Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-03-13

uniformity could ever be expected, bat. 81
the contribution Of the conRitpfion and
ita,u,es Of the United States. Fhis mi
,formi.y is Gill freferssd by the cOntrol Of
Inc fupremea court over the eonfts &c tie
circuits. Under the, prefent ehabiit6-
ment, national iyaem Of jnfifpfudcncc
will arile. The practice and local laws Of
the different diariets may vary, but IN
the fame difria they will be uniform.4-
The prattice Of each diaria will fuggef
improvements to the others, the progref-
Eve adoption of which will in time al.
hmila.e the fyRems Of the feveral diarifts.
II is unneceaary, Mr.. Chairman, for
me to fay ANY thing in relation TO che
-diaria courts. Their former jur;fdiction
was not varied by the law Of the lait
felton,. e5
II has been my endeavor, fir, to give a
correct idea of the defects ofthe former ju-
dicial plan, and Of the semedies for thofe
detects introduced by the law now deilgn.
ed to berepealed. do not pretend to fay
that the prefent fyfem is perfect, con-
tend only that it is better than the old.
If, fir, inftead of dettroying, gentlemen
will undertake to improve. the preient
plan, will not only applaud their mo-
tives, but will aiia in their labour. I'VE
ak only that our lyftem may be tried.
Let the ientence Of experience be pro-.
'nouneed upon it. Let US hear the nation
al voice after it has been felt. They will
then be better able to judge its merits.
In practice it has not yet been complain
ed Of; and as it is defgned for the benefit
of the people, how can their friends jafi-
fy the act of taking it from them before
they have manifeaed their difpoGtion to
part with it? ,s
How, fir, am I to account for the ex-
IRENE anxiety tc get rid ofthis. efabliih
ment. Does it proceed from that fpirit
which Gnce power has been given to it, has
70 unrelentingly perfscuteed men in cfhce
who belonged to a'certain feet! hope,
there will be little patience; theie
Judges are old aud in6rm men; they
will die; they mutt die; wait but lhort
time, their places will be vacant; they
will be filled by the difciples of the new
ichool, and gentlemen will not have to an
fwerfor The political murder which is now
medita,ed.
ihall take the liberty now, fir, of
paying Come attention to the objections
which have been expreaed againR the
late eitabiifhment. An early exception
which, in the courfc of the debate, has
been abandoned by mott gentlemen, and
little relied on by any one, is the addi-
tional expence. The gentleman from
Virginia fated the expence of the pre-
fent eaablilhment at $4,000 collars
On this head the material queftioh is,
not what is the expence of the whole
eaablilhment, but what will be faved by
the repeating law on the table. do not
Ultimate the iaving at more than IS, 500
dolls. You fave nothing bat the falaries
of IS Judges of 1000 dollars each. From
this amount is to be deducted the ialary
of a judge of the lupreme court, which is
$500 dollars. Aboliihing the prefent
iyitem will not vary the incidental ex-
pences of the circuit court. You revive
circuit court whole Incidental expences
will be equal to thoie of the court you
deitroy. The encreaied falaries of the
diitritt judges Of kentucky and Tennel..
Zee mutt remain. II is not propofed to a.
boliih their Offices, and the admiilions up.
on the other Gde allow that the falaries
cannot be reduced.
If there were no other objection, the
preitnt bill could not pats without amend
ment, becauEe it reduces the falaries of
.hoie Judges, which is plain undeniable
infraaion Of the contribution. But, fir,
it is not fair way of treating the fubjeti
to fpeak Of the aggregate expence. The
great enquiry is, whether the Judges are
neceiary, aud whether the falaries allow
ed to them are rsafonat lie? Admitting the
utility of the judges, l think no gentle
man will contend, that the concentration