Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-10-08

has seldom ven.ured to repeat. And this
brings to mind what competent profess
sional witnesses, who have practised be-
fore him during his whole term of Office,
have stated to us, that Judge W. was
more efficient when he first came on the
bench than now, and that his uncertainty
and timidity are evidently growing upon
him. 1t should be remembered in this
connection that Judge Lewis district was
very large one, and the regular terms Of
his courts occupied eight months in the
year. Judge W's, at present, but four.
The comparison with the district over the
river, is particularly unfortunate. Judge
Wilson has always been in full health, and
his district comprises but two small coun-
ties. Judge Donnel died shortly after ia
king his seat. Judge Anthony had four
heavy counties, and, during the last few
years of his life, suffered so much from
the disease which finally carried him to
his grave, long before the close Of his
term, that it was with great difficulty he
could discharge his official duties at all
and no wonder he left such frightful leg
acy for his prospective successor, Judge
Jordan, who we have no doubt will speedily
reduce this mountain of litigation. 1t is
true that there was large increase Of
business between the years 1S40-lS4S !;
but there was just as large, if not larger
increase Of business in the Perry and Cum
berland district, at the same time; but there
never was time when even the heavy
pressure of business in that district was not
fully and safely brought up, within the
terms of the act Of Assembly; and the
courts there have never been suffered to
become so clogged and retarded as to viol-
ate its provisions. Why does not Mr.. L.
look elsewhere for standards of comparison?
Why not look into the districts of Judge
Watts, Judge Pierson, Judge Black, Judge
Jessup, Judge Knox, and many others that
might be named? Or is he afraid the
appeal would produce an unsafe response !!
Becoming suspicious Of his arguments,
Mr.. Linn seeks refuge in dogmatical asser-
ton, and boldly declares that the charge
that Judge w. is slow is "palpably un-
founded" This is flying so directly into
the face of the consciousness and observa
tion of almost the entire community, that
of course he don't expect any body to be-
lieve it, and it requires the utmost stretch
of charity to suppose that he has the re-
motest idea of believing it himself And
as evidence of this, straightway undertakes
to prove that if he is slow he is tolerably
sure, in the long run. Well-we are sorry
Mr. Linn has betrayed his friend by pre-
fRptiaG. such an. issue as this; for We had
W.'s official character and qualifications in
detail but had much rather the campaign
had been quiet and moderate, with as few
things as possible said or done to wound
lis feelings on retiring from the Bench
And as Mr.. Casey election is as morally
certain as any future event can be, we need
not trouble ourseif about the matter on
that account particularly. But as it is
point strenuously urged; and no forbear-
ance whatever has been shown towards
Mr.. Casey; and re have been personally
assailed in the most unwarrantable manner,
We don't feel at liberty to decline the prof
fered glove. We shall, therefore, in few
words demonstrate exactly the reverse of
NILS proposition. Judge W. has much
the smallest District in the State, and tries
but few causes in year, and of course but
few ought to be reversed. Other judges
have from three to five heavy counties,
hold more courts, try more causes, and of
course more are reversed. But the pro-
portion of reversals is about the same in
both cases; certainly nothing is left in
Judge W.'s favor, as the records will show.
And here we may fairly place Mr.. Casey
and Judge Wilson fa' Q to face. Mr. c., it is
alleged, is not perfectly unerring. How
is it with his Honor, Judge W? At the
July Term, 1850, some ten or twelve eau
ses, out of about twice that number taken
up from this county, were reversed by the
Supreme Court and seven or eight out of
thirteen, in 1851. That is, his Honor,
after pondering his cases long enough for
a hen to hatch brood of chickens, mana
ges to be right about half the time, upon
an average! And the Supreme Court
seem to be so ashamed of his frequent re-
vcrsals in the Snyder and Wilt case that
they have ordered their later decisions in
that case to be marked "Not to be report
ed" Is not his boasted +" certainty" of a
very doubtful cbaracter-and what little
there is of it purchased at rather too heavy
a sacrifice on the part of taxpayers and
suitors? As for the cases of Geise & Son,
AM. Rcariek VS.. Rearick We have little to