Is it worthy of no consideration that judges who are to be the arbiters of controversies--who are to adjudicate on the lives of their fellow citizens, and to whom is committed the dearest and highest interests of society, should be men of virtue--of wisdom and of unsullied reputation?
He argues for the necessity of virtuous and wise judges to uphold justice and societal interests.
Share
More from David Daggett
My fellow citizens human nature is the same here as in France--Then before you give ear to the songs of enchantment Count the Cost--Before you sell your birthright for a mess of pottage Count the Cost.
Before you neglect an election Count the Cost --If the loss of your Vote should prove the loss of an election of a single man, then will you not have Counted the Cost.
Those who speak of a new Constitution, and of thorough reforms, should recollect that the promoters of these schemes in France, constantly amused the people with the idea that a new order of things--new rights--new principles, were to…
Such is the constant termination of such revolutions, and shall we claim to be an exception?
Other voices in this conversation
