Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-04-20

mining or explaining. This testimony,
inthe taking ofuhich some individuals
were allowed 70 indulge themselves in
the most rancorous invectiyes against
your memorialist, and 20 cloath with the
formalities md sanction of IN oath, the
malicious eifnsions &c their unprovoked
and implacable resentment; this testi-
mony, thus furnished with the deep stain
Of partiality, hatred and revenge, was
printed piecc-meal, inthe prog Fess Of the
enquiry and though not Immediately
published, was placed iD 4 condition 70
Be extensively circulated, and thus TO be
employed Is mean Of deeply wounding
the reputation Of your memorialist, Of
exciting universal odium against him,
and Of preparing the way for certain
condemnation, when clamor shall have
been excited, strong enough % drown
the voice Of reason truth and justice. n
Your rnemorialist BY no means wishes
to Be understood. as insinnating thar such
was the intention wherewith this step
was taken, his respect for the body by
which Il was authorised forbids him to
harbor such suspicion. BUT such may
be the effect, and such il must be. 10 his
apprehension, unless your honorable bo-
dy, b. PreferTing specific charges against
him Immediately, shall eneable him to
prepare speedily and ef6earionsly for ius-
flying his conduct and defending his
character, against the pnjust and wan,on
aspersions with which this testimony
abounds. -
The recent publication of this TESTING
ny. II . Gazette understood to be the of,
6cial organ Of the government, and
thence concentrating an Official eharae-
ter and sanction 10 whatever of this ma
ture appears in il, isa Circumstance cal
culated 70 increase, in very great. de.
gree, the mischieyous effects OF the ties.
.timony itself, and renders still more i'm.
portant the measure which your memori-
alist so earnestly soiieits,. From this
Gazette, the publication win pass into
others; and thus the most virulent mis-.
representation of his conduct, and slam
ders on his character. sanctioned too, in
some degrees, by the vote Of impeach-
nlent, will be spread throughout the u
nited States; and will even extend to
forega countries while the opportunity
OF refuting them, must, ofnecessity, be /
delayed a considerable time, and, If ar
ticles Of Impeachment are not immedi-
ateiy exhibisJd, may be postponed To- a
very distaRt period. b ,:.s
! He is still more strongly impressed
with the necessity, Of demanding, As 4
sacred right, this Immediate exhibition
ofarticirss when he reflects ON the man.
ner in which the Impeachment was yot-
ed. Il isin vain that he has looked, in
this vote and IN the report ofthe commit
teeson which il is founded, for: a state
ment or even 4 hint of the offences with
which be stands charged. He is i'm
Peached Of . high crimes and misde-
but inwhat these high crimes
and misdemeanors consist, when, how
and where they were eommiued. Is no
where declared. The testimony collect
ed by the committee, does indeed state
4 Sarietyuf facts, which may constitute
The grounds Of accusation. The 2rinci.
pies Of justice and law, and the uniEosm
course Of practice, united il requiring,
hat each Of these facts, or eachsthat Il Is
intended 70 rely on, should be pitt by The
into the form Of specific |
charge and made the subject of distinct
The sense ofthc house would
lhenhave beenexpressed on everycharge,
and each would have been
or rejected, according TO the
spinion entertained by the majority re-
speeding its truth and It's suffciiency
Your memorialist would then have
known, evenwithout articles, what tits,
of which be stands accused, and to what |
points 70 direct his preparations Cor de. |
fence. His family, hisfriends, his coun- |
ny, and the world, would have known |
what Il i that has been called, g high
crimes and misdemeanors r and would
have hem enabled ~ ;,,slre hcx,, e.. ~