Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-12-15

present machinery. and a Considerable
portion Of the expenditure Of public
money may DO dispensed with. vhils
greater facilities can be afforded TO the
liquidation ofclaims upon the Govern
neni, and an examination into their
justice * Legality quite as efficient q the
present, secured. With a view TO a
general reform in the system I recon
aend toe subject TO the attention of
Congress
deem II my duty again 10 call your ai,en.
ton to the conditios OF the District OF Colum
bia II was Doubtless wise il the trainers Of
our Constitution. to plac. the people OF this
District under the Jurisdiction OF the Cener
al Government. bat. TO accomplish the Oh
jsct they had in view, il is not necessary
that this people should be deprived Of all si,c
privileges ofseli. gnvefnneut. independently
oil the difficulty Of inducing the Repressn
tatives OF distant States 10 turn their afieu
uon TO projects Of laws, which are not sf
the highest interest 10 their constituents.
they are not Individually. Congress colec
lively, well qualified to lsgislatc over the
local concerns Of this District CONSEQUENT.
ly, ITS interests are much neglectsd and the
people are almost afraid to present therariev
ances, lest body, in which they are not
represented. and which feels little sympathy
IN their local relations, should, IN its aite,sut
to make laws Tor thsni, 90 more harm than
good. Governed by the laws of abe States
whence they were served, the shores Of the
Potomac withia the ten miles square, have
different penal codes: not the present codes
of Virginia and Maryland, bat such as ex
isted IN those States, at the time Of the ces
SION 10 the Cuited States. As Congress will
not form new code, and as the people OF
the District cannot make one for themselves
they are virtually under two Governments
Is II not Just TO allow them at least .eiegate
in Congress, il not Ioehi Legislature, TO
make laws Tor the District subject to the an
Proval or rejection OF Congress9 | earnest
ly recommend the extension to them II every
political right which their interests reqai,e,
and which may be compatible with the Con
stltatian.
The extension OF the Judiciary system Of
the United States is deemed to he one Of the
duties oil Government One fourth of the
States ia the Union do not participate IN tue
benefits OF a Circuit Court TO the States
of Indiana. Illinois, Missouri Alabama, Mis-
sissipp. and Louisiana, admitted into The
Unlon since the present Judicial system was
organized. only District Court mas been al
lowed II this he sufficient, then the Circuit
Courts, already existing in eighteen States
ought to he abolished: if it be not sufficient,
the defect ought 20 be remedied, and these
States placed on he same foot,og with the
other members Of the Union Ii was on this
condition, and on this footing. that they en-
tered the Union, and they may demand Cir
cult Courts as matter, not Of cones sslon
but Of right trust that Congress will not
adjourn, leaving this anomaly in our
system
Entertaining The opinions heretofore ex
pressed 10 relation to the Bank Of the United
States, as at prescott organized, fell II my
duty, in my former Siessages. frankly 10
disclose them, in ORDER that the attention Of
the Legislature and the People shoala be
sea sonaby directed 10 that important 81 sject,
and that il might be considered and iinaily
disposed Of in a manner hes, calculated topro-
mote the ends Of the Constitution end SUP
serve the pm lie interests Having thus con
scien'iously discharged Constitutional duty,
deem it proper, on this occasion without a
more particular reference 10 the views Of the
subject then EXPIRE ssed, 10 leave If for the
present 10 the investigation Of al enlightened
people and their representatives.
Ia conclusion, permit me to invoke that
Power which superintcDds all Governments,
TO ipfuse into your deliberations, "a. ih,s I'M
portant crisis Of our history, /, spirit OF mii,
tual forbearance and conciiatiun la that
spirit was our Union formed, and IN that
spirit must it be preserved.
ANDREW JACKSON.
WAsHIHeTos, December q, 1881.