Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-14
ElectfOm-judse Wilton
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Pump Carpenter -sJu Sc
COthren.
A Chief Justice Of our State Supreme
Court is to be elected at the spring cleo
ton, held on the first Tuesday in April
The Republicans without any Convention,
have united upon Judge WILTON 'or re-
election to that Office, and there seems TO
he no, dissent in tho party-'hough he
is not run upon party grounds; he is our
candidate for precisely such reasons as we
find given in his favor in the Madison
Argus, strong political paper opposing
his election. Says the Madison Argus:
"In regard to Judge Wilton the truth
compels US to say with one Of his eulogists
that he has"borne bis high faculties meek
Iy," anil now, even in laboring for his de-
feat, candor and inclination both lead us
10 express our respect for The profoundly
Of his Judicial learning his uprightness and
purify
The Madison Patriot, also hot demo-
cratic paper, thus alludcs to Chief Justice
WILTON:
1--WE have no assaults to make upon
Judge Whiton. Personally, he is above
reproach, his legal standing is unquestion.
led, his integrity is part Of his nature, and
aside from his views upon the Fugitive
Slave Law question we honor him as
Judge; but upon that subject the demo
cratic party are compelled TO wage war
fare against him, and with the revolution
which is now going gu in the public mind,
he may be compelled to bow before the
''sober second thought Of the people, and
Weld the robe Of office to one whose prin-
Iciples are more in harmony with our I'm
ion, and the genius of our Institutions
both State and National"
Judge Wilton views the Fugitive Slave
Law as unconstitutional in some respects
las requiring our white men to hunt mig
gers when required to do SO By claimants,
duty that no Southern Gentleman will
perform, and for a refusal to go on mig
ger hunt, the said law provides a penalty
Of heavy fine and Imprisonment. Now
Judge Wilton holds this part ofthe niger
law unconstitutional; also, that par. OF
sail law which refuses the alleged slave "a
trial by jury is held by Judge WnIroS to
he unconstitutional. And for holding
these opinions, the Patriot says "the DEM
ocra,ic party are compelled to wage a war
fare against him." An imaginary cur
rent of popular mind in favor of Buchanan
| is what the Patriot calls s'sober second
thought Of the people" but where in all
the broad north any symptoms Of such a
''sober second thought" as the Patriot
| hints at, can be found we are in the dark
The recent Galena, New York, Madison,
Cincinnati and Chicago local elections, all
exhibit increased opposition to this "sober
second thought" of the sagacious Patriot.
According to the Patriot, Judge CoTHREN
holds it Constitutional as well as the boun-
den duty of every man to 60 on niger
hunt whenever called on by a southern
lord and master; and also, he believes il
constitutional to refuse the alleged slave
right to trial by jury-compliments that
We hope Judge Cothren won't thank the
Patriot for. We hope the Patriot will
stop this internal Niger inbroglio. Blu
chanan says the country is more quiet now
Upon that subject than for twenty years
Why renew the agitation?