New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-05-21
Tho Appeal Judges.


The rival State Conventions at Syracuse have
made very respectable nominations, in the main, for
four Judges OF the Court of Appeals FREDERIC
wHurLEsEY after ably representing his District
several years in Congress, was appointed soon at
Tar Gov Stewards election, Vice Chancellor OF the
Eighth District, which station he filed several
wears with eminent ability and usefulness. Heis
ono Of that sort Of Judges whose work does not get
ahead Of them. An early and ardent advocate OIL |
Judicial and Constitutional Reform, bis experience
and energy are greatly needed in the difficult WORK
of fusng together our hitherto independent system
Of Law and Equity Practice. We cannot doubt
his election and we are sure bis Judicial career will
reflect credit on the party which nominated him
aud on the principle Of Popular Election.
AMBROSE L. JORDAN has been so long that we
cannot remember how long, alike eminent ct the
Bar az a Lawyer and in Politics as jealous, firm,
influential Wing Had the State been with us, or
had he inhabited Wing section of 1t, he would
doubtless have long since been eminent as a Junst
or holding lofty position in the National Councils
No man was more generally right and more seldom
wrong in the Constitutional Convention than he
was; and he will be found equally capable and ei'
icient in the responsible station to which we trust
the People are about to call him.
B. DAVIS NoxoS, though long holding high rank
nj the Bar of Central New-York and Of the su-
ureme Court, has never, we believe, held Office his
County having been generally Loco Foco and he
very decided Wing He was the Wing candidate
Cor Congress in "a and for Convention in &c. but
LocoF ocos happened TO be plentiful that he was
IN neither case elected He will be found qualified
and rrsproachable.
MARCUS T. REYNOLDS has long been. ranked
among the first lawyers in Albany, and is probably
M thoroughly conversant with the laws OF TINS
State. as expounded and enforced by our Judiciary
a. any man among us. He has been purely and
steedlastly devoted to the Law. stunning not seek
ing Political distinction Men OF his class In this
respect though greatly needed in our higher courts
hitherto, have been shut out by the circumstance
that each Judgeship was awarded, as Political
guerdon for Party service. by little irresponsible
iunta, who dictated the nomination to the Governor
Hsnceforth the case is altered
The opposing nomin atoms are, as whole, quite
fair. Mr. RueoLKs has served with distinction Al
q Circait Judge, and is well qualified for any
Judicial station Lieut.. Gov, GARDNER was
very fair Circuit Judge also. Justice BRONSON wal
considered green and weak when, by sheer force o
Party. he was elevated to the Bench OF the
sapreme Court bat he has sustained himself very
well since and achieved solid reputation. But 10
his very gross subv ersion Of the New Constitution
the matter Of Lawyerlic licensing and his genera
hostility to the Reforms effected through this Con
st,ution, we should have anticipated his election
and would not have regretted IL. We hear that HI
Is one of the Ave individuals In our State wh
affect 10 consider the New Consultation saooHsti'N
ssosaf and the People will inquire into tn
matter thoroughly before casting their votes. The.
cannot afford to have the State disorganized by an,
such crotchet as this.
The nomination Of Justice JrwKrr takes US b.
surprise Most surely, il either OF Judge BroT
sous Associates were to be taken IL should hsv
been Judge Besrdslsy. We had confidently ooan'
cd ir among the merits Of the new Consti'utio
that it was to rid US svermore OF judges IN on
highest Courts, pu, there only because they hs
been disappointed in repeated applications for Of
Gee, and mast have sonetkisg. However, as W
do not believe Mr. j. is within sight Of Sn election
We viii say no more.
The candidates presented by our opponent
have an advantage in the fact that they have a
been Judgss already, and three Of them very fai
Judsss Ours have not been simply because
however high their standing at the Bar. it has moi
for many years. been the custom in our State to a
low Supreme or Circuit JudseshiPs to be filed b
whiss But does this, IN view Of all the fact,
Justify presumption that our prominent VIII
scunsslors were less fully qualified for the Bench
oagh, the Wings to be excluded from the s.
preus Bench for the next twenty years becsus
they have been sor the last twenty We thin
not AT all events our confidence in the eleesiv
system 10 ssrsng thened by the general character
the nominations At Syracuse
OF the eandia.tss for Clerk, Mr.. LAsPoR1
nominated BY the Wings has not before been il
public lie, though an active and jealous Whig.-
Mr.. BFSroS, proposed on the other side, was
Member OF the last two Congresses from Herki
msr and has been mos, devoted servi,or Of tn,
Texan lniquity aud its eonsrvers though one o
these who. after swallowing the camel Of Texar
Slavery, have profsssed to strain at the snat FOL
loving in iss wake. He 10 . relative Of Hon. ~ s
Benton. the present Secretary Of State, and in hi
small way rather clever fellow Either Of thss'