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

Mr. SnIfs did nope th- III ifo. 80
would be committed. Though be YET
terday failed, be hoped 70 iueceed g
day. re thought fone parts OF the
memorial deferved attention, and he
would not refule to IiQen 10 thoie parts
becauf. iome other parts contained ex-
oredions which he wiihed had not been
ii il. But in sxrenuation Of thoie IN.
iuaifa5le expreiliohs, he thought i
ought 10 Be remembered that the feel
ings of rhofe people had been isverely
| wounded that they were cruelty an
iniuriouny treated under the fornsr al
miaiRrarti0a and under the alicp lagr -
Farther be believed that fvsy thing
which the memorialits had Rated was
| iri9ly true, though il was not proper
| for them to express that truth. They
| were abufei under the for mer adminii
tration-they were put out Of the pro
te9on Of the law and made liable to
baniihmeot without uial OF hearing.
mr. Elnsr was opPoled to the com
ni,alent-nor only on account of the
| indecency Of the memorial, which, in
his opinion, contained exprelii0ns very
unbecor1ing ia aliens. but becaufe the
fubje1 had already been aaed upon BY
the prelent congrefs at the LAT felton,.
mr.. Nicb9f5a did not reoollef ever
to have voted againa the reference OF
any memorial or petition until the one
which was prefented Yeferday, and Of
which this appeared to be an exatf tran
fcript. He had voted aglina that BE-
caufe Of The indecent fot m in which it
came forward. He thought that TO
refpea or attention was due 10 men wso,
not being citizens of the u. S. lave the
effronterv to treat the houle with 70 lirtie
relpea as TO come forward with dec
laration that late PreGdeat was hottie
to all aliens of republican principles.
The memorial was read.
mr.. Lab called for the yeas and nays
on the queaion.
Er. RaEdobb faid. as the yeas and
nays had been called for, and as he
lhould vote differently from what kc vo-
ted yeaerday, he thoughr It his du,y TO
Rate the realons upon which be aaed.
He did not hear the memorial when
It was read ye9erday, o:hsrwife be
thould not have voted for reference.
He had no inclination TO pay the lean
attention to paper containing iuch
expeditions as that contained, aud com
ing from Perfons who have aothing
10 do with the government. H tho'r
it enough to be obliged to receive
memorials of an incorporate nature
from our own citizens, and was not
at all Inclined to eztend the Indulgence
to difcontented and meddling perfons
who were not citizens.
Mr.. DENIM felt no difpoftion 10
convert that houfe into an organ for
conveying to the world the flanders
of turbulent and trou5lelome foreign
ers. which wo,ld really be the ef.a
of adopting The motion. Should the
example be fer, people Of that delcriP.
ton would hereafter have nothing
more to do than to communicate
their flanders to that houie, and thus
have them given out 10 the world.
Mr.. ID. fad, he did net know
what he gentleman from P-nnrylva
MA, (Mr Smile ne nj, by laying all
that was aated in the immortal was
true. He o5lerved, that the memo
riaias Gated that they were conUias.
This part be prefumed 1gag tyHs-and
he wiIhed 10 know whether his col
league (Cen. S. Smith thought It de-
cent to place the flinders Of forsign
eonvias upon level with tie votes Of
gentlemen upon that floor.
He oble'vad FL her, that the memo
rialilts had fated, as one part Of their
complaint againa the late adminiara-
ton, that our miai0er a, the court of
London, had expreGed the with Of his
government that The Gats pyitoner5 Of
Ireland and England might not be
ienr TO the IT 5. and thar, in conle-
quence of this cruel proceeding, they
had been fubje9ed 10 long and griev
ous imprifonment in their own country.
This he preGumed was alto true out
he did not know that tbis had estitled
them to come and read political lee
lures TO the government of the United
States.
Mr.. Bacon thought i would be
time enough to attend TO the requeas
OF tbet PeQPL when they fhould come
toward with decent petition, TO re