The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-03-12

: Is me la~' to be different in every Rate
as differently modified BY IFS code; or are
the riodihcasioas Of any particular Rate. 70
" TO be sppltsd TO ali
!" And on the latter fuppoGtion, which
anoag the itate codes Gould form, the aand-
6 ard
'sGucitious of this fort might be multi
Piled with as much cafe, as there would be
< difficulty in snfwering them.
If u be underitood that the con,,yon law
ks eifablil,ed by the conftituticn, it follows
that 10 part Of tire law can DC altered by
the iegiiia1ufe; fach of the ftatutes already
paiied as may be repugoant thereto, would
be nu'iified, particularly the Sc fedition a6l''
itielf, which boats OF being a melioration
OF the .eommon law; and the whole code
: with all IFS incongruties, barbarilns, and
biocdy naNims, would be inviolabi faddled
= on the good peopie of the. United States.
he committee feel the utr,on confidence
IN concluding that the common law never
: was, nor by any fair conAraeiior,, ever can
be, deemed law for the American peoDie
asa one community; and they indulge the
"ttsoigcst expectation that the fame concl,l-
hon viii finally be drawn, By all candid
and accurate enquirers into the fubiect. Ia
IS indeed diitreiiing to reGee4, that it ever
mould have been made aueeior, whctheri
the conititutloa, ON the whole face OF which
IS teen; 10 much iaoour co enurnerare and
define the leVeral obleGts of federal power
: coald intend to introduce in the lump, in AMI
lf'dlreet maaner, and by forced connruc-
. zion OF few phrafes, the vaf and Iaultifa
" rious jurisdiction involved III the connonI
law; law filing 70 many ample volumes;
law oyertpreading the entire field OF lie
"gitation; and law that would Zap the toun-
dation Of the contribution asa fyffern Of l.
mited and fpccihed powers. A ievcrer re-
"proaeh could not, in the OPT -.on OF the com
mittee, be thrown on the contribution, on
thoie who formed, Or on thofe WIN efablif,-
G ed it, than iuch fuppoGtion would throw
81 on them
Afrer this folemr and deliberate decya-
ration of his fenuments, would any mortal
have fufpeetSd chat MadIlon, the yi-fuou,
Madhon, waste have countenanced profc-
cution founded upon the mot corrupted and
exploded portion OF that very law por (,
ton that has been expunged by Britiih
at of parliament We are told, indeed, thar
the pfoiecutioa is commenced nor bya fede-
raj, but a fate attorney generals and from,
this All inferefce is 10 be drawn that Mr.
lefferion, honef man! has no concern with I
the matter. This ltory will not 90 down.
.Jeherion read about eigh: hundred Of CALI
lenders pages before publication He fu-t
died and paid for paragraphs in the Aurora. I
Ills microscopic attention would not have
inferred iuit Of this kind to proceed, If il
had met with bis reProbation. Neifher
would ArbTo5e Spencer have embroiied
himtelf with itch ali holt of zccuiers, but for (
lone frong and weighty reafcn. As for
Madiion, he either condeuils, or approves of
this Profecutior. To FAY that Iefferfan did
not couiult hin, would be to fay that he is a
cyphcr. II he condemns the fneafurc, he
thoaid give up his place, according to the,
conitant and manly praEtice Of an Engiif,
hlinliter. IT he approves of the fuit, which
IS mott likely, what are you to make of his
contrtency If he approves Of Spencer, he;
has either altered bis political opinions, orI
ne never had any. If he condemns the fuit !
then nc cl;ngs TO his place in defiance Of bisI
confidence. lie prefers five thoufand dollars
Per annum to the purity of his fame, ard thel
freedom OF his country. Take either endI
OF this propolition, and neither the deeply
piercing ~tldom OF Davila, nor all the fen,i-l
ommpotsnt eIoquence OF Henry could rcf-I
tore him to your eftcem After fuch cold
deliberate error oftbe beGrt, confidence, like
virginity, can never be regained.
he Examiner next launches into LONE
argument TO lhew that the fedition law
is worie than the common law. To give
him full anfwer, il would be necefary TO
make long quotation For this we have
not room; and, what is worfe, the quotation
would not be worth it. He refs the repub
lican oppoGtion to this act entirely upon its
being. aetoafifHfionaL. G Il Isl lays he,
"perfcety inlmatcrial, how nerciful and
gentle the proviiions of the ledition law
"were. The whole law was an ufurpation Of
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