New-York daily tribune., 1845-02-18
poLlr1cAL REroRMs. No. '.

cr,scEEr For The Tribune.
Postage is yet so high that 1t is cruel 10 tax d
nubI.ber with il. upon such articesa lwrlie, am
a ,efo-r,sr-s remuneration affords poor tuad out
Of which 10 yay al The rate of seventytive ora hun
dred dollars per pound for freshig the cosltations
of his intellect from enc part of the State 20 an-
other When il snail be redCced 70 jcs:er stand
ard will .iot allow suck interim TO occur betweea
nv nimoers, as has between my last ard this. ]
have had, however, anothe- reason for nv delay.
have desired to say something abont Chancev,
and nave hcsitated until saw some evidences
that people were beglnnin, to be aware of lis power
It's expensiveness, lis abuses, and It's uselessness.
haze 10 great dcsire TO BE- very fer IN Advance OF
those 7rornd Hie III agitating any question of re-
form, and Go rot care tc be very far behind.
7:i.en lcel tina. proposed change VIII be bench
cal; and as do see that common people, laymen
and lawyers are nquiriag nto the necessity Of dis
tinct tribunals Of justice clothed Only with what Is
called Chancery power, may as well tor time
drop the subject of County expenses, taxes, &C
and 20 along with the current III examining the
question forced upcn public consideration by the
proposition Of the Legislature, to amend the Con-
stution SO asto add lree Chanceliors TO the leren
now officiating.
The jurisdiction of Chancery 10 great extent Is
limited, regulated, controlled and extended by the
Chancellor; it has gone on graspins jurisdiction or
gaining it by legislative enactment, until ELEVEN
Chancery Courts seem to be necessary where lew
years ago ONE was sufficient, and yet THREE more
Chancellors with jurisdiction end powers concur
rent with the Chief Chancellor, are necessary, say
the last Legislature; SO atimates ,be>GoverRor and
so say our Soons OF the present Senate, dpnless
the People arouse, SO will say the Assembly, and
then nothing will remain TO be done, buff for the
party drill sergeants and interested professional and
official leaders, to secure what will be called the
popular assent le an increase Of Chancery power
and Chancery operations that will leave little secu-
rity to personal rights or property An array Of
l. THE CuANcELLons, .. The VICE CHAScELLoRs
3. TIE ASST e. V CHASc'ES, 4. THE REGISTERS,
5. THE CLERKS, 6. The MASTERS,
I. THE EXAMINERS 3. THE RECEIVERS, and
.. THE AGENTS OF RECEIVERS,
to say nothing the Solicitors and Counseors that
arc already fastened upon the body polite by the
existence of this Court, should stand out in bold
lief upon the page Of every newspaper while the
question is pending, whether the Constitution shall
be so altered as TO increase the number OF these
officers to an almost indefinite extent.
The question as to the necessity of these tribunals
is forced upon the public consideration by those
who would increase them, and already begin to
see that plain people are coming to conclusion
that the whole system should be swept by the
board that even Law Courts shend decide all
questions according 10 natural justice and equity;
that there should not be separate tribunals, one 10
decide equitably aaj one legally, for the reason
that there should not be kept up distinction be-
tween what is lega! and what is equitable.
People have yet some reverence for the nstltu-
ton of Trial by Jury, and they look with disravor
upon any scheme to dispense with it entirely.
caution those who have forced the considera-
lion of this subject upon the People that there is
an immediate necessity of showing the intrinsic
propriety of distinct ChanceIy Tribunals.
Ifpeople are mistaken in the conclusions 10 which
they are fast coming, no time is TO be lost in cor
reeng their errors. Peorle have long complained
of the DELAYS and expensveness OF these Courts,
and will not much longer be satisfied with their
continuance, unless they are made TO appear inds
pensable for the administration Of justice.