Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-03-03

IeSt5 or enquiry GpGtf '!e GS'ItSi u!cs q re OF,
iicsn and emil h,encj Judiciary. |, was my wir
,hofr cafes !houd fase ! cen CONNER cei anew.
bu, this found impraacabe, the eviJenec
ape, tairirg 10 macy cf h-nn could oct again BE-
obi aimed il being hi, Fly in writing ara in the
Spzni! LANGUAGE, and lie tranil ton of lueh es;.
deuee together wi II the records would take years
to cAed.
"App.als formerly lay from the lecGon of III.
COVE, por', conit 10 tie h:eh court at Hsva,a
Bet now thsl be under the neec City of de, dins-
saufes of magnitude 10 the Ian reiu',. feel p
ste AT 1eluea. &c 10 esercfe jaajeial anthony, az
10 arrogate pleaiuts Of power which tie r,oii
naughty Of my preaeceiors enjoyed, IbsyG
appointed ieven judges, whofe jurifdiaon extends
TO caues Of the value of COCO dollars, sr''ioc sd
in tie 1.nd and cily Ct New Orleans, with IL
right TO appeal to The governors ooert from
judgements above the va'ae OF SEQ dollars. Theic
matters lha'l manage in the bed IN amer pofible
6 1t is neceGsry he~ ever that proviiion n ud
BE made .or The permanent government OF The
country as foon poai5le No public iueorvcn
Isnce however is 10 be apprehcnded from, ho,r
delay. The srranger,sn.s O. Gen. Wilknfon have
been judic0us and effsauai, and meet my entire
appreciation.
:. found in The goal about ore hundred p,iGone,s
fopne Of whom had teen confined on furpcion on.
y, iron. len To thirteen years. without trial. Il
w,S my deire oiei them tree, bat on enquiry or
Mont. L'Auiiat, learn there had been ~. nnder.
eandine bsiwcen him and the Spanih geyernn,enr
rsfpcetiug them. Iholr who were mp ii,r ed for
crimes Al ainii the crcwn and government Of Spain
we're nl luhett to the di!pofton o: .hsr au,horis
ty thofe Whole copfnemen, occa6oned BIZ
he commitment OF .oi, offerces psE.l by
The eenion Of the country But l kaow not how
;hefe can BE- tired under The new government for
crimes committed agaiall the old
Il hat,er snylelf fome arrangement nay be ye.
made to procure for thefe unfortunate priloneis
a general smneay for furely it will rot te de:og-
atory ter republican government 20 esr on the
ide Of mercy have already liberated FIVE Of
them, and ihail feel pang if NY country in this
railing Of Jingle chain. iEqaGl y;g55 are ftsGag
10 evs,y mc=.
{: The merchant and planters in this place live
in lyle ct cafe and sfllocnce. hut deplorably
deitit ute finiorm alton Such has been thei mode
Of life aud the atjsa Rate in which her govern.
mrnt has placed them, that they ere utterly averfe
from takieg any llare in the public concerns. A
profound Ignorance pervaies them all. Not one i'm
city can unGerRand the Ensllh language The
trisi by jury. that ineainable right enjoyed by
the American people, would at rre!eur be great
Inconvenience aad trouble to them. They could
NOT be made acquainted with it in Fifty years. The
comprehend. reptefeniatve {; Qem would only
bewideI ihcm."
Thus have given you faithful iketch
Of themoa important parts ofthis difpatch
The folly of reading il in congrefs public
~ is eyinced By the fear of the minifc-
rialilts to publil'lii. A motion to prinr
it was lolt by great ,najoriry.-lt APP
pears by il what delicate let Ct republic
cans we have in power, as they have au-
thoriied governor Claiborne TO exercife
LegEatiye, judicial, and Executive powers.
1t deicribes to us alto what a noble people
we have gained, as in fifty years they will
not be able to comprehend the myfery of
trial by jury. Fortunately they are in
the hands Of daring clals of philoiophi--
cal fpeculators, and we isall have all the
theories OF Laputa direairg political ex--
periments.' Our imperical itatelnen may
here try all their noiruuls, and when We
know their curiohty and pllilanthrophy
we ihould cry" God fave the people,
Ce..;n.k
Esiyaa Of 1iic, 'sm Wsans,7n, to TIE rditor Of IL.
Rtpe,tny, da.ed Feb IS, 1904.
6 For thele ten days Congrsls have pro-
greied in bnlinefs but flowly; the bill for
the government of Louifiana is nill before
the ienate. The houfe, on Wednesday,
Thuriday and Friday, were engaged in
debating upon the claims of thoic who
purchaled lands under the Georgia iales-
Mr.. John Randolph, Jun. was viosently
oppoied to reference OF all the claims to
the commillioners but in this as well as
on feveral other quefions, he had the
modification to find hirnielt in the minor
-ity. His influence with his party in the
honfe in declining-iomc of them defpifc
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