The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1852-06-02
Wing Corruption Confessed by Wings

IN tnelr uenunclauonS OF Vne corrupt pOllcy
in which the wings forced their nine.
million canal loan through The Legislature
in defiance Of the constitution; and they
condemn still more unspairingly the fou
and desperate spirit il which the origina-
tors and authors of that "scheme Of plum
der and villany" now aSsail the supreme
judiciary Of the State for crushing it,
We copy some remarkable paragraphs
on this point from Mr.. FilImore's home
organ, the Albany STATE Register. Our
readers will remember that the Register
is speaking of the Albany Evening Jour
nal, the leading organ of the men who
have for years contplled the wing party
of the Empire State, and through that
State made a mark broad and deep on
the wing policy Of the whole country.
ave regard this denunciation' on the part
of the Journal of tie court Of appeals as
one Of the most afociouS attempts ever
perpetrated, 10 enbroil the judiciary in the
slriles of party, 10 enlist against it the bit.
terness of parlisaU feeling, and to involve
its very existence as an element Of pollli-
cal controversy. Hitherto the judiciary
has been regarded as secure from The as.
saults of the press--as loo far removed
from political bias--too pure to be swayed
by considerations Of party p~rejudiccs or
favor. The people have looked upon
their judges as men true to the discharge
of their high dulies-true to the lofty be-
hests of their official calling, before whom,
in the halls of justice, all met upon an
equality, from whom wealth could in
duce no favor, and poverty meet with no
frowh.
alt is a hopeless effort, we think, on
the part Of the Journal TO bring the judi.
ciary into disrepute. It's sentiments may
be reflected back by its peculiar echoes in
the country. Its satellites who have been
prevented from spelling the treasury, will
doubtless express a holy horror of The de.
cisi6n which deprived them Of their prey.
But the people will remember that The
patriotism of such men is carried in their
pockets. and that 10 them every thing is
treason which tends 10 deprive them Of
plumber.
"This attack upon the judiciary, how.
ever, is characteristic. II is a natural
emanalion from that theory of political
iesui,ism which holds as a cardinal princi.
pie that the end always sanctifes the
MEANS that regjrds nothing as sacred
which stands in the way of success. Ii
was that same spirit which manufactured
a good enough Morgan until after the cleo.
ton; that encouraged disorder and riot by
prOmulgaling he doctrine that there were
laws higher than constitutions; that de-.
nounced the terms Of the compact which
gave existence to This great Union as IAN
alrocious bargain and ingrafted upon the
whig party The loaihsOme fungi which
have made it a by.word among our sister
States.
"But the difficulty with the Journal is
not, as it pretends, that The constitution has
been %overhorne. The secret of This attack
is not to be found in its love for the en-.
largement of the canals. 1t emanates
from its pre-eminent sel6shness, its love Of
power, its affinity for spoils. The revi.
nues of the canals had been farmed oul
to lis favorites at a high rate of profits for
years. lis Smiths, lis Dear Hawleys,
its Abels, and its Whites, had procured by
its influence exceedingly fat contracts, un.
der the law which has been declared void.
Those profits and fat contracts, under the
magic influence of the decision recent,
promulgated, have vanished into thin tir
dissolved, 'and, like the baseless fabric
of a vision, left not a wreck behind
Fortunes which were regarded as within
the reach of its favo ites-which they
had counted or as secure-glided from
their grasp; and, true 10 its instincts, it de-
nounces The court through the judment Of
which was produced a consummation so
little 10 be desired. Hence this attack up.
on the judiciary was by no means unex.
pecled."
Whats picture OftheIwhig party and wing
policy is here presented! Here is a greal
measure of legislation-as important a
measure perhaps as any party in any
State of our Union has lately undertaken
10 carry. The wings seize hold of it a:
an engine of corruption to perpetuale the
power Of those leaders who have done mos
to abolitionize the wing party. The mea
sure is forced through The whig Legislature
in such fragrant violation OF The State con
sliluliOn, that the democrats Of the senate
in a body, resort to The extraordinary sleI
of resignation 10 defeat it. Still, and il
spite Of all, it is forced through by
fierce and INSCRIPTIONS majority. The
ii is brought to the bar of the suprem,
judicial tribunal Of the State. By every
Judge on the bench; save one-and he
Wight is promptly, but on full ant
solemn consideration, condemned as
high.handed violation Of The Fundamental
law of the State. Then, without delay
the whole array of party leaders and par
,y organs, thus defeated in their corrup
plot 10 control The. State, make a slimultane
Gus rush at the judiciary, and exhausted
the whole vocabulary Of abuse in malign
ING the motives and b%lackenlng lht
character Of The supreme judges of tn,