The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-10-28
Correspondence of,he C,mden Journal.
CHARLEsoN; S. e., Oct. 25. .

ShAhhrSVN, -, W, Oet' 81.
"Whatcver,is, is right" ''an apho.
rism, says Charl's Dickens, " that
would be as final us it is lazy, did it not
include tho Troublesome consequence,
that nothing that ever was. was wrong"
Aud surely the time IN which We hive,
bears witness to the truth Of Dickens
comment as well as 10 the fact. tha,
some things 'Aat are, are wrong. 1t is
known, upon good authority, that the
man who holds the. rank and title "f
Governor OF South Carolinu--und in
that position has won with far. greater
iustncss the reputation Of being the
largest spcculator in State Bonds. This
worthy Governor with a ccmlhcnda.
bic @ humanity, not to speak Of his r.
gard for such like stuff. has agreed with
one Of tho judges Of the Sta,c-and, for
ausht wc know to the contrary. with
all-tlut he, the, Snil ind.e shall aEa-
-rr..--vs 5.sv Ja1gnient upon the heads
Of all criminals belonging to the party
of".rcas moral ideas" So far, it is
we'll, and it woul be better still. if the
agreement went no further, but unfur-
tunatcly, it does. For this Governor,
on his part agrees that lie will pardon
the deepest dyed ofthc said criminnis,
and so retain his valuable vote for the
party and for himself. We, OF course,
will af agree that that is unqucsiiun.
ably right. Just as much right, as the
right Of any one Of the nnongrel crew of
county and State officers 10 their posi-
,ions. The Judges for instance! How
thoroughly arc they all qualified for
their Offices ? TO mention only one, for
example. We have all heard Of judge
Zcphania Platt. 1t would be wrong to
call him ia stick" That would show
an utter contempt for the dignity of his
uiIice-but listen This judge. upon the
opening of the term in II pur'Ipn Of his
circuit, was offered by lawyer, the free
use Of his library during the tcrr'-ior
which this learned judge WIS profunnd-
b grateful, but, he said, he had conc
to the concluSi n. that books we're Of no
use upon the bench, judge had b"ttcr
rely upon his own cuininon sense. Now,
We of course, honor him Tor his inde.
pendcncc, but VIC cannot forget thu;
this judge has not practiced law for
some twenty years, prior TO his appoint
ment, andihcr arc some judges, whose
names arc not quite yet forgotten, nay,
rather they are l:eld in hi.h hnn"r and
cstecm. who male law the study and
practice of their lives, and Who ut tho
end of their careers, still proIcssed Il
great respect for the writings of old au.
thors, and not one of:rhrm would have
vcntarcd the remark or The practice OF
This judge Plntt. lie reminds US for.
cibIy, OF Il famous judge who fouri,had
some two or three hundred years ag",
whose practice it was after hearing all
that the coun-clS had tp say, to retire
to his cl"sct aud by throwing with his
dice to decide the merits Of slle case
Perhaps judge Pntt may yet ns his In
noccncc Of lnoks unconsciously initiate
very famous dictum, william! thou
wilt be condemned to everlasting re-
dcmption for this" Ofhis other quail
iications nothing need be s,ia lie is
only type. There are many moro like
him and worse than him among us and
around us Abuses abound on every
side, in every place. high or low, and
are they ,ighl2 Rather let it be re-
mcmbcrcd that words whose import car
never be duubted or clhinycd have been
once spoken to the effect that sit Is inr
pussiJlc but that offences will come. bnt
,o9e unto him through phom. they come >
81 1t is hrrd for US finite human beings
to determine upon what is our just pr
ton OF trials or rewards here on earth
and we mi ght well act upon those nd
mirablc words Of Victor llug":, a...,
s'Lc, us not doubt but trust, the end
is mystery. Bidc We!
"God trieth us my friends, let u!