Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-03-21

Tie was sOTty THAT extraneoua matter hdu
| been introduced, and coneeisedii impre-
per to go into an enquiry into Wilkinsen's
condueI. That officer acts with high re-
sponsIbjity. An enquiry now would De
premature and we are not the proper tri.
buaal TO try the question. / think all
will agree that there Gay be situations in
which The commander of an army or gar.
rison ought to do Whist he thiaks the ext.
gency OF the case requires and, throw him.
| self on the generosity. aud justice OF his
country.
| The wri, Of 1habeas corpus is q veTy lea.
por,ant privilege, and.is not, Think, now
I well secured. The criminal code of the
! United States is incomplete and waats. re-
vision, additions and explanations. The
s.ai1te of Charles is, enacted in ,some Of
the states, but not in the United States.
| Questions have also arisen in regard TO the
power of the judges Of the supreme court,
collectively and individually, and some
are now under consideration. II would
| have been weili the subject had cot been
stirred at this particular period. buti am
always ready 10 improve and secure the
writ OF habeas corpus SO far as tbs capa.
bic OF further Improvements and sscuri.
ty-
Mr.. Eppes (Va.j If the gentleman
who introduced she resolution is sincere
IN the principles which he has prolessed,
I. congratulate him on his coppefslen 10
democracy. I congratulate him that his
eyes are ~ last opened. Bpt if be tassput
| them on for q particular occasion like
shrsn when they no longer suit his pur-
pose. ! tross that he will be- eve ptual!y
frustrated ir his designs.
This, 8aaae that is now playing IN this
house IS part OF the same system as that
which Is going on in the courts below.
Whom dove ~Gud there, clamo, Gus for
liDer{y aud the rights of the citizen: The
same parry who have always evincsd laeir
otter disregard and contempt for BOTH
We hnd there the ex attorney general OF
the Us. ADD what is more, the ex-asecr-
ney general of Maryland. The greatest
monsterla human shape is one of these
Distinguished s,en, ,c!amotiug for liberty
slave. Where was his zeal now so osteo.
,aiieusIy displayed, when The alien law and
s he sed,uon law were passed The rights
OF man were not then SO much 10 vogue
wAh bis party.
Il is surprising 70 see tse sympathy Of
certain men for the man whom they
lately hunted from society,". Thetrufh IS, ]
they cannot bear 10 see conspiracy re-
dneed without armies and navies. They
!. grieve at the unexampled prosperity Of
the country and the, attachment, Of the peo-
pie 20 their, constitution and their govern
mens. 4
will not soften she transactions at New
Orleans. The commander in chief has
done an illegal act, on bis owa esponsi-
billy, ah6 he is snswerable Ia damages.
But 10 speak with thar !taasness which
think always becomss a legislator / own
that we're on jury, would give no
damages, or at mos, nominal damages
only.
For whom is such sympathy egei,ed
FortWe men. one OF whom is a foreigner,
who might in Englaad have bsea trans.
ported 10 Bo.any Bay the other a youpg
American who has dlsgraced thas charac
ter by acting as a spy on she coasmander
IN chief. Il aan wiling that the people
should see thai there has been aGlslc.ssresch
of pswer in those cases.
There is 20 remedy for q man aggrievsd
in this case but civil acsica, and unless
you doubt the efficacy Of trial BY jury, 90 4
other remedy can be asksdfor. .'Jehe NOV.
er OF The resolution has cited the example
! of England, where the habeas corpus has
been suspended for these tea years. It
was not violated there till since, packed
iuries and Judges dependent on the exc.
cutiye have growa into fashion. When
Wilkinson shows that he has acted no.