Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-07-17
For tie Er4ETcr.
EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ONCE MORE
WILLOUGHBY NEWTON.

Msssrs. Editors: 1t is Il source of pleasure 10 iim
from communications from every part of the Circuit
that the high claims of this gentleman are wei c"
sdsred and the people would net wisely 10 r!evai"
him TO the bench-not to honor the man, bu' l" ~u@
tain the character OF the Judiciary oi IN" state.
which il committed TO their hands. Mr.. Newton X
acknowledged TO be man not only oil State bn' "'
national, rspuation ranking with the first men
rywhere and all believe he richly merits the enc"-
NUNS recently bestowed by the editors os the Ma
tional Intelgencer, who are intimately acquainted
with the merits OF the prominent men OF The country
II IA no wonder that such man should have been
look ed TO "a worthy to succeed the venerable, wise
and good Judge Lomax, whose place it is difficult o
fill Many eyes were turned to hm last winter, ana
he with difficulty, suppressed then me use {" hl3
nama Now bis friends will urge him forward, and
he failing that his tie talents and requirements ara
not properly his own, Expresses Willingness !" DE
vote them to the promotion Of the good aud weIiar"
| of bs i.llow.citlzens Still there are those wh"
woud deter the people from enlisting in their scrS"
| such commanding qualities of head and heart ~ ni
tsch IN Mr. Newton and the only objection they can
urge is, that hs has been too long from The bar.
TJr. wa are reminded OF the overthrow OF tins Oh
| ;oni;on bv n hard selscd gentleman few days ago
IL had been brought up to the carpenters tradc!ad
| rns.cut.d 10 independence, and then given II MP.
| and had not worked thereat for several years f"i
,;I be thought If necessity required IT, he c"u!d n"w
| do as good Job rs he ever did. So he suppose" It
| xss with Mr. Newton ~ a lawyer. And our ir,-ah
uas riyht in his conclusion Legal maSllnS and prih
cipIes are the same that they were when NJ
Newton was in full practice. II no man iii 10 5'
| .Judpe, save he who keeps up with tho varying
~ 1rIx of dsSfmbiy" then none Of the lawyers OF is
Circut are 90 well fitted for the Office ~ are very
many county court Justices, deputy sherIis, clerk
| or constables. May not those who raise tins oh''G
tion do il for effect, and not because they d@eis u
worth anything! MIR. Newton ls hot now III IN" way
of anv ons at the bar. Others whose names ar" pre-
sented TO the people of the Circuit, are eye sore ii
nocket sores To- many 10 almost every county ana 70"
tbsr own relief more than for any other purp"'" u"
"a to oil atG an ~
the different sections 1t IS urseu 10 eie'a's S''' WIZ
of the active practitioners. ~
We call upon the whole people to take thi7 Lh''e'
into their own hands, and not TO suffer vIllhgr 'r
news cousin such one, aud brother tins 'hH' "f
the other, to say whom they shall pace upon '"''
hsnch We have no connection WIN Inc ies" Pro.
S'aa;on bn, evsr have been proud of the character
which our former Judge Sustained; ana we "'E.r'
that be who may succeed him VIII appr"A'iiiie s"'he
what TO his sxcrllencss. We Know Oh II" "he 0'"
mn ,bc ,rhole mnuy coming 80 nssr 10 'ie chhr"'-
.SS;.,;". S oc Judv. Lomax does MIR. Newton hence
'";s,v N have him elected. We wol!d u's@,
as secondary reason, why ne shoud De sus'a'ii- J.
,bt h ia the prominent candidate OF section oi 'he
r";, ,sbich has received less Of honor, emo.uT.h'
en9u 's, EaderaI State or otherwise, than any Oher
W Pr. IS IN. State. The magnanmity of the Poop
ou,b of the Rappahsnnock may well be appealed 10
w. ,his canyass to mete out justice TO the Northern
~ 1T II was Newton who first brought To the nvcr
e ~. Virginia Legislature, in O'3l the nam
Gna, as candidate for the Judgeshp. Ia thi. be
adv eyincsd wisdom. The Northern Neck people
in 1852 10 common witl the entire Circuit, cast ti"
votes for the then incumbent, with general de'-ht
,sst winter another esteemed citizen of FreCer.c.5
j burg, wss placed upon the bench-nor should "ui
sister think that she slons is entitled to the 6l.c
tion of manufacturing Judges. Neither ough; Gao
line to urge that shs is ths only county thnt sh'N!'
coatead against fredericksburg in the struggle 3"
judicial hcnors. Learned as their lawyers may iie
we are against this as agan.t every other monopoy
especially when, in the person Of MIR. Newton, la"
yer is before ess people worthy their support q
any within tbs limits Of the dear old STATE Ls. =
by The idle cry-"N lie stands no chance Of a
election" Let us take that for what it is worth VIZ
nothing more than pusrle attempt 10 bolster up tn
| waning chances of some body else. lie does stahd
e"au'e ""' "" FAIR PLAY.