Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-09-05

| the inscription, Should nave TAKEN 'heth io'
couple of ice-houses. An avoidance OF every
thing like pretension is desirable only so long as
| it is attended with. neatness,-but there is not
even what can be fairly called path to either OF
| them Instead Of feeling as wished, whilst in
contemplation Of the last long home of this really
great, because good man, my mind was only &C.
cup,cd by intrusive reflections on the insIgniti.
cant and pauper.like appearance Of the whole
scene before me. The tears Of La Fayette,
when visiting the tomb in 1925, might have part
ly icwed from other sources than the mere con-
seriousness that he was standing in the presence
of the mortal remains Of his old friend and COM
pauon in arms. There has been some talk Of re-
novng the coffin to the centre Of the rall in the
capitol and Of monument to be raised over II,
but have understood that it is not seriously
contemplated. II it were placed there, 1t might
one day be the means of saving the Union. How
forcibIe, how effective, in moment OF danger,
might be an eloquent appeal to its presence, made
by the Judges of the Supreme Court or the ora
tors of the American Congress-.
We all now know that the removal was seri-
ously attempted and unpardonably frustrated
A considerable time may elapse before another
attempt will be made by Congress; but we can
mot resign the hope that the object will one day
be accomplished Virginia will not always play
Dog in the Kmger, and the present or some fu.
ture proprietor of Mount Vernon will be sensible
Of what is due to those remains and to the Anne.
rlcan people. AT Washington, the British ira.
weller was "amused" with the title and attire OF
a new volunteer corps calling themselves the
Mghin1derS, without coming even from the hills
IN the neighborhood. There are elsewhere in the
United States, volunteer companies whose ap.
pellatons, habiliments and so forth are quite as
incoDgruous and grotesque. The barrlster
explains our federal system, and descants upon
the value and dignity Of thar truly "high and ho-
norabe trounal'-the Supreme Court OF the U.
States. He observes" The independence OF
this court, and in fact all the Federal Judiciary,
may be termed the sheet anchor OF the U. States.
ITS power constitutes their chief hope, the abuse
of il is the only medium of tyranny, and is there
fore the principal source Of apprehension" lie
commits mistake on this point.
The number of sensible Americans who appre.
selves. is very small-tLe danger dreaded
end already felt is from the arrogant and
seditious spirit of some of the States, and the
jealousy and resen,ments of the Executive, find
inc the power, independence and official and
personal authority of the Court obstacles to their
iawless will and to party schemes. Mrs Vigne
shadows out the exact case in these remarks
:. When it's considered that the Supreme Court
has federal jurisdiction, extending over union
Of twenty four states, many of them as large or
larger than England, whose strength an indIvdu-
al Importance are increasing, and which are d.
vided and subdvded by party. and by conflict
Ing and annually arising interests, aud which
are becoming more and more democratic in eve.
ry succeeding year, and consequently, more and
more opposed to the spirit in which the constitu-
ton was originally framed, some idea may be
formed Of the Importance that is attached to the
decisions of the court. whose functions. from
first to last, are intended as safeguard to the
Union ITO be continued.