Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-03-26

fec,s the vitals of the state. on ~acccunt 9.
press Of. private or local business, Wohid
be a derelctien of our duty and 81 eaF
oa.hs, Away then with such oh]se':
lions. ..eas s...s>x ~, :
"A. 10 ,he objection that..hess subject Of
habeas corpus IS now sub iudiee - she.ccur
below, no one thinks Of a law which shall
have a retroactive operation. 1 trust IL
Cod that no such. e* tost facto pros'sllo1a
will be agreed to as was folsted INTO II, the !:
bill which came from the senats, 70 suspend
the habeas corpus, and which was Intended
in aide way. 10 cover with mantle, the
most. daring usurpation which ever oad, wsil.
or can happen ia this or any other country.
There was exactly as mush right TO ,shoos
the persons ia question as 80 do what has
been done. s
1t has been commended that shy measures
on tie part of this house will give q bias
to the proceedings which have been ias,l-
.tp.sd in the courls. Let me ask what 9th.
cial notice we have of any .ouoh proceed.
logs Bat disdainlng such assheltsr, tho
Il has been resorted to on the osher side, It
is sufficient 90 observe that's man has only
to break the law or constitution.lE iae be-.
ginning of session aud then. forseoh you
are 10 be forecloscd from legisla,ipgsn the
subject because an ins: ance has recently oc'
Cured to show the necessity Of legislative
provision.
MIR. r. said this was the rsttlEae in his
life that he heard it asserted that 20 law
ought to be passed to punish any offence
because that offence had.receHtly happened.
He-hoped he should never hear again sach
reason delivered. The Romans lteliev-
>iugIhe crime impossible, had no law to pa-
nish parricide, till a. case occurred, which
proved she;r mistake. What would you
alhipk Of Caro- or Cicero rising in the Sc
nate of Rome, and urging such a reason
against a law for the puniahmens ct tf;s
i clinses t-E
In the discussion of this simple motion
10 refer the resolution TO q committee Tor
inquiry, which 4 should. have supposed
would have been carried without any .crs
lection a, all, hipts Of indemnity, Iseppose
to try the public pulse, have been thsewn
out. Permi, 5me.to say tina: bills Ct indtE
nifty are not known 10 the eoassuu,ion,-.
The only refuge of those whoviolaie the
/ lava aud the constitution, is in the trial Icy,
Jury. and in The last resort, the mercy of
the executive. IF il is once kn own if the
tine ever arrives when the representatives
/ Of the people vote the psbIic money 10 IN
demniiy. those whe break the constitution,
we shall iadeed beeome, hsmines seroiIe
-tarates and Gtfor aoy COVE rsandt fer
any state Of sociesy, however dsepo,ic or
bstbsreus. Il: ever the minions OF .hs
executive, orths legislature, whether civil
OF military, are unidentified for their out
RACES out of the public treasury, tie con.
slisution mus. have arrived al. It's las. eri.
sis. 49,
Af4crr;asalipg the application which
Mr.. Sloan had made Of the fable oil, the tox
and the lioness, Mr.. z. proceeded TO OBJ.
serve that the doctrines advanced 10 regard
70 Wilkinson's. conduct aaerited the nest
pla,sd Reproduction whenever heard On the
foer of, the house. The constitution which
is fixed, like the laws of the Modes aud
Persiars, aud which fate cannot change,
!, If this detes,ab!e doctrine is admissible. IS
at once FILTERED away 10 nothing. Tough.
to run in .his,wa The privilege cf the
writ OF. haheas cerpus shall GO, be suspend,
ed, except in cases of rebellion or aetual. Ia.
vasien,the public safety shall regaire It, or
ulsssin the opinion Of aaaibtary. co'ana1'd.
.er it be necessary, VIVA, WILDE the d'ftsr.
if you admit the doe,rine whether
the ecns,i,ution be expressed ln THIS way
ar>be left as it now stands
1T has been ,insnuated that scesissn Gen
ilemea ia thisheuse lean too much towards
standing armies, Be. Agreed. But. 10
advocating an increase of the ,pqbiie force,
my objec. was to ehassise anlnsolen, toe,
not TO employ il against ear owu cinz ems
and 10 substitute it, 10 risen OF the etyil