The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-08-13

Judge .NIsspn has come out in defet3co
OF D&bbist; theoDemccrasico candidate
for Lieut.. Governor, who was Charged by
othe keokuk GaDaEty, with beipg.turn
oed out ofoofhce bS President Pierce be-
cause he vas dAilnquent Tor a large
amount. The. GassfSty iDsep|y, reviews
the coursc Of judge uaacQas the legal
defender 81 The Democratic party and Of
short coming DEMOCRATS whsusvcr they
are arraignstby The people for great Of.
fences. II says !:
We nesd bu, recall to pablis- reco!les.
tion few ofthe critical periods in which
the services Of Judge Mason have been
caAcd into requisiiion to save the party
sud dcfend the criminalty Of its leaders
A;the organization of the State gov
eminent ha was a candidate for Superiu
ssndeut. of Public Instruction on the
Democratic ticket. After contest Of
some months Harlan was elected aud Ma
sou. defeated Thereupon Mason, then
fresh from the Bench; declared the cleo
sion had been held without authority of
law; and SO Harlan having been elected,
and not Mason ule election vas anuulIsd
Again, Hall, Thompson d Go. stole
tho poA- books aud they we're placed in
she hands Of Mason as their attorney,
who, by con ocaling them, stroye toswin-
die Miller out Of seat in Congress, to
which he had been elected.
; IIsst summer the extravaganza OF Blu
Shanan's Administration had excited the
attention and aroused the indignation of
the people, and again Mason was called
so'the defence Of the party leaders, a, d
xcnt into lengthy, ingenious and So
phisiicsl argument in defence of the snor-
nous expenditures Of the Administrat-
ton, aud claimed that those cxpsndi,
ures were. oh RICH, and necessary. And
little later in the season the Judge Gu
tered the field of newspaper controversy,
asserting aad maintaining through divers
lengthy articles that Judge Springer was
not duy. elected Judge OF this District.
and that the general laws passed at the
session. of the Legislature were not IN force
The Gate City then sus,aias its charge
against Babi.' thus:
O.. We stated that Bahitt had been turned
On. Of Office by President PIERCE because
he was delinquent in large amount, aud
that suit had been brought. against him
by the Government years ago, and that
the sui. wee still pending aud uudecid-
cd
Judge Mason does not deny these mste-
rial allegations, bat he sets up tina;
Babbl,t.c claimed mere than the Govern
Incnt allowed him under law, and that,
therefore, he ought no, TO be considered a
tsfaulter. Eads also clsims more than the
State will consent to allow him, and, on
the same principle, some of the Dcmocrs-
ay insist that he Is not a deiauiter. but
that, on tho contrary, the State owes him
twenty Ave thousand dollars. This logic
may d. for criminal lawyer, but it will
not answer with plain, honest men who
have to foot the bills
The Judge was Inclined to think ''tha,
law was In Rabbits favor" ill he found
out what the law was, some months ago,
and now, he thinks" that it is asains,
R2hhItt; and, in view of this. his las.
think on tie subject, the Judge ai-
nits thst the amount Of Babbltt's default
Is niue Thousand dollars
The Judge don't like to call Babbitt q
"defanltcr," and tina, seems the oaly ma
ter;a' difference between him and the
;sats C,tg. But Tie NV aud the d c;iou
sry, as VII ~ pulic opinion and the Gite
CITY, hold that Il pablo officer who fails
u square up with he Government and
holds on to is money is a "detaG!t,r' in