Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-04-11
chr Daily spy.
MONDAY. APRIL IL. 1858.


The wings and the Judiciary.
The Wing presses are much moved IN cohse-
oueuce of the appointment Of Judge MeHick TO
the Supreme CONT 1t has raised their angry
passions. and melted their little hands to write
some very rabid and very vapid editorials on the
sub,ect. They denounce Governor Clifford in
language scarcely conventional, for elevating a
"Locofoco" 10 the status of Judges Meicalf, Big
Glow, and Dewey, Hhey are decidedly aud en-
phatically ofopinion that he ought to have inn
proved the opportunity afforded by Judge Cush-
ings resignation, TO make the Supreme Court
purely and simply Wing.
One Of the leading organs Of the faction, pub
lished in the northern part Of the county, we mean
the ''Fitchburg ReviIe,' was very eloquent,
during the pending of the election Of delegates 10
the Constitutional Convention, in lis appeals 10
the people not TO make the Convention patty
question; and it was mortified at the idea of
making the Judiciary elective, because Of the pos
sbity Of our future judges being, in that case, po-
litica partizans. This same Wing organ, in
Merrick, gravely Informs its readers and the pub
lie generally, that the question Of the constu-
tionality of the Constitutional Convention would
have been referred TO the Supreme Court, if i'm
plicii reliance could have been placed upon the
unanimity oflhe bench The "Reyile'' ,ntimates
that the Wing Judges would have declared the
calling of the Convention unconstitutional, but
that, unfortunately, Caleb Gushing would have
made minority report adverse TO that OF his
Wing associates. Another such caamilous con-
tngency ought to have been provided against in
future, the "Revie' says, when Gov. Clifford
had the opportunity TO do SO.
Now this is all gravely said by the Wings,
while the echoes Of their own emo party cries
are still reveberating throughout the State. We
suppose the vote the 9TH of March showed them
that the people perfectly comprehended the object
OF that cry; and expiring rogues generally
speak the truth when lalsehood is of no more use
to them, so the Wings no longer wear the tattered
cloak of emo party hypocrisy, but come out in
the true coIors of their faction. We have said
before, that the Supreme Court was par!zan
Court; and the 'Revile' virtually Gays so. 1t
boldly asserts that the Wings on the bench would
have declared that the people of this Common
wealth had no right 10 call Convention to amend
their own Constitution. if one Democrat had OF
been there 10 prevent the infamous appeal being
made to them. Perhaps it was the acknowledged
ability of Judge Gushing, that deferred the Wings
from bringing his pariizan associates into collision
with him; perhaps il was their consciousness of
the factious nature Of the whole proceeding, that
made them dread the exposure of themselves TO
the indignation of the people 1t is certain, how
ever, that whether the majority of The judges had
ruled against the Convention or moi, the people
would have held it, and then we would have seen
what the judges would have done about it.
The appointment Of Judge Melrck, as we said
before, was peace-otfering, made by the terri
fed bench tc the people. They are afraid that
the judges may be made elective; and in order
to mollifY the public disposition to make them so,
and save themselves, they have procured Judge
Merrlck's elevation. Ii is said that several emf
nent Wings have been so much affected by this
appointment, that they have expressed themselves
favorable to an elective Judiciary, and hope that
the Convention will not be deferred, by Judge
Merrick's appointment, from proposing such
measure. We cannot vouch for the truth of this
on dit Ifitis true, it is another striking iustra-
ton of the elevation of mind and immaculate con.
sistency, SO characteristic, of late, Of the pure
Wings
THE DREAD INSTITUTE AND THE Souri,
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