Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-01-06

of the Governor. 1t would seem both lust and
polite, that in the selection of company off.
GERS, the Recommendation of the company should
be received; and IN officers of higher grade in
the line, the selection should be committed to
the commissioned officers associated in the same
command.
Much of the time of the Legislature, at the
last session, was employed in revising the gen.
eral statutes of the State. The revision then
adopted, has been published, but does not take
effect as law, until the first of March next
In work of this character, perfection is not to
be expected, nor can any human wisdom avoid
the necessity of occasional notifications, and
corrections. In some portions of this revision,
especially in the provisions relative to the Ju-
dietary, important changes have been introdu-
ced. An examination of these prov isions NAV
suggest difficulties in their practical operation,
which due regard to the public welfare, may
require to be anticipated by further legislation
To secure the speedy and correct decision of
causes, without overtaxing the labors of the
courts, to bring the expenses of the administra-
ton of Justice within proper limits, and to main
tain an able and independent Judiciary, are OBJ
jects of the highest Importance. 1t is for the
Legislature to determine, whether or not, fur
ther Legislation on the subject at the present
time is necessary or expedient. Where no
manifest objections to the provisions of the re-
vision are apparent, good policy would seem to
require that it shouldbe subjected to the test of
experience. Evils exhibited in its practical op-
Grafton, can be remedied by future legislation.
Excessive legislation, and frequent changes
in the Statutes, have heretofore been the subject
of repeated and just complaint. Laws perlna-
nent in their charactnr and general in their APP
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of individuals, and the welfare ofthe State. The
numerous applications for special Legislation,
intended to subserve local interests, or to give
special exemptions or privileges to individuals
| or associations, should be entertained with eau
ton. Wherever the general laws of the State
afford remedy, special Legislation should, in
my opinion, be refused, and the parties be re-
mttted to the proper tribunal. If this rule were
carefully observed, much injustice to absent
parties would be avoided, and the length and
expense Of Legislative sessions be curtailed
The position of our reninsular State nearly en-
comprised by the waters of the Great Lakes, natu-
rally excites among citizens lively interest in
the improvement of lake navigation. We look to
the broad waters of these inland seas with feelings
similar to those with which the residents of the Eas
tern States of the Union regard the waters ofthe At
antc. They set the limits to our territory. Their
waves arc powed By our vessels and steamers, bear
ing the products of cur soil and our industry, to dis
tant markets, of which, as ascertained from ccmpe-
tent authority, an amount in value exceeding i've
millions of dollars, has been exported during the past
season. They divide our State from powerful for
eign nation, whose navigation commingles with our
own. As the great thoroughfare between the East
and the West we commit to them our lives and our
property. For the want of safe and convenient har-
bors and road-seds, perils attend on every enter
prise connected with the business OF the lakes
Every season swells the catalogue of lives that are
lost, and of property destroyed.
The repeated applications 10 Congress by the Leg
saure of this State, and its Congressional delegates
for the improvement of the harbors along our borders
show that we have always regarded this subject
worthy the attention of the general Government
These improvements are national in their character
The great interest connected with the business of
rhe lakes extend to the whole Northern portion Of
the Union. They are connected with the industry
and enterprise of the present and future population
of territory rich in every natural resource and ex-
ceedng Kingdoms in extent As the frontier of our
common country, the duty OF atfordlng the means OF
safety and protection to navy upon their waters,
appears to me to be evident.
Unembarrassed BY connection with other objects
less meritorious, clearly Objectionable. let us hope
that these important interests will, at an early day,
secure the necessary appropriations. With the adj
vantages which would thus be shared by our State,
and with the benefits of the markets of the world,
now comparatively free, increased prosperity must.
under the smiles Of Providence, attend upon the
Commonwealth.
ALPHEUS FETCH.
Executive Office, Detroit, January A, l847.