Southern planter., 1832-05-19

not informed OF ITS object he would supposc thai
Congress bad erected il [ke the Romansl TO ndi.
cate tho spot where their yrannlcal laws had full
sway over an oppressed people.
According TO Mr.. Clays report, there will be
two millions five hundred g. ffty thousand dollars
Of the nett roceeds Of public lands, 10 he divided
annually between the statcs--sccordino 10 "a
etal numbers--thus by such system, will New
York gain S4i0,i28 e9--while the State Of Mis-.
s'ssppl will receive only s23,59i l9-Such has
been the iberaliy ofCongress to Tanr states, that
while they are pushing the population Of those
states, they are depressing those Of the South.
Thus Ohio has only 344,6i3 acres 10 which the
Indian title has not been xtnauished-while Mis-.
slssppi has 6,59928O acres not ye, extinguisbed.
Alabama million aud upwards--whiie Ohio
has granted 10 her for Canals and Roads 92q.e37
acres, Mississippi has not received grant of one
aero for that purpose. Ohio has only millions Of
unsod public lands--whlo Mississippi has Qi mil.
ion-Louisiana 25 millon--Alabama 90 million.
Thus do the surveys 60 on rapidly in Tariff states,
while IN the south they progress slowly and small
Quantities OF land are brought into market at the
time. These evils should be redressed
Nor is this all IF facts are necessary-and the
nature Of my circular pc miiied TO enlarge still
tnfther-what ! have said, may be deemed treason
able. lfso, there are many iraitors-We can on.
" hope for equality ofrighis, by ringing in the
ears Of our oppressors startling facts of their gross
injustice and pariialty-and have no other me.
tves in view in thus acting, than the hope, that
returning good sense, will restore our rulers 10
sound principles We need not hope for such
result, unless we are united Without, we must
drag on a slow and precarous march Of improve.
ment, f all means Internal as well as external are
denied us--and TO assert and sustain your usi
rights tits no harm to take ones ownl you should
by your great "primary power at the ballot boxn
clothe your agents sent 10 the Convention, with
the "reqnsiie authority for your own preservation"
We should seperate the glory Of our commonwealth
from the ambition Of presidents Let US pardon
nothing IN Jackson, for which we denounced Ad.
Gms.
3.-Another topic Of much interest has been
discussed IN the county--the election of Judges
From long and intimate experience in this and an.
other state, am decidedly Of opinion, that the
people should create the Office in the first instance
That the Judges should hold their places by the
sufrages OF the whole body of thu panDle. for
limited period, ana tiat tiv legislative department
should have no agency in creating the ohice.-If
the people are wise enough 10 depute men to frame
laws, under which Judge would perform the
functions Of his Office, the people are "cOnsequsnt
ly" wise enough to choose the Judge also 70 ex-
pound those laws--thus will the Judicial and Ie-
gslative departments be kept totally distinct and
seperate--boih operating as a check upon each o.
ther--and prevented by the people, from playing
into each Others hand Besides, the people are
better acquainted with the moral worth and legal
attainmenis Of a candidate for Judge, in their own
districts, than a set Of intriguing members. many
Of whom have no minds Of their own, and no in
teresi in the district, where they depute Judge.
Nor is this all--if reasons are wanting, the most
intelligent aud useful class Of men, who have no
ambition to crafty, who have the interest of the
country most at heart, and their own rights to pro-
tect are certainly competent TO select Judge for
themselves, without arrogating any superior preien-
sIons over the assembled wisdom al Jackson. And
lurther--men who retain their offices for fc--who
owe their living to the public--are most generally
ngrateful-Long habit Of living out of the public
crib--long exercise Of poteer, either beges pride,
negligence Of duiy--oppression and tyranny. Few
die, and none resign. One set Of Judges for life,
will entail a set Of principles upon society, against
which you may in vain protest. Their habits lead
Them TO suspect no errors in tholr brethren, and
they become too lazy to examine into each others
mistakes. Let the Judges 90 out of Office once in
TWO years,--and we shall see more talent, industry
and patient investigation manifested. Justice will
not bo dispensed, with the rapidity Of steam en-.
gine--and the complicated rights Of parties will
he patiently vesiiga,ed--usurping the place OF
guibJlcs, qUirks, and snap Judgments.
4.--The evils Of our Judicial system, may be
traced to the repeated Innovations Of established
laws, BY permitting ourselves to be governed too
oiien--we must restrain the legislative power--and
we can only do so by permitting its sessions but
once in two years The reason for this, IS obvi-
Gus. The laws, will have time to be published
and read, before they arc repealed The Codes
Of Judge Tuner, and Gov. Poindexter, admirably
revised, have both been literally repealed. We
have sustained serious injury from such an accu.
mutation of laws--such continued change in
fundamental principles.
SAN offices Of a lucrative nature, should be
filled by the sufiiuges of the people-ior limited
perod-iiom the Clerk down to the Ranger.
Gees should be proportioned to the amount
of the debt; and the same rule Of action, with the
laws delay, should extend to small as well as to
large debts. To discriminate between the two Is
impossiblo--altho' il might be inconvcnient II is
nevertheless iust A Pinance, requires the same
r,ofo &c conduct IN tho nOor man. Tor in dis