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

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before FIX venerable Judges, decorated ln
party .colourea robes, as ours formerly
wefe, OF asrsyed in mote iolemn black,
fuch as that they have lately aanmed,
hoping, though a tate, Ethat it might
! sase icme chance for ;afice, eahi-a
bis a fTetaacle ot.huintae and degrad..
ealoyereignsy far fnos. of the dreadini-
denuneia,ion to which aiiude! II the.
gentleman feels, as I keew many do, rap
ture at the idea ota Gate being humiii-
ated and tumbled into the duff, | envy
him not bis feelings! a, A. fuch a thought
| acknowledge / feel aunb'ed. 1T the
degradation were, confined to- kings and
tyran,s, to ufurpess who had teitsoy-
ed the liberties Of nations, / A:ould not
feel much confederation; bat when ap-
piled to governments, ineitoted by the
people fox the protection of their l'bes-
ties, and administered Only to. promote
their happ;nefs, feel indignant a: the
idea Of degraded iossreigasy. l 'hail
feel the fame intcreit for any fate, large
or fmall, whether itwere the little fate OF
Delaware herfeif, or the ftill more might
fcans republic Of St. Marine.
After few additional rsmavks. ard
alking the Indulgence of the houfe fer fhe
wan. Of method in'po!ed uppn him from
the neceflity Of replying to tire arguments
Of gentlemen as they hsd itated them, gen.
Mafon fat down.
Mr.. Stone, OF North Carolina. The.
importance of the preieut qHeaion misfe-
| prefume juitify any mem!'er in Del
We r;ns H. S'i.i'no"'' ~ihoat apoicSy'
Bat .rcm tie ale manner in which the
fuojeta has already been diieuilsd | lhouid
have been induced to adhere TO ny ufual
ccurie fnce have been a member OF this
boiy, and .caving its e!uciIa:lon to others
Of greater experience and more talents,
have been c.utentcd with f,ent vote.
AS however, the flare whole fervant |
am, and whole faithful fervane / with
At all times to be found, has ineructed
her memb.rs en- this fubjea, will en-
deavour in the plain way OF which alone !
am capable TO align the reafons for my
vote. Andin doing this, / rather with
than hope tina, / may fate any thing wor-
thy the confederation Of this eRlightneed
allembIy.
The argument upon this queaioa has
naturally divided into two paris, the
one Of exeediency-the other Of coniti-
,u,ionality. If the repeal$of this law
lhal' be deemed expedieut; the Senate
will doubtless coniider it their duty to
repeal it if no conGisusional OBJECTION
oppoies it; but if it fhail be deemed I'm
soa.' itutional to repeal it, then no conGde-
rations of expectancy can itatid in the way
Of that foiemn inifrument, we are ali iwcrn
.ofapPort.
Before entering into an examination
of the expediency Of the repeal, it may
be proper to remark shat gentlemen who
have ipoken againtt the repeal, whole
talents and e!oqnence I highly admire,
have not correctly !ta;cd the queRion.
The true qucttion is, not whether we
fhall deprive the people Of the United
States of all their courts Of jutice but
whether we ihal refore to them th>:r
;ormer eourts.--Shall we, or fhau we
not, continue .an experiment. made, or
attempted to be made, ! will not FAY
improperly, becauie my refpca fer this
soly and for my country FORBID the i'm
,u,a,ion; but I viii fay that tie length
of tine we remained without his ly Fem,
AMI the repeated Intellectual attempts
made 20 eAabiiih it, pre!ent itrong rea-
fms 70, inftrring that there are not 'ho!e
.r~ae apparent rca.ons in favor of it that
ave been Gated. A fyaem, fomewhat
:n1ilac 70 TIC presnt, had been rejected
~ the lesi.lature becaule they preferred
II. former fyRem. Another evidence
> the fame purYors is, that during The
4 felton, whea the fubjett was again
.eviyed, and the preiert plan adopted,
;, amendment was offered, to amend
" esierSiny and eniargii!g the former et.