Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-04-28

- ~ ihE EDITORS OF THE ENQUIRER.
HsNTLEMEN-AccOrdia 10 The iatimatiJn cor
td.nsd az my address tn you Of The ia NJ april in
~htch endedr0ured to Shelr, thai from nbrious
cChSttt.t'oh~ UincipleS the po'rsr - Gmsnd Tie
,ngtHta CgtH""ftont Is not lcittip the paie # fht
Jhdlcl0y n0iC propose e. Sieir fd0t II Is me- H. =
~ 'neTptd,ent to dRep9H in TIE lndRuer coRtss,-
piatcd by the 5lOt IN the Superior Court Of gf-.-
q9!er. me section of the constitution to trsi,h
OBJECTION ms been rqiscd reads THIS: The ire
sent nlhtld officers shall he colfiFuj and ,..,,,,,,
cieS sHpp'ied6y GppoiRtmctn Of NE Gorcrnor i,itL
the PIlry Council recommendations from fbe
respectire copRfy c9iWts km the Governor and
Co'nctt Shdb nice pOlcsr of SgSpeHdiRg dRy off,
GER and ordering Court NarfidiOr cOtgDi,,jrt 81
miSbehGcioWr iPdJiiity or to SurDly T.icgDciss
81 CpIc"S Tllfn IN actual service - the ;rord
or % tsomdT being thesrcrd Uhich iSprODoSed To
o. @sse,fe 70 o" tie consequence Of ,chjch. as
Er'caire qo'cer. Taking a. for granted. that
the Po'rer Of efScti9g this alteration erids only
IN convention OF the people, let ne era,nire
~''e'Hsi q ic0hd be good p0tlcJ an such tribunal
70 mike sac. an alteration BIZ ,Cqv of promising
let Il be admitted for arguments sake that tie IN
GictdTy hare compete c0eHl=grcc Of this question
ask, can the Jndge * common lac rules of con
structlon by tchich he Is gaiGed IN construing IN
StTHnenfs OF 1rrihHc, eject the alteration cons
se'epiafed Mase the 'corSt Of the l3h section,
as JkH quoted, and you arrire at this conclusion
tht as tidt section nor stands The cordS of IL ad-
mn OF Out one pam construction that the kf ysgoe
OF az n1H gre rsse TO refined nicely Of gram.
maticd' criticism, and that there as sort of tau
t0togy orJfpetl0R Of The same idea an the first and
fdSe Parts OF the clause. Take it then as bad
grammar. docs grammatical error hare ann in
tHeRce Hpen the construction Of an instrument
= 9"Soer' thet, ny a marin Of the common mr.
lhd6 grammatical nan tStiaf c,igTt,pa 4" TTe; -
no alteration can be affected on that yrolp9 II Is
dS6ed aoIo can tdutOiogy of expression authorize
a forced construction IL the eiq1hatic L,ngta0c
g another common ialC marin, I answer quo
ties an reTbs auiia est dnbicuitas ibj mill. Inn
fond % n,
o. these maT1nls the fact of the common coRsirHc-
non ~ that section II nor reads according IN
aus paEpdbte import by practice utmost immemoral
ana as recognized by seUera legislature acts ,uith-
IN me last thirty years and I an frrrruBt,d in
ronndy asserting, tOhat cisted to premise. that
no Judge eren Vih jurisdiction of the matter
coHid alter The W0rd IN question IL come nom TO
tae CTenSibte object Of this communication by en-
w. a"s tnto tne erpedlehcyo OF amending The section
"a question. The efect of such an amendment
upon the po,Cers of the gOrerRor Icovid bnre n
GRIPPING tendency to Which I am hostile. Place
nc rord "On' IN tie stead of the ,pori - or" and
az once IS Subrerted that political as tceH as phi
tOSoW'cat drtOm that the lesser cdn aereT cOufrou
me greater pofCer. Blythe chdnge proposed. the
cOh"ty couf has the capacity Of OPERATING nncon.
tro"ldbty upon the entire erecutipe Tbp coyufy
coH't rould hare Only to command and the prirV
council iCOHId be 0biigrdfO oyise 1ccorojugl,, o1d
70 cgP the cfimdr of The (arce the goreJ,or ,ro,d
oe o0hged TO confirm The Gdrice and rpcomweD,ia-
tt0A o 10Th thus one Of the highest branches oF
we Stu'e apartments tCORtd become the snLOrdi-
nate tool Of mere county court The secfiou
Wov'd most clearly Ne obligatory upon the governor
ana dny tclgW neglect OrTefHsal ia him to com
MISSION according tO the prosecution of the conn
~ court tc0Hh amount 10 q misuser in office "a,
oPeRce J0T Uhich he could be impedchcd. Nor If
tat egectS Of such an dmeHdmeHt UOHd 7raTrggf
me rtecs hare tdten Of the subject. does IL not
seem ABSURD That Sgch one should erey be promo.
sea and, especially 50, rhen the object could be
aTtred az rttom PTostratiRg the dignity and
WH0' 81 the gRbernotOriaichaif bv pragino fhqff The
WHole P2~fT Of commissioning officers shonh be
~ once todged IN The court Of the cOuBfg? Coot
any possible secTifytO state interest rriSe ow NJ
WseJ@cfcdI Jorudkfy Of an erecutire sanction {?
dteoIgWg my Uie'Cs Of the subject The grounds Of
t'e "doocmfS jar county court pOmeT trOuh be Efy
ttHS ttcepttOHable M thus atteBlDfiHe 10 spcYre
ms, FtsdtctioHto The court uifhod iyirolriHp one
~ me highest branches of tie state into such a
ridiculous dilemma.
bhen tce took aJroqd into other siqtes nj The
Union md see the eftensiye gube'ndOriai patron-
are dtloired UndeT their constitutions fbsTe is byf
me ground for enryiag the Hitic patrozqee of n
InRinia Corernor. lie has undcr tie constifa-
non no original ercinsire PATRONAGE. The HffIc
PoiceT, Wiieh me section Wnder consolidation Sc
cures 10 htt, as merely power Of exercising nj
discretion. When he appoints, IL can opfj benf
the suggestion either Of the county court orof his
coHRcu Such discretion IS perfectly consistent
ritz proper distribution Of the eocrrraegial
Poicers Of tie state and oteHtnes Is nccessayg to
P'gticc and the hoHOr Of the militia Of tic cam.
o'oH'ceath. SWch Gentlemen, are tie rie,rs NJ
your correspondent. lie has IN hefrst place Igied
10 shcr thot qHesions of this sort ,cere ithou the
contrib ~ the jVdgc he has then by run Of ar
bamcRt ScHp that by rHies " common Lifr and On
Pocfce nO forced construction can he placed gpyH
ihiS 'of6'E u asa mere ifSirma1nt NJ ,rriYinr