Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1846-03-21
THE HER AID.
BIO NsssMGr@g2 IOWA
SATURDAY, MARCH 81, 1916.
FOR CONVENTION,
CHARLES NEALLY.
AN ELECTIVE JUDICIARY.

AN ELECTIVE JUDICIARY.
l. may. strictly speaking, be no particular
concern Of ours--i. may be a matter entirely
between themselves and the people-but we
must, in all plainness and sincerity, tell those
Of our contemporaries who oppose an elective
Judiciary, that they are working directly a.
gains, tho tide Of public sentiment, and assum.
ing positions directly opposite TO those Previ-
ously ard boldly taken by the democratic
party in its advocacy Of the rejected Cons,i,u-
lion. The Territorial Convention which, in
June last, nominated Gen. Dodge for Con.
gress. adopted a resolution approving, in the
most decided terms, Of the provisions OF the
old Constitution, pre.eminent among which
stood tina. Of an elective Judiciary. By the
adoption Of that resolution, and by lite subse.
quent course Of action, the democratic party
decidedly and irrevocably pledged themselves
10 sustain the principles Of an elective Judici-
airy, and the creation Of hanks only d. The ex.
pressed desire Of a majority Of the people for
such institutions, and unless our principles
change with each waning moon, and assume,
by turns, all the changing colors Of the cha.
mellon, we are bound by every principle
which should acuaie honorable and consist.
en-. men TO stand by con arms and un,iriugly
advocate tho principles which we formerly
cherished SO fondly. We speak 10 all SINGER.
iy when We express the belief that tImid,
iime.serving, vascilaing and disgraceful
spirit of compromise is stealing into the hearts,
and influencing the conduct Of portion Of the
democracy, making them less bold than they
should be in the PRONUNCIATION Of the sacred
principles Of their creed. Such men-if there
are any-should remember the crushing judg..
ment Of popular indignation which is sure to
fall, sooner or later, upon the heads Of all who,
under the guise Of "Soitism" or "Consesva-
,ism," play into the hands of the eneuies Of
democracy. The history Of all political sece.
ders from the faith Of their par,y-of all fac
,ionis,s who would ruin because they canno,
rue-is reple.e with sound instruction and
solemn admoni,ion. Unstable as water,
thou shall, no, excel" is prophetic remark
as true, and as applicable to political men and
political parties Of the present day, as it was
when brea'hed by the expiring patriarch to
the children gathered around his dying bed.
The democratic party Of Iowa cannot .ecede
from the old issues without inevitable disgrace
and defeat, and if there be 10 our ranks any
who are ready to do so-who are willing, in
the hour Of contest and peril TO forsake those
who are willing to Stand by the eolemnly de.
clared principles Of the party--we can only
repeat to them the language Of the patriarch
Jacob, as We have quoted it above, and then
leave them TO their fate. II was only last
summer that the democratic candidate for Con.
gress. in accordance with the resolutions of
the Convention which nominated him, az we'll
as from his own convictions of duty. noblv
uuu Uo,uly .uvocaseu Inc agop,Ion al The old,
Constitution, and, from one extreme Of The
Territory 10 the other, urged upon the people
the advantages Of an elective Judiciary. This
course was persisted in long after i, became
| evident that, ewing TO the continued "misrep.
resen.ation and mys,ifcAtion" of our oppo.
| nents, this advocacy Of the old Constitution
was operating 10 the serious disadvantage Of
the candidate, yet personal considerations did
not deter him from strict. adherence TO the
principles laid down, in Convention, BY the
party which nominated him, and if the de.
mocracy Of Iowa are now ready to forsake
those principles, and practically repudiate the
course pursued, tn accordance ,cih their o,yn
instructions, by him who so CALAMITY bore
their standard through victorious struqple.
they will deserve the rewards Of ,reacI,erv
and anfaithfulness-d deserve the reprobation
Of every democrat in the Union-and hereaf.
ter search in vain for any open advocates of
what may prove to be only temporary princi.
pies.
A cctemporary remarks that ..,he Herald a.
doPts IN error in assuming tina. The du,ie, Of
the Judiciary are similar in their nature 10
those Of all other public officers" Nov
Ne assert positively tina. the Herald has made
! no such declaration, and further, shs, no .uch