The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-07-12

A. Passed Midshipmen will receive war
rants as such--wlll take rank OF all other
Midshipmen, and receive the pay Of twen-
ty-fiye dollars per month, and two rations
per day. SAMUEL l. SOUTHARD.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE 1--WE do not
exactly know the extent TO which the man.
ufacture of this important class Of officers
ia carried in this state. Something like
M rec hundred, annually, might not be wide
of the mark. We mean no disrespect to
those Justices Of the Peace whose caTaci-
~ and integrity tit them properly to dis
charge the duties of this responsible Office;
but the facility with which any man, who
will paw dollar for his commission, can
Get j. T. attached to his name, is becoming
a serious evil. The mischief and oppres-
! sion of which too many petty Justices are
guilty, are too glaring to be suffered Ion
/ ger to exist in a free and intelligent COM
munlty and the legislature, as the guard
| ians of the people, ought TO protect that
people against the Tyranny and ignorance
/ Of irresponsible men, clothed IN little brief
authority, as Justices of the Peace.
! 1t is now become matter OF course,
| that whoever is nominated for Justice, by
membor, is elected and the members,
STdAftypeSf Sdftyp 81 they SgaR JSg6e 5Bh or not,
feel under the same obligation 10 comply
with a request TO nominate, as they would
with o request 10 present an ordinary Pc
tition from a constituent. Unless there is
a reform soon, the office Of Justice of the
Peace will become so cheap and degraded,
that no individual who might do honor to
il, will consent to hold it. There are mon
strous abuses in the system ITSELF that re-
quire the correction of the Legislature.--
| There are many Justices of the Peace who
make il practice TO advise with plaintiffs,
| ill their wrts, and decide upon their claim :
aud that, too, where their fee depends, in
many cases. upon the contingency OF the
plaintiffs recovering in the sut--thus act
| .ng as attorney, COUNSEL llor, jury, and court,
and all upon one side. 9lost of these ca
ses are small demands, in which the defen.
dent can neither afford to employ an attor-
ney, or appeal; and consequently they are
never heard of, though instances of the
grossest partiality might be pointed out.
! IL ought 10 be made penal for Justice TO
| till a writ and decide the case himself
| The law is so Strict in the taking oi depo-
sitlons, that no Justice or Notary, who is IA
party, or Of counsel for the party, can take
4 deposition 20 be used IN the trial of such
cause and yet IN trying demand, (for
which some Justices agree TO charge on
costs, provided they do not recovery the
| Justice is permitted to act as Attorney and
Judge at the same tlne.-We repeat it,
these abuses call for reform, and we trust
'he Legislature will not hereafter make
these appointments, as if they were bent
rpon collecting'o revenue from the manu-
lacture of Justices of the Peace.--An eX.
purgatod list Of Justices is wofully wanted
IN this state.
No man who is fit to hold the res
! ponsiblo office of a Justice, VIII take any
offence at these remarks--thcy do not
touch him. fhe be unfit for his Office, and
We shall not consider it of very material
consequence to Tie. The public ought TO
mark him as ayowedly unfit for the station
he holds. Prov. Amer.
/ The following letter Of the hero who as
/ pires to the presidential chair, 10 a person
who had made an Improvement N boots, H.
ustrates more aptly than the culogiums of
| his friends have yet done, those talents by
which he is entitled to such an elevation
This letter, upon a highly important sub
Ject, is perhaps fair specimen Of the state
| papers we may expect from the General
should he succeed in attaining the object
! Of his ambition.
NASHVILLE. Oct. %, 1916.
Dear Sir--On my return to Nashville,
/ ] received your letter Of the 18th Of July last
accompanied with the present of an ele.
/ CANT pair of military boots, rendered me as
a token otyour appreciation ofmy official
conduct, during the late war AS such
! accept ofthem and aciH lag them up as a
mirror, TO Stimulate TO greater trertionS in
! defence Of those incstnable rights, if a.
gain invaded, bequeathed to us by our fore
| fathers, and which | trust will never be
surrendered to tyrant, but with our lives.
Believe me to be your friend and fel.
| low citizen,
"ANDREW JACKSON.
"Mr- James Riddle, Pittsburgh"
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