The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-01-14

then pUSeSs ue iull CONFIDENCE Of The com
munity, for imparialiiy, competency andin
tegnty. Ii is worthy Of remark, howe er,
that since the organization of the State
Government, embracing half a century. no
Judge in Ohio, has been convicted Of bibe-
~ OF corruption in office, aud but very few
cases it is believed, have occur ed in the U.
States, since the commencement of The reyo-
luton. =
A bill 6xin G the times for holding the ju-
dicisl courts ought not long to be delayed.
Beyond this, ample time should be uken to
revise the old or mature a new judicial sys-
TEN, designed To be permsnent, and such rs
Is required TO define more fully the powers
and duties of the several courts of record in
term time, orofthe judges attheir chambers.
Haste, in this bill, may be prejudicih to
the public interest; sufficient delay to fully
mature the system will be of little inconYeni-
ence, ior the constitution has declared that
the old law shall remain in force, except
when in conflict with i, until repealed by
the General Assembly. The old law, with
few exceptions, is therefore, now in force,
can and must be applied for the direction of
the new organizations, unless a new system
snail be substituted, before the times which
shall be assigned for holding the new courts
shall arrive
AS to the Jurisdictions of the Supreme
Court, District Courts and Courts Of Com
mon Pleas, | am not aware that any sub
~stantial changes or notifications from the
Jurisdictions OF the several Courts to which
they are, by the constitution, made the sue
c~essors, are either contemplated or would
be desirable.
The Supreme Court will hold its sessions
only at Columbus, or, at most, in but few
places; remote from manv counties in the
State, and to give it a general jurisdiction
for the triai of cases, would be onerous and
expensive to parties litigant, residing at a
distance.
1t was doubtless the intention that Justice
should be carried home to every mans
door; or, in other words, that the business of
Courts of Justice should be done in the coun-
ties where the parties reside, aud that the
Supreme Court should be a Court of dernier
resort, where questions reserved by the Dis,
trict Courts, writs of error or appeals in
Chanccry, should be finally determined.
For the commission of inferior offences,
neither economy nor the principles Of justice
require themto be prosecuted in either of the
Superior Courts of record. Probate Judges
with a Jury, if desired, may be safely clothed
with criminal jurisdiction in all such cases,
and, as that court is to be at all times open
a speedy trial may be had, and justice ad-
ministered, without denial or delay. Justi-
ces of the Peace may be invested with a like
jurisdiction, without prejudice to the security
Of the accused, and without detriment to the
public interests. .,. .g..a...
Provision should, also, be made by law,
declaring who shall be the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court, who shall presided in the
District Courts, when a Judge of the Supreme
Court is or is not present, and in the Court
Iof Common Pleas, if holden by more than
one of the judges. ua5. s.. ....
. In establishing any judicial system by
which the practice Of the judicial courts is
to BE- egIlated or controlled, the fact should
be borne in mind, that it is made the duty
of this G,neral Assembly to provide for the
appointment OF p Board of Commissioners
and to pres,uibe their duties, among which
they are to II port a unifUrm course of pro-
eeedings, in he administration of justice,
without references to any distinction between
law and equity, d nd, as far as practicable
and expedlent, the distinct forms Of actions
at law are to be aiNolished, and pleadings
and forms of proceed. Tg in courts OF record
are to be simpIifed ana abridged. By keep
ing this in view, yoar Legislation will Of
eourss be such that this provision of the con-
~stitution may be carried out, by the COM
miSsioners, and their laboru not lost, as they
shall from time to time make their report to
the General Assembly for It's final action
thereon.
The 9th article of the Constitution is i'm
peratiye on the General Assembly to pro-
vide for an efficient system of common
schools throughout the State. This is, GER
one OF the most interestiuE subjects
which can occupy your consideration, or chat
OF the American people. Under sys5ems
like ours, where the real sovereignty is with
the citizen, and he rules himself-wherc
government is upheld or put down by the
~opinines of the people, expressed through
the ''self-renovating power Of the ballot
box" and not by violence-light, knowl-
edge. intelligence, science, are essentially
to be widely spread among the
Of the community. A common Eu-
glish education is within the reach OF all, and
is, at least, indispensable to the happiness,
and prosperity Of the State. Expert
ence has shown that education with the
masses of the people, affords Infinitely more
protection to Liberty, good morals, and more
to the tights Of others, than all the
enachnents hat have ever been
made, or prisons that have been built.
If we desire the rising generation to be
virtuous, lovers or freedom, and to cherish
our institutions which we must soon leave
behind fertilization, Intellectual enjoyment,
refinement, love of order and
prosperity, are To be leading characteristics
with those who are to succeed us, the means
must be provided and an efficient common
school system devised. The youth Of the
State must be educated and instructed in
habits of useful and industrial pursuits, for
OF early life are likely to follow 10 its
III
The Constitution has very wisely provided
for the inviolabiity of the principal Of the
school funds, which now are, or hereafter
shall be under the control 0 the General
Assembly, and for the faithful application Of
the income to the purposes designed, 1t
has also declared that such sums shall be
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