Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-05-02
WAR AGAINsr TuE coNsTlTurInN.

WAR AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION.
W. have lately hal occasion 10 co graduate our
readers on the vndication of the satted principles Of
the Constitution 10 an important case IN winch those
principles we're vftaily assaile, IN tie Supreme Couti
OF the United States aud We gave ,eot 10 the icet
ings of EMULATION winch suel an incident NO uld IA
iurally inspire in the breast Of any friend 10 the Con
stiiulion OF the United States as illustrative Of Tie
value Of an Independent, Jodieiaiy.
But VIC did not 60 INTO any particulars Of the fea-
soas why a decision IN favor o. sustaining tie obllga-
ton Of contracts, which might have been considered
n matter Of course in any uptight Coufl, should be
a suhjec, Of rejoicing on our pant, u oi consfatn-
iation TO oUT readers. We RETAINED from dong II
because We had seen at t~hdtiia. no irtlmalIoa oil a
Disposition any where to impd-n that decision.
Since our notice OF the subject. however. We
have had sent In ms a number OF the Harrisburg Re
poticr'-Mbieh We understand 10 be HE organ Of
the present Executive of Ieunsy lyaula-cul tuning
aseiies ofIenarls, m tile lrue Iocutoeo spun. up
on the decision OF he Supreme Cpult Ietctted 10,
showing The eSasFefationo i thai parry Al beng 19iI-
ed, by The fInuess OF the Judges oi the Snplenie
Court. IN their attempt 10 obtain IT'S sanction to Their
dwelling AM demoralfzing doctrines.
The remarks Of the Reporter TO which we fe-
fer. sum up as follows
We are not prepared to submit to llis doctrine.
We are prepared TO take our stand, a II Low aud iol-
ever, against II. le afe 1eady 10 mute for Tic nights,
The undkepabe nights II ne ~icppie-aud TIE /
FIRST BLOW THAT WE SIR1kE Is A
GA!NST TIE LIFE JUDICIARY OF TIE
a III Is-~JI III JCIPI1iAB NJ
BLEMEN OF AMERICA.
Our exl Legislature will doubtless prepalo an
amendment 10 the Constitution Of The L. States, de-
stroylng The life tenure Of the Judges-and SO III
sirnct our Senators aud request oar L representatives.
Ia Congress. Oar cNanpe vii be followed by our
sister Stales-and the shot period II five yeas will
see tue last remnant oil B,iiisa aristoelaey bloued
out itom the snpreme law Of the hnd.'
The Italics aud the Capitals Of Ills extract arc
not ours, but the Reporters. We are glad that the
ntapl fr..n.t nj Ilu4
en'phaticalls, aud SO anequsoealiy avowed. lleic,
NJ least, rs no DIS SuIse, aud can be ho evasion. IL
caunot be pretended IN tbs case, as II has lately been
In regard 10 the antl-social org,es Va Iammany Hall,
tina, they have no conuexion with the roltics oil the
party OF Whieh Tammany llaii IS the head quarters.
In the article now before VS. Nc have, IN terms, a dc.
ciaraIion oil WAR AGAINST TIN CoNsrlrurloN.-
There is TO be a battle aud bioies aud the ilst
blow" is 10 be stuck at tie sanctuary Of all he
rights, personal OF poltli al. secured by our Consluu.
ton to the People OF The United States. The pun
pose is broadly, plainly, uudeniably ayoaod as beng
one to be The first aim OF the parry now IN the as
cendant IN the State of Pennsy wanna which had
faiiered itself that was IN The ascendant IN the Su-
pfcme Count aud which now PROPOSES 10 beau down
that Count because 1t has not been able 10 either IN
iimilate OF cotruptii,
This is a case too serious to be treated with the
fidicule aud contempt due to The di>tempcfed IA
wings oil the Disciples n Nature al Tammauy Hall
ii is the authentic proclamation Of the creed Of a
party claiming the %suhtages of the People for the
same predomInance IN the General Government that
they now weld TO lis ineldbic disaiaee IN the Guy
eminent Of the State OF Pennsylvania.
Can II be necessary lot rs, in converse with our
feaders, TO portray the consequences OF the success
"tsuth ii parry aud OF such doetiincsl Or IS I enough
TO say that II Was expressly 10 guard against The ants
oil such demagogucs, aud against the crimes which
necessarily follow in their tain, that the Judiciary OF
the United States was established, and male what
us! The trainers OF the Constitution had before
them the map of the worlds history. They adopt
Gu The best OF all the institutions ever devised for the
protection OF lie, liberty, aud property, in the most
perfect form that the wisdom of ages had given It
Ihey established by the same act the uial by Jury
and the Independence of lac Judiciary and he who
would abrogate the latter would be only consistent to
dispense also at the same time with thai other protec-
eof OF private right. the tnal by jury, -
We shall not insult The understandings of our
readers by any argument in favor Of the supremacy
nnd independence, under the Constitution, OF the Ju-
dicial authority. II The Representative princlple be
the foundation Of this Government, the Judiciary is
The keystone, the impairing of which IN its essential
feature would bring down The whole edlGce lnto a
mass Of %erumbline ruins.
In one word, the only security which we have Tor
The suflicienoy ofihe restraints, rs well as for the
nights recognized by the Constitution, whether as
regards States or individuals, is the veIy feature of
the Judiciary against which a the fl st blow" OF sue
cessiul Locoiocoism IS TO be aimed. Without that
quad over all, the reservations to the States and TO
the People. contained in the Constitution, would
be oil no more worth more than the slfp of parch-
ment on which they are engrossed, and our Govern
ment would become one vast, illinitable aud unfath-
onaabie DesPotism. MAJ. Int.