Letter From Mr. Birney

The following letter, addressed by Mr. irnkt to lliree gentlemen of tliis county, hns on transmitted to us for piiblication. Il i vas wriiten in angvver to inquines proposed ' o him respect;nir our Stntc affairs, and coniins expücit and definite onswers. Presumng that tliey will be of interest to oll our eaders, we place the letter before them withui delay. Lowrr Saginaw, Mich., Sep. 18, 1845. Messrs. JewrtTi Hill Sí Garlad: Dear Sirs - You nek me, ns the nominee of the Libeny party for the office of Gover)or of tlis State, 1. ' Do you think that ow Judiciary sysem net ds any altcrationf And to what ex entr I think onr Jodiciary syslem nep(] the ompost nlteration. It is slow, and onprsj-ive to he poor, who constitute a large niajorii)' - vlio have, at Inst, to pay for the system - nd for whom the Constitution was more specinlly made, if we may aspert that of any clnss. They will not be sntisfied with the pvstem, as long ns it remains what it is; it nust be easily connroheti ded by thetn, expelitioüH iind económica].L. liAre. you in favor nf Vqtiidnling the Public Debl, by selling the IVurks belonging to the State?"1 The Slate has nn business wilh the Public Works. lts nmin duty is fulfille!, ñs soon as i t is brouoht io prevent one man from trespas , sing on tlie rigrhfs of anolher. What more cnn 1 usk of the State- what more cnn nr.y i réagöhnbiè nmn ask of it- than that he should ie prbtrcted in thecxercise of all hia facnlties without tnolrstation? Let every public work bc undertaken by thosé that have the menns. Let every loss fall on them, nnd evrry advnntnge be gained by them. As eoon os a good price ia offerod for the Public Works, Iet them :ie sold, inpnrt payment of our State debt. - Let the State afterword, and as quickly as pofsible, beb'ougbt to the simple duty I have n'ready indirated; wid let it. henceforfh, cense from ony cornoction, whatever, with works, be tliey public or private. S. "Whnt do you think of the present salaries nf the State officers. agents, fyc? Are thcy tnahigh or too low?u Théy are certainíy too high. and otight to he redticed. I cou'd well particularize, but almost without excepiion, they aopear to me too high. As a Slate we have managed injudic-iously. We have forotten tlmt there were compnratively but few objects of taxa tion. And, strange as it may secm, eoineof these few, held by the weahhiest persons, are already beginning1 to be rxemptod. We hnve forgotten, also, that the people are ns ye poor. A netv State, we have imitated older ones. It is atways a sad thing, whén the oflicere of the Government begin to think the Government was especialiy made for them. Maving rendered lo you cxplicit answers to all the qoestions contnined in your letter, I reina n, gentlemen, your -bedient eervont, JAMES G. DIRNEY. flC5 The Report of the Committee on the first page, and the numerous communications on thesecond, have crovvdedout half of our editorial mntters. Nc.t week we shall bring up nrrearnges. C5"" The Whigs passed mnny resolutions at their State Convention, some first rate, and some miserable, antiqunted affairs. We shall notice them next week. "We pledge ourselves and the Democratie party of the Counly, to make use of all means constitulionally in our power o accomjrfish the bpkedy overthrow of Slavery in the United States and THEIR TeRRITORIES." . The preceding is from a resolution of the Democratie Convention of Portage County, Ohio. How will it strike the ears of those good Democratie brethren, McDufiie, Calhoun and Gov. Hammond? "Coming events cast their shadows before!" 05a" The census of Jackson townsliip, just taken, shows the population to be 3,330; in 1840 it was 2,773.