The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1834-10-11
From The Providence Journal.
THE JUDICIARY.

The people of this country are not IN
general sufficiently in the habit OF reflect
ING upon the immense value Of an enlight.
ened and independent Judiciary. Lei
the sacred trust Of the administration u
the luws be once surrendered into the
hands of those who are inexperienced and
dependent, and our government and IN
stitutions become "a mere rope Of sand
| would invite attention to the following
eloquent and strictly just observations
upon this subject Of MIR. Greenleaf the
lately appointed Law Professor in the
University Of Cambridge from the Dis.
course he delivered at his Inauguration.
A CoNsrJruTioNALisT.
"To us seeking safety and happiness In
a free government there IL no object Of
such peerless value as the Judiciary;
regulating as it does the movements oI
the whole machine. 1t Is the only bar.
rier aginst the desolating Aood of wild mis-
rule and the enc croachments of stern and
relentless despotism. While the tribu.
nails contrive to be filed by men of exten.
sive learning, Of minds capacIous and
highly gifted, of unblenching courage and
uncompromising integrity; however the
storms Of party may beat without the
walls Of the temple OF, justice, all will be
peace, security and confidence within
The equal and upright administration o.
Justice in the courts oflaw will continue Ia
impart stability to our institutions, operat-
ing as the safety-valvc, through which
occasional cffervescences Of popular ex.
excitement may quietly escape. 1t will
disarm the cloud OF faction Of its terrors
and conduct them, harmless, to the ground
While men have within their own reach
the means Of removing the evils, public
or political, which they suffer, whether i
be through judicial tribunals or the bal
lot boxes, they will patiently endure them
till remedy is perfected by the slow bu
certain revolutions oftime. While court.
are open and legal remedies exist, ane
confidence in the integrity and ability o
the Judges is high and unimpaired, it il
here and here only, that the battle will b.
. fought, in the uadoubtlng confidence o
success on the side Of liberty and justice
The discharge of this responsible Office il
OF difficulty and magnitude enough 10 de
mand the nobIest faculties allotted TO man
There is no "royal road" to judicial emf
nence; no process by which the labors o
a Judge. can be performed without intel
lcctual exertion. He holds the balanc'
Of rights as dear, perhaps, as life, to th'
parties, and the happiness or misery o
unknown numbers hangs upon his decis
ion. He cannot but deeply feel hi
accountabilities.
SHOCKING MURDER. Norfolk Bea
con says "a murder Of a most heinon
character was comitted last evening q
bout dusk, on the body Of Mrs. Elle'
Ryan, who keeps a sailor boar ding hous'
on Wide etreet, near the corner Of Fay
cite street, by a mau by the name o
JohD Ferris, said to be boatswain in th'
us. Navy, by stabing her in severa
places with dirk in the most unprovoke'
and barbarous manner.
| Ferris was Immediately arrested an'
committed to Jail. He was the son-in-lav
Of Mrs. Ryan"
THAKKsGIvINo.- The Governor o
Massachusetts has appointed Thursday
the 9Th day Of November next, 10 b.
observed by the people Of that Common
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