The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-09-04

IT is also known that several delegates from
this county refused to attend the Convention
which recommended the Judge, and that lhes,
delegates are not in favor Of political Judges
or candidates, whose views on legal question:
are "aseeTtGined" before hand. We also find tn,
name of E. c. Wilkinson placed among tn,
democratic State Nominations in the State
Journal, and find his election strongly and o,
Penly advocated by all those papers that were
in favor Of a candidate Of ''ascertGined' Opin-
Ons."-MississPpi (JIadIsos COanty) Creole.
No sensible man can read the above and re-
strain laughter, who knows anything Of the
contest for a seat upon the Bench Of the Court
Of Errors and Appeals now in progress? Is
not Judge Sharkey a candidate OF ascertained
opinions? Has not his opinions, not mere de-
%cisions, been published to the wcrld embracing
as they do, all the arguments, be could master
to support them? The Judicial canvass now
pending, is one which involves a great political
principle; Judge Sankey's opinions, in regard
to this principle, are not only dscertained, but
they have been published to the world in the
newspaper prints, and they pass into the books
Of reports. TAists the attitude il Which one party
stands.
Now, there are those whose honest %convic-
tons are, that If Judge Sharkey's opinions are
sustained by his reelection, the people will
have surrendered some Of their dearest rights;
and shall not those who believe that such is
the fact, not be permitted also to bring forward
q candidate, whose opinions (wcIl known be-
fore he thought of being a candidateO are in
accordance with their own? Surely, if the
friends OF Judge Sharkey expect him to get
the support Of bank attorneys and bank d,fen-
dants because Of his asCertatned Opinions rela-
tive to the doctrine touching corporations, it is
not unfair that the greatmass ofthe people who
feed and pay those attorneys and defendants,
should select a candidate whose opinions are
known to be in opposition to the Judge. The
rule is bad one which does not work both
ways: it must prove itself. If Judge Sharkey
expects those who approve his opinions to sup
port him, he certainly will not call in question
either the right or duty Of those who differ
with him to vote for none but a candidate who
will uphold their views.'
The abeve article we take from the last Mis-
siasippinn. We would remark that Il at paper
has shown its usual fairness in selecting two
sentences from an article, and charging us with
views which we do not hold as to the right of
individuals and parties. We accord to every
the right TO vote and express his
opinions upon all political matters without any
responsibility to caucus or party-which that
paper does not. But this is aside from what we
intend. The article Of ours alluded TO above,
was an attempt to prove from facts and circum-
stances, the very thing which the Mississippian
states above, viz: That E. C. Wilkinson's
views and opinions. on certain questions were
known and that they were opposed to Judge
We republish a portion of the ar
ticle from the Lexington Advertiser to which
alluded and leave the Mississippian and Mr..
Wilkinson to settle the differences between
What is good for Bank indebted Coun-
ought to be good for non-indebted.
"Hon. E. G. Wilkinson in the course Of his
at this place last evening, alluded,
With a considerable degree Of feeling, to the
of a "few rabid partizan papers that had
stated that he was the candidate, pledged to
cancel the debts Of Bank speculators-that he
the nominee Of the Bank indebted portion
the late Democratic State Convention-and
that his decisions on several important statutes
likely TO come before him, had been made in
lie denounced the assertions as
Misrepresentation, and said he had never to
my man or set of men expressed an opinion
upon the recent decisions of sharkey. (and to
is,-in private conversation that he had not in
'estigated, and consequently had no opinion on
He told the people that rotation in office
a cardinal Democratic maxim, and upon
this principle alone, he had been selected and
recommended to defeat Judge sharkey, who
lad been in Office for fourteen years."