BRITISH SETTLEMENT


many obvious defects, and which, when ex-
ercised in small communities, will not al-
ways be found the most certain way of se-
curingthe impartial ends which ought ever
to be borne in view when annexed to a
matter of such solemn importance. And
it may very fairly be presumed, that a
proper interpretation of laws would be
more likely to occur, from the nomination
of persons in some previous shape quali-
fied to fill such situations, than could
possibly happen from the accidental, or
as it is more frequently found, capricious
privilege of electing to them. In the
weighty and serious business of jurispru-
dence, the maxim,

 Ne sutor ultra crepidam,

 should never be forgotten.
 If it be the will of government to re-
 tain this establishment, it may be hoped,
 that an early attention of the legislative
 power towards this momentous point will