Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-01-21

property Of its people, is the law, and must be
sustained. wisconsin is true to the Constitution
tuition. The people are loyaieto- the Constitution
and to the Union. She will give to the Federal
Government all its rights, and.wi insist upon her
own. The people viii never consent to dsuaion
of the States They will aid in bringing back
every State that forgets its loyalty They will not
consent 70 speculate upon contingency in which
disunion would be justifable, or even exeusable,
but doing justice and demanding justice, they
will continue to support the Constitution aud the
laws"
| The Federal Courts.-During the late financial
difficulty my attention has been called to the OPP
pressive character of the United States District
Courts, in matters between individuals, growing
out Of iorfonnded upon contracts, which came be-
fore them. BY construction, no appeal or writ Of
error is allowed TO the Supreme Court of the e. S.
in any civil case between individuals when the
amount involved in controversy Is less than two
thousand dollars. These courts are beyond the
reach OF the people Their decisions, to GER
tain extent, are arbitrary aud absolute as de.
termination Of the Car Of Russia. They have no
sympathy for mlsfortunes among our citizens and
hundreds ofmen in good pecuniary circumstances
but without present available MEANS may be, and
| frequently have been ruined by the speed which
| judgments ale entered and hnal process issued
and executed. No attention is paid to the course
of practice Of the State courts, except so far as
it facilitates the commencement and prosecution Of
suits. These courts were not in the first instance
organized for any other purpose than to take cog
nizance of cases arising under the laws of the
United States. submit to you the proprety of
asking Congress to pass some law confnlng the
business Of these courts to such cases alone.
Conclusion. The pecuniary embarrassment and
distress of the past few months, will work out
great good to the country. Business of almost
every kind had been oyerdone. The great ma
jority of business men were rejoicing in an nagi-
nary, and not real, prosperity. Men ripe for wild
speculations, found the speculatons ripe to their
hands. EVERYTHING bore fictitious value. Lands
products, manufactured fabrics all things market
able, were valued above real worth. The cur
rency was inflated by over issues of bank notes.
States were rich in the issue and sale of evidences
of their debts Railroad directors and agents were
rich in speculations upon what they had plundered
from stockholders in incorporated companies were
| rich in the fictitious value of their stocks. Sell
lers were rich debts due for property sold, and
buyers were rich in that abundance of credit which
enabled them to get into debt. Men dealt reck.
lcssly and lived extravagantly, and forgot their
obligations to each other, and higher obligations
than those they owed to men.
/ Reverses came, as they always will come follow
| ing fast upon the heels of excess. There is less
son to be learned from thess experiences from
which men may grow wiser and better The great
cesses and revsrses, is in the tendencies of the
age. The great mass of our people are learning
to despise labor, forgetting that every dollar ac-
quired by any other means than as reward for
honest industry, or well directed skill and enter
prise in some honorable avocation or employment,
is so much loss to some less lucky man. Too many
are endeavoring to live without labor and to get
money without earning It, The people must learn
to guard against these evils, as they learn to
count for them after they have come. Notwithsand.
ing all that has been suffered the country is substan.
tally rich in real wealth. Wisconsin is rich in the
abundance of her agricultural and mineral pro-
Ducts rich in her facilities for tne transaction OF
business; in public improvements; in public and
private charities in educational institutions in the
intelligence and practical independence of her
citizens in her religious institutions; in an able and
enlightened public press, in that large liberty,
knowledged by the wisdom and prudence and in
dependence of her courts Of justice. and in ideas
OF equality which recognize the rights of every
man as sacred, without regard to class, condition,
creed or birth place.
| Her commercial interests are as vast in extent,
as her resources are exhaustless. great carry>
ing highway is on her West, and another on her,
East, and iron roads, binding together her rich
growing cities, are traversing all her length and
breadth. The farms of the people are like gar,
dens and her cities set like bright jewels, in
the crown of her prosperity. Wise legisatisn,not
for party purposes, but to redress grievances,
protect rights and to prevent evils; an honest and
frugal administration of the government, and a
due regard for the rights of all men, will enhance
the enjoyment of all those blessings. l commend
the great interests of the State and the people to
your care, and to the overriding Providence Of
God. I shall cooperate with you in all useful
and considerable legislation for the public benefit.
ALEXANDER w. RANDALL.
Madison, JAN IA 1858.