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condition, and, # so, whether they are
OF sufficient msgnirnde 10 Justify the
call OF a Convention, with the view Of
their removal. The only defect in the
Conslllu'loO, as applicable to our pre-
sent condition, which 10 my Judgment,
would uslIy call OF a Convention 10
a'ler or amend it, consists in The delec
i've organization Of our judicial system,
and the total inability Of the Supreme
Court, under the existing form of the
Constitution, 10 transact the mass Of bu.
sIness brought before it, The Consi-
tulon limits The number Of Judges Of the
Supreme Court to four, and req1ires
two 10 constitute quorum to do business,
and directs that the Supreme Cour;
shall he held once year 10 each county
IN Ibis Srate. 1t is invested with origi
nal and appellate Jurisdiction, both To
common law and chancery, in such cases
as shall be directed by law. The stat
ute has given to this tribunal an exten-
sive original and appellate jurisdictions
the consequence is, it has become SO
loaded down with business as 10 render
ii impossible for the Judges, with all
their known industry and talents, to dis
pose of 1t in manner satisfactory to
themselves, or with due regard to The
legal rights OF parties. They are fore.
ed TO continue causes after they have
been prepared by the parties for trial,
for the want Of time TO hear them; thus
throwing on one or the other party a
heavy bill OF costs, which might be en-.
tireIy avoided under judicial sy stem
differently organized.
1t would not be difficult 10 de mon
strate, in reference TO the Supreme
Court, that it is The most expensive iu
d,cla system n the Unued States The
amount Of costs that are annually thrown
upon ltIganls, by reason Of the continu
ance OF their causes for the want Of
lime 10 try them, would, in the sggre-
gate, far exceed the amount pad IN any
State in lhls Union 10 malnlain lis en-
tire judicial system. 1t is not only an
expensive system and bUrdensome t
he people, but, in its practical bearings
! produces, IN most cases, delay, and. in
many, almost the denia OF the admins
tralon OF Justice. The system, at thu
time OF the adoption OF the Constitution
1 was adequate to the wants Of the people
, but our condition, as a civil community
is very tferent now from what it wa,
then. Al that time there we're bUl nlnt
counties in the State, with population
falling short Of sixty thousand. W
= had but mlIe wealth; n very llmiDe
= commerce, and no manufactures. Tn
, general sources Of litigation were few
and lhe business of our courts conse
! quentlv limited. Our condition, in al
most every point Of view, is now entire
= ly changed. We have, al this time. Sc
Venty.nine counties 10 the STATE, IN eac
, OF which the Supreme Court is required
under the Constitution, to hold a sesslo
4 once a year; containing a populatio
il falling but little, j any, shor, Of Nv
= millions The trade, commerce an
:. manufactures. together with the wea'l
anI business Of the State, have increa'
ed in ratio still greater than our poPr
ri lalion The lru,h is, our condition
- entirely changed, and we have ou'grow
:, our judicial system. The public inter
"A est, there fore, demands, that it shoJ
:, be so modified as to meet the wants
70 our changed condition. Believing th
a cannot be done, without an amendmer
h ol The Constitution. would respectful
=, recommend the adoption, by the G"ner
or Assembly, Of the first measure necess
,o ry to the call Of convention 10 amer
or the Constitution in the particulars aho'
,b alluded TO. No evil can result fro
! this. The only action which you ca
= take in tho matter is, 10 submit It
= question OF convention, or no conve
!, ton, to the electors OF the State TT
n question is safe in their hands, and the
- will no doubt dispose Of it in line wa
no best calculated TO secure the blessings
g a good government. ant promote II
!. interest Of the public.
c. No subject has elected more discu
rs stsn, or excited deeper interest in II
or public mind, in this State, than the que
p ton of the currency, 1t is not stranl
OF that such has been the case. The va
70, amount Of worthless and depreciar,
n paper thrown upon the Iaboring and bl
~ siness classes OF the community by OF
as own snG The banks of sutroundir
n States, was well calculated 10 excite di
ne cusslon among the peopIe, and critic
he examination into the defects end impe
al tecllons Of that system of banking whit
ae had entaled on them so many evils. :
he The result Of this discussion and exam
9 nation has been the uneQuivocal GO
o. dcmnalon, by The people, of our o
a. system Of banking. Its insecurity, al
ke it's capablitv Of being converted into