East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-09-16
Judge Birney's Letter.

hshed letter to the Hon. John +.
briggs, which makes a pamphlet of
twenty-threc closely printed pages, in
which the Judge proves to his entire
satisfaction that not only the Hon. Nj.
c., to whom the letter is addressed,
but nearly all the managers and sub
alterns Of the Republican party in this
section, are mercenary, aspiring, self
ish demagogues and politicians, devoid
of principle, honor or patriotism,
working like hypocrites, ostensibly for
the advancement of the Republican
party, but really and truly for the pur-
pose of promoting their own ambitious
projects. We have no doubt but this
is all true--surely no one has had bet
ter opportunities for knowing the fact,
than Judge Birney, and we regard it
as q good omen that the Judge has
become Disguised with the practices
of his party-we hope other respecta-
Die gentlemen will follow his example,
and should the Republican party ever
become honest and patriotic, no one
will rejoice more heartily than our
selves. But our special object in no.
ticing this letter, is to call the atten-
ton of the Judge to one of its allega-
tions, which, as high toned gentle
man, who is above being politician,
the Judge should not have been guilty
of. On page 10 of the pamphlet is
found letter addressed by the Judge
to Col. Gage, Postmaster at East Sag
NAV, (who i'll another part of the
pamphlet is styled Chief of Staff to
the Hon. John +. Driggs,) dated April
., 1868, in which the judge states that
he has received information leading to
the belief that certain Republican in
tluences are at work TO influence the
Indian vote III favor of Mr.. Sutherland
for Judge, and closes with this Ian
guage:
Is there an intention entertained
in any portion Of this Circuit, on the
part of the profcssod Republicans, to
aid in the triumph of those who are
seeking the downfall of the Govern
mcnt 7"
The only inference to be drawn
from this question in the connection
in which it is used, is that Mr. Suth-
orland, and all those who support him,
arc charged by the Judge with "seek-
ing the downfall of the Government"
Now, Judge Birney knew when he
pennod that question, that the inuendo
therein was false. He knew that Mr..
Sutherland and his friends were as
true friends to the 5G RpKKSw fffaatt at the
very War Meeting, at which Through
the Figuring" of Mr.. briggs, as the
Judge charges) he did not get chance
to make speech, Mr.. Sutherland did
make as patriotic speech as was
MADISON that occasion, and that the
meeting was presided over by a friend
and supporter of Mr.. S. and that
many of tho friends of Mr.. S. spoke
and contributed on that occasion in
aid of the object of the meeting.
If the Judge had avowed himself a
politician we should not have been
surprised at the charge, but when he
AYERS, as he does on page l6, that he
thinks Claiming was right when he
said that "man is greater name than
President or King" and that "the
man therefore who degrades himself
in his own respect and in that of 9th
ors as means of'acquiring some lof-
ty title, is net wiser than the dog in
the fable who snatched at the shadow
and lost the prize already secured"
we cannot but wonder that he should
so far forget himself as to be guilty of
making such a criminal charge, we
can only attribute it to the remaining
impressions on the mind of the Judge
received during his long and intimate
association with the corrupt politicians
so truly and faithfully named and des-
cribed by him.