Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-12-02

, 1t. 10. injured by such commissions, which must
reduce prices But Of all classes the least liable
to be affected by them is the planter, who l.,
happily ont of debt, who properly drains and
plows deep his soil, and whose conteuted family
illustrate in their daily life the beauties Of sim
pIicity and virtuc-the social checrlulneSS Of
industry and Il just economy. Let him send
! forward to market his crop, as'i Is prepared.
Every sale that is made, every debt that ispaid:
! every hundred dollars which crculatcs from
hand to han,l will help to restore the general
credit, and to rcestablisll a healthy currency,
81 necessary /" prosperous and stable markets,
Planters, a5 well lis Others, must submit To re-
ducti,n of prices. They are entitled, also: 10
claim the benefit Of reduced scale in purchasing
supplies Although the market lor produce
must rule lower, it will soon become healthy
and conIpcnsating: if the crops be not withheld.
| TIE L.Aws.-With my best discretion, have
cnleayorcd to insure faithful execution Of the
laws. Several cases Of hardships doubtless have
occurred Where such have not been rclicvelby
| Executive interference, it has been owing to the
too frequent instances of a similar kind, mpcra-
! lively requiring examples to deter others from
Offending.
traffic in sprituous liquors, with Negroes c'pc-
cially, arc 81 numerous The too prevalent
taste for strong drink suggests this trade to the
unprinciplrd, as the ready means Of making Il
livelihood, Or Of amassing ill-gottun gains. Us
the difficulty Of detection increases, it may be
well to revise the law and make some amend
mcnt as to its sanctions and the nature UI It's
penalties. In certain quarters the evils growing
out of it's inflactions arc complicated, and
threaten, unless checked, to becoming grave.
1t may be in ths,,a in some other cases, that
the law would he etlicacio,lS, il those who are
expcctcrl lu enforce it were more faithful and
pro,npt. There is u tenderness in nllr nature,
which mSapplic,, drtcrS men from informing
against offenders. and from carrying out lnlly
| the law entrusted to their vigilance. Their cX.
lists, too, sometimes, an indifference rs 10 :,
proper knowledge or the laws generally, which,
ncxcllslblc in the citizen, aids the bold mall,
whose design is to profit by ,liSrcgar,lins their
p DIVISIONS Even some who bear the commits
sion Of the Stale seem, in ignorance ui the law
prescribing their duties, TO act mainly on grounds
of cxpe,licncy and motives Of policy. Surely
the citizen who accepts, much more he who So
licils Il commission, should inform himself us to
the duties of his station, and perform them TO
The hest OF his ability, faithfully.
Whenever have had occasion to interfere at
all with the sentence of tile courts in cases
where the penalty was to bc INFLICTED on the
mrsun, either capitally or corporcally, have
directed the Sheriff to conlinc its execution IL
tho precincts OF the Jail yard, with the Clerk
Of the Court and some few substantial citizens
as witnesses
T think that the law is deficient in omitting tc
provide some punishment for those offence,
which are technically called breaches OF trust, OF
cmbezzlencnt, in contra-distinction to larceny
the violation of morality is the sumo in both
the difference between them, artificial and shad
owy; and see 10 good reason why the ono
should be visited with the most degrading pun.
ishment known TO our statute book, while the
other passes rnnoticcd. Recent experience ha:
brought rorcibly to my notice that some statutes
prescribing severity of punishment which i:
not consonant with the necessities, or the spirit
of the age, have been allowed, through over.
sieht. to remain unrepealed, and though nearly
obsolete in fact, are still of force, legally. Ii
this view would recommend revision Of the
criminal law, and considering that this law i;
simple and capable of being rendered compre
hcnsiblc to all persons Of intelligence, l think
its reduction into codo would be advisable.