Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1802-03-02 00:00:00, page 2

deavoring to evangelize them,
M,y God crown their united e%.
ertions with success !
Where neighbors, of different
politics, take different political
Newspapers, it is a good practice
for them to interchange papers, so
as to read both tides, that they
may compare the merits of the
two parties and their refpe&ive
opinions and arguments.—Re,ub
"hcans wish for such a comparison
/ —and EcdcraliJls ought not to de
cline it. For it tends to the cor
reaion of errors and the promo#
tions of truth.
O The public has heard much laid con
cerning the Naw Judiciary Law, that
passed just at the close of the last left
fion ot Congress, hardly in fafon to
give Mr. Adams time to sign it, end
-commission hit friends —indeed, after
his belt exertions, such was the ,rffi„
of business, that feme of the M^gbt
appointments were erroneous, and the
bait-made Judges loft the pUn op
portunity of Sizing 46 a salary by the
tail."
This New law, which created Sixteen
additional Judges, and gave to the U.
States nine or ten Judges more than
even Grta Britain herfeif employs, the
Republicans uniformly opposed, as
- being unueceffary, and as impqiog a
heavy tax on the public treasury, mat
must ultimately burthen the People,
without io the feaft benefiting them.
The present Admioiftration has been ac
tuated by a foirit of Economy hither
to ;— Already toe the Republicans,
who are now at the head of the Fede
ral Government; lopped off unoecef
fary offices, useless foreign embassies,
&c. which make a SAVING to the
United States of nearly Q„ Hundred
and Fifty Tfajaad DrUarr annually =
'telaa POSITIVE benefit, derived to
the People from the firft year's admin-
Khration of THOM AS JEFFERSON,
which must convince them that he is
not that prodigal enemy, which the
whining, canting, hypocritical “ Dis.
ci,las ^ the Old Sebed" have represent
ed him to be.
Economy is a Republican Virtue—The
Republicans will persevere in the prac
tice of it— Upon this principle, and
to make the Government re trace the
gigantic rirides towards M,narg, into
which it had been forced by the late
administration, a motion was brought
for ward in the Senate, to repeal the aft
of the left Coagrefs, which failed the
judiciary to an enormous and unpre
cedented size. This, motion drew all
the strength of the Federalists in op
petition—every argument which their
ingenuity could suggest, was used ; it
was strenuously infilled on as uncon.
ftUutional to repeal the law ; but it
has been very clearly demonstrated that
the fame authority which can make a
law, can also alter or repeal it- indeed
the petition is too evident to need il
lustration. After every indulgence
which justice and candour could per
>mit ; after hearing, and re hearing all
which the opponents to the repeal had
the power or art to suggest ; the vote
was called, and the Bill passed in the
Senate, on the 3d of Feb. to repeal the
Judiciary law, which imposed on the
country the 16 additional unnecessary
Judges, which constituted a Court
with NmQu do!
We copy the following from the Wilh
ington National Intelligencer. -
Wafeifty^ra^fo OmWedhef
day, the Judiciar, Big puffed the
fyfee by a majority alone vote.
Had the Senate been full, there
would have been a majority of
mt-Mr. Armstrong, of New#
york, being the only member ab
sent.
This a& will not fail to be re
corded among the most memora
ble events of the present period.
It pre-eminently marks the tri#
umph of Republican principles.
It detent die inflexible de
termination of those who GOW
The JUDICIAR Y.
[Continued from No. 54 J
" THE next paragraph of the Pctfi
dent's communication regard# the na
tional revenue. Among other things he
Ipeaks of maintaining the public faith,
and supporting the civil government, as
the most important. " The remaining
sources of the revenue will be fufficient
to provide for the support of govern
ment, to piylhe interest of the public'
debts, end to difcbarge the principal in
ihorter periods than the laws or the gen
eralexpeaetion had contemplated." Is
he right in this or not ? suppose him to be
wrong, what injut, has he done ? the
senate and boule will examine his docu
ments and evidence, and upon finding
the fallacy, will rejsa the proposition to
which his calculations lead, and contin
ue, or augment, perhaps, the diced tax
ts. If he is right, why shill not the
burdens of the people be lightened ? Is
It not more laudable in a Chief Magif
treterig nation ,0 involve himfelf in eg
fotimateatyuaiDhnee with the national
finite, ra to Acquire a perfed com
preheofion of that public resources and
expenditures, thah to wrap himfelf up in
fliow and fete*, 'delivering the trust
committed to hin/by the people qver to
heads of departments and political chap,
men? g
Suppose it 9io@d turn out on exam
fruition, as he fugghfts it will, fat these
dry er direß tax^fa, be laid aside, the
governmenfepMted, & the interest &
principal oftytafe debts be provided
fol-whit Msq,,,e want of money ?
He anticipates ififcer to this queftton
and obviates it in a manner no less hon.
orary to his chara^cr, than the maty
proposition in this so of his communi.
notjuftify our taxin^he &uftry 'j^
fellow citizens, to accumulate treaforat
Ifg waft to ''PP'"'lL'#lrt '^^Whelan'/
here in power to the fame princi
ples, avowed by them when out of
power. Their theory was a good
one ; but their pra&ice is better.
-Economy in the public expendi
ture, distrust of extravagant exec
utive patronage,dread of whatever
tends to the unnecessary aggran
difement of the powers of the gen
eral government, constitute a few
of the features of the repealing
al ; and they are features which,
it is not hesitated to fay, will rec#
ommend it to national approba
tion. Indeed so conclusive and
irrefiftable have been the argu
ments urged in its support, that a
mong the dispassionate part of the
community, among those who
have not taken their ground with
a resolution not to abandon it on
any conviaion, in short amon,
the nation, it is confidently believ
ed not one man in a thousand
will condemn the repealing a&
It may be proper to remark that,
tho' this measure has been carri
ed in the Senate by a majority of
but one vote ; the relative strength
of parties is by no means to be
eftimajed in that proportion. It
will be recollected that in the
Houle of Representatives, the di#
vifiori is nearly as two to one ;
and it will be also recolleded that
of the 15 members who voted a
gainst the repeal, 6 would not now
hold their feats, if an election were
made at this time by the state
legislatures. In such event the
votes would stand 22 for the re
peal ; and 9 against it. And had
Mr. Armstrong been present, and
had Mr. Colhoun Voted in con
formity to the sentiments of hit
constituents, as recently illustrat
ed in the ele&ion of general Sum
ter chosen by a great majority, the
vote would have been 24 for the
repeal to 8 against it.
From the Chronicle.
CRITICAL REVIEW
OF THE
PRESIDENT'S COMMUNI
CATION to CONGRESS.
and which might not perhaps happen,
but from the temptation offered by that
treasure."
Public wealth i# a definable thing,
but where a large public treasure is accu
mulated, if it does not tempt a nation to
war it never fails to increase and multiply
offices, and to augment salaries, stipends
and fees : it operates on a government
as overgrown wealth does on an individ
ual. Could the treasure be emptied
without drawing the money from the
people, there might be more propriety
in such a measure ; but where it is rhe
refolt of dry or diced taxation, the wealth
of the treasury is the poverty of the peo
ple. When a war fhril become necessa
ry, if the honor and faith of the govern
ment fhali have been well maintained, if
the people are free, secure and happy,
they will love their government, and the
wealth of the people will be the ready
and operative treasure of the nation.
The President predicates his
scheme upon the increase of numbers, to
, be doubled in a little more than twenty
ftwo years, and a conferment increase of
the confumptiou of those articles on
which , revenue now results from im
posts. He agrees to a deduaiop on ac
count of a change which may be prodd
ed by the present happy state of foreign
notions ; yet he conceives that direa
taxes may be dispensed with. We are
not aware of the reason on which he cal
culates for this deduction. We have for
seven years now past been the carriers
for the nations of Europe, which have
been unfortunately engaged in war : but
the goods brought from every part of the
world, in our bottoms, for them, have
been exported under a drawback, and
have not increased our revenue.
THuirjury done by bringing thefe|
ideas of economy into public;
view, grow principally, no doubtl
out of the succeeding paragraph
—"Thefe views however of re
ducing bur burdens are on an ex
pedation that a sensible, at the
fame time a salutary reduction
may take place in our habitual ex
penditures.' This is a very del#
icate firing to touch upon. Let
this remain without vibration, and
the difeord in the others will be
received as music. One of the
greatest evils attached to civil so
ciety in any form yet known in the
world, isthe want of moral fajibil
ity. A great writer obferv.es that
corporations or public bodies,
have no fouls—by which he
means, that they have no consci
ences. But the evil is not
mainly here : the mifchief is, that
individuals have no confeienees
in public monies. We need not
Idok into France, Spain and Por
tugal, where we should find me
lancholy proofs in support of this
assertion, in the wretchedness of
the people, while public meh and
managers of the revenues are rol
ling in wealth and fplendour ;
but we cast our eye into the Brit
ish empire, & fihd proof enough.
Who is there in that country,
that thinks his salary or stipend
large enough? Who is there in
that empire, that when he drives
his four wheels through a hungry
and naked multitude, refle&sthat
the bread they eat, the beer they
drink, ffi^ coals they ffiiver over,!
and the light they fee, by, are all
taxed to maintain his fplendour ?
The pensioners and placemen
there have no idea that they riot
on the hard earned pence of the
multitude ; but confider the trea
sury as the kings and as a source
of wealth with which the people
at large have no connexion. Even
in America the croud for officers
seems to bear down all before
it, establishing, from the impetu
osity of the seekers, and the force
of their connexions, an influence
in itfelf quite irrefiftable.
^/The Przsiden t fays— 66 for
this purpose, those of the civil^
government, the army and navy
will need revifal." There is a
suggestion in the message, the
number of troops stationed in gar.
rifons may be reduced. Why
we should have any morelhan is
barely necessary to preserve the
arsenals and parks of artillery we
cannot fay. We have no war,
we exped none. A Handing ar
my as the President obferv es, in
order to defend the extensive
lines of our country from inva
sion, is buran-idle pretext. The
form of any army, in all coun
tries, destroys the militia; but in
ours, the militia must be our de
fence.—We are so situated, that
no nation can invade us without
such previous preparations, as
would allow us full time to bring
a ftrongmilitia tt> our Chores, and
to make preparations to succeed
them by regulars. Yet men who
are now in office in the army, will
not listen to this kind of reafon*
ing;their clamours will be main,
tained by their family connexion,
and re echoed by those who are
in office, in other departments
and who dread economy in the
national expenditures.
The President gives his opin
ion that the present organization
of the government is too complex
and expensive for the obje&a
which demand its attention.—
66 When we confider this gover
ment as charged with external &
mutual relations only of these
states ; that the dates themselves
have the principal care of our per
sons, our property, and our repu
tations." Is this true, or is it
falfe ? The courts of the nation
al government have cognizance
of actions, where a citizens of
one state chooses to sue that of
another in those courts, or where
a foreigner choses to sue there,
or being sued in a state court
choses to carry his suit there. The
diftria judge is clearly a neceffa#
ry officer on various occasions,
moie especially on marine affairs."
and matters of the revenue.—
There are in the United States,
twenty three diftri& judges, who
have a salary of 1500 doollors on
an average. This makes the ag
gregate sum of 35 500 dolls. No
one supposes their falraiers too'
high, more especially in the mar.
atime diftrids. There are eigh
teen circuit judges, the salary of
whom amount to 34,500 dolls,
annually. No body believes
their salary too high, if there is a
necessity for such an office.—-
There is one chief justice and
fix associate judges whose salary
is 25.000 dollars. These all to#
gether make 94,000 dollars a
y#^ '
The salary of the supreme
judges is not too high ; but under
the present organization they
have nothing to do. They meet
at the federal city twice a year to
hear causes, if any are brought
before them, pn writs of error,
&c. The business is very small
indeed. In England there are
twelve judges ; these go the circuit
and do the whole biifinefs of the;
nation. The admiralty business
is not done by them, but they
have a fuperintendance over it.
The probate business is done by
ecclesiastics, who have no cote,
cera in fcal estates. . And there !
are petty fobordinate jurifdiaions
such as mayors, courts of^ffiontf;