Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-02-01
NAV be replied, that the agitations Of that state,

sound more in words than in substantial DANA
ees. Men whom we daily see here with us
from that State, are too wise ard too patriotic
to suffer that or their country to receive any Sc
rious injury from these discords. One eminent
citizen lately returned to her bosom, has ex-
changed too many and too high pledges with
the nation, ever to give the aid OF his influence
TO any unreasonable sectional demands; and
without that aid, no such demands can be dan
perous to this Union. After all, none OF us Can
fairly say, that this question, growing as II does
out of Treaty, either fairly or flaudulentiy
made, threatening, as it is represented to be,
is Of Legislative, and not rather Of judicial Jurs-
diction 1t would be indeed surprising il a suit
either at law or in equity, between parties ol the
highest rank, should ever agitate or endanger
the Government of this country The other
dissatisfied State has deposited stake in the
Union, too dear to ner ambition to do or con-
sent to single deed, perious to tina, deposlto-
~. Her illustrious citizen is candidate for
the next Presidency. Will she abate the titl' ,
and sink the fee simple of the whole estate, be-
fore she can place her tenant in possession OF
| his term? .r..
The numerous resolutions for altering the
| form of our Government, viii follow the name
rous generations Of the same race, which have
gone before them. We shall discourse and vote
concerning them; bind, letter, and deposite them
in the Legislative archives: and the million CO.
pies of them printed, and spread over the coun-
try, will survive as long, and subserve the same
purpose, as does The fugitive fabric Gin which
they live, and move, and have their being
! The People will (thanks be TO Him who has
blessed them with the right if they please, and
when they please. amend their Constitution; all
our profound reasonings, and patriotic recon-
mendations, 10 the contrary Notwithstanding.
The President does not, and trust in God
no Chief Magistrate of the United States ever
| will, set on throne. There nov lives, and de-
| lightful is the hope that for many coming cen
turtles there will live, in this first, and perhaps
last, region of genuine Republican Govern
ments, many Junius ready 10 raise the hand.
brandish the crimson steel, and swear by the
Guardian Power Of Nations, that in our Rome,
while he lives, no king shall ever reign. The
distinguished gentleman, now directing the Ex-
ecutive affairs Of the United States, was placed
in his seat, in the same Constitutional manner,
as was one other great citizen OF our nation,
heretofore placed there; and trus, he will hold
his place as securely, and as prosperously, as
did that illustrious individual. Whether he
will have another term, is another question:
The solution Of ii depends on the nation and on
himself II that be not obiyious Of its own in
! terest, and il he continue to be the same en-
lightened statesman, the same ardent patriot,
the same exemplary Christian, prophecy need
not be invoked 10 tell us, that the nation will,
for the usual period, continue to benefit of his
labors, and to participate his fame.
Throughout the whole debate, the opposers
of the system of the resolution misconceive, for
they continually misstate, the objections made
by the opposers of the system Of the bill. They
call them, LIST. A denial of justice. Cd. They
, pronounce them to be the same oppressive
measures which originated the war Of indepen-
dence. Sd. They denounce against them the
lex lalionis 4th. They warn them that their
Supreme Court will become odious to the Peo-
pie.
Does the present system deny justice to any
man? Extra judicial causes may obstruct the
course of it; but is that denial of the right to
Justice itself? AS well may they say, that be-
cause the snags and sawyers of their rivers OBJ
st"uct the passage Of their vessels upon them,
Government, unless she remove those obstruc-
tons, denies the right of these people to navi-
gate those waters. The opposers of this bill
are not answerabe for the inconvenient struc-
ture and slow movements Of the old Judiciary
machine, or the diminished quantity Of work
produced by its operations Neither do they
propose to repair it by some two or three addi-
iional wheels, or any quantity of supplemental
gearing They do not believe it worth repair
ing; or that any amount Of costs will put 1t in
condition to do the judicial work Of the nation
even "pretty WELL" for any thing like "tweniy
years" They propose TO rebuild it on the
true Constitutional model; and accommodate
its structure; speed, and production, to the
mo ements, and wants of the present, and pro.
bahe future, condition of the nation. Adopt
the system of the resolution; and you will have
no obstruction, no delay, no denial of justice.
VIVA, is there, in the opposition 10 this bill,
resembling the unfeeling and oppressive causes
Of the Re, dictionary war? Are the opposers
kings? Are the advocates of it their colonists?
Do these men at their own pleasure, appoint,
pay, and displace, the Judges of those courts?
Do they deprive them Of the trial by Jury: or
do they, for trial, transport them out Of the Vi
cinage, and beyond sea! These were among
tie causes which produced the war Of the Re
voution; and separated these States from the
parent nation. What in this procedure resem-
bes those causes? Yet this parallel has been
drawn in this House; and the sketch, such as 1t
is, published, sent over our country, and will be
spread over Europe. son eagles wings, I'M.
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