Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-04-28
Tsou THE Nrw.Yosx EvrvIYc Posr.
THE EXAMINATIO
/, NUMBER XVII.

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lately deliyered# in the houfe of repre-
!. ientatiyes, having 6nce appeared, which
/. brings forward one petition, and reiterases
) fone orhers in form well calculated to
excite prejudice, it may not be ufelels TO
devote Tome further attention to the iub-
jet. },
The new poftion is, that the claufe OF
the contribution enabling the Judges to
hold their Offices during good behaviour,
I ought TO be undertood TO have reference
TO the executive only, b<eagIs aNe0sesss
are bolasn oftbe Proficient ! {
This is fecond example of doctrine,
contrary tolevery republican idea, broach-
cd in the courie ofthis debate by the adj
vocates of the repeating law.f Had
: federaliG uttered the ientiment, the cry OF
/, monarch would have reiounded from one
extremity OF the United States to the O.
Their. II would have been loudly pro-
claimed that the maik was thrown alice,
by a glazing attempt to transform the
fervants ofshe people into the iupple tools
of Prudential ambition. But now, to-
!. iufiiy plain refolution Of the conltltu-
ton, and lerye party purpoie, this bold
/ and dangerous petition is avowed without
5 heiitation or fcrnple, from aquarter re-
5 markable for the n0iiy PRONUNCIATION OF
! popular tenets.
The petition is NOT correct; and 1t is
! OF anature 70 demand the indignant RS
probation Of every real republican. In
The theory of all the American conaitu-
tions, offices are holden of the govern
ment, in other words OF the PEoPLB
fbyoxgb The gove,nment. The appoint
menr is indeed confined to a particular
organ, and in inifances in which it is not
otheiwiie provided by the contribution or
the laws, the removal of the officer is left
TO the pleafure or detection Of that or
gan, But both lheie acts fuppofe mercy
an fundamentally of the organ; ffem the
necedlty or expediency ofthe peoples &C.
ting in fuch cafes by an agent. they do
not fuppoie the iubititation Of the agent to
the people, as the object of the fealty or
allegiance Of the ofheer.
Ii is laid thai The word bolaen is a
,techinai form denctlng tenure, and amply
ing thag there is one who holds another
.-of whom tbs thing IS holden. This a!
fertion is indeed agreeable TO the com
mon ufe Of the word in our law books.
BUTT is hardly TO be preiumed that il
was employed in the contribution in 70
! artificial a tsnie. It is more likely that
it was deGgned to be the equivalent of the
words poDsl5, enjay. Yet let the after
3 tion befuppoied correct. In this cafe, il
mutt alto be remembered that the term il
this teeb1sal lenfe includes two things,
the, quantity OF iatereR in the iubjett hol-
den, and thelnsr;torious csnhderasionsup.
on which the grant is made which, in
man. cafes, inclades iervice or rent, in all
ySazy, this lat forming emphaticallY the
link or tie between the lord and the te.
nant, the foveresgn and the eilcer. Will
any one dare 10 lay that realty OF dlieSl-
ance, as applied 70 the government OF the
United States, is due from the officer TO
the PRECEDENT Certa,nlyiit isnot. If is
due to the people in sheir political capaci-
ty. If 70, it will follow that the Office
is holden not Of the Prshdent, but Of the
aat;oa, government or tate.
1t is remarkable that the contribution
has every waere uled the language Of
fcers Of the United States, as tito de.
nose The relation between the officer and
the fovereignsy as if to exclude the
dangerous preteniion that he is the mere
creature Of the executive; accordingly,
he is 60 take ad oath !" to fupport the
constitution" that is,an oath OF fidelity TO
thegovernment BAT no oath Of any kind
TO the Prsjid<af.
In the theory Of she Britifh govern
mens, it is entirely different /; there the
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