Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-11-19
THEW SERIES No. IL.

record; but we have Judge M Roberts
own confession, " that through the Ltess
at busHt SIS and inadvertenCe oil the clerk,
j. as omitted" And in addition to his,
Mr.. West, the cleik, has told e, that
he had not understood The Judge as pro-
ncuncipg judgment, ara oi course 10
judgment had been entered by bin.
This is confirmed b, ny attorney, Mr..
Starr. And again the Judge ssys I've
chad to so TO BelIe,,Iit neal morning
to holG court, aud could not dutLu :, 1t
personally" lhis shows ttaI Il }uag-
ment were pronounced al all, il was on
the last day OF the ccur (my inlurn ation
was thai he rejected ny apptuaton tel a
new trial late 10 the cyCtlug CT tie iast
day, and bur ieW minutes before tie
adjournment OF tbe courO ard ct course
there was no juGgn,en, 10 tXis efa at
the time OF pronoun,.ng his famous FL
mon, afterwards printed, which it viii
be rScoIltcted was delivered several
DAYS prsviuus. Now il the Judge pro-
nounted judgment on tbs las, day q he
court, ii is conclusive that there eoh i'd
have beer no previous ]udhmen oh ie-
cord, and therefore he was not ariant-
ed III asserting IN an opinion delivered
some DAYS before. that ave hove only o
look at The record where the original
cause of ACTON has merged in judg-
ment."
7h and last. Judge MR. b,rs de-
MES being Influenced oy the otives lie
says | have attributed to hin. Or this
subject, having already given iai and
explicit state ment, | am wiling tdteaye
The issue 10 those who will take tie
trouble OF reading at hat has b, ti PRINT
ed and written IN relation 10 bis opinion.
To these details viii ado TOW gcne-
raj remarks on some OF the n.ost re-
markab,e 'Cpics ~ reduced INTO Jpage
NJ Rohcrs' as, letter.
He asks in the ost aLtf ofaiive and
despoic style, "wbo has iven ne he
power 10 sep in and intrude Il ystt I'D
my conceptions upon tie nen bars ct
the judiciary 10 instruct then' ~fat IS
novel or what is correct docirlne F1nm
whence is this mighty power osfiN.o;
has II any existence IN right, CT Mas
such an unwarran able iu,,rertncs @ttr
before heard toi !"-- Aud H. he IL .tsaS
OF his passion and conceived po"er he
asks, I" is this to be tolerated % must
euireat the JuGse to moderate bis pas
sious, and 10 eLdeavor TO check his self
consequence aud exert his reason, aud
he viii ihon perhaps be enabled 10 dls-
cover lhas lie is nlsisken IN the powers
ard privileges WITH which he cunoelves
himself 10 be inVestet--that he has not
been elected an absolute sovereign, bot
only Judge. and that too II republic,
where II pow or is gwen tn officers, his
are secured to CIilztns-that ht IS not
nfallibe. nor placed beyond The censufe
and control oi the people, wEose atat
and servant he is. Whether his prloe
and self importance will PERM, hiu. 10
believe ibis or not, can tell bin, II he,
ceiling power and forgetting riph',' will
not tolerate II, shall nevertheless CON-
tinue TO exercise the privilege Of frce-
man, an snimadvert upon bis tfhcial
conduct Whenever | shall CONCEIVE my
interest ul that OF the public requires l..
/ his shall do under the firm belle that
the free institutions OF my country give
me "the power 70 step IN and lD,rude
myself," and that both reason and 'righl'
Warrant such an interference IN public
end official matters. Aud here it is due
to me, and 10 this occasion TO say, that
wbiis, contend for the wight OF the ci-
tizen in such cases, cepsure and disap-
prove OF any thing like indecorum 10
any tribunal OF the government, and also
OF offensive and abusive epithe,s in tho
exercise Of The privilege secured to us
all OF amin adverting upon the official
conduct OF public servan,s.-And herel
must take occasion further TO say, that
The language contained in the piece
signed " Justice" is, in my opinion. de-
corous and suitable to the occasion; and
as Judge M'Roberts has represented it
as containing language the " nos. foul"
|. abusive,' ofensive,' nsultiag,' and
app led to it divers other such cpl, cts, l
must request that if he should think pro-
per to publish his letters, that the piece
signed Justice may again be printed,
10 enable the Ju.ge to Judge o. cha
racler, and how Tar it warrants its hard
epilhets, or justi6es him in insiiutlng a
suit against me to recover five thousand
dollars for writing and publishing it.
Judge MRoberts asserts that "tho
only persons he ever spoke 10 in relation
TO his decision before it was made was