The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser. (Woodville, Miss.) 1853-18??, 1853-05-10
Judge Campbell onoe more.

meHt by President Fierce, Of this gentleman
10 the Supreme beBeh-h stlI fearful Of his
disunion tendencies. We can't see for our
part what is the particular reason for this NOR
bid uneasiuess, unless IT Is, as It seems to be, a
determination not 20 be satisfied in any event
With the acts Of the present administration,
for it seems to US two grains Of reflection and
sober sense would convince any man that it
is all right so FAR as disunion is concened-
We have seen various complimentary notices
Of Judge Campbell in several Of our Alaba-
ma exchanges, none OF which seem to be at
all alarmed or in the slightest degree uneasy
for fear the learned Judge should upset the
Government, turn the President out Of doors,
or do any other desperate and reasonable act.
One of them, after speaking on the subject at
some length, holds the following language:
"John A. Campbell, of Mobile, has been
mentioned in connection with this Office and
no better appointment could be made. He
is one Of the ablest lawyers in the Union, and
is deeply learned in the civil law prevailing
in Louisiana, which now has no representa-.
tive on the Supreme Bench. But we would
much prefer seeing Mr.. Campbell in the U. S.
Senate, where he would be of more service 10
his State and the country. lie is a democrat
Of the %strictest State Rights ~schooI-such a
man as should represent a Southern c%onstitu-
ency; and as two Senators are to be elected
by the next Legislature, we hope Mr.. Campbell
will be chosen one Of them"
The New Orleans Delta, speaking on the
same subject, expresses the following senti-
ments
JUDGE JOHN A. CAMpDELL,-We truly re-
joice that our predictions have been realized in
the appointment Of John A. Campbell to the
vacant Judgeship on the Supreme Bench
This appointment will give universal s~atisfac-
ton IN the South, and particularly in the State
of Louisiana, where Mr.. Campbell is well
known, and not only as one of the ablest law
yers and most accomplished civilians in the
Union, but also as a true son of the South, of
the strict construction school of politics, and
of that staunch republicanism which is so
much needed in the present condition of this
court. President Pierce could not have made
a wiser or better appointment"
Now, if the Judge is a democrat of the
" strict State Rights school," no better proof
can be brought that he is no d~isunionist-be-
sides, is it reasonable to suppose that a mar
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Of his reputed character would accept an office
Of such trust and responsibility, under a gov
eminent which he thinks has existed long
enough, and should now totter to its fall ? We
cannot believe anything of the kind, nor even
see how tits in the slightest degree reasonable.
We think the mere fact Of his accepting the
appointment, a guarantee sufficient for the
Judges soundness of doctrine on the question
Of disuion.
@WnL NOT Do.-The Mississippian would
like to hide the shameful act Of removing such
q public officer as FIELDINe DAVIS. II saws .
"Major Griffith succeeds Col. Fielding Davis,
whose resignation, we learn, had been trans
mitted to Washington"
The official record contradiets the insinua-
ton of the organ. 1t thus reads
APPOINTMENT py THE PRESIDENT. BIZ and
NTH the adUice and consent of the Senate-
Richd Griffith, to be a Marshall Of the Uni
ted States for the Southern District Of Missis-
sippi, in place Of Fielding Davis, reDaoeed.n
What say Fielding Davis democratic friends
in Wilkinson county.'-Natckez Courier.
They say-Yea and Amen-with all their
hearts. Fielding Davis has warm friends in
Wilkinson county, among the democracy, but
they see no reason why he should be made an
exception to- the rule-fully endorsed aad ap-
proved by past executives Of both parties, viz:
"To the yictors belong the spoils." But then
the Courier thinks he was tsueh a public off
cerF Indeed thinks, we suppose, we shall
not look upon his like again" We can assure
the Courier, that there is no reasonable doubt
of Major Griffith making equally "sach an
officer" as MIR. Davis, Meanwhile, we can
conceive of nothing more silly, or even con-
temptble, than this continued whim of the
wing press over removals and appointments OF
public officers. In the name o fcommon sense
we would ask, was it expected of President
Pierce, that he would retain every incumbent
the whig press might see fit to consider @sach
an oifcerF If this were the case we should
have the strange spectacle Of an executive Of
one political party, and the incumbents Of all
the offices in his gift of the other and adverse
we know this was not expected. Are the
other party then to pick out the exceptions
We thiak not then if there is any disposition
to act with the least show Of fairness or reason
we would venture a little piece of advice from
the trinod nf tho Pao,lloa.