Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-26
THE CIRCUIT JUDGEsHIP.

District as an appropriate and available candi-
date for the Judgeship, and that gentleman COM
piled with the request served upon him to be-
come a candidate, signed by prominent Demo-
Gratis and Republicans alike, we supposed our
duty completed. We did not, for moment.
imagine that politics would enter into the can
vass. But we are forced to acknowledge our
selves deceived. The Union, a paper pub
lished in this city, by an association composed
of Republicans, has assalled Mr.. Green on ac-
count Of his political principles, and its friends
have succeeded in inducing Col. Dougherty to
take the field as a political opponent of Mr..
G.. for the Judgeship.
Unfortunately for the Union, Mr.. Dougherty
in his letter accepting the nomination for the
Judgeship, expressly and emphatically COM
bats the idea of making the contest political
one, and says Sad, indeed, must be the con-
diton of people who rely for justice upon a
political COURT The italics are not ours, but
Mr.. DIS.
Mr.. G.. s political sentiments may not, at the
beginning of the war;. nor now, jibe with those
of the Union, nor our own. Were he a can
didate for political preferment this would be a
proper subject for investigation and discussion; !;
but, as candidate for the Judgeship, the only
question relavent is whether he has the proper
legal qualifications and is a man of good moral
character. As an advocate and solicitor he has
for years stood high in the estimation Of the
legal fraternity in Southern Illinois. The
Union has not neither can it dispute this fact.
Nor can the Union assail his moral character,
as it is beyond reproach.
We cannot see what force there is in the
! charge that Mr.. Green is or has been an Attor-
ney for the L. G. R. R. Co. Does the Union
| mean to be understood that after he had re-
signed such position and taken the required oath
of Judge, he would violate his recorded oath
and decide cases in which that corporation fig
ured prejudcial to the law and evidence in
such cases? If SO, why not boldly say what i,
means? Covert attacks are, to say the least,
cowardly.
The Union says that Col. Dougherty has
battled against those same rebels that were re-
ceiving the sympathies and prayers of Mr..
Green. The Republicans should appoint a
committee to read the proofs of the Union
mans editorials, else he will not only ''put his
foot in t'' but actually upset the political pot.
| Being new man in the state he is neither
qualified to Judge Of an nlinoisian's fitness for
office, nor present the claims Of his political
| friends for position. Mr.. Dougherty has done
no lighting since the Mexican war, unless his et
forts in 1853, when he took up arms for the ole
Pub. Func, as against Douglas, can be called
fighting. Then indeed, he fought against Mr.
Green's friends, but Mr.. G.'s friends whipped
him.
Mr.. Green is our fellow townsman. We
know HIM to be gentleman of fine education
and superior requirements, and are in favor o
his election over any man in the District at leas
until some reasonable charge of legal or mora
ncompetency is preferred, if not substantiated
against him.
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