New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-05-31
ELIJAH PAINE,
Our Apneul IndRes.

When the duty OF nominating and electing
Judges was devolved upon the people directly in
stead of being effected as heretofore Except in
the case of Justices of the Peace and Judges in the
Court for the Correction of Errorsour highest and
lowest tribunals through the fundamentally of
the Governor and Senate, a great number of our
citizens expressed n natural and pardonsbe fear
that the change would be found no improvement,
bat the contrary They feared that our Judges
would henceiorth be selected by Party-as if they
hsdever been selected in any other way and that
the little cques aud juutos of managing politicians
would foist into Judicial stations their creatures
and favorites--as if they had not been doing 1t
these thirty or forty years No man can honestly
say that the Judges selected for the People of this
City or State for the last ten twenty years are
mainly those who would have been selected if
Party considerations had been powerless The
simple difference between the two systems is this
Heretofore the Party Committees and Csueuses
have selected one st OF candidates whom a
Governor and Senate of their party were morally
constrained to appoint though two-thrds to three.
fourtbs of the People OF the County District
opposed TO such candidates, both politically and
personally while hereafter the committees and
caueases will select before, but the People
are to approve or veto the selection. Aud it seems
obvious, from bare inspection of the lists of
ddstes that the Politicians dare not presume so
far ON the confidence Of the People as they often
did ON the Party obligations Of the Governor and
Senate. To say nothing of the eminent candidates
for judges of Appeals the names of DANIEL Copy,
JOSHUA A. SPENCER, JoHN MAYNARD. JAMES
MuLLRrr, HUoH maxwell. john DUR and
mary others presented Cor the Supreme Court will
compare fsvoraby with those Of any of our Circuit
Judges during the last ten years some Of the best
OF whom are also candidates. with moral
certainty Of being chosen Unless difficulty should
grow out Of the inadequscy Of compensation.
(which part Of the Elective SYSTEM we are con.
6deat that our new Judiciary will compare favora.
bly, with that which it will have supplsn,ed.
Yet Party influences and Party attachments
were prominently, and perhaps justly dreaded by
the opponents of an Elective Judiciary as the rock
on which we were likely to make shipwreek of
our new system. The evils and dangers OF Par
tisan Judiciary were eloquenty portrayed. and the
People besousht to avert them by banishing Poll,
tics from the canvass and uniting on the beet can.
dida:es for Judges regardless OF Party The oppo,
nents of the Elective Principle were iorenos, in
urging upon the Wing State Convention the over
ture for Union Ticket Of Appeal Judges. to be
supported by the whole People, unmiadful of Party
contentious. Aud il has been made a cause Of
complaint against our opponents that they woald
no, unite Ia forming ticket composed from each
party, to be supported by both.
But portion Of our fellow citizens divided as
to National Politics bat agreeing OF topic Of
strong local interest in which involved princi.
pies of universal concern, have decided to DO what
cur unionsts protested to desire. They have de-
cidsd not to present candidates rom their own
ranks, but TO select from among those already il,
nomination such as they deeaed most desc wing !,
support Having done this. We presume they W ii
support those candidates. ma ority Of whom i.rs
Wings.
OF course. one would suppose, our advocates Of a
congomerass Judiciary approve Of this But nc
they dsnoanee and anathems,ize i'll They are
horror. stricken at the thought that some who ara
not Wings may vote for certain whig candid ate.
They propose themselves to vote and are exh .r,in
,thers to vote. 0ga'ast the Whig candidates ,dopt
ID by the Anti Renters and in favor Of their Loco.
Foco opponents!
Now If this were 10 be q mutual proee edins,
here might BE- some sense in it; bat no MN esn