Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-03-24
The Judgeship..The Duty of
Union Men.

III ~ iilAlc llltAi q NONh AuC NObSAS
of this Circuit will choose Judge
The candidates are Hon. III. l.. Hum
phrey and Hon. L. p. Wetherby, both
of Hudson. Both are well Known
Judge Humphrey is true and tried I'm
ion man, and the nominee of the I'm
ION party. Judge Wetherby is an iron
clad democrat, and the nominee Of the
Democratic party. The ruse of running
him as an independent candidate"
will deceive no one. He is just rs much
q parry nominee now, as he WAS six
years ago, when he was nominated by
Democratic Convention.
Let US examine the respective fitness
OF the two men.
lst. In point of personal character,
Judge Humphrey is well known as a
Christian gentleman. No stain of dis
s,oRor. no suspicion of personal vice,
ever attached TO BIN. Judge Wetherby's
personal character is equally well known.
We esteem him as a gentleman. That
be IS not temperance man, in the
sense of total abstinence, is true, but we
never heard that bis personal habits in
tsrfered in the least with the discharge
OF his duties on the bench.
%. In regard to professional ability.
and fitness for the Office, both stand fair.
Upon the bench for five years pact,
Judge Wetherby has won an enviable
reputation. Courteous, prompt, and
reasonably impartial, his administration
has been such an improvement on that
Of bis predecessor. that he has gained
she respect of the people as Judge. =
Judge Humphrey has to-day the largest
practice Of any lawyer &; the bar of this
circuit. In the many responsible places
which the people have called him to FL,
he has discharged his official duties with
fidelity, ability and satisfaction to his
constituents. If called to the Bench, we
believe he will bring to it every judicial
quality which has wen the regard of the
people for Judge Wetherby.
Sd. Their political fitness. During
the five years which Judge Wetherby
has been on the Bench, this Nation has
been in imminent peril. A war for Ma
tional existence-gigantic beyond all pre-
cedent-bloody, costly, terrible, has been
waged and won. While every patriot
heart was filed With charlottesville
every nerve was strained, every energy
put fOrth-while the young, the noble
and the brave were pouring out their
blood, like water while countless battle
fields were heaped with the slain willis
every house was sending forth al inmate
TO fill the gaping ranks and uphold the
starry flag, what did Judge Wetherby
do !? Did he share in the glorious en-
thusiasm Did he cheer the soldiers
heart, and with words of patriotic hope,
sustain and strengthen him in tho battle
for al that a patriot holds dear 2 No.!
He coolly sat back, and carped at the
Government, and c.oaked of coming dis
astsr.
We have no desire to do Judge weth-
erby injustice. but he belonged to Che
copperhead portion Of the Democratic
party. That he was honest in his opin-
ions, We DO not doubt, and SO probably
was Vallandigham honest, but this hon
esty does not, and should not, detract
from the indignation of loyal people.
We need not speak of Judge Hum
phrys position during the war. Every
man knows that no one was more faith.
ful, more jealous, more ardent, more eff.
fcient in support Of the Government
than he.
And now, Union reader, look at the
position. Before the sgony of war was
over-whils you thought of the bloody
battles, OF the crowded hospitals, of the
horrid prison pens at the South, you
said that the copperheads were response
Die for the continuance of the war, that
the name was as infamous as that of
"tOry," and when the eravens met at
Chicago, Judge Wethsrby among them)
and hung out the white flag of submits
SION, just as Shsrman's victorious legions
were shouting " Atlanta is Ours," you
then probably vowed never to vote for a
cOpPsrhssd as long as yOu lived . Will
yOu 10 L noxi