The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1843-01-14

guarantee these rights to every count,
in the State. The apportionment bill
passed on the i6th June, 1886, viii
not, conceive, be regarded as pre-.
cedent or an example, but as beacon
to be summed by every legislator wht
understands and is honestly desirous Of
OF carrying into execution the iniunc.
tions OF the Constitution. No extrane.
our considerations Gan justify a,depart-
ure from it, and on all occasions when a
departure has been attempted, it has
recoiled with ten fold force on tlie heads
Of those by whom it wasmade. aisFs /
have repeatedly called the atten-
tion of the legislature to the subject of
selecting jurors in the several counties
in the State l ICannot forbear TO urge
it again upon you, and TO add, that
there is one grievance very much com
planned Of in those counties, where il
exists, under the law,-that is, that
where separate wheels-are kept for
the purpose Of drawing jurors for diff.
ferent courts, there is much complaint
aas to the manner of selecting the names
putinto these different wheels. II has
been suggested that if one wheel only
was provided, out of which all the pan.
els of jurors for all the,l courts were
drawn, this objection would be in a
great measure obviated. ] will mere
ly further remark, that the system of
drawing Jurors would be very greatly
perfected, if the selection and drawing
of the same were to be done by the
commissioners and sheriff in open
court, under the supervision of one or
more of the Judges. Recent expert
ence. calls aloud for the protection of
the jury box from even the possibility
Of suspicion. Egig
My views have been so fully express
ed in former messages, in favor OF the
support of a liberal and enlightened
system ofeducationby common schools,
that need scarcely repeat them |
will content myself by reiterating, that
a sound education, based upon proper
moral and religious training, is the
! best legacy q parent can bequeath to
his child, and the best provision pat
riot can make to secure the perma.
nence and purity Of our republican in
stitutions. / refer you TO the very full
and elaborate report of the Superin-
tendent, for the condition and details
OF our common schools and academies,
female seminaries and colleges. a->
i Thereport ofthe Adjutant General
will be submitted to you. lshould be
exceedingly happy to unite with you,
in any measure that wolud render the
present militia system more efficient,
and less burthensome to the commune
tyr Perhaps the encouragement Of
volunteers would be the best means
that could be adopted for the ADVANCE
mentof these ends. Pennsylvania has
just reason to be proud of her volun-
teers; in number, discipline and martial
spirit, they Can vie with those fofs any
other State in the Union Should any .
emergency eyerarise to require, she /
could, on the shortest notice, muster
upwards ofthirty-fve thousandof these |
intrepid defenders OF her SOIL. 5sei n (
The complexity and and obscurity
of many of the material provisions Of
the act entitled"An act to abolish im- !
prisonment for debt, and to punish
fraudulent debtors,' have rendered its
operation almost nugatory. 1t seems
to have produced little benefit, to the
debtor, and much Inconvenience 10 the
creditor Its provisions certainly ire
quire a thorough revision, and if any
law of the kind be deemed necessary,
it tshould be one, very different in many
ofits leading features from the present.
The penal sections, contained in the
same bill, however well designed, were
drawn with SO little precision as to
have led TO the most intolerable abuses
Frequent complaints have been
made in Philadelphia on the subject of
the power of Aldermen and Justices of
the peace in criminal cases. Some
mode should be provided tor defining
and regulating their jurisdiction, on
this important subject. so as to guard
against extortion and oppression onthc
one hand, and laxity and impunity to
crime ON the other. 0saf
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