, 1863-04-04


law and precedent, equals; if one had, in
as eminent degree as the other, the judi
cia1 faculty necessary as the endowment Of
IN useful Judge; if both were equally
loyal to the Government and the idea upon
which our institutions are based, the e1ec-
ton Of Judge Dixon to the Supreme Bench
Of tie State of Wisconsin, over his COM
retitor, Judge Cothren, is so imperative a
necessity, arising from the manner in which
the latter asks Office at the hands Of the
people, that We DO not see how there can
he apy doubt Of the result Of the canvass
now going on. Popular opinion has pro-
rerly decided that, under the system
Of IN Elective Judiciary, adopted in
most of the Western States, the
candidates for the honors that it has to
confer, shall stand aloof from the partisan
tricks and unmannefly practices by which
seekers after ward offices and constabies'
places try to commend themselves to tho
favor Of the bullics and blackguards upon
whose sufrages theT rely. 4 Judges robe
stained before it is put on, with the eTi-
dences Of bsr-room manners, foul with
the smell Of eicctioneering whisky
and Gogging cigars, is sure not 10 be worth
ily WON. Ne do not SANDER Judge Goth
ren when we say that he is doing more
than any other man in that State has cTer
done, to make judseshirs cheap, and to
bring judicial honors within the easy reach
Of any spoutcr who can make stump
speech, ard show q fearful capacity forjol-
IL blinking with men who
care not so much for JUS
lice On tie bench, as for good fellowship
in the bar-room. He is setting an example
Of Which, if lie i. not ashamed, he has not
sensibility enough TO hold thc scales Of JUS
ticc between contestants at law. and if
tho people whose property is to be cntrust-
ed to his keeping, if he shall be elected, do
rot now see that the capatility Of telling {:
funny story in dcmagogues speech, and
the assumed generosity that stands treat
all around when the speech is done, are
not the best qualifications for IN interpre-
ter Of the law upon which life, liberty and
morey may depend, they will, by and BY
be taught il, if not by Cotllren himself, by
IN extension Of the di.reputablc sys
ten that be has inaugurated. Bu'
why talk? There is not man in Wis
cersin who does not know when q can
didate for Judgeship Of the Supreme
Court goes to slang-whanging on the stuml
and treating for popularity's sake, i,
the bar-rooms, that that candidate is TN
worthy Of support. We of Illinois do no
lay claim to more civilization than belong
to our northern ncighbors; but TIC assur
them, that, if in this State, any asriran
for judicial honcrs should do that thin!
he would be hootcd out OF the canvas
Even the thieves, burglars, vatch-stufIer
and swindlers would fear that the engineer
that secured an election by such mean
would be turned against them as soon
the popular breeze set toward their Co
riction. Tic mental obliquity that def
Ceccncy in tho prcl;menarics, will not f;
to defy law and outrage justice on t
Bench, when TO do so mill pay. The d
regard Of the comm0nest attributes o1
Judge, in deciding cause before both Sit
arc heard, ought to teach, even the unf
1unate makers Of farm mortgages, that
who can lease it is unworthy Of thcirtrr
and that he waits only the time when
litical or Judicial profit may follow the {
to bctray.
Judge Dixon, VIC are happy to say, is
Ecncst, a loyal, and a Trustworthy m:
lawyer, second to mono in his State
Judge, who has never been accused
wrong; candidate who refuses to drag
e1mine in the mire to which his competi
descends. If he is not noisy and blatan
partisan strifcs, it is because he is eleva
above them, By constitutional inclinati
and the dignity Of his place. II lie t
to promise one 1hing to this interest,
another to that, it is because his hont
forbids. II lie will not attempt the cor
iation Of this faction, or that, he refrss
because he means, if elected, to do jus
TO all. And this, VIC take it, is the kin
man the people Of Wisconsin would 81