Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-05-10
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The Union perceives the signs Of the early
dissolution of the Know Nothing organization
in the want of harmony in their councils. The
editor points ont the features in their orgapi
zation, upon which no says there is serious
difference among them, and argues to show
that disgust on the part of the men of charac.
ter and good principles, who have unwitlinsly
Joined them, will soon cause the order to be
broken up. The Union also recounts the his.
tory Of the recent prosecution against Messrs
Kinney and Fabens for alleged intention te
violate the neutrality laws of the United
States. That is to say, as the editor compre
hends ii.
The Intetiigonesr republishes an article
from the EvsniHg Post, deprecating tie re
moval of Judge Loring by the Legislature Of
Massachusetts,, complimenting that journal
warmly on the correctness of its views upon
the subject, in saying:
I'VE say frankly that We have never ap-
proved Of the removal Of Judge Loring by the
Legislature Of Msssaohusetts He Mas MT
displaced for misconduct or incompetency in
ais ONCE as judge. Neither his integrity
nor his learning, nor his capacity have beer
IN question. His offsrc was that he acted a
United States Commissioner under the fu
giuve-slave law Of 1850, ard remanded az
escaped slave to his master. He shares the
views which Webster ard Professor Steuart
OF Andover, inculcated, and which, about the
time OF the passage of that law, il was th.
fashion IN Massachusetts to preach from the
pplpits According TO those views il was g
patriotic duty 20 co operate in enforcing the
law and restoring he runaways to these who
claimed them. Such notions are now old.
fashioned in Massachusetts,; bat Judge Loring
seems not t. have renCunced them with the
same facility that others have done when il
became certain that they were no longer pop.
ular.
{. We should certsiuly have thought better
OF Judge Loring If no had refused to have I'd
any thing % DO with thu execution Of that in
famous Law. l. did not, ho@oVer belong 30
the Legislature 20 prrish him for the part be
took. All legislation of q vindictive ature is
Troag. 1t is not the province Of the Legisls.
ture TO punish lie duty il to enact laws, and
leave the punishment 20 the civil masis.ra ties.
II Judge L3ring had committed an act which
tie Community disapproTej, but " hich no law
had DENIED as crias or ATTACHED 70 il any
penalty II was the easiest thing in the world
10 restrain him from repeating the offence
The Judges Of the State Courts might have
been prohibited from acting under theft gitiYe
slave law, AID there the matter would have
ended.
The removal Of judge because he hap
pens NOT TO agree vita majority Of the Legs
la:Cre IN his Interpretation of the ConstItu
ton er his views official duty is mest danger
Gus precedent A Wing Legislature may find
a Democrat on the bench, and insis. upon dis.
placing him; . Democratic Legislature NAV
discover tbat judge Is unsoGnd in regard &c
the doctrine of internal improvements, or some
other dogma OF their creed and vote for taking
away his Office. a Know Nothing Legislature
may remove judge beeause lie is against 70.
pealing the naturalization laws there will
be 10 limit to the caprice Of Legislatures
there will be no possible security for the inde.
pence CT the judges The Legislature will
erect itself into general ayenger of all polit-
ical heIesies"