Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-04-24
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

HOUSE OF kEfkGo cNk a - HSe
Wsdnsfaay, February az.
DEBATE on tie BIZ ree<fVsss frowf6s Sesafs
emitted & IN 4sa 10 rs9eal esrtaix aAs
ys/3saing tie organisation IT TIE eearts
e;ffhe q. Sfafes.'
Confined.
MIR. Chairman, gentlemen fay their
eonaruffion of the contribution alone will
give 6rmnefs to the Judges in checking
she unconstitutional ats OF the Legislature;
can they entertain an opinion Of their
Judges 0 unfavorable Will the Judges
under an apprehension Of removal from Of
( Ace by the Legislature, under the preteXt
Of law for the better and more perfect orr
ganization OF courts, give up all their IN
dependence of opinion Will they forget
their oa,hs Will they forget every thing
which corRitutes the excelleney ola Judge
for the paltry confederation Of ialafy,
which gentlemen FAY is no more than ade-
ouate TO sheir ieryices Your Judges are
Or ought to be che fira in talents and IN
formation (; they mutt have experienced,
as the gentleman from Delaware obierved,
the vigiata anu0yum lutabvati0aes; they
cannot therefore become the mere dependents
on public favor; if the government has no
Z further employment for them, their ia
Tents will fecure for them a private
employment equally lucrative; this re-
treat will neither injure their property
or hazard their reputation. Ithould has e
thought if the dependence of the judg
were TO give the alarm, the powtr It
Impeachment veited in this houfe, mnR
have occaGoned it. 1t is in vain We talk
OF independence of judges, Whit this rod
Of chsstilement hangs oversthem. Let Us
fuppole a law in which this Rruggie be-
tween the legilaiure and courts isl moi
likely TO be put to the teit; ID fome gseal
national emergency, ,he Legislature pals a
law which in their opinion IS highly pro-
motive Of the public good the satcsy o..
the country, in The opinion of the legh-
lasure, depends on It's execution; your
JUICES paraiize the operations of govern
ment By deciding that law unconi1ilutional.
Here is a collinonof opinion dearuetiye in
lis nature, and for which a remedy NUT be
deviied the legillatrFe have decided il
+, compatible with the conifitution ). your
Judges the regerle here is an iEpsseh-
$ able fact and impeachlnent IS ordered.
Gentlemen will fay the i4!ety Of the
Judges is in the purity ct their intentions J;
Il aniweI, Ihase ieen with what facility
gentlemencan impeach mctivss / have
{een it here Ihavefeenit inioIemn trials
at the bar: il is this uncharitable fpirif.
which has delugea the world with blood,
which from the ChriRian era and before,
has fwept from the earth great portion
of its inhabitauts. Wee cannon eaiilyI
difceln how the fame truths prefented to.
.dsifSrens minds, ihould appear diferent,s
ei,sciaily after we have ihevn to fuchI
Minds the connection of truth as it exit !,
incur own. We look for the other caufe,
we sicr,be it TO that corruption Of heart
WHICH VIC hioW ujOsi 40 Hiaiy OSSaAols
perycrts the understanding. But grant
ing conviction is NOT produced, and
they efcape with impunity, where will
they find thereafter, thar delicacy of cha
rat3er which is 70 enential, 20 abfolute
" neeenary 20 men Of their pre-. eminence !,
they are at, belt either left Will out
character, or forced and driven from
political lie with infany and difgrace.
Mr.. Chairman, there are other conairu-
tional modes in which obnoxious Judges
az expofsd TO be aaailed by the legiaa.
tnfs il is laid, you cannot abclih the
ofhce Of Judge yet-you are a libsrsgs
70 vary the duties OF the Office. ; it is alfo
iaid, youmutt leave enough of theduties to
preierye the Office. Gentlemen have not.
clearly pointed OCT The difinetion be-
tween an Office and the duties belonging
&c i,-That the duties Of the Office al