The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-10-03

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fon that the faid George Muter and Beniamir
Sebaitian are altogether deftitute of that iudg.
ment, integrity and Grmnefs, which are eHentia
in every judge, but more Especially in judges oil
the fupremc court, and that there is no fecurity
for property, 70 long as the faid George Muter,
and Benjamin Seba1ian, contaue as judges OF
the court of appeals.
! "And whereas alto the contribution provides,
that for any Reasonable caufe which fhall not be
fufficient ground of impeachment, the governor
may remove any Judge ola hyperion or inferior
court on the address of two. thirds of each
branch of the legislature and the Legislature
deeming the before recited cafe proper for their
| interpoition and addrefs therefore, refolved,
that the faid Geo. Muter and Benjamin Seoaiti-
an ought respectively to be removed from their
office ofjudge OF the court of appeals, aud that
JOINT committee from each branch of tn legif.
lature, be appointed to prepare an addrefs to
the governor for that purpofe."
| limi'ar refoution was introduced in the
fenate, for the removal of Muter and Sebanian,
on the grounds either of &C q want of proper
knowledge of the law, or fome impure motives
that appeared to diic over want of integrity"
| In the fenat-, five voted for the refoution,
and four againft it. In the houfe of reprefenta-
| tves, hxtecn were for the rcfolution, and thr-
! teen againft it. Whence it is evident, that al
tho there was not constitutional majority, vet
that majority of both houfes agreed in opini-
/; on, that Geo. Muter the prefent prcfident of
the Kentucky court of appeals, and Benjamin
Sebattian, one of the prefent judges, were men
not Of integrity.
| In this addrefs of Muter and Sebaltian to the
freemen OF Kentucky, mott vindi6tive and ram
corous hatred to the late Gen. BENJAMIN Logan.
is contpicuous. The caufe Of their refentment
was the candour of the general, who difclofed
MANY of the frcrrts of th. ccer;n. hnc~:-.:..-:
This old veteran had in the frf Gages of the
confpiracy, given his concurrence to the
icheme; but no fooner did he diGcover its trea-
ionabie nature, and the calamities which muh
inevitably have flowed 10 the citizens of
Inc union, were the plan put into execute
on, than he made Il full and ample recanta-
ton to many of his friends on the fuhiecf. Let
the reader, therefore, mark the language which
Muter and Sebaftian ufe in fpeaking of Logan
!" In all the previous fcps taken in the houfe
OF representatives, he (gen. Log am took 2 very
actlve part, but yet, upon both votes, he retir-
ca from the houie, aifgning as a reafon for do
ing 10, that hewas too much interened to vote
on the queition"--Ths fhewed a conviction
mat It was lHproper for him to have taken any
part IN the buhnefs, and therefore his conduct.
IS the more'baie and unjultifiable, as it is evident
mar II was aga'nit his better knowledge, and the
dictates OF his confidence. IF his ftuation was
iuch, as to make it improper for him to vote.
how could he juftify the neps he took to inRu.
ence the votes OF Others WAS it proper for
ms dupes and dependents to do, under his in
luence' that which was improper for him
The general values himfelf on art and intrioue
and knrws too well the extent of his influence.
not to have been iatisfed, when he was retiring
from the houie, with the profei1ed deCen of NOT
voting, that he was leaving many behind him
"hoie vo'eS IN favor of the refoution, he had
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retiring, exhibits an example of the erofI;.h bv-
pocrIcy; and the cafe with which the MAG, y,as
ieen through, ought to be Handing leiTon TO
MN hereafter, that all cunning IS tovy, and that
1oHefty however much out of fagion) is fill
the beft policy"
The integrity Of his honour Judge Sebafi.n.
however, appears TO be hereditary for an in
eittment for perjury was preferred againit his
tather Benjamin Sebahian, who died before
"pai determination could be had. This occur
req IN tho cafe OF an action commenced by Ro
pert Alexander, etq. againit John Carlyle, eiq. in
fairIaX county court, Virginia, for the receive
ry OF valuable landed eftate, adjoining the
town OF Alexandria, when on the trial of the
iult, Mr.. Alexander introduced BENJAMIN Sc
DALTON as witneis. A letter from the late
chancellor Wythe of Virginia TO MIR. Aiexan-
der, respecting this fuit was re-Dub(bed in the
'eventh number of the Wcacrn World. from
the Richmond Enquirer.
The agency of Judge Sebaltian in the COM
Pany which dispatched do9or Watkins to Ma.
drld, has been noticed in The two Ialt Numbers
We are authorized Gill farther to ffate, that
Judge Sebaitian particularly urged that the me-
moral to his Catholic Maiety fhould commence
with declaration on the part Of the fubTcribers
expreiiiye of their diCcontent with the govern
ment OF the United States. 1t was iitewife the
earneit dehre of Sebanian that he himfclf fnould
go to Madrid as the agent of the company,
and at meeting held by the members in Shell
lyville, we are informed that his honor was an
pointed; but in an after meeting which was
convened at Frankfort, the Judge was out poll.
cd, and doctor Watkins appointed in his place.
In one or the meetings at Frankfort, his excel !
iency governor Greenup was prefent, but he
DID not become a fubicriber, probably more
from fufpicion of lofeing his two hundred dol |
lars, than from motives Of patriotiim for i'll
his intentions had been patriotic, it was his dr
w TO nave expoied the combination, and TO
nave informed the people. that there was
iociety formed by one ofthe Judges OF the court |,
OF appeals for toe express purpofe of depopu-
'atlng Kentucky, and coIoniGng Spanlih Anne. |
RIGA.
We have directly accufed Judge SebaRian as
hav'ng had an improper connection with Spa |
NTH affairs, & with refpeH to the other Judges of
the court of appeals, we can az poitivey de- |
clare that they were well acquainted with the |