The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-05-28


tor Sho hdelirp Of our representatives, and the
INTEGRITY Of or. fenators, is already given, or
you wa ADMIT this 70 be truth unq dcitioned
~ politics " That the usrnca fccuritv con-
ftsuton can give Tor the obfcrvance of its
own regulation is good iecurity." I he
people choofe their representatives hiennially;
the different Rate legislatures appoint their
icnltors the peculiar guardians of t rights
and independently Of the itatcs, and electors
choien by the people choofc preiident every
fourth year.Th he intcrefs Of each body are IN
tirnately knitted with their con{tltucnts, nav,
itnpottle 20 be feparated any further, than
by thae hin partition which in govern
neut iopopular as OURS is, is thin indeedl the
governors and governed. The men chofen
20 tlete high and Important iitustions are the
ncit ciniacntly dMinguuhed cicisens iii the
different Gates. We have right to atltme
this; diitinguiihcd for their pradeAce, their
wijor, and their virtue tried aud approved
men. Such are the men we TEND, or are fun
poied TO &c d, TO perform the duties OF their
different public fitul,ions. They act u Ter
tnc ,olemn obligations OF an oath They have
,h@ eyes Of Argus, day and night oper upon
TIER conduct; expofcd to the cenforiai power
OF me preis, as well as TO the reprabaclon Of
thsir cenitituents, aho Can difcon niue then,
st the expiration Of their hort term OF fervice
They are under the in pul.e Of hmiIar feel
ings, and fmilar ntcrcf]s, fibletl to the Lar,e
law, The fame take; not one Of them place
men, and al of then, afpitapts TO Dopu9aiitv ::
ado TO this, that EACH houie haS the power of
ancgative over the dongs Of the other m
le5A-tIve queitions, and the preGdent the
ilggitcd veto over both. Ia the name OF hca-
veal what greater ieourity can be given nv.
any human proviiion for the obterVance of
AIS own regulations, than is here given bv
this iAltrumcnt! How abinrd then is o,,r
jealouiY or cur refinement; The one or tbe
DINER carries US & re1u,re A better, than
good iscuiity, when iron the very nature OF
sh;E2s, the utnot that can be given is onIv
good securitf. Let Us now for moment
aS'ait, rhat C9ngres will nos ;Hfenti anaI,
make any Ivy in violation Of their iacIad run
and the contribution, however fror7 ina,teu-
zion, or error iii judgment, on fome indifer
emf and unImportant Occaiion, law devia.irp
from the contribution nay be paAed, ard
which requires the nicrofCopic eve Of c,i,i-
cIm 10 dilcsver II. The interference of The
judiciary here would not furely be ueccE:ry;
II, on the contrarY tt. he cardinal ,alv, and
they PATS 1t knowingly in violation of heir
oathj N3sn i comes to thi,, what do they
pTopoe' To break the compact and iubpeFt
she government. Do you think then that The
civil determination of the judges will au9ht
avait' No Sir, when it comes to this, ether
tribunals, tlan Ave Judges nuR be reforted TO-
q people VINO deiervc hbeity and have il,
ought 70 know how TO prelervc il; if they
&c not, and willingly BEND their neck TO the
yoke, ,ley ought TO loie il. But the people
i1cre have the mott Desceahle mode. even IN
Ahe extreme cafe above itated, TO right tj,enlel.
YES diicontnuancs in oGice'-Shoiiid thew
Continue fuch violators of their trufl, it ony
NEWS, that they are ripe for a revolution,
ans willing inftTuments of their own de-
itrlction. When it comes 70 this we are
undone. NontaIi auxilio nee def nforibus iii.
fcupus eyer. have before ltated caCs
where the PRECEDENT refufed his alfent 70 A bIl
and where X has afterwards, twi,hnarding
his objections to its uncnnftitutiorality, been,
by two thirds of each houfc enacted, into q
law, ard then brought before the judiciarv
tribunal, H'ho agreed with The pret;dept, and
put the ieaf OF iuipenGon on II. [ VIII no,,,
coniider another cafe, the repeal of the late
Judiciary fvfcR1, Suffer me, however 70
premfe, that no ul2n climates more highly
than Gothic judCia1y character, nor is more
conyincedj ffan I am, OF the propriety and
%iidom ofrendeFing this venerable bodyin.
dependent But fear, a, this cannot be
done IN a goVerment, as popular as this is.
Judges gnaie have the feelings of humanity,
Aadione OF iis lmperfectons IL is imaogbjc
'oT them 70 become 70 abitract and apathe,e-al,
as rot 10 take concern in the great afaiN>,
WHICH, arc mot ;ntereaing as well TO chem, as
individuals, a; &c the great focictv; thcv cam
rot then bu, diicoyer their learning; nav, their
politics acre known, probably, b fore sheg
Attended rae bench, and probably, after their
elevation, were not altered. A party of oppo-
lite politics 10 thofe entertained bv them, be-
come the predominant party in govern
nent, 70 whom theft. iuares are On \,