I send you the enclosed hope you will present it to Congress the
first opportunity not doubting their Disposition to do equal
Justice to Persons of every Denomination in these united States,
and that in justice in my instance must be owing rather to
misinformation than anything else, altho in the present Case it
is scarcely supposable.
The very extraordinary trial alluded to in the Petition is truly
a Matter of Surprize to every Officer and Citizen in this part of
the World and is of such a dangerous tendency that I think it
ought to be attended to, what is more extraordinary it is I am
told the only trial of the kind ever had in Congress.--In the
Year 1776 I petitioned to Congress for a trial who refused me,
giving for reason that Congress was not a proper tribunal and
therefore refered me to the Officer commanding the northern
Department.
Genl. Arnold on the First application obtained a hearing and
determination on that Principle I am a Stranger