Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-29
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There are many improvements needed IN
the administrat ON Of law IN t.e common
wealth OF Virginia. Our modes OF pro-
ceGurc at law and in equity should hc hi-l
considered. The necessity Tor aAN ah'a2o-
ncm between the Two systems no 4oilIcr
| exists. II 10 ever did. II ls lar from aston-
/ i-hiug that I'm such -lE-uiafiN c'A4ti VT
tiy, community the older members of the
lar should re- ard with undi,gul-ed ic IL
iurs Of alarm any proposition which coWd
ra-ult IN "A change i'm the law. even thon n
the change should correct great cVI
! The SUGGESTIONS hcren contained are
moi intended for those who can
not align themselves with an era
OF progress. Contracted views ON the
subject Ot reform are Hot rOuLhtd
10 the old lawyers, and some Oh lhtlh I'EoI
great changes. The movement Is a. resist
/ les a. the current If Niagara. and those
who cannot keep up with lt VIII Rave To
! fall out # ranks. It - very easy % resist
| an elort to forward the movement with
| CHARGE OF radicallsm. That charge cannot,
however. ri .hten any one who purposes TO
listen TO the voice Of reason. Inc less
friction there is IN the adminls,TauOh Oh
Justice the more Justice W. VIII nave. some
one a WAYS stan Is ready 10 scout the ld'd
If imprpyelupnt The only proper answer
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sitv for something TO be done. Whatever
some may think, or rather imagine, Tor no
thought. however limited its range. would
conduct one to such al unWi-e Jhclusloh-
the world does not stand sun. IL grows
better in spite of rccalcltraut cChseiEa-
tives. Reasoning over II docs not HaAo
one lone for the days when there were no
vol. moods. IL Is in the sunshine OF the
nreSeut that We must hope Tor our real
pleasures. The pas, may De envelopei IN
a beautiful aurcOlc, and the iGlure III a soit'
olnalnv mist. where IL each direction We
may look al the realm OK the iglres and
the land
! "Of dreams that wsne before the halt-shut eye
but the best of life is TO-DAY, the time
which Providence has alone allotted To Us.
The Virginians led the advance guard III
TIE formation OF the Union Its states
| mon evolved ideas q century ago when
! stilI rule theworld. Its judicial mind sincnl-
Gated doctrines which are the guide the
courts and though their authors have passed
away the silent influence or tuelr reason
| ines. ike the judgments OF Lldon. StoWen,
/ and Mansfield. vet answer all cavlllngs.
! Why is II necessary IN our state 10 recail
the memory of the great men OF century
+ AGO. 10 IL because II was lotl1"tNe
period and theu. teachings arc "oIt1S oi
/ imitation. They had convictions aud the
COURAGE To adhere to them. They dld not
| spend their lives on-the tOiSStz Jd"e plah.
They were all reiOrmefs.
A man who tries 10 stop the wheeis OF
progress i hosts hOB1oni gCneI7S, especially,
| If he i onposed 70 reforms in our Law and
| in our practice. No one Will dare openly
10 avow that he is opposed 20 reform. but
many timid hearts dread everything winch
throws hrbt on the dark spots. They are
afraid OF change. Abuses which are Of
fensive 10 every one else are To them IT,
spectacle because hoary with age.
There are some improvements on which
allenhehtened minds are agreed. Ignorance
is the badge of superstition. and the limit
ed vision OF some IL such that they cannot
see but little. and what they cannot see
is the unknown and the unknowable to
them.
Anything which tends to dwarf the law
in a free country also tends 10 dwarf the
government and the liberties OF the peo-
pie. No thoughtful mar, will advocate
ANYTHING OF that kind. Some think that
codifcation would have that effect. No
argument can be shown which Will prove
conclusiyely that paper barriers are ram;
parts over which Amerlcsnprogress would
But wedo nos wish to transmnte '"-the