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Mr. J. C. SMITH, from the committee this day appointed, presented, according to order, a bill supplementary to an act, entitled "An act to make provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds received in the actual service of the United States during the Revolutionary war;" which was read twice and ordered to be engrossed and read the third time to-day.

LOUISIANA BILL.

Mr. NICHOLSON, from the managers appointed to confer with the managers of the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the Louisiana bill, made a report recommending that the House should recede from their amendment, proposing a substitute for the fourth section of the bill as it came from the Senate. The substitute provides for the election of a Legislative Council by the people of Louisiana. Mr. N. observed that the managers on the part of the Senate, had represented that the election of a Legislative Council by the people of Louisiana would be attended with inconveniences which he, for one. had never perceived before. It was stated by one of the managers who had been in Louisiana, and by another well acquainted with the situation of the country, that the settlements there were usually in parishes in which the inhabitants were generally of one description. Some of those parishes were entirely composed of Spaniards, some of French, some of Germans, and some of Creoles. If each of them were to send a member, the Legislative body would be composed of persons of different languages. The representatives of no two parishes would perhaps speak the same language. This, Mr. N. said, was the principal reason which induced the managers to recommend that the House should recede. There were other reasons, of a very powerful nature, which it was not necessary for him to state.

Mr. SMILIE declared himself in favor of receding, as he wished the bill passed, under the conviction that without the proposed new section, it would provide for the people of Louisiana a better government than they at present enjoyed. Mr. ALSTON observed, that in co sequence of a limitation in the bill, it would expire in one year, which would be antecedent to the time when the contemplated Legislative Council, as eligible by the people, would be organized. He was therefore in favor of receding.

The question was then taken by yeas and nays on receding from the first amendment, and carried in the affirmative-yeas 51, nays 45, as follows:

YEAS-Willis Alston, jun., Isaac Anderson, Simeon Baldwin, David Bard, Walter Bowie, Adam Boyd, Robert Brown, Joseph Bryan, John Campbell, Thomas Claiborne, Joseph Clay, Jacob Crowninshield, John B. Earle, Peter Early, William Findley, John Fowler, Jas. Gillespie, Thomas Griffin, Samuel Hammond, Josiah Hasbrouck, James Holland, David Holmes, Benj. Huger, Walter Jones, Nehemiah Knight, Andrew McCord, William McCreery, Samuel L. Mitchill, Andrew Moore, Nicholas R. Moore, Thomas Moore, Thomas Newton, jr., Joseph H. Nicholson, John Randolph, John Rea of Pennsylvania, John Rhea of Tennessee, Jacob Richards, Thos. Sammons, Thomas Sandford, John Smilie, John Smith

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of Virginia, Henry Southard, Joseph Stanton, John Stewart, Samuel Tenney, David Thomas, Philip R. Thompson, Isaac Van Horne, Matthew Walton, Richard Winn, and Joseph Winston.

NAYS-John Archer, George Michael Bedinger, Silas Betton, William Blackledge, William Chamberlin, Martin Chittenden, Clifton Claggett, Matthew Clay, John Clopton, John Davenport, John Dawson, Thomas Dwight, James Elliot, Ebenezer Elmer, Gaylord Griswold, Roger Griswold, Seth Hastings, Joseph Heister, William Hoge, David Hough, William Kennedy, Michael Leib, Joseph Lewis, jr., Henry W. Livingston, Matthew Lyon, David Meriwether, Nahum Mitchell, Jeremiah Morrow, Anthony New, Gideon Olin, Beriah Palmer, John Patterson, Thomas Plater, Ebenezer Seaver, Tompson J. Skinner, James Sloan, John Cotton Smith, Richard Stanford, William Stedman, Samuel Taggart, Samuel Thatcher, Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Joseph B. Varnum, Lemuel Williams, and Marmaduke

Williams.

The managers further recommended that the House should insist on their amendment declaring null all grants subsequent to the Treaty of St. Ildefonso, with an amendment saving bona fide grants to a certain extent, made to actual settlers.

Mr. R. GRISWOLD said he should vote against the amendment, with the view of afterwards voting against insisting on the original amendment.

Mr. NICHOLSON and Mr. SMILIE said a few words in favor of agreeing to the amendment, when the question was taken on concurring with the report of the managers, and carried-yeas 54.

A message was received from the Senate, stating their agreement to the report of the committee of conference on the Louisiana bill, which was consequently passed.

[It may not be unsatisfactory here to state that the bill, as finally passed, is limited in duration to one year from the first day of October next, (when it is to take effect) and thence to the end of the next session of Congress. It directs the appointment by the President of a Governor, to hold his office for four years; the appointment annually of a Legislative Council, composed of inhabitants of Louisiana, and the appointment of judges. It will be perceived that the principle of the Senate, withholding for the present the right of suffrage from the people of Louisiana, prevailed, subject, however, to the litaitation of time introduced in the bill by the House of Representatives.]

EXTINGUISHMENT OF DEBTS.

Mr. CLAIBORNE called up the bill making further provision for extinguishing debts due by the United States.

of the bill, but despaired, from the late period of Mr. LEIB said he was friendly to the principle the session, of its passage; he therefore moved its postponement to the first Monday of December. Mr. ELMER expressed a coincidence of sentiment with Mr. LEIB.

Mr. CLAIBORNE said, it was well known to the House that he was friendly to the bill; he was, however, sensible it was too late to act upon it during the present session. His only wish there

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fore, at this time, was to put the bill in such a respectful situation as would recommend it to the early attention of Congress at their next session. He therefore acquiesced in the postponement. The motion of postponement was then carried without a division.

PUNISHMENT OF CRIMES.

The House went into a Committee of the Whole on the bill from the Senate, to punish certain crimes against the United States.

The first section of the bill was read. It provides for the punishing with death, any person who shall wilfully burn, sink, or destroy any vessel.

Mr. LEIB moved to strike out "with death," and to insert, "by imprisonment not exceeding fourteen years."

This amendment gave rise to a debate of some interest and length, on the comparative advantages of sanguinary and mild punishments, and on the relative magnitude of the offence, the pun

ishment of which was under consideration.

Messrs. LEIB, SMILIE, J. CLAY, ELMER, and STANTON Supported, and Messrs. NICHOLSON, HOLLAND, GRISWOLD, SOUTHARD, THATCHER, and MACON opposed the amendment, which, on the question being taken, was negatived yeas 32.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Mr. DAWSON moved that the House should resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole on the resolutions offered by him, for the recession of the District of Columbia.

Mr. HUGER said this point had been fully and ably investigated the last session. He did not expect, after the decision then made, that the House would have been again called upon to discuss it. He believed the mind of every member was made up respecting it. He hoped, therefore, the House would not agree to go into Committee. Mr. J. Lewis said he should vote against the House resolving itself into a Committee of the Whole, and should that motion be negatived, he would move to discharge the Committee of the Whole from all further consideration of the

resolutions. The question was taken on going into Committee, and lost-Yeas 20.

Mr. J. LEWIS then moved to discharge the Committee. This motion was carried without debate yeas 53, embracing a great majority of the mem

bers present.

INDIANA TERRITORY.

The House went into Committee of the Whole on the bill making an addition to the salaries of the Governor, Judges, and Secretary, of the Indiana Territory.

The bill adds to the salary of the Governor, $500; to that of the Judges, $400; and to that of the Secretary, $375, for two years from the first of October next.

Mr. EARLY spoke in favor of the bill, on the ground that, by the annexation of Louisiana to the Indiana Territory, the duties of these officers were greatly increased.

Mr. LYON opposed the bill, and moved to amend

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it by striking out the additional compensation allowed to the Governor.

Messrs. LEIB and CLAY advocated the amendment, when the question was taken on Mr. LYON'S motion, and carried-yeas 51.

Mr. MACON moved to strike out, "to the Judges, each $400." He observed that it was an incorrect procedure to give Judges a temporary salary. then agreed to-yeas 47. Mr. MORROW opposed the motion, which was

The Committee then rose and reported progress, when leave was refused to them to sit again, and the bill was then postponed to the first Monday of December.

SATURDAY, March 24.

that the Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An A message from the Senate informed the House the registering and recording of ships and vessels," act to amend the act, entitled 'An act concerning with several amendments; to which they desire the concurrence of this House.

Mr. NICHOLSON, from the committee to whom was committed, on the twenty-first instant, the relief of William A. Barron," made a report therebill sent from the Senate, entitled “An act for the on; which was read and considered: Whereupon,

Resolved, That the further consideration of the said bill be postponed until the first Monday in November next.

An engrossed bill supplementary to an act, entitled "An act to make provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds received in the actual service of the United States during the Revolutionary war," was read the third time and passed.

Mr. NICHOLSON, from the committee to whom were referred, on the twenty-third instant, the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana Territory, and for other purposes," made a report thereon; which was read and considered: Whereupon,

Resolved, That this House doth agree to all the amendments of the Senate to the said bill, except the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth of the said amendments, which were, on the question severally put thereupon, disagreed to by the House. the part of this House to attend a conference with the Senate on the subject-matter of the sixteenth amendment, depending between the two Houses, to the bill, entitled "An act further to alter and establish certain post roads, and for other purposes," made a report thereon; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. VARNUM, from the committee appointed on

The House proceeded to consider the amendments of the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act to amend the act, entitled 'An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels:" Whereupon,

Resolved, That this House doth agree to the said amendments.

On motion, it was

Resolved, That the order of the day for the

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House to resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole on the bill to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers, be postponed until the first Monday in November next.

The House proceeded to consider a motion of the seventeenth instant, relative to "the expediency of providing by law for exhibiting and registering all evidences of title and claims for land within the territories ceded by the French Republic to the United States, by the treaty of the thirtieth of April, 1803," which lay on the table: Whereupon,

Ordered, That the further consideration of the said motion be postponed until the first Monday in November next.

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Whole on the bill from the Senate, authorizing the payment of $2,800 to Philip Sloan.

The Committee rose and reported their agreement to the bill; which the House ordered to a third reading, and passed-yeas 66.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole on the bill, sent from the Senate, entitled "An act to make further appropriations for the purpose of extinguishing the Indian claims;" and, after some time spent therein, the bill was reported without amendment.

The said bill was then read the third time and passed.

and for other purposes," made a report thereon; which was read, and considered: Whereupon,

Mr. NICHOLSON, from the managers appointed on the part of this House, to attend a conference with the Senate, on the subject-matter of the A message from the Senate informed the House twenty-fifth amendment, disagreed to by this that the Senate insist on their sixteenth amend- House, and insisted on by the Senate, to the bill, ment, disagreed to by this House, to the bill, en- entitled "An act making provision for the distitled "An act further to alter and establish cer-posal of the public lands in the Indiana Territory, tain post roads, and for other purposes;" and desire a farther conference with this House on the subject-matter of the said amendment; to which farther conference the Senate have appointed managers on their part. The Senate recede from their twenty-fourth amendment to the bill, entitled "An act making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana Territory, and for other purposes;" and they do insist on their twenty-fifth amendment to the said bill. The Senate

Resolved, That this House doth insist on their disagreement to the said twenty-fifth amendment to the bill.

ACCOUNTS OF DEPARTMENTS.

The House went into a Committee of the

Whole on the bill from the Senate, to amend the laws providing for the organization of the accounting offices of the Treasury, War and Navy Departments.

desire a conference with this House on the subject-matter of the said twenty-fifth amendment, Mr. DANA observed that this appeared to be a and have appointed managers at the said confer-bill for the revival of the office of Commissioner ence on their part. had been no report on the subject, he was not preof Loans. This might be necessary; but as there pared to say that the measure was necessary.

The House proceeded to reconsider the sixteenth amendment of the Senate to the bill, entitled "An

act further to alter and establish certain post roads, and for other purposes;" as also, to consider the report of the joint committee of conference, made this day, on the subject-matter thereof: Where

upon.

Resolved, That this House doth adhere to their disagreement to the said sixteenth amendment. A message from the Senate, informed the House that the Senate have passed a bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Moses Young;" to which they desire the concurrence of this House.

The SPEAKER laid before the House a letter and report from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied with two statements, marked A and B, respecting the "moneys which, since the establishment of the present Government, have been paid as fees to assistant counsel, and for legal advice in the business of the United States;" prepared in pursuance of a resolution of this House, of the third instant; which were read, and ordered to lie

on the table.

A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act concerning the public buildings in the City of Washington," with an amendment; to which they desire the concurrence of this House.

The bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act for the relief of Moses Young;" was read twice and committed to the Committee of Claims.

The House went into a Committee of the

Mr. NICHOLSON called for the reading of the report of the Committee of Ways and Means and an accompanying letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, which were read.

The Committee rose and reported the bill.

The House immediately took it up, and ordered it to a third reading. The bill was accordingly read the third time, and on the question whether the same shall pass?

Mr. CONRAD desired the taking of the yeas and nays. Mr. C. said that he had expected a very different bill from the present, in consequences of the resolutions entered into by the House at ally expected that two offices would be abolished; an early stage of the session. It was then generit now appeared that it was contemplated to create a new office. He trusted the bill would not pass.

the bill, by yeas and nays, and passed in the negaThe question was then taken on the passage of

tive-yeas

42. nays 44, as follows:

William Blackledge, Adam Boyd, Joseph Bryan,
YEAS-Willis Alston, jr., John Archer, David Bard,
George W. Campbell, Matthew Clay, Jacob Crown-
inshield, Richard Cutts, John B. Earle, Peter Early,
William Findley, John Fowler, James Gillespie, Josiah
Hasbrouck, William Helms, David Holmes, Benjamin
Huger, John G. Jackson, Walter Jones, Nehemiah
Knight, Joseph Lewis, jr., William McCreery, Samuel
L. Mitchill, Andrew Moore, Nicholas R. Moore, Jere-

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miah Morrow, Thomas Newton, jun., Joseph H. Nicholson, Samuel D. Purviance, John Randolph, Thomas M. Randolph, Thomas Sandford, Tompson J. Skinner, James Sloan, John Smilie, John Smith of Virginia, Joseph Stanton, Philip R. Thompson, Matthew Walton, and Richard Winn.

NAYS-Isaac Anderson, George Michael Bedinger, Silas Betton, Walter Bowie, Robert Brown, William Chamberlin, Clifton Claggett, John Clopton, Frederick Conrad, Manasseh Cutler, Samuel W. Dana, William Dickson, Thomas Dwight, James Elliot, Ebenezer Elmer, Thomas Griffin, Gaylord Griswold, Seth Hastings, Joseph Heister, William Hoge, James Holland, David Hough, William Kennedy, Henry W. Livingston, Andrew McCord, David Meriwether, Nahum Mitchell, Thomas Moore, Gideon Olin, Thomas Plater, John Rhea of Tennessee, Jacob Richards, Thomas Sammons, Henry Southard, Richard Stanford, William Stedman, John Stewart, Samuel Taggart, Samuel Tenney, Samuel Thatcher, David Thomas. Isaac Van Horne, Joseph B. Varnum, and Lemuel Williams. And so the said bill was rejected.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

MARCH, 1804.

McCreery, Nahum Mitchell, Samuel L. Mitchill, Andrew Moore, Thomas Moore, Jeremiah Morrow, Anthony New, Thomas Newton jr., Joseph H. Nicholson, Gideon Olin, Beriah Palmer, Thomas Plater, Samuel D. Purviance, Thomas M. Randolph, Jacob Richards, Thomas Sammons, Thos. Sandford, Tompson J. Skinner, John Smilie, John Cotton Smith, John Smith of Virginia, Henry Southard, Joseph Stanton, William Stedman, Samuel Taggart, Samuel Tenney, Samuel Thatcher, Philip R. Thompson, Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Joseph B. Varnum, Peleg Wadsworth, Lemuel Williams, Marmaduke Williams, and Richard Winn. Ordered, That this House doth disagree to the said amendment.

MONDAY, March 26.

A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate insist on their amendment, disagreed to by this House, to the bill, entitled "An act concerning the public buildings at the City of Washington;" and desire a conference thereon with this House; to which they have appointed managers on their part.

The House took up the amendment proposed by the Senate, to the bill entitled "An act con- Ordered. That the committee who were directcerning the public buildings at the City of Wash-ed by a resolution of this House, of the twentyhington:" Whereupon, the said amendment being fourth of November last, "to inquire into the twice read, to strike out in the fourth, fifth, and expediency of amending the several acts providsixth lines of the original bill, the following ing for the sale of the public lands of the United words, to wit: "proceeding with the public build-States," to whom were referred, during the presings at the City of Washington, and in making such necessary improvements and repairs thereon, as he shall deem expedient:" and to insert, in lieu thereof, the following words, "finishing the President's House in such manner as will accommodate both Houses of Congress; and for the purpose of renting, purchasing, or building a suitable house for the accommodation of the President:"

Messrs. J. RANDOLPH, and SLOAN supported; and Messrs. LEWIS, SMILIE, DAWSON, CLAIBORNE, and ELMER Opposed this amendment; when the question was taken by yeas and nays on agreeing to it and passed in the negative-yeas 27, nays 76, as follows:

YEAS-Isaac Anderson, David Bard, George W. Campbell, Matthew Clay, Frederick Conrad, Jacob Crowninshield, Richard Cutts, William Findley, John Fowler, Gaylord Griswold, Josiah Hasbrouck, Joseph Heister, William Hoge, James Holland, Andrew McCord, David Meriwether, John Patterson, John Randolph, John Rea of Pennsylvania, John Rhea of Tennessee, Erastus Root, James Sloan, Richard Sandford, John Stewart, Isaac Van Horne, Matthew Walton, and Joseph Winston.

NAYS-Willis Alston, jr., John Archer, Simeon Baldwin, George Michael Bedinger, Silas Betton, William Blackledge, Walter Bowie, Adam Boyd, Robert Brown, Joseph Bryan, John Campbell, William Chamberlin, Martin Chittenden, Clifton Claggett, Thomas Claiborne, John Clopton, Manasseh Cutler, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, John Dawson, William Dickson, Thomas Dwight, John B. Earle, Peter Early, James Elliot, Ebenezer Elmer, James Gillespie, Thos. Griffin, Roger Griswold, John A. Hanna, Seth Hastings, William Helms, David Holmes, David Hough, Benjamin Huger, John G. Jackson, Walter Jones, William Kennedy, Nehemiah Knight, Joseph Lewis, jun., Henry W. Livingston, Matthew Lyon, William

ent session, the petitions and memorials of sundry inhabitants of Fairfield county, in the State of Ohio; of Zaccheus Biggs, and others, receivers of public moneys; of sundry citizens residing between the Great and Little Miami rivers, in the State of Ohio; of sundry inhabitants of the said State of Ohio; of sundry inhabitants of the counties of Knox, St. Clair, and Randolph, in the Indiana Territory of the United States; of sundry claimants to lands between the Great and Little Miama rivers, and above what is usually termed Ludlow's line, in the State of Ohio; of sundry citizens claiming the right of pre-emption to certain lands in the Miama country, within and above said Ludlow's line; of sundry inhabitants of Claiborne county, in the Mississippi Territory of the United States; and, also, the affidavits and certificates of Jonathan Donnald, and others, in opposition to the prayer of a petition presented the eighteenth of January last; be discharged from the consideration of the same.

Claims, to whom was committed, on the twentyMr. JOHN C. SMITH, from the Committee of tled "An act for the relief of Moses Young," refourth instant, the bill sent from the Senate, entiported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and directed him to report to the House their agreement to the same: Whereupon, the bill was read the third time, and passed.

A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act supplementary to the act, entitled 'An act providing for a Naval Peace Establishment, and for other purposes," with an amendment; to which they desire the concurrence of this House.

The House proceeded to consider the said

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amendment of the Senate; and the same being twice read, was disagreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the Committee of the whole House to whom were committed, on the eleventh of January last, the bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act to authorize the sale of the frigate General Greene, and a further addition to the naval armament of the United States, and a report of the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures thereon, be discharged therefrom; and that the farther consideration of the said bill and report be postponed until the first Monday in No

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States, which they deemed illustrative of the positions, upon which they intended to rest the defence of their client.

3. In debarring the prisoner from his Constitutional privilege of addressing the jury (through his counsel) on the law, as well as on the fact, which was to determine his guilt, or innocence, and at the same time endeavoring to wrest from the jury their indisputable tion of law, as well as the question of fact, involved in right to hear argument, and determine upon the questhe verdict which they were required to give. ART. 2. That, in consequence of this irregular conduct of the said Samuel Chase, as dangerous to our liberties as it is novel to our laws and usages, the said Ordered, That the farther consideration of the John Fries was deprived of the right, secured to him by bill, entitled "An act for the further protection of the eighth article amendatory of the Constitution, and the seamen and commerce of the United States," was condemned to death without having been heard, together with the amendments proposed by the by counsel, in his defence, to the disgrace of the characSenate thereto, on the twenty-eighth of Novem-ter of the American bench, in manifest violation of law ber last, be postponed until the first Monday in November next.

vember next.

Resolved, That this House doth agree to the conference desired by the Senate on the subjectmatter of their amendment to the bill, entitled "An act concerning the Public Buildings at the City of Washington;" and that Mr. J. LEWIS, jun., Mr. VARNUM, and Mr. JOHN CAMPBELL, be appointed managers at the said conference, on the part of this House.

IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE CHASE.

Mr. JOHN RANDOLPH, from the committee appointed on the thirteenth instant, to prepare and report articles of impeachment against Samuel Chase, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, made a report thereon; which was read, as follows:

Report of the committee appointed to prepare articles
of impeachment against Samuel Chase, one of the
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the
United States.

Articles exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States, in the name of themselves and of all the people of the United States, against Samuel Chase, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, in maintenance and support of their impeachment against him, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

and justice, and in open contempt of the rights of juries, on which ultimately rest the liberty and safety of the American people.

ART. 3. That, prompted by a similar spirit of persecution and injustice, at a circuit court of the United States, held at Richmond, in the month of May, 1800, for the district of Virginia, whereat the said Samuel Chase presided, and before which a certain James Thompson Callender was arraigned for a libel on John Adams, then President of the United States, the said Samuel Chase, with intent to oppress and procure the conviction of the said Callender, did overrule the objection of John Basset, one of the jury, who wished to be excused from serving on the trial, because he had made up his mind as to the publication from which the words, charged to be libellous, in the indictment, were extracted; and the said Basset was accordingly sworn, and did serve on the said jury.

ART. 4. That the evidence of John Taylor, a material witness on behalf of the aforesaid Callender, was not permitted by the said Samuel Chase to be given in, because the said witness could not prove the truth of the whole of one of the charges contained in the indictment, although the said charge embraced more than one fact.

ART. 5. That the conduct of the said Samuel Chase was marked, during the whole course of the said trial, by manifest injustice, partiality, and intemperance, viz:

1. In refusing to postpone the trial, although an affi davit was regularly filed, stating the absence of material witnesses on behalf of the accused.

2. In the use of unusual, rude, and contemptuous expressions towards the prisoner's counsel; and in insinuating that they wished to excite the public fears and indignation, and to produce that insubordination to law to which the conduct of the judge did at the same time manifestly tend.

ARTICLE 1. That, unmindful of the solemn duties of his office, and contrary to the sacred obligation by which he stood bound to discharge them " faithfully and impartially, and without respect to persons," the said Samuel Chase, on the trial of John Fries, charged with treason, before the circuit court of the United States, held for the district of Pennsylvania, in the city of Philadelphia, during the months of April and May, one thousand eight hundred, whereat the said 3. In repeated and vexatious interruptions of the said Samuel Chase presided, did, in his judicial capacity, counsel, on the part of the said judge, which at length conduct himself in a manner highly arbitrary, oppres-induced them to abandon their cause and their client, sive, and unjust, viz:

1. In delivering an opinion in writing, on the question of law, on the construction of which the defence of the accused materially depended, tending to prejudice the minds of the jury against the case of the said John Fries, the prisoner, before counsel had been heard in his defence.

2. In restricting the counsel for the said Fries from recurring to such English authorities as they believed apposite, or from citing certain statutes of the United

who was thereupon convicted and condemned to fine and imprisonment.

4. In an indecent solicitude, manifested by the said Samuel Chase, for the conviction of the accused, unbecoming even a public prosecutor, but highly disgraceful to the character of a judge, as it was subversive of justice.

ART. 6. That, at a circuit court of the United States, for the district of Delaware, held at Newcastle, in the month of June, one thousand eight hundred, wherea

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