New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-18
vx,ro session Of our Legislature.

I~onase-geigbbors you are tedious A,,
Lessy IL r ps1 osr, h we're tedoa. q; king coad
a. 10 M besrt 70 besOw Il al Of yoor worship,
"' Tsrn Ali ny edOusness on me hAl ,.
TL,ob Yes an 'twere thousand times more u4aA y
Much Ido dbopf Nothing u D.
The selfdevotion Of modern Legislators sarPasses
that Of the model captain Of the watch They have
an uDeousled faculty Of never letting 60 Even
the rigorous and dlsrespectiul device Of Con'ti'o
,onal limitation is inadequate 70 overrule Their I'd
conquersbe propensity 70 serve the Puohc over
ppcb We have 10 our State, for example an *
pres. limitation Of each regular Session or Is II oy
the pay thereof II b one hundred days yet We De
heve there has mo, been a single year since 'hs'
provision was most joyfully adopted wherein :
streuuOns effort has not been made 70 crcu mveh' u
by inducing the Governor 70 call an Extra Session.
And accordingly, rs We Learn without surprise,
such an effort is now being made BY the circulation
among the Members Of requisitiOn upon the Gov
srnor asking him 10 call the present Legislature 70
meet in Extra Session
We have no fears that tins movement Will sue
coed because we know il should not. Its pre-
tex, 10 the necessity for deliberate action on the
Code Of Practice, Criminal as well ss Civil winch
the Commissioners have reported finally Now We
have no faith in the probability that such "orA
could be improved by the minute and elaborate
criticism Of this or any other Legislature very
likely we know as much about legal practice as
majority Of the members Of our Legislature, yet
we should recoi from the task Of revising the "ork
Of Mossrs Graham Field and LOOMS we think
we understand the principles which should be
prominently regarded in framing Code oil Prac'
sce-,hat is, we know what oughtto be elected
but when you come 10 the work OF penec'ing ne
taus-that is, of saying just how tins night IS 10 %
easiest secured without opening door 10 some
specious wrong--there we beg 10 be excused. In
undertaking 10 frame Code Of Practice we
should be likely to open three gaps every time we
tried to stop one. Yet we know something OF the
use of language and have had some knowledge OF
Legal Practice drilled into us by experience
ought TO DO valuable, for we have paid for It. And
We. we don't feel like oyerhaulIng the work oil The
Commissioners Of Practice. 1t is one OF the lie"
tasks which our modesty shrnks rom and which
we therefore cannot commend to the Hon. Legs
lsture Of Negy.York.
Whist the Legislature ought 10 do, IN our Judg
meni, is simply to adopt the Code as reported and
let experience Indicate It's defects as defects there
doubtless will be- Thus indicated future Lcgisla-
lures may be trusted to correct them But II the
Legislature fear to follow the suggestions OF the
Commissioners on any point, LEI that point be clear
" stated aud action on il referred to the next LIE
gislature. Meantime the People will look into the
matter, and elect legislators If they see III with
view to the proposition to be adopted or oyeraled.
This course can hardly fail TO come out right.
But holding an Extra Session, in the face OF an
empty treasury and an inpatient people, merely u
deliberate on the Code, will be any thing rather
than wise aud potc-nay, it will inevitably be un'
popular and odious. The People have never asked
the Members 10 sacrifice more than hundred days
of their valuable time on the altar OF Patriotism
and so much will amply content them. Giving
them moro will be dosing them with horse phys'c
they stand ready to cry Enough ut the hrs'
serious demonstration We beseech you, gentle
men, to spare the Governor the pain OF refusing
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