The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-04-13
Remarks
or .Rr. Rsf!Ws ESHf.YiRgfr.

Mr.. SPEAKER: As seldom t-espass OF
the tine OF the iionss, hope 10 BE- pardon
od Cor the remarks am aban, to submit.
THIS B II, Sir, embraces the judiciary
Reform heretofore 40 strongly recommend
Cd ty ex.Govetno, Graham. lis main iea
ture is the abolition Of al jI.isd cton Of
Pleas 10 he County Colr,s, and provision
for thteo terms annually Of the Superior
Court 10 eyory County throughout the
Safe. Tho former tribunals are still per-
ra:.ied 10 ret1giB; bI, only Tor purposes OF
Probate oud Comfy Police. The details
ii the p.li hasins received The appEoba'ion
d you, judiciary Comm tee, shall pl.s
them By, and co16le my SCI. ea.ife'y 10 lis
principal oIrcs,
Tue high source f:om Which !his noa
sure comes 10 rs, aid the favorable lnolic
a!tebtIon II is Attracting, cnii'!c II to the
graves, consideration. BGl fear, no. o.
cvcs, We ere 100 mich sYersa 10 ae'tating
questions of Slu,e Reform aud Sac Policy
~ our Legislative Halls. pub'ic men seem
rclUclani to iarow Themselves 10 the trent
on such lssues They are no, al once Tar
IL met Gnd discussed. On bill sl.niar 10
lhig,vo years slace, no; 0 vote Is tecofded.
l,smorts were uever canYassed. Il per
sa.d s,alds, friends aud foes alike unds
iinsu.hed. Tar, ST., Is wrong. qlcs.
ion Of deep and general ln'eies', however
dull and euhatIasslns It may h'-our SOL
I'M doly requires Us 10 iavcslgale IT,
The fret thing, cir, which stakes my
IN I'd with aston shmeni IS the remarkable
fact, tha, here 10 North Ciro!lna, with a
la abiding people. steady in 'beIr habits
sud slos 10 auge';' VIC pay for The sup
por, Of more Courts Of general Jurisdiction,
lhao any Safe in lhy Ulon. Nlih SIX
terms Q year, wisely regulated, causes
, shuald be here tired en- satisfactorily 'i9cd
eyety four eight, and Twelve months. ct,
as G.vetlof q cham ,emlfks, llw.sli.s
r are .ih U. handed down through IonE
, series Of Yeas, fou ia her TO sJn, loaded
ilh cnsss Gar exceeding ID yllUo The OIL.
n,psi subject OF con,e.,.' hence infer,
either tbs, our reputation iur good or
, DEF 10 undesoryeJ-ihat Cur Courts tan
. 10 discharge her duiios-or that CIV s}s
4 CIR he speedy I'D nlns,railnn oil justice. II
Y ne bumb'o opnion, sir, the !ua!! hes 10 III
+. system. md 10 he system aloue. focJ
vi b pride end p!easuc TO 'be many very
superior advantages Of our JJdiciaEy. Bu
- these advantages furnish TO argument o
4 gains, lts further improvement, Ole pa
pe5,e error and defect psryadcs i through
out. We hayo too many Courts, each pos
sess,ng concurrent Jurisdiction over tot
many lis met subject ue''e'e. HE pab!i(
4 business is too ui1ch divided and s'rac:ed
The t,me OF our Courts 's wasted ~ ny 0.
: over again and again the same suits; 4
:, wasted II undoIn! Y5al has 0oen e!iingil
, aod iaaccuraleIy done aud IS wasted Il
asceral1tug when pud ahli 10 do. III
ahole system 10 chaos aud cou!uslnn Il
+, femedy lhis: separate the I.a.ed business
), from bal uol lil.a,eI-lransfer to one III
;, bunal all causes Tequifing the Intervention
OF j1ry, AMI iclve TO The other al matter
!, Of Probate and Police character. Sue
: is the otjgcI Of ihJs Bal.
10 the very nature Of lh1gs, sir, Oh
County Courts Gre unsulled TO the ,rlC
Of hugatod or llfy causes, ard must prov
expensive TO tic public and ruiuoJs
parties. L cannot be otherwise. Ihre
i or FIVE men Qhe mere The worse no:
:, necessarily take three OF five llnes luGee
llaa Que man, 70 decide every point c
= question before them. And magistrate
=, comparatively un.kllled 10 the Law, how
=, ever respectable AID intelligent. must n;
cessarly consume far more tune IN the TN
:. OF law suits than a Jarlss, whose Whole ii
has been devoted 10 that particular s!ud'
The former mus, fist labor 10 couytnt
themselves, aud thtn undertake TO declt
/! for oihpIs. Again sir: these Courts q
ordinarily ovefs helned uith business. A
49, sorts OF matters crowd upon Their atIeUtlo
- They are no, unfseqIently seen drschar
100 at the same moment all the vorIous al
- complex duties OF Courts OF Probate, ?
lce, Equity, Civil aud Criminal l1'Isdt
ton. No man or sci Of men ufe equal
the task. have consequently known the
'e' IN more Counties than one, exhaust who
U' DAYS in The investigation Of causes, Win
finally ven, to the Court above, and we
up there again uled IN less than single hot
| have known them further spend enc, Is
and three days, and not contested lss
e submitted TO the jury. Do ;he Pubhc a
10 Parties suiisr nothing by all this I
Cru,ts no doubt are lu>lly Engaged all t
er, while. But Jurors are lhe!o Ide recelvt
'c" pay; witnesses swarm IN attendance $
eh' tors are on expense; costs arcumuial
vouab'e tire is lost; justice is delayed a
right deuied.
Really, sir, our forbearing people. ha
,,d no idea OF the actual cost of these CouIt.
his the community. have put myself to so
he pains to procure information on the SuhJo
al, In most instances it has been obtained tr
gentlemen on thus floor. The expen
of each county separately are nov bei'
'hs' me. ANY member desirous OF dong
W. can examine them for himself. Ia so
us, counties Auson. Beaufort, Gu,lioro, Me-