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

miniitration. TIE blasG at tie slqytyr, : ~.
jfea OF TIE ebarcS, laid an old pyoverb. Evsrv
fuccefiiye trial for fedition did more harm 70
the federal cauie than whole rean, of eFsvs
or tpeeches againh the fcdition aSq r. iS
needless to fay what the republicans shink Of
theie Judges. So that, between the one oart,,
and the other, they can have bur fl1l. partial
,ty or confidence co hope for
! DO the 18th of Februa-y, MIR. ThomnCor
a representative of Virginia, was compIaining
IN congress, as to the nonitrous experce -
the federal Judiciary iyi9e,n & In the coun-
Try where" live fad he, * one venerable
cIuzen OF ieventy years of age, performs more
duties IN the courfe Of one year, than al the
Judiciary corps OF the United States. There
pehoid thus venerable man fitting in his court
N the flmple plain earb ofa common citizen,
taamndtertng luitIce and commanding relpea
ana receiving as the reward OF his labours.
puk one thouiand i've hundred dollars year,
| 5y documents, now in my poGeiIon, find
that ne has fuits untrisd Co the vaff anount of
two thouiaHd fix hundred ard twentv-iey,.,
| he SQUIRT mean is sh- high court of chan.
cery IN Virginia. In this court perfect fatit.
faction and contentnent are gwen From this
| reference infer, lilat if one court, held bv
one man OF doc age Of ievcnty, is adequate 70
the performance Of all tAc duties Of that Court.
wlth iatSfaction, certainty Gx will be COM
Petent TO the diicharge Of ali the duties requ;
! red from the undecided one thou(and fix hun
dIed caIfeS throughout the United States, -
hus far MIR. Ihompion.
he ait ahemblv of this fate has found Il
'mpoiilbie for MIR. w yche 10 overtake fIch
mas OF builnefs; and two fupplementary
courts of chancsry have been cnsbI;ihed.
But let us Ultimate that Mr. Wythe deter.
mines, upon an average, the very moderate
number of iixty fuits per arrrum. This is
exactly Tx times rs many IS arc to be decided
by the whole fIprenle court. In the latte~-
each caute will cod, as above, an cxperce Of
twenty-five hundred dollars Divide the fl
teen hundred dollars OF Mr. yVvthe BY tbe
hxtF cauies, and your qaolient is ftgesy-fz,r
Tozars I,hus you perceive that the cbanceI-
l!ot OF Virginia does as rauch Sutinels for one
dollar, as MIR. Chale and his compeers excct,-
ted Tor an hundred Citizens are you Drena-
red FOR iuch things tn this fare, at leaf
niie tenthS OF the people are republicans.
ana whether Il IS right or wrong, they bold
ei7e very ngraes OF Aicfirs. Patrerfoii, WaGl-
ington, and Chate, in the mott determined
and abalute execration. It It's not, therefore,
a matter OF lurprie thar general Mafon, AMI
Ny Lhompion gruinble At paying thefe
Judges at the FIte OF AN HUNDRED TIMES
'a9rs fDaa The ialaiy at IEr, H>yfbe. AS we
lad above, there IS nothing in the popularity
OF their cAagatfers thar can diipo{c the reput-
licans TO load them with iuch exorbitant line.
cures hat theyar gentlemen OF diligence
and abilities nobody vii .loubs. ButtaIents
are ueleis, when they nave not field for ex-
crcile.
Pafing from the fuprene court TO The coll
iettlye mais OF federal courts, we ihall fun
patc That there is before them, upon = n1edinne.
not merely lixteen hundred bur two thopfacd
TUFTS; and that tie total charge of this itIrif-
d'ction to the public revenue as an hundred
and thirty-ieven thouiand dollars year. To
this you muif fubjoin a. ieaa forty per cent,
as the poiitive and practical expence ana d.
mage that ifiues to the country from the col
lection OF the moneys Thus, il IS proved
that the real expencc Of the federal Judiciary
COMES not only TO All hundred and thirty-feyet,
fhoutard dollars. but 80 an hundred ard nine
ty-ilx thouiand. Al this cate, each depend;ua
caufe colts nlncty-eigat dollars per annun7.
Let US now turn back to the chancervo Of
Prglnina. Three chancellors cot fifteen
hundred dollars piece for faIaries This
makes fanr thou!a1d five hundred dollars.
we fhai add three rhoufand more. for clerks.
and other iRcdents5 and FIVE hundred dollars
for the charge of collecting the aate tazss 20
that amount, The prefent number of d.oen-
ding tutS IS iaid TO be two thoufan8 e. hun
dred and twenty-fevcn. Bot this exceeds II.
medium number OF .chancery caufcs. Let
that be computed at 30 more than two thou
iand. The total charge Of this eRabIiih-
inert has been rated as above, at eipht thou
iand dollars. This makes four dollars for
every cauie. But, in the federal courts, ,Vs
have ieen thatfoits cor, upon a mediurn,1ine.
ty-eight dollars piece. The fup, of the
| comparlton is thas the hace Of Virginia gees
as much bulinefs done for che dollar, as the
federal government can have tranaaed for