The Arkansas advocate., 1831-10-12

representation, and that it will be prop
 CT for you, before the close of the pres
 ent sessinn, to make some legislative
 provision on the subject.
 The reports of thc Auditor and Trea-
 surer have been received. and are here-
 with transmitted, showing the state of
 the revenue and the fiscal concerns of
 the Territory for the last two years.--
 An adjustment and regulation of the
 taxes So as to redeem the scrip in cir
 cuiation as soon as practicable, is res
 pectfully recommended.
 The modification of your Judicial System, made two years ago, las met
 with general appreciation, with the ex-
 ception of objections to the County l Courts, in some parts Of Inc country, from causes temporary in their nature, iwiiica an amendment Of the law twill soon remove Partial evils or tenn Iporary ineonveniences ought hot to in- Edace the abandonment of q system in its Yclaracter and principles sound. A req |l1sonable degree of stability ill the laws lRnd institutions is essential to the nap plness and prosperity of every eommu- lhlty, and it is right and proper tliat ey- fiery measure which has received the sanction of every branch oi tie I.egis- lative department, should have u luli and fair experiment.. It < confidently believed, that the Judicial system of Arkansas, with T little amendment. is equal to any in the Union. and il would
 be rash and ussaise tc sepe:si t iaastily. To make the County Court x ystem iul- | ii tic expectations of its authors, and accomplish the objects tor wilIeh t was designed, it will be necessary aid prop CT to provide a better compensation for the Judges, and this can be done with out drawing On the Treasury, by tax lon Letters of Administration, Probates of Wills, and other process and proceed ings of that tribunal. This would bring on the bench, and induce their continu- ance. businessmen qualified to dis charge the duties of the office. No branch of the civil Administration is more important, than that which secures widows, s,orphans, ,& creditors against the frauds X speculations ofguardians, ,execu tors N administrators; & on no subject havel heard much eef!a;iis..ssii ssii tits ;l ritory, as of the management of the es- ftates of deceased persons. To improve the tribunal appointed to guard the es- tates of the dead, for the benefit of the living, who may be entitled to them, is a primary duty with the General Assembly beg leave 10 recommend a review and amendment of ycur criminal code,
 with a special reference to the crime oi murder. Many valuable citizens here, and in some of the States, are daily fall ing by the dirk or pistol, or other dead y weapon, upon ordinary proyocations, aid without necessity; and the crime IS, by the ingenuity of lawyers. and the technical and metaphysical distinctions ot jurists, so often miligated to the grade of maEslaughter, that the law is disarmed of half its terrors. The ire quency of their occurrence tend to fa.
 mlllarlze the minds of men with scenes
 of blood, and lcssehs that horror and in.
 dignation which the crime of murder is calculated to awaken in civilized com. muhity. While we profess great rev. erenoe for the wifi, instructions. and sovereignty of the people, we are not sufficiently regardful of they and in- structions of Him who Is sovereign over all. The will of God isentitled to some consideration, as we'll as the will of man. We arc told in Holy Writ, that sswhoso sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his
 blood be shed;m by which we are to un- derstand, according to the explanations and examples furnished by Moses, that,
 to kill voluntarily, and not i'll necessary selEdelence, is murder, and the nuf-
 derer shall be given up to the avengers
 of blood. lfaman hate his neighbor, and
 lie i'll wait for him, and rise iip against
 him, and smite him mortalDy that he die;
 or if he smite his neighbor with an in-
 strument of iron, or other deadly weap-
 on, so that he die, he is murderer, ac-
 cording to the law of God, as delivered
 by Moses. And the definition of mur-
 der, by distinguished English jurist,
 corresponds, in substance, with that re-
 corded by Moses. He lays it down,
 that, in cases where no previous malice
 existed. if one man strikes another with
 q weapon calculated to produce death,
 and death ensues. malice will be impl-