The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-10-01
DETECTION OF D. F. MILLER.


writ IN letter, declaring that he will not
support r. P. LOWE, and l.. D. Stockton,
Republican candidates for the Supreme
Bench. This letter first saw light through
the columns Of the Fort Madison Plain
dealer, a Democratic paper, and is now
having "great run" in the Democratic
organs. This is as it should be, and they
are welcome to all the capital they can make
out of it. Mr.. MILLER's greatest object
ton to Mcssrs. LOWE and STOCKTON, is that
they are not radical enough in their anti
slavery views, to suit him. In other words,
thew are not aboitionists. This is very
serious objection, in the eyes of Mr.. Mil
LER. On the same ground he declares he
will not vote for the Democratic competit-
ors of these gentlemen. What consolation
can our democratic opponents derive from
all this? Why, that Mr.. MILLER's vote will
not be cast against them. This it is, moth
ing more. The Dubuque Times, dsposss
so summary Of Mr.. MlLLEk's pronu,cia-
mento, that we transfer its remarks to our
columns, in preference to anything we could
write upon this subject. The Times says:
-" Just look at the reasons assigned by Mr..
MILLER for his abandonment of the Repub-
lican Judiciary ticket, viz: that Judge
STOCKTON in 1850 expressed his acquiesccnce
in the Compromise Measures Of 1850; and
that in the discharge Of his official duties he
made, in conjunction with Judge WRIGHT,
certain decision relative to county sub
scripton for Railroad purposes; Governor
Lowe is incompetent, and besides ought not
to be elected Supreme Judge, because in
in 1852, when candidate for District
Judge, he wrote letter pre.judsing a Ger
tain judicial question relative to half
Lands, and has recently made known his
change of opinion on the Mortgage Redemp-
ton question, to obtain votes. Mr.. MILLER
has the right to change his opinions and his
politics if he pleases, but shows his weak
ness in giving such reasons as the above for
his conversion.
Sin supporting the Compromise Measures
Of 1850, Judge STOCKTON accepted of them
as a uhole, the same as the masses OF the
Wing and Democratic parties did, and if he
is to be condemned tkefor, who is the man
on either of the State tickets who would es-
cape like judgment? As to the County
subscription case, probably Judge STOCKTON
decided in accordance with his views OF the
law and the evidence and the fact that his
opinions and Judge WRIcur's concurred,
would not lessen the respect of legal gen
tlemen for his judicial qualifications.
"Whether Gov. LOWE is or is not quail
fed for the Supreme Bench, is II question
for each Elector to decide for himself. In
1852 he was nominated for District Judge,
over the Hon. DANIEL F. MILLER, and al
though he had the benefit of that gentle
mans opposition; and although the story
of his pledges on the Half-B Breed question
was blazoned from one end of his District
to the other, he carried his own County,
which ordinarily had majority of four or
FIVE hundred against his party, and was
elected; and at the expiration Of his term
the members the Bar in his district signed
an almost unanimous call for his re- cleo
ton, which he declined. In 1857 he was
elected Governor over Ben. NJ. SAxUELs,
tho Sampson Of the Democratic party, and
50 we'll did he discharge his duties that the
Hon. DANIEL F. MILLER solicited him to be
again candidate. lie declined a re-nom-