The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-07-05

lion OF our legislation. No people SO
Young exc. had Il sys.um of laws so com
dictated lndee'l, there is not nation on
earth, however hoary with aye, so bowed
down with an enormous mass of compIi.
Gated. Obsolete, and nndivested erudities
as Texas. The most diligrat and indeiasi.
gable student of our iaa's mrSt turn fsom
them IN disgust, aud despair Of mssserirg
ihcsn wiiilsi be must BE- inpclled TO the
couulusion that oar legislation can have NC
other tendency than that OF Involving the
county rrottiesahly ia litigation. We be-
/ gan with tlac ancient Spanish law and Mex
lean legislation s.. GRADED, and these still
govern Tie old tights aud interests OF. the
county, aud yet they remain locked un
IN a iurcigp language. wholly unknown 10
+ the people, aud accessible only TO few
adopts, who, it would seem, have had Ia.
llueuec enough 10 prevent an appropriation
sufficient to supply QUE courts with the
books and authorities requisite to ascer-
tain them, although earnestly demanded by
the Judges. as being absolutely necessary
10 enable them properly to dispatch the
business OF the c0uHtey, After the cstab-
lisl,incnt Of our independence, instead of
the adoption of IL plain aad simple code,
analogous 10 cur circumstances and con-.
prclcnsible bs the peoplc. another anti
qunsed lot enormously vOlunllJous system
was inflicted upon IA from England with
scarcely any ot the improvements of mod
FERN times; aud we have subsequently, added
to these two syatens, legislation enough OF
oar own fora century; stiil rendering con
lusion worse oonlouuled. OF this Old
I English sysipr, thus inipfosldcntiy adppt.
ed D, youthful ie1a., au ihUsttpns Ing
rsh philosopher, iusist and pilaulhiopi-s
has said "Bul ia YOUR land OF freedom
and good government for yon and your
Legislators. freely deputcd agents and SER
saai. Of free and aeiGgoyened people,
,hus 20 be pcrpeiualis GA tbs hunt Tor a
law, thus ;o rake for il in every slAb Of
cofun,ior, illus hlndiy 20 keep on im'
porting sacec5siaa Of deaf sud dumb
matter from country I'll slaves, What Is
liis bat treason against your free coHs'hl.
iinn And aeain he SAYS. YOU base hap
ply BROKEN the yoke OF foreign oppression :
hei the yehe rcn,a'as " OF English 'llther'
slaes," exalted into Judges; tie common
ls~. lbat tissue Of mpssiarss 90 which yoa
stRi yield ,unr nr.l 20 be rinchel aDd
gaIlcd uulcr ,ar ha.ids Of onr ciasy among
YOU. ior whom. while they asc ccmipfic'l,
alb othcl ne oaHeniea Day by aal ~
,-,,rvtf-irs sari 'fas as enn r"t'''r''io 10
rgAneh nader i,. Il ~ii continue "a be mogf
afd moro bulk y--niere and mere affective.
Eyqu oas last Legislature passed Lass
Known az The probate law, addressed to as.
ietttfnl iadges FOE 10 execution, going
home 10 every faulty in The State, end con.
trolling and regulating the sights and IN
forests of widows aud orphans, So vola-
miuous 50 complicated aad obscure that u
imnresses rs with the apprehension bat
,ho.r estates n,gsi be Inevitably swallowed
np ia the administration !, is well
known fact 10 tie history of cas legisla.
ion. thHt nauy ~ tie laws seeming o.
hase been tuaei0t l1r r'Hrfh purposes.
were pissed o. agyct aad cover particular
onioets aaI Interests. ia.isod. Il Is high
lnne that : general reformation should
take plaee, ard that sede shnuls We dppt-
ed comprehensive. yet simple. -i' .lat u
may pass iulh the hapds az Che pe1pl4, b.
understood by ilsein all, s.d become q srx,
haol. Ia tie coinuss sehoula al, ,ho cu'f4y
Il s absolutely ncops 'y l+ai y com
nlsto collection &c iiie Spsa.h aid Ncal
eau laws, under which musi oi YOU hosd
your property, should be- obtained aad
TRANSLATED Tor de eac Of thc goFcrmea'
nnd courts cg .sc country Your 'ghis
snA safety demand H. u fhautaly
uge. That upon die subject Il i'iii2 ieaFa.
ng is a dangerous iAiug.
In ebcdlsnce 20 The ui.'ies 60, many OF
ms nieuas ( must alnde % ihe pro'ent
condition az H.. rtd al Count iaF the
Dls.-:et of q'esas; aA | dosi,e that ii
.h,nlI he ualsesfoad tial DE Wow | take
Iof i, haa reference O. principles alone,
mo. 10 pessons. f,dl bound 10 express
nav opinion that tie great extent Of our
state the vas, amonnt of property which
+. already. and wliel. nuts. soon. be involved
Ia liiivntion The neculiar principles which