Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-06-08
From the Ball. FEDERAL GAZETTE.

the lamentable consequences which mott
frf or latt enlue from the rent made ia
our contribution, by rendering the judici.
airy dependent upon one or both OF the
other branches ofgovernment, it would be
highly smuGng, and fine fubjsd for ex.
citing the riGble powers, to view the Ia.
dicrous fhifts to which the democrats are
fomeimes forced TO rcfou in defence Of
this meaiure of their adored philosopher.
If you defeat them in the. field Of fair ar.
gument, and convince them, ever sgainit
their wills, that the att was unconRi'ution.
al they dodge Immediately into Gome out
OF the way, ridiculous petition, or other,
and there attempt 10 make a tand. Al
friking infance of fuch conduit was ex.
hibited few days fnce in dlfcufion
between federalif and ademocrst on the
anti judiciary law of the laf FELTON, but
one. The latter after finding every ar.
gument be could advance in favor offs
conititutionality, completely rsiuted, at
length aHertcd, that the independence Of
the judiciary was neither fought for BY
our revolutionary patriots, nor thought Of
by the political FACES of that day--and
that tderefore it could not be the in,en.
ton of the trainers of the prcfcnr conai.
tuition, that it fhould be feparate, indie.
pendent and coordinate branch, or, if
fuch was their defgn, chat il was nugato.
ny inalmuch as il was rot the Object f0,
which our country fought and bled.
II it be proved that the premifes Of this
jealous democrat are falle, his concluGons,
at bet extremely ridiculous, swill at once
fall TO the ground. Many Of the cele-
brated orators from 1854 down to the
adoption of the prefens contribution, ard
many of the bef writers during thar Pc
Rod, clafed the dependence of the bud.
ciary amonga thofe grievances, which
brought about the leparatlon of the then
colonies from the mother country. Bnt
laying all other authority aide for the
prelent, we lha!l be content with confront
ing this democratic a,gafs, with the
writings of john Dickiuion, .efq. of De.
laware, as a moderate writer and as IL
midia politician as any of that peri.
cd whole ,t9ublitax1m and Patriot.
i'm, it is prefumed, none OF the Jta
will now demur againf. Mr.. Die
kinfon, in order to render the atrocities
of the BIisiih government more giarins
and reGlfance more neceHary, draws a
parallel between IFS meafures ard tho!c
Of Philip of Spain in the low countries,
which tho his tyranny feperated from ni'
government, and after memorable cen.
tea became the United Provinces OF f1o.
l4nd. Philip fent the renowned Alva to
be the bloody executor OF his arbitrary
mandates. So did the Britilh governments
iend lord North. Philip fenta worie en-
ginc amongf the HolIanders than Ava
and his myrmidons-a batch OF nfD
judges, and thofe abfolutely dtpendiag on
the king"-so, fays our author, didfh,s
Britih mioifry, and the fruits of Jaf'
judiciary are pointed at by him 10 one
OF the Rhode Iland COURTS
Thefe dependent Judges Mr.. Dlckin'
fon calls " another grievsnce" and as
was jeAt and projected againft ieveia
years before the revolution commencso'
and as nothing occurred during the con,
hia, to render the dependence OF TUG
Judges upon the Minifry or Psrliame'',,,'
more acceptable in Srineitle or sgreeae's
in p,aaice, is it not violation OF reaion
and truth to fuppoie, that when elecnpS
ourf.lves into an independent REPUBLi.,
champions forIeither could be found ame"s
thole who had drawn their fwords agsi'''
both as /" grievance :"
See Dnkisloa's Letters, e'f T Ss'
o6S. 1u1 fbs nofe.