Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-01-27

ever Ilid he, may be my opMi0n Oh
the contribution, l hold myfelf bound 70
refpeh, it," He obtained, fir, 70 profeis
an affection he did not feel, and accept
hi. candour as pledge for the perform
ance of hi. duty. But he will admit this
neceaary inference from that frank con-
felton,, that a'though he will arpgg'e
(asaina his inclins.ion) to uppert the
contribution, even to the lat moment,
yet, when in f3ite of all his efforts ii
(hall fall, he will rejoice in its deffac--
ton. Far different are my feelings
l. is poGb!e thar we are both prejudised !;
and that in taking the ground on which
we respectively Aand our Judgements are
inauencnd BY the iensiments which glow
in our hearts. ], fir, with to iuoPott
this contribution becaufe l love it. Ard
love it becaufe confider it as the bond
of our union; becaule in my foul b:l;eye
that on it depends our harmony ano our
peace /; that without it We ihould lo'n be
plunged in all the horrors of civil var i;
that this country would be delused with
the blood of its inhabitants ard bro
theirs hand be RATED again& the bobm Of
a brother.
After theic preliminary remarks, lhope
| lhall be INDUCED while | contds thu
iubject in reference to the two ioints
Which have been taken, the expectancy
ard the coaRilutionaAy Of the repeal.
In conddering the expectancy l h,pe' |
iha!i be pardoned for akins your ateu-
tion to fome parts of the confitsion,
which have not yet been dwelt apon, 2nd
which tend 10 elucidate this part Of 'ar
enquiry. lagree fully with the genie
man that every fiction, every fenss'ce,
and every word Of the contribution Oaghs
to be deliberately weighed and examined
nay, am content to 60 along with hun,
and give its due value and importance
to every flop and comma. In tie be-
ginning we find a declaration of tie no.
tiyes which induced the America reo-
pie to bind then!elves by this contract.
And in the foreground of that dslara,
ton we find thefe objects ipecifri tt
farm a wo,s teysf uai'n, to l'76f'G
izfiee, and to m/a~s dsm1fie trAYaii.
y. But how are th-ie objects eifted !
The people intended to eaabA@ jy>ae.-
What proviiion have they made ,fl:l-
FL that intention? After pointing ont
the courts which ihould be etabhsed,
The I'd fiction of the Sd article iforms
US, " The judicial power fhaIl extod TO
all cafes, in law and equity, ariiiis un-
der this contribution, the laws of he u
nited States, and treaties made, or oh;ch
lhall be made, under their ausho,if -
all cafes affecting ambaaadors, othe ps5-
lie miniaers and oonfuls; to all cies Of
admiralty and maritime jurifdietia 70
controversies to which the UniteHta.es
lhall be party; to controversies hsween
two or more tta,es, between iI and
citizens of another Gate, betwee Cit
zens Of different lta.es, between eizens
of the fame fate claiming lands under
grants of different itateS, and betleen q
Gate, or the Citizens thereof, and iofeign
aates, citizens or fubjetts.
{" In all cafes affecting amba1adorsprhcr
public miniiters ard conluls, and thfe in
| which fate lhall be a, party, ne la-
| preme court fhalI have original jrfii-
| dittion. In all the other cafes efore-
| mentioned, the fupreme court ha have
appellate juriidict;on, both as TO l~ and
fact, with fuch exceptions, and under
iuch regulations as the Congra ihall
mske.''
Thus then We fad that the judicial
power B4N extend to a grea. v4rrty of
cafes; but that the iapreme c,ur fhall
have only appellate jurildiaion mil ad.
miral,y and maritime caules, in all oatro-
ver.ies beween the United States an pri-
yase citizens, between citizens Of .;fer-
ens aatss, between citizens Of tn fame
sta,e claiming lands under different .iates,
and between citizen of the UaitedS:ates
and foreign aases, CITIZENS or iabjets..--
Tie honorable gentleman ffon Ken.
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