The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-11-27

Dickens Bleak House, will furnish
picture Of the '.Inu. Of Court" whicl
although II may be highly colored, |
still a true picture; not only oflaw a
| II Is administered in England, but II
the United States. Indeed, there i
but little difference, the two systems
being alike founded on the same al
cieht authority. There are but few
questions To answer In reference X
both to satiEfy the rejecting mind, tina
SO far as equity is concerned, botl
are entirely imperative. 30 mncll
go, that a great majority Of men vii
suffer every species Of injustice, rath
er than be dragged into Court, to b
fleeced by Court Ministers, in the face
Of laws designed to protect the weak
against the strong. What is justice
under the complicated modern law
It is nothing II has no place III The
Courts. II Is upon It's mere shadow
that a huge and unwieldly system has
grown up, that becomes daily more
complicated, and less understood
What is Its social effect II destroys
condolences a formidable weapon
in the hands of the rich and inhuen-
adds daily to the millions Of ite
ministers, and breaks the holy bond
Of Jesus, BY which we are required to
do, as we would be done by. If the
philosophy which 1t has been fashion
able to indulge IN for the past, be true ,
"that as society becomes refined, it
necessarily requires more complex
forms Of law 1t would be well to stop
the car ofpogress, aud let 1t go down
hill again. But such Is not the fact
1t Is a SANDER on intelligence to say
80. Perhaps we are on an unpopular
subject, aud give willing place to
Dickens picture Of the great Chancery
Court Of England, and the case Of
"larndyce " Jarndyce." That we have
many cases Of "Jarndyce rs Jarn-
dyce, In this country, q glance At
things will show. One case we know
81, In our own Courts will suffice
an example. The heirs Of Fletcher
Us. the Baron Bots Fountain, eet.
This IL a case that has been up
and down In the Courts for the last
half century. Several years ago we
70 have been on a jury to try
a point" Ia the case which was all
Greek to the Jury we feel satisfied
A verdict was given ofcourse, but Il
was reversed and the case sent back
and where il went to after that, the
lord only knows, it IL to be presumed
that il liz in the same place Il was half
century ago. But for the Picture Of
Ihc Chancery Court and the case Of
Iandyce Is. Jarndyce
'Iarndyce and Jarndyce drones on.
This scare.crow Of a suit has, in course
II time, become % complicated, that
no man alive knows what II means.--
The parties to it understand 1t least
but Il has been observed that no two
Jhancery lawyers eau talk about It
I've minutes, without coming to d total
disagreement az to all the premises.
Innunlerable children have been born
nto the cause; ii,numerable Young
people have married into IL; innum-
,rable old people have died OUT Of It.
Scores Of persons have deliriously
ound themselves made parties in Jarn-
lrce and Jarndyce, without knowing
how or why; whole families have In
,erited Legendary hatreds with the
uit. The little plaintiff or defendant
Who was promised d new rocking horse
when Jarndyce and Jarndyce should
'e settled, has grown up, possessed him
ELI Of a real horse, aud trotted away
nto the other world. Fair wards oil
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