Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-01-05

that, too, without "sale, denial or
delay" Let the courts of law and
lchancery be blended or converted
into one court, Git is not material BY
what name you call h)-or, in 9th.
er words, let HE law and the q qui-
lly Of the case be heard by the d curt
and jury at the same tihe-let the
parties, if necessary, be exam ined
in open court-let all the restr ANTS
and l,arriers be removed-all false
ISSUES and collateral question be
Thrown aside, and the cause tried
upon the naked merits invd lved,
and thereby administer fright and
IIiustice' to the contending PARTIES,
ard LEI them 60 hence without de-
Hay.
| feel well assured that the peo-
| pie, Throughout the State, ex peci
legislative action upon this subject
before the clio Sc Of your sesslo D.
This is a most propilions time fnI
bringing about the change in our ju-
dietary, as ndI Gated, the people hav-
ing removed all constitutional diff
culties that w ere in the way, by the
adoption OF lh e recent amendments
to the constitution. There is now
a bill before y pur honorable body,
entitled bill, 10 a6rdge and SIM
pity the Pzeadlngs, practice and pro
ceediags in Tho co uts of.justfccjn this
Staje,' which will, if passed into a
law, accomplish much in conform
Ing The practice IN the cour is TO the
requirements Of the bill Of rights
and the wants Of The people. In
recd mincndlng this bil to your ia
vorable consideration, or Sd PINE one
very similar in its provisions, am
not recommending a new and I'M
tried experiment, but one which
has been tried and apprp ved by
many of oir sister States. 1t viii
and can succeed with us as it has
with them. if the experiment is fuf-
ly and !airly made, and will, no
doubt, give general salisfactl ION here,
as it has there, by sim plIfylhg,
Icheapening and shortening the pro.
cess by which lltigants may obtain
'ris BIT and Justice. =
That the bill referred to las been
pre- pared by its originator, with
gre$t care !; nd much labor, is man
.ifes to all y no will give it a care
ful txamina ton; and is believed al
ter passing the legislative ordeal,
will be so improved as more close
ly I'd app roxi mate the intentions. and
des en- pf those who framed the
cons titutlon. The leading prfrci-
pies |of the measure now recon-
men dcd to your iav orableI consider
atioh, have been advocated by me
sinc / my first entrance lint o public
life, 10 the year 1885; and my re-
lection and observation, together
with the successful experiment
which has been made in other
States OF the Union, have tended to
couiirm me in the opinion that it
ought to be adopted in this State,
and that, too before The adjourn
nent Of the present legislature.
In con nection with tbi ) subject
would recommend that, at the
earliest moment practicabl lie, ample
be made for bringing on
all the elections as contemplated byII
lie mend ments to The constitution.
WEIGHT Is AND MEASURES.
Under the provisions of the federal
constitution, Congress has adopted Il
standard Of weights and me assures,
Ind by resolution in 1886, deposit ,
ID with the several States 1 set OF |
hose weights and measures. A por- +
ion of this set has been sent to the =
State of Tennessee, and is now in the +
Secretary office; the remainder can /
be h hd upon applicat ion \
'ut this pro vision, to estab lish a b
inform standard of weights and n
measures, is wholly insufficient. under
be existing ldws on that subject = G
indeed, no law has been passed since "
bis standard was adopted, or since b
ne- distributioh of the weight IS and =
leasures amo ng the States, and Of Il
purse there is nothing in our State-
" requiring our standard eepers n
, conform to this general standard. N
1t seems to me that law ought Ii
be passed requiring the sta hdard o.
eeper for each county to have his y,
eishts and me assures compared with, 81
ID tested by, the standard furnl sbed W
Il Congress. And that there S hould 81
some responsible functio nary, be
lown to the law, whose duly it 81
ould be to Take inspection of this to