New Orleans Republican., 1868-08-02
TIE SUPREME COURT,

The new Supreme Court as appointed by
Governor Warmoth is an excellent tribu-
nal. Its members possess the learning and
intelligence which are necessary to com
mand respect in such position, and at the
same time their patriotism and love of
, natural Justice have been so often dis
played as to assure the people ofthe State,
that upon the great political questions of
the day which may come before them, their
views will be firm and sound. The task of
selection and appointment by the Govern
or was necessarily delicate one, and he
has accomplished it in manner worthy of
high praise.
Mr.. Chief Justice Ludeling has for many
years been a leading member of the bar at
Monroe. lie is gentleman Of mature
years and refined manners, accomplished
and acute. He possesses a frmness
which might become obstinaey were it not
controlled by culture and a large sense of
right. This trait gave to his Unionism
during the war persistence which was
remarkable, and which, though it excited
a strong feeling of hostility among the Sc.
cessionists, tempered the feeling with un-
doubted respect. The same trait led him
to differ upon questions of policy with his
friends in the late constitutional conven,
ton, but as soon as the canvass of last
spring opened, like true man, he waived
his personal views on minor points, and ad-
| vocated the reconstruction of the State
under the present constitution in speeches
OF great power.
Mr.. Justice Taliaferro was a member of
the former Supreme Court His personal
history is too well known to require repe-
tition. His venerable years and ripe expe-
rieuce will be an ornament and an acquisi-
ton to the new court. 1t is true, as urged
against him by some of our most esteemed
friends, that he took course in the last
election which we could not approve, but
on the whole we think his appointment by
Governor Warmoth is not only an
act of magnanimity, but fit
recognition of services from 1860
to 1868 which can never be forgotten.
The memory must be very short" said
the Governor in our hearing yesterday.
" which can ever forget those services to
the Union cause"
Mr. Justice Howell has been on the
bench for many years, as Judge of the Sec.
ond District Court, of the Sixth District
Court, and as a member of the Supreme
Court. He is hard student, a ripe
scholar, and as conscientious and upright
a man as ever lived. His intimate and
practical knowledge Of the law of success
Iions is especially known.
Mr.. Justice Wyley has been a lawyer of
arge practice for a long time in the
Northern part of the State, his home at {
present being in the parish of Carroll. He .
las the confidence and respect of all who
know him, and the, special affection of the il
ooor of that region, among whom he is :
widely known for his kindness and his in b
egrity. He is emphatically a working Q
nan, and will bring to the discharge of a
lis duties an energy which can not fail to I
make its mark. He was last spring elected q :
District Judge, and his promotion leaves a 9
'acancy. a
Mr.. Justice Howe was in former years n
prominent member Of the New York bar. \
serving in the volunteer force during the a
var for the Union, its close found him in Z
bis city. His high character and legal v
had commended him to Major v
ieneral Banks, then commanding this de- !, 2
artment, as Git man to safely Gil the del n
'ate and responsible position Of Provost v
larshal General. BIS course justified the :
lgacity of his commander. On the return .,
peace he commenced the practice of law o
this city, and continued it with
lceess until his appointment by
ieneral Sheridan as Judge Of the e
'irst District Court 1t was in that posi. Il
on that Judge Howe most commended ie
inself to the bar and people of the city, i
inning golden opinions from all sorts of p
len. al
Added to thorough knowledge Of law NJ
3 possesses familiarity with the French Oh
Inguage and French literature which is e'
lost important in this community, and a st
lost valuable adjunct TO abstract legal lore. to
We are glad to add that the appointments =
i've much satisfaction to the bar and the :"
ublic. The Times and Picasnue speak
ell of them, and When pelltieal fe.,.en4 ~
ms high, and hard words are plenty, il Is y \,
easant to know that without yielding u
y question Ofprinciple the leading Jour. ~
Is of the city can write in commendation y y,
one Of Ahe most important acts which the ~
W Governor has yet performed. =
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