New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-03-19
CHIEF JUSTICE OF LOUISIANA.

oar charges Of partisan unfairness, bitterness,
ete.s in the matter Of the election of Chief
Justice. They have even gone 30 far Is to inti-
mate that they are entirely free, in the pre-
misss. from all partisan motives or feelings,
whatever. We are always willing to take our
neieAbors st-their word; but We must confess
that ~ desm that their course justified and
justihss - i sssuping that We found, and can
and. sosd ground for the charges we made.
W eannst see how otherwise they virtually
sdcpted q editorial an editorial from the La
hyette Statesman, sneering at Christian Rose
lius q . vain, conceited, self sufficient lawyer;
or how, two days Afterwards, they republished
formulation in French Of the same article; or
how they continually select articles directly or
indirectly seeking to bring partisan feeling to
bsar asainst the unsolicited candidacy Of Chris
tian Roselius for Chief Justice; or how they
come to rcpublish articles headed, BE NOT
FooLxD BY THE No-PARrY CRY," followed by
such I declaration as this: Judge Slidell for
chief Justice on the part of the democrats, and
Christian Roselius ON the part of the wings
-. The last matter would 60 to show very
plain disposition to draw party. lines, in select
IL ths Chief Justice
q day or two since recreant whig (who
-hse already realised our prophecy, that the
democrats we're too keen to reward his treachery
By nomination for ofice,) published a communi-
cstion. SYSTEMATICALLY displayed in the Courier,
! In which 1t was tauntingly intimated that the
democrats had the power to do what they
pzsased, even to drag the judicial post into the
political arena, and would do SO because they
hsd the power. Yesterday, correspondent,
cver The signature Of " virginius," in the course
n what - should, in his style of phraseology,
Nm elaborate nossense 1--WE initiate his use of
itslies), rather queerly brings forward the as
sertion that " Louisiana is thoroughly demo-
cratic Pa, fact or not a fact as the case may
30, bnt certainly it has no proper connection
with his remarks concerning the election of
0hief Justice.
By the way, and as matter of passing no.
To-, e Virginiuso seeks to be terribly annihi-
lativs. He assumes large name, very much in
Tie same taste and style as Snug, the Joiner,
assumed the character Of the lion, and puts for
ward italics fof points and pertness for sarcasm.
He states, in the face of the Courier's editorial
declaration, that our course has been liberal
courteous and not -depreciatiye, that we have
sought to rob Thomas Slidell of every requi-
Mte . Chief Justice should carry upon the
bench" We have always spoken in high terms
Of Thomas Slidell as gentleman and lawyer,
though We have honestly spoken in higher terms
Of the Judicial qualifications of Roselius. You
have, Mr. Virginius, the coolest assurance in
the world. You have shown some sense, how
ever, in no longer Incorporating as " Guthrie"
but coming out Is :" Virginius."
g virginius" veryaptly speaks. Of descend
. issg to our third paragraph. as it would have
IN ridioulcps in him to talk about ascending
= anythiDg. He quotes paragraph Of ours,
nsering at the g elegance Of diction,'' when to
psse his existence he could mot point out in it a
uundsr or error
However, No do not pretend to " elegance.
~ - plainnsss Of diction. To show virginius's
en- dictisn, We quote, itaicizing the " ele-
g&nce:" " And we are also told that even at
this late day, that Mr.. Roselius will not spend a
dollar TO advance his election"
That man g that wrote the above, win
please spare us the excruciAting misery Of his
critical csnsure.
We spoke Of the skndly sympathies of hui
nanity =. - gracefully Ornamenting the oharac-
~ X Chsistian Roselius; and "Virginius .
tesahs out thus.
~ lsttsr portion Of the above quoted paragraph
vhlsh sah q kindly upatkies etc. we freely admit Is
149nd or cclnpeehension when urged - qualification
3 Y ohsf ya:saos q .sy Supreme Court The jurs-
49, - e a,nE oundaton than the kindly gmpa-
~ 10 not know what quarrel .virginius !"
Aesxith The 8 kindly sympathies Of humanity"
hit. - We apprahend that he and they are not
upon very goca terms, we positively assure him
No meant nothing personal or offensive We, Of
course. do not require of him to recognize them
Z any p1blic place, but he will allow us to be-
Nevs what We said, (not what he says-we said)
th6t the ohsrater Of . Judge should be graced
and exalted by " the kindly sympathies Of hu.
nanities," IS part Of the essential requisites
Of disposition. Law stands, in all the g kindly
Wmpathie1of humanity as the protector and
advocate Of right. the majestic lord and firm
controller Of violence, the herald of peace, the
S1ndioator Of the weak, the chastiser of the
xndsly proud and inhumanly strong. 1t is or
der, which is the harmony Of citizens, in the re-
oognised, legislated. intelligent and "kindly
symPathies Of humanity" A man without
such sympathies is man without heart, and a
man without heart is not fit to be Judge. We
say this only in vindication of q phrase, and
with ~ personal application. Heart is certain.
" one Of the, chief qualifications of a Judge
and can make no position :. contemplate" A
man Of "head" without heart" is nothing
more than q hungry Cannibal .
virginins says that he we'll knows ssb both
MIR. Roselius and Hon. Thos. SIdell.o So do
We, 80 does every body = by reputation.
Couldn't /" virginus" give us a list Of the rest
Of his distinguished acquaintancess lis he par.
ticularly friendly and intimate with President
Pierce, enough 80 to make him promise the q. s.
printing to the Crescent! Did he correspond
With John c.. Calhoun, furnish advice to Henry
Clay. and give Webster epistolary assurance Of
his Distinguished consideration Does he well
know" Gen julius Cesar, Corporal Bonaparte,
Waterloo Wellington, Barnum, Dan Rice, and
Pompey' Does he " well know a hawk from
: handsaw' Can he tell when the wind will
blow North, and does he swell know" the
zsuglodon' As he 90 solemnly AYERS that he
dses " we'll know both Mr. Roselius and the
Hon. Th0s. Slidell" we are dying to know whom
and what he does further g well know" Can't