The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-06-25

led go no furthcr than TO the teGmony Of
leiirs. Lewis and Dallas. They fuycly are the
st judges f She motives of their own conduit.
What reafon do they give for denying Fries
their aid and ilviing him to refnir all other
couutei. Becaufe they had no hopes OF iuc-
q is ON trial hecauie they believed the court
hid got into difficulty where they were deter
mined to- keep them becaufe they thought
they had better chance to fave their Clients
4 lie by .he ufes they might make of the novelty
kof the firft days proceeding, than they could
have on a full trial after this novelty was reno
we'd the .ounfel in fhort withdrew from the
defence of Fries, becaufe they thought it would
\ brft ferve him, and evere not influenced BY any
ofber notiae spbatever. How does this teRi.
4 mony fupport the averment in the concluion of
4 the article, which boldly aflirms, not that
John Fries was faved. but that he was condem-
ned to death, in conlequence of not being heard
by his council!
A very frange and unexpected effort has
been made, fir, to raife prejudice againft the
refpondent on this occafion, by exciting or RAJ
ther forcing fympathy for John Fries. We
have heard him mott pathetcally defcribed as
|. the ignorant, the friendlefs, the innocent John
Fries. The ignorant John Fries Ia this the
man who undertook to decide that law which
had pafled the wifdom of the Congrefs of the
United States, was impolitic and unconfituti-
onal and who food 70 confident of this OPT
Mon, as to maint1in it at the point of bayo-
net He will not thank the gentleman for this
comoliment, or accept the plea Of ignorance as
an apology for Lis crimes. The friendefs
John Fres Is this the man who was able to
draw round hinielf band of bold and deter
mined adheients, refolved to defend him and
his vile doctrines at the rifk of their own lives,
and of the lives of all who fhould dare to op-
pofe Is this the John Fries who had power
and friends enough, actually to fufpend, for a
confderable time, the authority of the United
States over a large diftrief OF country, TO pre-
vent the execution of the laws, and to command
and compel the officers appointed to execute
the law to abandon the duties of their appoint
ment, and lay the authority of the government
I ii the feet OF this isa4; iaev Tie lie liz
nocent John Fries Is this the man, againft
whom moi respectable grand Jury of Pennfy!-
yania, in 1893, found bill of indictment for
high treafon and who was afterwards convia-
cd by another jury, equally impartial and re-
fpecfable, with the appreciation and under the
direction Of ajudge, whole humanity and con-
duct on that very occafion have received the
mott unqualified praife of the honourable ma
nager who thus fynpathizes with Fries Is
this the John Fries, againft whom fccond
grand Jury, in 1900, found another bill for the
fame offence, founded on the fame facts, and
who was again convicted by a juf and confcien-
tious petit jury! Is this innocent German, the
man who, in purfuance of wicked oppoiition
y To the power aud laws of the United States and
a mad confidence in his ahilityto maintain that
expedition, refcued the prifoners duly arrefted
by the officers of the government and placed
thofe very officers under durefs; who with
arms in his hands and menace on his tongue,
\ arrayed himfelfin military order and ffrenefh.
put to hazard the fafety and peace of the coun-
Try, and threatened us with all the defolation,
hloodllied and horror of civil war who at
the moment of his desperate attack, cried out
to his infatuated followers "come on {! f,all
probably fall on the 6rft fire, then frike, fab
/. and kill all you Can % In the fervid imaginati
z on Of the honourable manager, the widow and
made in hypothesis, to cry at the ;udement
feat of God, againf the Respondent and his
blood, though not drop of it has been fpiIt.
IS Teen to ftain the pure ermine of juitice. /
confefs, FIR, as Pennfylvanian, whole native
rate has been difsraced with two rebellions in
the fhort period of four years, nv ear was
ftrangely ffruck to hear the leader of one of
them, addrefed with fuch friendly ten
dsrnets, and honored with fuch hattering fym-
pathy by the hon. manager.
Us not mutual, FIR, in public PROHIBITIONS
tor the accufed to appeal TO his general life and
conduct in refntation IF the charges. How
proudly may the refpondent make this appeal.
He IS charged with a violent attempt 70 violate
( ~ 70 ~ dnn NonttHHion or his country. and
to destroy the bcf liberty of hisfeliow citizens.
Look, fir, to his paf life, TO the contain, courir
OF his opinions and conduct, and the iUproba.
h'iity OF the charge is manifef. Look TO the
days OF doubt and danger look 70 that e,ori-
Gus fruegie % long and 70 doubtfulIy maintain
ed for that independence we now enioy. for
fhoie rights of felfgovernment you now exer.
cfe, and do you not fee the Respondent among
the boldett Of the bold, never finking in hone
or IN exerticn,. aiding by his talents and encol,-
raging by his fpTit in Mort, putting his pro-
p rty and his life in ifile on the contef, and
Z n king the lofs Of both certain, by the active
part ne afiumed, Mould his country fail of fi1c-
GETS. And does this man, who thus gave all his
polieiifons all his energies, all his hopes to his
country and to the liberties IF the American
people, now employ the fnal and feeble rem
nant OF his days, without interet or ohiea. TO
PH'l down and deftroy that very fabric of free
d"m, that very government and thoE. very
rights, he 70 lsbored to eftablin II is no,
edible IT cannot be credited, but on proof
infinitely itronger thar any thing that has been
odrred to this hon. court ON this occaion. In
dhcretions may have been i9nted ont nv the
perievera1ce of perfecution but trufl mott
confidently that the juft, impartial and denif-
ca ientence oil this court. viii completely era
bdih to our country and to the world, that the