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nifrai ; assent?.
ftEBATR
"Fr5af DecemSe? 1L .
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CONTINUED.
wa V thw following speech :
w s Wr-iIsB iQ.ht c&nM Irr.niort
f. Vmvvtc an'l ftur It will cx-
I d fo idiy hoped eie doomed, to
sl-c,i in fating oblivion; ..-Bi itbJth J
appeared jjqoU to jnttemei to Air-,
iuc this course; J Tht y hire for, rea .
on$ na dotibt suisf ictory .".ml per-,
fect'r iU"ifi Mc to themsvlres, c U-;
td thr atUniion of tl?C Houvr fo an
thoned by them. it tnc iesiu
ti is nrJ n "vur uble l-i mut '
b disposed of in sinc wa; or ano-;
th-r. .It teak l untie v.iicn
in -nv c-iftscKncc I moapprcrp.
b?t itise I b li it ho! rue. It
in hr nost unq'iial.'fi?:! o; oner an-j
or i t,sthf wn r- oTMJ. T-no i's
a. I' yn v'r.ttion ; an 1 ivery man in
thi H u who v .trf for i s ax!op
tim d clarrsto his ';s iui ntind
to thr.w rld. th: n i K' actxf the
Prfdnt meti h -npprob ion:
I th nor fcrr! .dilpcsed.iq tro thus
f'-t 1 d not bi lir. thit his co Jict
riiri-s this ti.bodcd app avie.
T
tlu
tn
arvl ai Mr as i wkj. d cK uartmeni which c
ligT-ened fKIicy, and hs guarLed f-; ciYc CIP tpm,n. I it
h -nor anc prorcted the in er-st , l!riP vjls -fuuUl
th
of 'he naliort. will ?;te for the adop- ; mcn jcrfeciiy free from b! s Can
t:on of the resolution i those gentle- J; tiiat ra:lu Oe apfrr,3ed to be free fiom
msn,onthe c .nttJry,wha think here j j Dia5 w!, , hoH.- hi scat at the willof
are objections tu some pjrt of lis,;;! ? We fcnow it is n-tura
conduct, and though thry may a,-jjfof ma: t0 bv indisposed to Xhxv&c
pot-of otherpaiU, will. I apprehend j t,r vio-i of ihos-. on who.n h Ov-
be orhellert to gie their negative j
i
to tlir ticau1-: propoied. We are
th.:cfo'c f lrct d. Mr.Spcvker. by toe
v ry nature' of ih cti -ti n, to exa-!
mi . the character. pf.fr. I ffersoo j
au ni't'iNtiaiion.' I? willb rcC Slec 'e l
tha hii ni"cc4ily has heen imposed
o us .nUvli against iir inclioj- ion t
every oKte to our powrrUus been
'tiin H l to vad this unpleasant
di cu.in. If the mod n of my
fi.nd from Newbern (Mr. Lias
W ) o pmtp -nc the farther conside
rs von of the whole ol the resolu ions
b-d prevailed, the House would h vc
brtn rchtved from much trouble ui d
:he debate we are now t-ngaged in,
jroidml. But gentlemen, conci.'iis
if a niaj rity, and proudly determin
ed not to listen for a moment to the
fice -( th- mmoriivi are reotveu
:t lorcc us :o 8val:ow the loathsome
i d sick-njnir dr-uht which tney j
wve jinpt?sed.' I hope; Mi. Spc-
r, I shall be indulged for a mo
Nest, whi'e I briefly and 'distinct!)
v tfl pnmt ut iurne of the rea
W is whtviT ti ti ncc ic not toieod
namrtu ;rry into elTet thr n.
solution on your table. I know, full
'ell I know, that whi I am about !
observe, ill not be pi asirtg to a
number of gentlemen on this Hoof :
Bu' hrn imperious duy potnts bc
iy hich 1 should 'read, and tnrtid
rv dirccs another I hope I hall
Always have firmness encugh. not to
btMtHtefor moment what course
t' P'tsue ; regardless of the fro wo
the inajmity bere, or the tumul- J
uous en. s of a deluded popoJace out
t)nc pf the greatest blcisings which
i naiion can enjoy, is ah ablef inde
Kndcntand upright judiciary. This
Jdiciary! sir, we had in its utmost
purity, vf htn Mr. Jvficrsoh was call
d on by the Voice cf his" country tcf
& the prcsideo ial chair. , Scarcely
nd betaken the rtxnsof goVernment
wo hi hands; scarcely bad the mem-
of Congtets takerithtir seati'at
heir Eut scsstcn after hfc election,
fhen the Crst magistrate of the pa
on, in terms too unequWocal to be
''.lakcn, rccumreuds ' repeal of a
a under which dgca had been
Wiatttfj end hadiitualry perform-
led. judicial duties,. The doctnne
1 was nrw. in America. : Bsfore, .tfili
period, it wa bcliered that . J .mpre,
, . . . . . -" . 1
once appointed, yta st-cwrt in hi rf
ti-c aslonj? s lit d-Mvedwu ar t!
thtno power on,rarsh cctild rlepriye
him .1 wU iot now enter into
anarguinent to hew the jj'tos; ab
Mirdity of 1 -ntruinff th-- wotrfsVu.
rinjrgctd brhav'6ur 10 ri.cn at tlie
avtii iMe Z. iis'aiur, E.ioiij;kn
this ubi. rrv--yrcn'Mili
iTnfnrPiat ,u dcrstandinwhich can j
'yjly'd aMent tb the raiscfablar-f
ny ms wnxen nrt-UH.i) a Pv"vc
lY : jower of Conix3 ito 'drsplac'
tl ;ir Judgrs by tliC lepeal nf a law,
I ciu sure it is at this day usde-ss to
a. single wo'nf But I must he
pefniitt-d to say, that the time wijl
cbrtie, f neceas-l it mut come,
whtn the bitter effects of (his pas
sloiate act of the Preid;nt'antl of
Cnfnss will be severely lelt and
deujily lamented by. Uie Anierican
j pedple Their judicury is now pros
i for. a .mention uf the cmventiori
whioh framtd our constitution Hi,td
whl". ough to br more clc3r to th
nebjtfe. 4b Jn any pthrr ; because in
tirnrsrif ft-tioii a d luaiult, it is the
only ont on wuich 'hey can rely with
coqfi icnce a ji saft y. I thi tk it un-ncc-
fy topreMthis fubj : t fart he
n ihc Jlt-u-'C, for 1 -cunsctcntiously
Vticvc this Legislature could not be
induced by cny considera ion, to pass
a latMr hjch shoo d depiive their
Judges o their olh. .-. So deeplj
roctctV(3hc ojwntwn that our Judei
arc independent of the Lt i-laiurt
us Iot.tr 'as WeTibvh.ve wtih- l aik
object 'entirely different rrom tc du; t a;-.'d arthe feel of hr Lsgisldiure :
It which cur teRi Iatib chacter f -ThcHn'depend. nee 'of ihtir Judges
imioies ob'u-A doty which our- 1s:ineMcar forever: , great dr
cons'iturrtrs dil not rttjuire ofils ; psrrmeniof guveni rieiit i destroyed;
e gcntlemtn h- really b'lievetj.;tntL.mei1 jf approve of his a. i
a.ihe hole of the Treii IcntN ad-j, cf lhc Cnicf s,r uc ? I u.ipltr-. !,
'2is Xfi.Tnl iytff
ibor wish
be i red bv
pciid irt v ua vi iiidy b. tht con
duct of the 1 f r out wi 1 ntve
give ill) co:ifi Jencc or express my
attachm ul to a i,an who ha beet,
the g cj: aus of pio4u.Mg aa evi.
m rc extensively, nu&chievwus to tlu
American peopl.-, and which ts if
enUtl ujn thtm more iasLng mi
scry, ihun any ale of the b turcst en
emy of th nation.
Vhen It Jeff son came into
power, wc natt flourishing uivy, am.
the means wtrc pmvid .d fur making
it respectable. . What lus become of
our Vessels?- Either sold for a kuni
far l .ss tba.i they cos1, or'suffe'cd '6
id; in your harbrb. It is cm fiacntlt
b rieved at hisjday, tha' few. mei.
can be found. j)osstssing tht smallest
share )f poli-ical mf r.i atnm, and hot
blinded by jrany Sj-int, who do not J
see the necessity ol keeping up
a navy, suS'.cient, at least to pro
tect our ca st. 1 it believtd that
wt-ihou'd, Oi jn d .d in our port
and hart) irs oy almost every nation
with whom wo ""lave connections, if we
were piepaicr'torepel lorcc by f'rct?
f'-s,c.vcry tao ity man in mis iioust
ori-werllie qveViiOoi and f. he wit
sutTer hs unuerstandtng, unclouded
by pasii in or prejudice to make the
answer, I do mil t.ar the result.
t iMr. Speaker. I have other 'objec
tions to Mr. JcKeitsoiVs administra
tion, which it ii uifRcult to delineate.
because they do not arise fiom any ;
j par lcularactof lis, uutfrom the ge-
tjlneral cast and complexion of his
whole conduct l-have ever heldn
to be the first (ley, of a great Magis
trmto to instil inuuhe people a pride
of character, a dignity of sentimem ,
an inv.oladle attachment to the honor
ai well as the interest '.of the nation.
It ought to be imprcssed;on them
. -. t "
max a wnoiesome energetic govern
ment is the gieatea'JWeising which
Protidcnccin iti m-rcy has given to
man ; and that it bbghiio command
th'cir txferehce and 'Jsxdtc their at-
taclimcnt; They JotlgbtJo be told
Ir
nd Secure, to then! the inestimable-
blessings floxrinf? frofi4 'brif.ef.
giiimatt povrer lappr'al to i)
In a bolJj roapiy ana operr language,
that taxes' a re f n tUspen slbly n eies -'sat
t-; to aupport,-theK overnrnenx,
and dispasfwonatctot JV- House, .an
ask themif the e'r'rit character Vf
the P esident's adrt iriilVration bias mil
been to cprru!t:. ahit Ivpornlfze the j
puhlic .rnm4 1. Bcjpinton-, I po
not mean tnat nr ia M ird the peo-.
pie. wVhoney i hi .ralizlnjc.
I do not rjnea that he.lsride hm
-thi eves. pt ifrhcrs' ncan 10 s ay
mat v " .'-;i'VBpo'3
tint partly v--",
nenfl which cnteiV,
.1.- volutinnarv waiwt' at last
jive Ii5 rank amonp 'ne nations ot
the world. '. The peopJ; h .ve become
impatient pf jovernntrntal restraint
and have lost all reve'xnre for ; est a
Wished usap-5, and te settled rder
'nf thinirs. Honor, vt" fue and taletuk
give no cfaim to f.uoc twiudcnce
few men can get into cower who do
not devof themselves o the taprice
of the people : and, jIr Seeker,
thrTeh a laxity in g 7'cfrnment "which
is truly alarming, ar-l-tbreatetis, if
not corr; cted, to destiy the political
fabrirk." Therev is a fo a wetr'ht d
r hit st Tor gwn. whiebnas absorbed
vt r- other passijm, nljd hid f ir to
m:ikt'u? wh.i foi-eitjn.-rs say weiai-e,
v nation vf shotiktrprzl G into-.ny
company, tlu eiKj'U4 is not Ha
our hrhoi and charat'r h- en pr -ectcd
? Has re pa aft in been mad.
for jnjury ? Are iv p'irts and ii r
ho s p oie"ted ? B'jjthe qnesu -r.
,s lias our nationf !fleht b en di
minished ? These fjmjxom, m ,
re the.sure presage pi impending
ruin; they evidtnee t general di -hiliiy,
which if not Htt't. corrected
must end in a p enn:re death; 1
im not disposed trj,sert lha af)
hese vils huve bef if nro need" b
Mr. Jf(r rson, but. J jo ay his ge
nc-ral coii(lict r a' tendency.
prod iter 'lut-m.
mi of , im. . Speaker, th
tht Prt itnl I. .sber! hiKhlvbl m
he !rue inter st of the country, a-.ci
pursuing that with inff. xible per-r
w ranee. But we kn'w he has al
most invariablv waited to discos
the temp r and disp ition of ih.
neopl?. and then hape his meaiiurt-
accordinc .to heir wishes. So th "i
insteafl of b ing guidwd by wisdom
md nlight nei policy, hr hh b-e
virro d bv town meetings and po
pular atsemb'ie
It has in en said by a gentlema?
vhm 1 do not see in his seat, f.Mr
H imilfo -0 'hat the President haspnr
cbii cd Louisiana, to obtain whi h
tie feder.-hsis Wert anxious to go ro
i ar. Permit me, sir, to coitcci that
gentleman. When 'he kingof Spain
withheld thetigh' of-Jrpositat New
Oi leans, which had. bt vrt solemnly
iianted ta us by trea'y, the Ttdr-
alist were willing to seize bvfrrce
ha island, and compel a perfor
mance f that stipul v.ron which ha
ben .guaranteed by compact ; thev
saw In the conduct of the Spanish
couit, a determitied hostility to th!
country J oid if justice 'could not lx
btained by friendly means, ther
thought the charae'er and interev
f theN nntion so deeplv concen-
that they wert anxious to en
force it hy an.appeal'to arms. But
ir it was the right of deposit alone
which they claimed . We then hat;
no right to Louisiana, nor do I bv
bv.ve it was their wish to b ain it or
Tiny terms.. I have ever viewed' th
urrhasc of that immense ieritonr
highly pernicious to this -country, h
a da nningfvidenceof the disposition
of Mr, Jefferson to please .the mul i
tudc, though he should sacrifice thj?
permanent interest of the nationd
Our bountiy was sumciently exten,
sive 8efjre the acquisition-of that
boun lless wilderness. Tlie best in
formed statesmen were fearful that
our empire.' would ere loog be dis
membered ; but when this 'new world
is added, that which we supposec
doubtful before is reduced almosj to
a certainty. . When thisv territory
shall be settled disunion must be thr
consetjuence. It is fanciful and a
gainst experience to suppose tha
"people residing beyond the Missis
nippi will send their represerjiativcti
to W'ashirlgton to -.make laws for
rlerit; tbey will eflablish a gorern-
meritioT themseWcs ; and two great
republics id tbeneigbbfttirhood' of
eacn otner,.iivingin peace, 13'wnai
no age or nation ever wituessexl. I
and .le- shall hot trouble you, ' Sir, lurthct vHlrvV ..;Xf
'tri onM?,?, ,MkW ohT-r-t .-.ThVi rrvnU.:V Cabana ;aY3 W -fi ..; .;i;l
r-J T'.r'i "To"" .v"""" - .. "
Sequence
tuted State'isvlj
easily tpreseen,; l
bans Imnrnnpr tfl
It Mill'bericWlfe
e r, t hat a a ron ii urr h as.
tned in thctCtrrui t ecu ' t
trict of ytrcinia, for
nd after" the most Datint'
tnvesHgationvwhkhv vrayer. .Made
" ?-:jis, or. pernsDS jm v wwwr.,vui
. ' . i .iJ..
fhe ch te f just Tce 7ilreccte4
unclouded f?me the spotless virtu
(f this disinixuiiihed 'man, wu1d
hive shifldfd ..'his.; name trrrn tr
shafts even of jacobioic Itiry ; hi
ahl-vand Ttminous" e x posit i-iri-of thft
iaw of tf rason and of evidenceV iif
em jjn ji lasting and jrhperisiiable
nionument of the correctnessToi his
j un.-Ierstanding, and the purity of his.
heart. y . ;;.
. What, sir. has been the condu t
r.i 'he Chief Maistrite ? Coneres.'
''as been called -m to revit W .his dt-
cisiqn, and toascerfajn whither ther
is a defect in the evidence. J .in.'h?'"
lawy or the 'administration of the
law; ria it p isVible to suppose llJy
Mr, JrfTcrson really believed tha
..Cong iv ss a power to co?r?rt th
(irciions of th.e courts of thej Univi;
States ? No 'ii ; he kTowithty hav-4
io surh power, and that th-y can
not in'eif-re exrept there is grou.t
'o impeach the judge. The pope ii.
which he has laid b Ton; Congf e-
cannot -furnish matter cven toins'i
ute an encjuir' I h -v.- pod rsood
that these-papers contain nothing
o ire than the 'documents and evi
d net which were' Tr red to 'he cou'r
SfflSuH- mi the tri I of finrr. It. s
fnt.ssioie iorv im m io collect, any
thirig which 'might justily a .-runinu:
prosecution j A;,, most they "emil
I nly improve that the Chief Jostic
dencei-of U?6 drr.wn from it tnco
' tci leeal deductions : af d we a'f
know that this furnishes -no just raf'e
if imprachmtnt. Then; I vk wh
vas the object in 'making this comV
nunication Wai it to impa'n t::
c n fidence which the na ion hd i;
he integ i of this ccMmVed m n ?
i as it Ut give zicigfit to the ilc c&
'vmnies which l:ati be- n he cc u t.
mm by the public, prin-s ? Wh;t
ver wis the object, I will venture to
say it strikes a: dcsdlv blow ..t the
independ nee of y- ur courts, if tv r
ry judicial opituon which is not j Jcos
in.g io 'he President, is to be brot
"iiider the revision of Congress, und
thejj(jge in effect denounced u)v
ijives this opinion; . ive n rv bd a
long fartivtll to an independent judi
riarv. Wo man wnis : wotpy to
fi I the . impci tant office of a judge,
will hold it on terflnS so Humiliating
to his character and oisiresing io hi
relinks. s '
; These. M. Speaker, are some of
me reasons wnicn cornpci m; to.gtvv
?ny negative tothv resolution On your
able : th'y hye been .off td'to tht
houe,with freedom, .tihd.il mope wip
e received with candor. 1 1 have' jio
v "
wish to wound the feelings of atvy
gentleman on this floor I hope ho
member will believe 1 have. 'The
advocates of the resoUiiion ha;e -bestowed
the most unbounded cnroim'
..mson Mr. JefTcrs-iTlihveelFf
librry 0fpSinlirig oulvwha: 1
believe lo be hu defects' Thte spi ri
.it .of .patty '.distract pubtic opiniort
oo much at tnis oay to txpecca cf rt
rect decision ' on his conduct : bu
posteri y will ' sit iu a i fA judgrqen'
vm his character : the v fulsome adu
taiioQ of his friends viUfnot . rtsru '
his name one momen; frm that ju a
sentence which awaits him. If he
ll as really been .he ; behefactbr" ol
I man. this impartial tribunal will Uu
.nim justice, l will iroupic i ae uuusr
rio farther -I fear I have already
, res passed tdo inucb on their jpatr-j
'tncer " 7 - fHlf
Harris wo.vpagalnst
U ith calamViestt ?
ryvontam a ross vioialionejlte
imblican pfinciplsi aridlja rd'4s.;a:
sumption of potVer tjpt :beloTing ;ov
thefri. btit to the dbleawejupi
onwfatcH.'Uiemtibeftpfei
e,4ep
we - are , tio longer tcmtiriut Wkrfxhi. kbtain .:s
II STL ' VL4.:M' Un Vl or.? 4 art Ktr l
liv"v. .'--a tt...-: - T i. ' " ; - " I.
'&tfpptyf&
... tr M i'n-K frkin' Fifceviai lirPfririr -iK
m. t'.."' . y :';7'.:7:-i..yf:''
-
Skinner, Smti h- JtsvTiinJboi'i W$l- -v i pd ., '
Kent in the Past.Ojfife- at.)
' :: hs 1.'J;' -tilt
11 rT , v njiui e y Joo..u. -
ti!stc m ,S a it', el :lln Masfi.'fA1
Henry Hi -ec4ke:,BlAbrLCepeV
h'avis,- David - ChrattiJlin;'iaAtch:
vtiss Pa sty Eiw5dS,: .RrP itcV,. Jfcn
rv
t?; rayer JiarQbijiKii.rv.'
H'fliny Ubei;Hi':$hV;S
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vl rr... Kat'fMer'rii-.-ftT-jM'Ia j,-"' ,
v 1 1 1 , L,ewjr m use, a a!q ei. 51 j ur,
L-w s Rn, jun. ' ;OTnManhWr
t homas Price, : oVn ! rf'; vvitatii, i-,
Pecce. John"' Skim:Mr&is .f V . ;-v
D H.iley', He.-.'Sfa-fr, :''hart:
1 I'tv.j ry Jl. JC.,. oK rtoK CV1 j. L";si
roit, SovS-mih, ;'('. Bejjinjin TarVer,
Ur Hain' :ierreliyVV!Utn'I. Tufher, 7
Ca.b Tliomas" VWlia.oi tos3fnia
Th -rn, Solummi'errell. W' lytnk-tvi.je--(3)
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