Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-02-25
For tho Roristn,r.-
Court OF Appeals.

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the habit of writing for the public press
but it seems to mo that tho time is now
here, when it behooves the people TO at
tend to their own interests. The new
Constitution has placed the power where
il propcrly belongs. 1t has created of
fees which are to be filed by the people
for their benefit, and if this power be
wisely and diScrctely exercised by the
people, they will think for themselves, and
not suffer few buffers, whose business it
is to blow very small men into very large
ones, on paper, to think for them.--
Among the offices which the people have
TO fill, not the least important is the Judge
of the Court of Appeals from this judicial
section. This court is the one that is to
settle the law in our State--it has to do
with the rights of persons and the rights
Of property Its decisions comes home
to the very bosoms of men, all their in
tcrests may be in greater or less degree
effected by this court. The very best ju-
dicial minds should be selected for it
the little mind of little technical lawyer
will wi not do for the Court of Appeals
The members of that court must be gen
tlcmeu of enlarged mental capacity mar
row, contracted minds should at least be
~ AASAA b'tNt OSAlSI' 4hS NlSO LlNSt
be men Of hale constitutions, possessing
physical as well as mental capacity, for
the labor of the Court of Appeals is great,
and will DC greater Each judge in addi-
ton to his duties upon the Court of APP
pcalS is required by the constitution TO
hold two district courts in his section every
year. The trainers of the constitution
were aware of the great Importance Of
~. 81, l.; Ill, g.,
intellectual, judicial, and moral qualilca
tons that ought to be required of judge.
They there provided that no election fora
judge should take place within thirty
days of political election thus cndor-
sing SO far as tina. convention could DO,
the doctrine that this office and this alone
from its nature and its Importance, was
OF such character that parry consdera-
tons ought no. to be considered in the
selection of Judges, am one Of those
that believe that too much importance
canno. be attached to the exercise of this
power OF selection, aud shall require
that man who receives my Sutl'rages for
Il sea: upon the bench. shall possess men
tai aud physical qualifications. That he
must he amau OF large and comprehensive
mind, rising far above the mere lawyer,
and coming up to the necessary standard
o. a tnan possessing enlarged and liberal
views, TO. DULY a jurist bu! patriot. \
iaaN Of heart, and y man ofsoul. Where
is that man? Many such, doubt not,
orc to be found in this section, and we
shall ere long hear of the people. bring
ing them before the voters of this section
To-" sir, such men are generally modest and
rf,ltlu.t. They do not have their pecUiiUr
tcirn IS to 81. down and write culoyies up
on them and send them to the papers at
"dje,Hnre, there to appear first, and then to
come back to the vicinity where they were
written, and quoted by the pccu6iaI friends
Of the Individual, rs evidences of the great
popularity of their particular fnvoritcs.-
Why, sir, one man and one pen could
easily furnish an article for every paper
in this section, and the unSuSpccting might
suppose that they were written in the
ncighburhood where they respectively APP
pegrcd-bus such is not always the fact,
and | am disposed to believe that this
game Of manufacturing capital for the
occasion is being pledged to some extent,
by some genlrman's ardent friends.
have seen but one gentleman as yet
recommended in your valuable paper as
candidate for the Court of Appeals. |
accidentally saw a paper, not long ago,
from another part Of this Judicial Section,
where another gentleman has been re-
commended for the same Office the att
thor or authors OF that communication,
however, did not write another and send
it hc1c to appear rs if written here, but in
common with many other citizens Of this
county, | prefer the gentleman recon-
mcndcd i'll the communication to which |
refer, to the gentleman named in your pa
per, and at some future time, | will, with
your permission, through the columns of
your paper, give my reasons for the pre-
ferenc | shall now content myself by the
following extract from u communication
published in the Parkersburg Gazette,
signed "Wood," which appeared in that
paper of the 18th, inst, and which ! Lave
now before me. The writer says: "My
purpose in this communication is not SO
much intended n an answer to some Of
the objections urged by a Voter of
Rjtchic,' against Mr. Harrison as the
Judge Of this circuit, as for the purpose of
sustaining my former recommendation Of
that gentleman for the Court of Appeals.
i will not do Mr., Harrison SO much in
justice as to suppose that fulsomc culogv
(such as was dealt in so freely by a late
writer in your paper, who recommended
Mr., Lee for the same office, was at all
necessary to his success, have within
The last few weeks, taken some trouble to
ascertain the public sentiment, and as yet
l'haSc seen Ito one that had any knowl-
cage OF Mr. lIarrisou's character as
man or lawyer, that did not second his
nomination Ii tho people in the choice
of this important appointm.nt ,vn,,lI not