Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1801-01-13

:NGo iTrM tlii9 ioCfFe t0esA chi % inSsN I
before the fedora courts, and il the PLACES at
which infSsclicns of the rs9cauc laws t@ok |
vlace were very remote, however afdSat toe |
pstr;otifm of the citizens, they cnuij not be |
expected 20 encounter the greet eSpcn.e and /
lofs of inc that would be required ~ attend |
inc court three or four hundred miles dil- |
,aot that the mnlt fold objection to an
execution OF the couts wss their expsnie (;
hat ia fae the execution would probably be |
az economical arrangement, as the facility J
Of recovering dues 10 the public would be !
ncrc,fei. and witt, it the produeivcpefs Of
,he revenue; and Comfortable fun would |
be favei in the expenlss, betrayed By the
kublic, of grand Jury. which from its very
ra'ure mua be drawn from all the parts OF
e1.h Hate, by the contracted !ize OF the dif
tritf from which, they were taken; aud that
the fame remark woH'd apply, in 4 imal!cr
degree, - common Jurors. vituei'es, pFols-
cu,ors &c. that 10 far IRON the ita;ement
made by gen:lemen being corree., il YVES
uuderGood that fevesal fuits in which the
public was interefed, hsd been protratfed
for feveral tern,s that the li,i.e buGnefa,
aliedgcd to have been brought before the
federal court of Virginia, ws.the n,oit Goa
ciuiivc e9;dence OF the inconvcrieucco attend
ing the prelent pian. whereby, owing 20 The
remote iitua,ios. of the grea,er part of the
citizens, they were induced 20 prefer an ap-
peal TO the itate, in preference TO The fede-
raj courts.
II was further declared 70 be very doubt-
fnl on conaitntional ground, whether Com
greia could delegate judicial powers 20 the
Rate courts; and if they could, /, wa. de-
licasc qneition how far Rate judges were a.
ntenable to tee United States, for faithful
dilchsrge of their duty, inaGnuch, as il they
violated the laws of the United States, they
we're not conaituiional fubjetfs Of iupeach.
ment by csngreis; that, a. any rate, the eff
iea might be tae insxecution of the lave
from which an imbecilitS in The government
would arilc, the more fatal ss ii afFeaed The
vital principle of the Standardization of iur-
ice that II was no, doubted but that Vir
giaia would be well fatisiied with one court
in preference to two, or with no conrt what.
ever in preference to one; that il would be
wife IN congrefs 10 conform as nearly az they
could, ia conftieAce with economy, to the
ideas adopted by tn leveral aa,es, as well
as the cfahlIhcd principles of common law.
which brought juaice home TO the door OF
every man that it would be therefore sdsiGa.
bic i the expefce were not too great, TO di.
vide Virginia, not merely into swo, but into
four or eight diarias, with cour, in each
that it was lame argument, rha,. becaafe
we could not do all shat wac requIred, we
fhould do nothing that as to the idea
thrown out, thae the conveHience OF the ci--
tizens Of Virginia did NOT require an sddni-
onal court it wss entitled to no weight, as
the additional court would not be inGituted
merely for the convenience of Virginia. but
fer rendering jufice TO foreigners aud the
citizens Of tn. other rates; aud to imfure
the dignity and independence THE govern
ment.
I, was further obfcrved that the diviii-
on of Virginia, contemplated by the bill,
was nconveneOt, it might be altered
though it was believed tha; the obieaiou
arofe from want OF geographical know
lecse in the gen;lemea who made it.
IN rePiy to fbsjs remarks, it was iaid by
member, who reprefented the wcRern diRIict
" w S'hsdt ihai NitCtS Hdtl DCCU DuI one
fuit carried before the federal court from his
par, of the Rate for ten years, and that at
preicnt shere was NOT Jingle one Depend
ing.
Other gentlemen oblerved that It beloved
thole who aycwed that this additional court
was not intended to anfwcr the convenience
Of the citizens ofVirginia to fay whole con-
! venience il was intended 20 aniwer that,
| notwithstanding the contrary declarations
J Of iome gentlemen, who on this occaii-
! on, mad betrayed the fame ignorance of
/ The phyGcal fate of the country, that
on previous occsGons they had msnifeAed
OF ia moral and political hs;e, the new ar
rsngement would increale, inliead Of dirni-
nih, the exiting Inconvenience, ina(much
as the citizens Of the couRties of ElFex, Ca
roline, Louifa, and Orange would be remov
ed to greater diaaace from Frederick
burg, the contemplated fea, Of their court,
| than they nov we're from Richmond.
! Il was further contendcd that the Rate
cosris were folly competent to difchsrge all
/ the dutie; aligned them ard that is Vir.
/ gina the federal laws had been either invs-
riably obcyed or enforced that no fpirit Of
hoGiliy TO the federal government had ap-
peared, and that Il would he time enough 10