The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-12-04

during the term Tor " hieh they are elect, d. an
Tor One year thereafter. All votes Tor any Del
SUI elected such judge TOR any office other lha
, judicial, gwen either ty the Legislature or IL
. people, shall be vo.d." The Legislature hav
provided Tor a supreme Court, AID they are il
othce, but no Person, reading the whole art.cl
IA couneciioa, can deny that supreme, as wei
Is Circuit Judges are excluded from hoidin,
any other otice during the term vi their cleo
tou. Judges Martin and Cbrist.ancy are no
c0sstit.tsUs.ai CANDIDATES. Hon. James Brine,
Vas elected Lieut. Governor by the people ait
resignIng that position, was appointed by Gov
jia 10 iii the vacancy ia the Tenth Circuit
caused by the res gna..On oil Judge " ood - or h
inis va, constitutional a. All appointment, ai.t
moi an election. But Gov B.ra,y took the po
sltiOa with liz Liabilities, and Viii hold il con
additionally through The term. No amount o.
hne Reasoning Or nair-spliItlmg l. C can COZ
.iuce all unpreJudIc,d mud, that Judge rle,
oeua.vr, a.u believe L.s friends a! The l..
e.siature Can taAe no other pos.tiol. Juuy,
Draey IS not d cOnst,t.tsonal candidate.
Tue reiiatu.Dg Candidates are Ja-oo NJ. How
ard. uenry Na.dio., +. ". h ,liU,., ii.z> K al
| ". Wells, AID AOses .suur. MI. " aIuIuu La.
"a terui vi OlCe eXpIrins Win Tie last r. !, uiai
session Vi Coneress- Mr.. kellogg has served
oue term la Congress, AID IS LON the member
.ron the Third District. Mr.. Wells was ap
pointed Minister 10 Honduras by President
| Lincoln, but has u, clined the post. Gov.
"isner Is a man OF great ability, and next to
Mr. Howard We should Consider hun the man
| ior the position.
Who vi this number is the chOc VI TIE PEG
Pile? Throw asde The uu..s'on vi locality, aud
,hrer-fourths OF 49, Il, pubilcaas OF The State
will an.-er, Jacob NJ. Howard. He would
e-.ry weight into the Senate, and the couI-
derce Of the Masses. As a lawyer, an orator
aud patriot. be would at ali ines COMMAND
attention ia that august body, and would iutl-
ence and rival the ablest OF ns compeers;
placing Michigan in the front of the loyal
states In her representation, as she now stands
IN the army, by the thousands of gallant sol
di.rs who have responded to the call Of their
country, in her hour Of danger. At the great
Mass Convention which met in this city Oh tn,
9th day Of September, loco, Hon. William n.
Seward and Gen. Nye addressed the thousands
assembled in eloquent strains, and 10 the sat
is.action of all who heaId them. They We're
followed by Jacob NJ. Howard, who held th.
multitude for more than All hour in the scorch-
ing sun, as in tones Of eloqusnce, aad with ruer
eetic power, be portrayed the evils We had
suffered from the INSTRUMENTATION OF our
public servants, and the duties We owed to our
selves, and to pOsterity, a American citizens
in the present hour AT the close Of his speech,
Gen. Nye stepped forward to the seat OF Sew
ard, aud said Gov. Seward, you never made
such speech as that. Had you made
that speech, it would have been heralded
throughout the country as the ablest effort of
your life" Such was Gen. Nye's comparison
Of Jacob NJ. Howard and VIM. ii. Seward In
his great argument in the Phenix Bank case in
New York city, he met and vanquished Francis
B. Cutting, aud other distinguished members
Of the New York bar, calling forth an outb,Irst
OF admiration from the gentleman named and
his surprise that the electors OF Michigan gave
him no place where his ability and eloquence
might make her prominent among the Western
States.
As the only argument thus far used against
his election is the question of locality, we can
but repeat from former article that mere
personal or local considerations should never
determine or enter into the choice of United
States Senator. In the distribution OF lower
Offices, the consideration of such questions is
proper but in that august body the man is the
of the State-nOt of any partic- |
ular locality therein, and the position. infu- |
ence and u.efulness of the State are determined |
in great measure by the qualities of the man
"ho represents it. AS it is taken for granted |
that each State sends there her best men. her
people take the rank of mediocrity in ntelli-
gence and inHuence. just in proportion as she
sends men OF that order to fill that position"
While this article is already longer than we
contemplated, We cannot close without en-
oodying some OF the remarks of other Journals.
The Grand Traverse Herald saws:
The duty of appointing a successor to Mr..
5ngaam Will deyolve upol the Legislature.
'nd We hope and believe that = sound wisdom
Will govern their deliberations in this matter
hat all sect Onal and local feelings will be dis
arded. and the BEST NAN sci cted, no matter
where b. may hippen TO reside.
We have no nrSitat OF in expressing OR
hoice In this mater. and W. believe that IA
long so we utter the seAiim MT of nne-te.tb>
4 the ,opie OF this representative District
which EN- races twrnty couaties) Jaco, VI
Inward in the m in.'
We find the following aJle article in the Liy.
n !, ton Repubiiean /
AS the time will shortly arrive when a sue.
es>or 10 our lam mt d Bingham is to be >e-
ect, d t. iii his pace in the Stnate OF the Uni-
ed States, We deem 1t our duty to iay before s
ne community our she's and FEELING. in the I
rem SEES. II IS our desire that this vacant s. al
hould D. filled by one as nearly alike its d.
'arted occupant as may be-gOod. brave. unset a
sb, noble. The terrible ordeal through which '
ur beloved couitry Is now passing calls for
rave men and true to guide h,r steps and
d mere ambition of political ACKNOWLEDGEMENT r
an fully comprehend the magnitude OF th+. n
ris's now upOu Us. aud will not tail to coun r
enance any means, however stringent. tina,
Eiil have the desired tendency TO speedily re- v
tore peace aud quiet to our distracted country. d
UGH man was klnsley 5. Bingham aud such q
houid be the man who takes his place in tn. =.
jnlted States Senate. The incumbent. like his
olorable predecessor, should be thoroupbl, n
o>ted in the affairs of the General Govern. n
nent and very sensitive regarding its honor r,
nd integrity. HIS solicitation for the welfare y
nd prOsperity of the Who'll. n.o,,l. .h,..ll y