The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-03-22

7rAr sorEIsarsr is ErsT WHICH GOVERNS LEAsr.
MONDAY MARCH % /
GRtNravss CHIEF JUSTICE MAR
ShALL.'rA', f-lt.I ig-si
One Of the frs! executive acts of the
II " President wa' to order the. with
l"lling of two B patdonsaissued by Mr..
johnson on the Sd of March. to persons
convicted Of revenue frauds. Mr., John,
son had fully reviewed the eases, and or
'Irrcd the pardons in the belief that the
convictions were unjust, and "n the as
rurance that the release IF these two men
would lead t9, very, important results "
the detection Of other frandss The par
dons were made opt, signed pnl sealed
but when Grant took possession they had
no. yet left The Office II The Sccrrt.ry of'
State. Grant i,nmsli''c!sipr,suue that
he had right to wfAhc's them. Audo
i, i, ,oSc,1l attention 10 the, fact hat'in'
hi. presumption he differs from Chief,
jn,Sse Marshall q tl,at,we write this para
rr5ph, ,Ina celebrated case before tic
Supreme Court, Marshall decided thata
pardon ii commission, when signed. -be.
caa.o ipse jaeto tho property Of the per-
sou mined in it; that, though the Presil
dent n1isht!casc!itin his office over night,
i.tLsd, full forge and effect from ths \. 10:
ment lis signature and the great Zeal
were attached te;it. tIttwill be seen that
General Grant oreverses Tho decision Of
the old lawyer IN ,asuninery way. -
There is storyrtold Of a lawyer who
attempted toquotc Bl4ckstone'in Mag:
istrate's Office. but was promptly inter-
rupStsJ blythe Squire with the assurance =
,l,utit'vas;"no to- qiote authorities
TO this Court" "Oh, no, your honor
sud the lawyer, a don't presume TO in-,
fuenec the Courts decision, but thought
"a show you what adafned soh fool
Br,ckstonc Eva,ssn tfF ~ q -, 'ipiii y
sowc do not presume tosny flat Grap.s
viex,of The pardon cases was wrong but
VIC th6nghtvSd take ,his,cpportuni'y TO
show what a stupid old fool Chief.jus'isc
Marshall was when heSat.empteds!tee de-
eide question Of consti,a,ionallaw. z
hGiI ,.,eEE#SEs eD5s s1 Z =,
This il tllA' most unfortunate. county. in
tl,e,Sta.e., After'h having its scat Of jus,
tice moved halfdoscu, tines Laretofotc,|
lyarecent net Of our wise Legislators,
Has no placcito hold her courts. Every
body familiar with the history Of that |,
county, i, aware that the place tof holding
the courts has been vibrating between
Arppodsbarg and 'Jerklana,' ltl'at' !: , on
the Wctt Fork Of the Kanawha river and
thspsip3riser, almost from gear e (, y year.
certainly froms'tin,c TO titpe.) Several
years sgo t AAlrnr.cllydlssburg was ,f1 s Upon
. rs tho permanent seat Of Justice; The
people then voted upon the proposition;
and fixed upon Grantsyille, and in cou6i-
NATION Of this popular act, the Lcgi.la.
turc then passed an act fixing permanent
ly Tie seatofj justice at'G rantsyille, \ 'rlhs
actisuperseded Ill former acts, and oper-
atsd to obliterase them from acousidera-
ton. The last Legislature. just before
its Adjournment, At "the last "aitker|of
the candle repealed the chapter Of the
acts fixing Grantsvillc as the place, Of the
scat Of justice, without reviying any for
nier acts on the subject. BY authority
Of section KIN of chapter XVI of tue
Code, this county has no place at Which
the Cour. i, authorized to Sit, Its there
fore without judicial organization until
some other means arc resortcd to, for the
purpose Of fixing a place for q holding
Courts. The section referred to reads as
follows :ag',- g .. "Sa'f''3t
"I'hen hr, Which may hare repeal.
cd anothv, shai itse!f Le repe"ied,''M III
yretions id,c shdl not be rctirea, ,eittoW
earrcss1eords 70 HAT effect; unless The lan
sepseliag,iti u lsssed durihgqthe same
sessioi," 'isV0t III s'ai 7'oFs'i
This unwise, and unstatcsmanlikc act,
is greatly to be regretted. The people Of
that county have been heavily taxed to
build a Court House. The Court House
ut GAINESVILLE is fuished--oficcs and ey-
crything else for the public uccommoda-
ton have been completed, and tAis'rcpdhl
Of the act is The admission that this grim
joke is to be repeated upon, an iu,pover-
ishcd aud overtaxcd people.
THE "CABiNET.'
General Grant has been unfortunate in
the selection of his Cabinet We say
f.. r. Al Al 1