Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-09-03

al the charges in spec oh OF four hours. The COM
nitee revised their report and in another contain
ing The following specific charges and them only: there
wa TO be sure generl sweeping assertion OF divers
oher instances Of arbitrary conduct but none speci
bed Gr put In any answerabie form sr definite shape
ne Two chsiges we've, having s.n, constabes to
III Tor taking IN tie court house aud fung ihem dol
a each; and hDiug a citz dollar for refusing TO
tsks CT Ms hat io comrt
The cosiahies 40 fined were on separate occa sion.
ecia'y enjoned DUR ny important trial to preserve
silence ON the GU side OF the bar Indeed Of do,y
hs court heard them takiog themselves; aud commit.
ting them TO the custody OF the sheriff ill the adjourn
nen, OF the court. called them mp aud then 6aed them
The case OF the hat, was thus: man came With,
! tie bar with his hat on. The court asked him il he
wa Quaker he said, NJ, he was desired TO take of
hat because obstruoed The view of the court he
'ad he c,nscieniousy scrupulous and refused The
urt fined him for contune cously refusing TO obey
the dire ctoDs OF the court point of ORDER In
case. the three or four associate judges on the ben
must have concurred, ;hs pfocce az
| could not have taken place.
The casa OF The boy in irons either never was pre-
.en'ed to the legislature or presented aod aban
doned AS never saw prisoner brought up in irons
yet, presume Mr.. Minors determination 10 be very
severe may have injured his accuracy At auy rae.
MA been OH cited TO me a, the mS, shoull have
answered It, From 20 to 80 years have elapsed since
these transactions AMI does not serve me
concerning them nov. The good people vi South
carolina have right 20 enquire what has heen my con-
iuct since | have lived among them. What interest
have they in sy mistakes, ii any, thirty forty years
ago
All these peti'ions rtport, and proceedings verba-
i'm and at length, were printed dlrng the sitting OF
tie Legislature at Lancaster ia a pamphlet by Nc.
james Hamilton OF ihe Lnrc sster Journal and edr d
by me with my name. In that report to be found of
hcia authority for all the ficts. II may there he
that the report finally adopted hy the con, ter anil
on which the Legislature acted contained thu chs.yrs
have specified snd those only. la the coucludinp
paragraph OF that publication declare. that were
TO be reinsated in my Office Judge, would no, l.,
any OF ,- cases charged as ct.;ninsi. act otherwise
han did act" say the on ,d-li5sra,s re1 &c
lion now so far as can remember transactions opy
past
My accusation was official misconduct, which IN.
con.,i,u,ion of Pennsylvania declare. shall be tried bv
impeachment applied TO the l. 'gislaure. prayinE
mat an impeachment might he directed. ef,Iing to put
IN plea OF ins,iiicaion and d-sng that the evidence
on both SIDES might be examined on GA h. Th, wa,
reiu'ed, becsuse my oppOnens knew that thew ha M
chance OF succeeding before the Sens,c AMI hus wa
removed in direct and manifest defiance OF the con.
iu'nton For Mis reason, claiming We. 10 be uIse
refused to return to the BAR and thereby ancc
tue nncon'iuionsl lniuct Of my opponents by vol
un,ary reuGncia'ion OF my judicial rights
The whole was an OK phrte proceeding Tho com
mit'ee appointed known 10 be hostile: the wit,
nes'es were not examined on oath. hal no oppcru.
nifty oil cross examination by counsel. Iwa.ro A "a
pn'ab'e specimen of republican inr,riali,y do not
deny that ii ths people dislike Judge for whatever
cause they omg't 10 have the means Of getting riI Of
him. Bat in doing cuph, 10 nail to ,ha
principles OF justice aud Tn, forms Of the nsiuion
was tsrinne 10 establish order and .ilencs and
r"eu'aryn tn. courts whcih pre he noou.
ave- "e'' "e'ermtneu shOiili not. They demo.
rrat'; so was l. they expected from me hxv Of III,
c'nno, ani retused 10 purcha,e popularity at that
price They got ril Of me-; ard believe al turned
out right at a.t III complain Of The mode Of doing
IT. co nplain Tor their sak.s, for NV own Ranuh.
c"ns ought to reverence the forms of Justice: arbitrary
power may SCI them nousht large portion If ,bs
Senate entered ftrnal protest agains, the procsei-
ings
The late Judge Duncan of the supreme court of Penn
sv'v'nia anil David War E.q the two Oldest m snbsrs
OF We bar in nv iniic.i dis,c', and who had prac
'iced undsr IN" f,r year. witnessing the whole
"i my Jriicl conduc alien led a, L,nca.tar IN mo
ria, a. my advcrs. voluntarily and gra,ultouy On
he'r return IN Carlisle, struck thew with the
"irtee OF thesc prOceedinga, TINT bsng trustees Of
he college there. they procu.'d pro!essorshin Of
chemisry TO he instituted and presented to me Will
month or Two after the transactions 1T Lancaster
few words more: resret have used 90 MANY
M, nothing shall induce me 10 repeat the Cn.nce
Delinquency sums the light; guilt hates publicity
i" no published The application TO John AJAm, nv Tho
mas Coopa Thomas Cooper. Who published The trial
81 Thomas Cooper before Judge Cha.e aud Jude Pc
ter' under the selitiOn law? Thomas Conper Who
published the proceedings OF the Legi.ature Of Penn
yvana on The removal Of Judge Cooper. Judge Coo.
per.
"A to the charge Of my being hhed by The sou n TO adj
ern man will exoect me to reply 20 il. The South
Carolina doctrines have allie defenders than ap
but none more faithful.
am, sir, yonr ob'i. serv't
THOMAS COOPER