The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-07-23
HON. JAMES STEWAHT....OUK
CHARGES SUSTAINED.

CHARGES SUSTAINED
Our readers will recollect that in our
issue Of the 9th inst, in commenting on
the speech of Judge STEWART at the
Black Republican meeting in this place
on the 4th inst, we charged him with
having been an applicant for Office un-
der the present administration-which
he denounced as the most corrupt the
sun had ever shcne on-and furthermore,
that while an applicant for Office he was
a strenuous advocate of tho Nebraska
Bill Last weeks Shield and Banner,
published in Judge STEWARDS own
town, in commenting Oh his course, thus
sustaips the charges made by US:
at is true, as the ashland Union
says, that Judge Stewart some two
years ago, when q candidate for the ap-
pointment of U. s. District Judge by
President Pierce, WAS A STRENU-
Gus ADVOCATE OF THE NE
BRASKA BILL, and urged US strong
iy to adUOcatc tt I n our Columns, and if
we could not do so, BY ALL MEANS
NOT TO OPPOSE IT. This, Judge
Stewart tciW not publicly dcny, FOR
THE PROOF IS IN OUR HANDS
IN BLACK AND WHITE IN HIS
OWN HAND WRITING. But since
his disappointment in getting Office from
the President, he has become a very
abusive enemy of the Administration,
and also of the Democracy generally.
Moro of this hereafter. We may have
occasion in due time to expose tho po-
@litical wire-working of this partizan
Judge, who has now become one of the
High Priests of Black Republicanism."
This statement from the editor of the
Shield fixes the charge directly-there
is no evading it. If it is true that no
such letter is in existence-as is claim
ed by his few friends in the fusion party
here-let Judge STEWART publicly de-
ny it in some newspaper in the District,
and call for its publication. Until he
does do SO, we shall consider our char
ges sustained by a responsible man, and
shall treat him accordingly. In the
meantime, We commend the extract from
the Shield to the sober consideration of
our Black Republican friends.
In addition, however, to the foregoing,
We have another item of interest per-
tanning to the political record of Judge
STEWART. In the same number Of tho
Ohio Union which cor tains tho Platform
presented by Judge Curtis, and which
was adopted by the Democracy Of Ash
land County, in which they resolved
that the Democratic " bond Of union and
nationality consists in a recognition Of
the sovereignty 9fthe States and TER
RITORIES OVER PHE.R OWN MUNICIPAL
AFFAIRS" and that are hare NO RE-
SPONSIBILITY Or INTEREST,
IN tie EXISTENCE OR DURATION
Of negro slarery an any other State or
TERRITORY" also appears just one
dollars worth of important Information
to the people of this Judicial District,
in the shape of the following annouoe-
meut:
"Mr. KkAFr You will please an
nounce the name of Hon. JAMES STEW
ART, of Richland County, as o .caudi-
date for District Judge, subject to the
decision Of the Democracy Of ashland,
Richland and Morrow Counties, at their
Primary Meetings, and oblige
MANY DEMOCRATS.n
We now present a couple of horns,
either of which is fatal to Judge STEW
ARTS consistency. He was either dis
honest in his remarks at the fusion meet
ing in this place on the 4th, or he will
fully deceived the Democracy of this
County in 1851, for it will be seen
that he submitted bis claims to the
decision Of the Democracy of Ashland,
Notwithstanding their Platform con-
ficts with his present position aud
he claims to be as good a Democrat as
ever. What is to be hoped from the
judiciary when such men occupy the
Bench g? We hold that no man is capa-
bic Of inpartially administering justice,
whose political course exhibits such
strange Inconsistencies. Such corrup-
tion in high places is dangerous in the
extreme. Any man who is dishonest
politically, would not hesitate to decide
against a political opponent without
any regard to the merits of the case.