The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-09-11
JUDGE LEWIS.
TESTIMONY OF HIS wHIG OPPONENTS

TESTIMONY OF HIS WHIG OPPONENTS.
The following, from the last Union and Tri-
bune," OF Lancaster, is just and honorable
tribute TO the worth of Judge Lewis. When we
consider that the Grand Jury of Lancaster
county, drawn at random from the wheel. must
Vi Necessity pe iargefy wing, apo
which 1t Is published and commented upon, is
leading Wing journal, it must be inferred that
the Judge occupies position among his neigh
bors of high and commanding character If
there was the slightest truth in the numerous
SANDERS of the scurrious Wing prints, this tes-
timony to the worth of Judge Lewis never could
have been extortcd from political opponents-
Read, ponder, and reflect upon it, all ye who
are doubters, and you cannot fail to be satisfied
that Judge Lewis is pre-emincntly fitted for the
position of Judge of the Supreme Court;
Judge Lewis.
The Grand Jury, in their report, presented to
the Court on Saturday last, allude to Judges
Lewis, Grosh and Shef1er, in the following
terms:
The Grand Jurors in closing their report
avail themselves of the occasion to tender to his
Honor, Judge Lewis, and to his associates,
Judges Grosh and Shaffer, their respectful ac-
acknowledgements for the faithful and efficient
manner in which they have discharged their
official duties during their administration, now
about closing by virtue of the adopted amend
ment to the Constitution"
In answer, Judge Lewis, on behalf of the
Court, returned thanks to the Grand Jury for
the kind and complimentary terms in which
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and himself, and proceeded to state that his
connection with our Courts as Presiding Judge
would cease with the present term.
Judge Lewis has presided over the Courts of
Lancaster county for a number of years, and
now that his connection with the Bench of this
Judicial district is about TO cease, it is but just
to bear testimony to the great ability, energy
and integrity which have characterized his ad-
ministration of the judicial affairs of this large
and populous county. The reputation enjoyed
by our preceding Judgcs-Franklin, Hayes
Champneys, &c, was such to preclude any
one of their successors from meeting the expec-
tations of the bar and the people except he were
possessed of high intellectual and moral quail
ties. In the fact that Judge Lewis fully an
swered such expectations and enjoys reputa-
| ton surpassed by none of the Judges who pre-
ceded him, consists his chief praise. The
promptness with which he despatched business
was such as to justify the Legislature in dis
pensing with the Mayors and the District Court
thus saving the county considerable sum
annually.
Judge Lewis, as our readers arc well aware
is now a candidate on the Democratic " ticket,
for Judge of the Supreme Court, in opposition
to the Wing nominees-as able and upright
men as were ever placed in nomination for office.
1t is enough for Wings to know that Judge
Lewis is politically opposed to them, and that
their own nominees worthy their warm sup
port. We have recently seen in the papers one
or two articles personally and violently abusive
of Judge Lewis-representing his character and
acts in terms which none who know him can be
induced to credit The publication of these at
tacks is to be regretted, inasmuch as they arc
calculated TO do the Judge good and our ticket
harm. They are, we know, deprecated on that
ground, by intelligent and respectable Wings.
The Locofoco papers are using the same weapons
against Judge Jessup-and, as the result will
prove, using them to his advantage.
For our own part, we shall exert all our ener-
| gies to insure the success of the whole Whig
ticket, but, in so doing, we prefer to confinc
ourselves to legitimate political warfare, be-
| lieving such course TO be best calculated to ad-
vance the interests of our party.