Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-02-08
OF THE UNITED ST ATES.
Tueiaay, Februaryaa.
JUDICIARY BILL. .

flal Of the Oar OF fhilaoelP0AaS Vo"eI'eu
that is was not his intention to embarrafs
the motion Of che gentleman from Ken
lucky, by moving, in the Preiens fage
Of the bufineis, ito reference to the COM
.mit,se now propofsd to be didolved. He
offered it, that the Senate having before
them the opinions Of a respectable ies OF
men, might be properly impreaed by
them. The opinions expr-aea We're una
n,meus and were frongiy exhibited in
letter accompanying the memorial, addref.
fed TO his colleague and hmieif, and fgned
on behalf of the oar by Meiirs. Dallas ana
-M'Kean, the Ole ths attorney of the dlf-
driet, and the other the attorney. general
OF Pennsylvania
Mr.. Breckenridge rcfe and obierved,
thar il would be recolle6ted he yesterday
gave notice, that he ihould Ills day moe
todfchaIge ,he felest committee, 10 vi om
the jud ciary bill wa, lasi week commit
TED. A. there are fome gentlemen ICON
,i7uea Mr.. b. o,w 10 ,hs Sena;s who
wsts no, prsl>nt iu'ing any pal' ii tins
d. aiiion within that fu'jett met with,
dc. IN 1t proper to fay a isw words, as TO
It, pr ,refs and as the real i'.uasion III
W.. j /. now nAiiOs.
E-sy in Janua y, this ddcuQion com
NE ced on r-folutioo going 10 h. ~.
qualified repeal Of the judiciary law OF
the ait felton,. After many days debate,
. and at the moment when the queRion was
about to be put on the reiolution, mo-
ton was made to transform 1t into rcfo-
luton for the amendment, inRead OF the
,x1ecl Of the law. This was negatived.
The reiolu,ion was then padsd bill
brought in, and carried to the iecond
reading, when another motion was made
70 recon- nit it TO felest committee, for
the purpoie of amending the fyaem.-
Thi, was, alto negatived. The Dill WIS
then ordered to lis third reading. AID en-
the queaion fox its paAage another mo-
t,on was made for its commitmsn. T.
+ n committee, and carried BY the cat.
iUg wore Of the CHAIR. In chi. h,uatlon
II wv refs.
During the whole of the dicaili2n,
thole who were in favor Of the r.peai
uniformly argued and voted asAinlt shy
thing Ike amendments. They over ami
again avowed it as their opinion, that
they would not content to 60 into any
smendmenss in the Judiciary iyfem, un-
til thu, law was repealed !; that they con-
fte-ed It's ex;fence as an iniuperable bar
e. all amendments; and that indeed th,'
only great amend nent, which they wiihed
for at this lime, was repeal of that law,
the obncxiols tendencies of which were,
cancer lake, to be only certainly removed
By going to its reot..
On h other hand the gentlemen in
oppoiition con.endcd, that the law was
enat,,d & made with great deliberation
AID w,i.om; that it was efential to the
due ADMINISTRATION Of jult;ce, and the
peace of the na,io,,, and that even ad.
m,,ting the causts and Judges erected by
= tina, law wer uislcis and buthenlome,
yet copgre,. nAd not che power 20 put
down lhofe courts and judges.
From this fate OF things, what can be
expected from the labours Of this CON-
.ui,tee: Can they on the one hand, for
ward the views of thofe, who carried to,
"a third reading bill to reteaIa certain
aa which they conhdered as tundamen
tally vicious, by attempting to sm<nd
that ae,: On the other hand, can they
forward the views OF thofe Who think
this law the reiu!t Of experience and
,wiGdom, and moreover fatfred on she
.nasion by the contribution, b. attempting;
.to make radical changes In ii ? Can by
An fhort, from two Ouch contradictory and
oppoGte opinions, opinions at variane.
in pr,ncipls and not IN detail, ever hope to
produce any hing tina, will be Satisfactory
10 10th idess - They cannot, and II ZIP
pears to me- is,poili5le tht gentlemen caa
,ieriorny 'eS sttu.
I conider il, Mr.. Pr:faant (eon'innec
NJ b. As great cont}R 90 prmeibit,