Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-04-15

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berry, and property, and all other bless
ings derived from q free government -
- As the period is now arrived when you
must again choose proper persons to re-
present you in Congress, and the Assem-
bly, Of the state, it win be proper to exam
inc the conduct Of the last Congress, as
well as some Of the acts Of the last session
of Assembly. L. Is well known that the
persons into whose hands the administra-
ton ofthe general governments nUwpla-
ced have always been, and still are the
= inv eerate, irreconcilable enemies to the
federal constitution, by which the several
!. states were bound together in one bond
ofunion; to violate this constitution is to
endanger the union. Dissolve this union,
and you relax or destroy the nerve Of our
strength, and render US an easy prey to
invading foreigners this constitution,
the work Of your own hands, should be
considered by you as the sheet anchor Of
your political safety, it should be watch
ed with jealous eye, and every attempt
to violate It, should excite your indignant
on. In this important instrument is the fol-
lowing imperiousprovision: 1.-THE Judg-
es both ofthe supreme and inferior courts,
~ shall hold their Offices during good beha-
viour." Every school boy on reading
those words, would understand by them,
that Judges of either these courts when
once legally appointed, could not be de-
prived in any other way than by jud gment
ca impeachment for misbehayionr vet
this has been done; sixteen Judges of the
inferior courts have been turned out Of of.
6ee, by law of Congress, By which the
constitution is violated, the balance Of 60
Sernment broken, and by which, the viii
est corruption viii, in time, enter into
the administration Of Justice.
The abolition of the internaltaxes, was
intended to render the Jefersonian admit
histration popular, and predicated on the
supposed incapaeity Of the people to dis
tinguish between the different objects Of
taxation; If taxes were abolished, the
people would be pleased, without consi-
dering whether theirtaxes were diminish
ed or no; but who, let me ask, derive
any advantage from this abolition Of tax.
es! The rich only can afford the luxury
Of pleasure carriages. refined sugar &C..
and these pay no taxes, while salt, brown
sugar, coffee, and cheap teas, which are
necessaries of life to the poor, remain tax
ed as highas ever; the hypocritical cant
therefore, of leaving to the mouth of labor,
the bread it has earned, is an insult on
your understandings. @...- =
i. From the consideration Of taxes, we
: are naturally led to the examination of
public expenditures, and here, a prodi-
gality the most alarming, isJdiscoversd to
Our view. By an act ofthe President,
without any law to justify it, thirty. two
thousand dollars were expended on the
repairs of the French ship Berceau, which
fell into our hands in consequence Of an
engagement At sea- this ship was intended
to be restored at the time, and as soon as
the repairs were completed at this enor-
nous expense, she was given up again,
without evena promise Of Reimbursement.
but it this excites your, surprise, how viii
you RESTRAIN expressions Of astonishment
when you are told that Congress at the
last session passed law, to place TWO
MILLIONS of dollars at the discretion
OF the President Two millions Of dollars,
asum equal to the whole amount raisedin
thc United States by the direct tax; your
receipts viii show bow much money you
paid for that tax, and just so much is your
proportion OF this enormous SUM ct mo-
ney put into the hands Of the President,
and for which he is no WAYS accountable.
If he should incline to pay his British
debts, purchase a PrinciPality in Europe,
or by powerful motives, secure his neat e.
lection to the PresidencsI see not whyhe
may not do it. Six hundred thousand
pounds Virginia Currency is an enormous
sum Of money, too much to place in the
hands Of any man breathing, without any
accountability for The application. Every
government may at times require small
sums for secret services. but from the