Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-01-29
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fame. Until after The peace the oonqueif
is not complete. Every body know:
that until the ceaion ty treaty, the origi-
nal owner has The preliminary right to a
territory taken from him. Beyond all
q,-,t,on where Consrets are compelled to
ccie the territory, the Judges Can n
longer exit unleis the new fovere ign con-
fer the Office. Over fuch a territory the
authority Of the contribution ceaies, and
OF courie the rights which it conters.
1t is faid, the judicial inifitution is In
tended for the beae6t of the people, and
not of the Judge and il is complained
Of, that in ipeaking of the Office, we fay
it is bis office. Undoubtedly the initi.
tullon Is tor The benefit of the people,
But the queition remains how will it b
rendered mott beneficial? Is it by max.
ing the Judge independent, by making it
d, office, or is it by Placing him in a
fate of AFFECT dependence, 70 that the
office fhall be his to-day and belong to
another morrow Let the gentleman
hear Tue words of the conititut,or lit
lpeaks of their Offices, couiequently as
applied to 6pgle Judge Of bis Office, to
be exerciied by him for the benefit o, the
people Of America, to which exerciie his
mdepenatnee it as neceGary as his s9see.
The gentleman from Virginia has or
this occalian lkened the Judge to a
bridge, and to various other objects but
l hope for his pardon, if while / admire
the lofty flights of his eloquenee, ! abb
aain from noticing obferva,ions which
/ conceive to be utterly irrelevant.
The Zane hon. member has not only
given US his hi!tory of the fupreme court,
but has told US OF Ihemanner in which they
do bu6neis, and expreGed his fears thar
having little e.ie to do, they will do milf
chief. We are not competent, fir, to
examine, nor ought we to prejudge, their
conduit. am periuaded that they will
do their duty, and prefume they will have
the decency to believe that we do Our
duty. III &c far as they may be tu6ed
with the great milchief c: e i; ..I!.:.g the
Legislative or executive departments in
any wanton invaiion of our rights, ihall
rejoice in that mitchell. l hope indeed
they will not be 70 buGed, bccaufe l hope
we ihall give them no caufe. But alfs /
no. e they will keep an eagle eye upon US
left we mould. 1t was partly for this
,purpole they were efablihed, ard trutt
that when properly called on they will
dare to act. l know this coerine is un-
pleaGant. know i; is more popular to
appeal to public opinion, that equivocal,
trahGenr being, which exits no where
and every where. But if ever the occs-
fion calls for it, fruit tina. the lupreme
court will not neglect doing the great
mifshief of fas;ng this contribution, which
Can be done much better by their delioe-
rations, than by reforting to what are
called revolutionary mea!ures.
The hon. member from North Caro-.
lima, fore preit by the dell>a:e f.ra'ion
in which he is placed, thinks he has dit-
covered new argument in favor Ct tie
vote which he is initru>.ed to give. As
ia, as can enter INTO his ideas, and trace
their progreis, he feems to have ailume1
the petition which was to be proved, and
then iearched through the contribution,
not to diltover VII. tier the leg lature
have the right COMMENDED for, but whe-
ther, admitting them to polefs it, there
may not be fome,hing which might CON-
port with that idea. ihall fate the ho-
norable members argument, as under
Aand. it, and if mittaken pray to be COR
eeted. He read Us that claufe VII c. re.
lases to impeachment, and comtar.ng il
with that which f: e. the tenure # judi
cial office, has obierved that this clauie
mott relate foley to removal by the ex,
ecu.ive power, whole right to remove,
though not indeed any where mentioned
in the contribution, has beer admitted in
a yraetice founded on legislative conRruc-
ti,n.
Jb,tt,. -+he, tenure of the Office "a du,