Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-04-13


ryiHg ofhis eldest daughter) shall be impo
ssd but by the great council of the king
dom.
The prelaies, earls, and great barons
shall be called to this great council
each by a particular writ; the le
barOns by a general summons Of the
sheriff. ..,y A.
The king shall not seize any baron'i
land for debt to the crown, if the bar.
on possess asmany goods and chattlel as
are sufficient TO discharge the debt.
No man shall be obliged to perform more
service for his fee than he is bound to by
his tenure.
No governor or constable of castle
shall oblige any knight 10 give money for
castle-guard, if the night be willing to
perform the service in person or BY an
other able bodied man;and II the knight
be in the field himself, BY the kings com
mand, he shall be exempted from all 9th
or service Of this nature.
No vassaE shall be allowed to sell so
much of his land as 10 ihcapacItate him.
self from performing his service to his
lord.
With regard to the common people, it
was ordained, that all the privileges and
immunities above mentioned, granted to
the barons against the king, should be sx-
tended by the barons Of their inferior vas
sails. The king bound himself not to grant
any writ, empowering baron to levy aid
from his vassals, except on the three feu-
dal cases.
One weights and one measure shall be es-
tablished throughout the kingdom. Mer-
chants ahallEe allowed TO transact all
business, without being exposed to any
arbitrary tolls and impositions; they and
all free men shall be allowed 10 go out
Of the kingdom and return to it at plea
sure. @#kh t3H@'e
London, and all cities and burghs, shall
preserve their ancient liberties, immuni-
ties and free customs; aids shall not be
required of them but by the consent of the
great council. @U 4'@ja.3'' 4" y
No towns or individuals shall be obliged
to make or support bridges but by ANCIENT
custom. fa'ah'tf y a''@'~'s7
The goods ofevery freeman shall be dis
posed Of, according TO his will. If he die
intestate, his heirs shall succeed to them.
No officer of the crown shall take any hor-
ses, carts, or wood, without the consent
of the owner.
The kings courts Of Justice shall be
stationary, and shall no longer follow his
person; they shall be open TO every one;
and justice shall no longer be sold, refused
or delayed, by them. Circuits shall be
regularly held every year; the inferior
tribunals Ofjustice, the county court sher-
ifs tOurn, and cOurt-leet, shall meet at
their appointed time and place. .
The sheriffs shall be- fncapacitated 10
hold pleas of the crown; and shall not put
any person upon his trial, from rumor or
suspicion alone, but upon the evidence of
lawful witnesses. .ar.f'
No freeman shall be taken or imprison-
ed, or dispossessed of his free tenement
and liberties, or outlawed, or bsnished, or
anywise hurt or injured, unless by the le-
gal judgment of his peers, or by the law
Ofthe land ;and all who suffered otherwise
in this or the two former reigns, shall be
restored to their rights and professions. -
Every freeman shall be fined in proportion
to his fault; and no fine shall be levied on |
him to his utter ruin; even a villain, or
rustic, shall not, by any fine, be bereayed
Of his carts, plOughs, and implements Of
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REMARKS OF THE STANDARD. From |
The date Of the foregoing charter, il will |
be egseen that il was granted more than six
hundred years ago; and although there
we're then great concessions made by the
crown to the English people, how absurd
must il sound to an American, and how in
sulting to an enlightened English yeO-
man, to hear it still called a great char
let Of liberties" There was, at the time
d tne cate OF the instrument, certainly |
! seeming PrOpriety in SO styling IL The
people had long been subject to the RI
gOrs of the feudal system introduced by |
William the Norman cOnqueror; and had
groaned for centuries under absolute
slavery, as they now do under absolute
aristOcracy. Yet they dared not then,
as they dare not now, raise their hands to
sever the CALLING chains that bound them
and still bind them to the earth. The
only change wrought in their condition,
by this charter, is, that the chains were a
little heightened and lOOsened; but never
will be severed 30 long as the people are
awsd by standing armies to tamsly
endure the OppresSiOns1Of a tblOated iaris.
tOcracyuaAl Although we seldom, of late, !
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