The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-03-03

Dies MorEEs, Feb. ", 1850.

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/ DIES MorNEs, Feb. ", 1850.
MRssRs. EprroRs:-As winter relaxes into
Spring and nature indicates return to YER
nal green and singing birds and growing
cereals, the members OF the General Assem-
bly, manifest great anxiety to be of to their
homes, their families and their ordinary pur-
suits. Winter 10 the time to lsgislate, and
at no other season will men OK diverse inter-
ests and occupations throw down the hoe
and the pillow, the hammer and the last, the
scalpel and the pill, the law book and the
brief to frame codes and laws for the COM
mon government. On Saturday the Senate
passed . resolution to adjourn on the 18th
of March, and there is little doubt but that
the House will concur. John Brown 10
buried, the exciting topics on which long
speeches have been made have either been
disposed OF or are thread bare, and the great
disposition TO consume time in talk has great
ly changed.
The judiciary Committees are entirely
through with the Civil Code; the Senate will
act on it to- day at O'Clock, and there 10 .
determination to adopt or reject it a. 1t came
from the committees without any material
amendment. The committees propose about
one hundred and Fifty amendments, some Of
them very material, others verbal, bat none
of them affecting the system 30 a. to mar the
symmetry. The more the Code 10 examined
the better it is liked. Men who wrote against
IL when they first saw il have changed their
feelings very much and now favor its adop-
ton. The idea that ii will take our courts
wears to construe il and that the Supreme
Court will have it's business quadrupled, 10
dissipated by the fact that nearly every i'm
portant section on which different construc-
tions might be placed Was taken from the
Code of Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio or New
York, and has passed the ordeal Of the Su-
preme Court OF one of those States. There
is no doubt but that the business Of lawyers
will be very much diminished. Sham pleas,
falsehoods innumerable, answers Of pay
ment, OF fraud, of satisfaction, Of tender, all
without foundation, will be avoided unless
perjury 10 committed. The time Of the court
will be very much saved and the expenses Of
parties and counties largely diminished. Ii
this 10 to be the result, every good and up-
right lawyer, every honest minded man who
rejoices in the triumph Of truth over error,
right over wrong, and in the establishment
Of Justice dictated by an enlightened con-
science, will be satisfied with the adoption
of the Code. TIT
The Criminal Code will be reported within
six or seven days. The feature allowing the
attorney Of an accused party to have the last
speech will most likely be stricken out, and
the method of appeals may be modified, 9TH
erwise there will be but little change. The
Commissioners have revised all the laws and
have them 10 form to be bound with the
Codes. The design 10 to have the volums
ready in August. So that on the first day oil
September we will bid farewell to the Code
Of 1851, so far as ii provided system Q!
practice for the courts. Ii was q good work
: q great reform, o vast Improvement or
, Coke's laws and Chitty's forms it served it
day and generation we'll, but sold thing
D have nassed away and all things have heaen
r new" Westward" says the pioneer
8 Hcverywhere," cries commerce; and "on
ward,n chants the civilization OF politics
government and law.
The bill Of Powers on County Government
will pass the House after material improve
ment, 1t came half-hedged from the DOM
mittee on account of the diversity Of view
OF the members. The entire north 10 clam
y oring for it's passage. What say the goo
people of Lee? Let rs have your opinion
!. Gate City. All bills on appraisement, sta
i and redemption will be disposed OF in ten .
9 twelve days. The appropriations to the IL
. matte Asylum and Penitentiary viii be d.
y ferred until the return Of the investigator
. commissions. The-Legislature hiss shown
determination to closely examine into ever
. charge made against any officer or the maj
y ayers of any State institution.
! The bill for reference OF the claims
: the State against the suretiss Of Esds y,
" presented to the Senate on Friday and o
dered to be printed. 1t will become ls'
:. The eases should be referred; they are n
= calculated for jury; and there is no don
" but that the Judge Of the District Cou
= would order reference, had be the pows
Why not trust final settlement Of such .
ses, suoh important interests Of tho State a
= individuals, to three fair-minded men2 A
er