Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-07-15

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3pATRy0TTC REASONS FOR DE-s
rIIsIsG JUDICIAL OFFICE
ne r,erssapers hare rseeaay eon-
53sasaes sasaer from The Hon " lHsam
Isrosta a Ats5sns, formerly OF soesth
3Ts,,gsas eseesiaing the Office 81 Asso-
.eiste lg5zs 81 the United States su-
l,yen@ Csert, rendered TO him BY the
liste psssseat, just prsviors to h,s re-
s,ireasss. fgorn the station Tsssn ne 20
3IIlus.rfoasy ElIed. This letter Is writ
ten ia yesa OF the most srtent and
lexalted patriotism. Sparta hath not
Emany aobIsr son than ne, 10 sadgs o.
him by this specimen Of his character.
We sabIo.n the concluding portion OF
i. :,
~ hare not declined from bodily
EisGrnity, which woald ineapaeissts
me 10 perform the duties because !
feel ny constitution as fra and heal
thy ~ At any period Of my life.
1t is rot that / foubt my legal warn
ling, because all the great principles Of
IlcgaI science, which, ever understood,
are as fresh 10 my recollection as when
I / withdrew from the courts.
! Nor is it from any cold indifference
TO this honor. / appreciate it highly:
las consider seat in the supreme
Court of the United States among the
most honorable appointments IN the
giet Of the President and Senate.
/ / was among those who advocated
both the first and second election Of
General Jackson, and believe nc mas
dome more TO rescue the Constitution
from party purposes, and bring 1t back
to it's original meaning and true con-
struction, and given more character
and responsibility to the American
name abroad, than any other President
who has gone before him. he has
now retired to the shades OF private
life, with the plaudits and blessings OF
his country resting upon him. Yet nc
was assalcd with undue violence, up
to the close OF his administration, not
only as regarded his public measures,
but his moral rectitudc, and that, too,
at a moment when he was heaving
from his lungs his life's blood, under
constitution rendered too feeble to re-
tain it, from the tolls and cares he had
borne in serving his country.
| II would seem that he is not yet to
! be at rest, il we look, since he has re-
tired, at the party prints, the loud and
continued denunciations which we hear
aeyery day in the streets, and the din
ner speeches Of disappointed expec-
tants, who linger in his wake, to arouse
,,i1f possible, public opinion against him;I
there 10 an evident determination to
pursue him to his tomb, and trample
/ upon his very ashes, that they may
,cleaYe down and blot out the inestima-
idle principles which he has established,
land open afresh the constitution to q
Liberal construction, or to any other
lconstruetion; and to Chamber into Of
ltfiee, without merit or any fixed prin-
AG,ple, upon such new constructions,
,cpmpromises and factions, as they may
lsE,e enabled to form and excite, from
this new order Of things.
II Whilst these scenes arc acting 81
should be unwilling to hold any jssSs-I
DIAL station, because might coaseayeE
HIT 10 he my duty as a citizen, an1 NJ ri
member Of this great community ~.
lof;ss, 10 some constitutional mods, xnyl
4 ol,ssatipss. Although i hase aiwsss
believed a Judge was not bound 10y aayl
moral principle to abstain dsom ssssS
political DISCUSSIONS sthat 10 much
agisate our country, 4 have Eeyerttse-F
loss baIissed him uDterftise ssronEest
prudential spgtives 10 do 80; az bel
night Nth perfect H,pocenee, in dis
guessing i political subject elsewhere
expfess an opinion which might after
ward .crosshB judicial path asi,i4st 90
the beach, place Iiimin q delicate stu
ssfoD, ard in public estimation cast NJ
| blot sss>on the sacred ernaise,
FDf Naese Ieasons, principally, ~
have declined accepting tisat appolsgr
mcnt. A. NHtTH.
"What is the matter wlkh kaast naaa, =
asked passcr by ~ he Tscoxaised q
fellow lying in gatAer~-elts hi
sleycd"-who slew him ."~-N0H Js~I
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