Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-01-23
Supreme Judges.


The Wing Editors, particularly those Of the petit
logger tribe are attempting to kick up great fuss,
because the Governor nominated Democrats instead Of
Federalsts to I'll the vacancies the Supreme Bench.
They talk just as if they supposed the people fools
enough to believe in the Pretensns often made by
the Federal leaders, that their party exclusively con-
tains all the talents and all the learning -
in the land. On other ground can they predicate
their fierce assaults upon the Governor and If LIE
had acted otherwise than he did, be would, IN some
degree, have indirectly sanctioned the false preten-
sions alude to above, and admitted the truth of the
implied libel upon The Democratic party. He did
right therefore in this view of the case, in nomina-
ting Democrats instead of Federalsts. And we feel
very certain bis nominations, particularly the first
OF Blackford Morrison, and Wick, had been confirm
ed. .ndiana would have had an ADLER Supreme Court
than she ever had before. We say this without the
slightest disposition to unjustly dispange Judges
Dewey and Sullivan. But no man who knows all the
gentlemen will for moment doubt that Morrison and
Wick are far the abest men and the best lawyers.
Others among the nominees are fully efual if not
perior to the old incumbetts.
We should suppose further. from the tone of these
Wing editors, that they not only claimed exclusive
possession of qualifications by the Wing lawyers but
also that the old Judges had obtained vested right
to reelection 1t has always been favorite princi-
ME with the ederaliss that Judges should hold their
offices during life butt very fortunately we think, that
doctrine is recognized by our State Constitution
nor by any very considerable number of the people,
The claim therefore is baseless The Sid Judges had
served out their full terms and had claim whatever
to be instated unless in the opinion OF the consti-
Cd the Ell
men stood on footing of perfect equality with them
In this respect
But the most impudert point in these assaults is
that which impugns the motives Of the Governor for
choosing to nominate political friends instead of poit
cal foes These immaculate assailants hold up their
hands and roll their eyes in pretended holy horror al
the idea of preerring Democrats instead of Wings tc
administer the duties Of the Judiciary department
Such course, they affirm, perfectly outrageous in
the Executive and degrading to the Bench But what
has been the nvariabe and Interchangeable course Of
the Wing party in this matter! Every intelligent
man in this State knows full well what it has BEEN
No instance be pointed out, in which that party
has voluntarily appointed democrat to any Of
fee of the Kind, either on the Supreme or Circuit
bench. Blackford himself forms exception, for he
was understood to be Wing when he was first ap-
pointed. No, they never appointed any but wings
while the power in their hands, Look at their
course in the election Of the three Circuit Judges this
winter the Legislature. They drew the party lines
to man, no democrat stood half chance, though he
might possess twice the qualifications of wing
Remember the course of Bigger two years ago, when
vacancy occurred in the central circuit by the reSg
nation of Morrison: rather than appoint democrat
he suffered the Office to 60 begging aiming the wing
lawyers for months, and the regular be lost
IN of the counties, to the great injury of all in
terested in pending suits; all this simply because nc
whig wanted the office, and he determined nc
democrat should have it.
In the face of this unvarying course of the wing
party, we have now to listen to the grossly mpuden
baderdash of their Editorial bdn-dogs about soling
the judicial ermine by the nomination of democrats
instead of wings Out on their base hypocrisy The
beam in their eyes inficts upon them such an
ineahe moral and mental blindness that they cannot
perceive, what every dispassionate must see,-
the whole world of honest men laughing them tc
scorn