Washington telegraph., 1854-06-07
Elective yudieiars-Pr0p0sed Con.
yeutiou, Nc.

discussed at full length the subject oi an
elective Judiciary, aud convention to re-
model the constitution Of our State Friend
DAALry pays his respects to Us in both Nr'i.
eles, and reviews. in his paper Of the 10Th
ult an article Of ours against an elective
judiciary. Weafe always pleased to discuss
any question of State or national policy
with any one who is 50 fair aud courteous as
our friend of the Gazette 4 Democrat
has uniformly shown himself to be, Al.
though we cannot acqaiesco in the policy
Of an elective Judiciary, aud must dissent
from ii in toto, yet we give our friend DAR.
LEY our heart and hand in his advocacy Of
a convention, aud our reasons for wishing
one will be given in extenso hereafter
We are sorry that our contemporary has
fallen into misarprehehsion Of our mean.
ing in speaking of the Mexican war. We
quoted from the jackson Tenn. sWhig. u
a notice Of the movements Of Col. JouN l..
7, SSrEp. who is a candidate for Attorney
General and Reporter for that State. The
editor aid be had served in the Meriean
icdr and would get great many votes, &c.
We did say then aud We still say, that Col.
SNrED was not spoken Of as either gooa
or had iaieVer, or rs lawyer At all. and
hence we alluded to the exiraet, not because
We oppose man because he may have been
in the Mexican war hut to show the utter
absurdiIy of our present system of making
our Judges and Prosecuting Attorneys
The appeal that was made in the jackson
Wing was calculated to make votes for
Col SNren. simply because he bad served
in the Mexican war, without respect to his
fitness for the Office for which he vas run.
ming. We oppose no man for office because
be may have been in the war but We do
protest against foisiing POOR, miserable ped.
agogncs into the most important Judicial sta.
iions merely because they may have served
in this. that or the other war Some Of onr
best and mos, valued friends were in the
Mexican war, and fought and bore them.
selves throughout that bloody period with
distinguished frmncss and gallantry, and
among these We place our friend Of the
Gazette L Dcmoca; = but should this cir
cumsiance give them a claim 10 our suffrage
for Office unless better qualified than their
opponents We think not II Is an nn.
icniablc fact that much Of tho true merit
Of this nation has been kept down by the
glare Of military fame. Gunpowder poru.
lariiy has wrought wonders in these United
States. II killed Of ADAMS. CLAY, WFn.
sTER anu wiIvis; IVA. had .L;s nation
the equals of these men
But we have no controversy about war
or peace Our ncighbor !. for bringing the
election of the Judiciary before the people.
We arc opposed to it. He is for blotiing
out the conservative power Of our Govern.
ment. We are for keeping it alive. We
are willing to discuss this matter at any
time and with any one, but we have no,
the time to DO so at present.
We 60 for a convention and hope ona
will be called to meet next spring. Let the
fragments Of our constitution be collected
together and be disposed Of dcccntly. I,is
altered at every session of the Legislature
and If there were no other reasons for call.
inr 4 convention we should think that the
right to amend our constitution at every ses.
sion Of the Legislature would be a sufficient
one. We are for a constitution that cannot
be altered and amended by every Lcgisla-
turc. Letthc fundamental law Of the State
be amended only by convention, then it
will he. for time at least, fixed and stable,
and the people can know what the consiitu.
ton il,