Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-03-31
nIInNIGnT tuDGES.

Readthe following, from the National In.
tolliaencer and then note the contrast De-
tween the profession and the practice oil the
oco.roeos. The Hon. Peter Vivian Dan
;el fnow Judge Daniel is associated with tne |
verv earliest recollections Of our chlldhooa
our personaI acquaintance with hm has al
,oovs been SLIGHT, but we have known HIM wen
y, yep,sation for fifteen years and, IN all that
time, the only thing that we have have ever
heard said in his favor is :-"ie IS an honest
man. So far as we know, Judge Damel mas
always been looked upon in the community %
Richmond Va. as correct man in all OF his
nrivate relations; but has always been, IN our
opinion, the most unpopular man IN the city pc
cauee If his unsocial habits, and his sour ascetc
temperament: he has walkelthrough the world
like a man who considers himself above hu-
manity. AS a lawyer, we may safely say tHat
he has never ranked at the Richmond bar more
than third rate; and, altogether selection
more in opposition to the wishes of a large
majority Of these who have known HIM MS
lite through, could not have been made among
decent men. Why then was he appointed
The answer is inevitable--for partlzan serVl-
ces heretofore rendered; for more rancor.
Gus partizan cannot be found in Va:
aMIDNIGHTJUDGES.-Itapp appears that
the Senate, by an uneXamplad majority, haC
passed an act abolishing the circuit which The
late Jnstice Barbour was attached to, ant
whilst that bill was pending before the House
of Representative, a majority of the Senate
took M the nomination of Mr.. Daniel, as
Judge ofthe Supreme Court of the UnneC
States, on Tuesday. 1t was IN vain that TIT
Wings protested against filling an office
: which had been suspended so far as the Sen
ate could act; it was in vain that they plea
ded for time, by laying the nomination upol
the table. or deferring it, until 1t was know
whether the House would reject or agree t
the bill of'he Senate. AL postponement wa
refused. and. about II O'clock at night, aite
all the Wings but one had retired, the nom
nation of Mr.. Daniel was confirmed by
small majority, several of his own poliltcf
; friends voting against him. The nomnatio
) ofMr.J.Y. Mason to the Office of DlstrlC
> Judge of Virginia, which had been filled b
Mr.. Daniel, was also confirmed.
The public cannot fail to contrast the cor
; duct of the party, fortunately now no longt
e dominant, when Mr.. Adams was gong OF
!, ofpower, with what it is when Mr.. Van Bure
is retiring. Then the nomination of NJ
Crittenden whose great merits are now
generally recognized, for aseat on the benz
i of the Supreme Court, was laid on the tabl
e Now that of Mr.. Daniel is refused to be la
: on the table, taken up by the very Sena
which had passed bill dispensing with il, al
} the nomination is confirmed whilst that b
n was actually pending before the House
c Representatives. True to the spclls prime
J. pies in the last moments of their explril
e power, gentleman, who had signallzed hi
" self as partisan ii an inferior judicial static
$ is elevated TO the exalted office ola Judge
n the Supreme Court of the United States"
@ Nat Int