The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-09-20

fed the so.h day of January, 1919, commence
and carry On a correspondence and iiier,-outir
with the Gtid government al Spain, anI'wiih
the agents thereof; and as your conE.iisse he
iisve with an intent to influence The eaiursS and
conduct of the government oe Spain, an,, to de-
ieat the meaiuTes OF the government of the u
nited States and did then aud there, counfll,
.,dviie, aid, and aliiH, ia fuch correspondence
with intern as aforelaid.
Your committee, with the knowledge oe tbs &c
fatts are compelled to obiyrvc, that, however
there might exit IN tenate, great reluctance to
expreis any opinion in relation 10 proceeding in
the ordinary courie Of criminal jurisprudence |;
yet, when they rei,> q on the nature Of the Of
f,nee, the mprobabili.y OF the niinifte-s of the
law ever coming 10 Knowledge thereof with
out the aid of the executive, and the delicate
htuatinn OF the executive in relatio: TO the fub-
iect, duty tecns to demand, and propriety to
Juit'ty, their exprei!ing opinion in favor OF
that aid, witEou, which,, III the:r Judgment, the
Juit'ce of the nation would be expoicd to- fuffer
Your committee have no doubt, that prece-
dents may br adduced, and from the bet au-
thority, to iutify fuch meainre, and warrant
thepr"Ceedihgs with iafetv to the remeded iui-
tice or the laws which admits of no rules or pre-
tended rules, uncOrreGted and uncontrolled by
crcnnilances, the certain refuit CT which would
be the failure ofjuitice.
W-th .hSic iinpretiiOnS your committee rel
peGf"l!y ofcrto he ienate the following rejoIa-
fionJ.
Rsj5iU.A, That the Preident of the United
States, be rsqNeit-d to caute TO be laid before
the Attorney General, all fuch papers, docu-
ments, and evidence, as he may deem expedient
nd winch relate to any nnautho rifed corretpon.
I, dence and intercourft, carried on by, Jared In
gsv!eN, HlNiam Ra7vlc, Joifpb 3. M'Keau, Pc
, ter 5! tthea Dr. PoneeaK, and Edzooyd LirnNg-
.Faa, with the government OF Spain, or with the
agents thereof, with an inteut to influence the
nea!ures and conduct of the gove-nmen, of
| Spain, or to defeat the meail~es uf the govern
ment of the United States, in relation To cert ain
diiputes aud controversies between the laid go
vernments.
| Eeioi1ed, if in the opinion Of the Attorney
! General iuch papers, documents and evidence,
or iuch other evidence as may be preiumed from
any perion who is tArticsp5 erimi7,iJ, flall be
| deemed fuihcicnt to warrant 4 profscution of
the af;refaid perfons, or either of them That
the PRECEDENT of the United States BE- and here
by is rcqueaed to inHrua the proper law officer
to commence proiecution at flch time and in
iuca manner rs he may judge expedient againf
| Jared lnseriuN, William Rawe, Jofyph b.
M'ktan, Peter Stephen nn Ponceau, and Ed
ward Livingston, or either of them, OH the act,
entituied, an al for TIE 5unibment Of certain
crimes tasreiu sc;Ee!,' and that he be requeited
To turnih the attorney on the part of the United
States, Tor the purpofe OF CARRYING on iad pro-
iecutioas, with iuch papers, documents and e.
| videncc nom the executive department of the
government, as he may deem! eXpedient and ne
ce!lary."