Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-13


Journal Of their pro eedings-a VIVA would
he 5rttes TO che K an agent, Than 10 Keep re
eular account Of his transactions! Ana now
is j, with The Governor? The Journal VIII
show whe her hi follows or declines thr ADVICE
Of the Council, and thus he ircurs the respnn-
sibiliry OF his own sc's 30 rue Is 'h's, '"a'
he would undertake TO say, It was me mos' re-
sponsible Exrcu i've he had ever seen. he VS.
therefore a,torished 10 hea' th' Intelligent gen
teman Of Loudoun ad, ocati 6 such 3osl'lon
If then we we had an Executive wh'eh mas
gon. on so smoothly for so Years not one al
temps to inn each the Governor IN alma .lme
why should we. on this account, change me
Constitution? He con end thai the IoVer-
nor had a. much power as man ons" w
have and ina, the real mischief OF the FEDERAL
Goverhmt nj is the inordinate magn' ude al me
powers OF the Executive department, "ha'
other objections then are there 10 The present
Constitution!
The gentleman from B"ooke, (Mr, Don
pR1peE) whom h. had heard with great plea
sure had dwplt unon the hasy circums'anet
in which this CONSTITUTION was framed, & thai i
was nothing bu, Godseud Blu if i, was God
send. il was the most blessed one which man
ever had. If we nave eujnyro so much tran
guilty aud happiness under L, was that the
r, ason why we should change il? 1t 1t was d
lu, XIV HIT should we therefore profit less by u /;
and should we murmur al, it, because its ins'i
turIon was ra'her owing to he ia,e'pos'tlon OF
Providence, than ihr wisdom OF man
Blu, Nh. G, di,pu cd The proportion OF the
gentleman from Brooke. He would att mp
to prove from The letter Of The distinguished
Edmund Pendletun, that the present Cons''u-
lion was not 20, up IN bury. TIL paper he
would read was letter fr"m Mr.. JEDI rson t"
Judge Woodward, giving an account o. ht
ter he had received from Mr.. Edmund Pendlt
ton Mr. p saed. that the Constitution h'd
heen disputed every article, inch by inch. How
diamerically OPPOSITE was this 10 Inc account
given by the gentleman from Brooke Mr.
G. read his letter
lie proceeded 10 defend the Constitution
from other imputations witch had been thrown
out against il. Our forefathers had founded
is b isis on the land On carbon mother
ear h-'he lnstrum nj on which we move, ana
have our being. W. look 10 j. for our ve'y
b. ing, for oul subsistence. 1t gives Us The
oars, ST food, o, the mos, rth,ed species OF
luxury. gives us the coarsrst clothing, o.
the Fl ,es, ma erial which decorses The fair OF
our land Would j, not be preaosterons o
found Con >,iruirn for the people OF he LAND,
wi hout ha, ing respect 10 the lad itself! Is
no, his The very best found alton for govern.
meu? He thought, therefore, The very best
provision who n had been made, was 10 T. gulate
the ,igh' If sLf lge ny hi freehold, as that
light had ben h re ofore exercised.
Taking lind then IS he brsis OF our form OF
goverrmen', he proceeded 10 stare tn ,hr au
ihors of the L ms i,u ion had erected upon IL
republican fnim-a representative govern
meni, drawn diree Nv by right Of s ifrage, from
the people, or IN som" respects, lhte' meola'ely
H. was aware, thai some gentlemen were tor
di &C. ins+ rpnsiior IF The people on all oeca-
lions Blu, he conceived, lhat,his arrangement
! would be father onrrous to the people them
selves.
Arer having go, this compound form OF
government, we next find its powers distrbu-
ted among re various drpsrtmen', by W 'ich
the will If the majority wa> frequently checked.
And hr conendrd, tha, by mis- balancing and
checking Of powers. you pre.'n despois +;
for, an unimi ed viii in any department was
only another name for despo ism And are we
pbou, TO ear down thes' pillars Of gov. rnmrnl!
Are ahout 10 destroy he "armoniou oper-
ion among its diff rent psr's-sil which tend
| o he Common goud all conc, ntrating to hat
great object
He said, that thew had been told a great deal
| Of the poor-Give him lrave To say that under
us provision the poor are better supported, han
under any other syst M. AS one criterion Ivy
which we might judg' OF the condition ct the
20 r, HI knew ia I npiting uas 30 much cal
| cuIaied 10 advance hi. sui in cour' Of JUS
zee as 20 urge il as the cause Of he poor man,
aud lawyers were alw,ys found willing % as-
as them. Anntser ffrc of our Cinsli, ution.
wa the ord'r which prevailed in our cleo ions
where's. i" many other ates where The
eh, Of suffrage prevailed, thee had rern No.
hing hu, uni, iRisorder Thr e'ee'ion, IN
New York fully lid ga,sd his posi- ion, Mo-
o >pesk OF thu TWO grra' par les The Jackson
and An,i-Jacks"n which had gu rr lid vi h
each other, a new p"r'y had been stared up
und-r d new nomenclature, called Miss Fanny
Virgins, psrty. who VEN for on Agraian
Law distribution of pr oper'y, Of inie'e>ts,&c
Great fars were lately entertained IN he Cry
Of N. York lest thai party should prevail; and
on the second day Of the election, 'hry W. re
M al bat h., n,