The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1866-06-02

shall thsnesforth cease to hold their
Offices" Ii is believed By those who
srs cosver.sns with the subject, that
the districts will be enlarged 10 such
IN extent, thss not more than half
the number of District Judges and
District Attornics will be required
tina, are a, prcsen, employed. Our
talented contemporary Of the Rnsk
Observer. takes the united salaries Of
the officers under the old and the
new Constitution. and places them
N tabular fsm, aud shows tina, the
increase in amount Is very little
The eonv.ni.nces and benefit. Of
the new system no one will deny.
Que thing will be gained by the
change in tie judiciary, which has
been long required! We refer to
speedy public trisls There is moth
ing tia, conduccs 50 much to the
good morals or credit If a commnni.
'y, a. the speedy administrations Of
Justice. The District Court, relieved
of over half the business on the civ.
il and criminal lockcts, will be able
10 irausac, its entire businer. in half
the time hitherto employed, and with
gu, unnecessary haste, and to the
great relief Of the planters Of the
country, who have l'ccn compelled to
STAY for weeks in town at heavy ex.
pcnsc. VI the mos, important seasons
Of the year
The best feature connected with
the increased jurisdiction Of the
County Court is, the facility given
for the trial Of petty larccnies and
misdcmeanors. This will be of ad
vantage To all the counties, hut par
,icularly TO those having a large ne
gro population. Many Of them are
likely to become impoverished If the
present state Of things is long con
,inued. Thi. county, for instance,
ha. had for the las, eight months,
from twenty to twenty FIVE negroes IN
Jail, charged with petty crimes, who
have had TO be furnished, a. the pub
lie expense, with food, raimen' and
medical attendance. Many of them,
where the amount stolen was no,
over twenty dollars, have cost the
county, in all probability, from one
To- two hundred dollars. 1t behooves
US to rid ourselves Of this evil as
soon as possible. The Legislature,
no doubt, will provide for the imme-
dia,c trial Of all such cases.
Thus i, will be seen tina, most, if
not all the complaints that are made
against the new Constitution, have
been greatly exaggerated, or have no
just foundation that, at all events,
the new Constitution possesses seve.
raj important features tina, renders It
superior 10 he old. Under III. cir.
cums,anccs, it is at least worthy Of a
trial Ii ia, a. We conceive, better to
take it with its defects, such as expo
rience may prove them to be, than To
run the hazard of calling another
Convention, that perhaps would no,
do so we'll, and might incorporate
other provisions that would he much
more Objectionable.
II may be justly remarked. that i
would be impossible for any body o'
men, however enlightened, to frame .
Constitution, which would be genc
rally approved. In illustration oil
this fact, it will he remembered that
the first Constitution Of Virginia va.
framed by such men as Randolph
Madison, Monroe, and Jefferson. The
Convention was in session for month.
and the united wisdom of these great
men was employed to frame an ins,ru.
ment in all its parts And yet, such
was the popular clamor against it.
that it came very near being defeated
The reader of political history is
aware of the strenuous objection.
urged against the Federal Constitu
ton that il was the subject Of much
debate in all the States. of reluctan,
acquiescenoe by many of them, and
that two Of the States refused, for
several years, to enter the Union IN
der it. These facts should teach
moderation. Errors in governine n /
are discovered by its working. tx.
pcrience is the great uch stone f;
not the experience Of one man, or a
number of men, but os a whole peo-
pie. Defects must be taken ,ingly,
and discussed, and the united wisdom
Of all, should pass a deliberate yer.
dict as to radical changes. Where =
different course is adopted, and an
attempt is made to correct at once
all the defects that may exist, many
imaginary evils are brought forward,
and supposed benefits introduced,
that prove to be greater evils tina n
those sought to be remedied.
II We have shown then, that the
new Constitution is superior to the
old, and that We avoid, by It's adop.
ton, the hazard Of the continuance
of the existip, military authority