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out indignantly, no. Again we ask you, why h'


cannot! If he cannot, and there is no law excu


ding him in such cases from the exercise OF the


right, we boldly affirm, that there Is no such


right. We affirm it from the principles of the So
cial compact--from the long and well-es,ablished
rules of jurisprudence, that if right exists at all,
it exists in its most unlimited extent unless re-
strained, and limited by the positive enactment Of
the Legislature, or the well-establshed common
law based upon the authoritative decisions OF
courts. We may be met by the answer, that pub
lie policy forbds such an exercise Of it--that pub
lie policy thus defines and limits it-but we do
not admit that courts are TO make laws founded
on their opinion, Of public policy, and political
expediency. We hold that Courts are to espound
laws, the Legislature to judge of their policy and
And we are only surprised that the
Legislature should so long have neglected to de-
termne what would be polite and expedient.