| Show THE EVIL ETIL OF THE AGE amplification amplification is the abounding sin sm of the day the curse of official productions the lethe faille that drowns tila the press the bar the hustings the bench the pulpit the legis I 1 etive halls this evil is well hit lilt off in a fine article Cock burnes memorials in a recent north british review year after year yeal there appear bulky tomes from frona london new york and edin edlu burg conta containing lhing more print printed ed matter than was sufficient previously for centuries of h legislation iu in which in the sm smallest i ablest possible type the bit 0 of gold is beaten so very fine that sometimes it be of course the only escape escape from this ponderous mass mas s is that of passing it ii by except jila ilia he unhappy reporters there was never a human creature w who 1 io traveled it u gh A slave convicted of murder was offered ered the alternative of either elther reading from beginning to end Guicciardi nis history of the tiie wars ia in italy or the galleys ile he stood in suspense only for a moment he be took t the latter ali an alternative equally frightful might have bave been put to him had llad the modern publication of legal reports been at the time in existence i it is not merely the length but hut the number and variety of judicial opinions the result of the crudest as of the ma maturell matu rest resl thought which unsettle th the a law and imperil every def dedsion sion slon when I 1 it afterwards comes to be reviewed the Su prene ne co court 0 rt deis dels decisions iotis lotis of alabama Alu buina are numerous and ponderous enough to fill one oue with a delre to benj enjoy oy the llie galleys in preference pie terence ference to being compelled to I 1 read them all ali aall huntsville advocate |
