Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-01-27
JUDICIARY ESTABLISHMENT.
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who thinks with me, would have taken
upon himfelf the talk of replying to the
obiervations made yeiterday and this
morning in favor of the motion on your
table. Blu, iince no gentleman has gone
70 f lily into the fabj-a as it feems to re-
quire, am compelled to reque& your
attention.
We were told yeaerday by the honor.
able member from Virginia, that our OBJ
jections were calculated for the bye itand-
err, and made with view to produce
effect upon the people at large. | know
not tor whom this charge is intended.
l certainly recollee. no fuch obfervations.
As was perionaily charged with max
ing play upon words, ismay have bee.
intended for me. But furely, fir, it will
be recolleeted thar I declined that palrry
game, and declared that l confdered the
verbal crkiciim which had been relied en-,
rs irrelevant. If can recolled wha;
1 faid, from reeollett;ng we'll what /
shought, and ;nent to fay, fure l am that
I uttered nothing in the title of an appeal
to the people, hope no member OF
this houie has 70 poor tenfe of Its dig
nifty as to make luch al appeal. As to
m, felfitis now near thirty yesrs Fl: &c l
was called into public Office. During
that period l have frequently been the
Ervant of the people, always their friend !;
but at no one moment of my life their
Hasterer, and God forbid that I eves
fhould be. When che honorable gentle
man coniiders the cou1fe we have taken,
he mutt fee tina, the obierya,;on he has
thus pointed can light on no Object. /
trua that 1t did not flow from a conlci-
ousnefs of his own intentions. He, |
hope, had no view Of this fort. If he
had he was as much, very much mihaken.
Had he locked round upon thoie who no.
ner US with their attendance, he would
have ieen that the iplendid Aaihes of his
wit excited no approbatory fmile. The
countenances Of thofe by whom We were
iarrounded rrefeuted different fpetta-
Gle. They were impreiled with the dig
nifty Of this houfe: they preceived in it
the dignity Of the American people, and
felt with high and manly ientiment their
own participation.
We have been told, fir, by the honor
able gentleman from Virginia, that there
is no independent part of this govern.
mens. That in popular governments the
form of every department, as we'll as
the government i,ie'f, mua depend upon
popular opinion. And the honorable mem
Der from North Carolis,a, has informed
US tha, there is no check for the over
bearing powers of.the legillature but pub
lie opinion and he has been pleafed to
notice iensiment had uttered. A (en-
timent which not only fell from my lips,
bet which flowed from ny heart. 1t has,
however, been miianderitcod and mifap-
piled. After remi:,dins t!:e houfe Of the
dangers to which popular governments
are expoied from the influence of defgn-
ing demagogues upon popular patton, 1
took the liberty to fay, that 4vs, we the
Senate cf the United States, are al
icmbled here to lsve the people fron
their mott dangerous enemy, to fave them
from them!elves to guard them againft
the bansful effect of their own p,ecipita-
tion, their PATTON, their mifguidsd zeal.
= IT'S for thefe purpoies that all our CON-
ifitutionai checks are deviled. If this be
not the language of the contribution, the
contribution is all nonience. For why are
the Senator'S cho.en By communities, ard
the representatives directly BY the reo-
ples Why are the one chofen for a
longer term than the other Why give
one branch Of the legislature a,negative
upon the aets Of The other? Why give
the prehdens ri ht to arrea the pro-
ceedings Of both III two thirds of each
fhould concars Why all thcle multipli-
ed precautions, rnleis to check and con-
trout that imfe.aous fPiris, tina, headlons
torrent of opinion, which has iweps away
every popular government that ever exit
ed!
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