The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-28
THE ASSOCIATE JUDGESHLP.
he Editor of the Evening Telegraph:-

To he Editor Of The Evening TelegrGph:-
PHILADELPHIA, August az, 1867.
l desire to call the attention of your readers
to the effort which the legal profession are
making to induce the Republican party to
endorse Judge Ludlow as the fttest person to
occupy seat on the Bench of the Court of
Common Pleas, etc. Whatever fitness man
may possess for public positions, it is generally
presumed that he feels his competency when he
accepts such trust; and 1t is unnecessary to
enlarge upon his honesty or intelligence after
its fulhlment because these are qualities ex-
pected from him, and in maintaining them he
has but done his duty. Praise for faithful dis
charge of his duties waits negative action, and
is only proper when false or malignant asser-
ton is made to the contrary; whereas the loss
of reputation and standing in the community,
independent of legal remedies, are sufficient
scourges to punish those who fail to "bear
themselves we'll in their high calling" But
does it argue because one man has done his
duty, he is to have liiehold upon Judgeship
created for a term of years, when hundreds of
equally capable and honest men are eligible for
the same position? Certainly not and there
fore it is descending to base uses for the Re-
publican party of say TO its adherents
iYou have no man fit to take Judge Lud-
lows place. We have meni6t, we have men
equally honest and incompatible, we have men
of equal learning and intelligence, and what is
more, we have men whose sympathies were with
the brave defenders OF our country in the trying
ordeal through which we have passed. and who
were lot adnerents of party which did its best
to achieve a triumph of treason. No man can
be entirely separated from his feelings and pre-
iudlces. 1t may be his intention to do right,
but wrong often follows from leaning to preju-
dicial mode OF reasoning. Judge Ludlow has
"a WAS mt above guDh fepinpg in
Boileau decision, and Judge Sharswood truckled
to the constitutional blindness OF the Democratic
party by denying the LEGALITY of our blood.
bought currency. 1t behooves every judge on
| legal points to decide according 10 law, prece-
| dent, or equity, and lawyers are always anxious
to stand well with the bench for II saves trouble
| inconvenience and expense IN sealing bills OF
! exceptions in writs of error and on appeals but
| lawyers, though q highly respectable, honor
| able and intelligent body OF citizens, are only
| the medium through which the wants of q
| people are made known, or their rights re.
| spected, and whilst they are bandyIug compli-
nentary terms with judge, he may be forming
decision which will throw a Commonwealth
| into revolution.
| Buchanan, decided that the United States could
| not coerce a State "leaVing State free to secede
| or not.p That decision cost us four years of
bloody war and millions OF debt, and yet no one
doubts judge Blacks honesty, respectability, or
| intelligence. Republicans we have had enough
| of upright, patriotic Democrats; we have one
/ such IN the Presidential, cnalr VINO froWns aud
curses where he once smiled and praised. Let
/ us be true to our own men, and reward only
| those who have stood with us In the past Let
Ms pursue but one straight oath till the Demo-
cratic party $50 called is laid in its long resting
place. Individually there are host OF men
in the Democratic party, and judges Ludlow
| and sharswood are among the number VINO,
even as Democrats are reputable, honorable,
and learned men, and honor the party TO which
they belong; but never let us endorse the whole
organization rs such by borrowing candidate
to iili a public trust. 4 man must be judged by