Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-10-05
DISTRICT

respectfully announce to the people Of Storey
County that / am u candidate for reelection TO
the position Of District Judge Of the First Ju.
diciul District.
And | take this opportunity to present TO the
Electors Of Storey County some considerations
in relation 10 the Judiciary Of our State.
The Judicial power Is entrusted with tho i'd
ministratIon Of Justice, and this power more
forcibly, visibly and uniformly operates upon all
tho rights and interests Of social life, than the
power Of any other department In our system OF
Government. By its proper exercise, n just and
vigorous investigation and punishment Of crime
should be- reached and secured. The safety of
the people. and the good order and harmony Of
society, require such exercise Of this power to
shield the community from fraud and violence.
BY the proper and judicious exercise Of the
same power, the punctual performance Of con.
tracts and obligations should be faithfully, fairly
and Justly enforced, and in the various claims and
liabilities which arse in the business relations Of
life, should be properly adjusted and established.
The people who can look with confidence TO the
tribunals Of justice. for the protection and secu.
rity Of their Just rights. may be truly regarded n
favored people, but without such confidence and
good grounds upon which II may safely rest, u
community Ia often tortured with apprehension,
suspicion, fear and alarm. Unrest takes the place
Of quiet repose; and confusion and violence usurp
the power TO control, as avarice and injustice may
dictate.
The judicial servants and agents Of the people.
whose duty II IL 10 exercise this power, should
have and possess such qualifications, experience,
habits and character, as will warrant In The pub.
lie mind the fullest confidence then there will
be felt an assurance that all just rights and inter
csts claimed in Courts Of Justice will be faithfully
and fairly considered, and impartially decided
upon.
These qualifications, habits and character
should be such AZ will bring with them o reliable
guaranty agains; any and all attempts to induce.
enticc or coerce the judicial tribunal to soil the
purity Of Its ormine.
Unsullied purity Of purpose and an untiinching
integrity Of principle are the indispensable requi'
sit es In the character of him who IL placed in q
position to exercise Judicial power in the dis.
charge of his duties. Nothing more than the fore.
going qualifications and requisites need be re-
quired, and nothing less will render him fit TO be
entrusted with the exercise Of judicial power.
That exercise Of power can not wisely be placed
In incompetent hands, nor should II be subjected
to the COMMUNICATING influences Of social delin'
q~uencies or OF moral obliqulties.
The right and the power TO nominate q man
for Office Is inherent In tho people. It is their
duty and their Interest to do 10. The security OF
their rights, by a just administration OF the laws,
by q nomination for judicial office Is the control
ling object to be obtained. The electors OF a dis.
trict, as a body, may nominate In advance OF the
ume ol eIecIloh' OF suey h'"y "ou'ih"'o INV '''
at the same time.
They NAV also delegate to others ~ their
agents, the right to nominate or name q partlcu.
lar man for a particular office, and when these
agents have acted they can report their dolngs to
the people. When the report Is made IL may be
accepted or rejected. II the wishes, the choice
and interests Of the people have been fairly con
suited, II proper inquiry has been made In order
to ascertain the mind Of the people. then these
agents can properly exercise that delegated right
10 nominate.
But II these agents net regardless Of the wishes
OF the people whose interests, safety and well.
being are to be affected by the selection, then and
in that case the nomination Is made In violation
Of good faith and IL void, and has no claim TO fa.
vor or respect. It Is n nullity. There Ia no such
thing as q regular nomination, ~unlessit be made
with an honest purpose Of making a selection for
the people and In accordance with their wishes.
Can a nomination bo' regarded as binding II II be
repugnant to the wishes Of the peoplei How
much would We ordinarily pay an agent for doing
lust what We do not want him TO dol Or how
much would we DO likely to thank an agent for
doing what is hostile TO our interest and rcpug.
nant to our wishesl
And vet how common II Is for the agents, who
have been most wanton and derelict Of duty. and
who have only been induced by some cunning
device to promote the wishes Of a few persons or
q mere clique, In disregard Of the people, to cry
TGRutuT HOHlHuttOH' uOH 8 UUH anu the
more rocreant they were to their proper duty the
more loudly they Intended TO proclaim the bind.
ing force OF any nomination.
All the foregoing suggestions and propositions
being entirely general In their application, will
be examined exclusively for the purpose Of deter.
mining whether they be correct or not. II they
should be found incorrect, then they should be
ff.n
But II upon the contrary, they should be found
after due elaboration to be right and proper,
then the people Of Storey County have the right
and II Is their duty to so declare and act accord.
ingly.
1t Is sometimes said that we will be better pre-.
pared to meet and rsbuke wrongs and o~utrngcs
next year, than this, but 1t Is better and wiser 10
do right now and next year too. No association
Of men can long exist unless they act upon sound
and Just principles. Lot the people exercise their
rights with q view to their best interests and the
welfare, and all pill be psR.
. c. BURBANK. u
Virginia, Oct. S, 1866. oc5.tf