The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-06-21
!. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

"MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
A wonderful deal Of unnecessary noise has
been made by the horn blower up town, about
an article in our columns some Gays since in re
ation to Judicial polite ans In that article we
condemned the practice Of Judges neglecfhg
their official duties tn dabble in politics. We
condemn it still, and we have seen nothing in
the assute productions of either tile editors
their correspondent. 10 change our opinion. It
is said tina, hold up Judge Greene as a model
Of judicial propriety. 1t is MT the fact. We
said nothing about Judge Greene, until his name
vas dragged into tina, paper by correspondent,
and then only to arrest an erroneous sta,eme nj
in relation to his course as judo al officer
To the charge that he was in the habi, of cleo
pioneering, We entered positive denial, and
challenge the editors Of this sheet or their corr
respondent to show to the contrary.
Mahony demands TO know what Judge we
referred to in our former article. Whenever
this iuefrogatory is put 10 US by enc entitled to
any respect for either his enusesy or his opin-
ions, we will Ece hesitate, to respond; but we
cannot BE :,adc to multiply words with one,
whose is.pca.nrs is the highest Recommended
ten he can Using to l,is a,d
The editor thinks that lhpre is q strong anal
osy batweene sLasr, holding has Office for q
.c.,r C" years and independent Of the authority
h'ct +. constituted him an officer, and Senator
io- Sa,Nyor General, who have patronage at
th,ir disposal. We had supposed that there
was . slight shade of difference between a mir
stSr Of the Law aud Legislative or Executive
officer. That there was dignity of deport-
ment and freedom from the quarrels and bick
erings Of parties and men which elevated the
office and its responsibilities abDve the ordinary
folliee and caprices Of other professions, leaving
.A~ officer free to exercise It's arduuus duties
without the sh. hest faint of public or private
r:spiccn We have been schooed to the be-
lief, that the man who attends strictly TO the
duties Of Judge, and leaves others to manage
politics, better fills the Office and more surely
he who lends himself and his position to the
capricious aud preoarious rewards of politics -
But, perhaps we have not been taught in the
right school We will not assert and we should
be sorry to believe, that we have Judge in the
State, who would knowingly aud Intentionally
| exert the influence Of his position for sinister
purposes. Few will deny, that he who allows
himself to be drawn into party scrambles, and
to take sides and actively labor for this or that
man, is exposing himself to impntation, the
Office to distrust, and seriously impairing public
confidence in, and respect for the position. Aud
we imagine few will deny, that should Judge
feel disposed to corrupt his Office to politics. that
he wields power infinitely greater, than either
Senator or Surveyor General In this in
stance, however, we have not asserted, nor do
we believe, that any Judge has corrupted his
Office to politics; but we know that such a
course has been pursued by judicial officer,
as to lessen the respect for the Office and create
strong prejudice for the officer. By repeti-
ton Of this course and an increase of this pref
udice, it is easy to divine what would be the
result and the evils it would inevitably bring
down upon the community.
In noticing this subject, we hnve but dis
charged duty we owed to ourself and the pub
lie. We have done it in a kind spirit and with
Emo intentionto embitter the feelings of any one
We know Of no one, but the editors of the
Auxiliary Wing Print, whose wrath has been
aroused by h,,and this everybody knows we
care nothing about, because it amounts to no
thing.
| With this brief explanation of the matter
Eve trust this subject will drop.