Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1817-12-31
Gt,ESS.
From The N'diiol,td Iatettiseacer.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,


for consideration, the following reso-
iution:
.tesolred. That the President of
the Uui'r0 Stairs he requested t"l
cause 10 be ai heiorc this House any
information he may be ahlf to coln
mu,iieate. relative TO the imprisna
W-nt and detention in c0nfirrncnt. OIL
Richard w. Meade, citizen Of the
United States.
Mr.. Trimhle said. that, having Of.
ferei the resolution. il might he ex
prcted that he Hould give sunle ex-
PLANTATION of the ca-e TO wlies. il al
iudes. He had right to presume
that every member Of the House had
heard Of the confinement Of Mr..
Meade.
More than 8 years ago that gentle
man had been in"areeratcd in Span
ish dungeon. where he had ever SINE
remained. Ii was within his, (Mr.
Trimbie's) recollection. that many
persons had expected that the las,
Congress would have caused An in
quiry TO be made into the subject :
but since that period, the case has
assumed new character. of most cx
1raordiuary complexion. 1t was we'll
known, he said, thar Mr.. Meade IS -
cit,zan of The Uuite,i States. and. he
believed, was, al one time. an arcre
dited Consul. rrsideDt in some part ni
the Spanish 'iolninions. Eitbrr cha
racter ought TO have protected him
from violence and outrage. Dn. IN.
fortunately for him. they did not.
The causes which produced his con
finetnent were uaknoun 60 MIR. Trim
bic they were prohabIy buried in
the waists Of the ingu'siiion. That.
however, was % little consequence. If
the facts wiiiel, he Was about 70 state
were true and that shey are trne
was cgin.et!, h. said, Nv document
which fie he'll IL his hand. and, which
he said, STRUCK Tie mind with as
much force AS II il WAS marked i.itia
the chara tt.rs af Official rcria,ut>. |
am prepared, sail he. So admit. that
if 81 s.iiixru Of ti,e United States shall
violate the penal or criminal code Of
any other oGntry, he must submit to
the puuishmcu. uhirsi inay he inilict
ed on him has sttcl, is not the ease OF
Mr.. Meade.
Il was not Guntend"d. he said, that
the person 10 qu"stlca had violated
the letter or spirit oi' any part OF thc
penal or criminal code Of Spain--an,'
e'.,rs"y. the tiorumrni "hi' /
ID Afforded the high
Eve WAS 20 cnHs
...:lnst hinl.-. pc,
suo,e ulgtDt ard vigorous rrmo
strarces bring ma;l, ,u tliis SUI ice,
by our Minister. Mr.. Erviag, pub
lic notorious roy,,i nr!cl aas issued
Mark, me. sir. said he. pablic. no
torioas royal order, annouu ing IL
Spain, TO America. and lie wi,0it
detention o! isF. Meade, and diret L
in. his iln.I ;,;a't. s,'i,.ssrmrbi. How
the aaiicin. heart of Wv. Meade iHus
have lity0l.lrd and sw Nd. clIe"rr,
viii. the nros oct NJ ! av;"g il a itv
hours l.i> ;osiiisnnic W'stiir.siiai ,'un
goa. tv hFca,.l ui,cr tl,.gs the FREE
aud Wholesome air !-~si,,w !, mrs
have SINK and died within him, uhri
tl;e doors o. his 80 pr'son t,.'ase" Wet
nrhavFcd ny a mraeer nino,. wh'
hid rG.ne shuIk;'ig through the yauii
OF those aSU,ics nt death. Will anni'ir
secret order. Nj RI me, again sir.
Sd Ie time, un,i,r the same rGN..I ST.;
d.tnre. roM alnlnss his heeprr 10 hGl
the prisoner AT his peri w.. 81
anc or.itr. public and no;nr,ons for r.
ieasrntnt. ami aa0t,irr secret or e
fur confinement, %! ire sHme date, ali,
un'ier he s.He Foy j si4ndtnre. ]
these Facts liz tfD,, tli, ease stand
without IL pasa'el 10 a.cirnt or tu~I
George has no siHiii,tm.' A:e WA
amonster. executed by tie Turks, b.
cause he hid, in cold bIood, pluDge
his sabre in the heart of his own T.
ther. Il hrreas Mr.. Meade is az
knnwlefgcd to be An innocent vi' tiu
suffering under royal 'shsple sure.
will not nttr,aIH. SD AR. II. 20 pair
the horrors OF a Spanish dungeon. ,
tn sickness ofhope 1T prolractcd coi
iinrmeiit 1t is not my sisil 10 rXci'
public feeling, and utterly dissini,
al Infection Of conne' ting this suite