Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-02-03

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appeared 70 have been very diasrsn, from
ours they carried on a long and obti-
nate war, and as they Gppoied, had near.
ly anifhed ! fettiement Of their &C.
counts and yet there was much LEFT
complaint Of 4 want Of power, uneadnei'
aad aruggles for more, at the clofe o
thst 6ra period Of - years, than at thu
preient time. He fhould not enlarge OF
this view Of the iu5jea /, when he faw
that he was fpeaking in the aGem6iy o.
the mott ancient ffa.efmen OF our coun.
try, he kae chat tho 1h he barely slanc-
ed ct the ideas, their own recollection.
would prefer. them in all their extent
The obfervations thar had been st:cr:
made by gentlemen on this view, hac
been e general, tina, he could only NEE:
and qualify then BY other general OFFER
ya;ions he thought they did not furnil,
a foundation TO apprshend 40 overthrow
OF the government.
The refoiution now under confederation,
rfopoies 10 reconGder and repeal the new
judiciary law paGed laR ietlon; it does
NOT follow that this is an effort Of a
general plan Of deitrution, as applied TO
our government: all public bodies raua
at ic,ne time review their own proceed
ings while the maxim remains true that
IL is the lot of human nature to err, this
muR be the caie; parliamentary afem-
biies have p.oviiiens for reconiidszing
their auctions, ard courts Of juaiIe fer
sian'ing new trials.
The frit and mott natural fouree Of ar
sunent tina. pretenss isielt on iuch occafi-'
ons is, the circumstances in which the
ait took place; to enquire whether there
was any (urprize or unfairneis, not accord
.ns TO principle and cuAo.aary fonf-
Gentlemen have hao the candor kveral
Zines to acknowledge, and it was WY
llelh in his own recollection, tina, this
was the cafe on the pailage Of the law,
which the motion propoies to repel
that it was verify believed at the time
not to poacls an actual majority of tie
votes OF The other Hou(e, and there re
every psopofed amendment was rejeted
By Its friends in th- Senate, as they did
not conGcer it lafe to !end i, hack oSe.,
to any queltion of the Eoris Of reprefo
ta,iy.s. He ik&anced the propelled a.
mendment to h,ike out Bairdftown, ,he
place fixed by the law for the court in
Kentucky, which was Acknowledged @
be a proper amendpen', and Afterwards
intra duced in turYlenental law: he
fad he was timfelf no" acting under al
impretilon that that law never did mite
here in its favor an actual TIA jority OF
otes accord ng TO tie rules of the Selate
and Of the contribution. He then rae
the rule Of the Senate which forbid, a
ienator to vote on que&ion where hs Is
intereited, and a claule in Sec. 6,
Art. I. of the contribution which 20
hibits a fenaior or representative from
naking an Office to hold it himfeif: be
referred alG to the iettled principle IL
the invehiyation of truth, that perkins,
relation 0: common matter OF FAC, in
j queisicn of a few hillinss value, Could
net be relied on, if he had even "a e.
mote ~intereft in the reiu!s Of it. He
hoped his allurances would be accepted,
nat he did not make theie remarks to *.
cite sry rnp.eslant !eaia,;ons; he wiiled
avoid them; he touched them ss
Tightly as he could, giving them Their
proper place in the argument; he WIS
.en.ib!e they did not p:ove that law b
be bad enc; bat they formed the fs
and the frongee reafon why the fnb;e;t
kcpld be reeenatcred, which was tie
na,e Object OF the prefsnt motion; br
* was open 70 I'll awshaneats in rs DO
greis.
Another obvious icu:ce of argument,
At lid, % this queliion Of repeal, is he
comparative merit between thi, new joIi.
cisry law ana the old one, which Will
be reaored, if tAis is repeated, with f,ch
other Pgcvidons as may be thought necf-
fsry. The whole of the diEcuflion at tie
I, - faEion was IN fhjs ornunJ :, "a h