The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-01


Although professors Of physiology DO u
sneer al those smplc-Iniiued folks Who Il
look at the past, and who e
think there were once better Gays ana =
better laen than il is our lot now 10 look II
upon. vet one cannot help sometllnes D
turning over the leaves oi those obso-
llete records and getting from them
W hat comfort we may. lherc was once
lon "a time a man named Oeorge WASH a
Iiuoton. whom foolish orator oil course I
from the benighted ooutll-sa SAID would /
lalways be "lirst III the hearts OF his c
counIrymen :" never dreaming or thelt
unborn Lincoln, or amy other Ulysses 4,
than him OF Ithaca. lie was soiulef {
who never shed "a drop OF unnecessary i
blood. lie was Il President who, When
n house was offered To him-not by a SETH
.lof obseuuious tuit-liunting fiaiterers
i iisuch never ventured near iiiin.) but by
"a commonwealth -refused IL, ana VINO,
did not think that the patronage Oi the
was of unseated iund, on
(which all the adult settlers oi 'iis owh
family were to find a home. lie never
/, Ipensloned IL relative and never packed 4
lcourt. .,
u Looking at this this Westinghouse
E elrecord. we lind some curlois thinSs asI
e Ito s.relatives" and Judges, which IL Isl
e refreshing to read III tllc light OF thcj
lpresenf dIspcnsation. Washington mar
{ ried u widow. and we believe had mol
lbrothers rs-in-law-certainly nobody mar
eliied into the family in order to operate
Through the connection and While there
i was ABOUT that time good deal ut spec
n lulation in the funds, none of his pet sol
were caught dabbling i'll 1t and
dismissed from Office. lie did not Sc
,-hect as his advisers those who had given
:. .lhim the best douceurs. He chose men
pIof reasonably good character TO repre-
lsent the country abroad, and did not
Think il necessary, OH the homeopathic
Iprinciplc OF "similia, similibus,' 10 send
e.llo The di-solutc bourbon court OF The
.c Escurial an adept. But, though child
,rliess. he had one who stood TO HIM in the
: lplacc OF son-a nephew, Bu>hrod Wash
,vlrioton-w who, as youth, had fought III
orlthe battles of the Revolution, and who
or was destined in latter life lappointcd by
l'rcsident) to be, for more than
inlthirty wears. ut the right hand of yol
pillar of inc Federal judici
oflary. soon after the first Presidents III
lyI,roa,,ction to Office, Mr.. Washington;
.rciyoung Virginia lawyer, made modes
TO his ,IiIcic TO he aipcintof
.ctI district Attorney Tor the Eastern Fedc
hclral District Of that then unmutilatct
ed dIcoIplnonwealth. 1t was ii moderate re
re- quest. ditfidently made. On the 2Ilh
,as July. i7S9-wc give the date, i'll orde
iii. that President Grant may refer TO II Il
lpelcasc any more OF the family arc trouble
,as some i;eorgc Washington replied:
Is 4 You cannot doubt my wishes 10 Sc
mel you appointed TO any Office of honor q
red dlcmolunlent in the new government I
rcd the duties OF which you are competent
gh. but, however deserving you may be
ire 1.-The one YOU have suggested, your stant
,ndliur at The bar would not justify III
outlnoinination OF YOU, in preference To son
ainlof the oldest and most esteemed 2ener'
the court lawyers OF our own state who III
fire desirous Of this appointment. My poll
I Official conduct in nominations, even IL
has were uninfuenccd by principle, must
sed. Exceedingly circumspcct ana pros
ress against lust criticism, for the eyes OF a
-crs gus arc upon me, and no slip will pa
.ht :lunro roticcd that can be improved into
the supposed partiality for friends and rel
lass ltives.
incl And Washington hcsitated, atknou
rec edged the force OF '.just cfiticism,' We
fore tured, great and pure as he was. on
hes. defiance of public opinion, and reii'''
tied IL is only, rs we are told, diiiere
ious sort OF people who crush in where ang
, OH fear TO Iread.- SO much for ncpotl
was in ancient days!
,ycd Now for the Judiciary. When a
'sses caiicy occurs in our time on any ben
atcd aud especially the Federal bench, .gr
, the is the agitation of the professional he;
Every lawyer in the land OF the do'
nant party thinks himself tit, and cv'
sage cotcrie of local politics is disturbance
pale. IL the chance presents itself at q !
ppo- ment. as now. when vast pecnniary
ut corporate interests are on the cdgt
Dil of1;,;gation. n new element of agitation
wholinvoked, and great aggrceailons OF
lays Ilinaucnt debtors take the field TO in
ovcrIencc, generally with success, the
poiptments. How was it in ancl
on;o. ldavs. whei, we were as brothcrs-"in
! IN, brave days OF old.' In the month
cans. May, 1871, Washington the Prcsideer
|, the Vacancy occurred in the supreme "
how of the United States. To two citis
,mmIof South Carolina -(all honor 70
sa,- memories Of her classic times still
The men of .tc-day)-Ehw
lctterIRutledgca and Charles Cotcsworth IN
once lncy-thc President addressed the ioll
;uspi- Ing most remarkable letter. n-..,
rnvnd ..sA.... ~,,,->-. A, aldrpes To Won IL