New-York daily tribune., 1846-01-14
caDi,al to diminish the employment and recon-

Jobn / viele of Washington Co. and Hon. Lunan
Sherwood of Madison Co. in favor OF thorough Re-
form generally and in depreciation OF mere partisan
and patchwork amendment. Mr.. Sherwood SUD-
rnit,ed the following plan for Judicial Reform
PROPOSED PLAN.
.1. tho s,s, he divided into eight Judicial Districts
lie, there be Supreme Court so called N @ eae1
,-ic, possessing law and equity ]1risolGuon.'.
N he composed of Chief Jusnce aad Two H''oea''
" ,;es- Si making 24 Judges for the state
ef there be In addition President OF tne JUDICIARY
Lets Cour. for the Correction OF Errors be composed
President OF the Judiciary aud the eight Chei Jo5
ces The President OF the judiciary to DC Inc pfeeong
officer Of that Court =,
first cecton-on the first election the Judges TO be SO
classified that three sha go OF o.ce al the END o
cycry year and be replaced by three new ones.
The President of the Judiciary in addition TO his du
superyisory jurisdiction in regulating the business o
The District Courts and hold stated terms for hearing
non-euumera,cd business from all parts OF the State
The Justices of the Supreme Court possess and ex-
ecis in their respective districts I'll the original and ap
elae jurisdiction possessed by the Court OF Chan
cery Supreme Court. the Courts Of Common Pleas Su-
pror Court of the City OF New York Courts Of oyer
and Terminer and General Sessions of the Peace ~. ~
courts for the trial of indictments or issues oil TACT 70
held by single Judge, IN the same manner a' 0 va
cult Courts are now held. a..
The President of the Judiciary and Justices OF the
Supreme Cour, 70 be paid each salary oi So2oo PEI
annum or enough to secure the best Juoicia -; a % -,
! the bench be il more or less. NO !ee'oi pf
| be allowed any of them. - .Lo,,s h
On the 6rs election Of Judges eight persons snouo 1
desgnat1d and elected Chief Justces. ana 70 ho!9
their Offices from TO eight years, ana 30
Thar Chief Justice should be elected every year
thereafter. -, r,-;,. 90 ba,r cersos IN
,,i ~ vcepon cases demurrers, &C. that arise in
h; everal disrcts-a single Justice to hear and de-
eide certiorari causes from Justices Courts.
Each District Court being Court OF Chancery. bills 10
be fled before the Court in the same manner as they are
now fled before the Chancellor or Vice Chancellors-
and in all cases practicable TO be tried by jury
feigned issue.
This plan has good features, especially that of
having few Judges and those competent and well
paid On the whole, however, we deem Mr. Bas-
CONS simpler and better on the main points oil dill
ference Our own crude idea of proper Judicial
system for our State rnainly based on Mr. Bascom S
PLAN is substantially this:
l. Abolish the Court of Errors, Court of Chance
rv. and Court of Common Pleas, with some halt
dozen hvbrids in our own and other Cities;
o Divide the State into fifty Senate Districts, as
nearly as may be, and let each elect tor have ap-
pointed for it, if that is preferredl Judge to be
well paid and kept at work, holding Courts from
County to County.
g. Divide the State into Ave Circuits of ten Sen
ate or Judicial Districts each, and let three OF the
Judges in rotation be detailed to hold Court OF Re-
vision for the Circuit at stated periods and SO let
the business arising within each Circuit be finished
there, so far as possible;
A. Let the Judges of each Circuit assemble once
year and select from among their number one 10
constitute with the four selected from the other Cir
cults, Supreme Court of Appeals whose decisions
shall be FINAL but let all suits be commenced in the
Circuit or Justices Courts.
S. Extend the jurisdiction of Justices Courts,
and let the People of each Township or Ward elect
one pereon to act as Reconciler Of Differences, be-
fore whom every case shall informally be heard,
without writs, declarations lawyers, and who
shall advise the parties how to settle their difference.
Such advice TO be no bar to suit in case either
party refuses to be governed by the award but the
party refusing TO pay the costs accruirg thereai-
ter in case he goes TO law and makes out no better
than if he had accepted the award.-Such Recon
Cling Court exists now in Denmark and other Nations
of Northern Europe, and its effect is to prevent
three.fourths of the lawsuits which would other
wise occur We trust il will not be omitted from
any plan of Judicial Reform which may be adopted
The meeting was farther addressed by Messrs
H. c. Goodwin, j. 6. Douglass, C. NJ. Hawley, and
III. j..
Suffrage, Judicial Reform. Individual Liability Of
Corporators, &c. When he had concluded, the
meeting adjourned TO meet again at Morrisvile on
the 26th after ordering the printing of 1000 extra
copies of its proceedings.-Shall not similar meet
ings be held in all the Counties OF our State?
;5Ys MIR. G. NJ. CLAY's LECTURE at the Taberna-
Gle last evening quite numerously attended.
notwithstanding many of our citizens had listened
to the speaker the previous evening The object of
the Lecture was TO raise funds aid of the Association
for the Relief of Colored Orphans Mr. c. intro
duced TO the audience by Hiram Ketchum, Esq. who
made few remarks in regard to the Association and
the noble stand which Mr.. Clay had taken the great
subject of Human Freedom
Mr.. Clay said ii with extreme reluctance that he
had accepted the invitation to address the Society. He
was sure would operate his injury home but
learning noble objects of the Society he had conclu
ded 10 follow the dictates of his conscience and let
sequences take care of themselves. He had found
tiu even to note down the heads OF discourse and
what he should say necessarily be from the impulse
of the moment and entirely without system Mr.. c..
spoke about thrcequarers of an hour and was several
times interrupted by the applause OF his auditors. He
spoke in the highest of the purposes of the Asso
cia,ion and to discuss the relations of the Rich
and the Poor the competition between Labor and Capt.,
tai &C. He adverted to the manner in which labor saving
machines in instances by the grspns DISPOSE
ton of capitalists made to that class of citizens
whom they ought especially to beneit-the lsborers ;
nd to the competition Of the Slave labor of the South
with the Free labor of the North Many Northern Grain
growers and Manufacturers think tha, Emanci
patton would be of pecunary benefit 10 them; they
say they supply the Slaves with bread and clothing and
rIL-
as Freemen the wants well Of the negroes
would be greatly increased Mans wants infinite
and increase with his ability to supply them.
He thought if ii not the duty of Society Gov
e,nment it was obviously its interest TO furnish
ployment TO the sborer who otherwise obtain it.
He was much better phlsnthropist who would use his
efforts to prereat poverty and crime than the who
should wait for opportunity relieve the pauper and
reform the criminal Mr. C. in favor giving the Pub
lie Lands ofthe United States to people might
be disposed settle them. rural population gen.
eraly Srpstsr the