The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-09-27
on Candidate for Supreme Judge.

Our Candidate for Supreme Judge
h We are personally acquainted with
Mr.. NoRR1s, the Democratic candidate
for Supreme Judge-have known him
intimately for some seven years, and full
" endorse all hat is said of him in the
following well written article from the
Springfield Ezpositor
Some fifteen years ago, Shepard E.
Norris, the Democratic nominee for the
Supreme Bench of Ohio, left his native
State New Hampshire, and took up his
residence at Georgetown Brown County,
Ohio. He had just been admitted to
the bar, and Ohio was chosen as the field
in which he should engage In the bat
tie of life" Remaining there but a few
DAYS, he removed to the adjoining ceun-
ty, Clermont, where he formed part
nership in the practice of the law with
the lamented Gen. Hamer, which part
nership continued until the latter retired
from practice, at the commencement of
the war with Mexico, Gen. Hamer, at
that time, was the star in that hemis-
phere, both as a politician and lawyer;
anu Ills CuduCC6 1OE Vic 1C0A0EASJ hCAO
calculated on with much certainty In
more States than his own. This associ-
alton of Mr.. NoRRIs, together with his
own Acknowledged abilities, soon brought
him into a position in which he had to
meet the highest and best legal talent of
the bar in Southern Ohio, and no man
was ever heard to say that Shepard f.
Norris, did not well sustain himself, and
fully vindicate the cause of his client
Calm and self-possessed, withlogical pow
ers of high order, and almost perfect
self control, he managed every aus
committed to his charge in such manner
APPRECIATION of court and jury, if even com
PEELED to decide against him. From a
personal acquaintance with Judge Nor
ris, for years, the writer states the re-
suit of his own observation and personal
knowledge, when he says that he has
known few, if any, young men in our
State, who has risen SO quietly, and adj
vanced SO steadily who have had less
of show and more Of true appreciation by
the people whom he has frequently rep
resented in various capacities, than has
he who heads this article. His is a sue
cess which has been without effort on his
part, except to do his duty In whatever
position he has been placed.
In 1S47 and 184S, Judge Norris rep
resented his county IN the State Legisla-
ture. In 1850 he was elected a member
of the constitutional Convention. In
both Of these bodies he pursued the same
straight forward, unostentatious course,
never counting opposition, andnever fail
ing to meet it with energy and judge
ment when occasion required. In the
Convention he engaged in debate with
some of the most experienced and able
men.of the opposition, and never failed
to sustain himselfin a manner highly sat
isfaetory to his friends.
In 1851 Mr. Norris was elected to his
present position as Judge of the Com
mon Pleas. He was then comparative
ly a young man-thirty seven years of
age-yet he has filed the seat of Tor
renee, Goodenough, Price, add Fishback
with an ability, to say the least, equal
to any of his predecessors of the last
twenty eight years. His courteous and
gentlemanly bearing towards the MEM
bers of the bar, has won the appreciation
of all, whether friend or foe politically.
His readiness and correctness in deci-
ding difficult points of law, have given
him a character and reputation for abil-
ity as a lawyer and Judge, that few at
tain at any age. To say that Judge
Norris stands as high in his own district
in the affections of the people and in all
the essentials which constitute an able
and efficient officer, as Judge Rogers
does in this district, is the simple truth
without an item of establishment. His
moral character is without a blemish.
Such is the man whom the Democrat
ic party will vote for and elect to the
Supreme Judiciary of Ohio. The wri-
ter has uttered no word of panegyric.-
He has aimed at giving a brief sketch
of one of whom be has personal knowl-
ledge, for the benefit of those who are not
personally acquainted with Judge Nor
ris. It is right that Democrats should
remember that in Judge Norris they
have man who will, ON the Supreme
Bench of Ohio, do honor to himself and
to the State which honors him.-Sprtng-
field E9poSit0r.