The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-08

with it, modi6cstions and changes, and II
evsrfuled. when and whore. s'fp@ie , '-f,s
Thereby making each opinion eomplets
digest Of The principle therein decided.
New and thorough indexes will b made,
which. eoabissd With other Improvements
contemplated. will mako the Reports the most
vainahls puhlished. and establish the juris-
prudence Of Tennessee upon permanent
basis. io1d, - i1a7 rafei. '1 .i .r.l
The singular and wonderful fitness Of Judge
Cooper for this Undertaking needs NO com
nsndation to the profsssion. He Offers his
editorial lsbors to the State gratis. And when
the large discount on State warrants and the
cost Of copyright are dedactsd from the low
prise ut which the books arc offered. IL 10 OBJ
vious the publishers have leff themselves an
insuflcisnt margin for fall compsn sation in
the enterprise. $50 .'fH,'i il-aH -f'-s
AZ the books will only be paid for whom de-
livered. and the republication extended
through period Of several years. the cost
will be insigni6csnt and imperseptible.
I The Decisions Of the Supreme Court are im>
portaa - the Ststuss; they are the Law in
its LAST analysis. And the early pscision en-,
body the pith of the law and practice. In
consequence Of inability TO set the Decisions.
the profession. ~ ., ruls. are moro familiar
with those Of other States tsoms with one.
soms another. - Il most practicable to OBJ
tain thsm) than thsir own; and the jarispru-
dsnes Of Tennessee il rapidly becoming .
mere mosaic. The attempt to eobhle such
eeasposits, ehsotie material into IN enduring
system of urispradsaee Is scandal 10 tho
Stats. -1H su ri 0sI .tI "aaE'
: .. perhaps mot disloysl to say that In Ten
nsssse there il sufficient native ability to
maintain . distinct system Of jurisprudenes
Independent ofthe sdjudiostions Of Asssnehu-
sstts. Pennsylvsnis. NV York. etc.. which.
printed In '.ehsap FORM" srs hawksd and
huckstered as the pr ,per source of all legal
reasoning and analogiss. while our own Re-
ports, out Of print. and objects daily Of specu-
lstion. and bought and sold at fabulous prices.
Thelaw requires each Court to DO equipped
With records Of the State Decisions: yet not .
Court In tbs State Is supplied With . set Of Re-
ports. The confusion, insonveniences. delays,
srrors. needless litigation. etc.. ETC.. daily
arising fron this cause. are fearful Our
Judges, absent nine in the twelve months
from homo. are compelled to pay from stintsd
salaries the cost Of transporting their ibrar ies
wherever they 60. or guess Ut the Law In At
tempting to decide It. It may. with safety. be
alleged that the State would. one year. in liti-
gstions alone, save twice the cost Of repub-
fishing its Reports.
No sensible and truthful msa can assert
that this il project for the benefit OF lawyers.
On the contrary. it addresses itself to intelli-
ssncs in every caste ..snd il one which the hum
blsst sitissn 10 - deeply concerned ~ the iu-
rist; fsr the Decisions Of the Saprstss Court
are public records and property Of the State
And the government that refuses to psrpstu-
ate records Il dersliet and reckless indeed in
Ms administration. II would be unworthy the
great eommonvsaith Of Tennessee to force her
sitisens into Court. and have their rights of
person and property Interpreted and deter
mined according to the sdjudioations Of Mas
sschusstts or some far-away Stsss. most con-
vsnisnt to the Court and counsel trying the
cause. while those Of 0verton. Cstron. Green.
Turley, Mckinney, and her other eminent
sons, exist. geo
The .'IxrrlArrvs NECESSITY" for rspubiics-
tion ofthsss records to the existence. and in
tellissnt administrstion Of one Of the eo-ordi-
nate branches Of the State government has
been attsstsd By hundreds Of the most trusted,
worthy. and dissing uished eitissns Of the
State. No psltry, demasosie clanor Of econ
omy should be permitted to defeat measure
Of such vital concern 70 the dignity. indepen-
dsnoe. and sovereignty Of Tennessee.
Nors.-This measure WAS introduced about
the close Of the last ssssioa Of the Legislature.
Thebill passed the Senate, andwss transmitted
| to the Houss.four days before thel6nal adjourn
ment. On its third and last readins-the day
Of sdjournnent-thers were thirty-two votes
for 1t and twenty-five ssainst II. Many Of the
members having LEFT for their homes. it failed
for want Of constitutional majority.
From The Supreme of Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, TEsx., DEc. 1irH, 1910.
Having carefully examined the volumes Al
n