Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-09-18

Vps' :. ..,pr sc0ulu nav s. s7ss.,s r
100, 7 !. pa So. seos down toshs house OF
ighsa !. ,, ss il experienced 9 violent OPP.
''p ''''sa from the demosras'c parry !. !.
POSITION g, . Dc wondered Al, Therefore, sn.s.
%. :. .s !. repeated and unltorm opposl.
,nld'' ssI l.g Should 6aaIiy pass with 50
JOY lo ''e,, 8 6 Co. ~, TO shew thar where
g &c s 'sns were SO very ambiguous as
t'p's'l law lss courts never would softer
b .. 'a , life or properly 70 De affected
P, An. He coatsadsd that col. burr
'Y as g charged as accessory. IN his case
so'l0 ~ ss,;np been present when the fact
y y. ., - as charged 10 The indict-
~ nu, he also argued that the law
Pr 40 accessories IN case like The
h' s,.~-fa.,rssson. aurder and other tie.
ls'ss .a.l il IRE, spssses. there arc acces-
p's' i com snen law. but in ali ip.erme-
, 90 sa-aces. such as are created by ssa-
!. ~, ID, are merely aaia psoAidisd, there
''.' : soeh sl,ins as sscesssIiai gsil;. n
Va ~ : Eay con- -srnced sargument with
- ,,,s..yasiops upon the light aud ln-
i i.s's a,auas { in which Mr.. Bets had
. o.'.sI Isl, snhlees. Why this solicitode
' t'ss ,erustd 40 rspress the evidence! Is
W. ). s.,,u.s is in,Iedue,iep would over.
.s.lm h,n beyond the possibility of re.
Inn, Why irea, the sobjecs with this
' srs leyily: Is II 10 impress
!. asSlic mud, thar it's pos worthy of q
..,;a., consideration /! Whh whaf Is a.
psrr sha,gsd !? One Of bis counsel had
.s.rsa thai the accomplishment OF his
..asm. would haze been honorable TO him
ed, hs coaouy. Apd what were those
,1bsm,s. They were contrary, to every
priu,job Of an honest mao ADD virtuous
fiIj,ep, They consisted IN violating the
Nv, Of his country 10 Q point the most
p,s,lally interesting TO her foreign reia
ions They were such as man OF ambl.
i'm disposed 20 delude ignorant people
pghs be disposed to conceive. They
hs: alarmed and exaspefsled The whole
| ,eoury. And SO d,fhcuIs has 1t been TO
CHAIN conple,e jury for the trial tina.
| lsout Of 90 men hare beeo excluded ;
nod yss in case thus interesting 10 the
pubic nicd, have the opposite counsel had
Iss likelihood TO stand up here and declare
Tia. i was SO farcical be could not trea;
i villa serious consideration. IF these
gspsmsn had By, one moment reflected
spu the consequences which must have
mnhed from the military expedition, they
vsuld have skunk from This course -
Puhaps the ambition of this party would
Asst been grs,i6ed, and their hope OF plum.
d,r would have been, satisfied: perhaps
Toe mines Of Mexico would have been
ttr, bot ln,le would i. hays been to-
hen, TIA, France apd Spain should have
exhausted their rsvenge in devastating the
sstera soasil OF cur country. Had the
g'uiisneu considered it in This light. they
you'd have viewed j, IS every o.her man
sadd, as scheme formed by an ambin
eausa TO sfsc, his own aggrandisenehs,
Gd'hsy could not havetreated the subjecl
sta such uawarrap.able lesity.
ls object of .his motion is 10 exclude
hsssidence.
hsyouud taken by Mr.. Bolts is, tia,
% psisoO cao be fouad guilty under she
1O' congress, who was not present, aud
occurring in the offence charged. But
'as point was already decided even in the
3ssaa case; il was there determined, thar
nan may be guilty of levyiDg war, with.
Mas'rgpreseos at the scene where the
'aa levied, if he be properly iadi:ted.
is true ground Of objection to the eri.
s'ss nsars to be taken by Mr. Bots is
va inss Aaron Brrr not having breo pre-
sua'he time of the Cfence charged, the
a,a'ccr offered must be irrelfuank This
@0ssd y ibe only ground on which the
'Osase san be excluded; for mere va
uvs aos Justify its exclusion. lfA
a0s'sd for killing B with a hammer,
= ue evidence be considered as ire
:. ~ which soesto prove that the inssTu.
~ death vas broad axe Must not