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Whit Is To Be Done?

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Day
3
Month
June
Year
1870
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Public Domain
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About our proposed rai'.ioad, that is tito all-iinpoitunt Toledo, Anu Arbor nul Northern Ratlroad, The Stiprt'mc (Jourt huving rendered worthksa thu loaim vou-d in it3 aiJ, the? pre ject snuat be abaudoned or pushed on legitímate !i;siilCM% ;;rIlC '.'3. We ll'-pO that tin I)rt otor.s ttiii uní "givo up tbc nbip' vvii hout in (!'.'nt. lfihereia ;i dcmaud tor (!)o roaii, tberu s not a Iüwj along ihu line in wbioh subncriptioaa tú the stuuk cannot bo woiked up iu exce-s of ;bo aid vocJ. It is triu) iho stock canu;l bu figurera as tui) per cüiit. p;ipr, i,ei:lier wero the voted bonds - that is to ihe tux-payers. Jiut thcu the citi.cua - tazatioD Ueiug out of fasbioD, u.J Ooutrolling ihfcir ovia purses - can teil nat what. thi-y eau BtíurJ tu do. Lut u alroag tffort b mado at neo. - At Ypsiluuti a meeting luis buen held, tho situatiou accepted, aud woiik resolved upon, The bonds issued in aid of tho Hillsdulo road are to be provided for by Bubscription, and mi eÖ'ort is to bo inadö to put the Air Liuo on a workib basis. WillAnn Arbor bo outdoi.e by Ypsilunii 'i Tue Jackgün Cittztm suggosts " au eRrly luecting of tho Leislutre, the abolition of the present Courfe and the reconstruction of s Sopreme Court from the judgos of the Circuit Courts, with a view lo the reversal of the deoition aguinst the constitutionaüiy of municipal aid lo railroads." This is tho lesson Congress bas been teaching : the Court3 must bo the tools cf parly aud subordínate to the Legislatura. But before the State follows the Congressional precedent, hadn't the Citizen better poll th3 Circuit Courts ? We would venture a sma'l wager that not over tliree of the sixteen judges would dissent from tho decisión just made, and more than that, if the Legislature will constitute the Court of a dozen railroad attorneys', their oath to support tht' Constitutiou will compel llio same decisiou. Reiueaibtr thnt Chief Justioe Cuasb, the reputed father of greenbacks, was eompelltd in his judioiid e:ipacity to hold tbat they were not legal-tenders. - Th o bf.llowings of tbo Citizen are vury much like these of an overgrowa booby wbo bas stubbcd bis toes, aud wbose size and snppossd manhood do not protect liim from tho weakucsses of smaller boys. But wo are glad of it ravings, and the Court need aHk for do better defense. And they ought to afford the strongest possiblo reason wb; Gov. Baldwin should refuss lo callan extra session. Detroit, Moiiroe and Ann Arbor are t!i cltlea dlsgraced by the Judgea who coin pose tii is inajoi'lty, for it is impo-ssiblc no to suppose tiiis decisión the oatgrowth o th idi'iis more or less prcvalcnt In the pla cus wkei'e they havo livetl umi vegeUttet Juctge Grave, who s.to prepare i dissen Ing opinión, ie:i!ts at Battle Creek, an ti terprisinfi city, where okl fogyism does uo have liiuch chance, - Jackaon Cititen. Judge Grates has reason to exclaim " Lord, deliver me from iny friendo, gruph quotcd, it is that his decisión ha been nrluenct'd by tbo opinious anc wishes of his immediute constituent or to draw it cuüder, that hu has uuoon sciously .drunk of the fount of publi opiuioa rather tban frora the orgaui law. The charge that Judge Coole and hig associates havo been similarl inspired, if they do not come from raving madman, are at least but The baseless fabric of a ürcam. Let us ce. Judgo Cooley residu i Aun Arbor, and Aan Arbor ha votec $100,000 in aid of a railroad which wa sure of bting built, with a decisión o tho Suprema Court bolding tbo law un der which it aoted constituriooal, aud it bonds valid. His coighbors had a much personal interest in the deoisio as did thoso of Judge Graves. Beeides ADn Arbor is in Washteoaw County and the several townsliips of tho Coun ty havo voted in aid of fivo gavera railroads, the sum of over $525,000 ouo of the roads beDg under way, all o the bonda issued, auj a pnrtion of thein delivered. JNow where is the " outgrowth of the ideas more or lees prevalent ?" Judgo Cooley needs no defonce at our ïands, and wo allude to the matter only to exposé the outraae against deoency jerpetrated by tho Citizen, an outrage only equalled by its courso in the Vanderpool case. Then it enlisted in bullyng oue poor Circuit Judgo, now, drunk with success, it strikes at Ligher game. The Free Press and Post endorse the decisión of the Supremo Court as correct n principio, tiuiely, and ablo. But )oth rather play into the bands of the clamorers for an extra session. The Tribune disarrecs with the decisioD - hough it dun't exactly üku to say so, uid goes in for an extra session. The Monroe Monitor, published by Senator Morton, commeuda tho deciiion, proïounees it "f possible, even more able han were all of our argumenttir' agaiust he law, thauks the court for ondorsing he Monitor, and f-arcastically adds for he benoiit of tho dissenters, we presume, 'Wo alwaya respect the opinious of lionst judges who agree with us." The Grand Kaplds Eagle awá Dêmocrat both pprovo tbc decisión, and both oppose au xtra sessiou and a constitutional anieudmeut. The lliüsdule Standard regrets he decisión, but without censure, but dvises against au extra sosaion. lts enior editor is a niember of the Legisature. Tho Jackson Citizen, oh ! we o#n't do it justice. - Out of the State, whare intoreet loes Dot help tnake opiuions, tho deci ion is generally endorscd by leading ournalibts and lawyers. A reniarkable lestilence has recently ïade its anpearanco in Futterson, N. J., wbich has so far bafiiud tho bkill of physiciaiis. Ttie victiias havo holes falen through their throats, and in a short time aitor death tho bodics turn black, it is said to bo fpreading rapidly.

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