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


Read Of inc'eaiing if the courts then
efablifhed were found competent TO ,he
prompt and faithful diftharge Of all the
duties devoissd upon them, the law was
unnecefaIy; ard iiearMese&ary, tie ac-
-ditional esperee by it was IN
neceGsry ard all unneceGsry exp*nce
ihouid be aved. /, is true that 50, oco
dollars divided zmong the people Of the
United States, smoun,ed to bu. one cent
a man but The principle was ifill the
fame. 1t has been very fashionable Of
l-,e to juitiry every unnecehary ex-
pence by itating each i,em by itielf and
dividing it among the whole reo-
pie. In this way every exPence is held
forth as Of little confsquence! Gen.
tleuen Gay in this eaie, it is only one
cent a asan In the cafe of the Maulo-
-lsam, 10000 dollars came to only 4
cent, man! In the direct tax, it is on
Iy % cents! They talk OF our army it
only comes to few Cents for each perion,
who may fell as many cabbsges TO the
folders themfeiYes as to pay it! So i"
a navy. In Trio way are tie mott ex-
travagant expencss witsied down to a
mere traction. But this kird of federal
arithmetic | Can never accede to. Ii
may iuit an expenfve government but
tits an impohy;on upon the people.
IT has been urged with lome force by
the gentlemen from New York ard Co..
ne 4 !cus that the flnatl numbe: OF TUFTS is
ar evidence Of the efficacy and ability o.;
our courts of juitice, l am willing 70
admit the force Of this remark; but !
mu.t apply i, very differently from thoe
gentlemen. Iniufs apply it to the fate OF
the docke,s when this law paAed and
from their being very few at the time,
/ mutt infer that the fyfem exiting tnen
was an excel!en, one, as it welded the
power OF the laws 10 efettualIy, that
there was but little necelity for entorc-
ing the Law assinit delinquents.
From the remarks made by the gem
tleman from Conneeucut it might te IN
ferred that we were about 10 dettrcy ali
our courts, ard chat we were in future
20 have 70 courts. Is this the cafe /? Are
we con ending ior breaking down the
whoie judiciary ehabl ihmsnt? On the
Contrary we barely fay the c. ug1s you had
be;ore the pa;iase OF this Law, were iutacl-
eat; return, therefore to them. This
Ia, ~ h,ch we with repealed, imparts no
rev all, noris:ys to your judges; it clothes
them With no additional ,errors; it adds
~, 90 their aAes, Or increaies not the
ncmoer OF their rods. 1t only enlarses
Their num.er, which was before large
enough.
The ger tlcman from New York has
smuied h.mielf with great deal of hand
lome rhetoric. But / arpreheoded with.
out bearing much upon the q2eit'vn.
Tferc is one idea, however, which he tae
feizci with ex,acy, the idea OF grsa;
Gate kneeling a, the altar of federal row
er: AID rs u,ploles that this SPECTACLE,
the moa fub.iue that his Imagination
can conceive, is vanquithed forever. Bu
If he will cor1ult thoie flores o! hiiosJ
with which he 10 ot:en amufss and ialtructs
sis audience, he viii h"d It'll more fplen-
,lld hum.la>icrs. He will f;nd the proaJ
monar>hs Q; IN. ear, fur:oanded with a,
tn 4.corations ct royalty, d1ssed at tn
chollas * heel Of tie conquercr. ln NOR
u1.trn lia,ts he wifi b, hold king O
En-. 81 srd CT Fran;e, one holding a.,
h.!ru, ana ;ae o,..er the bsitIe, while II
Pope n >nnSei his ,so:!s.-li rot cen
tented win the cont emplancn OF thi
il4l,r.ous desrsja.}ens, he may Ecaert se
!.cr>d writ, to which he 70 often afffsais.
ari In sSe ye.v haa.- IS inds.- be s.''.s'
bsa nc : sa;:aaas King OF je,oialsm, ius :
FOUND y rhFee fcore ami ten depena-
eat A@ss, p,oe.as up Inc efan,,s fron
urdor a.s ,aaic, sos VIA I.s.:.ia.cc the h.
.rsi;a;,o2 ,ae:. easa,ining. all ,he!s kir.
had iiaesg tasrn,s AK: g:eRs ,9es cut o.
Eas 81 nc ges.siemio from New Yos !
wthcs =, oe ersslEli with nrrc m .
dsrn -. ,af toyerSlpn Senrataticp. J.