Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1867-10-03

FoR ASSOCIATE JUp0E.-ln another
column Of to-day's paper, RoBERr FoRD,
of this county, is announced az candi-
date for Associate JUDGE in this judicial
district, which il composed Of the counties
of Calvert, Prince Georges, Charles and
st. Mary's. In view of the circumstance.
that Mr.. FonD was the candidate of the
democratic party in this district for Judge
in 1861, and was dcfraulcd Of bis election
by the intervention of Federal hayonctS,
and that the houors and cmoluncnts ofthc
office. to which all admit lie was fairly
elected, have been enjoyed by another
party for the past six years, with the ad-
ditional fact, that he has been, through
out all the long military and radical domln-
ion in Maryland, an earnest, open, faithful
and efficient advocate of the democratic
party and It's policy, We feel entitled to
claim for him, and do claim for him, the
undivided support of the democratic and
conservative voters Of this Judicial district
for associate Judge Certain it is, the
rights of free election have received in this
State, during the war and since, no eros
ser OUTRAGE than WAS pcrpctratcd by law
less power when he WIS candidate for
judge in '61 Not only were Federal sol
diers placed at the polls i'll many of the
voting precincis to ovcrawe Judge Ford )
supporters and prevent their voting, but,
in several of the election districts, votes
that had been cast for him, were taken by
armed force from the ballot-box and torn
up IN presence of the Judges of election
BY means as shameful as these was Judge
Ford dciraudcd OF judicial station in 1861
and dcfrauled, too, because he was known
to be Southern man and dcmocrat.-
Surely, if men are entitled to party reco@
milton because they have been wrongcd
and outraged " malignant and lawlcsS
enemies for their attachment and devotion
to their principles, the case Of Judge Ford
is one that presents the very strongest
claims to democratic sympathy and fellow
ship And the democratic party of this
judicial district will not be slow, VIC are
confident, to recognize Judge Ford's
claims in these respects in the coming
election. lie has said nothing and done
nothing since 81 to forfeit the respect and
confidence of his party. On the contrary,
he has stood by it. since that time AS be-
fore bravely and squarcly, through good
and through evil report, on all occasions
and in every kind of weather.
But it is not upon party considerations
alone that we claim the support Of demo
Gratis in this judicial district for Judge
Ford These have, and ought to have,
their due weight with all parties, but we
do not rest Judge Ford's claims to support
exclusively upon these grounds. We
claim that his qualification and fitness for
the position fudge are not inferior to
these Of any gentleman who has been
named in this district. An intimate ae-
quaintancc of many years standing cna
hlcs us to speak with some degree of con-
hdencc of the legal and mental qualifca-
tions of Judge Ford for the position of as
sociatc judge. But. first. of personal
character. Judge Ford is gentleman
in the nohlcst and truest acceptation of
the word A man of larger humanity
and kinder nature, within the bounds of
wise discretion. does not live within the
limits of our State. To genial manners
a flowing courtesy, and a disposition cni-
nently social, he unitcs a directncSs and
singleness of purpose that neither threats
nor Establishments can disturb. Accom-
plished in all the erudition Of the schools
thoroughly read in the literature and
science Of modern times, graceful and
forciblc writer Of q Judgment singularly
clear and well -balanood, and analytic
sbility of the first order. Judge Ford is
moreover deeply vcrsed IN the varied and
manifold learning as we'll as the philoso-
ply of his profession. His eminence rs
lawyer and his fitness for judicial station
arc shown by the honor which our own
End neighboring bar have frequently
paid him. In the great majority Of eases
in which our circuit judges for the past
ten or fifteen years have been disqualified
by constitutional provision from acting as
Judges in the Courts of Charles and s..
Mary's, Judge Ford has been selected hy
the bars cf,h.se counties as Special Judge,
a,1 his .lcc.s ;ons, in tie Judgment o: the