The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-09-17

military system Of our nation, we have
some notion, y questionable policy
any way; butwe win think Of that here
after. In the meantime il is best to
keep thcm to their camp and their drill
Ilings Thatit Is not honorable 10 make
common jailers Of their field officers,
everybody win admit. Morris 1t q com
lpliment to them to have our Judiciary
make their quarters with them. The
price Of board may Be cheaper, and
house-rent may be saved; but then
what should be two or three thousand
dollars ) year compared with the re-
Iputation Of the immaculate ermine2
Our Secretary; the discussing Off
Ger Of the government, the man who
handles the public funds For what
reason was John Hartnett selected for
THAT position? He may Be On honest
man. Yet we have thousands as hon
lest in Utah. lie may Be d man DC
livery superior learning, ofextraordinary
brains. Of . high order Of financial
talent, and generally OF extraordinary
mental developments. Still We have
an idea that We meet young fellows Of
our own Wild mountain breed, every
day, who can cope with him in all these
qualifications. And why we're not one
Of these selected? We wish to throw
tout no personal reflections. We deal
with officials "a such, and not with in.
diyiduals. We have heard that there
was an unprecedented system Of econ.
omy introduced into the fitting-out Of
our legislative assembly last winter;
paper by the sheet, and inkstands by
fractions. We approve Of economy
and shall advocate its extension. Still
we want strict account rendered, and
the people, the sovereign people Of the
United States, who pay the bills and the
salaries Of their public servants, to have
the plain account. current and all the
vouchers spread out for their inspection.
What say you, our friends in the Dis
trict Of Columbia? There IS nothing
wrong in that. Is there?
Our Judiciary They are variety.
The Chief Justice is, doubtless, pretty
successful politician. He could most
likely do a great deal at a Presidential
election. But then we think here we
ought probably to beg pardon again
but we do think that he is a man Of very
ordinary ability. That he is man of
superior erudition we cannot FOR mo.
ment suppose he viii himself claim. That
he is aman whose career has not entitled
him TO the universal respect Of our citi-
zens he has himself proved. He has
made himself a citizen Of Camp Floyd.
He is not a federal Judicial officer, but
Dc tacto an attachee Of the army
Judge Cradlebaugh has, BY bis own
course. proven himself anything but y
high minded, unprejudiced Judicial OH.
Ger. He had ii in his power to do us all
good, by bringing offenders to justice =,
But he threw off the sacred ermineI
and made groveliing polities the bench
from which he undertook TO administer
justice. E F.
Judge Sinclair is a young man Of more
than ordinary talent. We do not, we
can not. conscientiousIy endorse his judi
Gial course. But to say the worst about
him, his official career has been superior
to that OF his associates. We believe in
our hearts that were he severed from
prejudice and baneful influence, he could
and would do much good The order
and respect he commands in his court
would do him honor anywhere. Although
avery young man to titl such position,
the most prejudiced observer must admit
that his labors in college have not been
Eexpended inyain. and that he is prepared,
when he aseends the bench, with fund
Eof well.digested and hard-earned study
that calls for the respected his bar and
the observing community We are not
particularly dissatisfied with his appoint.
lment. While we argue that man of
equal qualifications, who was an actual
resident in Utah, should have the prefer.
ence, we admit that Judge Sinclair could
and would, II he had tried, commanded
the respect and support Of every honest
man in the Territory
Our Postmaster! The appointment
was unconstitutional and illegal. He
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