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7-1' .-IV""' " " - ' t . .... ,-. ' ' - 1 o i1' T'--r-.,---; - 4 s) V: Voi;8'.t v- Mr. GOUVRN EUR" MORRtS, I L c -V & thi SentfiBi iMied S(aUtj-Fth2 the f V - 1 yeport cf the cammtttee to worn was rtttrrta w . Ttejal'owinx h the Report of the Committee,' con- i t fC - r'0 'l Ju'temt court, fwntt'myttl by ir ',ct"aT i 13th.' of Iilaryij80i, an4 duly comawne4 tq IF L.; Ued:" T8tti vr.MaCH.JaN" w'rtpeal: tM M 7- aci rtttw i3 of Feruarj-, T80I, and fratiSJer the OUtje R ;:jf ill judge fiottf theOI .h4V:-i-W ISir;'.4(i64i liaartetnherby raftrf sf Ui 1 ! V -'?jp, tke said ;Ytlttuwri d?-rived of their I " (.""-T&at diis otiMtion droendlrc on the tnireticn'of t lawi ana Guftitif,tvn.of thf Viiett Sales, t .tun pro,' pMfcOMWW' by bt Senate. X w""'!- '.s ') V i " at a tjifisilion.of i.igh and se. ion import and beiieveilat :f ifppe10 S.iildefcision iof grcat-mo, i S "'4iijei;iii caase'in' jMovtiod iii the natttre ca gj?, : .fffif TtTawatVjfet filed by th attoracy-gtueral against ;r r.,Ritd Bsictt tme if iji?'a(tf ptti jcjierV; for thi pur- V ras nairmaftoi ttieicommutee whole report you' have jiift had the feoodnefs to reaa ior ine Durpoie or expiamiii tneir t i rcibj:srtl. tws were aTcoiuinion or an j 0Mjp.clwif heats had beett ; to.imrtfmg recolleclionsa trteafurTd X i o eaty, -o umpie, wouja require rl i v .dUcK.8rgumen't, 6ot perAiafion.'lt ';: i viderfeearid Fr&m;the general fenfe of VRALEIfiH-:.fj,, , jVPy;-'.-l ,803. -... : --iNo.-: '372 Vs.( the cafev;Seriou3 diiterences of ppini- oa havceiited, : and: ftiil eiutt oa thd r i'' fuUed with which It is connedei From thelej have C4rifen ipntes' divifions bfckerings. There is not, I fear,; in the 'miiuft hi nicn, that calm (moa rtialit v wbich is needful to fair ihvetjgation.--' fljer jmns;mucK of prejudice, bfr y Before. I proceed to an exblanatlon. . :t c. j . r.if.t.-jL' t..- f pereioTe, -1? nijq myiqi reaucea to tne jpamfuJ ecclltfy of prayiriK gentlemen to perfptm aWt:-dutyrt:ir-Senate--to' themfelv esV I m uft ; treat t heitn r o 'hear with--patience', ;.'?;cooJiy tojconfiJer, ,arkl then deddyaccofding to the dictates of reafQn,iafldjdflicb,".t.-, t x -" f 'Youncomoiittefi'haVeDurlucJ the courlst whiapwarecl tc be ; proper, noconw rinr.jnejr puj; accprcmg to tne. eadflen cjtGuftanortGcntleneri will pCif.Jc Jthat tliey 4 might have mad q art laporatrcpdrtomaittUig a i-lpng detail . of rea'ons to eftaDlifh a favourite concu fior Ad a 0!ght knowledge, of the, farms of bufirief s Jfoe w, t ha t they, . mihthave placed Inat ; tport at ier.g. h n yourjput;rta11?3ftJOMld this;hav'e. peen tight!- VVoiuait,have tenuti to con ciliate rWould ithaye been a proper returfi for the .unanimity with which yburcommtttee-tralchofen ?- if virely it tptild not':.' And it ic not the duty,. of very good cit,izeh to heal as far fl$ poili plee wounds 6! fo"ciety, ?To calni thofe IrrjtafjoijS xrh$ dsfturiits repofei To remove ail things which may alarm, torment, or -cxafperate ? v ; W he.,pdJr6m tholeho are rKore ": ixl cenftdence pfut cabinet tbafi we arCiVferwh tefifions; that fticre is reaton to believe 4 that this couitirtSoii the e vc of war. W', 'iFthwe hot.' I hope we Hiall not be vifit .;jft4.by to great a"cajamity.: But if this be, V Vfjiiir doom, let us , prepare to TneetJt r tmxt roerr with bolcrnels, with.unariimi--;" Xet-us banifh, let ui deltrpy. every' .'CiTCumftahcehat can excite of keep a i4 jive alpirit of jparty, ;tet the'pioudeft; -4 vf06"he informed that hi will findus firm, PA march handdand, likt a band ,i: M br crhersi in .theplam road of - duty, ; iv'.nietit,1ead;to vidory pr death 11 . trcknow1 it-rs the path to glory. ; ' 'flfl Prefldehi1, ybuf. committee have - ito mtentioriivno wifh to rcviv a dilctif-:r-:Mqc?. points , klreldftfe.Whilti ''i acl o laft sdliori asinagitatiortwe . .I'.pppcfed lt fteadily pertinacioufly. : But authority the law we bow fubrmflive. While ja;luiperUe,we thought it. bur duty, as fenat6rs, to bppofciw. But firice, it has been adopted, . according to the uruw t me cpruurution we ictiow mar citizens we are ,bound 'tooey; With thele .dccp iniprffions, theri,. of what is due to the (upreme law' of. our land, 1 fliall proceed to the report of yourcom;? mirtee and endeavouf to explain its' fe vefal pafts.;...,-::-.t - Gentlemen will perceive, ihat the queftioh i which' the memorialitls have labmitted to our inveftigation is whe ther the lawof laftfeflion'haideprived them of their oceofjudgeYourSbrri mittee confider this queition as not be-: ing cognizable hy the ienateJSIt ishoj for'; the fenate, not the r epefentati vs; nor; both combined' io, inter pret; their 6w(i as. ; Weire a par t Pt the kgifla-; ture. s A part of the exectitive power is: alfo delegated to us.' . If the judiciary be added it wilLcbnfHtute a ttrarmv. It is. wujtu was -,uesu given oy 7 inoie;;peiii ac- (uainted with the fifbjed. This fenatae can have no wifh ro arrogate power, .1 It i4 too juft, too: wife. If a enle of proi prictr did not pre vent, .prudence, atone would forbid theatterrip;. This bbd ii top feeble for the exerdfe of fo . much avithority. ?:ft form;' its toriilitutioni thiAode and, manner of" its creatipn and exilltnce, the ftrength and ftruQure of its meinbersi render rr incapable of (uUaining a greater weight of Ipder. reprereotatives of the people, 7 may db much.. .' Bprnc pn, he heady torrent of popular opinion: they may, and theV wilf uftrrp "all power;, tThis will be the firft ftep towards military defftotifm.-n But the fenate can have no fuch rhadnefsi If we can perferte; what theoiiftitutioht has entrnlted to but care, it is as "much; as can reafonably be expeded. - Nor can' we preferve it but by.our integrity, and; by that, refptft' iwhidi juftice infpires ; for " Our child of dignttt is held from fa!iing hi tlf wratei rmnd" Thef fecono propp-,' htionof your committee is indeed a co rollary from, the firftvr?rhejr:cbnfidcr; thisuriUonarogniable by.the judici ary alone." It isgone from ui forever ; anitisi from the nature pf' things'- before the judiciary in common with all other laws, v To agitate it again can produce no benefit, cm tend to nb ufeful object, can'accomplifh no defirable "end Our opinion, whether to affirm or to deny, can be'of no avail. ".'The other houlq in deed, jiq.ve given aA opinion favourable to the claim, u This may appear a fl range aflerticn- to gentlemen who have . amuf ed. themfelyefr with reading in newfpa pers what. 'are faid tpbe the fpeeches'of the members ; But it is not 'from fiiclr fources that we are to derive the opini- r. ' 'n . ' i i 1 ' i '" ' ons or a iegmar;ve ooayw nor aot tney. reft oft- fuch fjml authority-) By recur ring to the jout rials' the houfe, I find, that oiVthe;v.day of y' f;they took .up a refoluriori" reported by the in the heart of our coiintrv T, 'Thefd iHSiJjjdiedaifij rney po not i tana alone. l hey have re latives, ; friends, adherent, (fom lalood, affecliori, " principle. Why will. you wound a clafs of cinzeris pumerou$ and relpetftable ? : Gah your while they re aggrieved" injured, i-.infaM, expeffc their cordial aid, fupport and afiiftance ? But tb Ithis it may, be' faid,: that thele judges are but a feeble band : ' we ahr rw. to a fenfe of committee of th-i whole, purpoftip that : the ineniorIalts;Vt'AW courts tition have leave tovwithdrvv tjieir pe- reJt i: "And tf IMf be: important; In the Kctti m tuunevpt iijing? j 15 ic not, Un der prefeht circumftances;; ihdifpenfa bie 1 -And hoW is it to be efieaed i-OiV an exertion Npf legillati ve might lBy forceRememberf-Force will excite refilUnce v $uch -isi the nature.; Pf the humaii heart, Free citizens revolt wit(i drfdain at the exercife of force.v ; But judgment commands their prpmpc, their willing obedience. iWhert theO Jaw ;is known, - when" it m i "dedardd bv she proper tribunaljll will bd to its ad- upmzy. ; 1 ou imzy, pen expettl a tuii. ahd quiet, andgeneralfubmlffion. ii But ifc til ed CJmdjincertain -what the jaw is, : ,diierences vfllxin'Irand .asir wife to embarFin great national enterprizes. oh the : wild ocean of war, with a divided people ? Can you hope for Juccefs vhile difcontent fits bropd- nlay yequirefv "i heyswaLinbdeilly cbn the oilices' wllich .ihe onftirnfiAn:.harl - fforbiddeji-.ypiitq abpliih;- and, there-J- iiik Midi ii, was jioi your mten tiotv tp abglifltt they will declare tha? the "uvt'u,wuuj(f uc me language ot have the bower".. Yes: we liave x?ian. tic.-power.W fJiall we therefore ufe if with the ferocious cruelty of a giant Wb cr ufM the vail weight of. JiUtive force we cztijnfi them; ;But isit honorable, Is it magna nimousv does ' it iecomesthe brave Will it give the people a eopfidencciri their rujers Will. it give them con nderice in themlelvfS. .who have fchoferi i ftch rrolers -frr&t - by arexercifebf powerwe could everi preveafah inveftii gation of our conducl. what would bi Lthe impreflion on t he public mind ? Snr; piviun dim uncuiiieiu, ucep ana aau gerous, -, , " . - v-r Vs It is under thefeimprefJions, fir, that your committee have prefumed. tobfier the refolution on your table ; ?rtd as fome of the technical terms may not be familiar to every gentleman, it may be proper to fbte the. kind of proceeding which is recommended. The attorney general, Pr, ; as he is de nominated in French im'om the public accufer, will inftitute, before theroper tribunal, an inquiry-'b what, authority thefe men claim tb- hold and: excr'cile the office of judge..- It will then be in cumbent upon them, "cither to difclaim the officer and then 'there is ran1 end of the queiiion ; .or elfe (claiming it) to -e-ftabhfii their right,?. And to do this they mult prove two things ; Firft f that the office exifts r'.and feeondly that of right it belong to- therh Failings of 'either, their . xlaim is gonb'jj'ri :.' Nowv; fir.it -may he well tb'Cbf.fider the' dedfions which may be made and their probable. cfrecr. . , ftrike out thb woxdvjk"judesX which pioTion was earned by a fmall ma- i . lvow men, 1 iay. u at it juoc air joruv redly yet by clear implication, by ftrong' and neceffaryinfeTrence;? thehcuiejiave declared, " that thefe gentlemen Are ftill 1 rmt .2 . . - J ' . r r'. juuges 4 nac tney "rwrrjuages.,jsracf unqueflionable andof public notonefy. Tofav. then, th.ltthev are not late judrv es is. to fay that they; ftill hold their pffiee, ; Sueh, thcii, is tlieopinion of the homey And rhevl- in the olemtude of their, now-; "er, may vcntiire to exprefs that opinion. Jlutwny nou it aoes not uctutncq? to prejudge. ; It is neither wife tqebra mft our authority, nor juft to, inftiiince ; the tribunals of oilr country. i Ypur cpmmitteef Sir, havs.ventured to expf els foeir, belief that the question (hold be fpeedilyfettled,:: .1 learnt m early youth, J from the Volumes of pt'oi fefllona.l.fcience,; ihatit U esroedierit for. the commonwealth,; that ilgeedr end fhould iie nrto litigitiomtAnd ifitbe important that litigation fhbuldccafebe- ' tween nian an4 man',' how, rnuch'mpre , importaat;thata litigateH'pomt of pmV 11C TIKwtJf wiutii itticicits uu'.ftiwr Vet Judginent'may be given in the firft 1 inflace, tpe cavfe will be brcvught up to the fupreme;court..' If the judgmentj iri ilie ;$ft refprt; lhould; be (as it pf obahljr would be) .againft, ;,the .claim, all com? Plaint WilLbe auicted. and all ODDofition i will cpfe 5 Someihenj. indeed, might tnurilph. ,,v Fpr my own parti I mould h find in it great cpnfplationthe conlola-. tion ot I?nowingrtnat:nowever f wrong ma, havebeen my o wn opinipns, 'the fuDfeme leciflature bf my country have done right. The pride of PpCnipn might;, maeea. De wounaca ; out v?oa,iorDio that froth motives of prtde,; or from any deed concern, that thelesiflatufe of my country,have violated'that facred jchar ter irom wnicn tney aerive ineir auinor- itv. ; . ; . . v- . But fopppk an'ojunttMJ' duTettfiffe trarient, Pr the very reverft (for that U a Jio-.BOinoier-W IIU jac juuko m uucj r "declare thatyoii have violated tjietorf liituubriv urnnipdful pt your flutr, ana regarilefs , of ypuribathi NoWiih that decepey which becomes thejudidat chara&er, that deccacy which upholds national digmtjT and,-; 1 mprciies ppe,di fhehandrnaid ofthe graces; which more adorns a magiftrate than krmlned, aye wan royal.robes-' with t -t;decerrcir-which fo pecolfarly befits l. ' -re and il ;t Pb"wiure raeant.Ji ney wiunsverpw-1 - 4 that you ' meant to violate the crJtifu- V i: tiorM-l nefe:U-illhe nO'dancffouyand K hatefurdafhinff ofJDuM;cfaGrhof--: 1 They fcill never qudtiontheexerdpf luamigu luiticiiuu ivuu wnicju you are mVefted.' They will not deny your fiill fupreraacy. They. will not examine rrfJ to, your motives. nor:-aflignHmrcpeiV iviwi a iiey. wm . rcipea '.yoa 10 , iongf - fe ves - They will dedare, that in afligh. I3; them fromnother.-ybtt have to confult --, " k A pnly your otyn convictions :of what tfve intereft or, convenience. of -the people "J V fenlir they' entertain of their duty; .And, IU. lliJS 4 dutv. r:an it btl helievfwLsthhf '"9 ft1ZT fop ble Judges will dare Joppofe themfdves - to the power of thekgiilatilre ,i f, p; Havmgtju j ftatelP Is few words 'as ' - 1 I could, the' confeauences-of sdostitio-'' : ths propbfed refolution, I will nowjake the-libertyio inquire the probable refujt, - sVl.pray. gentleitenntbfV fincerel to confider,the meteffary confeuence,t- X1J I . k f;,VVt.- S.L1. ..-I J tt. nut latu, iiiatw: areiuraia co 1 VI1 meet this feeble' bind .upon the ground ' ' t of frer "Incuh-'y That-we are afrjitd'tA contend with the wtapbh$ bf reifPn; aijd argument, win you not'be itronglyk queftioned ? , As thus-Aryoa.oocJBi-.' dent that' the judges" 3ird Wrong-aadjr their claim unfounded U Hear Lthem" refute them".-" Are you convinced,' -di: ; dp you only ear they are right? ?rejea' their i equcft, &, with ihe tyrant afCsnas a reafon you? (overdgn wiil." Such muft be the,conclafionlf From this dilemrria. it is nbtpofiiblq, fbriyou1tbe(cape.J,If , yon are fight you will couftinjuiry,'aud -' lhun it if you are wrdpg. . ' ' " . ' - 1 Butwhat , js ffill worfe, you cannot, hun .if.'- -'lhefef,Mmorialifts -can-be heard,, whether yowill orno-Spiteof ypur rela&ahce they can bring on an in Vdtfgatibrv Yoamay hide yourfelves t Beneath ihe heaps of -your privileges rid powers ; but you wiU be-traced to your lurking -place, andtherbrtg'at'm of -haftice.will drag you Yofth;to.the day? Yes; thole 'feebfe judges Vanbring pa the inquirv in the very face of' your . pov er wilfor not will confent or. not t confcni-7-fubmit; or. not fubmit-the in : veiugauonwnicn tney anccantafee.place. I HI ltake itgrante; tlemen .f holiave ; afked judicial dec,-; fairl ? To c0e fSSarJug t .'SirI will detain you but a few mln, '' Tt appears t me elfential ta the dig. Tefol.utibnr s It4smore noble1 tp meet ."fo-. thanib avpi legal mveftigaupri j and it-.e-Fi-' i nnr-.a nfivel nrnftice. TIipW 4j,Vi .M:?"'' , w - - ------ . " : ? s - c 12 time when thcAmeTican leffflatarefub;; mutjfd. thcnvact8t to judiaal rdedfioni -" At that time it be faidthe adminiftmipri .was" .'ihn' too .humble. ? He, rW4 w'M fpoeft and - ? ; it1; ? uuttuuiuu;, uu aii luuuru 41k - ' nitVof foul whichtaughthira, intuitive Wfa Void vile fcamc.-aad i-'bffenli-jpridHalasi! iajeej-yIj is goncrrraid. On Heaven !:vrpereus flderutmehlihp thefilehtomb" and preys upon his afhes.--f pardon tne ? 1 he name pf Waihingtoh has ex - ii.rv!. :i I., cii.... v i. -.. . . geeswhvfc!:';;" voiU7j ? poiieiuyf inai; poiienty,tp me jewet; xaoit , aear , co noaoVRDta .2 ill I" I'f, Jk .... 1 l. t 4 !. '." ' -.t .' x . . 4 ' I thi whole cmuairi&buldtelaa 4T.5tna nas .oqcpm? a iaw.ana to tne i v . '...
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