Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-12-21

shall have been made, yet the said Samn-
Il Chase, with intent 70 oppress andpro-
cure the conviction Of the said James
Thompson Calender. did, at the court
aforesaid, rule and adiudge The said Cal-
lender during the term d which he, the
said Calender, was presented andin-
dietsd, contrary claw in that case INSIDE
and provided.
ARTICLE VII. q - - ~ 81
= That. at i certain court Of the United
States, for the district Of Delaware, held
n New castle,. IN the month Of June,
one thousand eight hundred, whereat the
said Samuel Chase presided, the said
Samuel Chase. distegarding the duties
Of ofiee, did descend from the digni-
y of Judge and stoop 20 the level Of an
informer, BY refusing to discharge the
grand Jury, although entreated BY seve-:
raj Of the said jury 80 70 do and after
the said grand Jury had regularly declar-
ed, through their foreRS b that they had
found no bills Of indirth ent, nor had
any presentnent % mak by observing
TO the said grand jury, dat he, the said
Samuel Chase understood that .agh-
II seditious temper ha& mmifested itself
in The state Of Delaware, among q cer-
tain class Of people, particularly in New
Castle county, and more especially in
the town Of Wilmington, where lived !
most seditions printer, unrestraiaed BY
any principle Of virtue, and regardless of
social order,--that the name Of this prin.
ter was. hut checking himself Is If
sensible Of the indecorum he was COM
hitting, ADDED thar it might be .s-
Stunning too much to mention the name
Of this person, but IL becomes your du-
", gentlemen, to inquire diligently into
this NATTER or words TO that effect
and that with intention TO procure the
prosecution Of the printer in question,
The said Samuel Chase did, moreover,
aathoritiveIy enioin on the district attor.
ney ofthe United States In. necessity Of
procuriag Gle Of the papers towhich he
alluded land which were underwood to
be published under the title of g Mirror
Of the Times md General Advertiser")
and, By strict examination of them to
find some passage which might furnish
the ground of = prosecution against
the printer ofthe said paper ): thereby
degrading his Observation-Disclosures and
tending 70 impair the public confidence
in. and respect Tor, the tribunals ofjus-
tice 90 essential TO the geaeial welfare.
va ARTIcLE VIM. %1& A. n
And whereas mutual rcspsct and con-
kdence between the governitehs Of the
United States and those OF lie individu-:
ii states, and between thetpeople and
those governments, respectively, arc
highly conducive 70 thatputlle harmony,
without which there can be- % public hap.
piness, yet the said Samuel Chase, dis
regarding the duties and dignity Of his
judicial character. did, q acircuit court,
for the district Of aMaryllnd, held. At
Baltimore, IN the month 81 May, one
thousand eight hundred aud three per.
vert his Official right and duty TO address
the grand jury then and there assembled,
on The matters coming within the pro.
vince Of the said jury, for the purpose
=of delivering 10 the said grand III " an
incorporate and inAammatory political
harangue, with intent 10 excite he fears
and resentment of the said grand Jury,
and of the good psople Of Marylaud a.
gainst theirssate government and cohstii-
:iuiioAs conduct highly censusabIe in
any. but peculiarly indecent and unhe-
coming in 4 Judge Of the supreme couft-
ofthe United States; !. and moreover that
the said Samuel Chase, thea and there,
under pretente ofexcrcising the judicial
righs 70 address the said grand Jury, ar
aforesaid, did, in a manner highly un-
lwarrantahle, endeayonr to excite the o.
di,m Of the said grand jury, and Of the
good people Of Maryland against the go
vernment Of the United States, BY deli.
vsriug opinions, which, even il the. iu-
dicial authority were competent 20 their
sx?rrssiDn, on suitable occasion and in
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