Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-12-02
aleranorta aonertfser.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Z.

fen.imenr and conduit naniteRed by the
democrats, before and fince they have Oh.
tained the direction OF the government.
Under the old administration, no impor-
tant meafnre was ever propelled, nor any
law pailcd, but the cry was made, tina,
=" the contribution is in danger" The
alarm was u(ually founded IN Congrefs by
Mr.. Gallatin, and there rung through its
various changes by Nicholas, Livingho,,
and Randolph, and afterwards by Duane,
Calender and Others, until many ignorant
and deluded citizens were ready to fay
that theie were 4" true and faithful watch.
men upor the wallis" for the preiervati
on Of our invaluable conititution. Bu,
tincc the 18th Of March, thefe friends and
guardians Of the contribution, inform Us,
that the infrument is {" fubjea to perpetu.
al alteration" and that it may be violated
when fuch violation will be productive Of
benefit to the country.
1t may, perhaps, not be unintereains
to our readers to notice the reafoning, with
which the contemplated repeal Of the Judi
ciary fyitem is defended in the Aurora Of
tie 10th ult.
The TORY PRINTS (fays Duaae) begin
10 be alarmed about The judiciary Of jain
Aaams's asauutaasry, and as u/aal Legm
t0frsaeb up the REGAL DOCTRINE efter-
pet~atiou in office; 1v< HaN next bea, Of
Hereditary de(fent. 1t could hardly have
been expected, that the tory prints fhould
begin to preach up the ,xgai doctrines Of
bertet.0tisn mia@re; or give lectures up
on Hereditary right, during the continuance
of the prelent administration. What a.
larm try prints may begin to feel, about
The judiciary # 1obn Adams's nran4faaoy
we know not but we readily conte(s,
that, as republicans, and attached as we
are to the contribution and laws of our
country, we feel alarm when we are thus
indirectly aGu:ed that this contribution will
be thus violated, and the only fccurity for
the rights and liberties Of the citizensde-
0royed.
Either the/t bseph the tory prin,,) are
veyy eviekrder Cr,y ignorant eftbt f'inf'-
pies O on, gsVernmsnt; ynat ignorant fby
mgR knoqv we'll done Mr.. Duane, if
they do know, they mutt know" impor.
tant dcduaion! wonderful difcoyery
that in a govfrumrnt like oxrs, fb<rr" NO.
thing immu'aLk. So it would feem-not
even the contribution, when it falls into
the hands of democratic administration,
can remain immutab!e but every barrier
which it contains for the fecurity Of the
people againf the oppreilions of licentious
rulers, is to be broken down and defroy-
ed
The Cm?aaHsn iteyH xki<a to tr,tr-
mal alferufio~, though Jaterior to all EXIT
mg Ia US. Superior to all erJ9ng LH7vs;
that is all laws enacted before the 18th OF
March laa, but now it becomes (u6jea te
perpetual Alteration; that is, iuch alteration
as the exigencies of the democratic admin
ltration require, which Mlfer Duane, We.
ry jufly, terms perpeInak.
Hnatmd0mtulal prineipk Of our &c.
qe,nment, tkat The tsz~er qvbifb CREATES
can NoN-cRRATE. And pray when dld
MiNer Duane learn this important pIinci-
pie of our government? 1t, iurely, was
not from the contribution, for the eonRitu.
ton las, in certain cafes, veRed the power
of creating officers, and, entirely, denied
the power of n-crrating them. For 10
ilancs, the power Of creating judicial Off
GERS, is given to The PreGdenr ard Senate.
and the power Of nsu-eyea,ing them, is ex-
preisly denied. So much for MiRer De-
ane's fundamental, Man, ereatmg bri1eitk.
Now tor its application.
Ox,j4diriay is not q Gyq<m (lp<rier IT,
TIE eexftafisu, bxt dependent erH. We
~ true, but he hys, in the next ienteoce,
that TIE judiciary d<beuA or tie haaU avbi:b
eenfitxtes it. Now Miaer Duane ought,
when writing this lsf fentence, TO have re-
membered the preceding one; but ne,
probably, intended by The law o" e06iFo
THE j31;cia., dkpend!, the contribution 1t.
ielf, if 70, we readily Guhfcribe TO his next
fentence. TIE bad, svbitk errsitd'ee ~
ditiar ltha, is ,he representatives OF the