Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-02-28

wien ! Hrd role ~ this oebase. /
fc.t AID expr-lel mach doubt bit
tie better reafon appearing 10 favor OF
rhe efolution, had determined to vote
ior IL. Al Prel.nt ny opinion is clear
and deciJed-lhe convifion has been
p-odlced by the arguments of thoie
who oppofe the relolution. Thefe con.
tain tie moa monarous fylem Of IT,
RAINY thar ever, believe, was brought
before a national ad.mby Permit NE
10 notice a few Of the orange petitions
which we have iul heard.
Ii has been fad BY gentleman from
Georgia on my right, Cen. Jarkfon)
that an eEirsd from our Executive
Journal fhoDld not be given TO fuitor
IN on. Of our courts, becaufe il may
contain matter TO fupport an impe4ch.
ment againa the Prefdent, which i'm
peachmeut is 10 be tried before Us and
therefore We, being judges, fhould not
alfo become parties by furniihing evi
dence. And yet the fame gentleman
has told US, that upon the demand of
The ether Houie, (who according 70
him have right to demandevery thing
we are bound to furnilh this veiy evi
dence, if they require it, for he pur.
pole Of bringing and maintaining an i'm
peachmeut. Thus We NUT withhold
from fellow citizen the evidence need
ful TO fJppoFt his right, beeaufe il may
furrih ground for impeachment, al
though no quefion ofimpeachment ex
1T. This too, It feems, is repaired
by the impartialhy which we lhould
prererve as Judges, before whom fuch
poHible impeachment may be tried J;
bot where th.fc is a queaion of i'm
parchment. and where We are in eta
the Judges, then, fo'foo,h, on the de-
Inanl OF The other Houfe, We are bound
10 furniih that evidence which we are
bound nov TO " thhold.
We have been told, that the execu
tive officers are AL dependent on The
Chief AMI al under bis directions !;
tha1 therefore bis dignity is implicated
in their ATS And confsquently tina
coudue OF thrle agents mua not be
qnsii1nsd, lea bis dignity be impaired
What broader lhield can be interpreted
to lheler the agents Of executive an
thority? How can they BE more con
featdly guardea againG all inveif;ga
ton
We are further told. that condem
nation Of thefe agents mutt afFea the
dignity Of our TiTa Mag'arats. Mua
Il indeed Ard IS therefore no prof
ecuton 70 be made is no condsmna-
ton To take place This l. indeed the
golden chain let down from Jove to
bind The earth in vaiTalage. And what
becomes Of our PreGden,'s dignity IN
der this Orange doctrine. A fuborli-
nate agent abuies his 'roR, violates his
duty. Is. guilty Of nal Prd Rice; he is
arraiqned and becSule the culprit is
convicted and condemned, is the dig
nifty Of government therefore violated ?
We have been told that a Treaty
when proclaimed by the Preiident is
TIE fup. eme law, and that the previous
ahent Of the Senate cannot be enquited
into. Gracious Cod I And is il come
10 this, that tie P oclamsIions of our
PRECEDENT fall be The iupreme law Of
the land That we mutt iubmit to il
without enquiry And how is this
monarous doctrine fnpForled T? Why
We are to 4 thar becauie il IS not proper
in the cafe oil common Statute 10 ex
anime the Journals Of the two Houfes
for The purpoie Of knowing whether The
altnt OF each was given, therefore we
NUT rot examine the executive Journal
of The oenate TO know whether two
thirds of the members Preient adviled
anu coniented 10 the ratification Of a
Treaty. But are thefs cafes at all fim-
liar The law IS fgned by the Pref
dent of the United States, the PRECEDENT
of the Senate, and the Speaker Of ihs
Houae Il contains therefore the bell
evidence in the nature of things, that
the full saent required by the conaitu
iion has been given. But is this the
cafe with a treaty? No. The evi-
dence of tie cou.snt of this Senate ap.
pears only by e,tra3 from ,heir minutes,
made out by their Secretary. And
hall this preclude the enquiry whether
in efea thar afent was given which
your Seer etary has certified
We have becn tod BY gentlemen,
who ieem 10 kuow al the merits Of the
cafe which is before the court, Iha, the
dignity Of the Prsfdent is involved in