Excerpt from Onslow in Reply to Patrick Henry: Originally Published in the National Intelligencer These are, at least, lofty grounds. And, if they can be maintained, there is an end of the controversy. It: would be absurd to go further. An inquiry into the rules and usages ofthe Senate, after such grounds are occupied, becomes ridiculous, and much more so, an inquiry into those of the Houses of Parliament: for surely if it is beyond the power ofthe Senate to give or withhold the right, it must stand on an elevation far above parliamentary rules or u3ages; and I was there fore not a littl surprized to find. Tliai, after so bold an assertion, more than four fifths of your long and elabo rate essay was devoted to a learned and critical inquiry into the-e very rules and usages. There can be but one explanation of so strange an inconsistency but that a very satisfactory one. You lack confidence in your own position and well might you: for, surely, power so despotic and dang. Rous, so inconsistent with the first principles ofliberty, and every sound view of the Constitution, was never attempted to be es tablished on arguments so imbecile and absurd; to which no intellect, however badly organized, could yield assent, unless associated with feelings leaning strongly to the side of power. That such are your feelings, no one who reads your essay can doubt. None of your sympathies are on the democrat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.