Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-12-29

at different places may be regarded as =,
experiment in Virginia, yet it is not withon,
exa mples in our sister states entitled 80
great respect. New York, distinguished
heretofore for the eruditon Of her iudues
and elevated by the character and ability Of
her judicial decisions, has long ENJOYED
the advantages of alternate sessions Of her
Court of last resort, at Albany and the CITY
of New York.
Pennsylvania, certainly not behind us;,
learning or liberality in the legal PROBES.
sion, found it necessary at an early period
to call her Supreme Court TO different
parts of that Commonwealth; and its ses.
sions are now holden at Philadelphia, Har.
risburgh, and Pittsburgh, if not at fourth
point.
The examples of those States, show Us.
that, without Inconvenience to the Judges.
and without losing the aid Of the most
learned in the profession, either as adyo.
Gates CT reporters, our court Of appeals
may be safely carried into the two princi.
pal sections of the Commonwealth. 1.-THE
pleasure sho'd be objected to on the ground
ofpublc or personal inconvenience, appre.
hended from tho travelling of the Judges.
such approximations viii be allayed by Inc
considerations, that disposing of the ives.
tern business by a western Court, the
Richmond docket, will be freed from
mass of litigation, at least equal TO the time
which the judges will be required to attend
in the west; and that personally the judy
es and perhaps some Of the heading law,
yers may find it rather relaxation ard
heaIth-conducing operation, to leave the
Metropolis in the warm months, and retire
to Lewisburgh by the good roads now form.
ing to the west, and there adludcale the
questions coming up for their decision from
the counties west of the Blue Ridge
To treat this subject somewhat more
methodically, the following PropOsnOns
are presented:
1st. That it is essential TO the due ad-
ministration of Justice in the Court Of last
resort, that its sessions be holden among
the people most interested in It's decisions,
and where it may be aided by the bar best
acquainted with the leading subjects Of
litigation, and that there is therefore pc.
culjar fitness in discussing the commercial
and maritime questions Of the east at
Richmond, and the complex and interest
ing questions produced byour land system
in the west, at Lewsburg, which is favor
ably and centrally situated, in relation to
the country west of the Blue Ridge.
3D. That the accumulating and almost
intermlnable mass OF business IN the Court
of Appeals at Richmond, demands such
reforms in that Court, as will bring Ine
causes to a speedy disposition when VIII
be in part effected by the establishment o.
a western Court: and if effective measures
are not adopted by the East, now as here
tofore holding the legislative power 70 q.
minish the Richmond docket, the west "
least, will be relieved from future ano iu'
inous participation in the delays ATTENDING
causes that 90 to the Court OF Appeals
Sd. That the practical effect OF any SCI
of legal principles applied to the lana uue'
oe tho west are not and cannot be iores0ea
and appreciated as fully by Court SIT
ting at Richmond, and aided only by Rich
mond lawyers, as in the country where
those rules are to apply, and with the as
sistance of counsel, whose lives have been
devoted 10 their study, and to Their aPPh-
cation.
9TH. That by bringing the Judges oil the
Court of Appeals, alternately TO the per-
formance of their duties with the eastern
and western bar, and by mingling the lea
ding members OF the profession at each
court, more elevated range OF mind WIZ
be given to bench and bar, in both sections
of the Commonwealth, and the State more
indvisibly united, by the courtesy, res
pect, and kind feeling. which will be there
by elected.
But, aslthe elaboration of these propose
tons may occupy more space than your
columns can now spare, and impose
greater task on your readers than they may
be disposed to encounter, J reserve It un'
til inclination and leisure, may prompt ls
resuming Of the subject. a,ooN