The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-08-15
TFrom the Kcosauqua Republican,

Judge Ciagets's SHY Twaddie.
1t would seem that the unsDviable notorie-
ty gained by Judge Clagett,. during over one
years service upon the bench-during which
time he became the Laughing stock Of every
sensible man in the State, and . stencil in the
nostrils Of every one who had any respect for
themselves or the credit and dignity Of the
Judiciary-we say that we had supposed that
those things were sufficient to crafty the
morbid ambition Of even . greater jackass
and unmi,ixated humbug than he is. Not so,
however. FOR now when he has decent OPP
portunity by his silence of permitting the
people to forget him and his long ears, he
still persists ia perpetuating his known char
acser for imbscility and little malignity.
For no cause on earth, 30 far % we have
ever heard, he seems particularly vexed at
Judge Stockton--a gentleman Of the purest
character-an who, probably, has no supe-
rior in the State for the position to which he
was nominated by the unanimous vote Of his
party.
Seemingly regardless of the thought tina.
he 10 q lawyer, and has been even the poorest
apology for q Judge-this man Clagett writes
letter to the "Spread Eagle" ct Burlington
| 10 which he traduces the character of this as
sociate Judge, and gives additional evidence
of his own right to asinine distinction.
That his demented condition may be seen,
let us put just two things together, taken
from his silly epistle. Speaking Of the de-
cision Of tho Supreme Court upon the ques-
ton Of redemption under mortgage sale, he
says that "no intelligent lawyer will ques-
ton but that it is not only oppressive to the
un fortunate debtor, but clearly and palpably
against the letter and spirit OF the law" >
IL ssIt is oppressive, unjust and unsus-
tanned by any respectable authority"
And then, in order to help out an argu
ment against Gov. Lowe, In another part Of
his letter, he asserts that the records will
show that for the Eve years he sat on the Dis
right Of redemption in all decisions made by
him"
| Now, is it not q little strange that Gov.
Lowe should, for FIVE years be making de-
cision which this Solomon correspondent Of
the Eagle says is "oppressive''- Clearly and
palpably aginst the letter and spirit Of the
"unsustained by any respectable au-
thority"-at war with the opinion OF "every
intelligent lawyer"-and yet all these intel
ligent lawyers Of the first district should un-
complainingly submit to so great an outrags
upon the law and the rights of "unfortunate
debtors," and make no effort to correct the
same by appeal to the Supreme Court. Du-
ring about half this five years the Supreme
Court was filed by locofocos, Civilians,
Greene, Kinney and HalD-and yet neither
before nor after they left the bench, during
this Eve years, was this Oppressive" and
sspalpably" erroneous decision OF Judge
Lowe appealed from. That this is true we
have the most reliable authority, and it will
not be contr0verted.
Where WAS this modern Don Quixote all
this time, who is now SO ready to volunteer
in behalf Of the locofoco candidates for
Judgel Did he have no caees for "unfor-
tunate and oppressed clients" that in the
superabundance Of his intelligence he should
have FASTENED to correct in the Supreme
Court? Or was be not among the intelli-
gent lawyers to whom he refers This ie
not improbable y But out upon such trans
parent nonsense as he seems to have thrown
together. II this great ass cannot write even
80 short letter as the one before as, with
out contradicting himself, and proving the
fasity Of his own assertions, we think i,
high time that his friends were seeing to bis
mental condition.
In the conclusion Of his letter he gives the
democracy to hope that he may be heard
from again. For himself it makes but little
difference how often he shows bis emptiness
and vulgarity. The oftener the better fol-
the Republican cause. But for the sake oil
his friends and family, he ought, in after
life, to make some effort to appear reasona.
bly, decent and sensible. But this is, per.
haps, asking AL impossibility.
Iowa swamp Land Grants.