Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-02-19

puted questions among the States, well among
otherwise dispatation would never cease,
any question become settled at rest; but coiifu
sion and anerchy, the element of deinagoeues, wDud
reign for ever.
That great common tribunal is rot a fit topic for
party disputation or popular defamation, until the
design be entertained OF rendering party engine,
or OF making 1t odious among the people, and subst
tutin. party engine in it's place.
Tie Judiciary must, form necessity, and the nature
OF its functions, possess high-toned powers Hence
the ease with which 1t may be rendered odinus, ma
king 1t topic of party and eectoncerng discussion,
and representing it to the people, who have the least
means ofJudg,ny OF it, a. despotic department. OF
tire government, changing the relative powers of
the states and the Union, and harooring designs OF
consolidating the Government into single empire.
BY deprving it of the confidence of the public, it
loses It's great utility Ill tuieting, instead ofinaming,
the public mind, when decides any Of the important
questions and principles of our yet young Govern
men, OF the Union, or those that may arse among
the States
In such state OF the public mind, instead ufcalm-
ing ana que;ing and restoring tranquility to society
the DECISION OF any great and interesting question
would but Irltate and infianle the and in time
become the signal for commotion and revolt. Look
to the great irritating our brief history as
a Republic, and pause in this hazardous course.
III our Judges misconduct themselves, let the law
fu proceedings be had, and the appropriate remedy
applied. -
II tho organization ofour common tribunal be unfit
tor the pu poses ofts creation, let the proposed re-
tore the competent department to apply the remedy.
Ii It be within Legislative competency, let the bill be
introduced and discussed here. If it require an a.
mendIilent to the Constitution let the proposed a.
mendHents be sebmittet and ,deliberated on and If
pissed by Congress, got to the People and States
tor considerations discussion and adopton and if tho
decision be Ill favor of the present judicial DEPART
ment OF the Cnon, as it was the formation of the
GoVernment let us sustain lis repnt alton aud utility
Tor the good OF our country.
1t should be the last ON ct Of party attack Save
rs from ever behoding that tribunal too. converted
into party engine to be welded in the work of par
ty prescription! -.
The Senai or frome Missouri has entertained you
W tn an account of his reading tie State I'ralS of
England, at a remarkably tender age for lis wild
owed mother, probably that she, women are wont
10 DO, might weep over the ju8ciul murders which,
ne tells you, distinguished the reign uf the House of
stuart. IL was quite natural for boy oil seven or
eight years OF age to be herror-struck aud deepv
impressed with those lnridical iradgedies Us he de
clres himselfto have heens and i is IN ba hnned
tha ha has prafited by the examples
His attempt, however, fn his new born zeal arainst
the American system, (asit is harmlessIy caleal to
draw parallel between the party tribunals of that
mnories by the halter end gibbet and the Supreme
Court OF the United States. as yet exists sustain
ing the beneficial powers of the Federal Government
10 nuke internal improvements and perform other
general duties, as means necessary the ACCOMPLISH
ment of objects expressly confded to this Gov.
ernnlent, and iinpracticable by the States. was
equally unsuccessful aud anpatIotio =,
f'hs attack upon the Supreme Court WINS made,
TOO, ate: nights sleep upon what still Law in ad-
vance; and was announced to us before the adjourn
nen, as field to be entered the next ,norn;no
Verify the new field has been unproftably and mn
periodically occupied, although did Imagine saw
an apparitloD from Virginia, stalking across the Wis
ION OF the orator, in the sa,nbefs of the preceding
night. 's
The corrupt state of the Judiciary of ENGLAND ar
lgeser,ned TO .us, so far stssm being the cause of
n ttof day {ty>t T.
er evils of that gloomy epoch. Those evils had
their Far beyondthe Judiciary in that same
lnordlnate and uiialiowed ambition, desire to rule
and lust of power, governed by that same party dis
clpine aud prescription, which have feeblv nitem-
ted to deprecate, and to denonnce in the Uni; ed
States; and which pulled down the last Administ ra
ton, and now makes the once proud Americans fee!
like slaves, and blush for the fallen state of ,bsi
Countrywide humble victim of petty Cabinet tyran
MES and corruptions!
Those evils had their source there, and like t,,rbd
and overwhelming torrents. Frustrated the Executive
the Legislature, and gwen the Judiciary n nartmant
of England in their desoatiuc conrseI ITstorr
warns us that 1t required the purifying fires of an
other revolution to restore England from her fa lion
greatness and let us profit by the example, and avoid
her errors, while may. Man is the same in sim
liar circumstances, throughout the world; and No
minitor Is more safe than faithful history
enter my protest against making the judiciary of
the u States the topic of mere party Remuneration
ana popular defamation 1t would be much more
curtai executive patronage and put bounds TO exec
utlve WILL from it's long, four years, black hole Cal
cutta imprisonment, in the cold vaults OF this ca uto
aud thaw 1t INTO lie, aud put it into practical opera
lion. ! repeat to you, that unless you do so, its
long imprisonment, without the benefit of the writ of
iid6eas Corpus will be considered as conclusive tes
timony by the public, That it originated in the cor
rupt design Of endowing party press by it's exten-
sve printing and circulation, and of prosiiturinr
your Senatorial functions to pull down the late Ad
minstraton to get possession of their places. and
not for the public good
Your awkward afectation Of looking out for the
time propitious 10 ahe enlargement of the poyers of
the people," wistuIiy as fanatic Jew LOOKS frt
Tor tue coming of his temporal Messia will not pass
any longer, Tor that time is always present when vou
are sincere III desire to avisi yourself of it: and
especially now, when the whole ten talents, of
power are committed to your charge.
me he senator from ,keu,ueay tSlr. Rowan0 usu-
beIhgerant; or if ne should occasionally become
little belIgerant his war degenerates into The
massacre OF bis prisoners. / will now take I'm bis
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