Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-02-27

aersoms and all cornoratiors .re acco,.l;n
The boasts of LAWYERS, eanai in the eve. of m.
law. ihe'e Is not Que measure OF Justice for
the powerful, aud Iraijter for the weak Yet
have The JUDGES cons,."ily admitted the ,xi
uence OF Il Bank Inspector, who declares his
"ihnion tAat a.n"te - forged without niay his
reason, Whale the ee,l, Whose signature is
toiSed, ahu VINO could speak With certainty,
~ hei caiisu upon. because his tattendanc,
might be announcement, " ould the convent.
cage OF private merchant, in such a case he
''t moment rssardcdl Would lie not he
."'u' maj ms convenience mn.t not be put in
competition with the claims OF Justice
AZ TO The severity of the psmi,hnrnt, the
V.rdicts say euOugh. When there il re,ur-
tanrc 10 prosecute, a refusal 10 convict aud
au 'nnossibi!ity OF rNecuting the punishment,
o" az those who are convicted, nothing more
need be said to I.iove that the puniAhmeut is
100 >e'tre--berause il defeats lis own object,
10y rousin. The feelings OF mankind to counter
ACT instead VI asSistin. the law. Even it il
could he proved thai the forgery ola ~ note
Is is imschieYouS crime as the most
san uNiafA murder the mas ,acfe OF n
family ot The burning OF IA ciiy,it would be To
N'ie purpose, unless the people at large
thohghfso Tue criminal law must he amend.
ed 10 meet the increasing intelligence OF the
as' u II viii remain useless-dse usting us by
lis cruelty, aud mocking us by its ineii-
cicncy. The declarations of the iOndr n
Jufies cannot be misinierpreted or diregar-
died.
ne temptations 10 commit forgery are
great. ca" theS ice ieSSened without dimi-
histihg the paper circuiaiion' Can the COM
niS'ion which uas been appointed hud any
thinS anich man can do, that cannot be imitat
ca by man IL they cannot, il it not worthy of
consideration, whether the long list of puuisl,-
hents, aud The irIghtful amount ofunpunisiied
crime, With all the vices in its train, do not O {
themselves tOIm sufficient ,easoh for contract
fnS tie circulation at hank notes within the
limit, prescribed by ancieat usage even if the
changes IN Inc valne OF property, elected by
the arbitrary changes OF the quantity ofpaper
money did not direct us 10 the same c0nclu-
sion.
We are drawn into these observations by the
curious coincidence oithe,r being at this Time
an actual canvass tor signatures To Il Jobblng
memorial 10 perprtuate The Issue of returning
10 healihinl metallic currency, while at
The same mUm,ut, tour distinct Juries have
pronounced NtIdICtS OF aCQuittal for the
d'ttdeed Cr!nIe OF forging or OF altering forged
limitations oi those uO;es. Thus the mcrceuary
motives OF J0bberS aud spectators seek TO
preserve ii system, at hich The moral feelings
OF The people dt large iesult, aud upon which
ileN have given, al tie crIu,naltribunal Of the
couutry, solemn aud IirrvOcable decision.
Those reTdicts determine the case. The bank
nave now 10 eApedieht lett Tor the continuance
at IA practice 80 vicious as we have said, there
Is no remedy tut an withdrawing The small noteS.
Lord C0chranss Steam Vessel, which was to
have ioilooed INN 10 Naparais0b u, which did
not answer The purpose MAS been again takeu
oni al the dock but heTnew construction doe
not yet allow her 10 proceed with sufficient
raridiiy: The eng inc has msequeniiy been
taken out OF her and the vessel now lays oil the
ked-house at Deptiord. Canterbury paper.