Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-02-18

pdtiOuoSc nor nave b ever SOtSut iOt
popularity but 10y deserving it.
And IL all the different stations have
filed, (ii some OF which was rendering
services TO my country, when the mem
leFs OF the present executive council
We're, most If not all OF them, pulling IN
their nurses armS,) while my natural dis
position, as well as my principles, pre-
vented me from Intentionally giving nnne-
cessary or wan!On offence To any one
Yet nave never sirank from doing what
considered my duty, 10 avoid the dis
pleasure of any created being, or .rCm
fear OF his enmity.
However, notwithstanding these proofs
OF confidence, which have 20 long ard
50 cDniinuedly received, the honorable
members oi oHr present executive, have
laYailet themselves; O. the iaW recently
passed n declare, 1iai f.sy 20 nUl .hink
me WORTH any longer 10 preside oven the
criminal jurisprudence OF this city; and
have therefore left me out OF the present
commission.
duct Ola fe9sra} executive! And towards
whom Towards usii kso4.. fede'aLst;
than whom there IS nut III ,his state q
gentleman. whose PRINCIPLES and whose
practice have been more Undevlatlngiy,
nore correctly uniform and decided, I'M
mlbit;ered by party ranccr, unpoliutcd
by sOrti5 interest - ieSards Il T. le,dtfst,
/ tearnot 10 be Thought vaiN tor saying
t.a,n whom tAere Is not In Maryland,
mon, whose ic al requirements rcn or
. hiu f'fcf for the uliCe--and whose &C
cepjance o. i, would have done as much
, honor 10 the executive appointment, -
tJ.irae poigt.oelt cuuld have done kcAor
10 him.
3 these honorable gentlemen, for
who Ni.' dare e. doubt tat tn y are en-
lifted o hIs Appreciation Viii ! hope -
cuse ere, irisst,e5 O. sinking under SO
pomiel iua. oi ihau Misrepresentation,
cndesTa 70 support II without losing my
fOrtitude or my temper; and tiiis l am
the better enabled To- do, from the socih-
ing consciOusn, -, tnat the legislature,
when thew passed the law, had 10 mtel-
ton such effect Should follow from ID, but
on the contrary, contemplated MY re-
appointment as an absolute ceys1iAtg, aud
that great majority Of that body will
eeimuch greater Indignation than my
self; Us we'll as from the most perfect
conviction that nay reputation or cnarac
ter are nor hcd by me Oh So feeble or so
caprlciOuS a tenure, as iilat OF executive
breath. While at the same time they
have, however undesiguedly, done an act,
which is not only highly advantageous 10
ny interes nut has saved me from The
painful alternative Of totally sacrificing
that interest, which Justice 10 myself and
To those vho e dependent on ne, must
have forbldien-or, perhaps, by declin-
ing to serve itany longer Of being thought
wanting 10 gratitude TO state, to WHICH,
am proud to acknowledge myself under
80 many and SO great obligations.
However, as my good friends, for
such, in truth, ] once foolshly thought
them, have by leaving me oui ~ the
commission, as faraS III them kay, stigma
tiled me as person unfil any longer TO
perform lis duties and az the hrst OF
March will soon arrive, | am aot So desi-
rous of iniiicting punishment upon any
person, how much sOeVer he may deserve
IT, nor 50 fond of exercising little brief
authority TO the last moment possess it,
as 10 be induced thereby to pTeyent those,
whose prosecutions are sti!i depending
from enioying the benefit of 4 trial before
Judges, whose superior abilities VII in
sure them superior advantages.
IN descending from tbs Bench, shall
once more, take my station, in perfect e.
quality among my professional brethren,
no longer trammelied with that distinc-
ton, which fora short time existed dis
tnction which ! never wished should he
! felt, butwhile on The Bench, a,dtiep@.iy so
/ far, as might be necessary for oydef anil
dec0IRnl.
shall now once more return 10 the
| peaceful paths otpIyate life, for which
| ain best fitted, and TO NY professional
pursuits, which, from my late official du-
lies, have been greatly interrupted -
| While walking III those paths, and cuga-
/ raI 1tl fl,psQ prretsffe my fortauf 100.