The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-05-21

iates, acuog upon kpuwn and hXCL
avs, and supported in those acts by
mpetent Witnesses. Therefore. the
ct which the boroughmongers have
ms, passed, aLd which authorizes The
minister's TO mptisOn whoInsoeNer they
.case, IN any prison ,hat they please.
. keep them in prison as long Us the,
please, without any evidence CT any
uilt, without any hearing OF the impn-
,oned party, even before the m!nistlrs
themselves, without any noi;h~a attain o
.ach imprisonment being maze 20 any
ody. without permitting ricnGs, chill
drcD, Or any other person to have access
the imprisoned pl.C, AID without
my responsibility attaching 20 the min
,stsrs Tor any acts that ihey may co IL
his way this act vi the So:oughmcu
gers Is, as every lawyer will allow, q
comflsfe and ea:ire a6'ogat Oh and 400
'ifion Of all the ia7vS Of England, S.afuie
.lzu as sreA a. common tasY, intended 10,
fhc Preservation 81 9he hcrSo 4aE freedom
and SaJeiy ofthe fcohte. And if this
be not despolisn, should be very
much Obliged to my old friend, hit
John Randolph, OF Virginia, or to Par
son Parish, or To any other such person,
IT there be any other such upon earth,
20 t. II me VIVA, desro,isN docs really
mean.
The other most obo,Ninablc acts,
which the BaroughmoDgc have re
Gently passed, are Of less importance !;
int, as shall, in my intended publica
ion, have occasion most clyarly TO
show, while these acts arc most grossly
unjust and insulting towards the king
and his family, Us towards the people
they discover The dreadful trepida,isn
If the boroughmongers themselves.
who are haunted with fears OF ali sorts
Vi every shape and Of every magnitude
aud, viii DO them the justice 10 say,
that II is the yalor Of cowar6icc, aac
not Of cruelty, that has produced III,
.eyuiu,ion that is now mai e in ouI
county, To 4 man or this side Of IT,;
Ata!an ic, il is next To impossible &C.
convey eyena lain, idea of Their fears !;
out wao w3uld have believed, only Two
yea"s ago, that, in time of profount
peace with ali the world, without re
beNion, i'hout riot, without even .
disposition TO riot, in any part CT The
kingdom, without evidence of treasoua
Die osactices bving able to be discover
cd in any one man. and while bcth
Houses were passing resolutions t.
spend millions, to erect columns and
t;Iunphai arches 10 celebrate the decd,
4 successful. Gear - who would havt
believed, that. IN al IN season, troop.
" u r.I as NIT h. IL oc
ice officers within, would have been
tnou5htneccasary 10 secure the person
al SAFETY of the Lords spiritual and ten
poral, and Commons in Parliament as
enabled! As an instance of the drcav
n which the Boroug live, We
seed only notice the clause in one Ct
| lcir ac.s, recently passed, 10 preveu
| ~ people Of Westminster fvou hole
ing any pubic meeting, though caNee
By ne High B4iWC( The eify, zvhhta !.
| wIr Of Westminster Hi The Pc
amsnt House forms small part
hst immense building called YYesImia
.;cr Hall Opposite the grand entran
INTO thu Hall is an open space Gale,
Palace Yard. and this has been, Il III
mmemeTial, The place where the cit
z2as OF Westminster have net to dis
uss The sabjectNof petitions and a.
Itesses to The House of Parliament ana
e King. During the turbulent limes
II the early par o. the French reyolu-
on, many measures Of rigouf we're
dop,ed upon the suggestion Of the fear
y government but The fears II evsn
lose days we're not powerful. enough
produce measure like this. IL
mort, all is lrcp. dalton on the part o.
he bo'onghmongers; and we know
u tta! lear never fails 10 Jug res. -
nos desperate measures
70 explain the real grogrds Of ;hest
md many other measures that hsv,
1sen adopted liz Ehgland--'o show why
t isnot reasonable to suppose that thcse
measures should long serve the turn Of
nc oroughmon gcrs--to Justify the
conduct OF The reformers in Englan6
scotland, Ireland and Waics-so repc'
ne charges which the boroughmonger
pres, has 20 Oagc!y preferred asaias
taem--ana above all, TO encourage ~,
| couptrymsn perseverance, 20 ST, crg-
then th.ir hopC and animate their zeal
IN The glorious case in which they arc
| engaged these viii be ihc priDcips
| abiacls Of my future cxerIons. AID. In
.sed, these arc the objects WEIGH have
| brought me across the Auanti. for II