The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-03-20

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We have, in this dat s.ss Recorder, =
attempted re follow Mr.. Morris over
The ground Of expeaissey. as TO the repeal. /
Whether the extinction Of tho new sud
ges viii foGpone or promote the ail-
patch Of bulineis, and the difpenialiQn
of luGice, We vnha leave TO the experi-
ence Of lawyers, and they are divided up
on the iubje6t. But fetting aide this
part Of the diiPute, the repeal mutt pro-
duce thyce pofitive advantages. Firit;
the iavihg of fifty thoufand dollars, and of
ten,twenry, orrhlrty thoufand dollars, as
The charge Of collecting the former fun.
Second; this repeal tends TO check the
growing and Overwhelming patronage
of the federal government. We con
ildcr 1t as the intereit Of the people
at large to hear as little IS poiiible of
FEDERAL courts and judges, becaulS almoR
ali judicial buEneiS can be m9c5 better
frGgta&fcd 1cftk0Af than. II is fsid that
this repeal tends TO deitroy the iniepen-
dence Of federal Judges. May God long
protect America from fuch exhibitions
OF tiaspe1h5cHes, as we have recently 6en!
With tie mott ulgracious prec, pitation,
~irh the moh marked contempt of ap-
pearances, with 4 ferocity Of inipudence
which alarmed and ditguhed all his
friends, have we not ftena fcdelal Judge
poiting from one fate 10 another, from
Pennsylvania TO Delaware, TO Mryland,
% Virginia, in queft of political Often
ders ] hruiting citizen above the laws,
have We not ieen him refufe to fend for
pfelldent Adams, as a witnets? Have
VIZ not tcen him refufe to grant time for
the citation Of witnenc$; or to hear even
= wItheis* examined? And, q an ad
mirable proof OF the good efFttt offuch
trials, have we not 1een volumes OF de-
taance and iniult lifting froma federal
jail: But the greatea wonder of ali is
thar, after luch doings, perfors Can be
found weak enough to Believe that the
1dep@adsgcs Of federal judeesforms the
keyltone OF public {afery.
Bcildes the laying Of public money,
and the Filming Of federal power, there
IS rhird realon tor the exbsdis.ey Of this
repeal. It viii be acceptable TO great
majority OF the people. 1t viii tend 10
hafmonize the public mind or, al leaf,
we believe that it viii have this effect.
We have thus canYaiIcd the expedi-
ency Of the uiealurc. We fall cndca~
YOUR, in nc>c g Recorder, to explain
how far this repeal agrees win the feder-
a coniti1uyion. We clole, &C this time,
with an apoio9yf for The occafnnaI broad
nsfs Of our 1iie. On iubjoct like this,
where 70 much PATTON has been excited
upon both ldes, it IS alnoR ifnpoflible
70 Wr,le il i way which can fail ofaiving
offence 70 many. Bur in fast ard earn
ell, VIC do not Ieci that alarm and aoira-
eion thai fone people ieen to do. We
nuit again AFFIRM that the conllittlfion
has been brokcan hundred tinnss already
Mr.. JeFcr1on, Mr.. hIadiion, Mr.. Giles.
Mr. Taylor OF Caroline, the forty re-
Prelea-atiyes that voted againit rho "a
nous alien act will all With one voice
tell you 70. Hence, we nult infer that,
If the Prefen- repeal max a fIeh fac
turc, the prOfperisy Of America will fur
vlye fuch misfortune 9hilft the con
1t:rution iticlf, like The 7ah of war bird
OF the Southern ocean, VII foar ih tran
guilty beyond the co,yulliou OF the
temPeit. The afcent q ar eagle is not
arrcfted by the molltin5 ola feather.
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