OF 302 VOL. XII. Page i Historical Documents and Remarks, from Dec. 1799 to March 1801. . 5 Proceedings in Congress, during the Session which began on the 3d Dec. 7 Defence of the Quckers of Pennsylvania 11. Jefferson's Election to the Office of President of the United States 1.1 Jefferson's Character si . . 15 Convention conclu<led betrecen Ame- rica and France, in 1800 . . . THIS seditious emigrant is mentioned in the · Rush-Light, No. V, to which I refer the reader for an account of his general conduct, inserting here a brief sketch of his trial, which was held in the district court of the United States, at Philadelphia, April Term, 1801. The bill of indictment having been returned true, COOPER, who chose to plead his own cause, put in the following plea. " The defendant (protesting against the insinuations and constructions in the said indictment alleged against him) pleads not guilty, and of this he puts himself upon his country, and will give the following facts in evidence on the trial, in justification of the supposed libel, stated in the aforesaid indictment :- " ist. Mr. Adams, either by himself, or by the officers of state acting under his authority, has given the public to understand, that he would be- ., stow no office but on persons who conformed to his political opinions. ' . - B “ 2d. 2 |