Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-06-29
From the Ohio statesman.

arENaFf From the Ohio Statesman.
Cor. MEDARY.--Ths topics connected
with INatijnal" politics for a few years
past have been of such an exciting char
acter, that we seem to have lost sight Of
many questions deeply alfectiDgus as cit.
liens fthe State of Ohio. We have
such questions before Us, and they ought
not 70 be disiegarded. Whether we can
muster the fortitude and forbearance ne
cessary to theirju and impartial consid.
erafion, remains to be seen. For one,
am wiling TO try. Who will unite with
met Can we divest ourselves, for a short
time, ofparty eeling and Join together as
citizens of the same State, TO accom-
Plish an object Of vital importance TO
the whole community five cannot we
Onght to be ashamed to confess our stu
alton.
,Itis doubtful whether a we'll informed
man can be found in the State who does
not feel the necessity of change in our
judiciary system. For number of years
pastit has been seen that the system was
radically defective. Its inefficiency is
daily becoming more manifest; and at the
present time its operation is such as to
almost amount to a denial Of iustce.--l
Suits are continued from term to term
because the Supreme Court has not time
10 try them: and vel that Court is in ses-
sion from the lst Of March till some time
in January; SO that the Judges leave home
in February and close their business in
January--allowing them four or FIVE weeks
of vacation. No one acquainted with
the gentlemen who now occupy the bench
will assert that they consume more time
than is necessary in hearing the causes
which are tried before them. On the
contrary, there are complaints among the
members Of the Bar, that the Judges are
compelled by circumstances TO hurry
over cases, without giving them that de-
Liberation to which they are entitled
How can IL be otherwiseP Their time is
limited IN each county; and -desrcus, as
they are, to dispose of all the business
they can, they will bo inadvertently led
into hurried mode of despatching busi-
ness, WEIGH will occasionally result in er-
FOneous, decisions. They are moi only
deprived Of tho requisite time, but on the
Circuit, they are often forced TO decide
the most Intricate questions of law, with
out the necessary books to enable them
10 arrive at satisfactory CONCLUSIONS.
These, and many other difficulties are
encountered daily in the Administration
Ofjustice. Il is not proposed now to 60.
into details. My object is to call public
attention TO this subject and to urge the
necessity ofaction.
ursystem cannot be changed without
an alteration Of the Constitution. An ef-
fort 10 amend this instrument should be
made next winter. The mode ofobtain-
ing changes and amendments is pointed
out in Art. 7th, Sec. 9Th. Two thirds
of the General Assembly are TO recon
mend, and majority Of the people atthe
following election are 10 approve the meas.
uFs; and then Convention is to be call.
ed. five begin now, a Convention can
not meet until ls43. We may confne
the Convention to the Judiciary alone and
leave allsother portions of the Constitu.
ticn as they are, As to the precise char.
acter Of the alterations, they need uot be
discussed at present. Two years will af-
ford time for that purpose. If we are
competent to govern ourselves, we may
not only discover the defects in our polt-
ical Rschnery, but may wisely apply the
remedy.
In hopes that some abIer writer will
take up this s0bject and pursue It, shall
trouble you nc further at present. You will
'blige me by giving this an insertion in
your valuable paper
... Your ob't. serv't.
A DEMOCRAT