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PROSPECTUS >f Lewis and Cl ark’s tour to the Pacific Ocean, through the interior of the continent of North America, performed by order of the G >vernm;ut of the United States, during the years 1814, 1805 & 1806? This work will be prepared by captain Meriwether Lewis, and will be divided into two parts, the vhole comprised in Tlv'ee Volumes, octavo, con tainining from four to five hundred pages, each; printed on good paper, and a fair Pica tvpe. The several vol umes in succession will be put to press at as early periods as the avocations of the author will permit him to prepare them for publication. Par, the First — in Tnn Volumes. 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FEDERAL COURT— Richmond. Delate cm the Motion ( mods r.n the Ijlh May) 1 0 summit Col Bins. Mr Edmund Randolph addrefild the court to the following effetSl: Sir, it would have been imp iffi de for us, even had we receive! due notice ot this motion, to have availed ourselves of the time that was allowed to us That w nil 1 have been impullible, because the etiormi v of the proposition itfclf would have baffled all our consideration Stall our refearche*. Mark the eoutfe, lit, which Ins oeen puHued towards my unfortunate client First lie was brought here under a j mi itary eleort. Then that little folio of | depofi ions and affi lavits was laid belore i your lim ir: Then the charge of treason; & then that lit.le eock-ho.it which was def tioed to attend this great thip on a foreign expedii n? you heard it ail, fir. and what did von fav? You bound Col Burr to bad, finl ily on the charge of a mifdemea n-ir, to appear here at the opening of the court; out not contented with this fecuri ry, you super added that he was not to leave the court until it had defeharged him. You opened the door too for an ul terior prosecution: you declared that il the attorney for the U. States ihould obtain any additional evidence, the judgm-nt which you then rendered, would m>t ore vent hi, inditAiug Col. Burr on the charge | of treason. Sir, thus (ltnds the case, as it was un derstood by the whole universe On Fri day we came here to me"t the w ir'd; Fri day, however, passes away and nothing is done. On Saturday, we came here again; Saturday also passes away, and nothing done. But on Sunday; fir—is broached this new-tangled do&rine, which now ex cites our allonifftment. They demand precedents, fir, for our con RuSt; and who , a;e they that require it? Why, fir; they tint take thin, s out ol the ordinary course of the law. For thirty years I never saw fitch a proceeding: I have never read of such a one in the Kuglilh books; and yet these gentlemen call upon ut for prece dents. If we were a iked for our rtafom, fir. we Ihould have enough to offer: And fi ft, a Judge in the Federal Court, fitting in the capacity which your honor now fulfils, would be in the fame relation to the ac cufid as an examining Judge is in the (late courts. But, fir, whoever invited* fingte roagiftra'e or a (late coutt to augment the bail of any individual in the Ifituation of Col. Burr? If a mau be bound in a distant cou ity to anfiver to a misdemeanor; and another crime was to be brought against him, to be predicated on the very fame evidence, have you, fir, ever known the trying court to tnereafe his bail? There never was such an examp'e, fir. Mr. Botts’ remark, fir, is not to he an swered Yu are changing the conftiiuti -011.11 organ of Jullice. You are completely blotting out the ftm&ions of a Grand Ju ry. The witnesses will be all produced before you; but no, improper as this pro ceeding will be, it is (till less so than that which they will a&ually pursue: None of the United’ States’ witnesses will be brought b-fore you,but those whom they may think it politic to introduce; aud depend upon it, that such testimony will be garbled for the ears of this court, as may be expected to bias their judgment. Well, (ir, & what will be the comequence? When the Grand Jury are about to retire to their own chamber, they will be told that you have dennuded additional bail. Ate you theu, fir, to be a pioneer of blood for tlic grand jury? Is not this precedent outrageous, fir? The boa fled principle that no man is to be condemned but upon the verdict of s4 of his peers, is gone. Throughout this town, it will be uuiverfally reported that you have folemnlv declared A. Burr to be guilty of High Treason against the U. S. and feme of those to whom the rumour may extend may hereafter be impannelled ou the Petit Jury And will they feel themselves altogether unbiaffed by your judgment? Why, fir, let it be declared at once, that the Grand Jury is to be (truck out as an intermediate organ of justice. Dsnot, 1 pray you, fir, let us buffer for the delays and negtegence of other people, I cannot blame theU. S. Attorney; it is his bufmefs to obey the inftrudtions of the go vernment; and if the witnesses are not here it is certainly no fault of his. But surely there is time enough to travel from j New-Orleans to this city in 1 7 days; even j with the gigantic “buik” of Gen. Wilkin ! fui himfclf. Mr. Hay fays, our tone is changed.— And how, fir? We demand a trial new.— We dernsnd a fair trial. But vnuft we not therefore protell against a mc afure, which is calculated to defeat this objeA? Cer tainly; fir You are called upon to pr- ju diceihc minds of the Grand !ury. But, fir, in this interesting case, where libettv and life themselves are endangered, 1 trust that fume hard mouihed precedents will he found in opposition to this procedure We have come here to answer to every charge, which may be urged against u.: [Whole Number 266. Wo come hereto at Twer in a precedented and conftitutt nal manner, But little did we expcift that ihe court would decide in the firft inftaucc. inflead of the Grand Ju ry; that the femiments of the Grand |ury were to be prejttdieated by an ur>eci' fitu tional decision; and that the court itfclf wasto commit its opinion on certain points, which would he regularly brought before them for argument and for decision at fome of the ulterior ft ages of the prose cution. “Why, fat'd Mr. Wirt, do you (brink?’’ Sir, trace the course of the pruiecuiion, and fee who it is that retires from the con test. On Friday the United States’ attor ney was not ready; on Saturday he was not ready, and now indeed he will not probably be re. dv before Mond -y next. Sir, Who is it that thrinks? And yet does the attorney pofitivelyaver that hclusev deuce enongh. We are charged, fir,with addressing the multitude. Mr. Wirt fays that lie could, but would not imitate the example. But neither he nor Mr. Hay have spared the theme Sir, 1 will not denv the justness of hiseulogiurns upon theadmiisiftration ; hut permit me only to remark, that there hs been a certain conduit observed towards Col. B. svhich excites my deep’ ft aftonifli menr. When I look at the firft man in the government, I behold an individual whom 1 have long known and whose public fer vires have c imminded my admiration.— W'lCti 1 look at thefecond.lir.hchas my whole heart. Bui,Sir, the enquiry which is now be fore us relates not so much to the intention as to the effecit An order ha, been given to treat Col. B. as an outlaw ? and to bum him and his property. And, fir, tgain, when the Houle of Reprcfentatives de-„ mantled certain information, as it was their right and their duty to do; the Presi dent granted it; and would to God ! Sir, that he had flopped here, as an executive officer ought to have done. He proceeded, however, to fay that Col. Burr, was guilty ol a crime ; and consequently toexprefs an opinion, which ; was calculated to operate ju licially upon the Judges A Juries. Such, was the substratum of all the ci-nfures,wlhch hive been heaped upon Col. Burr. Mr. R. protecied to touch upon a fub jeeft, to which Mr. Hay had referred, col. Burr was arrested in the Mississippi / erri tory. Was there no court there ! Was them no judge ot integrity tnfry him ? Arrested too after he had by a Grand Jury!! Well! he was transported thence (with humanity it has been said) dragged on by eight mufqueteers who were ready to (hoot him at a moment's warning; re fufed any appeal to the judicial authority ; denied even ihe melancholy fatUfadtion of writuig to his only child. Was all this hu manity ? Dragged before this court, winch derives ns only jurisdiction from a little lpeck of land on the Ohio. Yes! Sir, but for that little spot of an island, Virginia would never have enjoyed this honor! What is all this.lir, but oppressive aud b;t ter inhumanity ! 1 trull, fir, trom what T have (aid, that no one will think with Mr, Wirt, that I am ihifthigth* queftiou from Col. Burr to Mr. Jefferfon. I ffiould not have made tiie oblti vauuns, which have escaped me, but to lhnw that my client is jollified by hi* situations, in dating ever objection that he can, to the prcicot mca fuic • Mr. R. observed that at lead one difad vaiuagc would refuh fiotn this enquirvjthat it was uot clear, as Mr. Hay had asserted, that the affidavitswou and belaid before th court only aud not before the Grand and Petit Juries, for the Grand Jury would soon he poss. ffedof the fubltance of them ; and that it was next to impoffiole lor them to leparate the impreiiions thus ilh gaily to be produced upon their minds, from the weight of the legal, viva vccc testimony. Mr. R. f id, he did not understand Mr. H’s eiprellious about certain perfuus in holes and corners: that if however he meant spies, there are none (uch; and that although the government certainly had employed no spies, yet that it lias excited fomucM prejudice agaiuft Col. Burr as was fulfieieut to make every man in the country delirous of contributing his lull quota of information against him. Air /(.conclud ed with remarking, that the present argu ment had perhaps been permitted tiAoi* brace too wide a field ot difeurtion; and that there were two great queftiuns which he fln.u'd luhmit to the confideiation of the court; lft: Whether there were any pre cedents in favor of the present motion and 2d: Whether if a propofirion like this and ol such great importance was atlop ed, it wou'd uot yield a precedent, that wott and expole every man iu the country to op pression. Mr R. contended, that this was a charge which the judge had already decided on * fofmer examination ;lhat it was not afup plemcntul crime, but the old one ; that per haps there he ft me little affidavit to ipliccout fou.e dcledt iu the former evi dence; hut what would be the consequence o, tiii proceeding ? Day alter day, ano ther and another affidavit would be bioug t lorih ; taels like pob. p , are Caiil\ cut into a or 3 pteeet ; and caclt of tnofir atoms is to require a new recognisance. For ore affidavit tlitre mi.ft bra bail of 1000 dol lar :—Another Affidavit, another Icoa dollars; until the burden v , 1 i* so op pressive as to leave no othe. .efourer, but i , tue tour walls ol a pr son. Mr. Hay obierVed, that he fhoidd fim. ply uut'cc one reutaik ot Mr. Ks, ih* (