The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-10-13
lnnICIARY

JUDICIARY II
~ following complimentary remarks
,ooeeTnIne The departure forour territory /
y ~ prescut chief justice q Utah, arc
,.u,.dIr6m tho KsBgesta CTR Ne,rs Of
m Nj altino FIattery g not IN oar
1 NJ. M Ne congratulate ourselves, as
dos the paper quoted from, aapon The
sreeIIency of the appointment
aD,snseuIsHEn DEFARTuRE Our dis
tinrnished ielloWcitizen, Judge j. y. L
Kisn9y. leaves to-day for Utah 20 enter
& mon lIis duties as Chief Justice 81 that
Territory. We repeat our eongratula-
tionst % the citizens OF our ncighbofing
Tsfrilory npon the exccllency Of the ap-
pointmsnt Weare happy 10 state that
Jndge K.sifamily remain here The
Judge gocs 10 81 Joseph, accompanied
III w. II. Brodhead, Esq, and from
thence with q private party to Salt Lake |
City. Success TO WIllinIni We wish the
Judge pleasant trip, and q speedy re-
turn. Il ..S 2
Being afar on Wehnd not the favor Of
I personal Acquaintance With Judge
Kinney, during his former occupation Of,
lhe bench II was, however. d pleasure
% learn, even ii The distance d our own
green isle, that he was man and an
American, and wanted TO see nobody
hung that did not merit hemp, and that
10 wanted % sec no one roam on The
trairies whose legitimate habltation was
The psniisntiury, Of whose proper death
kpcIl should be tolled On i delecticabic
piece o. furniture called the gaiIows
Jpdge Kinney, 80 far as We have been In.
formed, and 20 far as our own acquuint-
ance goes, has not been 80 particularly d
friend 70 Utah is Ne has been a tfue aud
devoted friend to the Constitution and
laws Of our country.
Some Of our exchanges testify that
while honors were Ia store for him which /
might have been productive 81 mich Pc.
cuniary benefit, be declined those honors,
and under the impression chat lie could
do good ma judicial capacity ii Utah,
accepted an appointment much less lucra,
tive than one that was then opened upll
before him. n such, indeed, are the Fl
Judges Intentions, and such We honestly
belisve them 10 be, what honest man will
not say with Us God speed to himF' |,
In whatever county d crime il charged
upon an individual throughout all our
territory, there cannot be found an honest /
and permanent resident who docs not de.
sire its Investigation 70 lis source, and its
Just punishment
IN The midst Of the contentious which
iAss arisen concerning the Jurisdiction oil
our lccal courts there has been tlrough.l
out an Utah but one cry. That cry was.
where are tho courts aboyef II the local
courts have no Jurisdiction. shall The
murderer 60 uupunished and be permitted
10 ramble at large. aud swing hisrevolscr
III thc face Of every honest man? Shall
eur stable doors DO broken open and our
horses led out with impnnityf Shall ont
barns be plundered. and no retribution
uladsi Or. in other words, shall there
be no redress for wrongs inflicted upon
hoaest American citizens, save at the en-
price Of disinterested strangers,
We have now Supreme Court in the
territory. OF tho Chief Justice we have
spoken a. We hare met and convcrsed
with him, We believe him to he man
OF honor. or the others We could hare
noreason 10 form an opposite opinion.
So far as We have formed their acqdaint-
ance, we are convinced that their inten-
tions are to magnify the law, aud. for
once at least. to show that the govern
nient Or the United Stntes can be honest
u and honorably represented in its ju-
dieinry.
: On the Jurisdiction Of the federal and
otour local courts, and how far each may
travel. much has jet 70 be said. .'Popu-
lar soyereigntys IS . great phrase, Wei
mar perchance learn after while what
i means. At present It Is underlined.
And until correct political dictionary is
published We shall most likely remain mi