Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-01-17

tioh "a,' '"''' a. he lin. dec, sion of COURT
aN,ouAi Vol" nc,n.,i,utional laul If not, by
aIu"s ut had ,bey pa,sed so many laws to
"na' "' nnd,r ,b. revenue and other laws:
,e''"u - rho nancy in this case, they
.'.IL ha ...um,np executive power, then they
49, 80 sou,Iiy assumed II in every case
mus '' "a 49,, h,J ravsrsed judgments of penal
I'm ,i,d them when paid.
ues' " n.,J Al ;uJ,,al power was gi-
"A'' 80 -, r,r,. md hp would ask gen
We" !" III. ~" III .sr.,na and sitting aside its
uemeh L.. M. n, the mart IF the
DECISIONS y! ''a' 49,: ar =, which il was
HOUSE ASSUMING WA, WAS the nos
not CONSEQUENCE ',,,"n - maj U,u.rs All legislative
q ''"' We" o., g., Cono,e.s. and u nish. b. a..
po"e' wa: IL. =. >, .et SD. ANY of
sueu .'a' " Wv r. ,hs Sunrcnc Csurt, II would
,"' -. ,., He was ,,t,u,,aed- to hear
oe ..s,san .,v ,ba, !, wa. il the poser 81 TIL,
?, ,h. .lsc;.,,os ot the Supreme
mouse ~ ''''"
e"",'' r,s,d-If,he sed,,,o, Law
nr, na1ts ~ ta:, "n.,thor,zsd nv ,i,r con.
au.''eu W a,.on.r,Iy y,id. i, wonid seem
.L. w. as,;on of I.r,n,i,no :. il, foro coasct
.ra. NV >, Ill ~. ,.,v nronn,y arI.rm,nrd by
.'"" - ;,s ,.ry Fl, :, nu;sa,iop would
O" n"" ,;,,, .f ,,,e,,u, and t,,,D, IN ta,or
So VIZ III, yan ha,s an, ce.,ain sum of mo.
VI '.e o"a. 49," ,h,, 90, admit has been
,.,.tI. .nd ,v,ulIv taken fro,p one of ,uur
N:,;'':.s .n', .nm ,re h,unL nv tine most So
,a.., ''s,n,,,"n: ~ n,,,rc, and defend: common
'.'"" sI o',,,,nop s.nse ,r, yu that the OBJ.
;"ms n,a;n sasw reme,v Is. rer,nd-d,,gorse the
N ,,t,cn ,he unnaiIowe,i gain, On no. say gen.
,.m., ,b,, will no , had. a very bad precedent.
"a hich is the worse nrec,deni. 81 The I'm :
const,,u,,onal law under WHICH your agents, your
offic ere committed the exturtion, or the bill Oh
vour tabI, maxine restitution
Mr. .4nod s,i,I-It wa. said, they could not
| raverse the dprisiun of the SUPREME Court. He
JJ mn, want :, din en- I; had already been re.
vsrs.J nv ,be ,eonls II vas trom the peoDIe
I'm, ,h,, ,onr, Arrived ;,s n,wer Thew had
tnIJ !, what il could do. and what il could no,
din. and we're ,hev 10 he raid At that day that tne
supreme Can't cmld do no wIope-tl,a, j, might
do what it pleased and the people. through their
nrsse,ts,iyes had mn nnyer IN restrain or ooun.
,eractr7 Sho,Id the rhiuy created saw to is
| .ro.,or ,b,, shalt nm, contr,I nv a,,inns. nor
..no., ,hoo, r. ,I.y GRO wron,, il. I,oked NJ,
aII ,,',, .s d.r;ysd from the nsonIe. and that
'.,L p ,I.;r counts who,b.r in !, ;nJc;,I 10.
n;sl.,;v. -, ex.rn,;vs c,n,citv did urono. fine
nn"ar s. oorraot,oo w.s n ,hs;r b,,dv Swell
Us no s,ti,6.d ,b,, ,be.e sne. had hecn levied
,ronnfruv md IN yio,.t,nn IF the Cunst,,n,op.
',,J 49,, h.,. donh, no >, ,ha n,.,r;.
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~ o'.s,s ,,.d, ,h,. Iaus rs nod ,u.nv nor
snus unuId no =, arsa, Mains 70 show thai Laws
unJer vh;rh ,hey had suffered neoal,ies. bovexer
legally. and however Justly, were unconstiturlon.
al Here was law uassed. and ner.on sub.
;ect,d TO fine under it's enactment: the person
,.ho i. fined comes to fine legislature. and com.
mains that the law under winch the penaI,y l. IN.
Acted Is Unconstitutional. Congress must then
~ tho n.,;,n,;o,,,;,y or tho law bo.
I,rs !, ran no decided whether The fine is +, no
n,id or not. Could the Huse overthrow deci.
sion of court Of the iudici,ry upon plain en-
actment of laus The idea >eemr. absurd.
Mr. johnson of Ry considered the las. and
the fine of Mr. Lyon under it, as dangerous en-
GRO ,chuenrs upon the liberty of the press. That
liberty. he could not but confess, sometimes de-