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OBSERVATIONS. 



is useless — would be liable, when he con- 

 templates the distance, fatigues, expense, and 

 delay, to relinquish in despair the hope of 

 restitution or redress. This must naturally 

 engender discontent and disaffection ; and 1 

 am glad to observe that the Congress is seri- 

 ously turning its thoughts to a remedy for 

 this evil, and has already decided on the 

 establishment of a superior court of justice 

 in every department; taking care to prevent 

 the nomination of any of the members of these 

 courts from falling upon the natives of any 

 of the towns in which they may be estab- 

 lished, in order that the administration of jus- 

 tice may not be perverted, which might arise 

 from ties of relationship, feelings of party, or 

 consideration of personal interest. I consider 

 this to be the stepping-stone to that system, 

 which, 1 doubt not, future experience will 

 prove to be necessary. 



I however have my doubts (though the in- 

 tention is good) whether the system of ex- 

 cluding these towns, in which the highest 

 court of justice is situated, from sending mem- 

 bers will do any good, or indeed whether 

 it will not do harm ; for one is naturally led to 



