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

ton disqualified to accept that cttlcc, cre-
,ated during the time for which they were
elected to ferve in congrefs, and as he
had faid before thereby, indirectly mint
ed Offices for themlelse., and the favcr-
ties ofan expiring admin;iration-a msa.
iure redlted BY the republicans in both
branches OF the national Legislature, a
'meahre which was carried ip,o opera
ton by thole from whom the people have
revoked their confidence, a. the moment
their power was pai1ins away, ata time
when the bulnels in the federal courts had
declined neatly, one half, and, when the
fedition law had cca1cd to be an engine
to refrain The liberty of the prrts, ard TO
runiih men for the expssiion Of taeir no.
re.t political opiniors-~as all that was
intended to be repealed.
Here lie. me call your attention to the
letter of the leloution, which or reading
It will be found to extend no further
than to the repeal of tie act ct coas,ef;
OF the laR FELTON,, by which ix,een new
federal judges had been crca;ed, ana a
fyitem eitaoliihed at the annual exrerce
Of 80, 900 dollars. We are now called
On, as the representative, OF tic ,.ation,
as the organ of their legi!la,ivt: Wi, 10
determine whether this law, wni>h has
been ever oaioos in the fight OF the Yeo.
pie, and whole birth was not entirely !e-
CLIMATE, lhall be repealed. We are ID
formed by The P1eGdcs, hinielf, tbat it
Is unnecel1ary, and that fact has ben
eaablilhed by the document G,bmi,tci to
US on the fubjett of the judiciary courts
of the United States. We are, Informed
alto, that on the repeal of this lay and the
making iome retrenchmcn.s, in tic nA,ai
and military Embellishments, which have
been already progreafd in, is pfcd,ca,ed
.ae repeal of the od;cu, internal taxes i:
ana in this manner and TO erect til. de-
'l'A5le purpcf, this f.tjett !. brough: be.
ore US. Can we then helitste 10 relieve
our people from The bur,hsn c! their cd;-
Gus internal taxes, by the repeal Of ,hs
nneceilary law? l lhouId pgeflme nor,
!sover"ed fxsJ By the regard TO the
% 1i'c welfare; bus We have notwiih-
handing been told By honorable gentle
nan, on the other tide OF the Hou,t, that
this law ought not TO be re;edled:
1. Becauie it is inex,edien,.
2. Becaule it is unconititurional.
u pom the ti.t poinr, that Of It's. expe,
diency he Gnould not detain the ,ieuste
longer than to obierve, thar the docu
ment on our table ihews, that the o.a
judiciary lyfen, which had been ccers;
with our government, and had been IN
operation from its commencement, bad
been at all times Efficient tor the uaai.
action of all the judicial buinefs of the
Union; that the buGneis in the coasts
had already declined nearly one hall IN
der the old lyaem, even at the moment
# the Establishment of the new one -
ALTO that it was contemplated to repeal
the odious internal taxes. a comfortable
i'urce of litigation; and that the .nore
o iious- fedition law had ex, fred, which
hey all knew had been fource. of con-
iderable litigation, and he was iorry to-
add, had not placed the Judiciary above
he reach of abufe bur whether .deie.v-s
IDLY or not, he dared not to affirm -
AID that the peace we had lately eta
olilhed with France had put an. end to
another fcurcc OF litigation, thar Of ad-
miral,y cauies on the prize iide of the
c aurt o! admiralty, From this view of
the fu jet, he himfslf was entirely "a.
i,6ed of the expediency Of the repeal,
a ID had little doubt thai, every gentle-
man was equally 70, that any evidence
could convince.
As to the point Of it being urcoaGi-
u,ional, it will be recelletted that the
3reiiien, himielf has recommended the
sepeal Of this law an evidence Of its
cn,titutionaiity Of fohigh authority with
the enlightened people Of America, that
# it aced 6cgly on that, it would require
4 /eatraIb9R to hake it, but We knew
there are honorable gentlemen CT this
rOOr NOT difpN(ed 70 r.xCI; their x,oG,ef}