Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-01-12

encii Judges will be jubilee TO tn lewcss-
"Hhsfe SIN holds eartiuot, and pcit r.. ps lent"
But, Sir, this is not all. You not only DESTROY the
Independence ofthe judiciary, during this tumuitous
but You exhibit precedent of danger.
,us tendency, as long as oar government shall en-
ture.-You settle the principle that whenever n
Convention shall be called in Virginia one effect j.;
to be, that oil The Judges are to be turned out In
deed, 1T has bren distinctly commended that the pres
cnt Incumbents accepted their comm ssions under the
implied understanding, that their judicial functions
were OF course not to survive the then existing con
sttution Connect all this with the reitera ed pub
lie assurances of several distinguished gentlemen ON
this floor, on former Occasion, gentlemen wko no
doubt, 10 considerable extent lead public opinion in
their respective districts, and who are eIninenty
qualified to act as prophets, inasmuch as they pos
sesS the power of bringing to pass the events which
they predict, that if the CONSTITUTIONS which we hn,
now TN the stocks, shul not be wrought ont in n
shape congen'a with their tastes that your table, in
one year. will groan with petitions for another Con-
vcntion Sir, IT they had not told us, we know that
TINS ffVerior constitutions making, has become ma
MA IN many parts OF our country. When the first
written constitution was prepared in America, j,
was regarded by the of the world "a little less
than miracle; but we havn gotten our hands in now
the people, with no practical oppress ions but in
hunting Tor theoretical grievances have become I'M
settled and dissatisfied with the old governmcn un-
der theshadow of which, they had 50 long lived I'm n
PLY, had they only known it. And now, Sir, pro.
coed IN this work ofinnovation far as you please
still you must stop somewhere-a s,op where va,
may, al beyond your barrier will co,nplan. new Con
vcntions Will be attempted,-and every ne tiforper
In the Slate, who cannot write declaration in debt
without the aid of form. will consider himself
qualified, at moments warning to DRIFT Won ou
n new Constitution, in fuim, and ACCORDING
to the latest fashion. And if most of us-mapI
at leastdrcad that this unstable, unsettled state OF
things will lead to other and repeated Conventions
1t improbable that batch Judges will also ca.u
late OH It's and constantly be look tor breakers. Tim
they may look TO prospective cn,rons to b.
called by facilities TO lie granted by Legislature eec
hy la
same Legislature Convention called probably o
the very purpose, IF they do walk 50 as 10 pleas
their ,'as,er) OF operating dismssou of the Judges
Would ii, ask, with this apprehension before them
be STANCE that they should all this time try to keen wei
with" pfnpaie this Legislature? Suppose in ,bi
state OF things, man of great influence the Legislature bs
cause M court opposed to obscure individual -Surpo.
the coSuiinnai'y of favorte enactment to come +,
qneSton-or suppose prosecution by the Legislature OF SOM
obnoxious or unpopular ndvidua they were anxo.
to es'roy-hs in times of high notwithstanding be
oe Judge who knew that another Convention would pTna
bly, soon viii, its the power of
him fur his conun,acywhere sir the man So simple or So
innocent himself as to conide in such tribunal. Where
the Judge i,nued with the 6i,cs of our nature who oo,G
rase his head erect above the storm hile round his
the rolling clouds SPREAD the ne secu,ed and
innocent cused, wh, the community demanded ,b
sacrifice? Without Juges-Juees who could stem suci
torrent no government is worh rush; such Judges 70,
cannot have without rendering them CO ordinate viii and mn
subserv to the egisatre-no dependent on The breath
popular appliance, tickle than the winds Such Judge
we have such hope long to sea In this Sa,c
least we have all lesson on this subject which IN nv
nd has left an III lbie imprerson-t has lost an
with all tine weight of the United States en,ir
influence of the State of last not least the sp
doDnant party excited by re cent MI CT and flushed vii,
recent yictny-a party constituting majority which iooke
GOWN all upposion-a excrted in combination crush lit
accused MOI one found to sustain him, and when invd
"al VINO would have presumed word against con
vcIon, would have been politically dennunce-pehaps
70 pieces 10y mob The judge, whose frn,ness =. pi,r
pose and nesry of motive would permit him 10 mould
aDcate dcs To compass the the accused (n
rally guilty as re doubt was he, SIR all recollec wa
al the moment universally eXeeated his decisions acrbe
to corrupt novesand favoritism to the accused What
SIR is the opinion OF all The ahles irisis and hest men
report OF this celebrated tria Is without ar oxcep,nr
mat the judge who then presided, adjudcated every eea
question which came before him with eliciious accuracy
most without parallel in judicial history?
ana now SIR cod any judge, however physically firm an
morally correct bu' dependent the dav will the govern
'neiit nave ridden out such in safety? Sir reoer
bs trIa of the brightest spots The history of the
enes OF man This is the kind of judges want One wh
ares 'nerpose the shield Of the laws between an infrar
government, and the hnes individual And such we
can nave IN my poor judgment, should resolution be
grated on The new constitution " "
PROCEED1NGS OF YESTERDAY
EsrERDAY, MIR. Smith moved to amend the eena
tofial arrangement, by detaching Greanbrier fro
the Montgomery, aud annexiDe it to tho Botelour
District-an amendment which he supported h,
various statements going to show, thai by the presen