Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1805-02-11
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ELM-TREEs, 9N

as. k-Irdres had
WHEN fhrh heard Nj renf;menrs
made Communication ofthA Amor and
Oh the Judiciary. TO the Gown the Ie.
that he had laid the fame,bofor\ ice ,bar,
eilature, waited with anxiety to\5ea IN
In the papers but was iurprl(ed ~,
hearing their publication was opooA n -.
a leader ofa party in the Boule Of \ IN
refentatives, becaufe the tranfafsionN a,
the part of the Judges, was deemed X.
peconlttutionai interference with the y
yhcr branches of the government ann
my furprife was increafed when | was IN
formed that MAJORITY ofthe EIoure had
eoncurfed in refolurion to reject their
publication. Politely I was miGnformcd
ON this fubjea, or may have overrated
the correctness OF ideas that actually pre-
vailed in thar deliberative afembly,. or |
might have been incorrect as 70 my oYn
i-n,iments on that conaitutional quettion !:
However, am It'll ar 4 iols, ard very
much puzzled when sttenopt to iuai-
~ the fcruPles Of thoie who oppofcl the
publication alluded 70. The fenate reaf-
eaed differently from the houfe, and have
given Us an Opportunity Of reading both
ahe letter from he Judges, and the bills
accompanying i, containing the outlines
of a Judiciary Syftem, which in their O.
pinion, would remedy the evils and incon
veaienees experienced under the exiting
and former }yl}ems.
The rropofed Synem, & its greatiead-
Ing principles | hope will meet candid
reception among the people. and be ex-
smired, without prediudice, in its real
eperaaon upon their lives, liberties. and
properties. Should this be done fa;1iy,
and in luch manner that we can all un.
aefaaad fully how il will in fate, aRaa
VA In the foregoing relations, | have no
doubt but we HALL come 70 a general con-
slufon, that the propoled fyIiem, OF one
founded on It's great leading principles,
will remove the complaints againa the
pseleht Judiciary, enlure prompt, ealy,
and cheap mode Of administering jneice !;
aud preierve all the rights and advantages
we have enjoyed under any former .yeeIn,
ar, if il removes any OF theta it wilt give
others, in LIEU thereof, more lubitanlia
and valuable.
Scientifically coniiered it can be of ve-
nv little toniequerce who originated the
fyaem that has been pnhlihed whether
ths Judges, the governor, either, or both
branches Of the iegiaatu;e, OF any private
nesfon, The whole publication is moth
Ing more than a mode Of adGreGing the
general subie6t of the judiciary, msfs
Gle fra fer rxam:natin TO our under
nandng. ltis no party quelfion tina. can
welt connect itfelf with re.exitting prelu-
a3ices OF great men, or little men, the
learned or unlearned, but equally inter
citing 10 all, becauie il touches all men,
and every man in preciiely The fame FONT.
No, do Imagine ii will be thought an
;nvidioes obferva,ion TO fay the ihbjea
seems 70 peculiarly within the view OF
tyotefional men that few others can be
luppofed more capable, or better qualhed
10 calculate IFS future effects than the judi
ges and gentlemen eminent IN the pro-
FELTON,. There may be, and really hope
there are many Ii ttinguiihed exceptions.
The judges who propoied the fy'tem un-
der confederation cannot ind the!r inter
ct II recommending an incompetent one
er ose that shall prove exPeniive and en-
harraaing m The people. AS lii'ie do
,h,nl gentlemen eminent in the prot iiion
Who have felt the worth Of character,
md who will always be fought fo'' on