The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-09-03
Progress OF tho C.mpaixn--JudSe Doug
las ON General Sc0tt


with to ILLINOIS and explain to his people how
hs Can reconcile General PIERcE's decided hos
tility to River and Harbor improvements with
the interests Of the great West, and how he
can reconcile with the same interests his own
plan for defraying the expenses of these improve
ments by means Of tonnage duties levied on the
Western farmers. Let him try to rouse the
enthusiasm Of the people Of OHIO for the man
who spoke and voted against granting to the
widow of WILLIAM HEsRI HARRISON the
balance of his years salary! If he will confine
his attention to these two points and these
two States, Judge DoterAs will havs fall as
much as He can attend 70 without breaking
hnces on constitutional questions with General
ScoTr. But if he should desire more occupa-
ton, then let him go into KENTUCKY and On
Tighten her citizens as to the mode in which he
proposes, in behalf of General PIERCE, to annex
all the islands this side Of the mid-channel of
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and to declare
the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean seas
closed waters to the rest OF the world.
But we should especially like to hear Judge
Richmond speech and we would here again
beg of the National Democratic Committee to
send US copy of that extraordinary produc-
ton. We all remember how funny and how
severe the judge was upon the suggestion of
General Scorr, in favor of the naturalization of
foreigners who have served yearin time Of
war in the army or navy. By his dsqai:
sitlon on that point, the Judge no doubt
left the impression upon his Richmond audi
ence that he was a frst-rate constitutional
lawyer, and That the General was as ignorant
of the law as the Judge is Of the art of war.
1t turns out, however, as we long Stree demon
strated, that ScorT, the General, was right in
his view of the Constitution, and that Doua-
LAS. the Judge, was wrong.
Will Judge DouaLAs take back the hard
words that he applied TO General ScoTT, now
that he is obliged to take back his law? Will
the Judge do the General the justice to say that
on this account at least the General is not the
simpleton that the Judge represented him to
the good people Of Richmond sera .sa.
In poking his fun at the General in a very
Douglasy style, the Judge says that WASHING
TON was no military man, by profession. ''fol-
lowing the army for living"--that he was
civilian-reared for civil pursuits member
of the Continental Congress-, and of the con-
vention which framed our Constitution. The
Judge then adds with sneer: "He knew whe-
Their naturalization laws ought to be uniform or
not" ........, -,
We dare say he did. Some persons profit
by civil experience. Other persons 60 through
all the civil Offices, in rapid routine, pass years
in State Legislatures, on the judicial bench, in
the House Of Representatives, and the Senate of
the United States, and with all this are quite
incapable of correctly constituting the clearest
clause in the Constitution. All their civil ex-
-perienoe does not prevent them from laundering
in the statement of the simplest legal PROPOSE
tion. And yet such persons not only consider
themselves abundantly qualified to be PREsI-
DENTS, but are considerably disappointed that,
other people are not of the same opinion; and
laugh heartily At the Old Fogies who have been
fighting battles all their lives, and hape not
learned any lar! ...'.t "A 2sas
1t is true enough that General Soorr has not
been engaged in trying actions of assault and
battery, and ejectment, and replevin, and deti-
nue., in justice1 courts in Illinois But he has
been trying actions on a much larger scale,
and before tribunals where he might we'll learn
in year more law likely to be useful to the
Chief Magistrate Of the United States than he
would learn in the Illinois sessions in life
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battery he tried at Cerro Gordo, from the study
of which he learned more jurisprudence than
is involved in all the cases OF broken heads
and bloody noses that ever came within the
jurisdiction of Judge DOUGLAS during his.
whole career, judicial or extra-judical. So in
the city of Mexico he served the tenant with
ejectment, and had judgment, and possession
delivered, after the sevsrest kind of litigation;
and does Judge DouaLAs suppose the legal ex-.
perience General SCorr obtained in that great
suit Of commonwealth against commonw eal,h,
less valuable than he might have picked
up in trying the case Doe ex d. Smith ..
Jones, being an action in which Doe seeks to
eject Jones from Smiths second story back
chamber, which the rogue occupies without
paying rent, and after repeated notices to quit.
No, no. General Scorr has been schooled in
the negotiations and the litigations Of empires;
and his mind has been disciplined in the stu
dies which men pursue who are fit to have the
direction Of empires. He has forgotten more
law than Judge DOUGLAS ever knew; and on
the only constitutional question that ever came
in issue between them, the Judge has come off
decidedly second best. We think the Judge
had better quit abusing General Scorr, and fol.
low the example that has been set to him by
General Cas-, whose gentlemanly and decorous
conduct in the campaign not only merits praise
but imitation. 81 aa.,.-,..,.. n@c ,.s- o,
The GREAT WING MEETING At PHLA-
DELPHIA on Wednesday evening is described
by the papers of that city to have been mag
nifcent affair. Thousands upon thousands
were present, and made the welkin ring with
their joyous acclamations. FRkDERIcK FRA-,