The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-06-20
To The Editors orne E,,p,n,o,.

're"iAHIH He CHM docket Of Camp
bell quarterly court, ropt;aus more than
7o0 rases, ready for U.lal. Besides this,
there are NUMEROUS IN uctiuns, attachments.
aud motions nj various descriptions. and
whose speedy determination is required by
justice, and by the. situation of the sni,urs.
Such has been the pressure of business in
tina, court, for the last three or four wears.
that There are examples OF attachments, the
m"st summary spices oi judicial proceed
ings known 10 our laws, remaining for that
period undecided--to the Indispensable OBJ
preston of plaintiff and defendant one of
whom is by this delay, virtually deprived
OF the power oicoIIccting his debt. aud the
Other ol ms property, without its being ap-
Piled To the dlmInni4on r IRE ekliaSusiI-
ment Of his debts-aHd 10 the iIIegilnate
advantage OF the officers Of The court. who
by Their fees and charges, corGrive al last 10
retain the property alta, he'd rs their own.
Instances alhaldahip from extraordinary 4.
unreasonable DELAY, arr numerous and nc-
euI 4ndeed, III almost every case. Did
this delay tend 10 relieve the oppressed
debtors, by operating ms prolongation of
credit, The complaints of the creditor,
we'id be IN a degree bllaucrd by the adj
VaniaSos thus 15nntd la the debtor. But
The experience of these hard times has de-.
monstrated, ii reelection had not made il
q, Idrnt before, that the i,ostpan,qn,n, of
payment Is ~ realty ntore destructive, To
The debtor than the crediior, sine, interest
accn'nuIat"s up"nprinclpal, aud costs upon
interest; and the sacrifice N property ut
last, under The shell's hammer, is more
fuli1"us, Tran II II had original, been made
by The tree agency, and under the manage
m'nt oi ihc party himself Persons ia diff
hcufy. are apt 10 consolc themselves with
the hope 0f being able in "A short TINE, To
eXtrIcatc themselves from embarrassment,
by soiet untned SHIFT or experiment and
|" fhls "hd, they are apt 10 dc,iate from
the dnic al Their ordinary business, and 10
engage ia matters, in which thry are ig-
h"faIt or inexperienced. a'e hope, even
against hope, /, the constitution OF human
Ralure; aud the power 10 do 81, is the
most useful Junction OF the imagination,
and the hest argument of a beucroltnt
p'o''drncc. Bat tIia hope as often proves
iallaclons, as onc might reasonably expect
irnlh Il Good calculation OF the chances
and IN nn" times out of ten, trecuiion
iina' The party IA "A WORSE situation to pay,
MAN the writ of capiaS I'D respondcaduat
had left him.
These general rc-1art are superndnc-
ed by the extraordinary course pursued hy
the quarterly court of CanphcIl at the last
term Gu Thursday evening, the ceurt
alter asessou of four DAYS had despatched
those matters which always ocrupy lis at
trh'ton during the first days Of thc term.
b~ wbieh are in reality, the most mim
poflaht Ut It's business. II was expected,
ny al parties concerned, that the issue
u"cket would then be taken up. aud such
progress inin!r, as the length of the DAYS,
and the zeal Of the bar, the court and The
clerk, would admit.
To the surprize and indignation efeve-
r3 dislnlerealcd man, the sitting p.agis.
tratcs loi IA nlaiority of them)a THIS slage,
to1inahy consulted amongst thems,l,e rs,
anu determined, not Gully, that they would
hol 81 alter that day themselves, but that
The court should be adjourned over TO the.
court IN course, thereby preauding oth,r.
magistrates who we're ieady and apXioRs
to discharge the ,dut, 10 the cauntry, they
llsd aolcnnl1 mplcrt.svcl, fromsloing So
II ilHs lllrgal conduct had been pursued
aNo"ediA, IN consequence the oppressive
tunes, aud tilc%iliiugnts4 of the Justices b,
inns means, II mitigate the suIlcrinrs OF
tiie people, though sill Illegal, it would
maze been SOMEWHAT excused, by the
humanity al HE purpose. But this WAS
h"t pretended, and those who have condo
scendrd To examine into the motives of
those magistrates, who had III" chifa gcn-
~ IN this altar, have traced lllem 30 a nj
lItal intrigue, set GA foot probabI, BY the
Deputy She Ills who arr act as such.
70 exclude The aching deputies, ar one of
l1eh, iron commissions which would have
accrued On Judgments rendered at tins
term. 1t Is, Messr,. Editors, Il matter of
bttatlndli!erence tn me-, personally, Which
"i Inc Nhelliis shall reap illc rich benefit of
i1eNt 90 INNS ions, a,r whether apy of them
sllail ENJOY them, farther than strict Justice
To these individuals is concerned. Ger
'nInly'h the acting deputies were fairl,
'ntllled to them they should moi be depri-
yea "i justice. by complot of the very
men N4lo nave been seiretcd 10 administer
'ipPartlally, the ,l!lstIcc of the country. But
'his conduct OF the court, presents considt-
rhI"hs OF higher nature. These magis-
'ratcs III their sovereign capacity have
"c'ua''y done that, which the Legislature
81 The State, though frcqut ntly solicited
ny petitions, and almost cor strained hy the
situation ct the country, have repeatedly re.
fused to do. They have shat the doors of
,he courts OF justice, and in this have gone
,'f''er IMAM to suspend executions, since
'hey permitted no Judgments To be attain
"a: 1t would be- indrcWous IN me, 10
point out to those gentlemen, the radical
oistihction between the duties of a iudgt
ana legislator, since from their exalted |
"iltes, must presume them acquainted |
WIN these little affairs, hu, | cannot for |
pear Recommending to them Az attentive |