II mutt be remembered that the gene
,,,doarine is that a spardon acGuits of
" al corporal penalties and forieitures
annexed to the offence" YET we Zee It ex-
nrsl;ly adjadged that without -lpee5fc
ffa,rl, ofrsfiiafio4, no pardon can relsore
; doc lsvied.-Afler obfesging the UNI
farm current authorities, ] conieis my
eff utterly at lois to conceive IN what
way the PreGdenr, or Secretary OF State,
Orthe Attorney General, will attempt 70
trpport the opinion which has been given
end aeed upon. No lawyer will contend
that any words OF phafe in tie pardon
iGned by the Prehdent, amount 10 :1VsfG5 y
,,R;iatiau, but if any common reader
hould incline 10 fuch an opinion ii may
be obiefyed, that the Attorney General
himlelf has aved US the trouble Of fheWing
tha, they Go nor, for he places toe queAon
precilsly on the footing, that " fafa3n
Of nfF remits ard Sefsrs, tine 70 t6e
;uriy." Indeed it would have been In
vain to have laid any ftrels upon the terms
made uie OF by the PreGdent, for we have
icen it decided, that the fame, and much
broader phrafeology is held not to con-
p!eherd terms Of rsfitatioa.
Thus then, unlefs I am entirely nliita-
ken ia the correctness and applicability Of
tic law, and in my confidence | believe |
an not, it appears, arG, that the PRECEDENT
Yss DOT empowered 10 order the rsRitufi2u
# tie fge; aad iecondly, that if he was,
yethe has no; in his charter of pardon made
,le Of apr, legal words fuficient for fach
pNpole. Ii therefore follows that here
is rot only an sG1mption of preroga-
I've unknown to she Contribution, but
Z daring attempt TO afcribe to an official act
q tie Executive an effect difaGly IN the
iaee 6: the l4w. This, however, ought
no3 perhaps, 70 much to excite 3urpriie,
lei when enc branch Of the Government
RS iae pEoa;gate aadaci,y TO attempt TO
nsfkei asith deri6on public fiatu,e whis h
hal beer regularly and formally enacted,
Il certainly can nave iitIit fcyuple 10 tram
Pie oo al tboIe forms, which the wiflom
Of oa' aaceAors has eRablilhed.
1 aage now complicated the talk ] align
e ny!elf when | began theGe numbers. 1t
nay De expected, perhaps, by thofe who
remember that the eventual payment of the
h0,, vas the Puschas of a lupprei!ion of
ealleo5er's threatened narrative of the
Saole iganiattion, that fome celebrations
@ill here be made on The eyerla.}ins dif-
sfscs 70 which Mr.. JefeTlon las expofed
lnieii, BY fhe evidens motives which in.
.aoed him 70 psrdt in ordering the pay
hsal OF ths money after thole doubts as
o ms leg3l powers had been fairly laid
.eiofc him. BIZ all remarks OF this fort