The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-06-17
Judicial Nominations In Pennsylvania.

| The judiciary is now elected in Pennsylva-
mia, and the election for judges of the supreme
court takes place this fall. In consequence of
this, very spirited contest has been going on
| in Philadelphia for some time past between the
friends and opponents of Judge CAMPBELL,
who was seeking the nomination for the SUI
preme bench.
The contest is a family one, with which we
have nothing to do, but which we notice mere
| ly to show how judicial nominations are OBJ
tanned .Mr. CAMPBELL's opponents constitute
a considerable portion of the old, active, and
| wel-known Democrats of the city and county
| of Philadelphia, among whom are Col. JAMES
PAGE, BENJAMIN III. BREWSTER, WIN. V. PET
| TIT, Judge PARSONS, f. WHARTON, and others
| of equal standing and reputation. The facts of
the case we gather from paper signed by these
and other prominent Democrats, and addressed
to the convention Of the Democratic party, held
| at Harrisburg, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for Judges. From this paper we
| take the following extracts:
"For some time prior to the election, appeals
were boldly put forward on behalf of Judge Camp
bell, one for whom, of Irish extraction and
Catholic creed, Irish and Catholic strength should
be unscrupulousy exerted and though TO the
Of the undersigned the project Of his advance
ment to the supreme bench seemed too preposterous
to be credited the scenes of the election showed
that IT to be boldly executed as it had been
presumptuously conceived. The polls were in
some gorged with illegal votes deposited by
men who made claim to citizenship, and but
little 20 real knowledge of for what purpose their
devotion TO Judge Campbell was to be used and
in other the true results of the vote oberated
by disgraceful tumult To test this fact, the list
Of voters of one of the most enlightened and we'll
peoped wards Of The city has been since the cleo
ton scrutinized, and the result which is fair in
dex of what obtained throughout the city, was
that while the " Campbell ticket" it was called
received on average majority Of ono hundred
votes, Of the OF those who voted just one hun
bred and twenty three, being two-thrds Of tho
whole number, were found wanting from the As
SCISSORS list which are registered all thosc who
at the time, as tax payers, entitled to vote
the general election
"in one ANAL tavern, incapable really ofreceiving
any permanent boarders, nearly twenty announc-
ed themselves residents; and two other estab-
lishments Of equal prcteusions were honored with
almost as full representation In most Of the
CRY NdlGs -luillhf rCtncs Wefc eHtCAtu.
"Of one other feature in these melancholy scenes,
liow-citzens, the importance forbids closing
without commencing it briefly TO your considera-
ton. The appeal TO foreign and sectarisn preju-
dices which made to control this election, is
ono Of which Judge Campbell both confesscs the
patronage and enjoys the monopoly. To the men,
many Of them non naturalizcd, still more Of them
ignorant OF political system, in whose ears this
cry ia rung, the assertion that proscdptive com
bination their part is necessary TO defeat pro-
scrptive combination by those who not their
countrymsn by birth, may seem as conveying a
truth which may justify their part any dceds Of
violence cbieaae; but to the great mass Of rea.
soning and intelligent men, Protestant or Catho-
lie, naturalized Of American birth, thesc APP
peals are regarded with disgust and deteslation.
OF their entire injustice, even the judicial history
Of our country has given signal illustrations. Great
is the pride with which unite in pointing 70 the
present Chief Justice Of the United States as one
on whose Judicial wisdom and personal grace a