Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-06-11

the prosecutors, as IaI aS ~ 5SSPCclss ttic
only person for whom az apology Is astenps.
ed TO be made.
There are other serious objections TO my
sisustion. Must be ready 10 proceed e
trial? True, sir, but then il mustbe 10 their
own way. Are5we then on equal terms
here! Certainly not.
And again as to aadavits. The ". S.
can have compulsory process TO obtain
them bur I HANS no saeh ~dvan.age. An
exparte evidence then is h.onga before this
court on 1naotioa for com,nismeot. The
evidence on sone side caly issexhlb'sed, but
ii had MICE also 10 adduce. il would pro-.
bsbb comrades and counreract the cvf.
dcnre 81 the u. S. We'll, sir, and these
af6dayiis are put fnto the newspapers; and
they fall TOTO sbs hAads :! che grand jury.
Ihave nc such means as these, SIT, and
where then is fhp saialisy besWeen the GO.
verpment and myself?
The opinion Of the ccnfe TOO is to be
committed against ne. Is this no evill
A sailcient answer. sir. has been given
TO the argument abou. my delay and It's
disadvantage TO myself have been. ably de-
sveloped. Rus my counsel hare beer charg.
ed with defamation against The govern.
smens of the u. S. certainly, sir, shall
not be charged with decl4mafian. But
suscly i. is an established pr'aciple, sir,
thar no governments so high as 70 be be
You'd Tbs reach criticism. Anditis more
particularly laid down, that this vigilance
is more peculiarly nscsssary, when ay SO.
vcrnmenl institutes prosecution, and one
reason is, on account Of The vas. dispro.
portion Of means whicl, exists bs,ween ii
aud the accused. Bo, if ever ihsie was a
case which justified this vigilance, !, is Ger
tsinsy the present one, when the govern-
elent has displays.l such uncommon ae,ivi.
ty. If thsn this gavernmrns has been SO
peeu'iarly active against me, II is nai i'm.
proper 10 make The assertion here, for the
purpose of increasing the circumsp eesion
OF the court. s.55
Mr.. Burr observed that he meant by
persecution the hsrrassIng Of s,y individu,
al contrary TO the forms OF law, and that
his. case unfortunately presented many 10.
stances of this description. He would raere
" state a few o. lhem. He said that his
frieads had been every where seized BY
military an horny practice truly conso-
cant with European desFot;s r,s.-----He
said that persons had been dragged by
compulsory process before particular tri.
9baaals, and compellsd 10 give testimony
again.s him. fsls papers too had been
seized. And ye, In EHgland where we say
they know no,hlng of tberty,a gentlsman
who had kssn tseised and detained two
hours 10 a back parlor, had obtained da
images TO the amount ect zone thousand
gulneas. He said that 90 order had been
issued 20 kill him as he was descending
the Mississippi and seize his properly
And Sye, they could only have killed his
person. if he had been, formally condemn
deemed for streasoR. He said That even
post Offices had been broken open, and
robbed of his papers that in the Mlasissip..
pi territory, even an Indictment was "a.
bout to be laid sgainstthe post master -
that he had always taken his for felony,
bus'thst nothing seemed too e9srayagant@,o
be forgipenby the anDiable-morality CT this
governmers.--Mr. Burr said there seem
ed 10 be some,hing miagled in these pro.
-ceediugs, which certainly manifested
more than usual inclination to attain the
ends of iustice. AS far IS related to him.
self perhaps these things were Of no &C.
count but what then was to be said Of
those and other measures, such asthe sus-
pension Of the habeas corpussacs, which
concerned the whole nation! If 10 the ISL.
and of Grea, Britain, such measure was
calculated TO produce so much disturbance,
what kind of sensation oughsis 10 produce
In ahis ecnntvys
s Our president said MIR. Burr is fawyrr
!. add great one TOO. He certainly ought
To ksaw what il is that constitutes war.