Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-02-10
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OF THE UN1TED.sTATEs.
Friday. January IS.
JUDICIARY BILL.

he bad the honor to reprsient, from the
ulkind ,mpuration Of "a violation OF her
eoniti,usion,' lin which he Aattered
hl.nlelf he had faeceeded even to the ia
tisiattion of the honorable gentleman
h,mielf, who, he prefomsd, from milin.
formation, had been induced to make it,
than from any deire at that time, TO en-
ter into the diicuilion of the merits Of
the reiolusion then under confederation
OF the lenate. He therefore no ed, he
mould now be indulged with few OBJ
itryations on the merits OF the rei.iu,ion
before them, although it mao alseady oc-
cupisd 10 much Of the time OF the 'enate,
and had been 70 ably and fully dll<uiled
By honorable gentlemen OF great aoi:sses
and experience on b,'h ilies, YET he mould
pretume 10 call Ihllr attention 10 iuth
prom,nent features of the cafe as had been
im,,reiive on his own mind.
Tnis iubject has been brought before
us in the ,mp'iiag thape OF recon-
mendation Of The Proficient Of the Unit
ed STATES, the NATIONAL, the conaituti-
onAl organ OF tl'e 60, ernment, In his
official meGage to eongrefs on the fate
OF the Union; duty lmroied on him
by the expreis letter OF the contribution,
a duty he was bound by the mott folemn
obligations confitot'ona,ly to d'icharse,
4 duty that rc'',vatcd and enlightened
Am:rica had 100 recently !=,etted nm t,
dit barge, 100 readily to re.lsse he xoult
un, onlt.,uti ,,ai y aDuie.
SIR, this fubjett has been fuh,nittei
70 tn confederation OF the co1gr,i. Of
tn Inlyet States, a body fcieeted 10,
thu, ,ar'ot,in, their w.fiom, and thei;
rsoe>, he cenusltionst gan CT the
ley .ia.ise will Ct the t.s,lon, in order
to .nist;a she,r minds, aaJ Join, sh~:r
1ent,on 70 the great and importan,
iuo,:'ts which ,hey were conye,ed
to deliberate, on the nonett dl<harse OF
winch every thing valuable to America
j pends. This floject had not been
brought before them in maoner to
eoecce a haRy or an immature deciiion
on the fubjett. nor had II been LETT on
the vague foundation Of fdsgeaion or
Conjecture, bat it had been brought be-
FIR. them IN a manner thai impoisd de-
liberation, ana hal been fupporsed by do
eament> that had .ara!ifed and almot Geai-
ed the lips of oppotition on the point OF Its
ex, Isdiency.
But, however impoGng the manner, or
however incontrovertible the matter on
which the reiolution was predicated, yet,
honorable gentlemen are found on this
floor to oppofe it as meafure Of that
a'snlnitration they feel indiipoled to
fupport, particularly as it duplicates tbs
p icy Of the late Identification, and in
deed meafure which was the work ct
their own hands, which mankind at ali
times have been prone to admire, and
however convinced Of their errors, have
with great reluctance been brought t,
c,nieis ;h,m.
Sir, it would feem by the courle OF
the arguments on the prefent quettior
thar We had it in contemplation to breal
down the federal judiciary al,ogethe' >.
and to fubvert ancient foundations, an,
As if the agents or perprtraf,r, las IT,
gentleman from Connecticut has poritel>
called shem) with polluted hands amended
e. dearoy that contribution, they Ia,
fworn to fupport, and to leave the com
mun,ty with ut a judiciary to enforct
>obed ence to the laws, whereby the ..rons
might give law to the weak, the rich
oppreis the poor, and the arstui and the
wicked imp,te on the weak and unin-
formed; aid all with immunity, and in
deed would induce belief, that they
alone ksd either lite, liberty or property
to be protected. But the fact is, than
the old Judiciary fyitem, that has al.
iwered every necedary purpofs from the
commencement OF the government, re
mains inviolase. # IS me ne fyitem
ehaoliihea at rhe lat period of the LAT
felton, OF consreis, fytem WHEREBY FIX
teen new judges were introduced as (ic-