Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1805-03-04

whether the motion ought 10 BE- commit
ed al
fie was not dc;rous, he faid, that rh-
Gns of Mr.. Jsfe5ioa, holld undergo a DIFF
cuHiou in the, Houie hut if fucEl dilcuiiSan
had been had. and very much 70 Nh. .fff-
ts.iou'e disadvantage, tsrt graflr,iaa as.e
Aant hJ Gis.a5 for 4.
Tie Gentlemen, fsid Mr. Sullivan, wh5
advocated the. motion declared themfeIsss
TO be adjusted By 4 tender resard Tor thc
rights of the people, and for the hooor aud
dignity of rhe houie. He Was nor he laii
70 c,uch ii the habi, Of uang the name of
81 Tx people," (Which had 70 oftes of late
been proleitutsd to ths WORT Of purposes)
as fome men maybe i bu, he trsited he
ihould ever feel the liveliet lntefeit in
their welfare. 70 long as lie was permitted
to be one of then, and It was from that
.iIAeref, and the high fenfe he entcrtaia:d
of the honor and dignity OF the i4ouie, aud
of the importance of tbs iabiee. that be
advocated the propofed commitment.
The motion, he faid, was altogether asufl
and not a little alarming, and proved that
We lived i'll the moit insereaing times -
viii gentlemen he aGzed, who are in favor
of It advert TO rhe Contribution, which shey
FAY is the guide of their condua Il was
rhcre provided. ehat -ny hntje7 hal BE- beu
10 a4jaos, fo,, any, esiD1e o. a9eaoe untilt lame
IS fishy, lp55aautlaiIy, torarahI, and plalny de-
Irri5ea 10 biv aa4. tbef be G1N h.us a ,igbt
10 ip9oiace az .,1oefj t5at may be fe0a,a5.e 10
lin, ard 10 q. .,fmly besJrI y bimjtiF o. rasn.
a. VIII, he aiked. gentlemen advert TO
the rule Of the Houfe, which provides thai
no a%s @aR pajggf.t57ing The etGraf'fr Or prqp-
e,ty sf.any l,'diviazal, anleI52Gb nalviaaal be
Ji.f notjfed tbsteot'2
What he again afked is The tendency Of
this motion? Does it not involve ifigma
on the character of the printers Does it
not involve The deprivation Of property to
which they may be jutfly Untitled / And IS
it not propofed to do this without Eating to
shcm the crime of which they are accufed
and without hearing fyilable ii iuitif-
cation or defence-and even without the
leah notice that fuch things re in pr3cels
agsnlt them 7 Such proceedings, he faid
could be likened in effect, only to the tyr.
amy of the Star Chamber by the judgment
Of which, men were hurried to the fcafFold
before they knew they had been aecufed.
If the motion, Mr.. S. faid, be adopted
twill become a precedent i AMI may be con
ftrusd, in worte times, to the power of pro
1cribing any ihdividval whom it lr,vv hap
pen 20 be Duplicated with the natural
oourse of iuch meaiures (Which is always
tron, bad TO worG( might foon
afford presext if Violent party men (hould
get into power, for defpoiiing the citizen of
his reputation and property and even for
taking his life, without Indictment. trial, or
notice. We oughf then, he continued, to
examine the fubjsa with greatcit caution.
~ ought upon every principle Of right to
learn whether we can adopt mealore, the
coniequeDce of which might be 70 extended
The many and ferrous coniiderations which
the motion involved, demanded that II
haze a carefri examination, efpccially
as 20 principle. Such could be had only in a
committee And as we canno, constitution-
ally, nor by the rule of the houfe PATS az,
hrmatisely upon the motion without notice
10 the printers, We mutt decide, whether
we III call the PRIMERS before Us, and at
tend to their defence and proofs or whcth-
we will leave it to a committee 10 examine
reooft what courfe ought in their opin-
ion, to be adopted. Why were gentlemen,
alked Mr.. S. who advocated the motion,
oppotod to commitment /? We NAV nor
iuppofe that they wiz, to harry US TO rso9
ceniure and condemnation againft indiv;d
uals, and upon fubjca probably not with
IN our power. If theie gentlemen are fouI,-