The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-02


rrationS. They plead, that the delay,
is t" them too often, tae denial of
Justice. They have experienced that
the expense and burdens Of far
removed Court tIouse-an expensive
tavern bill, aud TWO weeks docket,
Constantly increasing and constantly
transfered) cann"t compensate tLcm
even for successful Ii,igat.nn. Sontr
among them have been known to
tUregn their rights rather than Contest
them, under the doubtful circnms,an.
ces "f tardy justice, ex"rbila,, cx'
pense, and jury often ,urSei. las il,
is) of its intelligence and its diSintcr'
esledness. 1t must he an cxtrnordi.
nary case indeed {" for Sumter Court
at Icas where the F." costs do not
exceed the gains Of u successful lii.
CATION.
Many Of your petitioners arc in
humble circu Instances, and To Mem
II distance Of more than forty miles,
often traveised on foot, with y week
spent ns jurymen--a fortnight as
client or as witnesses their nights
h''u>eless, and their food the resources
Of their own domestic store, bring but
few c"mpcn>a,inE advantages TOR So
tedious, expensive and cxacting Il sys.
TEN OF JUS ice.
Your petitioners believe that the
amount saved to Clarendon of one
si::gle term only in Sn.nterviIle, b,
the establishment of Il separate iuris.
d'cti,ion for this county would amply
suffice for the erection of an adequate
Court House, and all its necessary
appcnJaycs. Have we Deeds, or
M .rt.Hge,. Cunvcyanccs or location to
authenticate, we have u rec:,id Or
search for them in offices as remote,
and scarcely less foreign or str lnge
from Us. than tlr,sc of williamsburg
or of Darlington. Whilst enduring
these sacrifices OF inter st t" :hi- ,,s
TEN OF Judicial consolidation. CI..r,m'
don ha, actually furnished the
greater amount Of litigation to the
Sumter Bar.
Her wealth, her enterprise, ana her
H'"Sper't has hitherto supplied the
larger proportion "f II docket whcl,
The Count, the Jnri"S AMI the legal pro-
ics>i"n t'fanolhcr County have arrans-
ed, decided, and often prriulued, 10
the cost and injury of her citizen 50
with Court House in her own limits.
with the increased facilities, and
diminished cNpcnces Of litigation, h,w
much more would not the shirt of
legal intelligence ani Investigation nd.
vance with that rr"g:c~>ivc rrns;,cri.
t, Of her people, @ which it is both
the Indication and III" acc"n,mnrncnt.
In the carrier "'gau;zatinn nf nnr
Judicial District, the sparseness of the
Men population, may have rendered
such m arrangement, rs now exists.
Indispensable, to an enlightened nd.
minstration of justice. Neither I'D
the character or amount of the lrtiua.
tI"n ct that day. make it either incnn.
vcnien' or objectionable to n people
almost primitive in their habits and
rcqulrenIrnt----and content with thu.
emp! ment OF the National Rights
which their vaI"nr had recently nc.
CURED. But in the present conflicting
condition Of society, with all th,.
cXpcdient, which wealth, crime and
cnpidity, can and does apply to sti:nu.
late, as well as corrupt the sources of
lnstlc"-'t's us, one Of compare.
tive cxtortion to tn" rich,. oppression
t" the poor, exclusion "a the litipant.
c .niemlrtiDn to the innocent. aud
,xcnlpation to the guilty.
There were doubt css reasons npcn
existing, for extending our judicial
limits eve. 10 tie hnnndar cs of Ian.
caster, but were Krrs!law now held in
legal bondage to Sumter Court House.
rs Clarendon still is. she would esteem
1t perhaps as grievance, scarce less
t"!erablc, than shat of which her
Revolutionary heroes complained, il,
being transported to an English Court
for trial.
And yet, there il no more reason
for this judicial union betw cen Ciar.
endon and Claremn,, than there is FIR
one between Clarcmnnt and kcrsl,uw.
The considerations, in fact all are in
favor of tha latter. Climate. interest.
population, intercourse aud pursuits.
are oil in Mier case more charactc cris.
tic, homogeneous, and assimilated.
Like kcrshaw, or like Ricland.
Clarendon has no other connection
whatever with CIaremont, than that
OF her Judicial ties. In scvcring them.
she asks no political advantages or
requirements, nor any renmne utions
for the past, she soouid not, if she
co"ld. disturb any OF the compromises
OF tho Const tuition. She seeks only
a judicial rs well rs that +" Electoral
Independence which she now enjoys.
Your petitioners therefore pray your
Honorable Body to take such meas.
nres, ~ IN ynnr wisdom. You may
deem necessary for establishing our
County into n separate Ju :iclal Dis.
trict, and your petitioners, as IN duty
bound will ever pray.
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