Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1805-02-22
CONGRESS Of the II. STATES.
HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES,.


tees Of the Supreme court Of the United
States, made a report, and replication
as follows:
THAT they have eoaside red the said
answer, and do find, that the said Sa-
muel Chase hath endeavored to cover
the cine, and misdemeanors laid to his
chare, by evasive insinuations, and
miss, presentation of facts and that the
said answer does give gloss and eelor-
ing, utterly false and untrue to the vari-
BUS criminal matters contained in the
.aid articles; and do submit to the judg.
nent Of the house, their opinion, tina,
for avoiding any imPutation Of delay to
the House Of Representatives, in case
Of SO great moment, n replication be
forthwith sent to the Senate, maintaining
the charge Of this house; and that the
committee had prepared a replication
accordingly, which they herewith report
to the house.
IMPLICATION.
The house of repre- sentatives Of the
United States have considered the an
ever Of Samuel Chase, one Of the asso-
ciats justices of the supreme. court Of the
United States to the articles of impeaeh-
meht against him by them exhibited in
the name Of themselves and Of all the poo
pie of the United States, and observe,
That the said Samuel Chase hath en-
deavorsd to cover the high crimes md
misdemeanors laid to his charge, by eta.
sive insinuations, and misrepresentation
Of facts that the said answer does gite
gloss and eolorinE utterly false and un-
true, to the various criminal matters
contained in the said articles that the
said Samuel Chase did, In fact commit
the numerous acts Of oppression, perse-
cution and injustice of which he stands
accused, and the House Of Representa-
tives, in full confidence Of the truth and
Justice Of their accu sation, and of the
necessity of bringing the said Samuel
Cha'e to speedy and exemplary punish
men, and not doubling that the Senate
will Ice all becoming diligence to do JUS
tice % the proceedings of the House of
Representatives, and to vindiIate the
honour fthe nation, do aver their charge
against the said Samuel Chase to be
true and that the said Samuel Chase is
guilty in such manner as he stands i'm
peaehed; and that the House Of Repre-
Sentatives will be ready to prove their
charges against him, at such convenient
time and place, as shall be appointed for
that purpose.
Mr.. 7. Randolph moved that the house
concur with the Managers in their report.
Mr.. r. Grisvo!d did not know but
what the replication was correct. But
it appeared to him that they were about
to act in too precipitate manner. The
answer of Judge Chase had only been
transmitted to them that morning, and
had been directed to be printed; it APP
peared therefore to him that gentlsmen
could not have had sufficient time to
Judge whether the replication reported
BY the Managers was aproper one or not
He was averse to delay a decision Of
the impeachment, but he WAS not pre-
pared to act so soon. 1t appeared from
the replication that the answer was sup
posed to be indecent. Let the answer
be printed and then gentlemen would be
able to decide that point. In order to
obtain a fair and full discussion of the
replicationhe moved to refer it to COM
mittee Of the whole house.
Mr.. Eliot did not rise to express sur.
prise at the stile ofthe replication. AZ
ter what had taken place in relation to
the Impeachment Of Judge Chase, he
felsno surprise at any language that nigh,
he used. He hoped that the language
ofthe replication would not be SANCTION
ed by the house. In his opinion the
stvle was unl,gni6ed and unworthy OF
that body. The course they were about
to pursue, ifthe motion of,he gentleman
from Connecticut (Mr. R. Griswold)
should be rejected, was unprecedented
and not correct. That might be no Oh
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