Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-07-08

F".y oiiu III stPpoft vi HIS poslllOn STATES mat
such has been the result in Mississippi What
proof does he present in support of his assertion
Simply his own mere "ipe diaun-unsustained
by particle OF authority OF any sort whatsoev-
err We deny his assertion, and will present in
support OF our denial, such authority as should
De credited by the "Anti- Re ormeTs,n in Viz
GINA, and their crack Anti-Retorm leader
| LEIGH" The authority we offer is an article
from "7hs Southron," the leading Wing paper
IN the State OF Mississippi, and we ask for it a
careful perusal from every reader who wishes to
arrive at the truth
! "There is one feature in the recent elections
which does infinite credit to the liberalty, in
| teligence, and sound sense of the people of
Mississippi, and that is, the signal manner in
which they have rebuked the attempt OF the par
tisan leaders to bring party to bear in deciding
upon the relative merits and candidates for Ju-
dlclal honors. In the strongest whig district in
the State, Judge OF the opposite party has been
| trlumphantly reelected to an Office, whose du-
| ties have long and faithfully been discharged :;
while in another district, the Cass incumbent
has been reelected without oppostion-a COM
pliment justly due to the impartalty with
which he has admin stered law and Justice
| without fear, favor OF affection. In the Northern
judicial district, lstrongly Cass,) Judge Miller
and Rogers, Taylor men } have been reelected
strong appeals were made to the voters opposed
| to them, by some of the leaders of the dominant
party to draw the line upon the able and accom-
plished lncumbents and to elect to those Offices
candidates of their own party. Those aplo doubt
the capacity Of the people to make proper and Judi
e1ous selections Of judicial funcionaries and arho
imagine partisan eaeeatiue on Legislative coucus
1rould do things any BETTER need only look at The
able judiciary Of Mississippi under the elsetsue
system, TO be etectuaay cured Of that error"
1t the declaration contained in this extract is to
be believed, then the reader must of necessity
disbelieve the assertion of the Anti Reform, i
leader" Leigh" The author of the article in
| "the Southron," resides now in the State of Mis-
sissippi-has lived there for many years-has
seen their elections, participated in them-has
had every opportunity necessary to enable him
| to torn an enlightened Judgment, on the cub
Ject, on which he writes. II he is to be beliey-
ed, land who among the {" A,ti Reformers," even
will say he is not,) then it follows in the Ian
guage of the ''Vlrginaa Messenger" that "tAe
strong arguments Of the advocates Of The LIFE
OR GOOD BEHAVIOR TENURE,h is refuted
",nsost completely" They are left without, the
shadow OF an excuse, for their opposition to this
| much needed measure of Reform
But other testimony on this point, has been
presented to tho public through the Reform
papers OF the State, i'll the shape of Coo Out
mans letter. This Letter fully yindicates our
views on this subject, and coming as it does
from the pen OF the present Governor of State,
which has tried the system fully and fairly for
about seventeen years, is entitled to great weight,
IN the minds of all unprejudiced men. To say
| the least OF it, the testimony of Gov Quitman,
and the Editor referred to, are, or ought to be
entitled TO as much respect, as the opinions of
an anonymous correspondent of the Wing who
once in his life, got as far from his native State,
as Mississippi, backed though he by some who
call themselves 'REFORMFRS'
We maintain again, that orr Circuit judges
are not as well qualified for their positions as
they should be or fewer appeals would be ia.
ken from their decisions and when taken more
Of them, would be affirmed, and as a consequence
tearer Reversed. II is not with our Judges at the
present day, as it was with Sir Matthew Hale
in his day. "Causes tried before" our Judges
are not uEfrequently tried again. very frequent.
ly indeed, ARE they reversed. There lisa great want
OF confidence in the decisions of many of our
Circuit Courts and this very want of confidence
leads to expensive, and ruinous litigation, which
lasts for years, and is handed down from father
to son. 10 show this want of confidence in the
Circuit Courts, and that there is good reason for
it, we prevent the following facts, that cannot
be gainsayed. We have recently taken the :rou-
Bile to examine the two volumes of GRobinson's
Reports" and the five volumes of "Grattan's
Reports" to see what number of cases were re.
ported in each voume--the number of Altman
ces & Reversals-and we here present the result
for the public consideration.