Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-03-10
The JudgeShip.

thizers as he wished it had been.
The Judgeship.
Last week we placed at the head of
our columns the name Of JOSEPH T..
MILLS, the Union nominee for Judge
of the Fifth Judicial District. .
Previous to the Convention there
were number Of gentlemen spoken Of
in connection with the Office, but just
before the Convention, an almost unani-
nous feeling seemed to spring up in
favor of Mr.. Mills, as being the man to
constitute the Honorable Court" he
having the strong qualifications requir-
ed for that high and dignifed position.
For this place his popularity is un-
bounded, and SO fixed and firm thatno
management can defeat him.
Solar as we can learn, his nomina-
ton gives almost universal satisfaction
to both friend and foe. We have heard
nothing said as to who will be the can
didate Of the Democratic party, but it
matters very little, for they cannot get
a man to run against Mr. Mills with the
least show of being elected.
The Grant County Herald, in speak
ing Of Mr.. Mills nomination, makes use
of the following strong language;
i And now it may be asked abroad in
distant parts of this district, why are
the masses where Mr.. Mills is best known
SO strong for him? He will not make
a handsome Judge nor one that shall
grace the Bench as would some others
then why make him the Honorable
Court?'' Grant this, but here the OBJ
jections close. Another fault no thought
conceives. Now for che credit page .
Is Mills an able lawyer? None abler.-
Is he possessed of deep reason. due pru-
dence, power to analyze, construct and
reconstruct, weigh as with balance
the law and evidence, and has he the
mind to nicely discriminate between ar
gument and sophistry, law and verbosity.
fact and appearance, and can he compre-
bend infinitely the vast display of manu-
script and. verbal fog of suits? And
when all these are answered Affirmative
ly, we proceed -does the so-called Joe
Mills possess those bold and defiant quail
tiles of firm man, SO indispensable in
Judge, and so that he may decide with
out fear or intent to favor, still without
any cater to policy or party, but only
bearing in mind God and Justice? Yes,
all this for Mills was never known to sur
render right, never to hang for the
wrong, though moved thereto by that
tempter so irresistible to lawyers, Brit
ish sovcreigns and American eagles
Still more, Joe Mills is an honest man.
This none will dispute where he has been
well known for over twenty ycars-hon-
est and conscientious. So exactly that
he is unfit for successful lawyer; at
best he makes the law no richer enter
prise than running newspaper or a
forty-acre farm. Is
Mr.. Mills is an intense student and
learned scholar, and possesses that rare
ability to apply readily his entire fund
of knowledge when and where needed.
With remarkable memory and mathe-
matical head, Of thorough culture, he
rarely fails in doing any subject full JUS
tice. Formerly Mills stood politically
in advance, Of the times and was there
fore deemed fanatical. Long since he
was ovcrtaken by the times and stand
ing still, the times moving on, he has
fallen behind and now ranks slightly in
the rear. Thousands in his district that
once voted him wildman, visionary,
would now vote him conservative.
Mr. Mills has ever been puzzle to
the selfish for notscheming after wealth
by pressing the poor; an enigma to the
learned for not making grander swell
in the world a lesson to the great in
challenging the mighty to adopt his
humble patterns of practice and con-
duct. He is therefore envied, respected
feared and loved Enemies, he can
have the fewest number, friends, all are
his. Therefore, if not fit for a Judge,
we suppose a special statute ought to be
provided for his singular case, for we
know ofsnothing else for which he is 50
we'll fitted and we are sure God fitted
every man for something, if for nothing
else,a Judge.