Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-06-02

my Lord Coke had described The ,iamna-
bile and damned proceedings of The iudge
OF he'll :'' First he punlsheth, and then
he hcare,h = aud yet, persons wiz, had
suffered the punishment of imprlscnmtnt
for mouil.', had been ai,ern ards di.cliara-
eel without trial; and thea came aliniS
iers 10 ask Tor bill of indemnity, not on
~ for themselves. but Tor gaolers aud an
others, under pielence OF having arrest
ed persons on suspicion Of treason
Hear, hear with respect 10 Ike tri-
ais al Derby, he cOniendtd Cha, ihe OF
tenc' with which the prisoners were chars-
ed nigh, haze been suppressed bv Tie or
binary laws, aud Yet ti,at was the oniy IN
stance IN which airy thing like treason had
been found To exist. Let ihv house l,;,,Se
Tor moment, and consider the naturc
aud extent of those proceedings. There
ought 10 be some proportion between the
means and The end and Il was ridicul0us
To suppose, that Biandroih, armed with IA
siickamd d stin, could destroy snch an
army as The govermmen, had. and over
turn the Constitution of the country. He
should always maintain, that there was no
p'etence Tor the suspension of the UabNas
Corpus Act III the last session Di narIia-
meni; that there were no real grounds
for arresting the persons who had been
arrested; and thai Ministers had gross
~ and wartOuly abused The powers viii
which they were invested and that In
demnlty GU IN not IN he gtan:cd. He
should therefore, give his vote against it
MIR. Law said, that the country were
greatly indebted 10 his hiaiestN's Minis
irrS for the wise and salulary measures
which they had adopiea tor the rcStura-
hon 81 tbepubiic raSVul;luy. The hon.
Daronet had said iial they wislird To
site The cause Of Reform bTI II w,lS
only Wh'n TIE country Was III state of
perfect tranquility that the Hon. Baronct
could hope 10 hriNg tcrW ard his cause
VIII any success, and 10 receive The iaj..
unGIasScd, unprecedented determination
OF Parliament. The House was bound
to proteci all who lad acted under Tic
powers which were given 10 The Minis
tiers. The question was simply this
whether they should protect those who
prevented, or those who committed, Of
fences lie was persuaded that Minis
tiers were entitled 10 The gratitude OF The
country for the manner ~ wiiChihay had
exercised their powers. and he should
giyr bis hearty support 10 this Bin.
SIR WIN. Burroughs SAID, This Was the
first time ic had ever heard from an Eng
lish lawyer doctrine so much in viola
ton OF our Constitution, that, on ii war
rant ISSUED on oath, The information
should remain secret. By the law of
the land, the Magistrate was bound 10
commit the party, next 10 return lie in
iormailons TO the proper court, and then
10 bind The prosecutor q ger 10 prosecute.
Ministers had come to this House for
greater powers. and, having Obtained
Them Ia fret ii,sr,r tl,,.. u 80,
coed them. II the Ministers had not eX-
ceeded their powers, where was the occa-
sion for any indemnify at ali ? tHeay.
hear y II bad been Implied, that Ministers
would not go INTO an inquiry, because
the persons who said they v ere aggrieved
had their remedy IN a court OF law But
they sad, next day, they would have Il
Bill o! indemnity. and therefore all re-
medy at law would he taken from the
compartments. IF such proceeding did
not add insult 10 injury, he was much
mistaken III his views. lie could not
help designating The Bill as ga most obi
Gus, and, indeed, audacionS proceeding >"
The Hon. w. Lamb contended that
there had been an apprehension of dan
ger SutilcieD, tojustiiy proceedings of
government, and he did NOT think That ny
thing that had passed had hal any len
dency 10 influence beilei'ihat the stale
mcnts made had been eXa,;gerat. d. He
believed that there Was, IN the nanuiac
turing districts, a steady spirit Of disafiec-
lion, not eXaspeyaicd, moi risimg or falling.
but always at work, lying in wait to take
the advantage of the misiCrluneS and ca
lamitics oil the country. Oliver had al
ways rejected peiilioning aui Disregard
ed parliamentary rcionu; bat the cOuspi-
rators received him, relied upon him: he
waSlrusted and he became their lea,lpr.-
(Hear, hear .D-And what then could be
the spirit OF the people by whom h was
~ celved lie bad been considered as higil
III the confidence Of The conspiraiors Ill
N was found 10 be a spy, and then he vas
charged with their offences. There .iad
been story about his using violent Ian.
gnage ~ the Park; but all these state
mentS had becB ma doubt considerably
exaggerated. BE thought tie powers
granted last year i'ad been properly con
hued TO ministers and executed with equal
proprieiy The Hon. Gentleman made
various other remarks, aud concluded
amidst vehement aud continued cbeeripgs
from the treasury benches.
Mr.. Brougham observed, that whatever
might he the talent OF tie character of his
non. fiVhQ, u N4S his argument, and mol
ins authority, that vas 10 be considered
and hardly amy of it had reference TO Tie
present bill, which held out indemnity 10
all who had been concerned in any of tie
late transacil0ns---lO those WHO had over
stepped The las with tie best of motives.
and those WHO had iransgreSsed it with
the worst. II COMPOUNDED The magistrate,
She man Of honesty and character, who
had taken every precautiOu, aud faithful.
~ discharged iiis duty in maintaining the
pubic tranquility, with person whom
he should describe without periplirasis,
but "ho bad been called by the various
names OF" iitat loyal aud upright subject"
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