Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-02-21

,"''u - =. '''e lihe 10 that in ;o,,s
law, and N fsst his l'slsaanlc msjra, h. i
the innPreAcaeat .. onr fesmen. Or +. +ss sausd
puail1ed, and hot promoted, 70 no,, t;. ~aa haze
fender. On this point | prefaS,e there r,. a. q
doubt. 'au Dc
Mr.. Preliden.--I have though, i, p.;,...
profitable MOI irreeyant to the prelen, fpS;.a u
examine the right Of inpreaiag Brnh (uf '.a' 70
Birth jurifs have more than oueA,a. .sa IS
righ:, sad the Britilh parliament h,y. ~ N''
fume, decided the qleaior. re.
Sir Edward Coke inf. All .Gv, p,
king cannot iend any iabjcse sgsinlt bis vii, ias
Of the realm, not sven into LELAND, for thru = ~
der prstence of feryice he might lend h iap W.
banilhmcnt. IA. H. P. c. Notes 6-o r' 'p1a
Hales H. ?. {. it is declared /" !eps, Yn ~
the liberty of an Engiifhman and isrecuoo..n ~
&c the cftsbthsd rules oflaw, that m,u s,;a
cut any ofrnce by him committed 9, s,y l I
to authorize ii, lhouid be hurried away H.. ~"
criminal from his friends and family, aoj r,,,.a
by forSe into a dangerous fefvi,c.
That The Common law did rot admit ofe,t
practise, nIt have been the opiio;on Of h. D.;
tifh parliament, who in the time Of Ch,l,' :
.paGed aatnse e c. !, c. 81 ",o au,bn,t.
the impeachment Il folders aaa isamep il, ~
fsfvice OF fcrvice beyond ie4," which loOo aa..
expired, being OF fort Duration. They r;.S,
a,io have been Of the fam: opinion in the i'm, 0 !;
Z and Ann, c. io, 3 ana 4, Am C. II,
Aan c. 10, s Ann, 9. IS, Anu, c ri
Queen Ann, when number o; II tues q,
~ lhgt duratian p'isd In parliament, in 4.
fame terms as The ttatute OF Charles above \,
red. perfume Thy would never Fave NATL
laws 70 have AataofDsd proceeding tha, W.,
,iuhifablc oy tue common law. Judge Rer
who Is quoted by B'itons as an authority On ri,
point, shail be examined. Cos. c. /. ,,7l
lie fate. in The cafe Of Bfoadf OF, who VA, ~ ~
dttted for the murder OF Callahan, 'Tbs, hv
pfeaing mariners On enc hand, a very ueul coty
OF mcn leem 70 be put unde. haroihlps inccrGa.
ent with the temper end gsaixs Of a fire. govsn.
mezt, on the other the see!Dfty Of the cafe texab
to entir!e the public to rhc icrvicc Of thl, rcdy
Of men, whenever the iafsty Of the whole calkh
for it.
Z" think the crown has RICH. to com.
mand the service of these people wheuyer
the public safety calleth for it, the same
right that it hath to require the personal
service OF svery man able to bear arms ia
case of a sudden invasion or formidable
insurrection. "The right ia both cases i,
founded 90 one and the same principle, the
necessity Of heicase, in order to the pre-.
servstIon Of the whole" But he adds,
Fost. c. L. 49, g IF he be asked where
are the adjudged cases on which he ground.
eth sis opinion: He freely coniesselh that
he hath not met with oae in which the lie.
gality CT pressing for the sea service hath
directly come in qaessisn. &c states that
according to his bsst Apprehension (haviog
thought much upon the subject The right
of imptessiEg mariners for TIC public Scr
vice is a prerogative inherent in ths cram,
grounded uton the common law, ard recOg'
nized by many ACES Of parliament" wan
great Difference to his honor, would ask
if arv thiog caa 3: evidence Of The COM
mon law, bus judicis! decisioa' oo The
poini, which he adn,ts src nos 10 DC lou'd'
| will also examine the statutes Oh WHICH
he relics as recognizing this right. "'u'C
here observe ;ha be holds the soldIsT aud
seaman alike bound By the same law aoa
i, would Fos.. C. I. l66 seem By admiral
Seymour's ommissloo, that ms PovsT sA'
tended 10 impress ships, captains, ma''e'''
pilots and scamen, as well as al! otheF per-
sons fl Tor the purpose. This was Tor INC
Sea and foreign service, and did not eSepl
to land soldiers, as till The 24,h year "a
Charles II, all the laods were he'd BY a'''''
tary tenures. whereby the renaut' %e''
obliged 20 furnish solGiers and every tn1s
necessary for them in war; but by ~ "
II. "a c. IL. c. III these tenures WIZ
abolished, and | question much wne'I u,
the star. Charles |. extended to the feuu4'
tenants, who were bound TO serve only ,T ~
England. BY shuse of Henry -
II II. Z, c. u it is enacted, that II any so %
der being no captain Immediately rs'a'" ~
with the king which shall be 10 wages az.