Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-01-03

1or his labor and gets poorer In
purse LIE -"sult is that no qualified man
VIII accept the office and demagogues, seek
ing to gain distinction from the GENERAL
mass, ride in as to a stepping stone to
something higher, and give us the fruits Of
their 'eent Of sense, by crude ill-digested
ensctments. hurried through without con-
scientifically putting Governors sala-
ryat $1,000, per year-a Judges salary at
$500, q $1,000 County Commission
er's at $500 per day and other Offices at
aper centage that penny broker would
laugh at. The Governor gets in and uses
his place to get to Congress, or in some
other station, and the interests of the State
are uncared for. The third rate lawyer can
alone be got to take the bench in many
cases, and courts are so conducted as to add
double to Legislation and twenty fold to ex-
pense. The laws are so made as to get up
endless disputes and disgust the people land
they neglect the ballot box, and say it is no
use to 60 to elections.
A Township Trustee gets rs cents day
and he let's the educational interests of a
thousand children pass uunoticcd and mere
ly qualities to save penalty. Universal
ignorance ofthe true principles Of govern.
ment prevails, and the mass cannot see
where the evil is. Men in Office must and
Will have good play, and corruption follows
with many IL some are so nnq lifted that their
blunders make double work and expense,
and confusion COMPOUNDED follows as natu-
raj as night follows day. Millions are spent
to repair what thousands would have made
substantial at first if rightly applied.
Isl. Let the Constitution, the decisions
under it, and the principles Of Common
Law be taught in our schools, and teachers
hired qualified to teach it, and paid for it;
and thousands of young men will prepare
| themselves and come forth, in the place
ofleaving it to boys too lazy to work, and
girls unqualified for anything.
End. Let price be paid men who Legis-
late that will not compel a man to beggar
himself to act as such: and let them sit as
long as is necessary to weigh well and per-
feet the matter proposed. The money that
would be paid then would come from the
people, aud be paid in our own State, and
go back to be spe@t by them among the
people again. Then men would be found
full of integrity and wisdom, and laws wo'd
stand as perpetual revision, unalte-ed and
beneficial
3rd. Give a salary to Judge worth
more than mere pettifoggers practice
in a Justice court. Give enough to
call forth the services of age, experience
and profound lie gal knowledge. clothed
with dignity, and laws will not become a
by-word and synonym for contempt, and
court sessions will be shorter, and petty
litigations obsolete. Fix the salary of q
justice of the Peace at a point that will
make it an object for a qualified man to seek
it, and com pei him to procure certificate
ofqualifcations from an able Judge to make
him eligible. Do the same by a Sheriff and
Constable, Clerk and Auditor and Treas
urer. Abolish costs in all honest and fair
cases, and let the jury or judge assess them
against the dishonest party in all unfair ca
Il oQs al ctr
accountability.
4th. Fine and imprison every man who
should be found in the streets intoxicated,
and punish the officer who shonld refuse
to act on the fact being brought to his
knowledge. Whiskey shops would be dried
up, and drunkards unknown. Pay Town
ship officers a fair price for duties, and the
copardiy low would not have to prouide a
penalty of S5,or $40, for refusal to accept
o6sce, and they would acork for the interest
Of their p,ecinct of authority.
Let an asylum for the poor be establish
ed, with good farm, and give qualified
man good salary as a superintendent, and
have him labor and carry it on and make
good provisions; and the property would
soon be a source of revenue instead Of ex-
pensc, as many county farms are now in
New York. Select three men for county
Commissioners-theb best in the county
give them a good salary and let them at
tend to the county business-school lands,
funds and ali, and make it their exclusive
business two months out of three. Let them
view all the roads and lay them outlet
them enforce the duties ofsupervisors. Let
them be perpetual court subject to heavy
penalties for failure or corruption, and roads
would be permanent, well worked and use
ful; and not located to-day by men unqual-
ifed-with too much business of their own
on hand-or in too big hurry-or inter-
ested, and then turn up in month by an
other set of the same kind, and SO on ad in
fnitum, at the expense of the County,