East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-11-26


to the other extreme, to which he him
self belongs, of rank abolitionism; but
chiefly an attendance in certain cases upon
the "Couri of Appeals of that State. -
At this point the Judges Characteristic
nodesty failed him. As an appropriate
climax he should have cited the UeritaJle
cases in which he appeared, so as to have
clearly discovered to the public the class
of cases in which it is necessary to have
appeared in attendance upon that court,
as chief qualification for the position of
United States Senator, aud as the Judg e' s
modesty failed him here, we will come to
his rescue, in order that the "dear people,
may have the full benefit of his idea Of q
Senator's qualifications. The case, Mr.
Editor, if we are correctly informed, is
one in which he was himself a party con-
cerned, and the subject matter of the
suit iackass
Now as to these being the proper
qualifications for Senator, we beg leave
to dissent. High sounding, social, col
ege, literary, "guberratorial levee" and
"Greek recitation associations" are all
very well, but at most are simply Incl
dents in mans lite, and of no vital sig
nicance either one way or the other as
to atiording the proper qualifications for
the grave and responsible office of United
States Senator; aud if his Honor, the
Judge, were to raise presumption in his
own favor on these grounds, and should
be "caled to Frankfort to argue the case
before the Court of Appeals" we are in
clined TO the opinion that Court with
curious smile and commendable pride
would cite HIM at once to the example of
their own Harry of the West" and ask
him If nc thought the gallant and patriot
Clay was any the less qualified for the
business of a Senator, on account Of
his lacking the peculiar qualifications
upon which he seems to be placing such
stress. And very likely, too, they might
cite him to his own case of the iackass,
and suggest that the first syllable be
dropped, and that the last be allowed to
stand
1t is really wonderful to see with what
dexterity the Judge performs at summer
setting-now barking deiantly" at all
Constitutional guarantees" aud tramp
ling that sacred instrument of our fathers
in the dust, and badly proposing ''oih the
'0ord" to aboht'onize the South, and avow-
ing the monstrous doctrine that "the ne
cessity of war knOwS no law," and that in
this country "public sentiment" lin other
words, as he and other gentlemen of his
calibre mean to be understood by that
phrase, "vindictive, "law-and -order-defy-
ny sentiment,) is the supreme lac; that
hat is "the power behind the throne that
controls Presidents, Governors, Courts
md Legislatures" aud this, Mr. Editor,
rom one who is actually invested with
he dignity and duties Of Judge on the
5ench, and who has solemnly sworn TO
Import and administer the laws of his
And then he rounds up with
about standing by the Re-
public as 1T Isl" and preserving the glo-
'ious principles embamed in the Con-
'tltution !" 1t is with such perform.
ny as this that the Judge proposes to 90
% the public, and on which he hopes
'llcawber like, to "turn up" United
states Senator. 1t may be that the
public stomach is in a condition to receive
nch hash without revision, but if such
the case, then both the Judge and the
'ublio are alike to be pitied. But we do |
ot believe this. We have still confidence !
a the good, sober sense and loyalty of the ,
eople that with them, it is understood. S
hat the glorious Constitution of our a
'athers was made for and is binding '
pom the phol country alike, and that the I
and the laws enacted in
ursuance thereof, mean something; that o
iey are ordained and esta bIished for the !
nrpose of government, and that ain this n
'untry" our constitution and laus'consti. O
tie the Supreme MD;" and that thew, q
I'd not public sentiment, care the powers :, r
'hind the throne that controls-or should Il
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Governors, Courts Il
ID legislatures" and that they, as we q
ar We are but too unmindful, are the =
urce of all our unprecedented bless Il
gs and prosperity as people, and CT
at If we would preserve and transmit - :,
EN- unlmpaired to posterity, and if in ic
ch times as these we would pour oil @,
bon the troubled waters of state and Ell
We the pOvprnr ont oe c,,,,1I