Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-04-03
Fnoa rnr FEDERAL GAZETTE.
GENTLEMEN,

GENTLEMEN,
AS soon as there appeared reason tor be-
lieving, that the house of representatives
intended to adjourn, without preferlln5
articles before the senate, in support OF the
impeachment against me, the inclos-
ed memorial was prepared, and transmit
ted (on Saturday the Gath ult.) to nenl-
Der, with request, that he should present
1T. If such an intention should be ascertain.
ed to exist. Ca Monday the goth nltlmo,
the morning of the dav previously fixed Tor
Adjournment by a Joint resolution OF both
houses, articles ofimpeachment were re-
ported BY the committee; but it was clear
" impossible for the house to act upon
them; nor does the time until which
!. they were kept back, leave tie least room
for supposing, that the committee, who
made the report, Intended that they should
be acted upon before adjournment.
But whatever may have been the ntet1-
ton with which they were reported, at Such
time. the effect undoubtedly will be, thas
they will pass into the public prints, under
the sanction of committee OF Congress,
and even underline apparent sanction 81 the
house itself; and thai as they contain the
most aggravated and inaamed constrHc-
ton, which it was possible for passion and
| party spirit to put on the ex-parte evidences,
whereon the vote of impeachment was
| founded, they viii become avefy powerful
| engine in the hands OF calumnlators ana
party zealots, for heightening 70 the utmost
the pfejudices and odium, which allthe tor
mer proceedings in this case are SO well
calculated to excite.
I The report Of these articles prevented
the memorial from being presented; tbs
member to whonlit was sent having been
of opinion, that the case, in which 1t was
| my wish to have it presented did no longer
I exist. But as these articles have not been
adopted by the house, or even considered;
as they must be taken up at the next ses-
sion, and may then be rejected, or wholly
varied; as the charges which ana to an
swer, and against which ought to have
| been placed in a situation to prepare for de-
tending myself, are thus left in the same
state of uncertainty as before the report;
| and as this report, far from accomplishing
| the object which the memorial seeks, can
have no other effect than to encrease and
| aggravate the injuries whereofit complains;
II deem it proper now to make it public, as
an appeal TO my country, to the world, and
to posterity, against the injustice and lie
gality Oft the proceedings in this case, and
| as solemn protest against the principles
on which they are founded. | therefore
request that you will please to insert it.,
| with thisletter, in your useful snd respect
liable paper.
| That it may be seen that my impression
of the articles reported by the committee
is not erroneous, Ienclose a copy OF them,
Fas heretofore published in the Advertiser
I It is proper to state that four q believe) Of
the FIVE members of the committee, who
reported the articles, were the same mem
I bers who collected and reported the testi-
mony; and that fourteen days elapsed be-
tween the time when this committee was
ordered to report articles, and the time
when the report was actually made. This
/ fact will assist in forming a Judgment, as
/ to the views, with which it was kept back,
until the last day of the session. Had the
! report been made sooner, as it might east
(, ly have been, the articles might have been
rejected by the house; or might at least
/! have been deprived, by amendments, Of
; part of their wanton venom and abuse.
am, gentlemen,
Your obedicnt servant,
! SAMUEL CHASE,
.Baltinore, Ill,rcA 80, 1904.