Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-04-21

exHrLFMsn.
As iooa as there sppearedrea for heliev
ing. that the house Of reprefsnt 4vss intended to
sojou.n, without prefeirins articles before the
fena,e, in rapport Of he mpeschmsnr voted againt
ne. the ir,clofed memorial was prepated, and
tranfm;tted Ton Sa,u' day laf) to member, with
. requsR ,ha, he would eject it, il tuch anirtcr.
ton ,hould be &C e,t sned to exit Ga Lar Mon
day, the morning Of the day ptsyloolly fixed tor
adiontsk zen, by jciat refolssion hfoosh h'uies,
arii~Iss Of inreachmeEt We're reported OF tie com
mi.tsa Su, i, was clearly impoiihlc forihe houie
TO an upon them Nor Goes the time until which
they were KEEP, back, leave the leaf room for
fuproGng, that The committee, who made the re
pot, intended that they Asuld be sded upea be
foe adjournment.
But whatever may have been the intention
with which they we're reported d, At fueh time
the efeta undoubtedly will be that they will pats
into the pubic prints, upder the iapetion ofa com.
mites, Of Conerefs, and even under the apparent
fanttion Of the boufe tfelf and that as they con-
tain the mot aggravated AND inA med eonaruc
zion. which it VA. poaible for palGon and party
fpis;, to put on the ea.parte evidence. whereon
The vote of Impeachment was founded, they viii
become a very powerful engine in the hands Of
ealnmniators and party zealots, for frightening to
the utaoR the p'eiu1iees ard cdium, which all
tic former proceedings in this cafe are 70 well
calculated 10 excite.
The report OF thsfe articles prevented the mem.
or;al from being prefented; the member to
when j, MAS sedt having been Of opinion, that
the cafe, in which it was my with to have il
preiented. Gid 90 longer sAiR. Bu as thefe art
ic!es have no, been adopted by the houfe. or evea
conGderea as they NUT be taken Up at next tef
6on and may then be reieesed, or wholly varied; as
the charges which am to anfwer and again0 which
Tough, to hive been placed in a Gtuaton to pre-
pare tor defending myielf thus left in the fame
tate of uncertainty as. Before the report; aud as
this report, far from accomplishing the osiea
which the memorial feks, can have no other effect
than to inereafe and aggrava'e the injuries where
Of it complains | deem it proper now to make
it public as an appeal TO my country, to the world
aad to poaeri,y againf the injuRce and gAlity
Of the proceedings in this cafe. and as foIemn
protect agana the principles on which they are
founded. therefore requea that you will pleals
20 inlert it, with this letter, ia your uieful and
lpeetable paper.
That it may be fsen that my inprelfon of the
articles reported by the committee is not CHROME
ous enci,f- copy Of them, and Iequea tina,
viii infert them after the memorial. 1t is proper &c
nate that four believe) OF the five members Of
the committee, VINO reported the articles were the
fame members who collected and reported the TED
imony, and that fourteen days elapfei between
the time when this committee was ordered to re-
port articles, and the time when the report wa,
.aualy made. This fa6a will aAiit in formi ne
. Isdgement, to the views with which
II was kept back until the lalt day Of the feflioa
Had the report been made fooner. as il might
e46ly have been, the articles might have been re
jeaed by the houfe or might at leaa have been
deprived, by amendments, of part of their wanton
venom and abufe.
am, Gentlemen,
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