Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-05-03

LOT It's OBJECT The following pnrpoSSS, 10
wit. /. To vent cur spleen against said
Judge. 2. 10 excite him 10 the COM
mission OF SOME act of Uioient Justice
upon our royal person, and thereby rem
der hlmst II obnox ious 10 the penalties OF
the laws. 5. To drag him into con-
lest, hoping thereby to draw some iBdis-
Greet expression from him which would
prove a swee, SAVIOR to his enemies, and
detract from his dig0ily as judicial OIL
Ger. <. 10 revive in the minds of our
loyal subJtc CTS, that noble, d58intereS1ea
and manihcent act of our Exeellency, of
, emsneipating negroes contrary TO lcO,
Tor tue purpose Of procuring Offices.
Aad whereas, we pretended as an ex-
cuse Tor QUE said false, ssandalous, ma
/ llcious, slanderous, llbellous and deisma-
tory publication, that the said opinion oil
the said Judge had been published from
improper motives, and TO crafty polni
cal or private hostility, when in fact, we
knew such an allegation to be unbound
ed, and when no, one word 10 said OPT
Mon Can be tortured into such a cuDslruc-
, lion.
And whereas, feeling for the first time
! IN oufii'e' our eXtrt me stupidity, We did
ipIaglarlze aid Incorporate into our SAID
false, malicious, Slanderous and liacilous
lpubhcation, two admirable expressions
OF our .agorile Junius.
And whereas, the said Judge, mindful
ioI his dignity and SELF respect, has not
.condeacended to po'icc our said false,
malicious, slanderous, libeiluus and de-
Iiamatofy publication otherwise than with
the most sovereign contempt.
And whereas, we are absolutely deter
mined TO make, not only the heohis but
even the judiciary department subser-
Went 10 our roya! Will, and fading this
Judge will pot become obseq1icus there
to, that he will not be aaed by the fear
OF our Excellency's displeasnre, nor the
threats and batteries Of our u1dcrsirap-
pers, but who will upon all occasions,
as he did in the case oi the said comnis-
sioners against orr royal self, upon
faithful examination Of The cause; The
authority OF enlightened juiiais +; from, the
cieares. dictates OF his under stand ny,
aad in pursuance Of ack no " IL dyed law
decide, declare aud publish, correctly,
what the Iaw is, III O.. cases Efouahl be-
him Tor adlutlicatian.
We therefore, in the name of our royal
excelency, and Ly the authority herein
exercised, do hereby, and hereupor, is
sue This our royal Ana hema, and Bull,
against the laws, liberties, and Judiciary
ofthis our realm, and particularly asains
the SAID Judge, Tor The Causes aforesaid,
and thus exciting our royal dlsp!easnre,
CURES following, to wit.
Where's, the Judge Of the second
ludiclaleircuH cfthis our realm, has pre-
anonymously dared to do h,s day. aud
has wholly tailed and refused to swervc
ihereiron, even il opr royal presence,
and in cause where our Exce!iency was
a party, but has had tine hsldinood 10
read an opinion IN open court, and ID our
royal presence, which opinion Was Dot
only founded upon the princi pies OF ,be
" conStit4tion" OF this our resim, aud the
/" common law" and " cOmmon sense,
Gall Of which we have determined tu
abolish) but in pursuance oil the well
settled decisions OF The courts OF Ems land
and these United Statcsi and whereas
he members OF The bar, ai,d other re-
spectacle gentlemen had also The pre-
sumption, believing in The correctness o!
the opinion, 10 request copy thereof
for publication, by which our subjects
Is iaarp al II L.
Us not permitted to violate the laws with
impunlty; aud whereas the people OF OR
said province o. Madison, mentioned III
cur false, malicious, sianderous, libel
lous and deiamatory publication, signed
I" Justice" will not take up arms against
said Judge for the wonderful ofience OF
doing his duty, but on the Contrary will
sustain him even against the force Of our
royal displeasure, disappointment end
modification. We therefore, being filled
with wrath and revenge for the matters
aforesaid, and for the supreme contempt
with which the said Judge has treated
our aforesaid false, malicious, SANDER,
Gus, libcllous and defamatoiy publica-
lion; Do solemnly declare and make
known, that The said Judge is destitute
of the following "requisile qual.hca.
TONS" which are inherent in our royal
self, to wit. he is neither ancient, super
anuated, stupid, ignorant, nor malicious;
he has never visited Russia, London, nor
Paris, nor is he Conversant with the
Is hositions" therein contained; he viii
persist in "bnrning out bis midnight,