Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-04-12
WISCONSIN,.

A great political battle has been fought in
this State. 1t turned, expressly, on the ques-
ton of sustaining the action of the Supreme
Court against the Fugitive Slave Law. There
was vacancy on the bench of that Court and
the Republican candidate, Byron Paine, avow-
ed, distinctly, his views in favor of the decis.
ion of that Court and on that issue the battle
was fought The prospect is that Paine is
elected by large majority OF him, Carl
Schurz, a distinguished Republican, at a meet.
ing just before the election spoke in the fol-
lowing eloquent terms:
There stands Byron Paine. I need not
speak about his private character, for it is not
only above reproach, but above suspicion nor
about his talents, for nobody denies them nor
about his learning, for even his opponents do
not know an occasion when it failed. But
they say that he is unfortunately too young,
or rather, that Mr.. Lynde is some ten or fiji.
teen years older than he This is indeed a
great misfortune, although it might be said in
reply that Judge Story, when he assembled the
Supreme Bench of the United States, was still
younger. Too young 1t is very common
thing, sir, that those who speak most of age
will never acquire experience. To measure a
mans wisdom by the number of his years
would be just as reasonable as to measure the
greatness of an oratar by the length of his
speeches. (Laughter.)
Sir, know the man and most of you know
him, and | will be careful not to color what
say of him with the hue of personal affection,
strong as my attachment may be- To that
young man look up with more respect than
TO any other ten men in this country. TO that
clear head, to the justice of that lucid mind,
to the promptness and accuracy of his iudg-
ment to the calm impartiaty Of his opinions,
undarkened by prejudice, and undisturbed
by passion, to the solidity of his learn
ing, to the innate nobility of his feel
ings, and to the placid vigor of his
soul, | would confde the very highest
interests of my life with more implicit reliance
than 10 that OF any other man. In that young
man, sir, there is strength founded in conyic-
ton, there is calmness springing from peace
of mind, there is firmness resting upon princi-
plei That young man was born to stand like
a rock, and power will have no awe for him.
He is healthy in body and mind, sound, sound
to the core Applause. That is the materi-
al out of which judges are carved, who will
protect, in whatever danger there may arise,
your rights, your property, and your liberties
Citizens OF Wisconsin You have to choose.
Our poor State has suffered much its credit is
ruined, its prosperity, its political honor has
been forfeited by wholesale corruption and mall
administration There is almost nothing left
TO be proud of but the gallant independence of
our Supreme Court, and the spirit of liberty,
which caused the people to sustain them. VIII
you sacrifice that also7 Will you suffer the
enemies Of your liberties to nestle in your own
cltadeii viii you see Judge Mier's opinions
and pretensions infest the highest court of this
State lCries of "No neyerp'l VIII YOU
see the dirty fnger-marks Of Buchanan's adj
ADMINISTRATION on the Supreme Bench of Wis
consinf II not place man there who dayes
10 be himself Let the friends of liberty and
selfgovernment present an unbroken front
Their banner bears the inscription, estate
Rights and Byron Paine"