Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-03-31

as. Is tbs suii commenced or -.
ted against state" at all! Orish.'
Their an application for the cnns,i,nG.'
reference 81 The supreme cont. IN
commenced and prosecuted by .,,,',s
if am wrong in this, | surely cano~
/ saying, that if it be a suit aga;,,
as The party appealing is ci,i.e, ~
state, and not citizen CT another .,,s
yet a citizen or subject OF fo,eiy,
the case cannot be brought within III. -.
ton. created by the amen imen, ~,
drawn from the jurisdiction Of tbs ~
court.
With regard to The merits Of The f..
lar question out Of ahich this d;scr..:
grown. deem 1t unnecessary 10 d.,.;.
senate very long. Indeed ar no, 49,.
to do so, if such we're my dispo,i,i,' y
time and means OF information a5c,..
nave enao'eo me 10 lake but very cernl
view of this subject. That view h,s.
has led me TO conclude, tina, The law ~,
which ao authority has been claimed n
lottery tickets within your limits rsr.,
tende'' to give such an authority: o.,
il did, il was itself law without ,D,h.
And such, ! venture 10 predict, will b.
decision of the federal court. In ,b;,I
be mis!aken-and if am, | shall not /.
tate to avail myself OF the superior i.
which their decision will afford, to ,s,,
and if convinced, 10 correct The ouD,
which | have thus hastily formed; for vi.
ever others may think, sir, can never
myself degraded by the respec, enter,,
or the difference may he disposed to 81,
toward. that distinguished and enIigh,s.
tribunal.
A few words more. Mr.. Speaker an |
have done. have not opposed these reo
tons on the ground sometimes assume
that the states have no right ever to nerf,,
in the operations Of the general goyemner
There might be occasions, in which the !.
reference of a stale Legislature would +.
come, not only right, but solemn du-|
occasions on which we should owe i,O|
our constituents and to ourselves not onI \
resolve but 10 act. Yes, sir, whenever IL
constituted authorities Of the general I'd
vernment, forgetting the source, al
trsnscending the limits OF their power, ,bll
boldly, wiliulIy and corruptl7 violate
lights of the states and The Liberties Of (
people, you will be looked TO as The gu;
iian, of the one, and the defenders oil
,ther; and for such occasions your strerr
,bould he reserved. Your own good 81
must tell you, that If every difference ole
mon between yourselves and the gena
is 10 constitute an occasion ID
or even for an ;ppea! to the Al
horty Of the people. the union is at an en-.
The seeds Of disaffection sown by yaI
lands, e. nuItured by your care, will sod
,vershadow the land OF your fathers An1
confusion anarchy and usurpstion will b
ne products of their growth. Let me q,
ireat you then 10 pause. As you love Id
Liberties OF the people as you value VI
lights Of the states-as YOU estimate ID
blessings Of the union. pause and cOniiis
we'll. the course you are about to pursue
The effects anticipated, may not H''
low Immediately from the decision Of q
lay. But the work Of TO. day, will cOn;'F
ute a prcceden; for tomorrow. And
hat, which you have intended as :Inr'
protest. your SUCCESSORS may give me l0'1
md substance OF actual and undisguised d
distance 10 the established gov ernment.
A trial took place at Frederirk,ovr
Md. which commenced on tie Ia
INST. and lasted six days, Of an anusn
'haracter, in conducting which. 81
perceive eight lawyers were employdI
1t was an Indictment against the edli'l
IF the Political Examiner, for lid
IN one of the Associate Judges oil u
Fifth Judicial District of the state d
Maryland. The editor pied not gully
and gave the truth in evidence. uDtd
The act Of Assembly. passed in 1906
The verdict re. urncd by the Jury VA
Not Guilty." Nat. Iass'
Mr.. BROUGHAN.
IN consequence of the insinuatioa