Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1867-08-14

Court OF Allegheny county. lie was hrs
clec;ed Judge in 1851, when he ran oyel
one thousand votes ahead of his ticket
and was re elected in 1861, by the unani
nous vote Of all parties The followira
extract from an editorial in the Pittsbura
Post (the principal Democratic paper Of
the West, shows the estimation in which
he is held BY political adversaries
"1he nomination OF the Hon Henry
W. Williams as candidate for Judge Of
the Supreme Court is good one. lie
'cas hte best man named before he Re
publican Coa0ention, and possesses legal
aud moral qualifications for the response
bic position 10 which lie has been nomi-
mated"
He is of the Webster and Clay school
OF politics, and during the recent civil
war, from the beginning to the end, did
, everything in his power, through his
means, his voice, and his votes, to strength
en- and encourage the hearts Of the loyal
people in the struggle TO maintain the
| Union.
Who, and wha. judge Sharswoo6 is, as
public man, will appear from what fol-
| lows:
Early in the history Of this nation po
| litical sentiment became divided on the
powers of the National and State Gov
ernmeuts, and their true relations to each
other. On these divisions two great par
ties were subsequently founded. The
one, known as the State Rights party, had
John G. Calhoun for its champion and
the other, Tor its recognized leader, had
the great expounder Of the Constitution,
Daniel Webster The former held free
trade, and the right Of notification aud
secession, as cardinal doctrines, denying
the constitutional power of Congress to
impose duties for protection, and claim
ing nu!ifcation and secession as inherent
rights of a State The latter denied
these assumptions, and between these con-
fiicting principles and parties there has
been perpetual warfare. In the main,
the old Whg party ranged itself under
the banner OF Webster, and the Demo
cratic party under that of Calhoun. One
Of the Legitimate fruits Of the State rights
doctrine was the rebellion Of 1888 in
South Carolina !; the avowed object Of
which was to nullify the protective tariff
law of CouEross, enacted in lo-o. Inc
country at that time was saved from Gls-
asrous civil war by the iruuess of Pres
ident Jackson, the wisdom Of Congress,
and the patriotism Of General Scott
That effolt at rebellion and civil war fail
ed and the principle on which it was
based was repudiatcd. But in 1860 and
1861 South Carolina, and other rebel
States, again endeavored to put in force
their States rights doctrine of secession.
The sympathy, imbecility, and connivance
of President Buchanan, and his advisers,
SO contributed to the success OF the effort,
that its consummation could only be pre-
vented by long, desperate, and bloody
civil war. In the end, and after fearful
sacrifices Of life and treasure, the rights
aud power of the National Government
were again vindicated; and the Calhoun
doctrine Of secession was again over
thrown Such at last has been the pop
ullr conviction, and cause for rejoicing
and even the worst of Southern rebels
have been compelled to confess it, and for
two years past have been weeping over
their ''los: cause" Strange, sad, and in
credible as it may seem, we are already |
called upon to fight these great issues over
again. The Democratic party, with Judge
SharsTood for lis leader, and with Free
Trade, State Rights and Secession upon
its banner, is again marshaling Its hosts,
and now summoning Us TO the field OF po-
litical combat, on these same issues That
party, at their National Convention in
1896 and 1860, re-adopted what are known
as the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions
Of 1898 and 1899, as part Of their plat,
forms These resolutions are known as
he embodiment of the old State rights
md Calhoun doctrines. They do not re-
gard the relations of the States or people
hereof to the United States as constitu-
ing a g0ec,nment, in the ordinary and
proper sense of the term, but declare
hem to be merely compact aud that
as IN all other eases Of compdc: among
,artics haciag no common Judge, each
,arty has an equal right to Judge for Il
eif, as aceN Of mJrdctions, as Of the mode
nd measure Of redress"
Under this tree Democratic charter for
the lawful election of Abraham
lincoln as President of the United States
vas claimed by the people OF the rebel
States as an "infracti9u" of the compact,
md they chose secession and civil war as
be "node," and the destruction Of the
Jniou and State independence as "fhe
measure Of redress" The Democratic
party at its last National Convention pro-
.laimed the war failure and it has now
,ut in the field o life long Free Trade and
State Rights candidate, whom Judge
Black endorses as one who ''will stand by
he Constitution and give pure law
,iz who will stand BIZ the Constitution