Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-04-21
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is in vain that he has looked, 10 this vote and ID
The report of the commit,e. on which i, is soun.ci
for a aatcment or even h;rr of the oF.nces with
which he lands charged. He is impeactei &c
"high crimes and mildemeanors )" bot in what
thefe high crimes and miidemeanors con'iG, uieo.
how, and where they were committed, is 90 where
declared. The teaimony colca.d by the com.
mittee does indeed Rate variety of faas, which
may conaitu,e the grounds of accufalion. The
principles of jufce and law and the uniform
eoure of practice, united in requiring, hat each Of
thefe facts, or each that is intended n rely on.
fhould be put by the committee into the fcrr. Of
ipeci6c cl@rge and made the fubjsa ola diaina
refolu,on. The fenle of the houf. would Their have
been expreed on every charge feparasr'y, and each
would have been fupported or reietted according
to the opinion entertained by the majority yefp.c-
ting its truth and It's fuficiency. Your rn-mo,;.
aa woud then have koown, even withou, articles,
what it is, of which he aands accufed, and TO what
points to dred his prepat atoms for defence Ills
| family, his friends, his country, and be world,
would have known wha, it is that has been called
"hgh crimes and mifdeneanors - md would
have been enabled to judge how far the acoufation
is iupported By the fats. and the fac BY the proof
THERE'S another point Of view ir which your nae.
merial deems It his facrei do y, a duty 10 hi.
country more than to hi4felf. duty which 40 IN.
liberation iiiA prevent him from performing, to en-
ter his mott folemn protea againA this part of the
procee ding. Hi. pro,ea may 10, now be beard.
The paflons and prejudices Of the moment may
drown Ills voice. But it will one day be heard
and feriou1y laened 10. 'fhe American people
will hear it, poaerity will hear it-and the lovers
of liberty in every age ana country, will unite IN
Altering the Juice Of his complaint.
He complains that BY the method purfi "a il vot
ing this impeachment, majority has been obtain.
ed in favour Of the general vote. while j, IS poible
and even Probable, that there is not majority ia
favour Of any oae of the ieparate charges on which
the vote is unded.-The accu..tions aa,na him.
70 far as be collected from the teRimonv.
and from the fpeehes Of members are very
various. Let be 6peofed tia. four ehn1~
es chissy % be relied on, viz the trial o. Fries
the trial Of Calender. the preceding a, New CAT.
tie, and the charge to the grand jury IN Baltimore
lts perfectly manifeR, that theIe charges arc Who'll.
" diAind. and cannot fuppor, or nrcoe then EACH
othea Each is mifdemesnor in i,fef or !, i nor.
Therefore there ought to be majority in favor Of
each eParately, before il can be N De the ground
Of impeachment.
Let it then be fnppofed. which is not only pof.
tib'e, but highly probable, that thity members aud
no more, cpnndered the conduA Of your ;pemor;
ala in the trial Of Fries, as proper srouoJ Is
impeachment In thar cafe It is marifea ria.
your memorable ought not to be impesched on
that charge, there not being majority in /. yor
OF it. In like manaer there may have been but
! thirty members in favor of impeding him. On
! account OF Calendars trial and 70 Of the Other
two charges. Thus although ,heie mi oh, be hu,
thirty members in favour Of impeachiug, on arv
one OF the four charges, in which cafe !, i,
feh that There ought to be no impe achmec, v.,
when all the charges are blended into o..
eenerai queit'on. every member who conGd=-s
any one charge as proper ground Of imseaeh.
ment, and all the Others not proper rrouna,,
mutt vote in the Affirmative and thu, there win
appear great majority in favour Of a me,f,,rr--
which is actually ddapproved of BY great na;or
ty. This is an innovation 70 Gr.k;ng. r, a,,rc,.
ing, 10 repugaant to all former ptaetiee ard - al
IDEAS ct juitiee and law, that il nay be faev MO.
nounced to faruh, Especially when combines ,,;,t;
ne principle OF indefinite injury ahout prsv;ous;
ipec'tIc allegations and Of expa,,e teaimcnv. ,b.s
mott formidable. The moi i,reGilitle engine Of on.
Preaioa, under the forms IF law, thai ev.Y uas
placed in the hand of power arc Il the TIM:
mould ever arrive, which Heaven in its mercy -.
vert ! when this engine hall be vislded rneef ,n,s
dlree' ions OF party f7'it, Of popular palicn "a
it'ga'ed by Perfona malice niier policy, dread.
tut indeed will be the condition of thoie whom \,
may be the Object of The mom-n, to deaov.
Asana an aeeuiatien thus prepared, and TIM.
Prefered 1t believes your memorable to make me
eareN and the mof efficacious preparation, for
defending hseharaeter and Altering bis innoce ,ee
While the accufstion reas in It's orcsrnt x,,.s2.
tate, he knows not TO what points 70 c;rea ,5tc.
Preparations; and in the mean time DE faiha
Cope is given TO caluYnuy ard nall, 49,, cr