The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-08-29
DIRECTOR AGAIN.
HE HAS A FEW WORDS in REPLY
10 JUSTICE.

EDS. JOURNAL read Justices" arti.
Gle in last weeks paper. You know in nv
first article, l was wondering who was the
daddy OF the bill that Mr.. Hardage had
introduced in the Legislature to have a
city, or more properly speaking, county
court / had found no one who knew how
the bill was conceived, who was its moth
er, who was its father, or whether it was
simply an unknown waif, left on the door
steps OF some anxious ofice.seeker Blu,
at last am led to believe that its father is
masquerading under the name of Jus
tee Oh, how much "injus ice" is some
times done in the name OF Justice" sc
called There are often plausible argu
ments made even in bad cause, but
sometimes selfish motives crop out to give
coloring to true intent. Justice" pleads
for the city court as if he had heap Of
litigation, and was not reaping his fees as
fast as he would like to. | venture the
opinion that the bill was not drawn by
Mr.. Hardage, or by any merchant, me-
chanic or farmer, but that it was drawn by
professional who is not always excited
over the laws delay" but that it frequent
ly suits his cause to delay it. 1t is al
together whose OK is gored" whether
Justice is willing to say that the laws
delay is one OF the great evils of the
day"
Because forsooth, Objector objected to
the establishment of an unnecessary and
expensive court, Justice so called, in.
Inmates that "Objector is one of that
unfortunate class whose names always
appear below the versus" on the court
dockets, and who would gladly abolish all
courts, civil and criminal" Of course
this unjust accusation is merely thrown in
for want of argument In defense of his BILL
but it displays the fact that Justice" has
no sympathy with the unfortunate class"
and he wants to grind blood money out of
them faster and oftener than the present
courts will accommodate. Like Shylock,
in the Merchant Of Venice, nothing but
the pound of flesh will satisfy his avarice
Fortunately, "Objector" has kept his name
off the dockets OF the court to degree
that the court has no terror for him,
whether it meets semi-annually or quarter
terly. He believes in the maintenance OF
law, the suppression of crime, and has no
sympathy with anarchists or their abettors
or defenders who would destroy the courts,
or make those we have Instruments to
shield culprits or to defeat justice. He
believes in the impartial administration of
the law, regardless of the standing of the
accused, whether rich or poor, white or
black. He believes in the sacredness of
human life, and that murderers and as
sassins, burglars and thieves, whether
they do their deeds of lawlessness at the
hour of midnight or under the glare of the
monday sun, should be speedily" punish
ed With such creed and with such a
history, there is nothing for "Objector" to
yield to crafty Justices" reformatory
measure to have city court.
If am not mistaken, county court is
no experiment in Cobb county. 1t was
tried since the war, and was unsatisfactory
to the people, and was therefore abolished.
Other towns have tried city courts, notably
Newman and Carrollton, and / am in
formed that they have recently abolished
them. Then why accommodate Mr..
Justice by giving city or county court
another trial in Cobb, because Justice"
thinks it would "be easy to have it killed"
if it doesn't prove beneficial? With 5000
salary for the judge, big perquisites to a
new solicitor, thus making two new Offices,
jurors and bailiffs' fees, the county would
De run to an expense in one year that the
prisoners in Jail would not board out in
two years.
If Justice succeeds in the passage of
his pet measure, then the people will vim
dictate the judgment of "Objector' by ie>
pealing it at the next term of the Legis
lature. DIRECTOR.