Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-02-27

with 10 tea our conaitu,;onby the rris--
! ciples. Of the Esi,i!h GOV crai,er,, il is
they who with thar contraction be pur
upon the contribution by coagfe.s, which
fhsll be coa6desed as the c,nisitug;on II
ielf; and are unwilling tha, shesc f,o5,t
be any check to olpo.c IL; and Of cou,ls
every contribution .puss On il BY. the dit,
ferenr Legislatures will exhibi. the sp-
pearance of a uew contribution, coniti-
turion to BE- toiIed ana blows sooa; BY
every roIitica. breeze. The powers OF
conereis will be equal to tt. powers Of
the Eagiiih parliament, trsnleenddh,,
fplendsd and without coalvoui. l:s,i-
expected thar iuch Iogdiy power would
&c graiped at by our plain republicans,
who have no Ambitious dei.:eS, .,.ld via
with rulers TO Dc contea;ea Win hum.
bic prsrosatives.
Mr.. Chairman, when reaei upon tire
intr:niic nasute OF TIE quc.l;on, am con-
founded and an,aze,i - i: is yat. indeed
from dread Of rs terrible coafeqaences.
Yet in its natufe il coah9s in the opes
denial of the obvious meaning Of few
words in the conitisution-wc repeat the
words, gentlemen deny their PLAIN icnfe>
We read cha; tn judges both Of the
fupre.,,e and inferior court lhalI he'll their
Offices during coca behavior" Oar OF
ponents isy thar thstc words do not
mean i" that tie Judges CT both tie iu-
preme and interior coasys fhaii hold their
Offices during good behavior" The n,ean-
ing of thcie words is crtirely different !;
i, is in fact the re,er'e; they 90 not in
fringe our power; they :efer. to tie exc
cu,:se; although the Office TO be b oides
is NOT OF executive. creation, and he caA
neither make il or deitroy it; III. thing
to be holden DUNG good behavior is -
object Of Legislative creation. Certainly
our opponents cannot drive US off the hrn
ground on which we Gand, and tell Us
that theie words are not ia the conititu.
ton. They axe, and how are they to oe
gotten rid Of! No other way under hea-
ven, Mr.. Chairman, than by bold arhi-
trary aGer1ion that they do not hear their
natural meaning; that they DO not bear
the fame meaning which they bear in ano-
ther part of the contribution.
The people have faid that Judge lhali
bokdhis Office until certain event (hall
happen-rhe rulers FAY no, we Will lhor,.
en- the period, and this is nor breaking
the coqaitution or, 10 other words, III:
people have iaid thar judge fail hoId
his office during good behavior; the IA
lers FAY, the meaning of that is, that ne
Office can be taken away at any monens.
Why, fir, what part Of the consiitor.os
will hold genteaen, what words are 10
it that are itrong enough, and wha, mean
ing canno, be as eai.y ,liitor,ed and per-
verted /! We have right to our teats here
for two years if we do not behave dior
Derby YET it might as we'll be (aid that
the meaning of that is, that two thirds
can expel the other third, at any moment
notwithstanding their good behaviour.
Our opponents complain of the want Of
power-that their power would be too
much cramped and reitrained from rs ma
tural freedom by Our contribution. Why,
Cir, that is the Object Of written conaisu-
tion, to place objects out of the reach OF
legislative power. II is its great and
grand deGgn.
LAX pardon Of the committee for de-
tanning them fe long. l aenoe no wick
ed motives to our opponents. / have tho
charity to believe that their motives are
good and virtrous yet am confident
that through a mifaken zeal for the
good of the people, they are going too
far, and are dearoying the contribution OF
our country.
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