Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-03-17

obAHiV dlIotis SWHleu nave ialicH llOtil tAC Ite-
man from Connetlicut require, in juaicc TO him.
irlf Tor he was member OF the committee aP-
pointedcn this occaiion.) and as an ats of Julicc
TO that committee fome remarks in reply. tor
what purpofe he has made .hefe obfergalions
ihall not undertake to determine. From them
it would appear as if dilcuGian had been parts.
culaEiy invited. The committee conhfed OF
(evea m-nbers. On tie motion of different
members, iometimes in conlequcnca of pcrfonal
application, at other times by letters addreGea
70 the committee, iefimony was ordered TO be
t3kea5 4 day was then appointed for The meet
ing Of the committee they did meet AT the
lime appointed for the meeting (ome gentlemen
of the committee were sngagcd il the cbaTatteg
Of manages Of al impeachment before the Senate
- he gentleman from Connecticut, aud a gentle
man from South Carolina {Mf- fluger) ALTO a
member Of the committee, waited in the littary
unu rhe other tnsmbera thus engaged lhoulj be
i'll readineis.
As foon as they were ready 70 meet a mcf-
faye was fent TO the libary for the two gentle
mcn. Before this ithad bcen intimately 10 the
managers that The houie wanted quorum. We
therefore, difpatched mefage :nto the ;ioGl7
for The two gentlemen, We received no an
fwer. The committee decided the conduct OF
MIR. Chafc impeachabe, in relation to the trial
OF Fries, and The conduit Of Mr.. Peters not
impsschable. In confequence OF this decifon,
FIVE members beng Pfefenr, the chairman was
directed TO draft the report. The report, how,
ever, not being pytlcn,ed, owing 10 The adjourn
ment of the hoaie, and the COMMITTEES being IN
willing 10 inbrnit it before it had been conf
dered by ali tlie members of Tie committee il
was again lutmtted 70 the com nittee, VINO were
fummoncd for that purpole, The next morning
when it was coniidered and agreed TO IN
the prelencc Of the mem5cfs PreviouGy ab.
fent.
Mr.. r. concluded by expecting his regret at
having troubled the houle with 70 dry detail
and fad he had made il TO Gl.w, thar i: there
had been no dill cuiiion, it was bcczlfe there
was an irdilpoition Oh either i5e TO provoke
it.
Mr.. Fuger. twas NY with and deterInina.
ton TO have avoided (lyipg any thing on the
prefent qaeaion, and TO have contented ulyielf
with giving iltut vote nor lhould now have
rifcn bur for the allufons, which have been made
by the gentlemen from Connecticut and from
Virginia, to what took place il the committee
of inveaigatiou--I' faternents given by both
thefc gentercn are as lar as they go correct, but
muf beg leave TO add one OF two additional
ob(ervatious on The fuojett.
The committee had been duly summoned to
meet or the morning Of the day preceding that
on which the report now Under consideration,
sJ
from Connecticut and mYsetf accordingly attend
ed at, or about the usual hose of ATTENDANCE
but on going 10 tie room, in which We had al.
ways met, We found it occupied by the commit
tee, who lad been appointed to impeach judge
Pickering. Most, believe indeed, all the gen.
tlemen, except the member from Connecticut and
myself, who composed the committee Of nyesti.
garioD, were likewise members OF this committee,
and as they had already met on other business,
VIC of course retired. On my return TO the house,
met the honorable chairman at the door, who
expressed wish that our commitse should forth
With meet but on my observing, that most Of
the members Of it were on the committee of I'm
parchment in the case Of Judge Pickering, which
was then assembled, he proceeded TO join lhesn-
intimatng, If ] did not mistake him, as he left
me- that he would sand ne word should cur com.
mittee meet. ! received no message, howeyef,
nor heard any thing further on the su5jcG until
a few minutes before the house adjourned, when
to my astonishment the gentleman from Connec
ticut informed me thai he had been told the CON-
nirtce had rnes daring or absence, ard come TO
the determination Of reporting ro the house a re.
solution recommending the impeachment of judge
Chase.
The gentleman from Virginia, however has
informed the house that before the committee
proceeded to business, one or two messengers
had been sent to summon both my friend from
Connecticut and myself, ard he had before given
ne The same information in private And mott
certainly, Sir, have not the smallest doubt but