thereby degrading, or endeavoring to degrade and villify the faid John Lucas, otherwife John B. C. Lucas, and his character and office as aforefaid, to the obstruction of the free, impartial and due administration of justice, and contrary to the public rights and interefts of this commonwealth,

ART. 2. That the faid Alexander Addifon, being duly ap pointed and commiffioned prefident as aforefaid, did at a court of quarter feffions of the peace, and court of common pleas, holden in and for the county of Allegheny aforefaid, on Monday the twenty-fecond day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one, under the pretence of discharg ing and performing his official duties of prefident as aforefaid, unjustly, illegally and unconftitutionally, claim, ufurp and exercife authority not given or delegated to him by the conftitution and laws of this commonwealth, inafmuch as he the said Alexander Addifon, prefident as aforefaid, did under pretence as aforesaid of discharging and performing his faid official duties, then and there in time of open court, unjustly, illegally and unconstitutionally, ftop, threaten and prevent the faid John Lucas, otherwife John B. C. Lucas, alfo duly appointed and commiffioned one of the judges of the faid courts, from addreffing, as of right he might do, a grand jury of the faid county of Allegheny, then and there affembled and impannelled and fworn or affirmed refpectively, concerning their rights and duties as grand jurymen, thereby abufing and attempting to degrade the high offices of prefident and judge as aforefaid, to the denial and preven tion of public right, and of the due adminiftration of juf tice, and to the evil example of all others in the like cafe offending.

And the faid Houfe of Reprefentatives by proteftation faving to themselves the liberty of exhibiting at any time hereafter any other accufation or impeachment against the said Alexander Addifon, prefident as aforefaid, and alfo of replying to the answers which he the faid Alexander Addison, prefident as aforefaid, fhall make unto the faid articles or to any or either of them, and of offering proof of the faid premifes or of any of them, or of any other accufation or impeachment which fhall or may be exhibited by them as the cafe shall require, do demand that the faid Alexander Addison, prefident as aforefaid, may be put to answer all and every of the premifes, and that fuch proceedings, examination, trial and judgment may be against and upon him had, as are agreeable to the conftitution and laws of this commonwealth, and the faid House of

Reprefentatives are ready to offer proof of the premises at fuch time as the Senate of the faid commonwealth of Pennsylvania fhall appoint.

ISAAC WEAVER, jun. Speaker

of the House of Reprefentatives. The Speaker then addressed Alexander Addison as follows:

ALEXANDER ADDISON, Esq.

You have heard the charges exhibited against you by the House of Representatives, and now depending before the Senate, read.

Are you guilty, or not guilty?

Alexander Addison rofe, and addreffed the Speaker as follows, to wit:

Mr. Speaker,

I wish to know whether I am to plead to the articles of impeachment feparately or generally.

The Speaker replied, I am inftructed to fay, you are to plead generally.

Alexander Addifon, again rofe and faid,

I am not guilty in manner and form as I am therein charged.

The managers made a verbal requeft, that the Senate would, for reafons offered, reconfider the refolution fixing the time of proceeding to the trial of Alexander Addison, and that the fourth Monday of January next, may be fixed on for the day of trial.

When it was moved by Mr. Steele, feconded by Mr. Hartzel,

That the Senate do now reconfider the refolution, fixing the time of trial of the articles of accufation and impeachment exhibited against Alexander Addison, by the House of Reprefentatives, and now depending before the Senate.

The yeas and nays on the question, were called for by Mr. Jones, feconded by Mr. Johnston, and the question being put, the Members voted as follows, to wit:

YEA S.

Mr. Gamble,

Mr. Hartzell,

Mr. Heister,

Mr. Lower,

Mr. Lyle,
Mr. M'Arthur,

NAY S.

Mr. Barton,
Mr. Ewing,

Mr. Findley,
Mr. Harris,
Mr. Johnston,
Mr. Jones,

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Mr. Maclay, Speaker. 12 eleven and twelve nays, yeas and that this motion was determined in the negative."

So it appeared that there were

In the House of Reprefentatives on the 1ft January, 1803, the managers having reported the plea of ALEXANDER ADDISON, Efquire, the following refolution was adopted: "That the following replication be made to the plea or anfwer of the faid ALEXANDER ADDISON, Efquire, to wit:

"The House of Reprefentatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, prosecutors on behalf of themselves and the people of Pennsylvania, against ALEXANDER ADDISON, prefident of the feveral courts of common pleas in the circuit consisting of the counties of Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington and Allegheny, the territory of the faid commonwealth, reply to the answer of the faid ALEXANDER ADDISON, and aver that the charges against the faid ALEXANDER ADDISON are true, and that the faid ALEXANDER ADDISON is guilty of all and every the matters contained in the articles of accufation and impeachment, by the late House of Reprefentatives, exhibited against him, in manner and form, as they are therein charged, and this the prefent House of Representatives are ready to prove against him, at fuch convenient time and place as the Senate fhall appoint for that purpose."

And on the 17th January the Houfe of Representatives would in committee of the whole, attend in the Senate chamber during the trial of the impeachment.

In the Senate on the 13th January, 1803, a committee was appointed to report a form of an oath or affirmation to be taken by the Senators when fitting in their judicial capacity on the trial of Alexander Addifon. On the 14th this committee reported the following form of an oath :

"I do fwear (or affirm) that I will, well and truly, try the facts stated in the articles of accufation and impeachment, exhibited to the Senate, by the House of Representatives, against Alexander Addison, or which may be further exhibited against him, and a true judgment give according to the evidence."

This was adopted. But on the 15th January, on motion to reconfider, the form of the oath was altered and adopted as follows:

"I do fwear (or affirm) that I will, well and truly try, and a true judgment give according to law and evidence, between the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Alexander Addifon, upon the articles of accufation and impeachment, exhibited against him, and now depending before the Senate.”

On January 17th, the Senate refolved, for accommodation of the citizens, to meet in their judicial capacity on the trial of Alexander Addifon in the chamber of the House of Representatives, if that House fhould think proper to offer the ufe thereof for that purpose. This the Houfe of Represen tatives did.

A letter from Alexander Addifon, Efquire, was read, af ter which the Senate left their chamber.

THE Senate having affembled in the chamber of the Houfe of Reprefentatives in confequence of a request of the House, as the most commodious room to accommodate both houses, and the citizens who appeared generally defirous of attending the proceedings on the impeachment.

On calling over the names of the Senators, the following gentlemen anfwered to their names, viz.

Mr. Samuel Maclay, Speaker of Senate, called the attention of the Members of that body, to a letter just received from Alexander Addison, addressed to him as Speaker of the Senate. He directed Mr. George Bryan, clerk of the Senate to read the fame; it was as follows:

SIR,

Lancaster, January 17th, 1803.

I beg leave to ftate to the Senate, that I am informed there are now in the Senate certain members, who were members of the Houfe of Representatives, when that House refolved to profecute the impeachment against me, and that they voted on that queftion,

The analogy of all our proceedings, and a due regard to a pure and impartial adminiftration of juftice, requires that parties. fhould come forward to the proper tribunal, with a juft confidence, that none of the judges have previously exercised their judgement on the queftion. If this were not the cafe, the parties would ftand in a very aukward fituation, when they could point out some of their judges who had previously determined against them.

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