If the motives of those who are elected to the bench, as Senators are in an impeachment trial, are to be venomously assailed if they do not judge politically instead of judicially, then one of the most vital safeguards of society, the independence of the Judiciary, is in immediate danger. The resolutions speak of the Dred Scott decision. To show this was fairly to criticize the decision. Any one who can show a similar attempt upon the part of any Republican Senator in the late trial, or can prove it to be probable from his antecedents and reputation is bound to do it. But a bald aspersion of motives, a screaming vituperation, is not criticism.
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