The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-01-31
Associate IWNyc Of the S,V-
uyruar Court.

lameniel Lipscomb. lhe result vii dos
t-fmiae whether the, have properly eousid'
cred the importance aud csponsibilts OF the
ttu., committed to their hands
\ sat op the supreme Bench has been
Justly considered, IA every state OF the
non, position Of the highest honor.
The lawyer, who, By lie OF honorable
exeniou has risen, step by step. to - pos
.iiiun ia the front faph OF bis profession
ha. a reasonable expectation th,, when u
vacancy oecur.. his claims viii be csn.id.
cred Il Is the nierest oi the state tn se'
bet from hsr most distinguished men, q
LAWYER eminent iuf his talents, his industry,
aud his genus Il is essential that be-
should be pfolputd lawyer. hecan.e how
Else eau his Judgment bee .endrted available .
hs should be industrious for the reason
Aat the office is e Of gteat Labor; aud
he should be = maa Of geuiu. because new
questions afr constantly arising demanding
originality OF thought. Il Is the business
81 the Legislative department TO make the
laws; but It is reserved 10 the Judiciary To-
determine their meauing How impoit,u,
Is II, then, that man aspiring to the high
est position GA the Bench whose bu,ine,,
It Whl bee to assist 10 determining perhaps
ur,yocably questions involving lite and
ropeuy, should bs Ia every way qualified
tor the poshipui
Governed ia our choice by reflections
such - the foregoing whom should we
support Iu the coming cleeil1nk Not Mr
f,ankbr, G9r he j, not considered IT. the
face. Not Judge T. " Gray. Tor bis best
aieud- can scarcely claim that he is quail,
fed Tor the posillou. II be is, why i, 1t
that, 'rjh long residence IA Texas, his
mmo as - lawyer has scarcely travelled be,
you'd his own di.tlcti Al says one,
81 be- ha. bceu Ia the back Z ouni Ils mod
esly has concealed bis ment llc has not
been candidate Tor office aud that ac
counts lor hls not being known" Ihlsnav.
to a limited extcnl. be true, bat 1t Is not
llkely to hold good N,ih a NAN living in
such al important portion OF the State as
the city of Houston Where is there
lawyer OF distinction u Iesas, living IN
such Iocaliy, whose reputation Is not
commensurate with the bounds OF ia,
state Hamilton MAS known Ms an ems
ueat lawyer befosc he was a candidate Tor
ans hing Jnigo Webb. ". +. HI, aud
host ct olhef-. whom we might mention
have been tanned for years from the Louis
iana boundary to the RIO Graude
hi. reduces the contest SD far as our
d,ci iop j, concerned, to Robcd, and Jcu>
niuss We have very high regard for
tle former gentleman, aud would say moth
iug calculated g. wound bis feelings ~ dis
tub the cquuimiy OF his friends Bat
Il j., cerialAly legitimate aud proper that
We should euqaife, who is best fitted lor
the Office we think every candid, un.
pr,judieed man, acquainted with the qua u,
heaiiou, of each, will decide in favor Of
Jennings such has bcen the decision OF
the people, who, taking him from the quiet
village of Nacogiocb,-, twice elected him
Attorney Gcnerd of the state, and, when
he ran at the late election Tor Associate
Judge Of the Supreme Court, with a host
81 enemies made by fearless discharge oi
duty, and with the prestige Of tho old
Bench against him, he got over / 900
votes scattered over the State
Il B., tumorej that the Know \olhmgs
are concentrating on Gray This may be
true AS To certain localities but It i, lay no
means a g"uonl movement. nfays posi-
lioo q, democrat, and the manner Ia
which he has beeu brought ont sud sustain
ed. forbid the idea tha, he could be a party
to such a scheme In the frs, place, hc
has been nominated unanimously by the
Bar of his district Ia the next place, he
is supported hy many OF the leading Dean
ocsa,s Throughout, the West, aud, IN adii'
ton 10 all this, h, name is emh,a1cncd at
the masthead Of the Houston Telegraph, a
sterling democratic paper. The n. N's
are. we presume, dIsorganixed but II they
were united, why should they vote for one
Democfa, in preference to anotheri We
have reason TO suppose that many of them
prefer an Eastern to a Western man
that they would be more inclined to sup
port man with whom they weto acquaiut,
I'D than a stranger.
Bat, admit that Gay ia the prominent
mAn OF tho West as We belieye he is. or
tina, he is the mnu upon whom the X Ne.
are rail- ying, which We do not believe, who
IS the man to oppose him. Not Judge
Robots for his popularity does not extend
over dozen of the Eastern counties. and
IN those jennings will divide the vot. with
hin.. while in the Nor,horn counties Jen>
ninrs, in our opinion will &c, the great
body Of the vote
Leaving sectionalism and p,rtyism out