Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-12-01

own, they ough. to be corrected. The
mere machinery of the law does not affect
1 private rights, and these may be safely
4 changed or modified 10 suit line exisencies
l5oflhe times.
3sOf The patience diligence, zeal and
liability of The Law judges and Chancellors
with The most of whom have acted for
4fssnanlE:years, can speak with confidence;
and spay them no compliment in saying
tsthatsloss in this Union is served ilIslhis
4tsdepaainent with more fidelity and ability.
and there afesany unnecessary de-
Hays, ll1al ls.dhey Switltsbe found. in the
IswanIoF suliicient time EIo despatch the
thusiness wi,hg1hata caution aud cJEeums.
pection which is Indispensable lorhs5cor-
lTecincss, . VS.
s. District Police. Amongst tfieesubjecls
ETequiring your immediate attenlionsand
calling for radical reform, is our District
Police. That it is badly administegedsst
least in some departments, is universally
known aud acknowledged. aud amsper.
suaded that if The defects in tile system
itself, aud the equally defective execution
of it had been clearly seen and we'll un-
ders,ood, corrective would, have been
before applied. The Commissioners Of
Roads, of thezP Poor and of Public Build
inas, have discretionary, mol 10 say unlim.
tied power Of taxation over the cIizcns,
and yet 10 effect they arc accountable only
To themselves, not only as TO the fact but
for The manner vi disbursing the fund aud
,,l, tha, iaG
The leading feature of any remedy,
ought to be 10 secure the prompt accoun-
iabilily Of all The Boards or other agents,
to an authority independent Of theirown;
and would respectfully recommend, as
worthy at least Of All experiment, The ap-
poinlment of Court or Supervisors of
the Police in each district, to be appointed
by the Executive with lhe advice of the
Senate, to consist al enst of one for each
member OF The House Of Representatives,
allowing al least one to each Parish
clothed with all the powers Of these several
Board of Commissioners, aud with power
to appoint overseers of the roads, of the
poor, Of public buildings, aud Of free:
schools, in such numbers as they may,
think 6t, to be charged with The execution.
of the law proYideitsfor their respective
departments within the precincts to be-
assigned 10 them. and to account 10 the
Judges or Supervisors at regular periods,
for the manner in which they have dis
charged their duties and disbursed any
funds that may have been committed 10
Them. submit, too, that the Judges or
Supervisors should be required 10 meet;
regularly AT the Court Houses Of tbeir3
DISTRICTS at least once in every
three months, and hold their sessions
publicly, and be authorized to punish all
deiiaauencies inIbe overseers. The report
ofthe Circuit Solicitors to the Legislature
in December, 1880, will supply useful
guide in framing the details Of such a
system, andstheir able arguments as to the
necessity ofas radicalreform of our District
ce,supersedes the necessity Of viudi.
calins il here The proposed reform has
al least the advantage Of securing accsnu; .
liability ao8an independent .aaqtaorgys
Clothed with limi,etI Judicial anlhofltyif
might be rsndc .emia iaenll snase Sisnti 10
the PURPOSES paIdcat
capital. oHenses. s5Fhe tribunals Whlch'
now exercise this power,it is known, arc
generally aot only ignorant Of the princi-
Piles, but even the forms Of law, aud inca
pable of aunalyzins and comparing facts.
Independent Of The humanity concerned
in it, it has always struck me as a strange
inconsruty in our laws, that willis! The
life Of slave is put in jeopardy Oh trial
before such tribunal, the slightest injury
10 his person entities the owner to resort
iu The highest tribunal in the State. IL
there be a class OF offences Of which
they are capable, requiring more snm-
mary mode of trial, make them an cxcep.
lion. 1t is believed too, that the jurisdic-
.ion of contracts TO very linltel amonnl,
Of petty trespasses and msdemoanprs,
nigh, be safely conGded to it, and would
relieve the Superior Courts Of burlhen,
which unimportant in ITSELF is calculated
to delay and obslruct matters of more con-
sequence.
Educution.-In the increasing usefulness
and growing prosperity ofthe South Caro-
lima College, the Stale is reaping The full
fruits of the liberal patronage which she
has heretofore bestowed upon that lns,Itu-
lion. 1t ranks now amongst tho most use
full asylums of learning in The Southern
portion Of the Union, and under its present
wise and prudent and energetic govern
meut, i, bids fair to take the lead Of all.
The number of students is now some.
thing like four.fold wha, il was few
years ago. aud this addition wonld seem to
indicate the necessity of an addition to the
number of Professors, aud necessarily Gu.
larged ACCOMMODATIONS for The Students.
or our Free School system shall for.
bear to say any thing at present, as il COM
n1ittee of tho House of Representatives
were charged, at The last session, with
examining into it, with view to its i'm.
provement, aud it may be reasonably ex.
pccted THAI they have bestowed upon it all
lhe attention that SO important subject
deserves; and that they will bring together
all the information that could be obtained.
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