Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-09-04

un.er.aiuty nj the Jaw, lHN'' '' So, II. ,r, ,,r,-
III "no'' "n i",irirai ratio. the ncN' my !rn.
H,;rj l,rin. forth double Is nlniny i" n ~" nxn.usixr
fftv nal render The law iW'rc % 80 IN r,,,le
III, ".' ,u,tlrr hundred y,'irs' nlu III WINE
una ih'fica's, i rudcr lis own weight. Mrm would
.s', "s.f.r tl, Judgment nmd discretion I'll u -'"'t
srr"' = ,rrhtr;aw Loat Asrr,' To the ulctr:hiit'cS o!
sr :; q code as we then should have:
When E,nrerurs and Kings al IN court, anu ," W.
,,ni ,xos law decision. should have bccn reported, Tor
,hn;r decisions were legislative arts. But now, INA
in theory the judicial AMI Legislative departments are
s,nurats,l. the judgments OF courts, we on"o''uny
and respectfully suggest. shon!d moi be F"P"t''u' IN
fact, bv this system oi REPORTING, II seems !" Va ~"
courts have usurped and monupnliscd the legislative
frnr;i,n. No LAWYER spends AZ hour a year III read
irr ,he Acts of Assembly. The Reports OF the Court
Of AuoenIs occupy him in studying for months. Il Ii
uo;or;ously SO much ncw law made by that conrt.
The rrrteacc that these decisions eAp"unt ana
render u!,iurr The statutes and the common law, Is
.unremrly absurd: for il is rHsier 10 understand one
.hnrt statute or principle Of the common law, than a
thousand lung mud conflicting. Judicial Opinions anu
irr;sini.. \ hundred difficulties and doabts arise III
c,ustruin- these opinions and decisions, where one
would exist in their absence. AMI thus, under pre-
reurs al simplifying thu law, Is ii %rcnicrc! more
dnuh:iul AMI difficult every day. II not hrreste" il
leads directly IL desp0tisln. Livery body wiii Prev
tho decisions of an hottest man, e;nunatlnS Icon! ns
sens. of common equity aud justice, +" the dt'ls'""'
of the suite man grupin. hi, way aud eildea'"ila ~
.,uiIc his course by ten thousand discord""' u'N
si"ns. ho,;,c
We invite public attention TO this subject h"panI
thnt others may devise a remedy thai "T "ViGR
10 liz.
THE GLORY AND SHAME OF ENu"AND'
By C. EDWARDS LESTER, Of NV lohH'
This work should be in the hands oi every o""'h'
crn man, but especially Of every Sou'''er" '''' ""i
,oliticiau. I, contains abundant evidence Collected
no, only from the authors observation anu experience
INT rrom the highest English authorities, that tie
condition of the laborcrs III Ei'gland Is id' "''s',
physically, morally and intellectually, t'hh mat VI
ANY s,nyes whatever. MI. Lester t.2S not the reno
,.s; idea Of the cause Of all THE misery. fio a''il-
butc. il 10 the want of liberty. History shows tina
liberty brought about the evil, aud tia, eacA advance
nj lib.rtv has but aggravated il. Such Is the doc
triue of Mr.. CARLYLE. whom hr quotes with approoa'
ton, and of all philosophical observers OF society,"
| Liberty increase. competitions. ana colipelh'on a'o"S
lab,r,r. in excessive numbers. induces siarSh'ioh'-
IN d.ns.ly popbrd od countries, "htfs f"Pf0i" """'
Ri J., ~, fer, !bc,tH wtt.ont property IS " crn|
mork,rv and deception.
We have ever been, and ever shall be, the admirers
End advocates Of liberty, for nil who are qualified 10"
lis cninviarnt, bu, we maintain tha; philosophy, com.
mon sense and history, alike prove. beyond all cav!i
ur doubt, thai, TO cmanc;p pat" lahorcr'. when their
nuiatc,s arg excessive, without; giving them land, il
10 relieve them ,.:ul the slavery Of human masters,
bound by law aud nature to protect them, aNd :" re-
mil them 10 ;ho slavery oi capita ei pr"perIy-a lar
wo,.a slavery THAI that from which they e." been
relieved.
All sensible AJri...;:;cuists gee this, aud hence all are
! Snriolisls Communists, or Hillcraial Christians. Aho'
ii,ion has bu, began its work. i.anda must be dISi'
led, churches destroyed, Christianity abolished mar
ria.e end pu,ratai authority annihilated -and then no
TWO a:rcr II. to what forin Of society snail be bunsiI'
tuted. Let Northern Conservatives i0oE well TO THIS
Abolition is far moro dangerous 10 iheIp lhqp TO ".
---- $500
The new and improved Editor Of the Wheeling
Times explains most clearly how Democracy ia i@'"-
crossing and will always keep ahead OF every other
par!gia Virginia.
"pRoLIrIC.-A Page correspondent Of the New
Market Spirit Says thar Mrs. Eddins, wife Of Walker
Eddius, living uear NoUut Hope, was Il few days ago
delivered oi THREE cbildreU a. ono birth; aud also
Mrs. Sewers, OH tte big HawksbGl, %as delivered oil
FIVE children at one birth, aud all lying"
We have been bothered considerably BY friend,
who wished to know where in the world The Increased
vote of Page came from at the last Gubcrnaturial
election. We We're forced I" scratch our heads. put
on a knowing look, but finally, after finding no res-
snu&bie solution, 10 knock under. and acknowledge
that wo didn't know. However, the mystery is nov
explained, aud tie prospects are truly hor!ifying. Ii was
bad enough, III ell conscience, for our side. when the
mothers OF "Ile Tent Ieli2n' presented their loco
fuco lords with ple Mt the time, br: now they have
changed the order of things we arc g&4"ra. Foreign
emigration don't touch il. We wonder il IT, Picl-
mond Junto have prepared u silver cup. They sure
ly will NhnIJRg Tones.