Mr. Harper. Do you recollect the latter part of the charge?
Mr. Cranch. I recollect more of the latter part than of the beginning, because I paid more attention to the latter part.
Mr. Harper. Do you recollect any sentiments expressed relating to the weakness of the present Administration, and that they were not employed in promoting the public good, but in preserving ill-gotten power?
Mr. Cranch. No, sir, there was no such expression, as I recollect.
Mr. Harper. Was there any expression at all relative to the present Administration?
Mr. Cranch. Not as an Administration, nor any thing alluding to the Administration separate from the Government of the United States.
Mr. Harper. In what way was the Government alluded to?
Mr. Cranch. By alluding to the repeal of the act of February, 1801, for the establishment of the circuit judges. I recollect no other measure of the General Government which was alluded to, or any allusion to the present Executive.
Wednesday, February 20.
[The testimony on both sides being closed, the argument of the case began, Mr. Early, one of the managers, opening for the prosecution.]