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Deer SKINS, fss 2ss 70. steady.
Indigo, Carolina a Z, scarce and in de.

! Deer SKINS, fss 2ss 10. steady.
Indigo, Carolina a Z, scarce and in de.
: mand..
Cotton, New-Orleans rs 1-s a17 Ia,
Sea Island, fine ga 2s2 IL; good a PSI;
middline Fl 80; ordinary 16 a 20; Up
land do. IA 1-s IS 1-s. Uplands becom.
ing very scarce, are in demand, and sell
ready al these prices-New Orleans keep
very steady.
i Turpentine, 16 lisp. cw.. dull sale.
Pitch, ga lis dull sale.
Rosln, IL IS dull sale.
Tar, l9a21s bbl. dull sale.
Bees Wax, 12 a ll3 steady,
7 Pig Iron, 10 4 dull sale.
! Slaves, white OAK, pipe:is a .2sp. ".
hid. Ia 10. ksf. s 10a III II; red oak
lind. 1oa IL 10, STEADY.
Irod<ee ed,aiftcd % Be 7parehsussa FIR er-
portat;on, free ef da'y, III British or H.
Z aierican vessels.
Sugar, Mascovado, brown ass q 46s. cwt.
;middling ~ u SO; good 51as2; fine So
50 French clayetl, tetes and teIres So
sc powders 81 81; Havana brown 4s
a Sd; yellow SIS a63; white GO II. The
stock Of sugars Of ii! klras is low here, yes
the demand extremely heavy.
Coffee, ordinary 81 1888, mddling 1Ss
al; good, l42 a 145; fine 1A5 a $50;
triaee, 100 1873. A heavy sale for cof-
fec, as the supplies On the continent are con.
z; siderable. -
! Cocoa, w. India brown, 1O4 10Y :; red
!05 40; Spanish common los a1oa.
Though scarce, notin grea, demand
Ginger, w. India, white / Goa 40, Black
30a SO. Scarce and in demand.
Pimento, Cd a IA, steady.
The ,t5Aouuiug articles may be imported in
British oessek ,tor home consumption, On
payment of the usual duties or may be
aoareioused far expectation, uattout pay
mentef any duty, either in British or IL
niericda vesssks.
Hides, Buenos Ayres Sd s1.2d; Gu
ba z IL; West-India, 6 a 1-2-meet
with ready sale.
Logwood, chipt, Campeachy 90 t ri
Honduras, %; a %, steady. 80
fustic, II a Connects with ready
sale.
| Nicaragua Wood, small, So SO, large
! 40 As, demand heavy. ~ .,
Mahogany, Honduras, ls4a+2s; Cuba
lsa ESQ, very dull sales
indigo, scares aai lndemand.
Cochiaeal, uHgafbled. 19s 21s, dull
sale. ~
Cotton, Bourbon PSI ESQ; Surrinam IS
Ssh; Demerara.21 a 22 3-4 /; St. Domin-
ga Is IL 20; Laguira 15a ii 1-2, Bonr-
ton, Demerara and Surriaam rather heavy
at these quotations, the other sorts being
scarce ana wanted, meets ready sale.
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-09-12
BOSTON, SeptembeF 5.
NEwHA1MPSHIRE ELECTION.

The returns from all the towns, {i53) We
nave heard from gives the
Federal Ticket $685.
Democraticdo. 954s
Federal majority 457
his majority will be increased by the
votes from Grafton county
The votes in the above one hundred and
atty three towns for Governor, were for
Sliman, io,7o9--Langdon, 1861. De-
mocrasic decrease, 1859. Federal decrease
40. 4
Doae;ns s,-The Editor of the {. Political
observatory '=she democratic prpsr some
ame since setup in Walpole. 10 enlighten
'ae benighted yeomanry Of New Hampshire
MUS concludes dulsome account of the e.
section. " We shall rot be disappointed If
they (the federaiistsl obtain their men, to
ssspfesent the state once more In Congress.
a is well to prsparc.the mind for defeat
and modification.
The democratic papers in New Hamp-
saire attribute the success of the federal
sssst IN that state, to the ejaculation Of po-
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-09-12
aisrannrta DAILY ,snpaaissr.
WEDNESDAY,, SEPTEMBER IL.
In COMMON COUNCIL,
Ssbs. II, 1901.

~ Ist - tAoSfs
Crae,sd, Thar Thoo..s Gus De allowed 20
take eash from ,i,a ruhllc iirrsts, fr the pur.
Pofe o filing tAe plbic VIVA; onoes tie diiett'on
of th- Street Ccmniaianes.
] 'hn Vaudeville, SuPs.inteadan, Of P,lire,
rfelent d all account sgaisit M~a't l,hompfn
ard V;ltDh, fof filing up lot on Pr. :treet,
amounting 10 fJ,ty ds .t;oiia.s zaa ninety tvs
cents: Ana one. ,nther account againf Thcass
Richards, amounting 70 thirteen Gj!'ars sna is
cents for fl'i,es lot on III wc} hie o. p..s
tree - Wbetrx9oa Is 0,as,ta, that the fad &C.
counts be pa; 100 tie hanjs Of The Collector for
celcttioa, ard bis receipt taken far The FAM.
Ill mrs. cfIettually rodinlnih The het.,her
OF Docs in tie tewn Of AlexanlfIs, was once
'ead and ordered to lie over.
1eR.
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-09-12
SUNDRY LOTS.
LEONARD-TOWN
Jockey CLUB RACES.

ON the third Monday in Oaober
next, pahe Of Forty Gsines. will be fan ;of
over the Leonard town coude TIE foar mile heats,
and on Wedaeiday the following day purfc OF
Twenty Guiseas will be run fer over, the fame
canrfc ,he two mile heats, agretably TO the rulls
of the fAd Clsh. 81, -
Enoch I. Millard, Sse'v
Leonard town, Augua II. IawYw
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VALUABLE PROPERTY

VIA1 oIAohIA 4S>VA AAHN =
FOR SALE.
Ga the fxsh day Of November next, if fair, II
NOT on the mex. fair day, on the premiles, at
the iatsdcction Of Wafer and..Wolsc Sssts,ia
tic town of Alexandra,
SUNDRY LOTS,
with f3me improvements, bslo:sog to the hei:s
of Jonathan Hall, decealsd. A fmali psrtaf
the pufchaie money viii be required on aasing
4 good title for the remainder liberal cledfs
will he given.
By order of the Heir,.
&eorge GiIbis.
Sept. s. lAwds
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60 Printing in all its various
branches executed at this Office
with neatnels, accuracy, and dit,
patch, -
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FOR SALE
NOt1ce,

THE Legionary Court Of Enquiry
will meet cy adj .rnment, at the Court Hou(e
on Friday the 18th infant, at nine o'clock in the
forenoon.
Sept IL. d3t
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-09-03
pies Of the federal constitution viii

pies OF the federal constitution win 49,.
We on the contrary contend tbs.h
words " according to the principles -, lss
federal constitutions" as they are pl l. WUs
the sentence, form no Limitation, ths, : q
were intended as descriptive of tie d.. ne1
rights we were 10 enjoy, or at most W. q
to the mode in which they were 10 ba s's
ferred, and that the article contemplate. w.
other delay TO our reception, than viii III no
required to pass the necessary laws "
ascertain the Representations to which 1 -,
are Untitled. t''
The inhabitants of the ceded terr;,oi!
are 10 be " Incorporated into the Un;o,H.i,
the United Stats" these words can !.
no sense be satisfied by the act ia odesl;s.
a territory, governed i'll the manner K.
act direct5, may be province of the. OK
ed STAGES, but can by no construction /,
said 70 be Incorporated into the UalonrasS
To be incorporated into the Union, mno
mean to form part OF it; .bus. to eydr
component part of the United States, ii.
constitution. las guaranteed a republic,
form of government /; and this as we hav.
already shewu, has no one principle ofr,.
pnblicanism in its composition. It's there.
fore, not. a compliance with the latter 9th.
treaty, and is totally Inconsistent with ,ilr
spirit, which certainly Intends some stipu
lations in orr tavcr. but if congress MAJ
govern Us as thry plea e, what necessix
was therefor this clause /? or how are ",
benefited by its Introduction : If any doub
however gould possibly arise on the frs,
member Of the sentence, it must vaalshby
| a consideration Of the second, which pra.
|esides for their admission, to the rlghs,
privil-ges,and immuniries of citizens Of The
United States. But tbs governments, Is
we have shewn, is totally Incompatible
with those rights. Without any vot+ IN
the election Of our legjslature; without any
check upon our executive, without any
one incident Of self -goAernment-whatva va.
luable privilege" of citizenship is allowed
US what "right'' do We enjoy? what Z" i'm.
rnunity" can we boast, except indeed thu
degrading exemption from the cares of L.
gislasion and the burlaen Of public affairs
(To. BE- continued T8'
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-09-03
NETWORK, August so

The conduct of the British vessels Of
war, in cruizing at the mouth of the har.
Dor Of New York, OBTAINING merchantmen
and impressing the .seamen, is as great an
insult as can be offered from one independ.
ent nation to another. 1.-THE government
of the United States suffers this, it refuses
that protection which it owes to tie citr
Gems it is reduced to the lowest state ofde.
graduation. The conduct of the British is
equal to declarstionof war, and would
justify the repelling of them by force. A
tameness in this respect, is to invite insuli
and Outrage from any and from every guar.
ter.
Let it be remembered that the United
States are neutral in the contest between
Great Britain and France. IF We allow
enc power to help itself at our expence, tho
other wifi take The same privilege. The
Emperor Napoleon, as we'll As George the
, Third, will impress our seamen whenever
he can /; and thus we VIII be made hesport
and the prey of these coutendlng nations
1t will be asked what is the remedy :
There can be only two; renonssrance re-
sistance. !. he first is tedious and makes
no restitution, or atIeast when il ls too lave
What restitution can be made to the
merchant Far the detention of his vessel,
the deprivation Of his seamen, and the
change of the port? In the mean time nc
may be embarrassed and many others m !.
volved in his hnalruin, monstrance ana
resistance against the aggressors ought 10
&c together. After tobber has broSes
into our house, and carried off your good'
you may look in vain for their restoratl'''
Ii will be asked again, where is the iSfe'
to compel an observance of the law OF pc
tons? This is notifying question. IL
shall only be said, that il the United States
have not an adequate force, they are abe
to have it, and they must have 1t, or sur
render their independence. The lldicrous !,
manner in which some writer's have treatea
the insolence ofForeign Powers, aud tn'
Paliiations formed for by others, are un'
worthy of Americans. The matter Is TOO
serlou. to be trihcd with, and cali for ~
dlgnant opposition, instead OF excuse o
mcrrimcnt.
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-09-03
NOTICE.

FT~HE prodgiops number of DOGS, going at
large in our itrects daily, az this %fraien OF
CHE year, has given Dus 100 we'll founded alarms
f,rihe> consequences TO be apPrshended, 1t longer
permitted fpcedy corrective therefore III the
nremiics f.ems expedient do therefore again
r:oure the fevtral conf ables to be yigilant, AMI
active, in the dicharge of their ievera duties, as
Il sefpecss lhof. animals, ard th5 If owners and
n executing the law upon that i6biecs paiicd the
x:h February 1909, in shsfe words, q qeit :
q All owners OF dogs, fhall keep fueh Dogs chan
"A OF othsywiie cop6ped, and il any dog iha!l be
found goiog at large, without his o~net, the
owner ihal be usjett tothe penalty ct one dollar.
II lhsh be lawful for any perion, and ash part,
exlarly be the duty of the confables, so xiii and
draroy any cog founG 70 going at Large without
his owner
The benefit and '{atisfa6ion experienced and
acknowledged, by thole perlous who have lately
white waihcd their cellars, ought think to DC
.,,awclfu, Incentive TO ieveral others who have
70, done fo1 sad in ny view of this tatfr ct, the
D,efsnt are Of me weather more than ever APP.
pears to require this very faiusafy operation, the
the expence can flrcly be no objedtion with many
foff.yeral cellars viii not require more lime and
la5our. than wha, one half dollar or fevensy five
cents will purchate.
]. Vaudeville,
Superintendent OF Police.
AuguR IS. CIV
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-09-03
PHILADELPHIA, August 81.

DIED. last night very suddenly, ts
Rev. 99foAa Blair. Linn, pastor OF the h ~
Presbyterian church in this city, aged =;
This melancholy intelligence will be .'s,r {.
with deep regret, not oaly hy the plrueiIs
circle of friendato whoa he sas endTafea
BY the purity Of his coadacs, sa- saasaas7
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-09-03
N O T I C E.

AS, is my intention TO clcfe all my accounts
by the fro OF October, tho ftindebtcd TO me will
pleaie to make payment previous to that time,
ro.enable me TO fatsfy shofe who have claims up
on lie. q,boGe who do 30, comply with this no.
tice cannot coniider ihsnieiyes entitled 10 fur
ther credit. have on hand fome rice cloth &c.
which will makc up very low for CATH, or for
punetual Cuaoners as ulual.
James S. Scott.
Apena 81. oSt eolot
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Snithheld Bacon Hams.

Srnlthf1eld Bacon Hams.
TIE inbfcribcr has jua received 1000 lbs. Of
Smith6.ld BACON HAMS, conGRing in the
grcatef part of nice fnali Hams of from s to .
pounds weight.-An sfiHtm-nt of Liverpool
STONE WARE,
cenfaing Of jugs, pitchers, ind pickle pots OF
different Gzes.
libel Wills.
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A CARGO
AuguA as.

q CARGO
TOfc oarfe LIVERPOOL SALT,
sua received and now ready to be deliveTsa
from on board the chip Columbia, capt. Hay den,
AssHarper's wharf, and for iale BY
Ricketts,, Newton and Co.
Sept. Z.
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-09-03
A1eua 81.
NOTICE.

TIE SALE of part of Major
Thomas Nrh's LAND, adssrtiled in this paper,
~as poaponed until Wednefday the sri day Of
September next, at II o'clock, A. NJ. when the
"a c will again commence on the premltrs, near
the lands of Mr.. Jonah Thompion.
This uaA will be fold in convenient LOTS.
fome of which are, in polar of fituation, equal
20 any in the vicinity of Alexandria.
Richard NJ. Scott,
Francis Peyton, CoaDys.
Amos Alexander,
AnguR g. dds
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Notice to Parents, sc.

Nr. DAVIS has returned, and viii open
,stbaoI on Monday next.
AuguR 30 DIST
Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-08-24
2 - = 20
NOTICE..

N "a. :
wv HEREAS sundry persons have
heretofore made practice of throwing
down my fences, going through INV
plantation, and destroying my fruit and
other property, BY which practice have
sustained considerable injury--All
persons guilty Of similar practices in fu-
ture, may expect to be prosecuted for
the same, without diserimination--Al u
persons are also cautioned against deal
ing in any manner with any Of my ne
'eroes without a written memorandum
from me, having heretofore suffered
considerably by such. eouduct--Any
person or persons guilty Of this practice
in future, in any manner, may expect
to be prosecuted for the same, as the law
ANDREW WAGGENER. :
MiH-Creek,. July II, 1904. =
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~ From The Boston eentint3.
REVIEW or JEFYERsoN,s ADM1xlsrRA-
a--fs TON. D..


- <F7'.-'=z' 49,
From Mr.. JETFERsoNs reply to the
reu1onstrance Of the merchants Of New
Haven in July 1901, we proceed to con-
slider more minute transactions, some of
which have an earlier date. II the CLASH
-hcation Of them be observed in any de-
gree, the exact order Of time cannot be
followed. 70 attempt it. would .oblige
us 70 relinquish our design foris would
lead into an endless field BY requiring a
number for every particular ACT. Indeed
the minuteness Of some things, We may
notice, would prevent an observation,
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FOR SALE,
TWp H1EJsE.S anil L0J.S

TTf0 HOUSES and LOTS,
CITUATE in Darkesville, Berkeley
y County, one Of them the house in
which Robert Daniels formerly kept Ia
xern, this house Is built IF logs, has SIX
rooms, is very convenient, md an excel
lent stand for any kind ofpublie business,
the garden IS good and has . number Of
fruit trees init. <Onthe other Lofts
erected good asgonmaker's Shop
This Property Is very convenient 20 wa
ter. twill be sold on very Reasonable
terms. - - I 81
I JOHN SKULL. ]
4 August 5, 1904. g !
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.Llaco1 nm nly Chap
Goods.

0OOOS. i AZ
I TIE su5scriidrrs have jHst reeeireE from
she Gsnss Of Philadelphia and Balti-
d. more, and are no1u opening, a large
ass0rfmea. Of uncommonly cheap
GOODS, Consisting n part 81
TWO Boxes "a and ~ Irish Lin
ems, bales best stout Tickling
buTgs. Y 44F- "a q !
4 Trunks Of fashionable Printed CALI
! Goes and Chintzes.. ..5s.-slzz
4 ditto Fashionable Musfins assorted,
viz. PLAIN cambfic Muslin, Satin Stri-
! ped, Check and Figured ditto, Figured
and Plain Coloured ditto, Book and Ja-
, comet ditto, Lappett ditto---an elegant
variety of superb Lace ditto, Tamboar'd,
collonade, Japanned, Extra Super
Super India Book, and Plain Null Null
Maslins. - u sss> II. 5as.z IN
4 Iraaks Handkercbiefs and Shawls
assorted, viz.>>7.8, "a, So, and e-T
Fashionable Fancy Silk Shawls, Flush'd
laconett Muslin ditto, Satin bofdered
and Chetked-Cambriic ditto, Lappett
ditto, White and Colopred Cambria
Melted ditto, Printed Cotton ditto,
Book and Jaconett Muslin Handker-
chiefs, Linen and Cotton Pocket ditto,
Bandannoe and Fancy Silk ditto. y
Bale IA Fashionable Super6ne
London Broad Cloths. - - "a ( i
4 ditto Krrseymeres. g. -. ~
8 4 Case Diaities,5 fashionable pat
terms also a few pieces Cambria Dimi-
ties, g. &c. = =, Il. s.
NJ 1 Case Fashionable Leghorn Bonnets.
Cases, Mems, Women's, Boys and
Girls Fashionable Fur Hats. : = !
4 Bales India Muslins of different
kinds.s & 81. *. T.. -. j.. 4 -
2ooPieces fns Yellow India Nankeen.
20 Pieces Russia Apron Check. 3, =
Case SELHER W.AT0HES. =.
Bales Spinning Cotton. t
An elegant variety -af- EANcr AR-
TICLESs consisting, in part, of AR
TLFfcIAL FLOWERS, rIKREATHS,
PLUJzES, SiLEER and GOLD LACE,
SILHER and GOLD ORNAMENTS,
s5c. sc. s,-e,1tss., - =.
"A Complete assortment of Laces and
Edgings, Pic Mic Mitts, Mems Thread
Cotton and Silk Hoes, Women's Silk
and Cotton ditto. - -..-.g p
They have also received a complete
; assortment Of BAR.IRO N and CAST
INGS, CROWLEY and BLISTER
ED STEEL. .n>~--- ~, H. 3.
$50 Excellent Homemade Twilled
BAGS. zAs u. = =. - $50 8 s.
5oolb. Good FLAX. !. !,
-. A Few barrels FIRST quality Old RYE
WHISKY, distilled IN MarylandS suit
able for private families, MEDICINE
and PAINTS, together with almos,
eyeryother article, which this neigh
bourhood and country requires in their
line Of business. They never had at
any period more extensive and eom-
plete assortment of Goods than At the
present, and are happy to inform their
friends, and the public generally, that
all those who may favor them with cab,
: shall certainly Be- sHbbiyrd loifh uneom-
r,oniy CHEAP Go6DS.a -. 9
-ss=s JAMES& JOHN LANE.
Shepherds. TOsoa, July 20, 1904.
Aa.s n p ~ e il =
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The Subscriber has just opened a very
:; extensive assortment o E, .
Medicine, Drugs
!. and Pants, !.
zohieh'he ruiH sell at very reduced prices
s ~ .ss zs Sss for Cash. -
THOMAS PATTERSON. =
Nominating, June g.. 1904. =.

N. B. Those whose accounts have
been due one year and upwards, win
please to call and discharge them before
the 6rstday of September next, other
wise suits viii be commenced for their
recovery--It is hoped this will not be
considered hard, as necessity comPels
ii. - T. P.
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Forthe NTELLEENCER.
A LAWYER.

NO opinion Is more prevalent, nor
none better founded, than that public Of
.6cers should be amenable to the power
by which they are created nor have any
body of men elamoured more, and with
less cause, than the democrats about the
Observation-Disclosures of the Servants Of
the Peeble. But few instances Of mis-.
conduct, have however, been exhibited
against Federal Oficers, that can be
substantiated on the broad basis oftruth
and justice. lam by no means dispos-
ed TO overlook improper acts in any sect
Of men, be their political opinions what
they may nor am so great partizan
rs 70 suppose that Federalists cannot err !;
but from what / have already Witnessed,
it appears sif democracy possessed the
principle Of instinctiSeiy las il were1
leading its gotaries to the commission Of
acts from which jiistiee revolts with alb
horrance. ! have beenledinto theserehee--
lions, from having lately seen the account
Of the President of the Oyerseers Of the
Poor Of Berkeley County. the most Of
the items Of which are illegal and unanr,
ranted by law.--By this conduct Mr..
Chenoweth has exposed himself, and the
most glaring inconsistency il eyidentibe-
tween his actions and the principles he
has espoused and which he i 90 indus
ttrious to disseminate. HE Is one Of the
warmest sticklers for democracy, and IN
the hypocritical cant of the day, Il fore.
yer preaching up economy, and the Just
expenditure Of the public money, and 1
am informed, that he has even gone 90
far ~ TO declare he had received nothing.
or butyery triAing compensation, for iii
his faithful services during six year, /:
but enough Of this Mr.. Chenewith 4
suf6riently known. The following &C.
count (the only one that can now be
found win better eiucidate his True cha
rarter, than any thing / can say. Let
him be heard BY the people he has 30 faith.
fully served, and whom he pretends 10
much to lovc--If they think he has act.
ed wen. 70 himself be al the merit IL
otherwise, Lee him bear the stigma, that
never falls TO dimproper conduct. -
An ! have in view, h to put the people
on their guard, that they may in future
Is
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g ldw." Again sir, for I have not yet
done With my auth0rities, the learned
Judge Tucker, now one Of our court of
appeals, applies the foregoing remarks,
most emphatically 10 our own country in
the following elegant passage 49,.
II an acquaintance with the consti-
3 tuition, and laws Of our country be re-
:. quisite topreserve the blessings offree-
!. dom 70 the people, il necessarily fol-
8 lows that those who are to frame laws
:. oradminister the government should
I. possess athorough knowledge Of these
:. subjects. Forwhat can be more, alb
. surd than that . person wholly ignor.
:. ant ofthe constitution should presume
. 20 make laws pursuant thereto! or that
9 one who neither understands the con.
. stitution nor the law, should boldly adj
" venture to administer the government!
/" Yet such instances occur not unfre-
!. q0ently in al countries, and the dam
i" ger that theywill frequently occur in
"this, IS perhaps greater. than in any
/" other. The road to Office, in most
= other countries Is filed with . thou
q sand turnpikes, which are rarely open.
:. ed but to the rich and powerful. These
!. possess at least the means Of inforTna-
f" tion. With Us 1t is equally open TO an;
ssbut men Of talents and virtue are notal-
e ways the foremost in the course; per-
-" sons of this description are generally
smore backward, than those OF inferior
q pretensions, TO the confidence of the
6 people a confidence which, if they
/" do not, they are infinitely more liable
/" to abuse, than if their minds had been
"properiy enlightened BY study and ap.
"plication." :.
Upon grounds like these I rest our
cause with entire confidence. To the
tribunal of public opinion we bow, with
becoming respect, we have not piead te
the Jurisdiction, as perhaps we might
have done, but have gone at onte into
the merits 81 the case. If ferocious
Duke of Lancaster who waded through
blood and BY per6ds seated himself on
the throne Of England, thoaghtproper,
for the security Of the most precarious Of
all rites to exclude lawyers fromhis par
Lament, it viii not form a precrdtnt by
which the most free, enlighteaed and
,virtuous people upon earth ought to be-
governed. They win dfsmiiss these unjust
suspicious against the gentlemen Of the
long rode, or rather Of no rode at all; and
in doing so they viii crafty one who has
the impudence to think himself an ho-
nesf man tho ~ - u - %ss ~
~. ALAWYER. /