Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-10-28

anCe with 0uoeU0s YET y N expeooooo
wish of our lsllow citissas, ~ Suggest 20
you the propristy Of passing some laws 90
apparently necessary for the sncourge-
ment and protection Of tho toiling thou
sands OF our State.
! Nothing can be more evident 1T this
eventful age, or epoch Of time, than the
necessity Of Q steady, careful, and abid-
ing faith in, and dependence on, the great
fundamental principles Of a government
of the people. You are their servants
bound by every law to protect, preserve
and establish. the laws best calculated for
their good. BY their suffrage you were
elected; by their hard earnings you were
paid and no reward by you can be given
but faithful devotion to their common
interests and protection.
In view Of this situation between MS,
we would suggest that you consider the
inadequacy Of the present remedy for the
poorer classes in reaching the speedy and
chief remedy aimed at by our fathers in
the settlement Of our claims in dispute.
The Court calendar will testify that 1t
costs the suitors at Law, if successful, more
money, besides anxiety aud toni, than they
get. 1t therefore is no remedy for the
iooor man that has lost his only cow by
trick, fraud or accident, to be compelled
to seek remedy through means that cost
the price of the COW he has lost, and an
other of equal value, to pay his counsel
and other expenses, to obtain it. We
think, and recommend, the establishment
of Court of Common Pleas, and that
no case can be appealed therefrom. That
Court be ever open for all suits and claims
not to exceed two hundrad dollars. So
we can reach full and complete remedy
by trial by jury and avoid all the delay
and expense now attending the present
system of Jurisprudence.
We also recommend the passage of a
general railroad Jaw, granting all men, or
bodies of men, who will pay land dam
ages and build roads, full privileges to do
so, and hold them amenable to the laws
that regulate the duties. of common car
riers. This would end the local strug-
giles that now annoy the Legislature, and
roads would then be built only where
they were needed.
We would also recommend for your
consideration the propriety of passing
some statute law binding and defining
the different railroad corporations in their
evident disregard of the rights of the peo-
pie, as to overcharges of rates in passen-
ger and freight tariffs, and also to com
pei them to furnish reasonable facilities
for the inhabitants on the line, or in the
State, to take the trains, or ship their
freights. That there is heavy drain of
hard earned money by the ambition for
power and position in the management
of railroads, there is no doubt. Although
we admire the enterprise of building rail-
roads, yet we strongly deny The right to
use them as blessings to foreign lands and
countries, and thereby oppressive to us.
This evil should be checked before the
rights of the'people are. entirely forgotten.
Our financial system also needs your
attention The banks in this State have
become of value only to few who have
them in control. The business of the
State suffers for want of banking facili-
ties, or, in other words, for currency suf-
ficient to do the business. 1t Is apparent
TO all good fnanciers that as the law OF
this nation now is, we are deprived of q
circulating medium accessible 10 the com
mon business man sufficient to move the
commerce of the,country. By the pres
ent system of banking we have to retire
more circulation than we, by the law, can
return therefore, the more banks we
have, the less money for business, although
it may enrich the few who have the banks
in control. You may not be able at pres
ent TO remedy, yet, perhaps, You may
pass some system of Savings Bank that
will be available to the masses, and i'm
prove the resources of the State. and oper-
ate-as common benefit to all.
With these few suggestions we leave the
subjects of our common interests in your
hands, believing that you will serve u
faithfully in the discharge of the impor-
tant duties of the Session. and with the
humble acknowledg ement- ia that invi-i-
power mat holds the planetary sys-
tenn in span, and controls the destiny of
men, we bow ourselves in humble sub
mission and thankfulness for the unerring
justice OF His Divine Laws, and our rel-
ance upon the same for all our common
blessings.'
By COMMITTEE OF THE PEOPLE.
Oct. 10, 1869.