The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-04-20

''J'1'eI iiltH ptiha'ns aud thus vs.
mint every few years be- ravol Iflor.izlnr
oui government. Voted the .,ssinn be.
i9te the last against Inc blll, breaus, Il was
III my opinlon Ion the general good. aud
1tc2nse majority of Ill snrh of mv-con.
7ttuenls AZ would express an opiulnn on
NE subject. expressed lhat oplnios against
toh'rntl u. ! voted at the last session
"ehlnsl Il, because ! was oirrte! bY The
pc rplr WITH the exp ess uudcl. ,andng thai
ND aud would a. IN ,utr against on ,
and would have considered myself trai
Tor 10 ny constituents, had ,ut.d other.
WISE, l.housn nv opDnlon mi.h have b, en-
changed | have been more trdiou- On
tins 5pbIrct lhAn otherwise should have
been, from having been. as | conceive.
wantOnly singled npt and ATTEMPTED ~ h.
held mp TO pnnllc ndium, by thr rdltnfs of
the lr5lai'n, tor having gwen my #,oic a
galnst the bill spoken Of Il dl.s not accord
with the utlemen's Opinions, soppn,..
but why ,roge me out, Ian 1t ln,e l.
know, especial, az the, knew luog ago
that was no candidate, aud Therefore II
was not necessary for tnelr purpose. Up
on tins subject | will ulak, onlt oos ~ tan
more remarks. That II heho,es III thns,.
who are redlly attached To. aud WISH ~
promote The welfare of their ousir., To-
look, When they II. ~ conpiatcls ahaui our
political Institutions, aud consider vii thr
source from whence they romr. Do YOU
not k1ow HAT some mrn mike II then hu-
slness Ia write themselves into fortune,
aud into power, by wiring dow the gov.
crumtul
One subject OF legislation TO which your
attention NOS probably called during ia
last winter, was the bill authorizing Mr.
Jefferson 10 dispose Of h,s estate by Iottcr
iv0ted against the bill onIts previous stages,
but was not present at rs passage. | ,lrw
ed II a. furnishing bad precedeni,as d'd
of The Yorktown 3lil n last year. BON
these bills were passed, IN my Judgment,
ny lobby and Richmond influence.
Another subject, which excited much
attention, and 10 winch took moro tl,An
an ordna part, was the attempt 10 palm
upon the people Of Virginia the dan
dangerous precedent of appointing Judges
to perform the dullrs of Judges Brown and
Wbue, aud sullrr them to remain - nom
maj Judges, for the purpose of drawing
then salaries; although, AS represented.
they had beco -, from age aud pdraiy,
utterly mcapacilated from ever more SER
sIn., The Country To any beneficial pnr-
pose, A. JuJse Browns Case H4s QUE OF
long stdudng ana took much Of our tlnr
and attention. AT n tormrr session, aud tnre-
serlna toat the giie' ante. at the people, 10
rrpr, seated, mouid cause IN passage at
the blll, aud the establishment Of = prrce
dent VIII Il would insure The pas-ase ~ tae
bill IN Judge Whites case, d d all other
similar cases which mi lit occur, aud
seeing that they would ,uo' resign, aud
| that the bill, If passed, vas dal garsus de-
parture from the principles OF our consiltp-
ton, which, in my humble opinion, pldlhi,
points ont remedy; | deened It 80 -
persons duty To bring the constitution Ia
bear upou the cast, NO., II possible, a,h Al
The measure, and give them Judge II =
constitutional n,anuer and, II they rrtnsr Il
10 smreude thelr comm IssIun, 10 nrlng a.
bout the necessity Of Imprachmg Il Judge
who was himself the last To do justIc, By
chasing the commonwealth from lis part
of a contract whrn he MAS rendur inca.
| pahlr nf performing his own part. Under
tnrsr circumstances, az no other man
would take a staud against The prncpie
| ana | urged lhr NECESSITY of II on many
! | drew ~ and sub ult,ed the preamble y
resolutions ~ hlch have no doubt did DE-
| feat, the Bill, and nhlch. aitel lis deicat
| brought forth JUDI Browu's,nr what goes
under the name of Jndga Brown's, lamaus
! letter f abuse on me-, aud Of insult TO n,
! house Of which | VAS q me nbcr, and the d
! huse hraprd on me IN tht Stdunion and
| charlottesville paper 1T prevto"s date Il
! the Judges letter. These, as we'll as the
| letter, were writeo IN all the domlnerung
! spirlt ct arlaf"clacy winch none ar les
! prevails IN many parts OF THIS Stat" Bot
myself md others OF the Legislature and
aul of IT, heretofore, nave been ac,ustom-
ed, To respect tlit head aud heart Of tn
! } ldgr, aud 10 man with Nhnm conVers-
! 81 OF tn subject Of the letter bch,vrd toi
d mo rpnt that b. ever wrote i. Fathers
! g,Nrin Noulh, bat old age aud humanity
submit To be governed 10y thar enid l.
| \ ou have seen the resolutions, anu tbr l't-
ter. viii nov show YOU sontol the ~
I'D. nee. nn winch TIM resolutions "erc
/ tuhnutu, dnu eI'i You 10 I'M l'p'y ~ "i''
10 the letter puhWned ~ the " Wig
vltn thp letter, md t, lertrr, Of mn'
- ahoat the sam. date wrtten 10 a
rrnd, i copy of winch rtf'nrd, and
he enl'n snhJ II. for a 'leo u tn ha7t ID
chlch the matter al thai umr WaS 'irNcG
Ivy myself, cod nay venture Ia sil %!
m4ot other me,ube,s. Last ye.r the
Judge W. rrPrr-eatrd To asvc paralyuc
strike. winch nd deprived hrn Al nos, -
tfely Of the US" o. ms rlsht -dc, AID 'hl'
hs wa. aud had beeh since The spnn6 81
1924, III "A situation N winch hr could rem
der no service To the CommoaN as 4
Jnder, and that, from the nature ot the
stt,rk It could not he expected IN ne
would ever entirely reco'er. and therefore
they proved. On lhc part O the suDtors, the