The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-03

A HIGH HaEDKD DEcREE.-Tha Supreme
Court OF the United States has hcli that the
oath prescribed fr lawyers by the recent
act OF Congress, prior 20 their being permit
ted to practice in the United States Courts,
u constitutional, and stail be administered:
~ Iid &c IEEiae, Eelsl, he elingss0 ilir-
positson as Judge Of The United States Dis
triet Court Of Tenn swe, with a teuaeity
worthy Of an old-time Democrat, has he'd,
both u Knoxville and Memphis, that il is
unconstitutional. This rebel Judge never
allows an opportunity escape 10 render de-
cisions in favor Of rebels and against the
Government.
WeeOpy the above from tie Cineinnati
Times. There is no such oSfgein EeEuessee
as Twigg." We presume Dc Hon. Con
nelly F. Trigg is peagt He is neither .
democrat nor rebel, ana never has been.
He is a whig and a Union man, and has
never been anything else. The appoint
ment Of Judge was conferred upon him by
President Lincoln, because he was an able
juristand a loyal man, aud was recommended
BY loyal men. The Times asserts what is
not true when it says "the Supreme Court
Of the United States has held that the oath
prescribed fsE1ssgsEs- bE abe -Fsesataet-sf
Congress prior 70 their being permitted to
practice in the URited States Courts, l.
constitutional, and shan be administered"
The question has never bsen made or acted
upon in the supreme Court. Whenever
thai distinguished body decides that the
oath Is constitutional, Judge Fffgg, as he
stated in bis decision AZ HnoxYille, viii
conform 70 is .iudgmsnt and Feguirs- the
lawyers 1Fh6rlnay desire toaFqseGeefh his
courts, 70 take II. ne eonsciesiioasly be-
1ieEes the oath uneonstitutieHal, = and as an
honest and upright Jndge; ne declines to
prescribe It.. But when 8hs sar,rsne Court
oyerfples his opinion, be5Killacauiesees and
shape his course accordingly More cannot
be ssxsd Of biIa.-b 70 sssrs-els7a9 sl- s-
+ we regard siist Eagd q iorta3a e thing that
Judge Trigg- oeeppiss7 he positien Of FEEDER
nj Judge sia3 Tennessee 20 great nstiye
ability, ana eminent sc ifiIasuis, he unites
armness. and decision q character, a dis
eliminating judgment, and "A high sense Of
justiee snd boBor. Not thswarmsst friend
ship or the elemor Of the Prejudired, and
the proseFipive, can swerye him from the
path Of duty. What he believes to Berigbt
aud lawful he viii do regardless Of ali out !.
side prsssureg--of appeals to-,his kndRefs'
ofbeaEt, cor administrations from any quar- .
Ter. Such men are wanted III high posi- +.
tions n times like the present They are
not, merely couservsters. Of law snd Justice, j.
bot protectors Of the Pe0ple1of the limo
cent and defenceless-aga nst the Jacobin
spirit which prevails TOO much We say
this for Judge Trigg, not because We coin
eide VITA him in MS opinions touching the
ssth in question, for aIier calmly and DELHI
erAtely readipg his decision and the reasons
which Influenced ii, our Judgment IS uneen-
yincedr but We woald notuAdcriHke 10 sci
up car opinions against his. We wouldpre-
fer rather to await The verdict Of the su-
prems Court, and iRthe meantime, abide
by his decision, which has been made after
mature deliberation. a.f - 1