Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-06-23

70 ibis objection The defendants
l ,assl replied, admitting the rule OF the
rsto be as stated by the plaintiff s coan-
bu oFared as an excuse to the court
.o3,.observance OF. the rule, that the.
cadant was occupied IL lnovlng his "a
HIS honor Judge Kent, beng ai5as
tbe bench tie last dav of the tern, de-
asd in favor Of the defendants aPplicati-
The court having 50 done the day be-
~ IN a similar case waving the rule. We
.isr to AIr. Cheetham's a59aa0it beiore
str Swanton, Of his readiness to proceed
trial IN the, said cause, 29th April, as
10 hest conaaent upoa his a5ssSs,i5 OF not
r;nr ready to proceed TO sriai; aad beg
lave 10 make one otheF. comment which
sstnraIlv arises in rejecting on this extra
Ordinary case. One election IS passed, bot
,aether is to taka place in the coars@ Of
rear 10 fill the Office of President ant 4lce-
q President Of the United States, tisi2ratc3i
4 Mr.. Barr remains consetutionaliy Vice
4 President.
i f.ndaa, failed IN his defence, the respiration
4 ofths onbosers Of Mr.. Barr would be lost
forever. ifthey Withheld their support from
j bia at the ensuing election. The hazard
Of a trial, Mr.. Choetham, It appears, did
not chnse to run AT so remote period from
the presidential election. Having amused
,hs people orrather some OF them with
rattle in one instance, he could do it in an
o.lsr with the triaing difficulty ofan oath
not to obtain the testimony Of Mr.. David
A. Ogden, the declared ne5oaator, general
Hamilton's privy to its being carried on,
the Rev. Mr.. Liam, Abel, and My Las
backs being acquainted with the intrigue
/ in some shape or Other, persons on the spot
whose testimony the defendant SAID could
not be obtained without suit, was bro,E
10 compel them to appear III court OF JUS
t;ce; though led to believe BY the defen-
dantin hrs publications these persons were
his material witnesses, not one Of them
were mentioned at the time he put off the
rial bat the material witnesses Of the de-
fer~2ant were unfortunately ont OF the state
md out of the United States; one IN Eu-
rope, another at New-Orieans, and others
in different parts ofthe United States, as if
scattered by whirlwind, directed by the
Prince OF the power of the ali; to obtain
whose testimony before the next presidea-
tial election, would be next to miracle,
or TO compel their appearance IN person be-
fore any tribunal on this earth, nothing but
omnipotence itself can effect. Some oftile
people have been duped, I presume, IN this
instance, by the English halter, and work
ed upto a suitable texture, for as a work.
man by his former profession, Cheethanl
has been accustomed to work other plant
M aer;als, and by the presidential election.
VII have them ready to be put III his poll
tica' dye-tab whose coloring power never
fills to st a good black. SIS Chestham's
publications 29sh April, and the aililayt
bstore Mr. Swanton, referred TO same date;
tlen decide, reader, whose fault it was this
cause was nottricl. Mr. Cheethan, in
5 his publication Of the 29th April, states by
way Of objection, that he had not the eight
DAYS notice OF trial. Had he had this eight
day, notice of trial, ifcorrect in his state
ment, could he in eigat DAYS lave examin-
ed a person in Earope, New-Grleans, and
other parts Of the United States? Who
car have doubt of the imposition, after
this?
OBSERVER.