Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-07-26

-. ,os ,,i,riule ot tle !Eri1n catt-SE'F-l'NE 70
have honest and able Judges, i - "innl,sso% l.s m,.,1 nrou ~.
every man, that mere seI;,o'eItn ni di iii f, )" will make
= ,;n,I,ni and careful 10 choose the best ana anies'- >"
~ man can help feeling, that his sures, del.n'e as'lns' v !.
no n ,nd wron.. is 10 have in the Judsinen,-seal 3Ee Mn
rue ar" " hrihcJ or scared, or fooled. This feeling VIII
c nm i'm NJ the polls; and prompt him 10 vote, not oy ms
likes ar disIikes-n OF ey ,n any pa'" Is he fai,hfuI-abIc-so
consue,n re,ns-and diliscnt! ' If the candidate is already
~ s.cLjnr 10 be reelected, his very best mode OF e!ec-
,jo 5ne e will be the daigenf, a., aYrtghh, ana s@ngm p ma = =
a!ce y ~ answer To what was said in The last Convention
~" !. lid by some nowl-that II such a Judge nave peiore
S H." wo adverse litigants, one rich ana innuentiai, me o.hei
nm W va ui,hout influence, his Judgment will lean too par
phi on ,ov,rIs the former. l think, that would DC Gsac"l
,h !" : in which he would strive The most, TO Sisinallc y
inc case na,;;re for he would know, that watchful. and zeal
o'e VI .rc mon him; and if he leaned too much either
Gus eye would rather be to the poor mans side-whlch
wouuId probably be The popular one ~ least 'e "'"''
"n, siaodncss would he palanccu.
" y. -, -. case in a hundred, presents Jnst such IN array
~. and would Won frame your Constitution 10 meet
W - 4..I,h case, or the ninety nine ordinary cases.
'hu " w. have been answering, is purely thcorct-
lhr = uaIhuntanrly rclulcd also, by the experience OF Mis-
a. "i al "a ,thcr States, where Judges chosen by Tie people
have proved to be the most iai'hiU' ahu iici' e''' A"'"
there. 49,. L.T,,,,r,nrc Cans. il known TO most
NJ ~, and nv almost equal zeal LOT rec SchoD's, mn"
~ ~, / have heard q. Tears, mat !, II eiected 10 1t oo;n-
" 80 u,,nId propose or support some measure thcre' III
S,,'hararc, Of one ur both Of these great Objects. ! i,l'e
49, f my zeal, IN either cause and would not aoa'e
~ :, =, ~ devotion 10 both, ID be elected 10 any Once
yhe , x"', ~ ar al ri- Union could siveme But II IS my hxed
W." "',:., mai both those SUBJECTS are within the p""efoi 'hc
opInHo'. crislliurc-lhat NJ important enactment on
o i'a. ,o'iJ nr made, except in obedience 10 4 lear pubic
e oniuion~tha rcirner subject entered At all into the a!aerns,
,;nn. which led Ia the Conveniion-tlmt HE people eahhp'
s'o'S II ~ having authorised that body 10 act upon
y" " ,hsr|and that it would therefore be taking them ny sur,
r,i.,' and would be rrong, if the Convention were To 20
a,nr,hinr either for slppressing The sale or inc hiaA'hS VI
Inynr ar for establishing Free Schools.
such Ttl are. briefly, my views Of the work You nave before
,,n" have not The vanity 10 suppose, that these views
YOU. -" c,r,; cI nut: and | should enter tn Convention lf
= vim every disposition 10 modify them, Ii better
vows be here presented. In sncl, a body ,h' Spiti' "i c"n,
promise. aud Of mutual c'ncess'on, sloi'ii IFf'ail' "Ncti'
where some great principle l. involved, WHICH 'd"i'o' ''@"'
fully be- compromised.
i snail enter the body iii a, alb with another, ruling
thought: that all chanst Is not amendment; ana 'hat c"nsr-
onso,ly uolhins in our Constitution should he altered, I'M
less something clearly better be proposed instead 81 H..
Respectfully, LIClAN MlNoR.
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