Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-01-20


ions Of the. .sev eral Courts 10 khchlhey ar
by The, constitution, made sliccessels
are eilher co1tcni Nlaied of: NJ h6 Z re.
\ bles
's'rhe Supreme CourwHl holdfia sessions
only al Columbuso Or NJ mosl,sin but lew
places remote from many counties in The
STATE, and 10 give itfh general jurisdiction
forI The lriaIlof cases, would be onetous and
expensive 70 parties Diigan,u residing ral a
distance.
Il was doubtless the intention thai ijslice
should becart led home 90 every mans door
OF. in other words, that the business ofrlha
courls of justice shou d be done in The coun,
Ties where The parties reside, and thai, the
Supreme Court should be a couri Of dernier
resort, where questions reserved BY The Dis.
lricl Courls, wriis Of error or appeals in
chancery, ,should be finally determined. 3gi
For the commission ,pi,inleriors offences,
neither economy nor the principles Of jus;
tice require them to b. prosecuted in cilher
ofihe Superior Courts eG record. a Prota,e
Judges. wiihra jury il, y desired, may be
safely colhsd viii, criminal jurisdiction in
all such cases, and, as thai courl is 10 be al
all times open, speedy trial may be had,
and Justice administered, without denial or
delay, justices Of the Peace nav bn i'm
vested with a. like jurisdiction, without pref
udice 10 the security of the accused, and
without delriment TO The public interests.
e Provision should, also, be made 'byrAlaw
declaring who shall be the Chief Justice, Of
the. Supreme Court, who shall preside in The
Dislric, Courts, when a Judge Of The Supreme
Court is or is not present. unu in the Courts
Of Common Pleas, ifholden.by more than
one otlhe ludges.aG1 soAai isai .saidioa
% 10 establishing my judicial system BY
which the practice Of the judicial courls is
TO be regulated or controlled The fact should
bo borne in mind, Iha. ii is made the diiiy Of
the present General Assembly 10 preSide for
the appointment Off Board of Commission.
ers npd 10 prescribe their ,dulies, among
which they are TO report a uniform course
Of proceedings in, Ihe ADMINISTRATION Of JUS Jus,
lice, without referehceSto any distinction
between lawland equity, ,.ard, as ldras prac.
ncable and expedieni, The dis,inc, forms Of
actions atlaw are 10 be abolished, and plead.
iugsnndI forms of proceedings in courts tor
record are 10 DO ssimplifBd and abridged.--
By keeping this IN view, your, legislation
will ofcourse be such that this, provision Of
the Constitution may be carried Out, by tie
Commissioners, and their labors no, LOST as
they shall from time to lime make their re.
porl 10 the General Assembly for lis final
aeiionl thereoh.nW ,egEAIf 'N ~ gHi0sss
Ii1The 9Th article of The Constitution, -is,,iri.
perutiye on the Geernal Assembly provide
for an eficenl system Of common, schools
throughout the State. This is, cerlainiv.
one OF the most interesting subjects Which
can occupy your Consideration, or ihat of
the American people. Under systems like
ours, where the real soyereightyis with the
citizen, and he rules himsell-- where gov.
ernmeni is uphe,L or put down by The opn.
Ions oI the people, expressed lhrough5.he
'sellirenovaling, power OF the bullot box,p
and not by yiolence-7Iigh, knowledge, in.
telligence, science, are essentially y. necessary
to be widely spread AMONG ihe masses 81 he
communi,y! A comhJR English edic6,ion
Is within The reach Of all, and is, at Ieas,
indispensable TO The happiness, safetyr. and
prosperity Of the Sale, Experience ,has
shown thai education with the masses Of ,he
people, affords infinitely more Protection 10
liberty. gnbd morals, and more security 10
the rights of. Others. than aIlalhe, eriminal
enactmenIs thai have ever been nude, or
prisons iha,1have been bufr. .ssspR RaT