New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-24

~ Columbia In return the South got only the
Euciti,e Slave Law, under which sla'es run away
f..tsr than ever, ard the doctrine OF non
;,tsren.ion, which, especially with Nr. Doas'sss
recent CLOSES upon it, Mr. Clay considers ad'ing
insult to Injury. So muca does he dete.' 'Ois ooc-
trine that he will not support Mr. Douglas or any
one occupying his platform, even tnousn uoan-
mously nominated BY the Charleston Convention.
He will rather resign bis sea. in the Senate reure
IA the d,epest secluson Of private life, hide biz face
in ,b,ms and humiliation, seal his lips in sleoce,
and become a quiet passenger on the Inflated bark
of the South as it drifts ingloriously into the black
and t;deless sea of inf,my and oblivion. 1t would
h. . great pity that such a pathetic Electrician
should be reduced to such an extremity.
Mr. James l. Roosevelt, Judge Of the Supreme
Cont of the State of New.YoTk, lie not mao on
Tia verge of begeary, or even Of bankruptcy. He
ia NOT stimulated by starvation, or compelled
by cold to get possession Of that which is not law
fully his. On the contrary, be is possessed OF
enormous wealth. and has all the appliances neces
sary to conduct himself with propriety. He bsars,
also, q respectable name; aud, as Judg, sitting
on the Bench, he has treated With becoming sever
ity Of language whatever has borne the appearance
of an attempt to plumber the city treasury. Aud
vet. as appears by letter Of the Corporation COun-
sci to the Mayor, published in another column, this
same virtuous magistrate has been engaged In
prolonged, pertnscicus agile, mean, aod illegal
endeayor to appropriate to his own use the FUNDS
of the tax payers of New-York.
Mr. Roosevelt got himself nominated as can
didate for Judge at Tammany Hall, and was
elected He knew at what rate the salary of the
Office had been fixed by law. He accepted tue
Office With that salary, aud agreed to perform its
duties for that compensation. He knew, too, that
the Constitution of the State, with view to pre-
vent judicial corruption, bad expressly provided
that no Judges salary should be increased during
his term of Office But 10 the face Of al, this. we
find this exemplary and upright Judge going about
to the Common Council to the Legislature, 10 the
Supervisors, TO the Mayor to the Controller, to the
Corporation Counsel, begging, and lobbying, AMI
pleading to get few hundred dollars added to his
psy. II seems that his efforts have been success
full down to the very last step in the disgusting
process The Common Council, the Legislature,
the Supervisors, the Mayor, and even the Con-
troler have successfully agreed to aid in his jont
enterprise against the Constitution aid the City
Treasury, or, at least, to tolerate it, but we are
glad to know that the Corporation Counsel has put
IN explicit veto upon it, and has turned its honora
bic author out into the cold air Of that public coz
tempt which such state Of facts cannot fail to
excite.
Indeed, considering that the guilty party is
Judge of the Supreme Court, We must cay that
This is one of the most indecent transactions winch
ever dsgraced the aDpals of American public life.
If such are our Judges, what confidence csn De
placed in the honesty of the Courts