Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-09-14
Hon. Warren j. Woodward.

This gentleman, now President Judge
Of the XXVITH Judicial District of Penn.
sylvania, has been nominated, without op.
position, as a candidate for President
Judge Of this District, by the Democratic
Convention of Berks county. In the Sc
lection of Judge WOODWARD, the party
has been singularly fortunate. A lawyer
of acknowledged ability, and with the ad
vantage of six years experience on the
Bench, he is well qualified for the digni-
fed and responsible position to which he
has been named and, being personally a
stranger to our people, will come among
us, if elected, entirely untrammclod by any
relations of political, professional or So
cial nature that might have a tendency to
interfere with the impartial administra.
ton of Justice in his hands. The best as
surance that we can have, of his accepta-
bility, both in regard to character and fit.
ness, is given in the high respect that is
entertained for him by the people of all
parties in the District where ho now ro.
sides, and the unlimited confidence they
repose in him as jurist His election to
the Bench of Berks county, under all these
circumstances, would te highly desira.
bic event
Judge WOODWARD was born in Wayne
county, Pennsylvania, in the year ofls2O,
and is now Al years of age. His father
and paternal grandfather were also native
Pcnnsylvanians, cold Northampton"
county having been their birthplace. He
was carly admitted to the Bar, and prac.
ticcd Law for fourteen years in Luzcrno
County. In June, 1S56-thc counties of
Columbia, Sullivan and Wyoming having
been erected into separate Judicial Dis
trict by the Legislature of that year-he
was appointed by Governor POLLOCK as
its President Judge, upon the unanimous
recommendation of the people of the Dis
trict; and in October of the same year
was elected by the unanimous vote of the
District.
In politics, Judge WOODWARD is a Dem.
ocrat; but, with very proper apprccia-
ton of his position, has taken no part in
political affairs since his elevation to the
Bench, beyond that which is the bouuden
duty of every citizen-the expression of
his opinions through his vote. That hcis
true and loyal Union man, the sauctity
of the oath that binds him to "support the
Constitution of the United State" and o.
hey the laws it is his duty to administer,
and the fidelity with which he has kept
that oath, afford sure guarantee We
have the best authority for saying that he
rlgards the doctrine of secession as utterly
untenable, and an Infamous and treasona.
bic subversion of the Constitution that in
the issue between the National Govern
ment and the rcbcllious States, he believes
the former to be both logically and legally
right, and the latter entirely wrong; and
that he is in favor of a vigorous prosecu>
tion of the war, as the only means of vim
dicating the rightful authority of the Gov
ernment, and the surest way to bring a.
bout speedy peace. These are Judge
WOODWARD S sentiments upon the great
and vital question that now absorbs all
others, in the public mind. That they ac-
cord precisely with those entertained BY
the people of this county, the brief, and
expressive and truly patriotic resolutions
which were unanimously adopted by the
Convention that nominated him, will prove. 4!
Judge WOODWARD will take lis stand up.
on that platform, and no other; and
backed by the unsought nomination of the
party that, during three quaoters of CEN
tury, in war as in peace, has never for
moment faltered in its devotion to the U. !
nion, one and indivisiblo, he will receive
not only its united vote, but the votes of
all men who appreciate the incstimablo i'm.
portance of having upon the Bench pure,
upright, capable and loyal Judge.
Reading Gazette and democrat.