Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-06-14
From the Ohio State Journal.
The New Constitution.

Mn EDTroRs-I observe you have answer
ed your friends on some Important zf===ints |
touching the new constitution. Your oFiniol /
ehat the Office Of probate judges should the
new cpnstitnsionhe adopted. viii esquire either
q lawyer or person Of about equal legal
ka0Nleaee IS true and 7 doubt if any intelli- |
gens and honest man expects any thing else.
The associate iad ges are regarded by many as
meFe incumbrances doubt the corgectness1
uf dpiniun They are q useful link be-
tween the people and the presid ent Judges,
All nadd6hsed they tend much TO secure
che ineefFnpsibility Of. our courts. The exis;
sence of lie Office also createsa psefnl. emu.
laaiun ampnn our faRnsrs and mechanics
MANY of our citizens are much better informed
Nhan they would he if atkeg were .cy.S off from
tks hope of Cling this honorable 0rrice Hope
orr courts never fna9 become purchasable
Semodit5s IS lheY ME vel kaown to be in
many parlssuf the world buk making them 10
consist pfa single Judge IS rendering cor1up-
ton much more probable. The new eonstitu,
1ian rests he sole power 70 dispose of Our lives
and properly iA the most import1ae State
ce6tt, in any STRIPPING lawyer who may hap.
pen 20 gek ashide Of ahe most popular party
I'M tha county, and BIZ hook or crook secure
noninaiion The old eonstisution has wiseHy
added three common sense men to restrair
and euarde any mis- shoiee which the Legisla
turs mar have mad o in selecting pvesiden
Judge. Il seems 10 rae, therefore, that EfI
and property, twg. important items are deci
dedly better guar de d. and consequently NOR,
secure. under Ahe old constitution. than they
win be under tlls new, On the same grount
thstobiection Is made 10 associate Judges, iu
ries might alsf1 be- rejected. There isno doub
Aopesf Judges could decide causes without tn,
intervention Of a jury. quite IS well as q jury
but the treuble IS. wherever this practice ha.
fully prevailed the Judge has beco&s corrupt
Mas not this the case under the civil law p
Andis i zlot now the case In Spain and thos
countEies that have no iuries
Bus q did not sst cut 70 argue this poinl
but toi iisk few questions;
Isl From your knowledge Of the matter
do yon not regard il as an undoubted faci
thas tie majority of the Constitutional Con
xenlnn we're IN favor Of what they denonina
ted i5eral and What those who pay the .axe
call Aigk salaries for the Judges and State 81
6ceFs
i'd AfteF fully considering the matter B,
conversations and caueuses was il not deter
mined not 10 insert these high salaries in th
constitution. lest they should defeat the ipssru
ment
Sd. Is noi the original wish and iintentio
Of Che convention 10 Be carried ont by secur
ING the proper majority IN the Legislature, b
tie od;ous and unjust appoTtionment made j
she new constitution
4tb And isnot this goodlY prospects 9
high salaries ONE very probable reason wh
certain Nhig lawyers IN favorable districts g
Cor fhe new constitution
sgh, VIII not The railroad and other. cor
porate companies already formed. have
rather hard time Of L under the new consti
tufcu. with LocoFoco courts aud Legislature
to be always digging them under the 6ftl
rb2 The ideaiof appealing % the Unitei
States courts is Taiher faf-fetched. and de
eidedly troublssome What IS your opinion
efh 1.-THE new constitution is adopted
viii here not be tremendous falling % thi
kind ofsteeks3 and win not most or all of th
rsilraads and plank roads not completed, steI
shorty
Hnll these questions are not sfhrmativet
true then i, am 10 PROPHET.
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