Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-01-23

contribution permits ineir exercise TO
any extent within the ditcfe,ion OF the le-
siAature.
The objects of courts of law, as / un-
derasnd them, are, 10 fetsle qacH,ons.
of right between fuitors-to enforce o.
hc!ieace to the laws-and TO pro,cc,
the citizens againiI the orpre!il'c Ut. OF
power i'm the executive Officers. Not TO
protect ,kera againft the Legislature; for
tina: think | have hewn 20 be impoi-
fo;e With the powers whicl, The !es;aa-
,ure MAY lately ufe and exerc,f- and
bceaaie the people have ret'iled in their
can hands the power Of controlling
md Directing the irsiilaiur~, BY their
immediate and mediate elections Ct Pre-
ii,ient, Senate and Hogi= 0: 2ePrcfeD,a-
tiysa.
/, IS not alone the fifteen rank ana
III, which the gentleman from NeH-
York has 70 !udicrouAy depicted, THAI
/ appreheni immediate danger from,
BIZ. /, is the principle which converts the
Office as Judge into an hoipital OF incu-
rabies, ard declares that an expiring fac
ton, atter having loft the public conf
dence, may add to thoie fxteen until
ti,ey become 1000, or 1900; ard
thas the rciiored good fenie OF the ie-
siilature, the whole government ana
contribution retains ~ means Of eating
tacm of, but by te:troy;ng i,ieif ard
re!orting 70 revolutionary pT.nciples.-
I,h- Legislature nay repeal uaaecetIary
taxes, may d;.haai utclets ard exPenhve
armies, nay declare they will no longer
hc bound by the POPULATIONS of an op-
yreaige treaty and II war ihould lei.
low the contribution IS Gill faFe. Bus
il the contribution which gentlemen Con-
tend for be correct, I bard OF cironcs 70
my amount il number under the demo
mlaation OF Judges, may prey upon tie
.oHasnee Of the pcopls, and tie 60
ve,aneat retains not The power TO re-
move them but by cefrey!ns the conili-
eaton itielt.
Ihcicceh this enlightened ai;crob,y to
Pauic before they adopt contraction
capable of producing 70 grea; mitchell, and
10 Intellectual TO the ends proPotct.
The quea:on IS not now, as it would
icem irOm the arguments of gentlemen,
they underRa:d it to be whether we
ihall aholifh Offices without compcniat-
ing the officers for the facs:tices they may
have made. Tia propcial 80 compeniate
thesn l.all be brought forward, the
lcgillarure will iurely 90 what honor
AID jnitice lhall 'eqoire.
II poileGed equal powers Of fpeech
via tie gentleman from Coaoct:icut,
] nigh, be tempted 70 m3ke as inn2rsf-
five 40 addrefs TO tie feelings Of the Sc
tate. Sure / am, feel as deep an in
tc.ets in aud ioiicitude ftu tie conilitu;i-
OF, rs thar gentleman. ] view 1t with
him as the bcud OF our un;on and the
foundation cf Cur !afety. But it mutt
b :upuogtc! On Reasonable and prasics'
grounds. My understanding is incapable
OF feeling how the abfurdities and evils
Of the construction ccntsnded ter, can
be avoided. hope ,herc:ore that the
power Of ne lcs:4atare 10 PIT down as
we'll as TO build ", courts of Juice as
the pubic good may require, will be eitab-
liihea.
Not having accueonsd myfelf to dc
liver my fsn,imeoes in this or the other
branch OF the Legislature, may not
have compri(ed them in 70 ihort compass,
nor in fl>h orderly fhare, as would Be
proper miabm:srins them to this enlishs-
cred aietaoly. 1t however, have iuc
seeded in Eating inseliigihiy the grounds
sc my conviction, all fa;isasd. l!my
rc.aa;ks have contributed to cluc,date
The faoJca 10 others, / ihall rejo'ce
bgr ii failing in this, they a'io are mix
Cd with error, uuit gentlemen will ie'
them fisar.
BOSTON, January ".