Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-03-07

Instead vi This find Do,hing done, And
now, when an amendment To the cons,i
uuon IS brought forward, " hich is allow
ed to be very important, and when the
resolution OF the gentleman from Penn
Syl'a"ia is c1lisd Up, W. arc told % gen.
.iemen, We cannot attend 10 these sub
jects; there Is imPor'a ant business which
we expect 10 have al Some future day be-
lore us, and there fore we are deternlin
ed IN the interim 10 DO noihing. One
word as to The remark oflhe gent.eSlan
on my left (Mr. Conyad). He belongs
% "a class ofmen which highly respect,
tor the plain reason. tina, belong 10 i,
myself He says the time is approach
ing when every man engaged in agricu..
tura' pursuits must be anxious 10 gr
home, and therefore he does rot wish a,
present 10 aci on he resolution have
lad on your table. Yrue but when men,
be they agricultural, mechanical, or of
ny other profession, undertake any bn>I-
ness, IT is their duty To go through w,,h
It At every hazard. I do no, X, on man
IN the House who has suffered more than
the md vidual who nos addresses you by
his attendance here. and &C could have
iound an apology III my own mind,
should long since have seen goac If,h.
| SITUATION of affairs warranted it should
be wiling to adjourn for two or three
months. But never can agree 10 adj
Jonrn IN Ire present perilous state oil af
iars, and leave The country 10 blind aru
iortuitous destiny. imusi first see SONG
hing like land, some foot-hoid, some
thing like certainty instead Of political
Chaos, without form or body Before
consent 10 SO home, mus, see something
like safe and honorable issue 10 our dit
iersnces with foreign powers; and mus,
sse-l hope, another thing something
| IKE an attempt TO bring the cons,itu,io,,
OF this people back 10 the princiries on
which this administration came into DOW
er. take this proposition, and hat oil
he gentleman from Maryland (Mr. N,
cholson) 10 be too important means nf
| bringing that administration baci. TO those
principles. My Friend fom Virginia
says he expects a, future period 10 ob
lain this reform. / fear, If delay DC per.
mitted, tina; we shall! &c, into the si,ua,i.
Oh OF another deliberate assembly, of
| which every member agrees that reform
is necessary, bu. that the present is NOT
the accepted time. am afraid that we
we are IN this situation already. I be-
lleve 1t, because see it. 1t IS mos,
fortunate circumstance shat we made hsy
while The sun shone; tha We got in III.
harvest al the first session of the styen,b
Congress; that We cid away The mid.
night Judiciary and The internal taxes. If
those institutions were now s,aud.Dp. +
believe they would be as impregnal,le a.
any part oil The system around Inch per
.iemen atisc, to rally. believe il, b.
cause believe appointments would have
their effect. Yes, it is hu too true, tb.,
parrots III opposition are as apt to become
court;eIs IN power, as court;ers in power
are fond OF becoming patriots in opposi.
ton. So far then from wishing 10 post
poDe this measure, I believe that dej,v
will only serve to eaaaLce The dlGicni
Of obtaining it. II is o maxim laid down
by every man iha, has written o., ns,;on.
al policy, that those abuses witch are left
untouched in The period of a revolution.
are Sancllfied by time, and remain as
The nest eggs of future corruption, until
they compel nation, either to sweeD
them away or to sink beneath them,
This, without any exception, is the his,o.
~ OF all coIruptions and those corrup.
tons and abuses, not reformed at The Sc
vsDth Congress, what has become of
them? Have they been suffered to sleep?
II they have, is il not To be unprecedented
that hey Will rise refreshed from their
slumbcfs with gigantic stiergih Foriu.
nate it was that at the FIRST session of the
seventh Congress the laid night jud ciary
and the internal taxes were done away
and il would likewise have been fortunate,
il another measure had been attended 10
at the same time. II would have been.
IN my finn persuasion, very different in
its issue from that which 1t has been.
lf the great culprit, whose judicial crimes
or incapacity bad called for legislative
punishment under the constitution, and
which have given rise to the motion now
before US. had been accused at the frs,
session OF The seventh Congress, that ac-
cusslion would have had very dHeren,
issue. And why! Because it is perfect
iy immaterial what q mans crimes are.
Every day That elapses between thei,
commission, aud the time he is called to
answer, lessons the detestat.on and nor
Tor fell for them, and, of course, enhan-
ces the value Of his chance of an escape
from punishment. am persuaded ha,
in the remarks have offered have be.o