Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-05-08

0@A''o' CIV. i','o .oIelsn alliance, wy
are powers which are exerciea !. ad!
controul by delpots and as n, ~ltA@u
man from Virginia does nc, ho11 gent
in adherence, he and I can nsr. oeiEpa
in our opinions on government ass
Whether another honorable o..
from Viz. lMr. sRandolph) has 'q aae!
all the ferviee from his fling and bi sSI,'t
he had expected, or whether he t ts,, TO-
quilted ofhis pgomiie and now tb;at. a
feIf capable of proRrating the Gol;,s ing
| this houie, armed cap-a-pie, WIKI E
contribution Of his country, cauno, !
lecture; whether he has difcovers3 N
Kill and the p-owets of David, 0, rS,1
Their he is l;kened to him only BY II, W." w..
pons he wars with, it is for the Comm:
tee TO judge-foE myfelf I mutt fay 5,'
his high promifes had excited exped,r;n s
which in me have not been realized, wv
when the gentleman fat down wa, h ~.
to find my objections to the bill on vs,
table undiminllhed-I fay forty, for iea
only lay my hand upon my heart, and
the fullnefs of incerity declare there j,m y
thing deGre more anxiouly than to /.
convinced by gentlemen that this mesh,
is not unconstitutional. It is not CONN.
tent for u: to decide where the powers
Judging hall be placed, as is fuppofdH
the gentleman from Virginia, who ha
the only queaion is where this powerful
be placed. Sir, the true quelioni is when
4vas this power placed by the conRitutoa
and the honea anfwer mutt be, tia,
was obtained to the judiciary by The viii
of the people Their power is paramount
to that of the Legislature and ,eyocab.
only by the authority that gave it. Ii
deprecating the adoption in this countr
of the common law of England, whd
was brought to it by our anceaoIs, an
the principles of which are the fundanen,
tai maxims of our liberties, the gentle,
man from Virginia has attempted to hsa
the inconveniencies refulting from iuu.
certain rules, and has noticed the Gale Of
Williams which occurred in Connecticut.
Sir, I am furprifed that a gentleman %
correct as he generally is Mould have hI.
len into the inaccuracy he has. Thecd;
of Williams is a notorious one, and ltTl'
not profecution at common law-lb'
hiao.y of it is, that when general Pink.
ney was at Paris he learned that Tome Of
the privateers which were then crulh1s
againa the American commerce were con;
manded BY Americans--as loon as thNn.
formation reached congrels, they PsAedl
law to prohibit our citizens from gols
into the icryice Of any of the belllSet'f
powers.
Williams continued to command
French privateer, and he had captured nj
ny of our veGels-he was atteEWaa
brosghs into Connecticut, and there 'n''
and puniihed mot under the couH0n t ~
as the gentleman from Virginia iupp0hdii
but under our tata,e under the law pal;
cd n 77o2 The gentleman has aheo
whether if we had created an army = %
Judges and given them monitrouS hlsn T.! e.
laries it would not be right TO repeal 'a ai
law; that if the power exits to f'T Il.
any law which might have paiied Ga ' a.I
fubjeet, it might not now be ufeG' , a..
has been pleaied to fay we would Ia, NV
created more judges and given them n' n.y.,
er falaries if we had not wanted IE' w
and tells nv honorable and learned lll' :,
from Delaware that we were reitIai's ,'. j
the fame tecbIerels of nerve ~hicn " u,s:
US at the Presidential election TO put 81 e! an
votes in he ballot box. Sir, 10y ' !. (
from Delaware does want that io'' "
nerve that Tome gentlemen now dl 10 ~,
although he i, as brave as he /, "liF 9Th; r.
in living without fear he Will lnc sI % ia.
out reproach, and never make hl n, aon d
BILE to the charge of profrating. the e' "or.
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