Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-02-10

is no cxptef; authority to aboliih either
courts or roR- Offices, tut tie fubjetis are
respectively given to Corg'efs TO exer-
siie their legislative will upon, in iuch
manner as ihould bea r,omose the public
scs:d.-I would afs gentlemen if Con-
greis have ret caab,iihed roR- Offices
without number and abclilhsd them at
their will and pieaiure, by virtue of their
authority under the 9Th Article above
Gaied and l Aculd be glad TO hear from
whence the authority to abvliih pof-ot
hces is derived uni>fs trcm tie article
that 0xiy expressly a'.,hnizs IS s>Sir eAab-
lihnent, and whether he authority
given over Tie fnhjctt has net in all
pah times been held iJaa..c'enr 20 juttify
the abo!;A:ir2 aswcIi as eifnoli!. men. cf
pof- Offices lie then caile.! IN the gen
t,ensn il the cp,oii' zen 70 pcin. cut
d 4c12rce bet~ecn III powers OF Gov
RrS:s over the ntcIio; courts and tn.
POI ,i!lce<, and &c .hcw hpw it was thar
Corsrtfs eor,d aoaiiih re Pott- Offices
uude' an authority TO eiSab, a!c rem, ar.
No, to aool.ih ne inferior cot5:s urder
t.. Ike authority 70 cAaoIiila them, ara
how me fame pi'ra!eclogy that is uiet N
webbing the power in Consreis over ths
Yo!t- chiccs and irfcricr Courts, can be
tortured f. as to authorize the abolifhing
pet Offices ard net TO suIholize aboli(h.
ing the Inferior courts. But we have
been ted that by the 1T tts;or of the
cd article this krire!s IS TO be explain.
cd; let US examine it. Ike judicial
power Of tie United States Nall be
ve!isd in one f.Irems cca7f, ard in fuch
Interior courts a, Corgre!s may from TIM.
to :,mr ordain aal eilabi.h. The Judges
CT the fnpreme ard interior courts mall
ho.d their Offices during good behaviour.
by this it las hecn irGasd, tina, the
Judges Of the inferior as we'll a, the fu.
per'yr ccarts hoH Their oiHccs during
god behaviour, sni tina, We have nc
over to pa:s 81 recalling law be.
sauFe 1t would eY,.a:e 10 d;fmas the
Judges.
He fl;d that Cens-els by an extaor,
dinary Legislative att, with Re concus-
rene CO W thirds =, he .l:ar:s, had
,,ow,r 10 auN,.t.. ;:2:; liz fine crur
IL. aked III iltis. ca.e, VIM, would b
come OF The dscsi "o:!d they Be -
sled 10 h,d .:ll.r .,.,,.cs "a Judge,
~lrn ~, e.",. .. y. lo:.S !tutios ,S,ie
was no ireo oD.r: 80 c.fa ny! lhe
>*Gil,tniici' Ia as; ay,, Cuuid mean 10
M, &c tia" Iah2e ur!cr The cor;;i
SnGcn, 2ryi - s3o,,.nr tic conifltnt,,s
"ncrn''nuei The c.t.cc tie ,Da st unt.u
tie contribution cea!ed 10 have pcllt. a.
lx'ien,s, ard could net be known TO
tie contribution as 4 Judge. So he CEN
ciuted ty an ordinary at Of iegiilation,
the Congress nigh, repca' The law erect
ing The inferior courts, and on the repeal
o: sae Law from whence the legal exit
e"ce had been ccr::vcd, ccnS:,rting them
judges, Re !ho ia Be gald 70 hear how
they could be Judges, that being created
~ the law, th,y derive tteir exinence
.rcm the law, and coa!d rot as judges
iur,iye it; the contiturion means Judge
known to the law, ard not the man who
had been judge after his political off.
blution. He Unified that Congreis can
eaabIih hgiaatively court, and there
by create a Judge; 70 they can legislative
iy aboli(h the court and eventually ami
hila.e the officer; that the inferior courts
are creatures CT the legiAa:ure, and TIA.
the creature mutt always be in the power
OF the clea1or; that he who createth can
dearoy. But we are akcd by the honor
able gentleman from y. York, in anfwer to
this" has a msnaright TO dearoy his own
children. MIR. Wright laid he had been
tau't to believe that man had no, been his
own creator, but the happy initrument OF
creatioo.-But this power thar is now
denied to US, had been exerciied by tb,
gentlemen themielves, in the very Law
that is now inteedrd to be repealed. -
You will fee by adser,irg to TIA. law thu
district couI.s OF Ienn,nte ard Ken
tuckv are eyr-cisiy :Lrl,h.t ard H.