Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-04-27

siti - stioiR t. nfrvev 81 Int. :
whilst, also, Ia chaiir him 10 se, with NOR.
wisdom and ss.riy. II tnieni he gel, ENOUGH 10
make the kends oi Departments his e,.ol6r;a
advisers whenever be requir.sthis srry,cp OF
lhrm.
As 10 the Judiciary il wonla he deemed by
me rs all imporfart-and IL is IN accordance
with TIE only opinions wnich have eyer held
in relation To all pnbhc servants IN free
goveran,r that the judges be net elevated
anove the rrae'teni reach oil the npople. They
should MT only he nomnallv, bit virtually
Essentially Responsible. Beside. ihepnwer 10
cv,ct inr ofiieial mi>demsanor, OF Tor physica
or intellectual ,reompeiencv. there ouc hi 10 be-
lodged I would conceive, in some safe trim mi
created hy the people the farther power of eS.
rnlson from Office for amy other cause. deemed
In their wisdom and discretion sufficient To re-.
qaire remedy. T.is power might probably. NJ.
Ter the fashion Of some other OF tic State. he
cnefcialIy and safely lodged in the Two bran.
chss OF ,he Legislature tspf cially f. and
for which various reasons NIGH be assigned
cnncnrteace os both Houses were made
necessary expel. Aud provided, too. that
dre no. ice b. gwen: As j. noi ualikply that
,ti.h espuls on ought righifully to be accom-
panied with previous notification TO the ia ty
songhi TO ne expelled. As To nc mode of an
pointment. am not prrpnted 10 say thai the
appoin'ing power might not as well rest where
i Is. or perhaps more properly. under new
modelled executive, BIZ trusted to the Governor
with ihe advice of III, Senate. ~ TO bs retained
in The hands OF The people Indeed belle We |
should he decidedly opposed TO the latter as
both unnecessary and inconvenient, and as DIT
minrsh ne he interest of all elections when e.
lre ions are made TOO frequent.
IL reference 10 the comfy conrt system,
which Is perhaps, nay. cerlainly our must i'm
por,an institution, find my ,e'f as sonn as |
direct my attention towards il. "wsdiagn o use
familiar phrase, d" in deep water" nn1 liable
AZ every step of lis investigation, to ihcorri cal
conclusions tina might be practically :alible.
That il is, as nj present organ zed, essentially
wrong md defective in principle there eau be
M douhi. 4 i, nevertheless whilst il is a mlled
10 he thus theoretically defective, perhaps, also,
the inns practically VALUABLE Of onr present in.
.lin' ions.--I nave sad that this ia difficult
,hbjec,--it is emhar,hssinsly so To me-: aud
"a forming iow exiting impressions ultd liked
opinions and ashionins my course from them
| wo7h largely rely, for my gu des. upon thu
iishts tha, viii iilumiue he convention in lis
drlbcraiio0s.-Of one thing am saliSi ad-thal
The hand Of re orIn, judieiously and wisely mp.
pird. cou,d not fnil 10 render the orgauiz,t
Of the county cou system te,s detective ami
far more valuable. The self creative power OF
the magistrates seems to I've IN wonderful non.
conformity 10 the sauiary principles OF freq
COVER ,men,. An alteration in me shape OF
other IN the management of our pr"srm sheriff
Al system could not do harm Nigh not adj
want ga, aud ind ed recnnisry profit accrue
TO the public by new modelling the olersshio
department. of The comfy court system p
! Taught RS We are from practical experience to
he ready 10 agree thai il is safely lodged in
| III SC bodies, do MT see much Necessity for
bridging the legislative or jndici1l jurisdiction,
! though the union OF the two seems wrong IN
primo pie, of The comfy courts. DO aot know
| tina, the appointing porer row lodged in the
courts OF .omiilniiHg company and field officers
IN the miiiia is badly located hal "onl it not
be best tina. the persons ticcl 10 militia dny
,h1uld themselves elect these Offices
! | nave thus given, as IA as nave thought Of
frank and honest exposition Of my views as
they now are and have only 10 iemarh thai
shanld ms fellow ciltz us, on tlils new occasion
| deem i, f TO hon.'r o,e With their support, my
| bes alb ln:es shat he dedicated 10 ,hrH service
Respectfully you're,
JAMES SAUNDERS.