Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-12-12

'h~ pm Va pa 1u.tSaSt Va tfoe
nation, predoninate, if fu>.l nj sfures can
prevail! How entirely mutt tie fPirit OF
reyengue have Implanted ,ha, # patriot
i'm, il ma,ared opinions, fonlted 90 the
fold baie of experience, are tobe dbaRdon.-I
ed forever, in order toferye the malig
purpofe of the moment! How uniafe, how
Iniierably unlase mutt be every other,Print-
ciple of the contribution, if one 70 impor.-
tant to our ppineis, and 70 arong'y tenc-
ed in by .expref, proYiaoa in :he great
charter we profeIs to reverence, can De OF
fersd up iacridce TO refentnen:s Which
ought never to have been felt /!
i believe I need not fear contrad!t!ton
when / FAY, that had the dependence or
the Judiciary been fugsefted IN tae conven-
ton Of lages which formed our conitltrti-
on, no member could aaye been found VINO
would not with all his powers have rerrc-
bated principle which Pass into hazar
the hra Objects for which men enter into
fociety, by leaving their perfons and tAes
property infecure. In that day Of genuine
patriotiln, when party had not yet IN
folded its powers, when faction had no.
yet erected IFS crea: when tae only ct
fort, without view to men, was to eta
b!::!h wife and correct principles, 60 man
could have been found departing 70 far
from the theories of the Rateiner, the !e!-
fons Of experience, and the opinions OF
his country, as to have main,ainel tn
political hereby that Judges ought to d.
pend on the Legislature for their cont'nu
ance In Office.
Had zach dolriae lto.en into :hc con-
ititation, offered 70 the lta,es Tor their ac-
ceptance, we need only examine the le'e-
raj governments they have flassd tor
ti,en!elves to determine what would have
been its fate. We cannot douh. but thar
70 pernicious prime: pie would have been
universally execrated the oppantnts OF
the conGitstion would throus hous our
consisent, haze taken this asong ground
from every quarter OF the unioa. tie dao-
ger to which liberty would be exPc!ed,
from An enla1sd judiciary, woaA have
refunded in Out cars: and not al! the ne
GETTY, net al the other excei|eseies OF
that inarument, could have laved II from
rejection. Fer this I appeal to the oPini-
ons thea entertained by thof: vho acted
either in the general or tate COW entions,
and conju.e them by III. iacr:d fame OF
pasriotifm which then glove in their co.
loms, and which cannot yes lie entire
ly -xsingailhed, TO examine we'll The cauies
which have changed their op.'aous, be-
fore they yield TO ,hst change.
If at any time before the late revolu:i-
on in men Il hope not fatally in meafuresl
the abtraft proportion, unappiied to par
t;cular characters, Of creating Dependant
Judiciary, had been made to the people OF
America, who would have been found to
fupport it? Who would net with al hi,
powers have reproba,ed Doctrine 70
frausht with baaeful conlsqaencls, 70 far
charged with danger to the d.a'et rights
OF man? 1.-THE 6rlt or iecond adninitra-
tioa could have 70 deviatsd from their
principles as to have countenanced iuch
meafure, how would it have been receiv-
ed bv thoie who, under third admin
Rra.ioH, are ske:nfelves its patrons! Let
their efforts to agi,a,e the public mind
on the, milton OF MIR. Jay anl*er this
quettion.
VIVA, can have produced this ominou,
change? The very men who then aaeaed
to trembse iar the independence Of the ju-
dietary, bec=u!e a judge might be b:ibed
by being appointed to temporary en-
ploynent wi:hsus emo.us3ent, who af-
ietted TO tremble fer the conititulicn be-
cauie a judge entered on the performance
Of duties he was no, forbidden to d:i-
charge: now boldly and openly iu port
neals-e which Totally proArates tina, in
dependence, BY making the ctice Deepen
dent on the will fine Legislature, and al
the fame time inhitis v;ts wound on
he contribution, which explicitly declares
the tenure of the Judicial Office to be dr.
ing god 6ckavisr.
Thsie things require the feriops conf
dera,ion, nor only Of the wife ard good,
5us Of all thole who, from any MOVIES
whatever, with TO perpetuate to rhznfeiyes