Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-02-16

"a mat vi. Adams oSuiS -" ".Ss'1
that 10, IA soe my 20 the re l1..can govern
r,eu, of ais owa souaw,, hal sloa-sEei
tn, British interest, against the iniETests OF
hi, .wa country which woald, IN ms si'aa,
Usn, aave baca al cfenSe both m9rsi ana
legal: TO charge aim vita 1t was, therefore,
lbsl,ous.
Admitting. therefore, these tvs phrases
TO constitute ,ne Distinct charge, and one
entire eIsace, this respondents considers
and ,ta,es 1t 10 be law, that no Iusuhca,ioa
which went 10 part Only OF The offence,
cauld Be received. Ia: pl:a ri jA,tihca-
non muse ,,ways answer the whole charg-.
or i:isb 4 On ia &c rnrrrer: Ter tins pai1
Te1son, thsy ,ts "Nject oi tic plea is TO
shew tnc payt,'s inuocence aad he canuoe
.e .nooc.nt, If TIC accusation against him
to supported N PIT. Whcrc tnc mater
Of d, fsuce may be given IN c"laencr, With
oa' h1ng form lily pleaded, the sans rules
prrt4A. In, defence must be OF the same
nature, an equally com lete, IN one case
as IN The ether. The only difference IS II
the manner al bringing it forward. Evil
dence, u .refore, which goes ONLY 10 JUST
~ ne ch4.ge in pare, cannot DC received
Ii is not indeed necessary, that the whole
of This ev,deuce shoui be gwen by Qua
witness. lac Justification may consist OF
several tacrs, some OF which may be :.roved
Ll one person, and sora by 2no'aer. brt
proof, in sach cases, mast be offered as 10
the wr5ie, rr u cannot % received.
In the case adder consideration. nopToct
was o,frrtd as to the whole matter corr
taiIGd in she twelfth article. Nd witness
&C pi tie aba,e m -n,loned john Taylor,
w., proIuctI Or mcaCoaeI "aea 4
wllness IS Offered TO a court ALI jury, II IS
sac II n. and DUTY of tns court, u reqalrs
state nent of lne matters Intended to Of
proved by him. Thus is the invariabie
practice Of I'll our courts, and was done
most properly by this respondent and MS
colleague, on the ocC- sion IN questlon.---
From The sta,emsut gwen by the traver'
ser's counsel, OF what they expected 20
prove bv the SAID wltnsss, 1t aPpearsi 'Ra'
his testimony csald have no possible ap-
oIication TO anv par, of tn: Indictment, ex-
cept IN. twelfth charge a>tve mehtionea'
an OF very weak al iapertcct apP''
cation even to thAtpart. Thc court, there
fore, as it Wa, their right aud dl'y, re-
oues,ed that the questions intended 70 Dc
pui 10 the witness should b. reduced 10
writing, and submitted TO their Inspection
50 As % enable them to juige more accu-
ra,e:y how tar those qaes ions were pro-
peraa,! admissible. ms being done, the
alssions were of the following tenor and
siie {:
Ist. Did you ever hear Mr. Adams,
express any sentiments favorable TO mo-
na.lAy, Or Sristocrlcy.' * what werttaey:"
"a. q Did YOU ever hear Mr. Adams,
while Vice President. express his disai>-
prcH,,ioa of the fandrns system =
81. do YOU know whether Mr.. A
dams did not, "a the year 1894, vote a.
g4tnst ihe seduestration VI British debts.
aai also agsinst the bill FIR subscribing IL.
te.course with Great Britain -
Thc second auesr,on. /; is manifest, had
r~,hrC 70 90 with ,as Nv nth charge; tor
N,r. Ad2ms's appreciation or lisaPproba-
ton cf the fun,ling .r,,rr, co Id no, have
,he MOST re mote tendency 10 prove that
re was an ar:stocrat, or lad proved faithful
and ssrvicsahLe 10 Ihr British interest. N
shAt pant al the publication wh:co furnish
90 the matter Of TIE thirteenth charge N
tHe indictment, It IS indeed STAGED that .Slr.
hiru,," when but in a secondary STA.
y,1r, ccasnrei rhe f,n.hr5 system" bot
tScsc wrrls are in themselves wko''l ic,.
un4sctjal; and 20 attempt was made, not
a,r evidence oisr.d ~ spoken Of, to prove
the truth 81 the ot!,sr raait1r Conta,Gcd in
t;ae thirteenth charge. It was fron their
ecnne ctiop with mat other matter, that
ne e words could alone derive a%v in sort.
al,e; x corse Quen,,y ,tcir ruth or taise
'osd wat AZ ScISrr imm-.s IL, wi.l,e thai
e,;her matter remained improved. This
question, therefore, which went solely tn
those ~ naterial words, was cleary mad
mis>at,ie. The third question was in re-
any, as lar as the SECOND from any connec-
non "a n the matter m issue. aitAour6 Its