Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-03-26
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lug thaI4hS anderstood. the qhcStiou oeN spoi
ne house 10 be, whether they WOULD refer
90 comlni,,ee &c the whole q motion. pro.
posing en- inquiry wheshsr further legal pros
vision bs notnecesssly e. prevent ysoss'ieas+
.pf the wNe of shabess cofpas.
How loag il had beenthe fashionsse de-
bate the metsiss ct a subject on a simple
su.otion TO commit, il was not material 10
Inquire. He believed u had sommeneed
The present session. as
Mr.. r, supPosedqhe.ebiect ei the mos er
Of the resolusieu In retefringn TO COM
m;i,ce Of the whele was TO OBTAIN discus.
STOP. lAssS,hs, had already been had abuns
dan.ly, aed as the session ,weuld soon.
! close shr sqggested The prophecy ofsyary.
.ing the moiion and referring thr reso!u.
ton In the. FIRST ins,ancssto select COM
mi,,ee. who nigh, Immediately consider
the soblee, and report a bill. We're ias
resolu.ion. II. GO to a committee OF she
whole he fSafed il Woald ntvsr est
through. s
Mr.. r. ihsr sbservsd shaths would pro-.
coed TO answer some objections wh'ch had
been Yesterday offered, agains.Ihe rssoia-
lion. sad state the reasons which induced
himto snpportit, come from whom smsy'
The fra objection which he heard yas the
quarter whence the resolution came. 3pers'
init me, said Mr. r. &c, reyaipd abe hoass
tha, if shase who have been called toto
public life DC account of their3pfsiessed at.
tachmen, to eorfees principles, ever qu';
tie ground of trial by Jury, ,hesilbetty OF
The press, and the subasdinasion OF the NIL
lita.y 70 the civil authority, they must ex.
PFC, that their enemies will perceive the
deser,ion and avail themselves Of the sd.
vantage. Gao they who thus desert their
old principles, blame oilers for assuming
the popular ground which they have a.,
bandoned? Whoever stands serward 10
defence Of the constitution, and the rights
of the people, shall have my sapPorigi'stsaf
hoe.
IN objection was taken by the gentle.
man ftom Georgia, Mr.. Early, on the
GROUND of time. 1t was said that tfis IS
an improper time to consider the subject
contemplated by the resolution. Siy.t
is no new discovery. The question or
parliamentary reform has been 80 years
agna,ed in England and therighs tune has
never arrived to consider the subject, and
probably never will arrive.
/ also understood him 70 say-tHsre,
Mr. Early interrupted Mr. Randolph aud
, begged leave to explain. Mr.. X. SAID ne
was con6dent that he understood the gen.
tleman right. However he at~leng'h sat
down, and Mr.. E., stated that his objection
was that .se house.had not sufficient time
this session 70 finish an investigation int
the subject aud that therefore 1t had bet.
Ger not be attempted. ] MIR. K. proceeded.
understood the gentleman perfectly be-
fore, and he would have found 1t SO, THE
had bad patience 70 hear me out.--He
urged two objections on the ground OF
time: ist, that we had not sufficient time
this session to consider the subject fully |;
and 2aly. that the present time was 'usPro.
per because the subject OF habeas corpus
was under consideration in the court be.
low. Mr.. R. here either was or affected
TO be little confused. He was sorry Ter
the interruption. 70 prcvest II ID FUTURE
he would mention no gentlemansby name,
and he hoped he should not be again inter.
rupted. A gentleman has said that the
house have no oficialinformation before
them relative 10 any violation OF Ihe privi-
ledge oil the writ of habeas corpus. II will
not refer TO thar genticm man by name, but
the gentleman from Georgia, MIR. Eariy)
will enable ne TO seil who - referred
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