Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-01-29

impeachment, and Of courle the execu-
tive not being permitted to removed the
right mua neee6arily devolve on The L.
81 ere. Is this the honorable members
argument! If it be, the reply is very
iimple. MJ9ebavio, is not a termknown
in our law. The idea is expreGed by the
word nydtm<daor which word j. in the
clauie quoted refpee,ing impeachments.-
Taking therefore the two together, and
leaking plain old Epglifh, the Nnaitu-
riou Jays: " The judges ihall Hold their
offices 70 long as they fhan demeaa then
ieives artN, but if they fhail m;jIatmean,
if they ihall on Impeachment be convict
d OF myarmeanor, they fhall be remov.
ei. Thls, fir, tie honorable inc nh-r will
find that the one claufe is juf as broad as
the ether. He will Zee, therefore, that
the Legislature can aGume no ri hit from
the deficiency Of either, and will find that
this clauie which he relied on, goes, if
rightly underfoood, to the confirmation
of our doctrine.
Is there member of this houle, who
can lay his hand or his heart and fay that
confidently with the plain words Of our
contribution. we have right to repeal
this law believe not. And five un-
dertake to confrue this contribution to
our purPofes, and fay that public opinion
is to be our judge, there is an end to all
contributions To what wi1tnot this CAN
gerous doctrine lead Should it to- day be
the popular with to deifroy the firR ma
Citrate, you can deiiroy him. Ard tbould,
he Tomorrow be able to conciliate to
him the, popular will, and lead tim to
with for your defrutsion, it is esily'ef-
teeted. Adopt this principle, ard the
whim of the moment will not ory' BE-
the law, but the contribution Of our coun
try. !.
The gentleman from Vxginn his
mentioned great nation brought TO the
feet Of one Of her fervants. But Why is
fhe in that Gtuation Is it rot Iecsnle
popular opinion waseahed on todecide
every thing, until thoie, who wor' bay
onets, decided for all the ref. Dur f.
tua sion is peculiar. At preient our ma.
tional compact can prevent a fat from
acting hoitilely towards the geneal in
teref. But let this compact be dfroy-
ed and each fate becomes inRannneouf
ly veaed with abfolu.e fovereignty.-
Is there no initance Of imilar Gtua-
ton to be found in hiaory? Look at-the
fates of Greece. They were .onoe in; a
condition not unlike to that in whics
we lhould then aand. They treated the
recommendations of their Amhicionic
Council (which was more meeting OF
ambaGadors than a legilati,e aiembly)
as we did the reiolutions Of the Cd Con-
grcls. Are we wife So were they
Are we valiant? They alto were brave.
Have we one common language, and are
we united under one head? In this ALTO
there is ftrong resemblance. But BY
their dlvitions, they become at trt VIC
tins of the ambition of Philip, and
were at length fwallowed up in the Ro.
man empire. Axe we to form an excep-
ton to the general principles of homan
nature, and to all the examples Of hifto-
~? And are the maxims Of experience
to become falfe, when applied to our
fate? g. 49,. i
Some, indeed, Aatter themfelye,, that
our definy will be like that Of Rome.
Such indeed it might be II we tad the
fame wife, but vile, afitocracJ un-
der whole guidance they became the mai
tiers OF the world. But we have MT tina,
arong ariltccratic arm, which car feize
wet he'd citizen, fecursed a;ncR to
death by remorfeleis creditor, tun him
ioto the ranks, and bid him as older
bear cur Eagle in triumph round the
,lo'e l hole 10 God we hsll never
have fuch an abominable infisuton.-
But what, ak, will be the f.uaton OF
THEE States (organized as they nov are
il by the diil,lution Of our. nationa COM
patt thev he left TO fhemfeIves? What