The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-04-20

The Enquirer of yesterday furnishes us
with some highly intelligent and liberal
views in regard to the Judgeship of the
Common Pleas Court The substance
of half column article on the subject is
contained in the following" the Democya-
cy haze the VOtes and ought to hare Tie office"
We are learning for the first time that Dem
ocracy is the only test for the responsible
office of Common Please Judge. We are
far from believing that Democracy is dis
qualification for the Judgeship; but we Ger
tainly do not believe that it is the only
qualification for that position.
We published on Wednesday a letter.
signed by almost the entire Bar of the Dis
trict calling upon Judge Pitcher to become
"a candidate. None are more interested in
having an able and honest jurist on the
Bench than attorneys, and no class of the
people are better able to judge of the merits
of the person who should fill the place
than they. With great unanimity, the attor-
neys ofthe District have decided upon Judge
Pitchers qualifications and fitness for the
position. Wecertainly cannot conceive how
political considerations could have influence
ed their choice, when we see the call head
ed by Judge Hovey, and signed by Messrs.
DENLY, Shanklin, and, we believe, every
Democratic lawyer in the District with per-
haps one or two exceptions
We are not informed what are the pres
ent political views of Judge Pitcher. We
know that, years ago, when he was younger
and may have had some political aspirations,
he was Wing; but for several years past,
during the late reorganization of parties
he has, by the choice of the people, occupied
the Common Pleas bench, and, like a pure
and impartial Judge, has withdrawn him
self from political discussions and party as
sociations. But whatever may be his polit-
ical views, they have been, and so long as he
remains on the Bench will continue to be,
his private opinions; and we are certain they
will not obtrude themselves into political
discussions or the administration of justice.
Certain are we, that they will not make him
a whit less an able lawyer and impartial
judge. For perhaps forty years he has been
a close student of the law and n successful
practitioner, aud no one will doubt his en-
tire fitness for the position.
The Enquirer says the Democratic Dele
gates to the Princeton Convention will NOM
mate a candidate "who will quietly lay
Judge Pitcher on the shelf, }" and mentions
Judge Moore and Messrs. NJ. S. johnson and
good authority, that Judge Moore does not
design to be candidate; this was the I'M
Outstanding when the letter to Judge
Pitcher was signed. As for Mr. Johnson,
it is news to US that he is Democrat. II
such is the case, new light must lately have
burst upon his political vision; but how
ever that may be, we do not think he will
leave lucrative practice for the Bench of
the Common Pleas and he certainly would
not prove treacherons to his pledge to Judge
Pitcher. We did hot know that Mr. Stinson
was professional lawyer until we were led
to make the enquiry after his announcement
as candidate. He is an excellent Justice
of the Peace, and was an accommodating
Postmaster; but we conceive the qualifica-
tions for those positions and that of Judge
of the Common Pleas Court, are someaehdi
different. We should be sorry to lose the
services of Mr.. Stinson as an Esquire, and
should still more regret to see him CROWD
Judge Pitcher from the Bench. There is
too much of the "Young America in that
even for this fast age.