Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-07-17

concord ard fraternal
Ceiling cannot survive such murderous
assaults. There is no reasonin civil justice or
moral right. to sustain anact Of such palPa-
bic and cruel injustice. fit be said that
the population Of the West is increasing
more rapidly than that Of the East--we
answer that the litigation Of the East is
and must continnc to be, greater than thai
or the West. The former are trading and
commercial peoplc-whosc daily transac-
tons necessarily involve them in misundcr-
standings and controversies, to be settled
only by the judicial tribunals-thc latter
are grazing and agriculturalp whose
simple pursuits and habits Of life preserve
them from litigation. lift was necessary
to increase the number Of Courts in Wes-
tern Virginia, which we do not believe
there certainly was no excuse for decreas-
ing the number in Eastern Virginia. 1t
was already inadequate to the business
and that business was daily increasing.
But we think the Convention, is acting
unwisely in undertaking to appor,ion the
Circuits. The population and business OF
the circuits are SO liable to change that no
arrangement can be permanently just
Those circuits which embrace towns will
be particularly subjectto change. Thebusi-
ness Of any one Judge, may in short time
enlarge so as to be beyond his capacities,
Are we to have the whole state summoned
in Convention, to remedy an evil Of this
character, which though local and trivial
must be remedicdl Are we to have re-
newed every fewyears, the excitement, the
expense and the danger. of amending the
the Constitution! This may and we think
will be the result of constitutional appor-
tionmcnt Of the Circuits. 1t has not been
a great while since the city of Richmond,
was not larger than Petersburg. Yet
though Petersburg now forms only part
of general Circuit, Richmondis Circui,
ofitself having two Judges, each drawing
extra pay. May not the same necessity
arise with regard to Petersburg, or Nor
folk, or Lynchburg, or any other town in the
STATED The Convention cannot forcsee
what effect the works Of internal improve
ment, now on hand and others that may be
projected, may have in changing the popu-
lation Of particular localities and especially
the towns. We trust it is not yet too late
for them to reconsider-to do equal
and impartial justice to every portion OF
the state. and 10 make such provision in the
system, as will allow of future changes, to
suit the changing necessities of the State
~ A scheme has been preached in Paris
in perfect keeping with the temperament Of
that gay metropolis, and genuine illustra-
ton Of the character of the French people
as the World Fair is, ofthe English. The
plan is to have a Grand CarroaSel-a
worlds tete, in which the representatives Of
all nations, now thronging the shores
of England, are to unite in songs, dances
works, conviviaities and every species
Of festive gaiety. The reader may form
some idea of the proposeda after piece, from
the following description of it in the Corr
Ter des Etats Unis: IF then, we organ
ize a splendid fefe, without parallel in the
annals of history, in complete harmony
with the genius of the nineteenth century
"a tete not ofmystic dramas nor OF mimic
war, but one in which the achievements OF
science, the prodigcs of art, the creations
ofindustry, shall replace the mysteries Of
the middle age and the feats ofarms of the
seventeenth ccniury-shall we not thus
make Of our great city--the city par ercel-
lcnce, the ur6s Of this new era--a centre OF
attraction so energetic as TO draw irresisti-
bly, within its walls the multitudes now con-
vcrging towards London 2 Amongst the
numberless pilgrims, merchants, mcchan-
les, savans, artists, and tourists who have
hocked from Europe, America, and Asia
to contemplate the marvcls of the Crystal
Palace, there is perhaps not one but
what has included a visit to Paris in the
reckonings Of his budget. But many are
yet undecided, and wait, to visit us, an at
mosphere more calm, circumstances more
favorable, attractions more definite. The
great festival proposed would fix all wa
vering spirits. Paris need no longer envy
London; we shall be nobly consoled.
"A heroic festival of science, art, and in
dustry Who will not applaud this happy
conception Who will not contribute to
its realization
"Thc colossal proportions Of the con-
struciions requisite for, this gigantic festival
would occupy, for several months, an army
of workmen; and ease, returning to the do
mestic hearth, would restore life to so
many families saddened by want"
The writer continues at some length to
expose the benefit likely to result to French
commerce and industry from the large dis
bursements Of foreign capital thus to be
attracted to Paris; and feasts our magma
ton in advance on exhibitions, promena-
DIES, soirces, concerts, and balls, fashiona-
BILE and popular, fraternal banquets at which
the poor shall assist, and, by way of eli
max, promises "the history of human
civilization interviewer in heroic ballet,
mingled of songs, dances, and recitations,
by the light Of thousand fires inundating
the giant saloon Of the Champs Elysces"
sS 4 late lctfer-writer from Paris