Holly Springs gazette., 1842-05-27

e7yr y. s,,bozsl - aauoance WILLIAM Il, COURTS, I
ESQ 81 Holes County candidate for Auditor q Petis Ae-
counts h The vacancy The -ea.i Of he zla
'oF. COL a 3 sAUNDERs
vr7 are u.aozsa 10 announce Eoa. ALE4ANIlER n
w CLAYTON Marshall Coaa candidate fo- judge
efe High coar of Errors ana Aps e. ne sresszl election "
be held on Monday and aay oir n Augns aeAt e
f the vacancy occssioed By sguator o The Hon JaiEs
rao7rst
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THn sournsoS -AeAIN--We observe in this journal OF
the 18th Instant that its editor YET aiheTss his formerly
expressed opinion ia regard 70 the decision Of the High
Court in the Of FOSTER and wife rs ALsroN he says
moreover IYe tn6,o nigh easily show that the entire
current Of respectable authority is exactly IN the teeth OF he
High Court" This of forever dsposes Of the whole
matter for when man really aoszs that he easily do
any certain act unquesonable that the hlng aag Pc
done But souletinlesand we fear with sir JonN
srox in the present casa may TANK be knows thar
he can work some particular wonder and "hen he makes
the trial find himself some ayhat mistaken.
Something more than Column tha souhTon devoted
10 an editorial in which ,es made 6gure rather consp
uousy the character Of natural lawyer, whom Mr.
JoHssroa as licensed lawyer Of some years experience
proceeds to with exceeding gravity upon legal Pra
ciple; giving the lime sundry specimens OF his
great skill the qsbbng branch Of The Profession aud eav
ug us 10 wonder MS eondescension IN allowing Us
10 bas "disport oursaf the gladstone hight Of sae
Jurisprudence" lie does not however, attempt 70 con
the general principles which were iad down oy Us
as IaNprnc pies sustained by Iong Of authorl
ties" shan which we believe none spectbls can be
found in the books ofbe last hundred years ana sanctioned
gland ~ such as those Of Lords Mansded and
Eldon and in America BY such as Kent and Story and 81
hos, Of the lesser Lights oths law il both le
merely sueers Tor awyer Paraaes is l
cense niimaes there hs books hundieds of decis
ons-incudng we suppose all those which support the de-
eision ofthe High Court the present far
from being authority. have been oveusd and secuted out
Court By enligh ursts than y and
then boasts Of what oes he might ers ly show ii did
but please him try But know that grea; Judges 10
former ana recent days decdehtha they would not,
upon d5bsas corpus determine questions Of guardianship and
that they bound deliver nfnts brought before
item by that writ any pafeu person The writ Of faa
5eas corpus designed q protect he personal liberty te
subject be converted engine for the reception o
children Living fathers have failed in the aerpt
regain the custody Of their children by the aid ofba wit
and we cannot believe thasthe High Court erred ia refusing
its aido guardian thus preventing father from SHINING
in his grave and perpetatng after his death outrage from
which he living are restrained BY the hand Of The law.
The DHaavills and NeFcier cases. which have recently
been decided the North respectable precedents
tabIishng principle that the father take his child
BY 6abeas corpus, from tie mother Time was, admit
when thsaw held be different ba the entire current
ofhoso old decisions has bsen oveuei and secuted out
by enlightened urists than 6ay years since
relics and badges OF barbarsm.
Mr JOHNSTON makes himself rather merry upon our us
The term young angels Does he laugh NIilqus Re
buking cherub. severe in yoattfaf beauty e.
With respect % the covert charge fperury vii
meretg say this The Judges of the High Court bef9r
they 60 upon bench required to take cath wbic
binds them TO discharge faithfully duies o their Office
Ifthe majority charged ythe souhFon decided "eS
acty the teeth of the enre respectable auho
IT, hen. most ceFtainly. they did decide according
law and very unahfu di4cha ged the dunes other Office
The poirss imputed 70 them can make 40 difference Tn
Judge whcis swaysd by sympathy disregard the law
as much pejured as he who accepts br6s 10 peryert Ia
course Of justice
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