New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-29
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The Mobile Register continues its attacks upon sne
conduct Of this exalted Judicial fuuotionary We
$ have auotel from the Register frequently ana ap
nlanded It's course believing it to be founded IN Just
Ia. honor. patriotism and truth We now propose
q quote again. and from that journal of the 18th
q instant.
Speaking Of the apologists for, and the defenders
If he course Judge Campbell has seen proper to
pursue, the Register uses the suoined startling lan
qnage, portion Of which we italcise
We cannot regard Judge Campbell as a magistrate
who is upholdng what he eonceiyes to be law against
The popular preiudices Of the hour There are potent
reasons why Judge Campbell should seek to conctt'ate
kfg feesoil Influence Of the present and Tie approach
| ing Congress 1t is well known that his Judicial
conduct has made him dmenable to charges which may
reouife Congressional action, and if the House OF
Representatives were to send managers to arragu his
Honor at the bar Of the Senate, the hgentg eotes Of
Northern freeSoilerS might saue him from the ignoniny
/ Of a tlcofhirds condemnation. The Judge appears
to us not as the impartial functionary resisting the
waves Of popular passion in the discharge OF duty
but as official using his power ia such manner as
to secure him ID the enjoyment his Office. And we
led to this conclusion by his own acts aud words
and by the singular conduct of his apologsts.
The above is significant enough, but it is to be re-
GREETED that it is not more specific We suppose,
however, that specifications will make their appear
ance in due season; and that the Judicial conduct
Of Judge Campbell, 50 plainly arraigned and held up
to general odium, will be infinitely described. Such
should be the case, and we presume will be the case
We are convinced that the editor Of the Register has
not spoken without authority.
The policy the Judge pursued in regard to the illus
trious and lamented Quitman, and in regard to Cen
Walker and the Nicaraguan cause generally, met
with few sympathizers in this section of the country
We presume nnety-nne out of every hundred disap-
prove of his course. This estimate, we are quite
sure cannot be over while it may be under the mark
And if the Register correctly delineates, predicts
hisfuture policy we doubt not the excavations heaped
upon him will be universal Oar people duly honor
Office particularly judicial Offices, but when the occu
pants thereof make those offices engines Of oppres
son transform them into instruments Of evil check
the flow of the pure current Of Justice, and by the
exercise of sheer arbitrary power deny citizens the
rights they possess under our common constitution
and laws, the honor and respect the public have
hitherto felt viii be withdrawn. The Judge to be re-
| spected and honored mast honor and respect his
lofty position Let him act tyranncally and let
suspicion Of corrupt intent hang around MIN, and the
great support of his court-popular conidenGe-will
cease to exist. This is true, and no one will deny it.
Further along the Register says-we regret we
have not room for the entire artcle-and says most
feelingIy and truthfully too
In order to defend Judge Campbell, it was thought
necessary to attack General Walker and the cause he
represents. As for Cen Walker, he is competent to
his own defense not necessary for to say aught
either for or against him. His acts part of his
tory and the public will doubtless judge properly his
conduct and his motives. But the memories of the
men who were with him in Nicaragua should be dear
every true Southern heart Some Of the best blood
of the Southern States poured out like water
Central American soil-and all for institutions.
Mobile may proudly point to her own SONS who gave
up their lives under a tropical sun in defense Of a
cause assaed by all the foreign and domestic enemies
of the South And who can say that any Of the men
who went to Nicaragua we're benefited in worldly for
tune by their sutterings and their lahors there
| Those who died persisted like men--without MUIR
muir against fate, or word of repentance for meet
ing death in such cause. Those who survived and
were forced thence by the illegal acts Of unauthor
| lied power, came back iii rags and pOverty-wth
nothing left but an unconqnerabe spirit and desire
to return to the country they claimed their home
And was it necessary to assail the cRuse the South
ern causesanctitied by 50 much suffering aud self
denia in order that Judge Campbell might be yindi-
Gated and his judgments be justified? Alas for the
man and the principles which require such Yindica-
i ton
On this subject we admit we can scarcely speak
with calmness for it is one which makes the blood
boil in the veins of every true Southern man. The
memories Of the generous dead-the honor and in
i tegrty OF the long suffering livng-the cause for
n which they have struggled, and in behalf of which
they are willing to dleal are assalied for the pur-
pose Of maintaining doctrines at with every pru-
ciple OF rational liberty. Do we sayrghtiy when we
declare that the Of such means for Judge Camp.
bells justification condemns him no less than bis
apoogsts? Is it neutral that the impulse OF every
generous soul should be arrayed against those who
| use such eypedients?
Letnot Judge Campbell or his friends be deceived
| by imagining that this is particular or an so
lated ISSUE This emigration to Nicaragua addresses
! itself not only to the Southern iuteres-it finds
loud response in the pulsations Of the Southern heart
And the time is coming-aye, even now s-when he
who ntters word against the memory of those who
poured out their lives in behalf of the extension Of
slavery, will meet the curse OF every true son of the
/ South. And does not he who stignatzes the cause
| degrade the memories Of those who have persisted in
its hehalf2 And shall not he who for the defense Of
arbitrary magistrate, digs up the bones and insults
the remains OF the martyrs in the Of slavery,
call forth the deep Indignation of every Southern
man
Again we say to Judge Campbell and his friends,
trile not with the sacred feelings Of the Southern
people.
We endorse the above in aggregate and detail, and
believe it will find sympathetic response in the
hearts of ninetynine hundredths Of the Southern
community At all events, whatever may be the
opinions of others, such is our honest and sincere
| opinion,