Daily Bulletin. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 8, 1842 Page: 3 of 4
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Remarksrof. Messrs Cooke and Van Ness on tke
- Supreme Court Bill
'Mr. XtJoqk-Siud lie could not understand the conduct
ofholi'?geiitienien on this subject aud-especial ly those
hondraBleVgentlenien from the West and amongst
theui tljfPBexar delegation. Their conduct is not
faithfulto'the interests they were sent here to repre-
sent ; it is fraught" with political legerdemain and jug-
gling or lam unconscious in what such conduct' is
manifested. 1 have voted against the division of the
Supreme Court first because I believed it to be un-
constitutional'.; aud secondly because it was presented
to me as a compromise on a subject that could not be
compromised even granting that honotable gentlemen
meant to keep good faith : I allude to the seat of go-
vernment question with regaid to which all plights
and vows of quiescence silence or forbearance are
made without" sincerity. The bill for the division of
the Supreme Court however was engrossed ; aud its
engrossment supported by the Bexar Bastrop and
Gonzales delegations upon a spirit ot compromise and
convenience to the honoiabie members of the East
aud came upon the final vote for the passage of the bill
I find the honorable gentleman from 3exar sroinir the
whole question through strange to tell he now intro-
duces a bill to remove the entire Supreme Court to
Washington and that too. between the time of his
vote for the engrossment of the bill for the division of
the court and his vote for its final passage which is a
betrayal of the eastern interest as well as the interest
he should represent. If the honorable gentleman from
Bexar wanted to remove the entire Supreme Court
from Austin why did he not come forward with his
biifcopenly and fairly without mixing the question up
with other measures as he has? 1 cannot account for
hs conduct upon any of the fair principles of legisla-
tion nor can it be done to my satisfaction ; and I
have therefore denominated it political juggling be-
cause no other word will signify my meaning on this
conduct better.
Mr. Van Ness said that so. fur as the strictures of
the gentleman from Travis were pointed at him he
neither regarded nor cared for them. That upon that
floor he acted upon his own responsibility and as;
might best suit his ideas of propriety or policy and
the advice of the gentleman from Travis was neither
asked nor if given regarded by him
So far as the bill .for dividing the Supreme Court
was concerned he had hitherto at all timesnnd upon
all occasions supported it as a measure expedient and
not unconstitutional. And even this day he had given
his vote for it but upon more mature reflection he
had become convinced that 'not only might the views
of those mostly interested in the passage of this bill
be met but the interest of the whole country advanced
by removing the Supreme Court undivided to some
point other than the seat of Government. By this
step while the objections which many entertain-to a
division of the Court are overcome and the call of a
large and populous section of the Republic responded
to you achieve the great and permanent object of
placing the ' highest judicial tribunal of your land be-
yond and above the deleterious influence exercised
and which always will beexercised by a contact with
the Legislative and Executive 'Departments of the
Government. He .had witnessed instances in which
the popular will had been brought to bear through
the Legislative Departments directly upon the action
of the Supreme Court and.jso would it ever be unless
some stronger barriers were"erected between the. De-
partments. That until this was done that tribunal .
could not take that high and independant stand which
it ought to maintain considering the thousand clash
ing. interests existing in this country in land matters
.and in fact when perhaps it may-jbe lralysaicT that
every citizen is a suitor .you will' findxpartiesan inter- .
est making parties upon this floor apdwUhtheSu-
pretne Court at their very door and eery breeze bear-; r
-
ihg rumprs?of the anticipated or imagined course of
jnai iriDunai enons win ne maae as mey nave been
hitherto to warp and control .the conduct of the.
Judges. For these and other reasons he wished to -see
it removed and should strenuously advocate it.
And as to the propriety or inconsistency of his
course upon this floor upon any and all occasions he
was perfectly willing to contrast with that of the gen-
tleman from Travis and abide the judgment.
Meeting of the Houston Bar. At a meeting of
the members of the Bar of Harris county called and
convened the 28th instant at the office of Messrs. Mcg-
ginson and Smyth for the purpose of testifying their
respect to the memory of the late John R.Reid Esqr.
Judge Abner S. Lipscomb was called to tBeTJKair and
R. T.J3mrth EsqrTwasappoi n ted Secretary.
On motion the following preamble an resolutions'
were unanimously adopted:
An all-controlling and unrelenting destiny-having
removed from among us a brother and a friend we
the members of Harris Bar have assembled together
to pay. the tribute of onr respect to his memoiy by a
sincere and heartfelt expression of our sorrow at his
premature and untimely end. Our lamented associate
had endeared himself to his friends by those rare vir-
tues and qualities which characterized his social inter-
course. He had won general admiration by the warm
gushings of a penetrating and comprehensive intellect
refined by a clasical education enriched with a varie-
ty of acqurements and disciplined and enlarged in the
school of science. Possessing such properties of mind
andgraces of character together with a depth and accu-
racy of legal knowledge far surpassing the compass of
ordinary minds he necessarily occupied a command-
ing rank at the Bar which makes his' early death a
public as well as a private calamity. As an humble
testimonial of our respect for his memory therefore
" Be it resolved .That we deeply sympathize with the
family and relatives of our deceased brother John R.
Reid Esqr. in the loss which they society and the
country at large have sustained by his premature
death.
P - -
- ttAGE for the Telescope. The interest which
the exhibition of theJ telescope excited at Venice did not
soon subside ; Sirtupi describes it as amounting almost
to phrensy.- When he himself had succeeded in mak-
ing one of these instruments he ascended the tower of
St Mark where he might use it without molestation.
He was recognized however by a crowd in the street;
and such was-the eagerness of thefr curiosity that they
took possession of the wondrous tube and detained the
impatient philosopher for several hours till they had
successively witnessed its effects. Desirous of obtain-
ing the same' gratification for their friends they endea-
voured to learn the name of the inn at which he lodged :
but Sirturi fortunately overheard their inquiries and
quitted Venice early next morning in order to avoid s.
second visitation of this new school of philosophers.
The opticians speedily availed themselves of the new
instrument. Galileo's tube or the double eye-glass
or the cylinder or the trunk as it was then called for -Demisiano
had not yet given it the appellation oCtele-
scope was manufactured in great quantities and. in-
a very superior manner. The instruments w.ere pur
chased merely as philosophical toys and were carried -by
travellers into every corner of Europe.
TO RENT.
THE House owned and formerly occupied by the subscriber an
Colorado Street nearly opposite the residence of Gen. Geo. H.
Harrison.- There is a good well with an abundant supply of "ex-
cellent water on the premises. Apply to Mr. Walsh; Blacksmith
Brazos Street or to the Editor ot me Austin uity uazette.
Austin-27th Dec 1841.
SAMUEEjBROWNING.
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--LAMAR .MOORE Congress Avkkb
AS just received and offers- for sale Ledgers journals Day
. Books from 3 jo 8 quires each full bound: Account Books fa-
voice; Later and Cash Books irom 1 to 5 quires each; together with
"a lot of very superior 'Polio Post Letter and Foolscaf.paperby tic
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Whiting, S. Daily Bulletin. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 8, 1842, newspaper, January 8, 1842; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80087/m1/3/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.