Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-02-24
From The National Insslliseacer.
Argumsat Of Mr. HARPER iasths case 2
4lsssYS. Ballmal and Srcartto5s
FcoNTINUER,

: this cours the power 10 Issue ariss OF ma.
beaa .scvepas IA subjscirudun ths aexi
question is, wnsther congress- had alsAo.
3, l.y hy constitution TO coatss taas paw !.
CT
The aushosi,vsae congress must be test.
s ed Is the ,conssaii.lan. and If ttsay shaa:d
s3osas 10 this court 10 have exeessssd israits
t..srS psrscribsd, adtaa shaI THIS S0ar Z
mus. consiJsr 1sleir act as v3ia am not
! onsysons OF .tasse whq aainis.tais posssr la
car cosris, tha power Of ce.laGag al act
.Ut congress white eos.stisnaaas wssea u
ea.nes sIalisiatly before them, aaa dc.
s,elaTlngit void il against ssfe constitution,
3 bu. cantsad for and prize this power as
ssne of the BIS: barriers agaiass $ Rpfesstcn,
IN asctua:isns Of faction, ia those nmes or
~parsy siol-nee, which result iram tie oae-
ration Of The hannah passions III a popular
goysrnaseu., as naufasly asssvsrs resuit
: from the circulation Ct HE blood, and tenn
nests grom the na9Gion, and properties oi!he
a1nos phsse. liz the sioleacr OF those Po.
lisical stor oa, which tbs history OF she hu.
nan race warns Us 10 expsct, this shelter
may lad Cd he fonad iasefheien,; butweak
as It may be, il is our best shope. aud.
10 ny.judgneas its;s the part OF patriot
ismstu pahald aud slrenghsu II 20 tae Ut
most.
Bus'wh;le my feeble shaN, for these
.~reasuns, be raised, on every h'oscasion,
in behalf Of this power 10 shsjsoicia's de-
partment, shall also contend shatii IS
power OF delicacy interior only TO It's.
importance; ,rhseh ought 70 be exercised
with the sounJss, dseresloa, and 10 be re
served for.lhe elsases: and gfeaIss: coca.
ssions. B
Ths.qaess;on then is, whether congress
haze aufhoslty tader the constitution. to
cpnfss sentae supreme court the Rs@sr OF.
issuing wits CT habsas corpus ad snblc'-
eodum! This question depends oc $50.
thsi; Whether this poger OF Jurisdiction
be in lis nature original or appellate! Inc
original iaflsdscsion oil the suprsns eoaft,f
being cou6ned 70 certain speesfed cases,
Of which this issnot oae, it follows thas
this p3wer, if original iniis nature can.
NOT be conferred on, or exercised by that
COURT.
To Investigate on general principles eff
law. the dissiacsien between original ana
appellate iafisdiesioh, would lsad9e amore
minute ahd extensive discussion, shan time
could be spared for, from the nameroGa &
impoYtant avocatiaus OF This court and
would also require the cousIderas'ao OF
mar, authorizes 80 which cannot have
recourse. Eut fus,unasesy this has been
rendered unnecessary, by the decision es
this court, in the cvlebra cd eas= com mon-
" eallsd the mandamus case. In thar pro,
found and learned decision, which has beea
read with reverence aud delight by evsry
man of information in this eeuasry, this
cour, has arawn with equal perspiculsy ard
exactness, the line OF Discrimination be-
tween original and appellate power
TIE case is reported in /. Craach, AID
the part of tito which refer. iE~ toundsn
page IT'S. These are the words OF the
Count--
..7'e enable this court then to issue
msndamus, it must be shewn to be az ex-
ercise Of appellate jurisdiction, ortc be ne.
cessary TO enable them 10 exercise appellate
iurisdiction.s
Ii has been stated at the bar, that the
appellate Jurisdiction may be exercised IN
variety of forms; and that /! j, be the
vill cf the legislature that a mandamas
should be ssed for that purpose, that will
mas, be obeyed. This is true yst the
iurisdlcsion must be appellate, not or'gi-
nal"
aIs IS The essential criterion OF appellate
;urisdistioo, thar il revises aud eorreets
proceedings in cause already iasslsa'ed,
md does no, create that casss. Although
thersfore u.aadamus may be directed TO
ccurss yet TO issue srch.a writ TO az elh :
Ger, for the delivery of pspsr. is.in sheet