The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-16

HlHSaEN HtiIS tsi 'hefE Al L.GT -
it. Again the LAND of kessuth l
IT glad welcome with ~heckonlne h.-4
and Imperial China yields t.
breath. and its dynasty passes ap
and last. but not least, Mex, t.-
that the old order change
ing place 20 the new. with d four,
ton resting on human liberty and
mar rights.
Only the dark edges If civlllzat
are unstirred by this idea.
Having once got itself Spoken
America, the Republican idea has No.
sisted. and undeterred the nations 81.
the earth push forward to the kep14-
lican form Of Government. Fy.rv
where is this unrest, as Of on. wfo
turns in his sleep. on every deg
OF latitude there are men Ylotttrt
treason against kings. Sooner Ct ~
ter their day will come. They W43
unfurl some flag. starred or barre
that will mean their republic. tn
hope now for that which stlrr,l
America when these documents W..
written. There is, too, unrest
Democratic America. The peopl. are.
not content TO stand where the Fan
ers OF the Republic placed them
Progress is the law OF life. man u
not man as yet
n the American document ~
these two. ultimately means. is ~
1ISol. NVdbN IL INK dkiOtl { y
Independence has a limitation. or can
be defined in terms of any present
condition. In the cause Of humamt>
the dream of one age is the right r
the next age. The spirit of Demo> Il
aroused. In the old world il is loo
often Demos with sword and torch,
but it is Demos stirred to the very
soul. Here, happily for the time. De
ness gave the world the Reformatiou.
Demos oppressed in civil right gave
the world the American Revolutiou
Unrest in America.
The unrest in America is Of SPECIAL
moment to us in that it is ataCkinr the
administration Of justice. With that
our profession is chiefly concerned.
For many Of the evils of adminlStTa
ton of the law, the lawyer is directly
and largely responsible. In the great
upheaval apparent on every hand Ia
American life we hear the startling
and Earring note that would make Ger
air judgments Of our courts the
property of a majority Of the cleo
torate. An early application of su,h
corrective agencies need not be feared.
We must therefore eagerly hope aud
expect hat out of this "Foment" VIII
come a DemOcrating Of the forms.
practice, procedure and judgments Il
judicial Our forms must
be further simplifed; our practice
must be less technical: our procedure
must be made less complex and IN
determinate and our judgments IN
constituting constitutional questions
must become mbued with the splrt
of progress that every where moves
on the deep Of mems souls. But t'w
enactments a required for these
changes.
r On every hand we hear carping and
captious criticism Of the courts. Al
ready the respect and confidence 81
many people in them ave been weak.
, ened. The disposition to attack th'
! courts, the judges, and the whole ju
\ dicial system was never SO pronouUc
ed, was never so universal, was neVt
e SO pointed and determined We rea'
\ such attacks in the magazines. "
heard them in the conversation of tn
most cautions and conservative men
bers Of society. Candidates for hi2
: office in the gift Of their fellow
citizens see in them the potential
e Of vote getting. The complaint h.,
: ing acute, the necessity for reforl
is therefore the more pronounce,
h The old reverence that attached I
the our has about passed, and II
isolation hat hedged about the jud4
has been broken in upon. Not on
e are the character and capacity of tn
/ judges carefully weighted by the pee
n pie. but they boldly demand that the
decisions shall tally with the people
& sense of justice and equity. The pc
d pie do not sc%rutinize the books a Law
er has read with half the care VII
q which they canvas the names an
se business of his clients, when he j.
&c candidate for the Office of judge. ~
d dIclaI temperament is often cons,
y cred as likely to be controlled +
" certain prior professional profits. 4
S, OPINION OF the court is now accept
Sc as good law, simply because d f.
bench q and concurs in it.
n must be just and fair, as well
re II in correct principles of Ia
to escape vigorous and rigorous crt
1e cism.
n mat is the last stand the people :.
7y making, another means they d
8 to correct appalling 500
Ia and industrial evils. If the respc
II and confidence Of the great mass
sc the people in the courts are not ma
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