The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-07-21

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almost needless to say that no such
pledge was asked or would have been
given. The high character and profes-
1ional honor Of Judge Gholson forbid
my supposition to be for one moment
entertained How, then, ask, has the
character Of the Judiciary
been invaded
The character Of Judge Gholson for
legal ability, sound conservative views
Of constitutional construction and guar !
autees, and the just relations Of the Ju- |
dietary to the different departments Of |
the government, compares favorably |
with that Of Judge Swan, or any other
man in the State 1t is true Judge
Swan had just delivered a decision upon
a Habeas Corpus case, in which the
constitutionolity Of the Fugitive Slave
Law was involvod-denying the benefits
Of habeas corpus to certain parties who
were charged with the violation Of some
Of its provisions. The friends Of some
Of the northern delegates in the Con-
vention were suffering the pains and
penalties of Imprisonment for acts
which they believed the duties they
owed to their common humanity had
dictated. With their feelings thus irri-
tated and excited by these recent tran
sactions, why did they not nominate
Judge SPALDING, or some other man en-
tertaining opinions in conflict with
Judge Swans decision, if they had been
actuated solely by determination to
rsJube that decision2 In fact, the nom
iuation Of Judge Gbolson was urged by
the Southern part Of tho State. His
friends were enlisted in his behalf be-
fore that decision was made, and his
nomination may be therefore considered
as Tpther an Endorsement Of that de-
cision
In the light Of these facts, what, then,
becomes of all the lamentations of the
Locofoco party over the PROSTATE elm
dependence Of the Judiciary'2 But
this Columbus Convention, which has
so disturbed the nerves of the "unterri-
fed Democracy, passed resolutions,
"whilo proclaiming their determination
rigidly to respect the constitutional OBJ
legations imposed upon the States by the
Federal compact" demanding ''the re-
peal Of the Fugitive Slave Act Of 1850,
as containing provisions subversive to
the rights Of the States and the lber-
ties of the people, contrary to the plain
est duties of humanity and justice, and
abhorrent to the moral sense of the civ
ilized world yet in all these strong
phrases there is no threatening of Rul-
hfcad0n. What a marked contrast do
they afford to the resolutions passed on
the other side Of Mason & Dizon's line,
where almost every affirmation is olinch
ed with the emphatic pronuneiamento,
"If you do not give us a slave code for
the territories--if you do not acquire
for us Cuba, to enlarge the basis Of sla-
will 90 out Of the Union, and
set up for ourselyesl' The Republican
resolutions do not declare against a
fugitive slave law or threaten nullifca-
ton, but ask that one be passed in con-
formity with the Constitution and the
Christian spirit Of the age.
What did Gov. CHASE, who may be
said to embody the spirit Of Republi-
canism as perfectly as any man in its
ranks, say at the recent Cleveland Con-
vention? He says "The American
people have the remedy in their own
hands, through tho ballot-boz, to pro-
oeed, in lawful manner, to repeal bad
law, and, if necessary, to reform la'0
makers audi la,0 breakers" "The pro-
cess Of the U. S. Courts must not be
sIighted or resisted two can reform
the Judiciary, the Presidency and the
Congress. Tho process may possibly be
too slow to suit some Of our more ardent
friends here, but it viii be accomplished
in due time" "Letit be remembered
that before long VIC shall have the
chance to appoint some ono else to use
the power Of appointing q States ofio-
ials" &C.
Such was the wise and prudent ad-
vice given by the Republican Governor
Of Ohio to the excited people who met
in convention at Cleveland The Re
publican party, therefore, does not con-
sist Of uuJEfsrS--that bad ominence be-
longs to that homogeneous body, the
Democratic party, which embraces in its
wide arms those who are willing 70 i'm
cur the hazards and dangers Of war for
the acquisition Of Cuba-who have al
ready ro,opened the slave trade--who,
by the laws Of al civilized nations, are
declared pirabs-who ere ready at any
an