Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-12-28

and some, because thcy DO net like the selec-
ton of the tribunal Itself The last politicians
seem 20 us TO have far more reason ON their
s'ir, than the former.
faay means can be devised to fix the in
tcrpreiaiIon of the constitution ON correct
principles, Ia stay the differences of opinion
and the agitation of feeling, which il is too apt
TO eAgcndcr, who can nationally object to il 2
The federal government has ustirped powers
which do no, fairly belong TO il. II has es-
tabi'sheG = national bank it is grasring at a
confront over roads and canals. Its courts
nave virtually decided that any means which
are c0nreatem tothe a;tanmUnto OF Il certain end,
may be- rcsorted to. It's courts have exercised
10y iaw tool a c0ntroul over the state courts /;
aud have gone so far as to drag the states to
their bar, IN cases not recognized by the con-
sitution. Is ii not desirable that these encroach-
menis should be quietly arrested ? And if an
impartial tribunal Is calculated to answer this
object, why should we object to it 4?
This then is some question :-;inother is, is the
tribunal proposed suitable one? II has one
desirable quality, To be sure: il consists nf the
representatives the states; where all of them
without regard to territory ar population, stand
alike to protect their sovereignty aud Ia inter
pref the constitution. The states made il /:
and 1t would seem, that the states ought TO
construe it.-But this one quality apart, what
other recommendations does it possess ?-In
the first place, it is department of one of
the parties concerned The federal es-
P'9t de corps exists in great yigour in that body
Us members have other functions 10 dis
charge; and they are generally selected more
from their character Of politicians, than of
Judges of the constituton.-Ti.ey are lesisa
tors and II seems conrary,to all sound pr;n-
an hntl, 4 4
Legislative rowers.-They are indeed COURT
to try the Judges by Impeachment: but for
that very reason, they ought not first 10 CON
denim the acts of the Judges as contrary TO the
constitution, and then perhaps try the judges
themselves for gross breaches Of the consti-
tuition.
A Tribunal, that is to be of any use, ought
indeed to be impartial. 1t ought to be made
up OF the representatives of states it ought to
be made up OF men, who are not officers of
either government; in whom the esprit de
corps plays not at all, or as feebly as possible.
Tine detail OF their organization we leave
To wiser heads than our own-but the Senate
of the u. S. will never answer.
The Philadelphia d. Press complains that
Mr. Adams has taken from it the publication
OF the laws ofCoEgress and transferred il to
the Franklin Gazette. The latter denies the
motives To which the Press ascribes this pre-
ference, viz: that " Secretary Adams has
yielded to " cid friendships, old eamities. or
political calculations" asserts that il was
owing " to the united, unaniino.is recommen-
dation Of our democratic members of Con
Sress, which, we have understood was present
ed to him in writing, ana earnestly sed up
on his attention ="
GEoRGIA.-A bill for the pcrmanent endow-
ment Of an University has passed the I.e,is-
lature. They have also appropriated halt a
million OF dollars as a School Fund half
oil Inc interest OF goes to free schools and half
70 the endowment of county Acadenics.-An
Internal Improvement Fund is also constituted
10 the same amount. This liberal and enlght-
ened spirit reflects honor upon the state
Ihey have also passed the bill vcsting in the
people the election Of their Governor but
this VIII form no part OF the constitution, un-
less it be confirmed by the next legisiature.-
The bill 10 regulate the intercourse between
The state and u. S. Banks has heen modified.
IN the Senate, but not finally actedon. AS the
bill now reads, ii provides /, that the notes
oil the State Banks presented 10 them BY the
. Bank, shall not be paid in specie, unless
Inc person who presents them shall FIRST make
oa'h that these notes are iona fdc, the pro
perry of the bank, and were not received bv II
with any intention, either directly or indircct-
~, to draw specie from it-2, that whenever a
state bank suspects any person, who demands
specie, of being an officer or agent of the u. S.
Bank, it shall be at liberty TO demand from,
such person an oath that he is not acting for
the bank and 8, that when a state bank re,
fuses to take up its notes in specie when claim
ed by the bank of the u S. such notes shall
not bear intcrest.-The NIiIledgeville Recorder
gives it as its opinion that this bill will become
Il law.
S. CARoIINA.-Itse expected that hin will
pass the legislature permitting emancipation
III cases where contracts for that purpose had
been entered into previous to December last
and tn restrain it in all other s."-Ir
changing the penal code, it will probably be
provided that the murder Ola slave is To be- p,.
nIshedby death" The legislature had resisted
every attempt at the alteration either of the
United States or State constitutions. The
Maryland resolutions relative to the appro
pration of the 10eStcrn hnds had been unan
mously adopted in the Senate
In Pennsylvania, in both Houses of Assem-
by, favorable reports have been made on the
NJ aryland resolutions.
pIRGLNL4 LEGISLATURE.
PRoCEEDINGs OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES