Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-03-09

ID. To take also enough to exchange for three .
complete sets Of State, Federal and English !
Reports, for Libraries st Jackson, Nashville
and Knoxville.
Should the State do this, the publishers will
continue and complete the republication in
the same manner and style down to 1861, in
elusive, and will sell the books at three dol
lars per volume.
The two volumes of HeiskOll's Reports al
ready issued, with less than the average
amount Of printed matter in the Reports from
LIST OVerton to LIST COldWell. inclusive, cost the
State over six dollars per volume. exclusive Of
editorial work.
In material. typography, finish. etc.. the
Cooper edition. is much superior to the
Hsiskell books, and is offered at less than one
halfthe price.
In the future volumes, which will, in every
respect, surpasS those already publ shed, the
editor will re-write the head notes to each
opinion, and make
LIST. A new and complete synopsis Of the
decision.
%. Cite the dictA, il any, under q sSperato
heading.
Sd. Place, also. under q separate heading.
the author tiles cited.
In a foot-noto to each opinion. no will I'M
dertako to cite
lst. Each ease in which tho one In hand
has been cited by name.
I'd. Each case in which the principle de-
cided has been passed upon by the Court.
with its notifications and changes, and If
overrulSd. when and where.
Thereby making each opinion q complete
digest Of the principle therein decided.
Now and thorough indexes will be made,
which, combined with other improvements
contemplated, will make the Reports the most
valuable published, and establish tho juris-
prudence Of Tennessee upon permanent
basis.
Tho singular and wonderful fitness Of Judge
Cooper for this undertaking needs no CON-
mendation to the profession. lie offers his
editorial labors to the State gratis. And when
the large discount on State warrants and tho
cost Of copyright are deducted from the low
price at which tho books are offered, it is OBJ
viOus the publishers have left themselves an
insufficient margin for full compCnsatiOn in
the enterprise.
As tho books will DULY BIO paid for whom de-
liverOd, and the republication eXte nded
through a period of several years. the cost
will be Insignificant and impOrceptlble.
Tho Decisions Of the Supreme Court are inns
, portan as the Statues; they are tho law in
its last analysis. And the early Decision ems
, body tho pith of the law and practice. In
! consequence Of inability to get the Decisions.
the profession as q rule, are more familiar
t with those Of other States (sOmO with one,
:. some another, "a ia most practicable to OBJ
tain them than thoir own and tho j~urispru.
q dence of Tennessee is rapidly becoming q
I mere mosaic. Tho attempt to cobble such
composite, chaotic material into an enduring
system of jurisprudence is q scandal to the
J late.
g II is, perhaps .lnOt dlsloyalt to say that in Ten
1t nePsee there is sufficient native ability to
! maintain a distinct system Of Jurisprudence
independent ofthe adjudications Of Massachu-
- sets. Pennsylvania, New York, etc., which,
y printed in cheap FORM" are hawkOd and
huckstOrod as the proper source Of all .logal
Va IOuSOnluB anu SublOBioeI "hllV VNA " NV
% ports, out of print. and objects daily Of specu
lation, and boughtand sold at fabulous prices.
= Thelaw requires bach Court to DO equipped
with records OF the State Decisions; yet not
u Court In the State Is supplied with a set Of Re
l. ports. The confusion, incOnVeniencos. delays
8. errors, needless litigation, etc., etc.. DAILY
10 arising from this cause. arc fearful Our
= Judges, absent nine In the twelve month
from homo. are compelled tO'pay from Stinte'
oC salaries the cost Of transporting their librarie
o. wherever they 60, or guess at the law In at
tempting to decide il. 1t may, With safety, b
N alleged that the State would, one year, in liti
- cations alone, save twice tho cost Of Tepub
~ fishing its Reports.
~ No sensible and truthful man can asJeE
70 that this is a project for the benefit otlaWyerS
W On the contrary, it addresses itself to intelli
Eence in every caste and is one which the hur
blost citizen is as deeply concerned as the ju
rist; for the Decisions Of the Supreme CcuT
ore public records and property Of the State
And the government that refuses to porpstu
III ate records is dOrolict and reckless Indeed /
N its administration. 1t would DO unworthy th
O. great commonwealth Of Tennessee to force he
ad citizens into Court, and have their rights Q
nh person and property interpreted and deter
=. mined according to the sdjudiOatiOnS Of MAJ
III ~sachusetts or some far-awAy State. most con
ng vonient to the Court and coun sci trying th
he cause, while those Of 0vorton, CatrOn, GrCer
RI Turley, Mckinney, and her other eminer
oo sons, exist.
nj The "MPERATIvR NECESSITY" for republioa
tIOn ofthesO records to the existence, and in
20 t%elligont administration Of one Of the cO-ord
d. nate branches Of tho State government ha
IN been attested by hundreds Of the most trustee
d. worthy, and distinE uiShOd citizens Of tn
N. State. No paltFy, domagogic clamOr Of econ
{ Omy should be permitted to defeat a measul
No of such vital concern to the dignity, indOpou
DE- dence, and sovereignty Of Tennessee.
NorE.-This measure was introduced aboV
his the close fthe last session Of the Legislator
rst Thebill passed the Senate, and'was tran.mitts
nd to the HousS-four days before thelfnal adjouri
ment. On its third and last reading-the d.
70 Of adjournment-thero were thirty.twO VOt
'he for it and twenty-five against it. Many Of Il
members having left for their homes, II tailo
The for want ola constitutional majority.
From The Supreme Of Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, TENN, DEC. lirH, 1870.
vi Having carefully examined the volumes q
les ready published Oftho republication Of Tol
as nessse Reports, edited BY William +, COopO
the undersigned, Judges Of the Supren
Court, take pleasure IN commencing tho o
c~ellenco and thorOuEhness Of the sditori
is matter, and the superior style in which Il
do books are printed. We shall accept Thorn