Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-06

For the Grant County Herald.
an EE.rFurEYE, JUDICIARY.


ing circumsta noes, and is, too often, by the
tide of public opinion carried beyond the mar
row confines of rational existance, to float up
on the dark ocean Of hum an depravity. From
the cradle to the grave, he is surrounded by
cares, temptations, disappontments, and sor-
rows, in so much, that his dwelling place is
said 10 be a habitation OF dragons, and human
life vail Of tears. Man is endowed by his
creator with variety Of prorensities, feelings,
and inclinations which determine his charac-
ter. But whether the cardinal principles, or
peculiariGes of the mind become apparent to
the world or not, depends entirely upon the
circumstances which are brought TO bear
upon that mind, and without which an indi
vidual may forever remain stranger to.himself,
70 the latent principles Of his own mind, the
motive power 10 action "The heart is de-
cetiul above ali things and desperately wicked,
who can know it % And if, in the remarks
shall make al this tine, shall hold to view a
picture of human depravity, let no one accuse
me Of injustice, or a want of charity, until he
has fathomed the dark recesses of the human
heart, and acquainted himself with the secret
springs to action. Had power to lay open
the storehouse Of iniquity which the hearts Of
too many copseal, could draw out ard read
10 them list of all he crimes they have de-
vised in secret what picture Of man would |
present 10 themselves, what thoughts would
they appear TO have INDUCED, which to their
inf fr L. -
The seeds of vice, and immortality are every
where sown. But in the field of political
strife, more than elsewhere, are the germina-
ting principles fostered, the growth invigora-
ted, and vice and pollution rendered apparent.
II is the hot bed of niquity, the vortex OF hu-
man depravity into which pride and ambition
arc crowdins their deiudea yotar es to sicken
and die upon the slime that is spewed from the
mouth Of the aspiring demagogue, ort the brain
less FOOL
According TO the economy of our State, our
Judges are elected by the people with a sala-
r. Of $500 year; they are chosen from u
mong the people, partake f their preiudices,
their likes, and their dislikes, are political in
their actions, local in their feelings, aud every
way unified to administer equal Justice. An
individual is held up as candidate to the
Bench he claims perhaps to be Wing, or
Democrat, that he followed the party 10 the
field Of political strife, stood by it in the hour
Of danger, and when defeat covered it with
confusion,and disappointment with sadness he
,cmodelcd its craft, and unfurled Its banner to
. he breze and he now lays hold of it as the
anchor Of his hopes his success. His soul.
his political eXistance is identified with that
party. This is rot the case with all, now
and then an individual stands aloof from par
ty politics; and if he is a man of integrity,
and truth, who under the solemnity of an Off
cial oath has no partiality to exercise towards
this man, no favor to bestow upon that, /
would say 10 him as Christ said to his Deci-
pies, 'if We Were of the wor ID, the word
would love its own, but if ye are not of the
world, if We have no fayorg 10 bestow, if We
are restrained ana dictated by conscience, the
Judgement Of the world lngereth mol, and
your dainnation slumbereth not" But the
successful candidate who is Of The world has
his faction here, and his junto there ne sends
his runners forth into the field to multiply
their deceptive tales aud to do everything they
can to initiate in his favor; they even go to
candidates to other Offices and sell him with
all his influences as merchandise, and lie votes
for an individual, not because the individual is
man OF integrity and truth, not that he is
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but that he may receive votes in return.
Imagine for one moment Judge thus ele-
waited to the Bench, and an issue of vast i'm
poriance before him. On Que side, his political
friend who has done all for the promoter of
the Judge, that his time and talent could do,
has 1attered his vanity, and famed his pride !;
on the other side a political enemy who has
been active in the field of strife who has
questioned the truth, the varacity, The ability
OF the Judge, and as we'll may you look for
compassion from the bowels of hell as Justice
from the decision Of such court. "To err
Is human > and when all the stronger afFec-
tions Of the soul, the ties Of friendship, and
the love Of power are placed in one scale, and
lone justice in the other it is easy to predict
the turning Of the scale. Then we say let The
Judiciary be placed beyond the reach Of poht-
ical factions; let our judges be appointed BY
the highest tunctionaries of the State; let them
be thoroughly examined as to legal ability,
ana then let them act under heavy penalties.
where gross ignorance will not excuse mis-
deeds, In this way our Judiciary may be re-
noyated: our courts sustain the sanction and
dignity Of law, and the rights of citizens be
protected from the foul hand of vice, and po-
luton IN high places. Under the present sys-
fem our Judiciary is destitute Of every thing
that reflects honor upon people our couets
have neither the confidence of the Bar, the
appreciation of the just nor the wisdom Of the
aye, and are fast sinking to the shades of bar
barism, from whence no power can redeem J.
blush for our Judiciary, when / saw, what
every legal practitioner must sav---I have no
confidence in The decision of our courts: |
can have none until our judiciary is p aced be-
You'd The action of aspiring demagogues.
A MEMBER OF THE BAR.
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