The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-20
v De enquirer.
RICHMOND. JANUARY 30. 1910
STATE AFFAIRS.
CouRr Of Angus &c

B''s Houses have respectively adhered (as the
techneii phras is) 70 their p1 % ,sitioos ON ia.
Coort oi N>ns ala Tie Bill is therefore bro6.r-
0r lost Fnns from mi.pl.c.d nd mi.
ohevo"s Ckcoarmy Of $500 dsNw.. is a
measure rejected, which i. csset,al 10 the. cor
rect administrator ofjustce--to the rsp:ti execu.
uom of business; to the giving of cecis.ons which
~'n ne ST stactorv to the people, * necessary to
hN the interpretation III lsws-what a fuitCuI
source OF fegre. and dsconsoia,ion
Wv the juices Seliriss in whate ser light you
please Tfy them ny any Standard
Ian the Legislature invite the hes, talcn.a
from the bar to the bcaeh, when there is so prea,
d'sproportion between The sa,sres of their ;,rJ
ses and the income of the lawyer , Is there a law
yer IN this city or in any of The large towns of
Virginia, worthy Of being made Judge who j.
not abis to make much more rhSn s 20JO per an.
MAJ" ES 7aovis Ign, non ft 1ie,ef,ix--1 ,a TIE
IS nor made ar 81 any sor, q ms,erinl. Tie
oesl ttieatS should b. drawn "a the beach o.
,nerw's.. the bar Will dic'stc to the bench the
decisions OF our couts will be eternslly shifting
win tne ingenuity Of sdvocates---laws viii be,
m'tab'e IN thcr appiicatioR--and the community
VIII not Know what 70 depend upon JIM Tenncs-
sec. where The salaries are low the bench is
'.osuy hiied with Young men. who, warm and az
pr'hg alter honors, and thinking il mighty En,.
.h'nts TO be invested with the Ernine md called
jmdge' will accept of the Judicial commission.
rmhihF themselves, however, rather reduced in
.'cir ihauiSences, by The oconomy of their cOun.
Try, th.y descend from the Errnine and the juds-
,aent'seat -snd resume their station At the bar
% '''at' IN Tennessee, they have two SETS Of Tui
ges, those at the Bar and those uoon the Senck-
Judges "a Commission aud Judges GU, of Co,nc,is
sIoH - he effects upon The admins tration OF the
Avs are.such might be expected
we have said in the large town, of yirg;
ma where the e1pences of supporting tsm,i,
are more considerable Try this Parsmonlous
Pnncy Chen by this new standard. The propos.
cd law required, that the judges should sit 81
least 200 days, exclusive of Sundays-,he iudrss
therefore would be compelled to remove their
inities to Rchmord--Is there man in this
Suy, who is cspsbie OF supporting his household,
IN The way IN which most Judges would move
and with that slender portion of economy which,
MS occupations would permit him, upon g 1000
syfer--or, as was observed by mcmDcr of
HTrfiscn tweivemonth age on u similar occa-
SION, are the Legislature to pass anol,er law low
eriRS the price of Ducks, Chickens, Geese. &c
&c ! W.
rake this economy in another point of view
IL is important tor the Stn:e governments, 10 en-
Pioy the most respectable talents in the manage.
ment OF the.r concerns-oherwise, the ecuer1I
government will possess too great share of aa.
cencancy W the political bSlsnce-,hs is a cou,-
ny Where talents have greater influence than a.y
E"h'S else -hobbes has said, that " -rrakh is
f2uer'-but in a popular government. Ike ours.
talents are most emphatic.uiy eo1uer VIII the
States then permit the Federal G ,vernmcn, to
uia" 10 ,ts benches al the most distinguished ia
len IN tho country
Few things are more calculated to excite our
I"htenpt, than the pomp of fashion aud the SPLEEN
a"r OF afPearaiices---us consider luxur, AZ
one OF the create bme sof republics VIC reg.ri
az costly equpage, all expensive furniture, all
spieno'd dresses add all The badges IF pride,
with rs much indifference as mos, men-tlf V
of nd ,,,l Il
nie''---we dePrecate all idess:of palaces and
PoHp-7we Should be among the last in this n,
t!on, to serve the board of fashion, or to CRAFTY
the aspirations of pride. by t. aes dra WI from
the purses of the peopie---w are aver.e ia
All snug sinecures, to all fat contracts, all cost
y comm ss'ons, and all splendid salaries--aut
ire reverse OF wrong 10. not right''--whep
we know, that a Judge of the Court of Appesl,
deprived by his official avocstons of that trcon.
"Hy winch IL necessary to regulate family, and
enjoying those comforts which he NAV be ex
Pected to desire, will De unable to live in this ri
y,' upon 8 2000, we yield rs!uctar,,y to the ne
ce.sity OF allowing him S $500. Surely this j.
which Is guaranteed to him by our Constituti
on . And IT the former salary g 9500) be
merely adequate, how the Legislature g.
& eeabiy to the Constitution, reduce that salary.
whilst they inc,easr his services
Both Houses OF the General Assembly have
admitted the propriety of Increasing the number
OF Judges to fre--is ii not ther a subject of thc
ueepeSi regret, mat measure, essentially
necessary from the very nature as well as present
compressor ct that court, measure whose pro-
prety is almost unanimously sdmitted, should
be suffered to have been lost for the nconside
raole pittance OF IS $500 per annum We res
pect that generous irankness and boldness which
Governor Tyler has displayed in his Com-nau;
cation to the General Assembly, on matters o., r.
nance-untll the same views snail have 6erya.
ded The minds OF the Assembly, o,r treasury will
oe every year prematurely Exhausted, our re-.
sources Will be moagre and pem,!rous. our State
Warrants will be hawsed about the streets of
Eichrnond at disgrsceful discount, and those
PuOiic institutions, which are III, glory and the
ornament OF republics will wither i'm neglect 4
II the resources of the State are insufficient.
wby are not the taxes raised WHY is not the
advice OF our Chief Magistrate pursued WI,v
Is ulere not some man IN that Assembly, who has
the perspcaci;y TO see his own permanent r-n,,-
'atlOn blended with the interests oC his countrv
and the intrepid spirit 10 perseycre in the es,.,
blishment of school. ? The maicritv of the neo-
pie OF Virginia are too deeply penetrated with
The importance Of thes, provisions ard the no
"f increasing Our resources-to murmur
AT The attemp.--That man most miserable mis-
taxes their spuh, who calcul-tps upon ihrir on
lpnslti"n--That man is undeseryi Of ,hs;r co',
hdence, who would sacrifice their interests ard
their honor 70 the trembling srpre.lensiors ofhis
own love Of popularity
1t IS with indispensable pain that we persuade
ourselves 30 touch ON this toyic--we did mt in.
tend 70 have offered more than a sing;. sentiu,cn,
upon lt6It The subject swells upon ,,s-zsc bo ~
before The assembled representatives, Of the neo.
Pie--but 1t is time that the merits of the ca az
. should be carp2ssed-and to the tribunal nj tie
public we appeal for = decision