The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-10-06

hearing, the jury were charged and sent out,
and after due delibcraton returned prepa
red to give verdict against Mott for muir
der; but through careless neglect or de-
siga OF the then Clerk, in not swearing the
sficcr who attended the jury. the verdict
was not received by the court; in conse-
suence of which, Motifs trial was deferred
10 Jauary stated term.
In the course of Deans trial, il was disclo.
scd by two witnesses. taken from the Black
Snakes crew, that the crew had been en-
ployed and furnished in carrying on an illi-
cit commerce and intercourse with the pro
vince or Lower Canada, by &C, ain mer.
chants of Burlington and that the evening
before this horrid massacre, the Black
Snakes crew were supplied bv men at the
Falls with provision and ammunition and
that early the next morning (the day on
which the murder was committed. } two men
from Burlington came to the Black Snakes
erew, at the river, and told them they dare
not load them. for that the revenue cutter
lay at the mouth Of the rivec. and offered
the Snakes crew ten gallons OF rum. if they
would goodwin and destroy the cutter: The
names of those two persons were suppressed
by the court but they were so well describ
cd by the witnesses, that but little doubt re
GAINED Us 70 their identity.
Dean received sentence of court on the
verdict OF the jury, and tho execution was
postponed to give the convict an opportunity
TO petition the legislature for pardon or re-
pricve, which was accordingly done. 4
correct statement OF the evidence and pro.
aeedings being laid before the legislature,
they approved the sentence Of the court, an,I
granted TO the convict only a short repriev,.
90 prepare 70 meet his awful destiny. Dean
was accordingly executed bv the concurrent
sentence OF the supreme authority of the state
OF Vermont. How tben came Next acQuit-
ted of the murder of Ormsby and Marsh /.
Where shall we search for the causef To
any impertection in the system of law, uni.
fcrnly establishes. What constitutes the
crime of murder from time immc,nornbe
The same facts were given in evidence on
the trial of Mott as in the case of Dean.
There was deliberate preparation. and an
avowed intention, hostile to the lives of the
Grew OF tha revenue boat, and prcmeditatcd
-ly carried into execution by Mott, by march
ing down the river near mile, and way
laying the revenue boats crew, and with that
fatal instrument of death. called the Val
Piece" previously procured, and loaded
with powder and fifteen balls levelled, aim
ed and fired by Mott. taking away the lives
oil Ormsby and Marsh. IF this is not viii.
full premeditated murder, know not what
constitutes the crime. | would by no means
duplicate any member of that jury with the
crime of wilfui perjury. Where then shall
we search for the cause, but in that baneful
spirit of party, led on towards insurrcction
by the leading PARTICLES of our constitution,
whose fascinating xerpentine charms had be-
wlidered the understanding. perverted the
Judgment and banished every ray of light
from the Conscience :
From the foregoing disclosures of the EN-
Ployers and countenancers of this murdefuus
banditti, arose an alarm. Every measure
WAS taken to excite opposition to the mea-
sures the general government. defy it's au-
thority and violate ito Laws The counc II
FOR Dean had the hardness in the face ~ the
COURT 10 declare The embargo iaw was uncrn-
stitutionai; that G vernmcn, had ;rampied
sn our rights, and that the citizers we're hot
bound to pay obedience TO their avs; sud
THAI the kllliag complained OF was bat a JUS
thable homicide With n lengthy Catal, que
10 the same erect, this was followed b, m q.
surrections. town meetings, AMI reasonable
resolutions, declaring government, under
90 foreign influence, and enemies 10 their coun-
fy. The present governor visited the north :
western part O. the state and administered
consolation to the insurgents Regardless If
our national happiness and national security,
every measure was taken bv the leaders of
faction to remove from Office every friend to
the administration, and to place in their
room the etdrrs of opposition. In the {
lection o. governor and council they too well
succeeded, by filling our council with aristo
cratic laWycrs-thosc lecches who have suck.
ed trcm the people their vital subsistence -
Thus flushed with imaginary victory, his ex
eeiiency the governor stepped from behind
the curtain, and declares open hostility to
the general government; and in his speech
at the opening of the assembly. on the sub
Iect OF the embargo, says-"A mong a peo-
pie accustomed to honest industry, and I'M
der government which had permitttd them
f'eiy TO dispose of the fruits Of their labour
as natural and unalieDble right, if was to
be feared there might exist strong DISPOSE
zion TO cVadc it's restrictions -" Suspend
ing our commerce by an embargo withou.
Limitation, we sincerely regret that the law
was not accompanied with that evidence of
national necessity or utility which alone
would have commanded obedience and res =
Pcct"
Here the governor in explicit terms declares
the embargo laws to be an nfraction o, our
natural and unalienable rights Noxt, the
governor. instead of that honest fairness
which became his station, in showing the i'm
Perioss necessity which the government we're
drove into, in adopting the embargo. from
the DEGREES and orders Of the beligcrent
powers, was wholly sileat on the subject
but arrsgantly declares. that he "regrets
those laws were not accompanied with evi
dencc OF their national necessity and utility.
aud OF course could not command obedience
ana raspe ct"
Under theSe invectives from the supreme