Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-10-10

gress voted for all laws by states and that the mea
sure, after passing Congress referred 10 the dfe
State legislatures, and if ratified by them became
law-hat by The constitution il has been adopted,
was intended TO give the Senators each scpa
rate vote; therefore was hardly prcsumabie that the
trainers of the constitution contemplated that the LIE
gsatures OF the different were TO exercise The
right OF instruction. He used various other ingenious
arguments to shew the absurdty of the doctrine parti
culary the utter impracCability of exercising the
right, particularly when tue Senate sat with closed
doors for the purpose of transactIng executive bust
ness and cases of impeachment He Showed that not
outstanding the vote OF 1907, passed by the
Legislature, in 1910 lie elected Senator and
that at that, session subsequent TO 1907 the
Virginia Legislature, when they advised their Senators
in Congress- held quite different laumuage-that of
respectful suggestions for the consideration of their Sc
majors This formidable charge magnied aud expatia
ted on by his opponent, which hung like darkening
clouG when Mr. u. commenced, gradually began TO
disspate ard before he concluded he bv his able re-
futation fast in tue estimation of his aadiory; dis
playing the rich stores Of his political information and
mastery genius in forensic debate.
Next came the midnight act that Mr.. RASpoirH
great industry last winter enabled him 10 bring before
the AmcTcan people-an act calculated, he said, TO
damn all those engaged in il forever as political men.
The objectionable sin OF originating and passing bill
IN e Senate OF the U S. for limited suspension of the
right OF the Judges 20 grant the writ of habeas corpus
Mr. Giles said he shrunz from no responsibitv-
drafted the bill for the suspension of the right of the
people OF the u s. 10 the writ of habeas corpus and vo
ted for IT. heard Mr. Jeerson's Messages TO Con
gres on the subject of Burrs conspiracy and averred
that the documents accompanying those messages se-
ed that actual rebellion was on foot that reached
from New Orleans south, 10 New York north, aud to
PIttsburg west &c and showed that Congress, by the
constitution, possessed the right TO pass law for the
suspension of the right to the writ Of habeas corpus
when there actually existing, inv aston or
rebellion. lie Showed by the findings of the ;urics
both grand and petit, the trial of Burr that they
considered that treason had been committed within the
United States He Showed that that trial. when cal-
lenged by Burr grand juryman, because be had
ted for suspension of the writ of habeas corpus the
Senate Of The u. S. having had documents before him
doubt calculated TO bias him against lim-tha lie did
then in explicit terms, state what he had done with
gard to this suspension, which stands recorded i'm the
history of that memorable trial That no excitement
Misrepresentation of the course he had pursued then
expressed, and what is strange Mr.. Randolph fore
man OF the grand jury that tried Burr and vet last win
ter Just found out the offence he bad commit
ted He stated that WM. ii. CRAwroRD, Virginia's
ayore, voted for this bill, and Showed it from the
Journals of the Senate lfthere rebellion it was
no violation Uf the constitution, and that there was the
messages OF MIR. Jefferson the documents before the
committee, the findings OF the juries Burr's trial. in
conesbly Showed, and the eXpedieucy of the measure
was therefore the only thing be enqured into The
respectable and large by which the bill passed the
Senate who had the evidence before them, he thought
onweghed the prompt rejection of the measure in the
House of Representatives, who decided as Jury woud
do who would decide without hearing title of
! the evidence.
Next in order came his offence of drafting bill TO
declare what should be treason against the u. S. and
what should be IFS punishment As MIR. Archer his on
ponen had not entered into detail and shewn og the
Till would enlarge the offence, he deemed it unnecessa
y ihmselI TO Prolong this address: that the bill created
constructive rcasons, but that its provisions were cal
cuated to render 1t more certain and 20 prevent all per
sons from escaping who guilty OF it.
Next he answered MIR. Archer intcrrooa eres As
to hIs votes on the subject of internal improvements he
stated that he chairman of the committee in the Sc
nate, and reported bill TO the Senate having for lis
object tue admission of tie Stale of Ohio into the Union
That provided in that BILL or one passed at that
time that three per cent of the amount of sales OF The
public lands in Ohio should be fund for the purpose Of
opening public roads through tue lands belopono
TO the u, States in that Satc-Tiat afterwards was
found that the roads opened would be OF little utility IN
less theTe were some roads opened from the eastern
states connected with those roads-'Fhat bill was
brought III for opening lac thinks, three roads which
he advocated, particularly which was to run near
iy IN The same direction the opening by the
slate OF Virginia, from the head of the James TO The
ONO which bill was rejected, and Il bill passed cs-
tabi'shing the present Cumberland Road-That was
probable lie voted for the opening of all these roads in
which bill for the Cunbe land Road the consent of
the states through which it to pass was a con-
ditiun.
As TO his Justify ing tie surrender OF EImlI, he said
could ne oeheved that man who had devoted nearly
'he whole OF las life 10 the service OF his country should
Wisn success 10 her enemes'-Ic said he differed en-
hrely with the then administration with regard to tc
invasion Of Canada. He said the war committee of fhc
1enate, OF whom lac chairman, advised or were of
opinion, that Quebec should have been tie place TO
nave gwen the blow TO British power in North America
that an army OF twenty thousand men should have
been marched directly there and that the force left
there 70 resist il would have been about one thousand
men.
Thus he plead on his arragnment a hoary headed
political offender, terms applied 10 him in substance
by his opponent, and answered all tie things iu which
he held TO have been guiIly-That of denying the
great right Of the soyeregHs instruct their servants
to have rampled right of the people TO the great
and invaluable right OF the Wi; OF habcas corpus-bv
hls vote to have violated his oath and the constitution
OF the I. S.--By reporting and advocating 4 bill TO
define and punish treason calculated 10 abridge fhe Ii
berry OF the citizen and enlarge executive poverty
Young Tor bill by which The right 10 make roads and
canals was assumed by Congress-and Ey decIarinr
he would have acted orator If lie had been placed
IN h's situation He then paid his respects to his OPP
ponent aud wl-ucd 20 know what ie had done-He
twas r:.c lad made speeches whc!he said like some
CT, NAL formed blnnderbuss, did much execution be-
hind as before. lie stated what he would have done
had lie been member Of Congrcss-IIc would have
stInped the nrpc1 nv lie advncaIns Of