The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-05-16


took a State Circuit Judgeship to pre-
vent utter stagnation. Transplanted
from the icehouses of Maryland coaserz
yatism, the cool winds Of IL pl 1fft
kept him from thawing, and sven the
warm life of the era into WAich III /.
Lincoln caused him to hebofn, did not
start the blood in his veins. and with his
last decision he has stamped himself as
false to his honor, and a satire upon his
appointment :
His is large head. set on broad shout
ders, and covered with dark brown hair,
which Is parted on the side and allowed
toll earelessly. The face is fesaeh
one. embellished By short, bTIndle SIDE
1t has anrover- grown boyish look, and
he lois and lounges in his chair hike Ia
Nv school boy anxious to get out to play,
or at any rate to escape work. Ii IS hea-
Wy, weak, fatigued, and animal IN Its
e& He Is already sick Of decision in the
MiIigan affair, and. has declared to his
friends thatif he could be placed back
to where he began toawrite it he would
confine him self strictly to the points be
fore the Court. What a commentary
upon that decision. that the very man
who. made up she majority and thus made
tae decision possible, should himself re-
L. L. L. k,f
have passed since the decision was deliv-
cred. We'll might Mr. Stanton declare it
to be the greatest crime ever committed
against the country. And yet it stands,
though those who made 1t no longer be-
lleVe 1t sound. sls~A 4 =
JUSTICE SwAYNE. -
Next to Davis sits man of totally diff
ferent face, form and character. Mr..
Justice Swayne has head enainently
Websterianea 1t is covered with dark
hair, and the resemblance IN feature to
Mr.. Webster is very marked. Taken al
together, it is the most striking face on
the bench, with dark eyes and heavy,
black, letting brows overhanging them.
It is strong face, the facesof man, In
the height of his Intellectual power, He
is. one of the best read lawyers, ard most
experienced and skillful practitioners of
all his associates. He is as ripe scholar
as Mr. Chase, though perhaps not as
finished an intellect But he has been a
lawyer all his life, while MIR. Chase has
been little else than politician. e.aa'si
. sHtaH@ JUSTICE GREER. 81
Mr.. Greer looks the fossil which he is.
It is seen at glance that he dates back
to the saurian period of political geology.
He is a venerable looking man, with thin
white hair. smooth face and well-shaped
head. lie has been man Of much good
sense, and is now the wreck of a good
lawyer Old age has done its work upon
him, and the only question now is, wheth-
er he shall sleep on a couch at home, or
be helped into Court by his servant to
sleep during its sessions, and at the close
to be helped back again from his easy
chair on the bench to his lounge at home.
His palmy days were during the times of
the bred Scott decision. =
4 JUSTICE WAYNE sa al
Mr.. Wayne was. the only Southern
Judge who remained loyal when the re-
beiiion began. He has passed beyond the
age allotted to man, and with his lettering
and shattered frame his intellect is crumb-
ling too. In his prime he was a man of
no particular mark, a most ceremonlous
gentleman of the old school, but never
for intellectual vigor. sfi
THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
Gov. Chase Is familiar face to West
ern people. His is a large, full, well-de-
veloped head, with fieshy face. set with
a thick ,ieek upon broad shoulders A
little TIN hair, combed up from the back
and sides OF the head, serves to cover the
central badness 10 a very slight degree.
Intellectually, morally and physically, as
all know, he is noble man and great
man. He is, however, more of politi-
clan than a lawyer, and whatever his jul
dicial merits may be, they will never be
developed while he remains candidate
for the Presidency
JUSTICE NELSON.
Mr. Nelson is one of the venerable
members of the Court. He is a rather
slight figure, sharp features, long white
hair, white side whiskers, is quick for his
age, Of nervous temperament, generally
wide-awake and on the watch He was,
plenty Of common sense and much wit.
the Government, has made him a fair
lawyer But he has gained his reputa-
ton, or notority, as the reader chooses,
by his copperhead decisions WHICH have
ever bordered on treason itself +
At the out break of the rebellion it is
said that he declared publicly, upon the
Avenue, That the South did right in Sc
ceding, and that if he had resided there
he would have gone with them Before
the late decisions Of the Court suffered
from the copperheadism of Greer and
Nelson since the sudden inroads of
conservation, however. this has been
somewhat less observable.
JUSTICE CLIFFORD.
Mr.. Chfotd was appointed by Buchan-
an because he fully reflected the servility
of the latter, being disciple of the theo-
ries that the Government had not vitility
enough to preserve itself from internal
attacks. His appointment excited the
wonder of the bar, and even called forth
the earnest protest Of the members then
on the bench.
His great characteristic is avoirdupois
fairness. The flesh hangs down loose upon
his face His round head is covered with
dark hair, and the thick, short neck that
fixes it low down between his shoulders,
can hardly be discovered. He is dark
featured, and looks obstinate and sleepy.
He suggests the fat boy in Pickwick at
once, and one feels constrained TO call out
to his next neighbor, MIR Nelson, wake
that boy up - His forehead is low and
narrow, and there is most decided ami
NAL expression on the features If his
gown were white, he would pass anywhere
for butcher.who had grown aged at his
trade. He was one Of the old Public
Functiouary' right bowers, and, as q
Judge, has been defttnct FOR many years.
JUSTICE FIELD.
Mr.. Field belongs to 2 remarkable fam
lily, which is perhaps more to his credit
than to theirs He was Democrat in
California. hut. when the war broke out