The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-12-13
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! Timothy Pickering, VIM. 3. Giles, Steven
ThomfIn Major, and gen. Blackburn, he be-
iieves TO DC material witneiies in his defence, A.
sanit an indictment found againn him during
the pre.ent term of the circuit Court Of the L.
States for the middle circuit, Virginia difria ::
That VIM. Gardner, aforefaid, r, ides he he
ii@res in P0syjinoufb, in the fate OF ISew-Iiamp-
ii!iis THAT TenCh Coke, aforeyad, refides in
Philadelphia, in the fate of Pcnniylvana t.
That Judge Bee refides, the deponent hath un-
deritood, in Sou;ii-Carolina, but in what part
OK the fate he knows not ;--That Timothy
Pickering, ;.fCTcfaid, refdyd of late in phila,le-
phia, IN the Gate of Pennsylvania but where he
rehdss at this time the dePonent doth not know;
That VIM. B. Giles, aforefaid, he hath un.
derisood, i1ce he hath been furnifhed with Z
copy OF the indictment, and free the faid Giles
hath left town, reiides in the county of Amelia,
and that Gen. Blackburn relides in the county
CT Bath.
"The faid James Thon,fon Calender fur
Their declares, that he expects 20 prove By the
taid VIM. Gardner, and that re verify believes
that he ihall prove by the fad Wrl. Gardner,
that the fad VIM. Gardner WIS cornmiilioner of
loans for the fate of New IIa.nplIire, unter
the government of the United States, and that
he was turned out of the fad Office of conr,iii-
oner of loans, becauie he the faid Gardner We.
fufed to iubfcribe an address circulated in tile
town of Portfinouth, in New-Hampil;re, AID
pTctentcd to the Preiident Of the United Stat S,
in the year 1898, at the initance of feyeral ia
habtants of the faid town in which addr,t4
unequivocal appreciation of the condu1 OF INC
faId Preiident in the administration Of ll- Unis-
ed States is exprefed
''od. The faid James Thornton Calender -.
70 declares on oath THAT he verify bel;ey..
that he fIal prove by the evidence Of Tench
Coke aforefaid, that he, the faid Tcnch Cox,
in the year 1898, held an important Office "
,lArfh pr 81, IT,
commiiioner of the revenue, from which Offer
the fad Coke was elected by the prefcnt Pre-
hiieHt OF the United States; bccauf- ne I'D NOT
approve the meafures of his, the iiid prgfident's
administration, or the principles on which it was
conducted.
g That he verify believes he H,ar he abe 10
prove by the evidence of Judge Bee, That he
did receive from the PRECEDENT of the u it'd
States III the year 1899, letter in which he the
iaid PRECEDENT did advife and requef the fad
Judge Bee, then acting in his judicial character,
TO deliver TO the Conful of the Dritiih nation in
Charlefton, Jonathan Robbins alias Thomas
Naih, who mad been apprehended and carried
before the iaid judge on a charge of murder
committed on the high feas on board the Britiih
frigate Hermione.
g He farther depofes on oath, that he verify
believes that he fhaI be able to prove by the
es9dcTscc of TiTncth, Pickering, that the prcs-
dent of the United States was in poncfion of
diiPatches from Mr.. Vans Murray, American
minilter in Holland, containing ai1urances on
the part OF the French republic, that ambaiia-
doris from the United States would be received
IN way fatisfa6tory TO the people and govern
ment OF the United States, many weeks while
Congrefs was in felton,, before he cornmunicat
ed the fame TO Congress.
The deponent further faith. that he ve-i
iy believes that he !ha!! BE able 10 prove f,v the
evidence of Stephen Thompfon Mafon and vii.
liam B. Giles, that John Adams Prefdept OF
the United States, has unequiTocally ayowed
IN conversation with them, principles utterly
incompatible with the principles of the pregsnt
conitltution Of the United States, principles
which could not be carried into operation IN
der any political inftitution without the era
bhhment of a direct, powerful and dangerous
artocracy that he declared in expreis terras
to the faid Stevens Thompion Mafon that he
had 10 more idea of the pTeient federal conRitu-
ton could, for any length of time, conruul
the people of the United States, than that il
could cOntroul the motions Cf the planets
that he alto declared to the fad Stephens
honpion MsliCD, that he had no more idea
that political fociety could exit without
d1tneton of ranks, than that an army could
exit without officers : and alio that he can
prove Ivy tho laid VIM. B. Giles, that the P. of
the U. 5. has .vowed in conversation with him
a iertItnent TO this effect, tina; be thouyht the
executive department of the u. s. ought to be
yefted with power to direct and controul the
public viii.
" That this deponent verify believes that he
ihall he ah'e 10 prove by gen. Blackburn that he
'ui' on the day 1T the year 1903,
receive an address from John Adams p. of the
u. S. in anfwer to the field officers of Bash
county, in which the faid PRECEDENT does A.
vow, that there was a partyin Virginia which
deieryed TO be humbled into duff and aitics be-
fore the indignant frowns of their infulted, &
offended country.
g And this deponent further faith, that he is
adv!ed and believes that it is material to his
defence by the Indictment aforeclid that he
y a'uld procure authentic copies of fundry am
fwers made by the PRECEDENT Of the United
%tates TO addreGes from the inhabitants OF the n.
States in various parts thereof, which su:he tic
copics he cannot procure, 20 as TO be in readi-
neis for trial during the prefent term.
I" He ALTO fifth, that he is advifed and doth
believe that a certain book entitled can Enay
ON Canon and Feudal Law" or entitled in words
TO that purport, aicribCd to the PrelideGt of
the United States, and Of which he Believed the
Preident is the author, is material 10 his defence,
and that he cannot procure copy Of the fame,
and evidence 10 prove that the faid PRECEDENT is
the author thereof, without being allowed frve-