Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-02-17
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
TO puuLlcoL.-oN STATE RIGHTS.

"u arc euRd1tu w great dhV gOOu
cause. Wewerr surprized, when Judicial
supremacy claimed fraliy al The P,esi
dent OF The United States. What will all
our sister states think, when they observe
Thai The same supremacy. claims iraliy el
the sovereignty OF each stale in the Union
ne federal judiciary will soon be suppii
en, WITH due proportion oi feee~ sub
jecfs.
The Judicial power should certainly be
curDed by limitations 80 strOug AS To
prevent lis invasion at pleasure, o! The
sovereign authority of stale. An i'm
partial tribunal Tor decision of consiilu..
ti"na! 1nesiiuus. will he valuable acqui.
sitlon.-Wcre things properly managed,
and government justly administered on
It's apparent federal principles, these
great constitutional qeestiuns would sell
uom or never occur because it Is well
known that such Questions " Ill naturally
excite mmch Jealousy and unra>iness in
Inc individual states ani that The ipdc-
raj Jni.ciarN adheiiug 10 Tie rul,. of unir
Jo'm"y " decision, will always sustain
Opinions anu principles, uniavorabIe Ia
STATE rights Iais Judiciary should only
.ahe c"Sniihce OF quesiiuns arising on
inIerhd,ioni law-pO>t Office Iaws-reve-
nue. laws and laws III iolaiiun to those sub
Jecis purely OF a federal character. Let ls-
Sisiation ON alimaiiers inpaismg or affect.
ibS tue btaie s0vercIgnticS, by interfering
WIN their internal adHInisi,at.o OH or do.
mtsiic police, be forever abandoned. The
ieutfhi legislature should also act more
~ CHARACTER uf COnsr. 50 of anbassa.
dois, ihan Congress I'll legislators no
cuiiiSi"nS would thea occur. and the
Congress might Dispatch Tie business of
ne Union Ill Il niuHtii, and return home
Id their private affairs all tendencies 10
consolidation would he radically arrested.
We musl all certainly a, knowledge. tina,
the more NC advance towards consnli,ia.
lion, ilr more ae advance towards dissu
luton OF The Union.
Judicial power seems nut 10 have been
duly understood and auaiyzpd bv us. a
IudHe can do The most mischief. and We,
lie Is HE most irresponsible officer I'm ,he
federal government lie holds his office
Tor HE wisli an .,udcpeudeut salary. Iu-
peachMent affords no secnri,y The ac,s
Of nisbeha,iOr are d. find by judicial
sagaclly, extremely favorable 10 The cause
OF any mp acticd judge the rules Of
evidence aiid proceedings, a,e moulded
by The Same sagacItx equally favorable .
persons professionally bred up In a strici
adherence 10 teclIniraiiiics and legal de-
hni,ions, most generally sci on lie trial ::
sometimes they are. ur have bpeu, Orsx
peel Ia be, mrmbers OF the same FRAZER
Hiiy or craft: under the broad ureiexi
OF error IF judgment, a judge will gene.
rally escape: corruption fragrant ana
palpabie, can seldom be punished trial
by impeachment hath often been com
pared 10 farce. The primitive powers OF
government, are uuiied ia the character
or lndee 10y his own assumptions: he
can MAKE law, expoumd and execute
he same la" the rules oil constitution
VIII always enable a judge. 10 make one
or two new laws oui of an act OF the ie.
gislatu'c: he Will explain 10 The jury tie
meaning at his new law, aHd Instruct
ihem 10 llnh accordingly: he can, by
admissibi!iiy and imadni.ssibiliiy OF tes-
timony; explanation of t;iaence AS
wen as law instructions. Tor rather COM
mands) To the jury ,,ling aside The YER
uici' ana otherwise managing tbe jury,
nave just such verdict, returned as he
thinks proper.
In fact federal Judge few years
ago did declare, that he uonld not
record verdict, which in his judgment
was contrary Ia law, evidence, or mer-
question, That judge oniy,'i il pleasclll
num- oah near, Try aud determine IA suii ::
tile marshal Is The officer oI the Judge.
who has d' fined The mii,isie isI duties III
his oihcer Oh The smallest deviation
from duly. the Judge decides aud assesses
lie hn', or damages, by himself or bv The
jury HE faithful execution of his oro-
cess or final sentence, IS as well eusu'eJ
as II Ike Judge personally acted: The off
Ger rarely Gis0beys his master. the
Judge.
We have just reasons 10 affirm that
Jadge"cra/f, is worse than king craft and
prteSt'crd)t, as history records The fact
t!'ai king craft aud prie t-craH under their
diff .niiies aud criHes, freq uenil, devend
on Judge traH for aid and relief. II has
been often called iaW orsft no doubt The
judy churklrs by himself, when so well
sheltered by the attachment OF The odium
on The layer and jury, instead Of him.
self. Ii is high time for The truth 10 be
known lie lawyer should assert his in
nocence, by assuring The world, tia, if
insensibly he praciises any craft, he learn,
II from The judge; aud that the elementary
books put into Tie hands Of lis Iouib.
were written by judges. As this is The
ara of good feelings, aud We are al peace
with The world, we should not lose a ,no-
meul IN making The requisite amendments
To The federal constitution. Criio assures
his fellow cilIzrns generally. that he
writes in the benevolent spirit of Publi
cola he oasis out 10 dIshonorable lm
puialions or personal ridiculous. L.. ar
CUES on principles founded on facts, on
Tie abnse Ut power, aud degeneracy OF
man. lie most dev0uily implorrs Thai IN e
Gruefdl Assembly may sil until The 3ist
day OF Mar u, II they cannot sooner Oc-
c"py ihe proper positions successfully TO
maintain ide sovereignty OF lfe stale.
defenders OF tite federal constitution III
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