Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1805-02-22

OF tue WtlOLC hSuSS Wa
Noes 60. .. -:
The question then returned upon con.
curing with the Managers in their re.
port. -, :, -. =, -
and nays. >.
Mr.. Lucas said tina. il appeared to him
proper to postpone the farther eensld'ra-
iion Of the replication until they should
have the answer printed. 1t appeared
prepOsterous to agree TO replication to
the answer when that answer was not be-
fore them. He understood that the an
swer would be printed on the next day
and then they might act uPou it. He
therefore moved to postpone the further
consideration Of the report Of the Mana
gers until tomorrow.
Mr.. 7. Randolph had no great objec-
ton to postpone the subject br the time
moved By the gentleman from rennsyl-
xania. He wished to inform that gen.
vieman that this house was d possession
Of the answer OF Samuel ch.se. A CO.
py Of Il had been sent themRrom the Sc
nate, and whether printed Of in manu-
- script it was in possession of the house.
After the able and mastery manner in
which the answer had been read in the
Senate, he presumed It must be fresh up.
on the minds ofevery gentleman who had
attended there. For his own part the
silence which prevailed in the Senate,
added to the animated maanet in which
it was read, had made an impression up.
on his mind not easily to be efaced.-
The answer was on the clerks table, and
he had no objection to hearing il read by
the clerk. But a. wen A. the clerk Of the
house Of representatives read, he con-
ceived il would be no derogasion to him
to say, that they would receive bat a
faint impression Of it after having heard
it read in the Senate. Should they post.
pone it until TO- morrow, what would hap
pen then i: A printed copy ofthe answer
would be laid upon the table Of every
member, and it would require four hours
to.read it. He thought that after once
perusing it, they could not have such =
retention Of It as from hearing il read in
the Senate. However, If the gentleman
from Pennsylvania wished the subject to
be postponed until o.rnorrow he mad no
great objection to it. While he was UP,
he would notice one observation which:
fell from the gentleman from Conneeti-
cut (Mr. r. Griswold that gentleman
had nooblection to the fling Of a gene.
raj replication, provided It were done in a
different styEe from the one reported BY
the Managers. In answer to this Mr..
Randolph observed that the respondent
had made the proceedings IN the celebra-
ted case/of Warren Hastings authority
for his answer; the Managers had also
adopted an authority which he conceived
that the gentleman from CConnecticut,
would consider as entitled to respect, il
was the authority Of Edmund Burke
Discovering that the answer was stuffed
full Of evasions, and did contain CLOSE
coloring offacts, false and untrue, the
Managers thought il their duty to draft
arepllcation similar to the one put in BY
the house of Commons, in reply to the
answer of Warren Hastings. He found
however thatthe thsorieaofthe Ri. Hon.
Edmund Burke agreed better with the
gentleman from Come ctieut tMr. r.
Griswold) than the practice.
Mr.. Lucas observed that he had heard
the answer OF Judge Chase read in the
Senate, and he believed the rest of the
members did also, he would Withdraw
his motion for the postPonement Of the
subject until to- morrow.
Mfr. DemHS moved to amend the re.
Plicaeion BY striking out, after the words
" and observe" the following: THAT the
IL" said Samuel Chase hath endeavoured
"to cover the high crimes and misde-
i" meanorS, laid to his charge, by evasive |
" ins;nuations, and Misrepresentation of !
d" facts that the said answer does give
" CLOS. and eoloring utterly false and
" untrue, to the various criminal matters
" contained in the said articles" He