The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-19
TWO CENTS.


stomacbs OF old wings and original ,bolitior,. q. n.
thus far failed ofits intended effect Massachuset
moro unpopular man could not have selected for
the place. Among his old associates Of both
he has been denocratthe character he bar, that
Of an overbearing arrogant man who will rule or at
tempt 10 ruin every political orga nzatoa to which he
may attach himself. He is wealthy. his father having
EFT large property and his wife being the daughter
OF Peter e. Brooks, the richest man in New England.
ne resumes on his radical POSITION and thereby
ueIs himself otIensive and as his talents in No
respect above medocrlty-and as, notwithstan al n
ms oud pretensons to console he neither
pu.'er nor worse than other politicians, no has hap
I ply contiyed to make himself nuisance in the whg
par; wmeh ~ glad TO get rid Of him, though it would
prefer losing him In December to losing him now. As
leader among the conscience' whigs he may Q rry
thousand or two votes to Van Buren but a !,
ne mas not onefolower Had the ICON cie nceu IA
aud smpletons none other than him to lead them
ihey would cease to exist as Political organization
me real and efficient leaders of that party bel nv
Judge Allen, :. lioar f.. r. Hoar, Henry Wilson, and
men OF that class am surprised that neither Samuel
Hear nor Judge Allen were nominated for the Vic.
Presidency Had either Of them been elected the
partys strength would have been doubled so far a.
Massachusetts is concerned. At the time that the
wings refused to elect j. @. Adams United States
Senator, but conferred the place John Davis which
caused the great rejected to denounce them as
base compound Of Hartford Convention federalism and
royal arch masonry, and whose only bond of union
was hatred of better men than Themselves Mr.. C.
Adam. went over to the democrats, with whom he
acted for two or three years He voted for Mr.. Van
Buren, in 1886 In 49, when Van was really playing
an heroic part SO far as he would do thing of the
kind Mr. C. +. Adams bolted,r and mt over to tho
wings, with whom he has acted until the last two
months, having been conspicuous in the hourra"
made on the White House In 40 Perhaps, ought TO
say that he has acted against the wings while profess
edly acting with them For three years past he has
been doing his utmost to break the whg party, be-
cause majority of its members have resolutely
fused to permit him to play the part of its dictator He
would have acted the part he is playing had Gen
Taylor not been nominated. The course of the Phi
ladelphia Convention the occasion, but not the
cause, Of the present action of our Conscience
wings Had Clay or Webster been nominated, they
would q speak of the leaders) have botedn all the
same Their hope, until last summer was to form
northern party with Sas Wright for its chief and IL
you will turn to letter which wrote you Just after
the death Of that ilusrious man. you will nd that
therein indicated what were their ntentions-intsn
lions which came to nothing, because of his death.
The Liberty meE are quiet, out individuals Of the
party declare that they will not support Mr. Van Bu-
rem My opinion is, that If Mr. Hale should continue
in the field, he will receive votes in Massaohu-
setts than Van Buren,. Should there be no. fourth
men will remain at home on election day.
The democrats appear to be as cheerful as the wings
were eight Their gain in North Carolina is
held to demonstrate that they not to lose In the
South while the returns from the West give them
rational grounds for believing that they shall carry
Ohio beside keeping all the States they had there in
"A. 1t must be implied, that If Vans nomination is
to them bitter pill Providence has provided that it
should be marvelloasy well gilded and accompanied
with very pleasant aniorent ct the most agreeable
onfectionery. This is the fourth Presidential cleo
ton that have witnessed in Massachusetts, and in
no other have ever seen the democracy more conf
dent Of victory. They talk Of their success set
tied thing. Q1i rirra, rerra as the French say-who
lives shall SEE which move anne Mt to Fa-
Their Ritcbo's everlasting ,;ous re,rons
Mr. Webster has not yet made that demonstration
for Washington in very feeble health. against his
wishes and at the earnest request oiinhuenta wings
am sorry to learn from quarters entitled to respect
that his health Is in very critical condition
The New justices OF The Assistant Justices
Count.
The delegation from this city in the last Legislature
a few days previous to the last charter election,
procured The passage Of law aboi'hing the offices OF
election OF Justices Of the Justice Courts and dividing
the city INTO Eve Judicial districts whereof the 1st
I'd; Sd and 9Th wards formed one, AID giving to the
good people of that district the power to elect Justice
for their especial benefit .hc Commsn Council fur
nishpg them with a clerk. Ia this sudden change it
should at least be that the consci- nous in
teDdment of the city delegation was to benefit their
to the possible extent by facili-
tatipg and promoting the better and more speedy ad
ministraton of justice in these courts which were
originally established for the accommodation Of the
people in petty that the most speedy and least
expensive might be afforded them Of enforcing
right, or remedy for q wrong
The laws delay" since the days Of the immortal
Shakespeare had become so intoerabe that the people
of this State were determined to make q radical
change. Hence the adoption of this new constitution,
and the new code Of practice which will be attended
with the bappiest effects If carried out in good faith
with spirit and intent by the judiciary But In vain
all laws, II those who entrusted with their ad
miDistration are derelict in their duty or in Their
selves cause the delay which its faithful discharge
would prevent; and that judge justice who throws
unnecessary impeachment in the way, who absents
himself from his court, post Of duty violates his
oath Of Office, and commits deliberate fraud upon the
community, ana nov on . ~ -, 20 .,aeir
Respect put should receive speedy and Just retri
button at their hands. This remark will apply To
other and higher branches of the judiciary at the pre-
sent lime Let any one to the Assistant Justices
CeuIt OF the first judicial district to seek redress for
wrong or to enforce right and he will understand
the truth of these observations The functionary
whom the good people of that district or majority Of
them have elected, and his clerk. understood to
be absent from the city and the court is closed and
has been so since the early part Of this month"; and
will not be open until the lst of September II is said
IN hc
filled up by the ccnsables who attcrd 10 the building;
but no other business be DONE and parties having
business at this court denied the redress the
rights to which they are by law entitled de-
layed, TO their prejudice, and must suffer, because
the justice and his clerk, in violation Of the law and
their duty have left their official their own
particular qualification and pleasure; while the humble
citizen who is compelled to toll at his daily labor from
morning till night, through heat and cold to his
bread-who cannot afford the luxury Of spending
day in the country for his and
have his interests Jeoparded and neglected when seek
ing to compel the payment of his hard earned ttaucs
from unprncipled hard employer, by the officers
Justice placed in his district literally paid from
the public treasury for his protection against wrong
and outrage Well and opposite may the quotation OF
Rather than eat his mutton cold"
lie applied. Nor are the people in this district
the only parties that suffer The city treasury is de-
pIyed Of the monthly fees that would be received,
which would probably amount to much the month
" salary Of the usticewhile the officers who attend
the court also deprived Of the fees to which they
would be entitled and upon which they dependent
for the support of themselves and families. This in
They know that their pay will not STOP though In all
honesty they must be aware that they have done pc
thing, while they were absent to entle them to 1t.
These public servants should understand that they
expected to discharge their duties faithfully and ho
nestly they do not they will be brought to speedy
account If they give their time and attention
10 their Offices let them resign II they will not, they
must expect the consequences which they bring upon
their own heads Political influence may give them
the position, but it cannot shield them from derec
ton of duty any Of the other justices aud their
clerks are absent from their posts they should hear
this warning voice from ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
Political Intelligence.
WIscoNsIN-The election Of Judicial officers, under
the constitution, took place the 9TH inst In
the first judicial district Wilton, wbig Is probably
elected over MIR Nogge, democrat He has majorit,es
in Rock and Racine uuties Of about $50 IN tine
second district there two democratic candidates