Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-08-20
HUME.-No. TX.
Revisw sf Mr. 1xFss3seN's Adn:;niJtrator.

WE have now arrived al the clofe Of the
gear 8oi, when the l'reGdcnt fcnt his irt
Aefagc to Congrefs. Forgetful Of the dignity
Of his Ration, Mr.. JeAerfon permitted it TO come
from his hand an invealve asainit bis predecef-
Tors. Il did not fufficc for the hircli;lgs OF his
Party to accufc theforncr officers Of government
e every kind Of corruption, and warit of interi-
81 IN the maIiagemen; IF the concerns of the
nation, but he himfelf makes . Communication
before the highele characters Of tho Union, IN
which shcfe charges are reiterated with bitter
nsfs. Indeed this MsGage rather than Speech,
1s It even the rcli6fs Of former mades Of pro-
seeding we're to be dsfroved, and him{elf de-
fred to become the humble imitatcr Of that
tniicrable depot, Bonaoarte was the toc6n Of
war. the word Of command, directing the aril-
cry Of detrudiou to be lcvelcd againit every im-
portanr a4 Of the faithful adminifration Of
Warrington and Adams. This command has
hsca but too frittly obeyed for nearly every
work Of the laborious care Of former governors
has iucce1ively fallen. The mint ef3b!ifhmert
alone has with difficulty fdryived the debating
form, from the pridc Of Mr. Jefferfon's retainess.
II is unnecrMry 70 pats any time in an ex-
sniination Of the fentimcnts Of tile Menaers
lcparate from what we mutt beftow on The acts,
PAHed in tonfequencc ofit; for in the firit Con-
kfefs, after the proficiency Of Mr.. JefF:rfon, We
f1all find the work of ruin nezrly completed.
a'hc army and navy were reduced 10 name.
rnfit for the pufpofc either Of defence or offence
The 6rff. and grand, and mott beautiful column
Of THE Contribution, he Judiciary, fatally levelIed
with the duff. The food gates Of vice and mi.
putty opened in The repeal Of shs naturalization
law, and the encouragement held forth to for
Afr Ace x~.:.< n ri Re
TEN Of the internal taxes, formed with great care
end expcncc, Destroyed, that the luxury Of the
fich might be untaxcd. We lhsli therefore no.
tce only thofc parts IF the n,eiTsse, originating
lhe particular meaiures which have been men,
toned.
- The firf act that arrcits attention is the
repeal OF the law. etablhipg the Inferior courts,
which has violated the contributions, taken away
is fubAance, and left -nothing bur name to
be the fpcrt Of contending factions
In his menage the PRECEDENT fays, the Judi
airy fyttem Of the United States, Especially that
portion Of i, recently erected, will Of courfe
prefent itfelf to the contemplation Of congrefs".
: This was the fgnal, obcyed by Mr. Brackcn-
ridge in his motion, made January, 1902, for
its repeal. About the beginning Of March, the
repeal wa, effected, notwithstanding i power
Ius ana wiSnout companion, ELOQUENT oppoG-
slon OF the iireinds of the contributions; an op2o
lition, which the parrizans Of the meafure could
not anfwcr, and which they overcame only
by fupcriour numbers. At this time thote Lii
pu'ian ties, which Mr. JeiTcrfon had threatened
in his letter to .Nazzei, we're broken The long
and anxious wi n of his heart was accomriifh
Sd, and prece Sent fes for Fill greater nroads
on the charter # our liberties. Indeed it has
placed the Legi aturc beyond the fear Of Reliant
&c Legislative body have the fame confftution-
a right to fay n, national Judiciary h,ll exit
Il may be tho ,ehs ufeIeis to FAY any thing on
che merits Of tn queieion, fnce every OFFER.
yation, which an be, has been made. We
lhail however re' mark on an argument ia favor Of
Tepealing the Jud iciary fy(tem which is Gill in
lifted on, though II may have been often refut-
ed. II has been ahanisd as principle without
sxs,ption. that ne Congrefs can pats no act,
Which the next nay not repeal - his is not
true. It has no been openly aHcrted, that the
Judges OF the nprrne Court can be rcmaved
Prom Office. ll.-y hold their Offices durins good
behaviour, and are to received compensation for
{ervices, deter mined by congrefs which the COLI
aitution decla res ihall no, be aiminiihed DURING
feksir contins' snce in Office VIII any one iA y