Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-09-25


Judge Curtis and Supreme Court.
Not satisfied to trust to the merits of their cause the
back-republcan party seek to make capital out of col
lateral matters, cOnjectures and fcons. Judge Curtis
chose of retire from the elevated position of associate
justice of the Supreme Court If their eager pursuit for
office black republcansdo not think it possible that
in high position would voluntarily retire from it,
Portable by his associates Hence the journals of that
party have assumed that Judge Curtis had been per
secuted by his brethren and driven from the bench and
this without particle of proof of sustain the asSum
ton and without intimation of the justice of the
charge from the alleged victim. The whole story sa
vile fiction invented for political effect If Judges of
courts prosecuted each other for difference of opinion
court could long exist These differences are of every
day occurrence in all courts. We it the other day
in the New York courts of appeals and we have seen
Judge Brown urging the reelection of Judge Dono
with whom he strongly differed upon the city police
law, and convention made his nomination unanimous
when considerable portion Of it differed from him in
the opinion expressed upon this one subject.
Those who imagine that Judge Curtis was unkndy
treated by his brother Judges know little of the men who
compose that dignfed body each of whom has on all oc
casions manifested towards every member of the court
the highest respect. Not arring word is heard
in their consultation rOOm where the gentle dignity Of
the venerable chief justice, who known to say
do unkind thing, is initiated by every of bis
brethren Although the chief justice and Judge Curtis
strongly differed in opinion in the bred Scott case the
latter will tell those who make the inquiry that their re
laons to the last those of kindness and Affection
His correspondence will show this to be true of ma
ny other members of the Court Indifference Of opinion
leads to such consequences insisted by the black re
publican press, why is it that Judge Mclean is not also
affected by them, and compelled to resign? The fact
that he has neither noticed felt this pretended per
secution but is content to continue on the bench with
his brethren dsprOts the whole accusation, IN which
there is not one word of truth. Judge Curtis left the
bench because he believed his personal interests would
be promoted by so doing, and he has not and will not
pretend to the contrary We give copy of his reSig
nation in which he sets this matter to rest under his
own hand The truth of his own statement cannot be
questioned:
SIR: hereby resign you the office of associate justice
of the Supreme Court of the United States which regna
on is to take effect on the first day of October next
have named that day. because shall then have discharged
myself of all judicial business pending before me- and no
sutton will be Inconvenience by my retirement
My private duties inconsistent with longer conth-
ance in the public service
With great respect, your obedient servant,
| JAMES BUCHANAN Esq,
/ President of the United States
i We subjoin the letter of the Attorney General ac-
knowledging the rece pit of this resignation:
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
i September IA, 1891.
SIR am directed by the President to inform you that he
received days your letter of the first instant E
and caused it to be filed in this Office This morning he re-
ceived duplicate of the same letter, which he has ds
/ of in the same way .:ro
The President gives you his thanks for postpOnng the @
of your retirement to period when sutor will De n'
! venenced by it.
am, with great respect your obedent servant ,cv
Hon. B. R. CURTIS.
DENMARK-The Rev. Dr. Baird in letter to the the
editors of the Observer dated Copenhagen AusU''
d 11th says c..on
"Few cities in Europe contain more objects on nut Il,
est for an intelligent traveller than Copenhagen, ~
population is now all of 100000, it is believed 1d
within the last eight ten years it seems to have G
quite an impulse so that it is growing with goOq ut
of rapidty The city is extending considerably NolId
ward beyond the ramparts, and even beyond long a
narrow pond which lies in that direction and from Ln
it has hitherto been supplied with water The T mnsor
across the island of Zealand from this city 10 Nol Sos
T Sc miles in length, has contributed much to 1nS &
perity of Copenhagen. So, too did the ntroouI sre
of steamboats, of which Denmark now possesses nnn
number, and which run to every port IN inc and
Islands, as well as to those of Jutland oes"Ich CON-
Hosein-provnces which lie onthe continent AMI
stitute what was called in the oden time the Island
Peninsula They run also to Borhom Da na1nod in
in the Baltic and to the Farce Islands anu TO the
the Atlantic In addition to this they ao ru Of which
ports of Sweden and Norway with the ater and VI COM
countries the Danes have still intimate Soel"i 'DN
mercal relations"