The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-04-16
Logic and Consistency of the Slave De-
mOcracy.

Last week we showed up the miserable
hypocracy of the Paw Paw Free Press, in
charging the republicans of this county
with an Intentional dereliction from rec
titude, in nominating and electing man
to the Office of Prosecuting Attorney who
was technically incompetent to hold the
offce--not having beeu admitted to the
Bar in this State--although he was every
way qualified for the Office with that ex-
ception, having studied his profession in
since been informed, admitted to the Bar
in that State.
We showed that at the same election
the Slave Democracy nominated and sup
ported a man for Circuit Court Commits
sioner, who they never expected would
be admitted to practice in the courts OF
this State, although the statute expressly
required that the person holding that of
fec should be an Attorney of the SUI
prcme Coprt And how, dear reader, dc
you suppose the Editor attempts to get
out of the dilemma in which We placed
him! He says it is not a parallel case !
Hear specimen os his logic:
The parallel does not exist only SO far
&C. as the nominating is concerned. There
it ceases, and even to that point, it is
mot perfect for the offices are not The
same.
"Only SO far as nominating is concern
&c" Really did they not exert them
selves and do all they could to elect hin
with the rest of their ticket? And did they
not erpect to elect their ticket? or wer,
all their confident boastings of anticipated
success, as hollow and unmeaning as the
rest Of their professions And does il
make any difference in the character OF
the transaction because they failed to
elect their candidate, when they did all in
their power to do 500 Or is the principle
involved any different, because " the of:
lcers are not the same?" We should like
to have the Editor show how it could af.
feet the principle of the thing
1t cannot for a moment be successfully
contended, that it is any more important
that the person filling the Office Of Prose
cutting Attorney should be legally quail
fed to hold it, than that the Circuit
Court Commissioner should he legally
qualified to hold that Office The fact is
of the two, it is much more important il
the latter than in the former case Fo
ifa person not legally qualified should b
Permitted TO perform the duties Of Prose
cutting Attorney it would not affect til,
validity of an indictment or Of a convic
ton. Whereas in the case of Circui
Court Commissioner, tho validity Of bal
bonds, the title to real estate on foreclo
sure3 aud other chanccry proceedings, an,
the validity Of divorces, affecting the lc
gitimacy Of offspring, &c, depend in
variety Of instances, upon the legal ou
thority Of tho person acting as such Com
missioner.
But the Free Press is determined t
make something out of this charge, an
we are determined that he shall be salts
fed And TO that end we will cite hi
attention to another case which we thin
he will have to admit is parallel and, I
use the logic of the Free Press, we shout
say htJe more than parallel
At the general election in 1852, tn
democrats in this county nominated an
elected, TO The office Of Prosecuting ditto,
neg, man who was in precisely the sam
situation as the one which the Republ
cans nominated and elected in 1856. Bu
they went farther and had him ontC
upon, and perform the duties of the ofic
for the full term, notwithstanding his elet
ton was totally Illegal and void
What have YOU TO say to this, .hr. Fr'
Press We should like to know wh'
subterfuge you will next resort to,
avoid self condemnation. Certainly nor
will avail you. Will you say that this
not parallel case? Or will you silent
stink away from sustaining your charg
as you do from your lying insinuation tn
the county officer, have been engaged
connivins at the escape of criminals, ar
compounding felonies? Thereby tact
admitting yourself Justly branded as