Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-19
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CMf ,J4l2iee dl415aA, te5,a1,y s4t6,
1905.
WV. MAKnUar, On motion for
The SIC. Of STATE, Mand'n'''
(Coafiazsd.
This brings Us TO lecond enquiry which
is,
IDLY. Iehe has right and that right
has been violated, do sheslaus OF bis coun-
Try afford him remedy?
The very eneence Oh civil liberty Ger
tainly contifsln the right of every indi-
vidual TO claim tlle protection Of the laws,
whenever he receives an injury. Ore Of
the fit duties off government is to afford
thar protection. In Great Britain the
king himfslf is fued in the respectful form
ct a petition, and he never fails 70 comply
with he Judgment Of his court.
In the sd vol. Of his commentaries, P.
IS, Backbone itases Two cafes IN wich a
remedy is afforded by mere operation OF
Law
In aNotter ealss,' he. Jayss lisa &c.
neral and iudyputa6le rule. that 4Dbere
here Is 4 Agql r;gbt, there Is 2J0 a h-
gQl remedy BY /ui or 4ai = at lAqU,
4vbeUsy that ugbt is iuUeded.'
And atle,qvards ?. 100 IF The fame 90.
hme, be loys, 6 an next to oo4faer Ju1b
injuries as az cegxiSabt BY The carts
IF fbe eommou ia40. And bsrtm
/ l6aN for The 9releut onJ remark,
that I'll taG6Ie Injuries 7vbatloever, f6at
did aot fell zvithu The feel.fcfieal, nj
Lfary, or mayitime tiJunals, arr Jos
thai z,ey realm, qutt5n fbe eosniza1e<
ef!be eommoa la7v CARTS 81 Jadife f0r
: it IS aJrnl(d and 'nUuriable p,iatifl II
tie azvs ef England, fhnt 1Ofy ,1ht
4vbeu a9i1bbela, MT b00e ,emea y,
aid epey isjury rs paper rrd'9ls.
The government Of The United States
has been emphatica!ly TENED a govern
rnens cf laws, arc rot Of men. II vii
certainly ceaie 10 deferve tins high ape
lation if he laws fur; q 10 remedy Tor
the violation of v ifea iegslijght.
1t behoves us men TO enquire whether
there be, in S competition any ingIedi
ens which ihall exempt it from legal in
vefigssion, or exclude re injured party
from legpl ,edrefy. II rusiulng this en-.
quiry the hfR quenion which prelents It
le!f, is, Whether tbs car Re arranged y i,h
that ciais of caits which come undes The def
cription Of daanam abjgas mJara- a lofs
without an lnjoSy.
This &eiesjatior CT cafes never has been
conii5ersd, ard ii is believed, never can
be conidered, as compreheoding Offices Of
,ruG, of hooor or Of profit. 1hs otflc e
Of iaGice q peace in the diaritt ef Colum-
bia is iueh an office it is therefore wor-
thy Of the atsention and guatdianihiP Of
the laws. L has received The attention
ard guaIdisnlpip. /; has been created BY
fp-cial ata Of coagrefs, and has been fecur-
ed, Is far as The laws can give fecuriiy TO
the perlon appointed to fiji it, for FIVE
wars. Ii is nor then on account of the
wonhIeisneis Of the thing puslued, that the
injured paEy can be alledged TO be with.
out remedy.
1t is 10 the nature of the tranfadion ?
1t is the att Of delivering or withhold
ding commifion TO be confdered as
mere political aa, belonging to the exc
cutive department alone, fer the relfcr-
nance Of which, entire confidence is Plac-
ed by our contribution 10 the fu7Eeme
executive and for any nifcordutt ref
petJing which the injured individual has
no remedy J
That there may be fucn cafes is not to
be qaeaioned but that every at' of d.
~, to be performed in any OF the great
departments Of government, confitutes
fuch a.caie, is NOT 10 be admitted.
BY the act concerning invslds, RATED