The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-17
The Federal judiciary.
sTHE BUsz SAW.


the city council should in con est
with the Genital RAILROAD get into
thu federal court it would meet with
"buzz.saw.' This hint, though
made by rank federsl;st. is no.
complimentary to the United States
court. 1t is, however, pretty good
illustration of the estimation of the
fe 1eral court tested by those who
worship central Eat on and forget
that federal judges are under the
same oath as the judges Of our state
district courts to administer Law i'm.
partially. The idea seams TO be
abroad that there is " ide dls,inc-
tol tetween the dignit}, power and
authority of federal aud stat, courts,
so much so that the citzs who en-.
ters the stale court with head erect
aud an air Of confidence as If he rec.
ogniz ID the fact that he " as among
his peers and shielded by the pro-
tecting arms of the cons tuition,
will move on tip toe aud " itn bated
breath into federal court room as
il he had entered the eanctlm sane
forum, the holy Of holes, or stood
like Moses before the burning bush,
feeling that the ground wherein he
stood was holy ground, aud tn At the
august presence before whom he
lrembled might witt word make
CIR unmake The liberties of
tire people If it is a fact that we
have an imperial POKER eD,hroned
in our midst beyond the reach of the
ballot--or boiling the ballot in its
own clasp-such power IS to be
confidently referred to by its admir-
ing sycopbants as "buzz-sa.,' to
states aud municipalities, it is nigh
time that the monster f such he is)
should be Gagged, or q, least that his
teeth and nails should b. filed
More than evsnty years ago,
Thomas Jefferson, the immortal.
sage wrote:
"The judiciary of the United
States ls the subtle corps uf sappers
and miners constantly working un-
derground TO undermine the FONDA
tions of our confederatei fabric
They are constituting our constitu-
ton from Il cOord nation Of
general and special government TO
general and supreme one alone.
This will lay all things at their feet
and they ate too we'll versed in
English law to forget the maxim
Boni judicis est ampli,re lnrisdic
tionem. A judiciary independent of
a king or executive alone is gooi
thing, but independence of the will
of the nation is solecism, at least,
in republican government.
II am sensible of the inroads
daily making by the federal into the
jurlsd elton of its co ordinate asso-
cla.es. the state government. If
congress fails to shield the states
from dangers SO palpabls and go
imminent, the states most shield
themselve and meet the invader foot
to foot"
cit has long been my opinion and
l have never shrunk from It's ex-
preston that the germ of dissolu.
ton Of our federal government is
in the constitution of the federal
judiciary an irresponsible body flor
impeachment is scarcely a scare
row. working like gravity by night
and by day gaining little today
and little tomorro =, aud adv nc
ing its noiseless step like a thief,
over the deld of jurisdiction until
all shall bs usurped from the states,
and the government Of al be con
soldated into one. To this | am
opposed; because when all govern
ment domestic and foreign, in little
as In great things, shall be drawn TO
Washington as the centre of all
power, ii will render powerless the
checks provided of one government
on another and will become as venial
and oppressive as the government.
from which we separate.
1t will be ~ in Europe, where
every man must be pike or gud ge IN,
hammer or anvil. Oar function.
aries and theirs are wares from the
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