The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-03-27

We regret 10 .,s,s to our contemporary
Of the Austin In,elIigsneer that we have
ni.laid his paper OF the ID OF March and
mu., consequently fofego the pleasure OF
copying his editorial. We have looked
everywhere for i, in vain, and endesvo'ed
To borrow one. Int have been unable to do
30. " any friend has copy Of the inteI'
lieencer OF tbs, date. he will oblige US very
much by sending it to us.
What we haze to cay about nominating
Judges in party conventions and Ia relation
to the nomination OF Judge Wheeler. msy
be briefly stated. As 10 the policy OF unl'
fofmiy nominating Judges in patty Cons
yenlion.. Is certainly questionable but that
the necessity existed Tor such n course, and
that it WAS the duty Of the Democratic party
to adopt |, a, the late Convention, we nes
er entertained doubt We expressed cur
views on this subject freely while In Austin
II party nominations were not mnde At tn.
present time what would be tho result
There would be at least six candidates for
Associai. Justice in thu West and doubies.
an equal number IN the East, all OF them
Democrats Now, 1t Is the policy OF a
party in the minority TO move cautiously
The result. of the elections in this state
f,r the las, eight years VIII show that the
opponents OF Democracy have never had
more than ono candidate IN the field for r
prominent office, and that, 10 every instance.
he WAS induced to run in consequence
+ of divisions in the Democratic party. Are
we to infer tina, the opposition are less
war,lhsn they have beeni Suppose, then
/ tina, there were AS many as three candidates
Tor Associate Justice who are Democrats
does no, every man know tina. the opposi'
ton would select one Of their own number
to the Supreme Benefit Is there any sc.
curt, that tuch selection would be mat
f, for the Office Blu, il he were really In
.
sition, does any Democra, in Texas desire
to see a man on the Supreme Bench who
ton Of the Federal Constitution 4 dom
insn, party that selects a man for office
stands pledged aud is in a considerabl,
degree responsible for his fitness. When,
is the responsibility of n feeble party VIVA
does ts endorsement, amount to'
So far AS the selection of Judge Wheel
er is concernd, we regarded !; AS noml'
ns,on, and we believe every one else in ID,
eonv, n,ion looked upon It in that light Il
WAS only the next morning that some per
sons, who, IN our Judgment, were unduly
sensitive, discovered that the thing had moi
been done up right, and that the Judge,
letter was no, altogether satisfactory. Thu,
arose doubtless from the idle fear that those
who opposed nominating Judges by party
/ Convention would have something to talk
about These sensitive persons stirred The
subject up out Of doors aud IN the Com
ycu,inn in the evening. which we very much
regretted II WAS altogether unnecessary
and rs we though, in bad taste ! he fact
tina, he was brough, forward aud sustained
BY leading Democrats in the Convention
was evidence sufficient that he had been
coniul,ed on The subject, aud that he WAS
n Democra. and endorsed the pfopriety ot
party nominations. The speeches made on
the succeeding evening proved this, Snd
We learned that such wss the case from
several other gentlemen. aud among them
the mover of the resolution. The fac, that
he accepted party nomination was ,uli'
cient and oughl to nave been held sa,islae.
tory, without anything farther.
But we are told that Judge Wheeler was
not nominated; lie WIS recommended We
should liks to know the Il Ference What
is party nomination but recommenia-
toni He was as much nominated a. any
other man VIII. has No opponent, aud vhc
is nominated rs acclamstion.
Our worthy cotemporafy opposed these
nominations He had righ, to do i,
/ But the Con, ton, hy m almost unaui'
NOUS senlimen, Of approval, determined 20
make them. They were made. lie him
self Acknowledges they are good selections
Tie has. IL fact, placed their names a, the
/ head OF his columns After this, we thought
and ,til think, he ought to have ceased
[ \ man never makes much capital BY shoot,
ing wsntony Mt his own friends. Aud 1
our contemporary bad no other assurance,
the exultation Of the X. y. press over hi,
course ought to be sufficient to convince
him he is wrong.
/ " \ number OF L. y. wagous passed
through this place on their return to For
Belkuap. They had been engaged il
transporting the baggage and equipmeut'
of companies 4 snd 7lh regimen, U. 5
infantry to Shreveport. These troops which