Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-06-12

"A VIEW
" fof P'efeedings Of tire Ian Ss6'on of
Censyg,5.
TO TIE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES.

CsneIsae1 fran szr Laf.
\ NoNGRESS have repealed the ata psfsed in
7 - February 1901, eeabl .fhiog 6x new cir
suit courts, and limiting the labsrs of the Jodg-
ss Of the foprcme court, to the holding OF two
frfiions in year ar the feat of government; and
by another att have remedied the evils Of the
former fyfem. by fpecifyiog the dtlsiels in
which each judge of the fapreme court fhould
hold a circuit court and difoeniing with one
fsfdon OF the iupremc court; by this they have
sGetied an annual Eving of $4,000 dollars, and
aboliihed Gxiseu uieiels ofces.
This msafutc was objcetcj 20, both as un-
Soaairutiansl and impoliiic.--As TO the conit-
sa.ionsli,y of the msaf1re, thc diilinttion exips
besweea .ks iupfr,ne and The iubordinaie couss.
The former Is created by the conaitu,ion the
lat,cr by, and iuhjsa to. iseillasiye dife,e,ion.
Qoe may be aboliihsd the other caanot. The
Objection that shb doctrine dsiisoys the judicial
dspassnae.s, by engalpning it in ,bs yorsSs Of
party y nDtonnded. The judges are not fub-
Sd 90 Hs VIII Vi the executive, or even Of the
ieeiAztuse. No nrS fyhem j. eeabliihed, by
~hach = new corps VI judges Is created. The
standardization Of ;aAicc is en,ruasd. as it has
hesctotos< been. 20 sbe jodses OF the fupreme
COURT whole ;Ddcpehdetce has not been affected,
o. ever confrcsss,cd. The righ, to create and
s5siish inferior souus has heretofore been ac-
kao~ledgrd By the legilnafes Ct New Hsmp-
fhisc, MsRachuie:ss, Pcnnfylvania. Msylsad
and Niseiniss wh6 have iiniIar coaanations;
and no ks;aaaturc cvcf adopted contrary can-
a.:.<.iob. AZ 20 tho policy Of the meaiure, the
aniy qaeaiess are, whsther the Gx judges viii
he able to perform the tssice, aud hrtber an
snnusl lcAion Of the fnpfcmc court is fuficient.
To decide upon che ability osrthc judgesto
perform the ferYicc, let Us conGdsr tbs Iabon Of
one isdge--judge Cuih:ng. for inasnce. The
lsw requires Of him 10 hold annually 10 conjunc-
s;on with the ditntt jsdees, two ieiions Of Cit
cult court in each Of the As,es OF cw-Hamp-
Eire, MsGachutetts, aad Rhode III md Zen
days may fairly be computed she full length Of
ienion. The courts will then require 6x,y
days. His travel in going TO aad reiurning
from thcls courts cannot exceed $50 nliles, which
allowing for each aosmiles one day, amounts TO
a. days more. A ieiIion Of the fupe enc court
~iii NOT require more than aI days. .Hn rcii-
dence doss not exceed 4so miles di!tauce from
the feat Of government. AT the above moderate
rate of ira, cling, thesemua be added 4S days
more, making the whole ,ine while On rxpence
and 10 public fefvice, is3 days, or little over
Eve months, for wbich ieryiee he receives three
thoofand hse hundfsa dollars io each yeas. A
kf, portion Of time than he devo to the pub.
kc tetvice while jo6ge Of the fate courts Of
MaGsehufstts. As TO the fuficiency Of an an
nual fopreme copit il cannot be doubscd, when
il is known that for ten years that court decid-
rd bot forty. three eauies, aud that atts laA ief
Son the dockea eondited OF eight oniy, three of
wkieh ~eie de.iisd.
Aduming the .a6t that thsre wiIl BE- neither
sIcsier OF lcls number OF csoses before the fu-
pIemc ooert, for O years to come, than there
was for the frft ten ycars after its efzbifhment,
and there appears no reaionable ground on which
90 calculate for an iacfeafc of bu6ncfs il is eay
90 Tee what the companion was between the fer.
vices TO be rendered and the compensation made
according TO the provifons of the aet repealed
st the laA feflion Of Congrefs.
The ialaries allowed by law to the judges
Of that court amount annually to IL 500 dollars,
OF courie in ten years TO zIS, 900 dollars. The
falaries, Of the clesks for the fame time is T. 500
dollars. Total amount of Elsries for ten years
i at 900 doIlan. In the coure Of ten years
fory-three cau!es only were decided, as appears
by the reports Of Dallas. BY this il Is :nanifct
shat under thc laa federal Judiciary fyftem,
which wa repealed at the laa fefIion Of Con-
areG, the people Of the United States would pay
more than Eve shouiand and fifty three dollars
for each deci6on. Docs that man exi& who
will iay the public money mould be thus fquan-
dercd . m
= A revi6oa of ,hs lava relating TO natural
station has alfo taken place. The al of i7es
Is repealed, and the former Law rsvifed, by which
. Kddsnce Of FIVE ysars entities foreigner Of
good eondoa ssd HPularion to .she rights Of
si,izsaihip.
The joRiee due TO large number of pes
pl. Who enigrsted under the faith Of exiaiog
laSs. ana the policy Of openiug the wilderness
and acquiring the arts sud maSufsttures Of Eo-
rope required tbn sevison. 1t 10 omy revival
ssshs Wsihiszrsn Fasn.