Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-12-30

Absurdities and Discrepancies in the
Laws of wisconsin, Q.
No state of the Union has natural
advantages superior to Wisconsin, that
constitute the elements Of greatness
Its salubrious climate, it's fertile fields,
and teeming prairies-its boundless
water-power--its fathomless lakes and
mighty riyers,its pine-topt. bills, its end
less forests Of valuable timber, it's
mountains Of Iron, Copper, Geena, all
proclaim to man, in.provs these riches,
and be tie Empire State Of the North
West
And SO we should be rich, not only
in the development of the bounties of
nature, but have enough and to spare,
of the corn that muses. dream of,but for
our unstable laws, which place honesty
and virtue at the mercy of rascality and
vice.
Our constitution contains this wise
provision; every person.is entitled to
"a certain remedy in the laws of all in
'juries or wrongs which he may receive
''to his personal property or character;
che ought to obtain justice freely, and
"without being obliged to purchase
'it, completely and without denial,
promptly and without delay, conforma-
"bly to the laws"
This constitutional provision is made
falshood and farce by legislative en-
actment! (?) for a sutton cannot enter
our circuit court and institute his suit,
for the most grievous wrong inflicted
on his person." "property'' or "char-
acter," unless he pay "to the clerk of
the court one dollar at the time Of the
commencement thereof, which toe shall
be paid into the treasury of the State"
Thus the state taxes us for the wrongs
we suffer, and in violation of the provi-
sions of its organic law and this, "probo-
no priblicon' The sutton (of cash
means)deems it,small though it be,as an
outrage upon him, and the people view
it contemptuously, and yet ovor $4,000
OF the bribery money is paid into our
State Treasury annually. The statute
offers dollar bride to the rowdy to as
sault us, the knave to cheat us, the tale
bearer to SANDER us. The sufferer of the
injury cannot entert the courts for redress
but with dollar fee to pay the State
The poor have no business to be plain
tiff in a Wisconsin court-none but those
who have the specie dollar, with which
to purchase the tar to keep the wheels
of the car Of justice from creaking too
discordantly, is welcome at her bar
Well, the party pays the dollar, and is
" III court with his mortgage, for his
farm sold, to forecloso, and demandijus-
tice "promptly'' and without delay"
On the expectation Of 'prompt'payment
Of which debt, the mortgage had in
cured liabilities to the merchant, me-
chanic, farmer; he owes the doctor, the
minister, the printer-and the mortga-
gor refusing to pay him, he is thereby
without means to meet his debts. Mo
ney is worth rs per cent-usurers exact
it, and the banks get 1t; and his mort
gage draws but 7. The defendant is
thus offered premium Of Is per cent,
$3.50 in a thousand dollars annually, to
employ lawyer and fight the demand
to the utmost for time, and the defend
ant, after few years contest, obtains,
:, what ?-the money not at all but has
to bid on the land 4! stripped of its APP
purtenances and comparatively worth
less or he now learns that the mortga-
gor, during the contest, has not paid
taxes, and the property has been sold,
/, and tax title held by friend for de-
9 PENDANTS benefit; and plaintiff, ruined
gives up the worthless endeavor to OBJ
tain prompt payment" while the de-
. PENDANTS, by the operation, has cleared
|" above all expenses over $4Oo in his thou.
sand dollar mortgage, by his sham de-
fence for at the commencement of the
suit, his money was out at % per cent
and secured by collaterals TINT he could
: realize in six days notice. These are
3 facts transporting daily around us.
p The party, driven by dishonesty, is
IS Gin court" The clerk hands the suit
or latter pOcketing the dollar fee) pom
derous volume ofthe Wisconsin laws, O
1850 pages close print, and points, will
n his long skinny finger, to legislative en-