The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-09-29
AN ADDRESS
To the citizens of the 22d Judi
cial District, composed of the
counties Of Carbon, Monroe,
Pike and WaNnn

Cldl DIStlICC, COIIIlJOSCu VI CIIO
counties Of Carbon, Monroe.
Pike and Wayne.
ESLl0zc- Citizens In briefly address
ing you at this time, in pursuance of a
Resolution adopted at the Judicial Con-
vention recently held in Stroudsburg, We
sincerely desire to discharge the duty i'm
posed upon US, under just and proper
appreciation of the Importance of the
subject.
You are now upon the eve of an impor
tant election, when you will exercise the
constitutional right Of selecting some per-
son to discharge the responsible duties of
President Judge of this Judicial District,
for the period of ten years. As there is
no Office in the Government, which has
such an immediate bearing upon every
relation of life; whose influence is so full
ly felt throughout all the ramifcations Of
human society, and which SO thoroughly
involves the grave questions of personal
liberty. private property, and withal the
solemn issues of life and death; it is a
subject that addresses itself to your sound
est judgments, appeals with an eloquent
tongue to your love ofself aud of kindred,
and challenges, by the weightiest consid-
erations, your profoundest vigilence.
Your duty in the premises, fellow citi
zens, we conceive to be obvious, that of
securing the services, in that honorable
position, of one whose profound legal
learning is commensurate with the high
trusts imposed.
Under all elective governments, the
people have the sacred right of canvass
ing the merits and qualifications of all
those who are presented as candidates
for any Office in their gift, and we de-
voutly hope that as long as this hallowed
and -honored privilege is youchsafed
to the people, they will honor it with a
calm and judicious exercise.
We beg leave to offer for your consid-
Grafton and support, the name of Hon.
JAMES MADISON PORTER, as a
suitable person for the Office of President
Judge in this Judicial District at the
coming election. 1t would be an act of
supererogation to dwell at length upon
the merits and qualifications of Judge
PORTER, whose name is as familiar in
this Judicial District as household word
and who is known and acknowledged as
one of the ablest and most distinguished
lawyers in the Commonwealth.
In him every requisite that consti-
tutes great lawyer or profound Judge,
seems to be happily and harmoniouSly
blended. His vigorous intellect, remark
able memory, great acuteness of percep-
ton and rare powers of analysis, pecu-
liarly fit him for the exactious of his hon
orable profession, or the more grave and
solemn duties of the Bench.
His career at the Bar has been long
and brilliant. Favored with an iron con-
stitution, he has borne up under the oner-
Gus duties of an extended practice, not
only in the Courts below but in the Su-
preme Court, for the long and laborious
period of .f0rty gears, and during that
time his comprehensive mind has become
elaborately stored with a vast, rich and
solid contribution of legal lore, and he
become known and honored at home and
abroad for the depth and pungency of his
legal arguments and admired for the bril-
liancy of his forensic achievements.
Such an individual is JAMES MADISON
PORTER, to whom you can safely give
your warm and cordial support at the ap-
preaching election a man alike distin-
guished for his intellectual attainments,
for the suavity Of his demeanor and the
kindness and benefcence of his heart.
In concluding this brief address, Eel
Citizens, we cannot refrain from con-
graduating you upon the abundant as
surances, that you have, that if Judge
PORTER is elected he will prove an able
and efficient Presiding Officer; that he
will preserve the Judicial ermine in all
its purity, and be an ornament to our
District.
f. L. WOLF,
GEORGE NYCE,