Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-06-30
lYednssxau, su,le "a.


llYedrssxay, 5une "a.
Mr.. z. Randssbb, iaay il please your.
houors, the mosisn whichsAss been so or
Ten attempted TO be brought forward -
now submi.tcd TO the court It's SIR Tor
au attachment against gen. WAklnson
for eadeavoring topreventthc tree COURSE
Of Testimony. The immediate object SIR
is 20 shew that Improper practices h l
sbeen used The Interior pufposesnow a.
rises after these preliminaries have been
sopc inso--I believe sir that 10 cases OF
this kind, where strong suspicion is aPpa,
rent, shat improper and irregular me ans
have been used with witnesses the attach
meus will gosbecause tits absolutely 10 inc
Court.
Give me leave sir to open the case as II
now appears from the testimony before
she court. This sir, ne longer depends as
first insinuated upon the testimony OF as.
TKnox. II has been enlarged and enforc.
ed BY The testimony of two very respecta.
BILE qen,lem en brooght forward by gen. w.
himself Sir, if We were to have the same
command aud range OF psrsons as tue
counsel for the prosseusiop,w we should no
doubt lay before you full and complete
Z history of this irregular and highly imPro
spes business.
Judge Sir, this would be our ABILITY.
Il am certain sir, we should have been able
70 have disclosed whole series OF the most
csnsureable transactions. But give sie
leave though in this place to bestow I'll.
butte of applause which I shall always be
ready to acknowledge to the very candid
and Ingenious dspssitions of heas. Gaines
and Mr.. Graham. The respectable evil
8 dence of these gea.lemen has confirmed at.
most in every point the facts narrated by
Mr.. Knox. s..
lieutenant Gaines Sir,a lieutenant IN
the army was made a deputy marshal. a
lieutenant of the army IS made deputy
marshal. I feetrepugnance at the fdea.
feel sir arepugnanccatih this dangerous ALI
SAGE between the civil and military au,ho.
Yi,y. am not sufficiently versed sir 10 The
policy of mixing offices of such an opposite
description as the military and civil with
each other. I hope sir shall never have
much occasion to be acquainted with the
extraordinary policy Of Joining such Offices
together. That a man owing obedience,
implicit obedience 10 a military command.
er, To beplaced in civil capacity, and
that for the single purpose OF catching, and
OBTAINING unfortunate nnenswho may hap
pen TO be summoned as witnesses 10 any
particular cause. Sir do not pretend to
say what the purport Of that paper is by
the authority of which lieut.. Gaines acted
"a DEPUTY marshal; but understand i.s
principle objsc c, was TO enable himto trans,
port Mr.. Knox from New Orleans to
Richmond. Itappears to me immaieria'
sir, to enter into the specification OF the
power by which deputy marshal IS 'crea.
ted in military land, for the purpose OF
transporting by force 10 Richmond, man
who has been summoned as witness 10
New Orleans.
That this power was of military nature
as evident. This outrage whether It be
called military or civil outrage, was
committed after Mr.. Knox had bccn~re-
-eularly summoned.
Sir, what mass Of destruction 10 the
rights of a private citizen Isl here connected
between the Judge aud general Wilkinaon.
Wilkinson makes az affidavit, stating the
ma,eriality of the evidence of Knox This
affidavit he voluntarily makes, and sir, af-
ter il is made, by what means did il come
into the hands Of judge Hall !! Who was
the carrier of il! Net lieutenant Games.
ssGeneral Wilkinson, sir, was the person
who carried This affidavit to jadge Hall.
-Ane for what purpose, sir, was this done
To enable Judge Hall to transport MIR.
Knox "a. Richmond. Who, sir, was the
rxecu,ioper of the order founded % the
ef6dayi, of general Wilkinson? Itwas ex.