The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-07-20
FINDLAY, OHIO, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1860.

r mated and rejected or withdraw
t because Of their known opposition t
8 slavery, and their belief tha. Con
gress had the power, under th
/. Constitution, and that it wa, thei
/, duty to abolish and prohibit shver
t in all national territories.
r How many Of the best and mos
t distinguished men have been rejecte,
@ during the past twenty years, ate
having been nominated for seats Of
, the Supreme Bench, the public hav
no means of determining, as tn
! official action OF the Senate is locke
up in its sacred archives, into whicI
the people are never permitted 4
look by the leaders of the Democra
cv, who fear being called to ar ac
count Tor their base betrayal Of th,
interests and wishes Of their coasti
tuents. The following are some o
the names which | remember, al
though there are doubtless NOR,
persons who have been nominate,
Tor places on the Supreme Bench
and either rejected or their names
withdrawn:-John G. Spencer, 0
New York; Reuben II. Walworth
for many years Chancellor of tn,
state of New York; Edward Key
George W. Woodward, and JOIN
NJ. Read, Of Pennsylvania; E. A
Bradford and Villa. n G. Micou, oI
Louisiana, George Badger, of North
Carolina; and others, whose names
| cannot now recall.
POPULATION AND BUSINESS IN SLAVE
STATE CIRCUITS AND FREE STATE CIR
CUTS CoNTRAsTED - EVIDENCE OF
THE PLOT.
If the unfair manner in which the
present nine circuits are constituted.
in order, as must be apparent to
every one, to secure a majority of
the Supreme Court Judges to the
Sonth, is not, of itself, sufficient to
satisfy any impartial mind of the
covert designs Of those who control
and dictate the policy of the Demo.
cratic party, a glance at the popula-
tioh OF one or two Of the Judicial
circuits, and the business before the
Court, will satisfy the most skeptcal
that this inequality is not the result
of mere accident, but OF q deliber-
ate, we'll laid, perlistently pursued
scheme.
Take the population of the ninth
circuit, composed OF the states OF
Arkansas and Mississippi, and CON.
pare it with the seventh, Judge
NrL"an's circuit, which comprises
the states o! Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
and Michigan. The ninth circuit,
Justice Daniels. contains I'has, u
any, over half million of white
inhabitants; while Justice McLean's
contains over six millions. The
second Circuit, Justice Nelson's, com-
posed Of the states New York. Con.
ncc'icut. and Vermont, contains over
five millions oi rrecmrn; while the
iuh circuit, Justice Campbell's,
composed Of the states OF louisiana
and Alabama, has but a little over a
million white inhabitants.
But, if the inequality OF the pop
ulalion Is great in these circuits, the
inequality OF labor and business
disposed Of by each OF the Julg, Of
these circuits is TAR greater. have
taken the trouble, since | have had
the honor Of Il seat here, to examine
into this matter, and have obtained
the following accurate statement ol
the business Of the five Southern
circuits, and the circuit Of Judge
Mclean, from the lst Of January
1885. 10 the lst Of January, 1857, q
which ! invite tho special attention
OF the House, as demonstrating more
forcibly than any argument OF mine,
the deliberate purpose of the Repre-
sentatives OF the so-called Demo
cratic party to secure TO this South
ern privileged class, who are but a
small minority of the people, the
absolute control OF this important
and dangerous department Of the
government.
This statement will show the
number Of cases on the docket in five
OF the Southern circuits, also Judge
McLcan's circuit, on the lst of Jar
nary, 1856, aud the number added
during the year 1856, the number
! tried and disposed OF that year, AND
the number remaining undisposet
of Iannaru 1877