The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-03-16
BURLINGTON, p SATURDAY, MARCH le, 1856

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. Mr.. Cristendea and the Supreme Court,
}, The Supreme Courts confessedly the most
: dangerous and anti-Republican branch Of our
e government The other two branches are sub.
81 ject to the control Of the people-the E1ecu.
tive every four years. the Legislative At brief:
or ermtervals-but the Judiciary, while given, ab.
q solute powers, neither emanates from the peo-
pie nor can be controlled BY the people in any
> manner, except through the cumbrous machin,
i cry OF impeachment which our experience has
shown to become useless. Thomas Jefferson
feared its effects more than anything else. Our
own experienee--the demands Of the slave oil.
garchy, fastened and riveted by the Dred Scott
opinion.-show that such fears are not utterly
\ groundless. 'A 4fIa4q 1868 3.is 7a
We are not making war upon the system.-
Perhaps it is the best practicable method ofse-
curing an independent Judiciary, removed from
the fluctuations of politics and public opinion.
But under it, the appointing power should de
ilberate long before appointing a Judge, whose
opinions are difsnt from the expressed will of
the people. We refer to the rumored appoint
ment of Mr.. Crittenden to fiji the vacancy in the
Supreme Court, occasioned by the death Of
Judge Daniel. What single thing has there been
| IN Mr.. Crittenden's career to recommend him to
Mr. Lincoln's administration? The whole plat
form upon which Mr.. Lincoln was elected never
received any more toleration from him than
from Mr.. Breckenridge, and in, the Senatorial
contest of Lincoln and Douglas, almost on the
day of election he advised his old Whig friends
to support the latter % As8 ~ =
| On slavery his votes were always with the
Sonth. On TrumbulPs amendment that the Kan.
sas till give the Territorial Legislature the pow.
er to either abolish or admit slavery, he voted
| no To repeal the laws of the Bogus Legisla-
| ture, he voted no! To admit Kansas under the
Topeka Constitution, he voted no ! On an
| amendment of Mr.. Collamer to restore the Mis-
souri, line he voted no! Since then his chief pub.
lie service has been to oppose Lecompton, and
fill the Office Of peace-maker since Lincoln's
election. How much the latter Office should re. |
commend him to Republicans, it is needless to
say. Having fought and won battle upon the |
direct issue of the extension of slavery into the
Territories, and certain States having rebelled |
in consequence, we are not with pacifcatory |
measure to yield our whole principle for the sake
of Union. The prestige of Mr.. Crittenden's
name gave this scheme much strength 1t avail |
ed 80 far as Mr.. Sumner said in the Senate, to |
secure large endorsement from Boston, from
Mr.. Crittenden's popularity, while the same
thing from Mr.. Breckinridge would have been of |
no force whatever.
The argument in favor Of his appointment is /
that those who true to the Union in such
times as these should be honored. That is true
and we shall like to see it done. No one will re-
joice over the elevation of Andrew johnson, or
Clemens or Bouligny, more than we. But after
the people have opposed the dicta of the Dred |
Scott decision, as the entire body of the Repub-
lican and the greater part of the Douglas and
Bellmen have, we shall be sorry to see the first
vacancy that occurs in the Supreme Court filled
by man who gives that decision his concur
renee. e
20 Six insane persons were removed from
the County Poor House and Jail in this City to |
the Lunatic Asylum Monday last. Judge Wight
man, who accompanied them, says they were
perfectly delighted with the place. The spacious
airy halls and pleasant rooms, and there are
none that we saw that are not pleasant, impressed
them all favorably.
Mr.. Schappell, of Mills County, passed through
this City on his way to the Asylum, the same
day will inca fbotN
The building will soon be full at this rate.
sB Next to disunion, our State is now suffer.
ing the greatest trouble, vexation and loss from
the use Of deprecated currency. Our State is
flooded with Illinois money. Nothing else cir
culates. 1t is worth from to Z per cent less
than gold. Exchange upon New York sells at
premium of of one per cent for gold, and Z to
Sper cent for currency. This loss falls upon
business men and the people at large. We have
Banks in Iowa furnishing paper which is at par
equal to gold and silver. But we never see
bill. 1t can't circulate with Illinois money. Now
what we want, in order to get rid of this depre.
ciated foreign paper is to set our faces against
it. Let our bankers and brokers put it under
vertibe value Let the standard be that of gold,
and let all our business transactions be conduct
ed upon that, the only proper standard. 1t is in
the power of our banking and business houses,
if concert of action can be had, to either exclude
this currency or force the Illinois banks to make
it convertible.
~ In communication upon early wheat
sowing our types had "Grove wheat" instead of
Goose wheat"
The Banks of the U. 8. for 1860.
The Annual Report on the condition of the
Banks throughout the country, prepared, we be-
licve, by Mr.. William n. Gouge, of the Treasury
Department, was presented to the House of Re.
presentatives on Friday, and ordered to be prin-
ted. The following is a synopsis of this impor-
tant document: tJa5d sassa.H
RETURNS FROM 1896 BANKS AND l73 BRANCHES.
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