Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14
Secez-Ny fer t. ConveaIOn-sr pea aksr
Jarvis

Secez.ity fer l. Con~cHtiOn-sftes2 2k n
Jarvis.
We continue this morning our extracts
from the addres. Of speaker JARVIS upon
the necessities f.: II Convcntion. The
points discussed are tIc Township system,
the Code Of Civil Procedure, the repeal Of
! tic Census law and tbe repeal of annual
| SESSIONS cf he Legislature. Tbct c are all
expens1vc. and somo Cf the oiions ana
q, Objectionable features in our State Consti-
tuition. which should bc ann2:ici We
direct attention to them:
IT. I pass now to Dotice second great
necessity for Co0vt ntion-the abolition
of tho towr ship system. Tue idea Il A.
lowing two justices OF the Peace aud q
clerk Gale 4 township trustee $50 rleet
st any time and ut any place, III tLeir pri-
vate parlors, by tho roadside or in the
woods. in the day tiDo CT in the light
time, does not suit the genius O: cur peo-
pie. This little star chamber court bas
grown into such bad odor with our peo-
pie that believe every body, without re-
gard to party or DIOR, Il now in favor of
| aboiishiDg the who'e township system. It
is useless for me to dwell on :bis poln, f1r
am here without On antagonist. No one
has the nerve or hardihood to say he is
in favor OF Continuing the township sys
tenn. Aad yet, without Convention TO
abolish it, 1t must Ee continued two years
longer at Least, aud IS much longer a3 our
neople choose 10 submit to outrage and
wrong.
Iii. A third great necessity for Con-
vention may be found in the much and
Justly despised code Of civil procedure,
and in the chaos and confusion this child
Of the carpet baggers has Introduced into
our laws, hitherto plain and simple and
ia the increased expense in the eadministra-
ton of justice. hitherto so cheap that 10
man need abandon his rights. The least
obj ctionabe thing L can cay of the pres
mt system Of jurisrrudence in North Caro-
lima is, that it consists of unfathomah,e
mysteries. Neither the judge, the lawyers
nor the people know aDyrhing about it.
rhe warmest advocates 8 the system has are
to be found among the younger lawyers,
and the most they say fer it, when ques
toned to its merit. is to frankly admit
that they Ike it because they know as
much about Mat system as the old lawyers
do. Well, sir, it is true. They do, and
that is but little. If the abominable svs-
tenn is to be continued, (God and the peo-
pie forbid it, the present generation NAV
possibly learn their A B C's in it. The
generation that is to come sitter US NAV
possibly get as far as the abs and ba's. and
It then has any friends) will cry out ODE
liver us from this age cf ignorance
of the law into which we have fall
lem" Are you wiling TO continue this |
sJ stem two years longer, when the people |
re anxious to quit this strange path into |
which they have been led by stronger
bands and into which they have been wan |
deriug for two and half years in igno-
rance and darkness, to walk again in that |
cid familiar track made smooth by time. |
and lighted up by the wisdom and expe-
rience CT those WHO. "though dead, still |
liveth . When our people are again
sealed in that grand old temple of Justice |
buitded by our English ances ofs and
adorned by the great jurists of this coun-
try. one thinks that they will sing ''Home
again from foreign shore"
~. mention as a fourth necessity for
a convention the repeal Of that fsature In
section .. art. Ii, that require the legisla-
ture to have che census Of the State taken L
10 1873. and every ten years thereafter
About the only good that can result from
taking the census under the supervision of
tie State. will be to creste q few more OF.
dces. L. will cost $75, 900 TO 800, 900 for ,
90 good. greater tbaa to lncrease tue bur-
lens Of the people, for this work is done
very ten years by the general govern
nent. To do thus work one time will !
ost enough to pay for the Convention
vice, :
V. Section of art. IL, which requires
The Legislature to meet annually, furnishes
10 with good argument in favor of "a
convention. In my opinion, one Of the 4