Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-08-30

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E/eb2zstHll eoaboli6 tie e6Gces avalala,
fies OF the Judges under the law of h. =
leyenth OF te5. 1891, are 70 far uzc,xR;.
tatioaaf AMI for that reafon voil.
| SeeoaaJ, nevertheless, tho(e aas oe
Much and April, 1902, create many in
ptai"eHss which oppoli the execution Of our
Offices.
And further, that the jalgts Of theft.
courts respectively do of rghtJaM "b,H
their otEres, as at ffyf.
| The diicontlnuance ofour CONFEDERATION,
| the delfruction of our /lJT,us, as 10 TIM.
and place, the privation OF officers, AMI ..
t!:cc sviasott enbarradmc1;s occadoned b.
the operation OF thofc acts, on fnbietts Of
mere kgj2at;ve organisqtiov, NUT Create
aJgylezFoa of the erereye ofoar powers Of
Office until Congfefs thall by law, provia,
the means necetTary to their execution.
We hall respectively Rand acquitted,
under fuch circum tanres, if no attempt is
made to bald our courts, which might be-
| productive of dilorder, unltemly conaia
| and error.
Should the opinion herein delivered, on
this important queSion, fuslly prevail,
no doubt can be entertained, bat that the
kgj2ative body will, with alacrity and
good faith, pals fuch larvs as may cure the
a/routiauauer of the courts & enable them
TO RHINE their uflal and conttitational
functions.
TbirdB: In the interim, hold it my
bounden duty to claim the Office thus ap-
pertaining to me, and publicly to PRO-
TES I againa the aas Of all pey7us AMI
4atboritie5, who are defguatsd by the laws
Ct the 8tb Of March and a9t5 qf april,
r8oz, who may in any wife interfere with
Or prevent, or tend to prevent, the refo-
ration and full exerciie of my office, as one
Of the judges of the circuit courts of the
y. States for the sd circuit.
FonrtbL. In circumstances 70 peculiar
and in I cafe of fuch mqgnifple, I con-
ceive it an obvious right to give pub
licity to The foregoing opinion and Eea-
ions,
The jxlgss under the al of Feb. 1901,
have been left without any other means Of
declaring and making known their fenti-
Eents and claims.
To thole who know the cour.c OF
my life, the time at which it has arrived,
and the principles which profeiiedly land
I trua really govern il, will acqalt me
Of any views ininicsl to the peace ofmy
country, or 10 its couRitu'ed authorities
l have (pent the bea olmy years IN e9or''
at leaa, TO attain and fecure true ci0A Ii
b,rfy and the Rations l have filled, By
the favor and1 confdenc: Of M fellow
citizens, have afforded me the higheit OF
o,rtuaities, in public Gtuations Of being
n(eful to the extent of ny humble abilities,
yet the az which lhall now (uhlcrioe is
far the mott important of my HE, with
reference to human obligation.
Ifany difference of opinion, between
me and my aGociates in Office, exits IL
relates merely, to the point of time, tor
expecting our fsntimen's. ] can CONT
IDENTIFY aaert that on del'beratlon, they
coincide with me in other refpefs.
But whatever Difference was Ju!tIy due
10 the ideas of Others, my ozva eonjeir"ts
and Judgment, after weighing every con-
liberation, dittated the prcient line OF con-
duet.
| have delivered my thoughts for the
benefit of thofe who are called 10 reject
on this intereaing fubjea. They are tee
bly, expreaed perhaps erroneouily con-
ce;ved; they are however fnefre.
My mott ardent win, is that the ter
mmafiou Of this conflict may produce
latsty to our country, and CONSlllo-
TON. :,
Ihave done what ! deemed a iacred du-
ty in SUPPORT OF THAT coNsTlTuIio"'
I have done it now, becauie my lJfs may
no, be feared till to. morrow.