Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-27
MR. HOLLAND wished TO be indulg.
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who has spoken 90 the subject,
that This house had not The power TO Try the
cfrsDce charged. Bu, although this point
was given up. they were asked to enable
,he psesidsot TONY general Wilkinson--to
ynroc are testimony Tor the executive TO en-
{ sbis him 20 CONVICT that ofhcer, and asked
to send for persons and papers for tina, puf-
pose. The gentleman last up had told
them ,hasthls was ,he only way 10 which
they could convict gen, w that he knew
Z ST no so,her way, and was sollelsons al all
events TO convict him. Mr.. Fl. said il was
homes, 10 him to state his design so candid.
~. II appeared tia. the gentleman wished
40 enquiry in,o The conduct OF gen. w.
that he thocghtis WAS high tine 10 maze
an enquiry less he should overwhelm Ihe
country and drive every thing before him,
ard the creates, reascn for shis and the
grea,es. favlt he fouad with his conduct,
WINS in taking into custody Swsr,wout aod
Boiirnap, colonel Burr and others, and oct
payirg due regard to the constituted sa-
,horisiss of the conn.ry. If ,he gertlenan's
feelings were so exceedingly excited by
this, Mr.. H did 20, participate 10 them.
General Wilkinson had acknowledged that
he had been and still was responsible TO .ae
civil authority LET those genlemen
whose Individual rights had been Injured
apply TO courts of justice, to the civil au.
shorty, and if gen. w. could DOT answer
. Tor els conduit, damages would be award.
ed against him. The law Of The country
was ccmpe,ent to punish every cffeDce
wherever the laws had been violated, Un
der this belief he though. it was DOT now
necessary TO take up this erqury for bis
civil conduct. # he had ac,t improperly
as military cf6cer, he was answerable TO
military courts or 90 the executive. Ard
wasit necessary to take this measure 10 en-.
able a military court 10 examine Toto the
conduc. Of gen w. on this occasion? Why
enquire in'o the business! Because lhe
laws were not competent Were ,hcre no
laws which would operate on he case 1t
was not preceded TO say that the testimony
to be procured was to be ground Oh which
60 fix law If il were, he should not
object TO it. Let Us examine our laws,
said he, and if they are not competent TO
punish cffences such as that charged, let
US amend ,hem.
Gentlemen talked much Of the strorg
evidences adduced TO the house. MIR. H..
had examined the evidence, aud it was DOT
of that kind entitled to credit, certainly
not s,rouger evidence than than iha: pro.
duced TO the court of Richmopd sgains,
the copspiraIors. And what had resulted
from that Testimony !: Those persons
charged with conspiracy had been dis.
charged from the court, who had paid no
respect to the evidence, and sc, at liberty
the persons accused. If what had been
read could be called evidence. il was, to
assy the best of il, very vague. A paper
had been produced Che could not say what
ii contained, for IL was nst 10 his posses.
siou) said to be translation Of Spanish
letter. Had the translation been sworn
to3 Had the person who certi6ed.i. been
sworn to be believed DOT: If DOT, the evi.
dence it cousaiced, if auy, was neish or va.
: lid or legal. How did it come into the
house How. was ii brought here-s They
.kRrw not how j, was procured or how is
was brough, forward.
Wiih,respecs iuthe evidence of Power,
10 was not entitled 10 credit. He had GER
. tilted one way, aud he had certified the o.
ther: il was Power versus Power Shy one
: certificate DC had done. away ano.heI.-----
= he house were sutsly not prepared upoo
: this testimony TO enter into measu.e cf
this kind-so ask the president of the u.
= States 1t indeed il were 10 their power. to
do II, TO make an enquiry. 1t would not
be said that this testimony vas of any force.
True u Was that clamor had been raised
throughout the union on the subject $ aod
there was time when Mr.. III. himself
thought that oficer and the whole army