Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-11

appeared in The CarrO1 (La-) Wsszk=sz
The facts and sgures nay. with sligas A.
teratiOn, be applied % CHER ahsssss, aas
we commend II 10 Cur readers
TO LITIGANTS-EEEP OUT or Law.
In Carroll, during the lass f,ur e. 81
years, the suits, ineIGdiax district. parssh.
and probate courts yearly average .ors
than hundred. The ecsts. pso0sr. q =
suit, Is sometimes less, azd sonsunes
more than hundred dclla-s-sav &C. -
dred dollars each, makes $1,000 a vsar
IN all. Add 10 these coStS, lawyers sees.
ten per cent. for bringing ne sriS, AZ
ten per cent for defsadlsg the-a- Por
one year, the tine mentioned, ne azz-s-
gate Of the amounts IN ecnrcxersv, asza-
ally, average more than S3O0.o00 year
twenty per cent lawyers fees On tat >
$50 900 year. VIZ: 10 per eeat- agaInse
plaintiffs, and 10 per cent against 5sfsn.5-
ants. But u allow for hrge ancuasS
where less IS charged, and for eases waere
no defence IS made, throE away one hal.
| $50, GOO, and We have $4,000 hxyer's
fees, yearly incurred IN The parish Ct Ca
roll; which added to $4,000, makes wear
lily $4,000. Then add witness claims.
Jurors claims, SultOFs, witnesses, aaG IL
ror's attendance On courts, and tie necss-
} sary expenses, loss Of tine, neglect Of b.
siness, and various ether eunti1gencies.
not at present considered, which ~ nake
7 upwards Of $4,000 more, IN AZ 81 CT
$4,000 year. Our State taxes for Ca
roll are between ) and So, 600 per wear
!; so that we pay IN the way Of costs, law
] yer's fees, &c. ten times as much contr-
5 button as We pay 10 support The S,a,s 20
f vernment, and not Including salaries q
, judges and district attorneys, eos,s an
: fines IN criminal cases, costs for snail suns
5 before justices Of the peace, 10 parish
: judges ard noiariez public, for making
and recording sales, mortgages, Judgments,
&c. &c; making inventories and pa-ii-
: lions, placing and raising seals Ct SIC
t cesSion, appointing tutors, executors, and
administrators, with muldtndes Of ether -
] milar et ceteras; Of n0ses, drafts ard pro
: tests. &c No- 1Eonder thak ~. -
rather the Judges and lawyers, break a.
T those who have much to DO with them. Il
/. is not here intended that people oucAf 1
sacrifice their rights rather than 90 - law
although great deal might be shewn :
prove that many of the best and plaia-
est causes are sacrificed BY the courts
! but it is commended that nine-tenths Of ths
{ litigation now amongst Us could be avoid
: ed, and that every body connected there
with, IN that proportion, viii be losers upOl
i final settlement-some by the mistakes Q
# the courts, some By the mistakes Of thei
:, lawyers, some by The Insolvency OF thei
;, debtors, mistakes of officers, sales I
- friends on certain occasions, and 50 en-
Now, / doubt very much If 50 o. SCI, co
year would not pay most Of the press
d ing debts owed by this parish; and
10 upon the whole man would net co bei
le ter to take half due him and keep cut c
= law? | know that lawyers have Gale
N law " the perfection Of reason and SzS
that the law never does wronS, 1-sha
p /" there is no right without remedy" an
e thousands Of other pretty things of Ii
: laws; but if these sayings are true, %
judges, assisted by the blunders Of SON
lawyers, and the ingenuity of Others, hav
lie a most terrible way Of mlsrepresennD
is and spplying the laws; and II would sees
little difference TO the honest Suitor wkE
Their he loses his property BY the law, c
by the mistakes of the courts and couE
sci; in either case the loss Is the sane
AtpFesent, sober spectator might ems
der more applicable 8 the giOriO1s uncsl
tainty of the law" as the ancient sharpe
exclaimed who advisedly gained an 4
righteous cause.
Going too much to law has had denE
ralizing influence IN the community; Il
creases a disregard for truth, and prOma
gates desire and necessity for deceit Al
circumvention. When q man goes .
lawyer to sue bis neighbor, be NATURAL
colors his case to the best advantage A
ter hearing and weighing all The ACTS a
circumstances, the lawyer brings his s0l
not according TO sthe whole truth and \
thing bat the irulh,p bat he coEertly tnrE
and bends every fact which viii bear twis
ing, to advance his clients side Ct 1
cause--he wants to gain the suit, AID u
is the sole end he cares for, and tie On
object he keeps in sight of.
Inc 0e8endanEs counsel CONS a
court, and for answer denies every Al
CATION contained in The plaintiff : petition
Ailh as little hesilancy or eompuncilOa
the plaintiff asks for what he knows
ought not to have, and when il Is evide
that great many Of the facts stated
the petition are true. The judge. IN
witnesses. lawyers, spectators, al lock =
on these fragrant denials Of the truth =
perfect indifference, and the rial ?