Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-20
COMMUNICATIONS.
Judge CaIfon.

Editors Union and American: l regret to observe
in your issue of today editorial calculated to
create prejudice against Judge Catron. on have
devoted editorial to him upon what you call a
Geographic dispatch from st. Louis. Now permit
me 10 saw sirs that. in my opinion you have done
Judge CatrOn great injustice. | am certain that
no dispatch has been published in you paper giving,
or pretending to give, Judge Catron's position at
ST. Louis, or, in my opinion, IN the remOtest manner
intimatng that he is now, or has BEEN holding the
u. s. Court there for the purpose of trying trail
tors against the Government OF Lincoln and
moreover / feel satisfied that such is not the
fact
The only information you have published convey
ing my idea of the position Of Judge Z. at St Louis,
is the same identical dispatch first copied from the
Louisville Journal las you inform me- and subse-
Quently from the n Y. Herald. 1t certainly can
not be pretended that this dispatch furnishes infOr
nation upon which your conclusions can fairly be
based. The author of the dispatch is not given The
fact that it was first published in the Louisville
Journal is enough to satisfy that it is entitled 20
no credit or confidence. The position Of Judge Ca
tron when he left here for St. Louis very differ
ent from that Swallowed forth in your editorial
That he has in so short time entirely abandoned
it. am not prepared to believe. If you are in the
possession of other information than the dispatch
referred to to justify your comments, you should
have published the same with your editorial, that
the community here might draw their own conclu-
sions. No man would deprecate or condemn more
IMAM myself inc pOsllOu WHICH YOU dSsuLic ~ DC
Judge CatrOns In loyalty to the South no man is in
advance of or can date farther back than myself.
But l unwilling to try, judge and condemn a
man Of Judge Catrons age and position upon a mere
irresponsible Geographic dispatch-whlch, II en-
tirely reliable conveys definite idea as to his po-
siton. Insofar as the fact goes that Judge CatrOn
still occupies the position of Judge of the Supreme
Court of the L. s., and sits upon the Bench such,
/ see nothing very alarming in that Judge Camp
bell of Alabama whose loyalty to the South has
nod
until three or four months after Alabama had Sc
ceded but on the contrary, continued TO sit up
on the Bench of the Supreme Court, and to
hear and determine causes up to the ADJOURN
ment thereof No one IN Alabama, presume, felt
much alarmed from that fact; nor was there-so
far as have seen or heard-any obnoxious COM
ments upon his position and course by the press Of
Alabama. Judge Wayne, who Is citizen OF Sa-
yannah, Ga, is still member OF the Supreme
Court of the United misunderstanding every
State in his circuit has long since seeded from
the Federal Government. He, too has continued to
ofCiate in his official capacity. have not seen It
charged that his presence is dangerous to the peo-
pie of Savannah. Nor has he, so far as l have
seen or heard, been arragned for his course. Can
it be that the people who were the original movers
in this great cause are less sensitive as to their
rights or less loyal to the South than we
are? Who doubts that the venerable fancy
possesses a heart true and loyal TO the
South-yeth he has not thrown up his commission
The fact is, sir, you have been rather hasty IN
arraigniug Judge before the public, as dangerous
and obnoxious to the South-his native land, and
where reside all of his relations and Kindred.
Wait, sir, until you can authoritatively give his
position, Ill you have Omething tangible and visible
to Justify such conclusions. When that time comes
you will find me ready to cooperate with you in
any feasible plan to protect the community from
such influences. There are thousands Of much more
dangerous men in Tennessee than Judge C., and men
too who make no secret Of their hostility to the
Southern cause. Let such be first arraigned, con
demned and FURNISHED. In justice to Judge C.,
am constrained to ask the insertion Of this commu
nication in your journal. 7. B. G.