Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-02-13


tally lof. To revert TO tho iedirion law. II I
the doctrine fuppored now were true. then, had |
the edition lay been incorpo' ted asa y item
by itf:li, an interior tribunal, snd oficers been
attached 70 il, would il have been perpetnaily |
tackled TO the contribution that law under
which 70 m ..y Of our citizens had been inprif-
oncd, for writings and fpeakings. and one among
Others for wifhing that the wadding OF gun
had been lodged 10 certain PrehdenIial part.
The gentleman had dxelt on the incon-
veniences and evils Of the old fyasm. and had
particularly condemned that par, OF il, which as
nc termed IL, converted the judges into pcit-
boys. Bur, / will appeal to the gentleman if
In England, where 70 moch more buhneis is
done, there arc more than IL judges. and wheth-
! er thoie Judges do not ride the circuit. And
why ihali our judges not ride the circuits Shall
we have Tx judges fitting be,e 10 decide cafes
! which require knowledge of the laws, the
morals, the habits, the Gate of property of the
icgera States Would not this knowledge be
much better obtained By their riding the cir.
cults. and in the States themisves making them
| lelves acquainted with whatever relates to them,
and the cafes Of appeals 10 come before them. Ii
has been remarked By celebrated writer on the
Euglifh conaituton, that one Of the greatch
political evils that could befal people was the
| cxiifence OF large judiciary bodies. To i!luf-
tIatc his ideas he had infanced the psrliaaenss
OF France. ifthe ipir,t, which iatt isiiion gave
exiitencc TO fxteen ne" judges. continued, who.
| could FAY by what number they would hc limit
ed. fi'=y might indeed foon become, what
they had been likened 10, an army of judges.
DO not wilh to be fevcre in my remarks
| on the condua of the late administration. i
sdmiIe ihe piisa,e character Of Mr.. Adams. But
! DO believe the fucceili N of his political atis
! tended ultimately TO accumulate IT.. and attach
al powers 70, particular perion or iavori,e
family.
II wiihed to befow on Mr.. JefTerfon this
! mais of patronage, which contend thi, horde
Of officers beaows ihculd bcin favor cf the bill
that it Is nov moved TO repeal bat as poiii.
cal perion, am no more for Thomas JetEerion
,lian for john Adams. When he a6is accord
ing TO my opinion, right. will fuppcrt him |;
when wrong, oppoie him shd 1 truit majori-
~ on this floor viii ad in the fame way.
A gentleman from MaGschuiets has sRed
it fats III 60 on diminilhing, and if the Mile
mum is 70 near at hand.-Sir, different opinions
are held on this fubjed; for fomc iuppoic the
Miieninm TO have arrived lorg fnce, and
Others that it may arrive, and others again that
il never would arrive bur there is one thing
certain that the more courts you have the great
er temptation there j; for litigation, and more
iuits or rather evils viii flow from them. Law
itielf is bur neccaary evil for if mankind
were perfett--wefe il not for their fIailtics and
psfliuns, there cuid be oecafon for e /; and
lawyers are hiii greater evil, atho he acknow-
lodged to be a neceiiary one.-I hey ieldom dif.
courage litigious foisors, and iwarm in our
courts and there are here, as well as in every
other country, per.ons 70 fcnd OF law and of
periecution, that rather than not be in courts
! ar all, they would direet their lawyers, as l
have been formerly told of a man who applied
for advice, and was informed he had no ground
Of attion, 10 bring then fpite action. The
State courts are open and Competent TO moft
OF the inferior court buGnes, and il oueh, to
be thrayp into that channel as much as pcfliblc.
With reipe6t TO the uiefulneis Of the ad-
ditional judges created by the aei of lait eiion,
| 1t was perhaps unnecelary to add any thing to
what had been 70 ably obierved by the gentle
man from Kentucky. Boi will late for the
information of the Senate, that in the fouthcrn
States Of Georgia, South and North Carolins,
ground of great litigation is removed, one Of
which had originated at leaf ago fuits. Mil
ler and Co. had obtained a patent tor ginning
machine, God knew where il came from, but
believe that neither Of them invented it, 70 as
to make thofc States tributary to them, and en-
broil them in difputes. South Carolina had
purchaied the patient for $4,000 dollars, and
had therefore dried up this fource of litigation
in that State.
The recovery of Britiih debts too was
nearly over. This had been a fruitful fource
of litigation. Our citizens had been fued, and
their late hard earnings Of property had been
feized to fatisfy Britifh demands, whiIft their
former property had been taken from them by
Britiih arms during the war.
am furprifed TO hear th. cry, that our
liberties and the contribution are endangered,
from the quarter from which il is now urged.
When fuch remarks had been made by thole
gentlemen with whom generally aded on form.
er occahons, the initantaneous cry was againa
demagogues, who by artfnlly inAamins the paf.
6ons of the people againa the government, win.
ed 10 break dowa the contribution.
A gentleman had talked about victory
meditated over the contribution. Not by the
PfeGdent. Not by %. By whom then was
it meditatcd Was il by ,he Houie OF Repre-
fentatives Or was il by the people thenfelves
that fame people whom we were to lave from
their grea,eR enemy, themielves For my part,
| believe in the mrdifation of No fueh viflorv