Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-08-26


who were to exerci: the Judicial power !:
and for that purpoE declares, /" that the
Judges both of ID fupreme and inferior
courts hall HOLD THEIR OFFICES,
during good behaviour.
From the fvafue then, of the con-
Gitutlon, and by ideed, a natural order,
each department. is to be diitinef. The
manner of bringing thofe departments In
to operation is TIN pointed out ;--and
when the perlons are feleeed, either by
elections, or unde laws, to fulfil thofe
three diitind powrs of government, the
contribution Fixes, by poitive grant and
limitation, the duatisa of their REFLECTIVE
offices.
I,,was not left 0 the people of the fsye-
raj fta,es, orto thir legislatures, bo4slong
/ Representative Senator in Congreis
| ihould ferve them after chofen nor to
the. United Seatcs bw long their Prefdens
and Vice Psehdenihould ferve them nor
to the Congress, how long the judges,
| appointed under ue CLAWS fhoufd hold their
conmillions, and ejoy the powers and IA
laries annexed to,hem.
The people OF the feveral ffates are
allowed a fire. oofee of representatives !;
to the Legislature is given a free fboiee OF
Senators to tn United States free
ebaee OF Prefden and Vice. Prehdenr to
Congrefs full tim and free power to or
dain and eaablif, from time to time,
fuch courts as thg fhsll Zee Fl. and the
PreGdent and tie Senate free difcfe-
ton in the feeeiion Of judges. Blu:
as far as refpeted the duration OF
thofe fsveral oices, when once con-
ferred or vefed, no power to revoke,
diminilh, extend g abolifh, is granted TO
the people ofthe fyeral fta,es, or to the
fate leg llatures, 81 to the congrefs Of the
United Statef.-THE WHOLE PEG
PIE OF THE UNITED STATES did
themfelves, ir The original charter of 60.
vernment, expressly and pohtiyely deter
mine, pObeu chsfen, a approximation lhould
HOLD his appointment for TWO yenrs: that
fenator lhou-d hold his appointment for
SIX years that the prsfdsnt andvief pre-
fluent fheuld hold their Offices for four
years : and that the judges fhould hold
their offices DURING GOOD BEHAVIOUR.
In regard to all the otber offices or ap-
pointmenis, which are fpoken OF in the
conftitation, OF contemplated as necefary
TO execute the public meafures, the duration
of them is moi fixed by The People, but
left to the dj1,etior Of the Government.
The reaion and neceGity of this dJqn-
63tion Of power ard dayasian OF Office are
obvious.
The TIRE great 9a4osrs of government
were eaentially to its exJasuee.
There could be no freedom at all with
out them. It became necefFary for the PEG
PIE therefore, in order toiecure their liber-
ties 70 TO coxfrn6 each Of thofe depart
ments, as that one nigf,not be fuhjeaed to
thes7vi!!and plsGjafG OF ne other; or what IS
the fame thing, that the o5feers competing
one department flould not be exPoled to
diimiflion, or dependence on the other.
That would defeat all the benefits of
divided power. It would have enabled
oas 6raack-go waI'og Up the Other, and
.e0nfolia1ate government. There could then
be no.caz3 IA ti2g bus the unconuouled&ca
PRECIOUS qosH Of gheyiGtoricns department.
Tbs ggear evil which has poifoned and
finally deR.oyed all the forms of free
gov rament in the world, was though,
to b efetsually curbed by the protihons
OF gae conditution, whereby each branch
is made indefcn-,eaf of,he other, by hav.
ing granted to It's aacer;, under that IN
ftram.nt, fixed and unalterable term st
eEce ]; or right to exercile their appro-
priare and vefed powers.
tbs was the bea fecurity which could
be deylled, 10 p.eferve free, diaind and
permanent, the Legislative, executive, and
n