Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-16
The Circuit Judge.

-iecied holds The office Tor SLY years. People all
snow as well rs We can tellthe'n, how intimately
heif interests are connected with the administers
ION Of law-aui how important to them it is that
he bench should be properly flied They all
know this. and vre wish tiny eouid-eesI.it suiii
s.epty TO come out aud vote, en- the occasion of
.his election, The people are The SOURCE pow
ef, and i rests with themselves and them alone,
whether they win have good or bad officers good
or bad government. Whoever neg:eets to vote on
this occasiou--sflould The adm nistration of the
law IN this circuit be unsatisfactory to him--iyc
'f''si will bear il without comp!aint--;nd under
stand that with him, rests the responsibility. /,
viii take bat small portion of TIME for each aud
every man to attend the polls il tue respective
towns and it does seem TO US, that the Interest of
the accession, viii certainly Justify The expenditure
u the required time.
The c4Adida;es before the people are WrNsN
SFoaNEa, oFWa!worth County, andJ,uEs r. Doc
LITTLE, Of Racine Coan;y. We candidly think
from our knowIedsc Of the two men, tina, the for
meg is nlneh The better man for Judge. Ills age,
experieuce, sonud mind and clear head, end above
niI his character for honc ty aud integrity, which
none question. it seems 10 US, peculiarly qualify
him for the place. When Judge Whitou WAS cal
led to the supreme Bench. Governor Farweli Sc
lccted Wyman Spooner, TO fiji his uncxpired term
IN this circuit. He did this from his personal knowl
edge of the man. and Gov. Farwell is not a man
apt 10 make mistake in the selection of his agents
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make against him is, that he lacks knowledge OF
the Technical duties Of a Judge. We suppose this
is difficulty remedied BY very little experience.
and one that most any person called to the Bench
would suffer under. Whether the objection be
well or III founded we know not, bat we DO know,
that It is very ,ril:ng one, and one, if it exists
that Judge Spooucr will very soon overcome.
Mr. Doottle may be u good man for Judge
We know bu. little about lis probable merits in
that respect. lie has been comparatively bat
short time resident the State and what little rep,
ntaiion he has gained, has been exclusively in the
field Of politics. Ifdny person has motto in his
character hat gravity and soherness Of department
or in his mind that ceuruess and <uundness, aud
qaic.lncs Of apprehension 'ghch should distinguish
thc Judge-wc should hAc TO be informed # It
We have met hin frequently bat noticed nothing
Of the kind. He is d social, conpaAionab Z, clever
!elow-makcs a very toIerubie stump speech -
and holds an ordinary position at The Bar. lie
may make a good Judge. 1--we take him ii will be
i0F better or worse, with the chances We fear il.
favor ofthc latter.
L 1, 1 4.
t'on--iu point Of merritt does seem 10 Us The pco-
PIE Of this district owe it to ;her bgs, Interests to
robulle tha, spirit which in the nomination Of boo
little secls to dag the ind cary n;o tic sphere Of
ordinary politics. Is Il judge to be judge alone
Of the democracy? Is he 70 reward his political
friends and punish his political enemies! Is j.s-
tee to lie measured and administered according to
the creed Of the Baltimore Platform? What con-
ncctIon is there between party politics and The Ju
dietary! Isit to maintain the Fugitive Slave Law
in all its hdeoasacss, democratic judge is wan>
teG-or is it 10 defeat the objects OF M.no Law,
if we should have one? Cannot all see to what
the ,hing is tending-f this effort should be suc-
reSsfG The people now suffer from TIE fact that
all their interests, made the sport o. pet
ty pollticlaus-hicked around like foot ball, to
minister 10 the profit OF those doing it. Ii the Ju
dietary is TO iud the same level to be used ia the
same inannerit is not necessary we should spend
zine in detailing the consequences. Every body
will see ami appreciate them. Ou- Constitution
wisely loreaccing this thing. aud designing to guard
against it. provided that the election for Judge I
should moi be he'd within thirty days Of any gene
raj election. Oar iiunker brethren, in the- ca
grcness for the spos, propose practically to yo'ato
lie constitution, in tins respect, aud make the +
judge:hiP matter of politics aud nothing else
Are oar people ready to assist in this work? This /
district has rebuked this effort in the election
Of Judge Wilton. Was not that result Of a ma
uro to encourage them to 90 it again? We are
iaiie sure the induccmeat is as great now, and
The results will be as favorable.
Ii is said, we know that Spooncr is As much
Free Soil candidate as Doolitllc is Democratic
This is not so. The Convention that rccommcn-
led him composed of all parties, and not
political term WAS used. or 4 political distinction
made in the proceedings or convention. Pmty has
in no respect Or degree been appealed to recog-
nzed with rcfeIeuCe TO hHn as Il candidate, and
should ne be elected, it will be impossible in view
Of the facts to claim it as any kind of party tri
umph. The Wings or Democrats could claim it /
with quite as much proprety as the Free Sellers
and whilst vote for Dooltle under the |
without helping to swell Dem I
ocratIc triumph the election of Spooner would /
be a peoples triumph and nothing else.
It's a matter oflittie Importance, but for those
who are curious, we will state that Judge Spooner
in h.s political sentiments is a Free Soil lYhir.--
lie believes the United States Constitution To be
al Anti~Siavery document, and in his political ac-
ion iabors to obtain Forst that Interpretation, He
acted with the Wing party, until he conceived this
question to have become the oyershgdowing one,
and has since directed his energies to that point
lie is also u warm l.iend of the Name Law-and
n sho', temperate, uprisat, moral, es;jmable cit
zen.
His election will be an honor to the people and
IN advantage 70 the Circuit 1.-THE people of ru-
al districts viii outand VOTE we have no fear
,C the rpsn't IT I,nvavn taa,- r.r,a;r. ot Lo,,o