Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-02-12

sary, In order to carry home justice to every mans
door-'hat Diuict system is found inconveneut and
oppressive, because vi the distance which separates
the suffer irom his Court-and to remedy this, YOU
must distribute your Cbau-ery Courts. by the sans
roe which has aPportoned the Courts Of Common Law
This position, viii not bear the test examna-
tion-Ihat justice should be carried home TO every
mans door, has been better said by my friend FROM,
Henrco, that il should be carried the county of ,c
parties litgant, applied TO common law courts is
wise and sound maxim of policy, and leads TO the
most beneficial and important ends.-These
those in which the great OF the general and
rent business OF the country is Transacted civil and CHI
minal-the forms OF trial all by jury, and the evil
dence is taken viva voice. in presence OF Court and Ju
ry they are those in which the client gives his per-
sona AID and superincndcnce in the OF his
cause; an aid that seldom be dispensed witMake
This District Court, and the evils manifest and
pressve-Ihc current business OF the country is trans
acted at distance from the county where il originates
-Jures are carried 10 distance from their homes at
great cost 10 the Commonwealth and with loss Of tune
money 10 Observation-Disclosures are carried TO dis
lance, at like Inconvenience to themselves and ru
nous cost to the suitors--and the parties, Plain
tilt and Defendant, incur in addition heavy and
unnecessary expence in giving their attendance at
the risl terms All these are reaions, aud strong
sons why courts OF common law, should be held Ia
each county whore parties, Witnesses, and jurors te
side. aud should b. coLhned TO large districts OF
couty but, sir, not Que OF hess will apply
10 chancery district system, because none OF the in
| oonveniences follow. No juriss or witnesses suep-
those courts at any time; neither is necessary III
any manner even customary for the parties TO be pre-
sent al She trial OF their Their pref wout
be OF no advantage either to their to ,heiF
counsel The habits OF business in these courts Ell
foctuaiy forbid II. chancety cause, ninotsen times
in twenty, is tried by the Chancellor alone at his
Chambers, upon the notes Of Counsel-aDd the
sutton present, all that he would OF his cause, i'm
progress OF its ual, would when the papers
banded to the court, aad the oil his Counsel sub
United with 'hem. The gentleman lrom Orange says,
however, that IL is important that suffers should be
present at trial terms because Counsel often require
the simuaut OF the ellis Mt at his elbow, tn urge him
performance OF his duty. Mr. Speaker, had thought
that this gentleman eutsrtained different opinion Of
| Al N OIL least
tween counsel aud his cieu'. That they aetu-
ated by far different motives than those he would
cribe-dn honorable ambition 10 excel, or a strong
sense OF the duty which they had undertaken dis
charge. Let that gentleman, however,
that when these incentives insufficient, that coun-
sci who requires more, will seldom be INDUCED with
! the acquaintance OF a ceut.
But, Sir, apart irom other reasons which have beer
urged to slow the inpollcy OF assign ing chancery
court TO eacn county in the Safe, with the OF
caryog justice boue TO the psoPe the idea OF dis,ri-
buuug ohancery courts to tina end in ITSELF utterly
VAIN aud delusive. In the attempt, gentlemen may
be assured, they are pursuing phantom-rana image
etudt-At Sommon law, the maxim lie, acto seQultar
reum-Ihe defendant is sued at his own home La
chapcery The very opposite may be the The
sideoce OF party whose interest in The cause merely
nominal. will give the jurisdiction and those who are
TO contest the suit, may live hundt eds Of miles
from tue seeas OF action. 1t is seldom that yoa
mud all or even sory Of the parties resident ia The
same couniy. But the residence Of one defendant,
WIN make forty others anensble 10 the court of the
county where that one defendant Is found-ist the
sidence OF these forty be where il mayor in how
many soever other counties.
AgaR-It often happens, that the subject matter Of
the suit will extend jurisdiction 10 the Court, when
not one of'the Parties, either Plaintiffs Defendants.
resdentssoi the County where that Court held
have known This the case, Sir now, when
the Court has jurisdiction District, comprising
nasy countes-not one OF the parties (snd they
were numeTousO were residents OF the District.
This idea, then, that you carrying justice hons
10 me people, by the proposed arrangement, is vaia
and idle You are 10 fact, carrying it away from
their homes. You g Keep the promise te tue ear,
but you break it to the hope"
| One more view of this subject, sir, of the wholesome
administration OF Justice, aud | have done Let gen
temen leave the seats OF Justice, they are but
let them look with anxious and jealous eye, those
who TO minister its aarsSir the enquiry, Tho is
TO administer the law, believe me, OF deep in
terest to the People, as an enquiry, OF what is the law
TO be? No maxim is more weak and pernicious than
that which inculcates regard to rather than
10 men, Good men, sir, may rule benehcenuy III
despite OF the worst measures But bad men may
hold the best measures imperative Look, sir, TO the
reign of the second Charles-Signaze as an ara of
good laws and bad government rendered illus
rious by the haPpest enactRents and ortiiy
the liberty of the subject and disgraced by the vlest
Inisrule OF weak aud reckless monarch.
Measures, and not men, is maxim traught wi,li
mischief-Le me beg you, sir, and those over whose
deliberations you preside, look well TO it,
TREATY WITH MEXICO.
Ii Is stated n letter from Mexico, pubIsbsd ye.ier.
day in the Daily Advertiser that the Vice President OF
Mexico has concluded treaty with the Charge q NJ
fdiTeS OF the UOi,ed ) .ates.
IL is well known that after the inauguration of
Gen. Jackson he sent Col. Anthony Butler on mission
to Mexico, with the view Of eslabibuS the relations
between the United States and that roun ry 90 the
rpos psrmane and durable footing. During the last
administration many iruiiless attempts were made TO
effect such object. NJ r. P,inseti, is well kaowo
became obnOxi the authorities OF Mexico and
could accomplish nOibiug
II MIR. Butler shall have negotiated a treaty with
Mexico, as Tits intelligence iDmates II will add aDo-
her for tho people to Continue their confidence.
in the present administration ~ Y. Cour, g. Eng
LUiodendyine.-The active princpls of This beauti.
IN Of ntrv-
dendrine IuiiPVerd, Tulip Tree american Poplar,
has bcen recently seParalea by Dr. J EDmei, Pro
| varsity OF Virginia. This active principle, TO which
he has given the name Liriodendrine although not a
vegetable aleal is soluble acds, and pessessts 20
doubt, in an eminent dc gree, the tonic and febrfugs
properties for which the bark Of the has ce
bratsd. Its solution ia alcohol furnishes mpid chrys-
tale, and has the same intense bitterness that which
sharaeterizeS the Suiphate of Quinine. The Tulip
Tree con'aps II in considerable quantity and the pro-
cess for obtaining il 10 extremely simple.
As the Diri0dendfiDe ~ found TO sublime al a
heat little above that Of boiling water, II Is obvious
kAt soy extract made from the bark OF the tree, afeF
ths ordinary methods, must be comparatively inert.
Nat Cue.
DtsrnIcT BANKS The Annual Report from the
Treasury Department., Of the state OF the different
Backs in the District Of Columbia was yesterday
transmitted to the House of Reprsseut aises. The
following statement, compiled from the whole, will
shew the amount of Specie and Notes in circulation Of
each Bant:
Specie Notes In cro
Rank Of sshtpston $50 O6 e5O on