Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-06-12

For he Enquirer
JCDlClAh 'o nft;IAI CIRCUIT.

. ,;.,rS.-It we were writing to advance
tho claims of any particular canoidate 10 succeea
.Indrs Conway. tShcse DEAN We an 60 ueepy ue'
'uus1 would consider it imposition upon your CO.
tpmns 40 much having already been written IN sup.
nrt of the claims of SO many different gentlemen 10
Ina vacant woolsack. For all OF these gentlemen
we entertain the most profound respect, anu 30
,is are we in our decision between them 'fia' a.
thouph resident of this famous Sh Judicial circuit
(made illustrous through your columns We nave o.
rived at conclusion AS 10 how we shsil 20 IS ,ha
vote. We sincerely wish we could vote lol a'
distinguished gentlemen, aud deeply resre' ot he'd in
do 80. AS Fredericksburg seems 10 oe ,d ,hrive 90
which judicial sprouts aud plants gro" an CO.. Eobt
wall we have looked long and earnestly ic' : ~
from that great and luminous cenlre y. liz, liz
lect and legal attninnents ' .naI in onr
Of learning and focus "a I ,hs wishes and
,';n;on. If tina, flushed town ought to govern anu
oppn,.o ma in th. matter The idea oil eiecuhe euy
hodv 70 whom Fredericksburg is opposed PEREZ.
l., absurd. We, for one, with humo!e suoGso o.,
acknowledge her supremacy and await ne' , 49, %
m,iJ ,hsf from her gates could walk another Lo-
ms1, against whom no opposition cou'u oe iounu'
then would We cry, reign Fredericksburg tore'e
We say this in no disparagement OF any vi 'nG va" -
didates; for none OF them can claim 10 % supeio'
even equal. to Judge Lomax. "na' We 90, ~
that there is no msn amongst us, ike ,uoge ,ouaA,
10 whom all hands can point. and oil ~hom ON sooeo
can excIaim sHeis the man." The NUMBER vi tne cau
didales 10 what embarrasses the peoPie III inaAk .
selection ami this number exists because we Nv
man like Judge Lomax, who can oveIa.e ~, ,Ta
and walk over the district. Inc iact, 'oo' 'a. ne
practise in most of our counties VIII haroy supper,
a LAWYERS horse, is impellng many OF our ieso'
friends to seek honor and emolument on the oench.
II has been felt that the nHmOer oi Juuicial aepi
rsnts " "a embarrassing and perpexing, ana 10 re-
ieve the peope of the difficulty OF selecting from 30
many il has been proposed oy writer in the
and recommended by meeting OF the citizens OF hch
,poud county, that Convention assemble al laPPa'
hammock to nominate candidate. NOW We are oP.
possd to this Convention, out and out. we 90 NOT
heleye that any Convention could be organized INTO
which party feeling would not creep, and party IN
aueuce be felt. We do not believe in the probability
or possibility of Democrats, Wings and Americans,
meeting all of them 10 Convention, like oana
of brothers, and making a nomination. They might
wish and intend to do 50, but they could not Aho d.
though our friends in Richmond county propose
that 10 the selection OF gentleman 10 Do 'oleu II"
neither party feeling sectional STRIFE, nor pereona
like or dislike should prevail yet wy contehu IL
oould prevail and that what they propose ID imprac
ricsble, and its accomplishment contrary 10 our
knowledge and experience Of human nature. Inc very
moment that a Democrat Id placed IN nomination. W
such a Convention, and the name OF wing OF Aneri
can slso presepted the lines Of party demarkation
will he drawn. II Democrat should be nominated
hy such Convention, in the eyes OF the people ne
would be no less Democrat, and would De Tolea ior
"a A Democrat. Nay, the Democratic masses vi TINS
District would probably consider such nomination az
An endorsement of his Democracy and vote lot nun
accordingly. IT, on the other hand, an American or
Wing should be nominated, and an independent De'
mocrat were to come out against him. the wing OF
American nominee would, party feeling oehR 'nus
aroused, be inevitably beaten. conventions are
party appliances and machinery. and 10 cohceFe VI
convention to nominate candidate Tor "ince' mo
which party feeling not TO enter, 10 10 conceive anu
Imagine an impossibility. We all at present cohceue
the oropriety of keeping politics and the judiciary
npart: our Constitution US against connecting
Them by forbdd;ng the Judicial election 10 De hela
within thirty days Of a political election. Every
suggestion Of expedency and policy warns US against
their union. If would unite thep there is no DEL
ter way of doing 80 than by Convention, because
Conventions are the offspring and creations OF party.
Aconvention is necessary, and rarely used ex
cent for party purposes The writer OF thus article le
furthermore opposed to suCh aconvantion because It
will not be convention of the district. Ii will be
local convention; not more than half OF the counties
would send delegates; for many OF them fear It would
kill off their fsvorte candidate, as probably It would
aud should.
Confdinc, therefore, in the integrity and ntelli'
gsnce of the people, believing in their competency
TO ect for themselves without direction or instruc
ton from any quarter for this truly important
and responsible post we say let the great judicial
combat 90 on Let as many enter the lists as Choose
The shades of retirement are unattractve, ana tue
practise of the law Improbable and unnvitng in this
District No man ia to be- blamed for desiring to get
upon the woolsack-if ha can. Let there De lar
play and "fres fight" Deny no gentleman the prl'
vege of being "counted in we regret that on the
day of election 30 many will have to be "eouuted
ou; OLLIS.