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

merits Of the motion. 0 VIC
Mr.. Rigf5eso Got G,ofoa faid \. v,.s
~ 70 treipafs "a the patience Of tie 80,
with any remarks Of his al thar ist- Loar
and yet more 70, thar the fubic1 II !, "A
mad ever been introduced IL uece,r,r,,.
called forth party feelings, of whicl, !, -
/ vain to deny there was an abupd.rc- =
thai Eouic. Bur as gentlrmen had ,bon.,t'.
/ prop 10 introduce it, and after re,,.,9..,
private Fluctuations 10 the contrary a;1
perliited in making j, bone Of con,-r,;,.,'
he could not feel wiling in fuch a caC. :,
gl1e = iilcns vote 4e adelliou ;mr,sd;
ately before The Hoaie, MIR. 5. @a;d 80.
on . motion oftht gentlemen from Me-.
Tor committing the retaliation Offered br ~
gentleman from Pat5hrla. Tie nature !,
the debate, however, was no, ,nater;,lls
,aHelsld BY the m3t6n Fer commitment,
I Tor in con!idcting that, il was proner i
cos!iderable degree to dileafs ne refill,
ton ilfclf. H. was Ct opinion thar -.
ccnn;tn,enf was cSped:ent, no, onlv !.
caufe the fnbject miehtbe more coolly ana
/ deliberately examined by fmalE than
large number, but hecauf- that II this w,u
Il me Hoate thould chcole to adept the re-.
folatson il the end, they might avoid
violation OF one of their rules, which re-
qrires that no vote OF order ii ai,v Manu.
affecting the property or character Of &c
Individual fhould PATS the Houlc witbo, j
PreTious notice to The party 70 intcrel}ed
Il had been laid, that the Hoefe were FL
ly app'ized Of The facts relative % the re-
folntlon on the table, and were as able :,
determine on the meafures proper rs be !.
doPeed as they could be after bearing the
Irlnsers of the PaIadium. PoG;bly, how.
ever, gentlemen who entertained this :.
pinlon might hnd it unexpectedly fhaksn,
ihould they be put on tho propofed com
nlittcc and make the experiment. SIM
polc, Sir, (aid Mr.. S. thar the printer
ihould attempt TO yindicate ,hemiclvcs b,
, proving the truth of the obnoxious allepa.
lions which the friends OF the refolntion
had choien to apply to Mr. TfuI6n,
though ne is not named therein. = Would
gentlemen BE ready to fay thar fuch de-.
fenie was not admifib!e in principle lie
iald he was fully aware tina, by the com.
mon law Of hasGaad, the train Is no iu[}i6.
CATION for libel, and that maxim had oh
tanned, that the more truth there is in an
oifet'iise publication the greater thc libel. |
That was the doctrine he had always al.
horTed. IL was doctrine which the Fed |
eral 1dminiitration of the Government az |
the United States had though, proper 10 !
ahroga.e, TO the famous fedition atl.An
act, which had often been very uneeierI
vediysenfured, by thofe who prsbab me-.
| YER read more Of il than the titie.-An aa,I
"hlch created no new oIance, but abolih-
Cd Tome in being before. and allowed moe 1
indulgence TO the aeculed than he was eps-
tled'to by ths.exilting' law.
ne gentleman from Pnt!yssla had bee.
learned on the iubje6 of libels, and bad
quoted ieveral paaages from volumes ofths
Lngiihlaws, 70 prove the obnoxious publ.
cation to be libel, whether the facts there.
hfitated were true or not. Ii was ftrangeI
thu gentleman ihouid> refors cor authorizes
IN ilch cafe to people TO whom he gen.
eraliy ieened to be 70 hottie - II would
have been more confident, had he derived
his quotations from the laws of one of III:
newempHes, either Of the enlightened gov.l
ernmeat OF France, or the darkened goy-I
ernment Of Hayti; - fnce it is but veryI
lately that ihey were republics But frolnl
what quarter foelef quotations OF the kindI
might by borrowed, how could il be ex-
peeled that they would point out The patsI
OF duty, or the extent Of power, Of
fioule Of Reprefcn atives in this common-
wealth, N any cafe. However Court Of
law might think proper to decide, il tie