Mr. Harper. Were you near Mr. Montgomery?
Mr. Dorsey. I was; I think there was only one person between us.
Mr. Harper. Did you attend to the charge?
Mr. Dorsey. I attended to what is generally called the political part of it, because it was novel, and contained speculations with respect to government in general, and remarks on national and State laws.
Mr. Harper. Do you recollect any thing in it respecting the Administration?
Mr. Dorsey. I do not. I recollect a part of it relating to the State and national judiciary, and to universal suffrage. I did not hesitate to state that it was an indiscreet thing; my attention was particularly drawn to it by seeing in the room the editor of a newspaper, and from expecting that it would be the subject of newspaper animadversion.
John Purviance, sworn.
Mr. Harper. Please to inform this honorable Court whether you were present at a circuit court held at Baltimore in May, 1803.
Mr. Purviance. I was.