Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-10-31

afflicted mother? Your majesty had
torn my child fom me; you had de-
prived me of thepower of being at hand
to succor her; pu had taken from me
the possibility of hearing her last pray
ers for her mothr; you saw me berett,
forlorn, and broken hearted and this
was the MOMENTUM chose for redou-
bling your prosecutions. .......
Let the world pass its judgment on
the constituting Of commission, in a
foreign country consisting of nquisi-
tors, spies, and infofmers, to discover,
collect, and arrange matters of accusa-
ton against your wife, without any COM
plant having been communicated TO
her; let the world judge of the employ
ment of Ambassadors in such business,
and Of the enlisting of foreign courts in
the enterprise; but on the measures
which have been adopted to give final
effect to these preliminary proceedings,
it is for me to speak it is for me to re-
monstrate with your majesty, it is for me
to protest, it is for me to apprize you OF
my determination.
have always demanded fair trial.
This is what now demand, and it is re-
fused me. Instead of fair trial, | am
to be subjected to sentence by the Par
lament, passed in the shape of a law.
Against this protest, and upon the fol-
lowing grounds
The injusticeof refusing me clear
and distinct chape; of refusing me the
names of the Witnesses, of refusing me
the names of tie places where the al
legged acts have been committed; these
arc sufficiently fragrant and revolving
but it is against the constitution of the
Court itself tina ! particularly object,
and that must iolemnly protest.
Whatever may be the precedents as
to bills Of Pain and Penalties, none OF
them, except those relating to the Queen
of Henry the Eighth, can apply here ;
for here your majesty is the plaintiff.
Here it is intended by the Bill, to do
you what you deem good, and do me
great harm. You are, therefore, par
ty, and the only complaining party.
You have'made your complaint to the
Heuse OF Lords. You have conveyed TO
this House written documents sealed up.
A Secret Committee of the House have
examined these documents. They have
reported that there are grounds Of pro-
ceeding; and then the House, merely
upon that report, have brought forward
a bill, containing the most outrageous
ISLANDERS on me, and sentencing me to di-
vorce and degradation.
The injustice of putting forth this Bill
to the world for six weeks before it is
even proposed to afford me an oppor-
tunity OF contradicting its allegations, is
too manifest not 10 have shocked the ma
ton; and indeed the proceedings even
thus far are such as to convince every
one that no justice is intended me. But
it none Of these proceedings, if none of
these clear indications of a determination
to do me wrong had taken place, l
should see in the Constitution of the
House Of Lords itself, a certainty that /
could expect no justice at its hands.
Your majesty's Ministers have advised
this prosecution; they are responsible
for the advice they give they are liable
to punishment if they fail to make good
their charges and not only are they part
of my Judges, but it is they who have
brought in the Bill and it is too noto-
rious that they have always majority in
the House; so that, without any other,
here is ample proof that the House will
decide in favor Of the Bill, and, of course
against me.
| But further, there are reasons for your
Ministers having majority in this case,
and, which reasons do not apply to COM
mon cases.-Your majesty is the plain
tiff; to you it belongs to appoint and
elevate Peers. Many Of the present
Peers have been raised to that dignity by
yourself, and almost the whole can be,
at your will and pleasure, further ele-
waited. The far greater part Of the Peers
hold, by themselves and their families,
offices, pensions, and other emoluments,
solely at the will and pleasure of your
majesty, and these, ofcourse your maies-
ty can take away whenever you please.
ihere are more than four-fifths Of the
Peers in this situation, and there are
many of them who might thus be de-
prived of the far better part of their in
4 comes.
| Ii, contrary to all expectation, there
should be found, in some Peers, likely
to amount to majority, disposition to
reject the bill, some of these Peers NAV
be ordered away to their ships, regi-
ments, governments, and other duties
and, which is an equally alarming pow