Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-03-13


have preferred femsining where he was, ard
without smoment's hrf,s,ion, he would have
rejected your promotion. as II Is called.
This acnilrman teiidcs within very few miles
Of Frankfort. where. as diaritt Judge OF Ken
tucky, he held his court. Atsscfed 10 dofnef;
tic life, and Enjoying all It's ielicitiei, engaged
In and pleafed with sgticuiufsl poriuiis, he ~ss
never order the neceiIity even dasIng he icf-
Cons Of the courts, 10 Heep on, Of his own bed
orc NIGHT, o. 20 be SEPARATED Gugle day from his
k"ily. lie could every morning sivs difee-
tion for the i'spagemsns Of his farm, aud rrturn
early enoOgh In the evening TO fee whe,hst his
ofdtff ~err executed.
Hos Il Ne iituated under the change which
has been forced upon him. lnhtad Of attending
one court aInsaa at his door, your Law rrquisea
him 20 attend four. The nrarca az Bifd's town,
kfty OF iiyiy miles from home. You ubIige h'M
20 travel through dreary and inhofpitsble fegions
to the Nosth WeRern irrri,cry. icmething fhoft
OF an hundred miles and much Create. diitances
10, and tkToogh Hili woife countries, Kacxville,
in 1endedee. In going from one 20 the ohsr
cf thole lac mentionsd places. he viii have 20
pals through the country Of the Cherokee In
diam, neatly one bundled mica over the Cum
bcfaud mountains, where he viii be expofed TO
every inclemeney of weather, wi:hout a ihelser
to retire 70. for there is not houfe or hu, In
the whole icafaty q journey in which al tray.
eilcrs ave Obliged II ali times. and o. upsvoids-
BILE fity, 70 ileep sss Bight al kait. and from
the fall Of rains and nfe OF wa,er couffes, often
many niehB withou, roof 20 cover them from
the beating Of the form; and moreover where
they arc liable at every itepto he robbed BY The
Indian, "a nnyfsif experienced raAine through
that wilderness. Can !, Be fuppoIen. thar the
Eve hundred dollars added 10 The faisry OF Judge
Innes, f,ould BY per!on Gtuaed as he was, be
deemed II fhSienf ccmpcniaticn Tor the addi-
tional dunes, the tsiis, the dangers and the de-
priyations. to which that law fubjstsed him ! Ia
continuing TO ierve his county, am fvte he
nun have been Influenced more by fenfe Of
duty. than regard 20 private interek or be-
lief. shai si.s Shsrss vas 10 any rfisa advan-
tskcous to him. . -. =.
By the 7,b feeion Of the law Of the Ian
feffon, which tfansfoffrs the diRritt into circuit
courts. which melt, do~n the judge, and Ieccihs
them, il il enacted, That there fhsll be circuit
court conpoied ci one new cifc0it judge and
two old diHriei judges, 20 be called the 6ih cir
euir. Have you NOT then effabI.ihcd new Of
fee by the dearuttion Of The old one Have
you not done more Have you not violated
the conii,ution by declaring By k1sO, who ihsIl
fiji this new office though the Co.Iii'u'ioo de-
cisres, article I'd, fetsion ad, That The PseGdent
f,sIl nominate, aud by aud ~ish tho advice and
content Of the Sens,e ihsli appoint all of6cers
which fhalI be eGsblifbed by IaaU.
Where were theic guardians OF the conRi-
tu,ion--,hefe vigiIant csntineIs of ou. rights and
liberties. ~hen his law psHsd Were they sAreP
upon their pcft Where AS The gentleman from
New. York. who had on this debzte made foch q
nohls hand in iavor Of a siolated confsisutioa !
Where was the A;ax 7slemss Of his pifsy, Or
20 uic his own more corutt exPrtficn. the fac
fien 10 which he beIongedi Where ~ss the hern
viii his feven fold fhieldi Not Of buil's hide.
bur " bsis--prepared 20 prevent OF g punifh
this Trogan rape which he nov ices medi.ated
upon the ccna,,ution Il his county by a'wick-
ed fatfvsS Where was Hercules, that he did
MOI c,uit, ,hefe den Of robbers that broke into
the fsnfausiy OF the eonliitution Was he for
ae,ful Of Ms duty ! Were HE nerves unArene :
Or was he the very lcsdef Of the band that broke
down ,befe eonsi,utiorsl rampars
fhall now, fir, trouble yoo withs few rc-
marks on the expcdicncy Of repeating ,hs Law.
IL has been iaid, that there IL nothing recuiasIy
difguniie 10 thin lswj that there has been no
public clsmor excited ssaina il that il ws en-
sfaed With foIemnity on calm and delibentiye
reflection; and that time has not yet been Civ.
en- TO sef il by experience.
Al no member, Who has taken part 10 de.
bate, was . member Of this body, when the law
paGed, I will fsy fomeshins Of its hiRory. Ism
not Jifpoied to excite the fenSbiIiiy Of geotle-
men by any remarks which ihaIi make, Of to
call upl unplesfars recolIettions Of psa fcenes.
Bot when I hear Il faid that shis Idw vas paGsd
wirh csImnefs aftcr nature reaefsions and that
We are now IN Ct Of psiIios .sciae to undo
What wss shui wildly done. think i necedsfy
thar the public fhosId have corsets Ratemcnt.
It's toe that under the Iah sdminiesaticn,
When there exieed lwhss fsfue win never IN ss
euuaI degree sxiA sssin) al immodersse thisit
Sos executive patronage . propo6sioa wss
msde 70 eaablifh new jsdicissy fyRem . iyf-
TEN worie than the prsienss - is propoisd. nc.
cosdiss 70 my recollection, - jsdses iaiiesd Of
e. The lsw wn very near psfSng. il vas
however reieAsd IN the Hosis o5 Representatives
bys vsg f.sll naosiy. es' isws sbssla'sd