Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-07-18

he Judieiary-16sot Of Party on
.nns Opinions.
IA : former article. We alluded to
NE evils Of ftequsns elections Of the
Judiciary, and recommended at least
= lengthsning Of the term Of Office. as
. proper guard against them. A lon
ger term Of oilee. coupled with better
salaries, vas proposed ~ . remedy.-
Bat Z pure judiciary must DO dlscon'
nsotsd IRON party politics. and the
people must refuse 10 be driven 10 or
from . candidate because Of HE party
aisnI,Iss. When Il l. understood that
the sueosss OF coming election Il TO
depend on the success Of certain opin
isss. there is . premium offered to the
Judge 10 control. BY judicial fiss. what
cannot Be otherwise controlled.
We might give many illustrations
Of THE position. bat We shAll content
oursslf. Zoe the present. with one
From the earliest hlssory Of our coun'
Try. the principle Of prohibiting. In
whole o. In part. the sale Of Iniozica-
dag liqaors. hss been recognised by
the legislative. and judicial. and exec
utivs departments But tho expert
sncs Of former years has shown that
The penalties have never been proper.
toned 70 the offence. and. the enormi'
siss Of The traffic Increasing. the sober
portion Of the community. without re-
gard to party. determined to so frame
ths lass on this subject a. 10 make
them more effective. In tho early sta
gss Of this movement each. party. ~
then constituted. gave efficient aid
I, was no party question II rose as
much above party. a. the eternal inter.
ssss Of men ara superior to their tenn.
poral interests. The pulpit. the bench.
the bar. all Joined In aroasins the pub
lie 10 The imminent dan. ers Of the
srafhs. Ministers. in preaching. allu-
dsd 10 u; Judges. Ia their charges. al
ludsd 10 Il; attorneys. Ia their argu.
uen.s. alluded TO iI;physicians. In their
practice. alluded to Il, farmers. me-
shssiss--alI alluded .ois. and tax pay
sss islt lie burdens. and resolved to
throw them Of. AZ was to be sxpsc-
ted, those who fAsssned on the woes
Of others. made = vigorous rsslstance
70 any law that would be elective
Bat L wss not until May 81, 1864.
that suy person ever supposed that .
powerful political party would espouse
thsif cause. and resolve, at all hazards.
70 protect than in their business. The
Democratic Convention Of Indiana. in
Msy. 1854. was the 6rss political con-
vsntIon 70 espouse the cause Of the II.
quor dealers Of the land. The an
nouneement II that espousal. shocked
he whole country, and thousands Of
he best men Of the party. at once
abandoned il. They said truly and
nsgnsnimausly. that the morals and
lives Of their children we're dearer to
them than party. and the overwhelm-
ing defeat Of the party in 1854 shows
how true such men we're to their pur-
poses.
Bat With others. the result was diff-
erent. Many stood in . relation to
the party which they dare not sacri-
Zee. Some we're officers, others were
candidates. or hoped to be. Having
Having sworn allegiance to party, they
must follow il wherever il led, and
hence they resolved to swallow their
former avowals Of temperance princi.
pies. and take the side Of their party.
Hssee men Who, twelve months before,
hadbsea strong prohibitionists. became
anti. They discovered impossible
sonssifut;onal barriers to il. all because
. Few drunken men like Willard and
Robinson had declared il favor Of free
whisky.
Passing BY the effect Of this party
measure on others. We sllude only to
our own Judge Reid. Before his elec-
ton, be vas claimed at q strict tenn.
pssancs man. and bis votes in the
senate we're pointed to by himself and
BE friends. - evidence. For the 6rss
two years Of his judgeship. no Judge
more rigidIy enforced such laws as We
had. than did he. But al election
drawing on, and expecting to be the
pominee Of bis party. he must pro-
nouace ihe party shibboIeth. and his
elaborate opinion. which we published
come time ago. is bis present party
opinion on that subject. Howit tallies
with bis opinions when ia the Senate.
10 tS5l-2. let the record speak. We
End him almost uniformly voting with
Holloway. hlIiihin. Safer and the
most ultra temperance men OF that
body. We pass b, many votes on the
original bin. which was drawn up BY
ourssIf. and sent to the Senate thro'
the Senate Committee. just as We drew
il. bus 1t allowed the sale of liquors
for ssverai purposes. and was mol
stringent enough Tor the temperance
Senator from Union and Fayette. s.
o. TIE OH Of February. 1859 he intro
duosd the following amendment:
"rhat hereafter Il shall not be Law.
70! for any person or persons. by Them