The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-01-15

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and the People than the teachers of our
youth. No essential notifications in the
present school law are, in my judgment,
demanded by the general sentiment, ex-
cept such as will increase its efficiency
without augmentlng its expense. There
is, however, prevailing opinion, that,
under present circumstances, Township
Libraries may be substituted, with ad-
vantage, for District Libraries and
would further suggest that the Library at
each County Seat should be County
Library, and supplied as far as possible
with the published Documents of the
State and National Governments. For
The supply of the State Documents you
can make the necessary provision lit
tie attention on the part OF Senators and
Representatives in Congress will ensure
a full supply Of National Documents.
The beneficial results of the act requir
ing the Public Reports to be made to the
Governor and printed in advance Of the
mt eting of the Legislature, suggest a
farther application of the same principle.
The Constitution requires the Governor
to communicate to the General Assem-
bly, at every session the condition of the
as he may deem expedient. 1t, also, re-
quires him to See that the laws are faith
fully executed. To enable him the bet
ter to fulfill this injunction. he is author
lied TO require information in writing
from the officers of the Executive De-
partment upon any subject connected
with the duties of their respective Offices
Would it not be well. in order to give
more complete effect TO these constitu
tional provisions, to require theBoards and
officers in charge OF the different depart
ments of the public service, to report
their transactions and condition quarter
" to the Governor ? Such an enactment
would concentrate in the Executive Office
full information. accessible to the people,
concerning all the public interests, while
it would enable the Governor to fulfill
his constitutional obligations with more
satisfaction to himself and with more ad-
vantage to the State. Would it not be
well. also, to presbribe an uniform rule
in respect to the times for making all re-
ports ? At present some are required to
be made at the close of the fiscal year
some at other periods some biennially !;
some annually, and some semi annually.
1t would conduce greatly to the introduc
ton of order and responsibility into pub
lie affairs, if all reports should be requir-
ed to bo made on the goth days Of No
vember, February, May and June, OF
each year; the November report embra-
cling all the transactions of the fiscal year,
and the other Reports only those OF the
preceding quarter.
Permit me now to invite your attention
to few topics intimately connected with
the public welfare, but not discussed in
any of these reports.
The state of the law in relation to Mar
ried Women deserves your consideration.
Our legislation is already honorably dis
tinguished by its provisions in that be-
half but much remains to be DONE
Many of the bencfcent provisions of the
civil law might be transferred, with ben
eft, to our code. 1t is difficult to per-
ceive any reason why wife, allowed to
sue separately from her husband, should
be required to sue in the name of her next
friend. Instances not unfrequently oc-
cur of gross oppression through the alb
soute control giveu TO the husband over
personal estate, and particularly over
household goods. | can perceive no
valid reason why the wife may not be
allowed property in personally and es-
pecially in goods pertaining to the house,
and protected in the possession by suffi-
cient and summary remedies. These are
but samples Of needed reforms in this di-
rection. / commend the whole subject
to your best reflections.
Defects in the laws regulating practi
ces in criminal cases often give rise to Sc
rous embarrasSments in the administra-
ton of Justice, and occasion great expense
diately concerned. suggest the expe
diency of revising and codiIying those
laws.
The inadequacy of judicial compensa-
ton is much complained CT. High sala-
ries are inconsistent with the true idea Of
republican government; but fairrewards
for skilled labor are due for public as well
as for private service. Perhaps the best
test of proper compensation is tlfe dispo
siion of Thoroughly competent persons to
take and hold office at the compensation
allowed. Tried by this test it must be
admit ed that the salaries of the Supreme
Judges, and. in some parts of the State,
of Common Pleas Judges, are insufficient.
Learned and able Judges of the Supreme
Court have resigned their places because
unable 10 serve for the compensation al
lowed and in some of the counties it is
impossible 10 induce men Of large expert
ence. learning and requirement, to ac-
cept judicial positions. In considering
this subject it may be well to remember
that the whole amount of the salaries Of
all the judges of the Supreme Court and
Common Pleas Courts. is less than the
annual cost of the three Lunatic Asylums.
Alleged abuses of the elective franchise
will probably claim your attention. The
right of suffrage is sacred. 1t is the right
to vote which makes the citizen sover-
eign. 1t is the right which of all politi
cal rights is to be most scrupulously
guarded and most resolutely defen-
ded. Every citizen, native or natural
lied, is entitled to the most absolute free
dom and security in the exercise of it.
Frauds upon this right merit the severest
rrohot;or. f>r he fraud ,,loNt x,otor