Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-03-27
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hlSz infc nti0n tossaavr SFoaoieu lis siouoS
agsin, bat some sentiments escaped him
before which he. had intended To express
and sosse doctrines had beeen sinee aS.
yanced yhicn Gcrised Iotsee.
Waer- are we said Mr.. L. Are we 10
The congress os the uaited Ssates.s Is
this the house of representatives OF tbs
union Are we 10 hear Oh shls Heor That a
nagrans violation of the constitEsion IS to
be remedieh by damages given as In the
case Of an assault? Issil possible that we
have no more respect. Ter the liberty Of the
cilizen aud fer the sacred charer ct the
constitution? Vine her reason comes mar
shallsd under the banners Of Aaron Eprr,
or uader color law, il is trsason still, 1t
is.to me the same thing.
Will the house say that a Violation OF
the constitution By the commandsfin chief
at .he head Of an arrap IS 10 be regarded
Ike the case Of coG,mea assaults aud lett
10 he same remedy: If these men are
ccnspirators, ifthey are traitors deal w'sh
them By law, give them law, sheer law, but
no. hing less or more. The argument ar
eed in excuse for Wilkinson's conduct
would as amply deferd him 10 putting men
20 death Is il come 20 thisthasany conrss
against criminsl not warranted by LAWS
ayowed and justified lfyou may imPri.
son him contrary 10 law, you nay make
way with hirn, and then summon ce'Yrs
TORY the dead man and ascertain whether
he is guilty. II is an old reniark that dead
men tell no tales,
Suppose Asren Burr IS aconspirator, q
traitor, let him be hanged, bat let It De
done by law. Suppose treason has existed
for years suppose uaahas participated
in the plot. and gone all length with ths trait
tors suppose at last he has outherGea If &c
rod, GU, off his CO conspiIators aud s1abs
his leader under preface ctzsai tor the
uniop and tor the construction. Shall we
suffer this man to make away with Ias cyl.
dences of his own gnl,.
If man may be sei2>d in ater,'tory -by
military force and transported to any part
of The aaioS, recolleef that yoa arc IN ter
ritory, that you may be seized as you 'eave
mi. house by the remnant OF the military
force here aud sens 10 New Orleans for
trial. Let me state case Suppose a
member of this house is arrested by MILF
ssry force, confined in the marlns barracks
Your sergeant at arms sent br your au-
tbor;,y 10 reclaim him, denied abundance,
and told that the officer ordering the arrest
takes the responsi billy onhimself; suppose
further that the menber is tied neck and
heels, pu, on board a vessel, sensso New.
Orleans, and on his passage Knocked over
beard by the boom. This dead man IS then
himself 70 Bring an action on the ease, tor
II does no descend to his executors, for
damages. Will this house sit quietly and
hear that such is the erimioal law OF the
land, without moving single step towards
accomplishing areform
We are told of plots from toe year 1894
down to the present time, aiming at a Sc.
verance Of the union, aud that those un-
exampled measures are necessary to defeat
the conspiracy. How are men 10 every
age made slaves to despotic power! LAKE
plos and then take qnantuai suHcis OF
military force, aud you have 1t at once.
No change has been wrough, 10 the French
government during the French revolution
without plot. By plot the legislature
were at last turned out OF doors at the
poia. of the bayonet, aad an usarper plant.
ed on the throne. Why may nos that time
aud chance which happened to all men, also
be our LOTT
A grea, deal has been said as TO the
quarssf from which this resolution CONES
aua an attempt has been made TO discipline
che house under the banners or party. ihe
mover of the resolunoa, who IS no &C
ouain,ancc of mine, and with whom can
claim neither personal aor ,politicsi friend.
ship, ia twit,ed with whs, happsned seye'
alyeprs ago and with the sanduct OF o.
Tiers. But lie, mr observe that yoar psh
81 annan.nts have the same right ta