Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-20


THE result of Mondays Convention
gives as general satisfaction as is like
Iy to be given by any Convention
nomination, wherein it is impossible
to please everybody. Having only
five or six offices to fill, only n in a
thousand or two could be the fortu-
nate nominee. And having a bar of
three hundred members, and which
numbers an equal, if not a larger pro-
portion, of men of first class legal
abilities than any other bar of the
country, it was a necessity that at
least nine out Of ten aspirants for jul
diciaI position should be disappointed.
But even the disappointed themselves
cannot say that competent, honest
and honorable men have not been Sc
lected, in a single instance. c. W.
HeiskeI, for the First Circuit Court,
though a young man, is a young
man of considerable promise and Of
more than common legal attain
ments for his age, a man Of discrimi-
mating mind, the best character, and
one who by his habits of industry may
be expected to reach a high standard
Of excellence in his profession. Irving
HaIsey for the Second Circuit, is a
gentleman of good attainment IS, whose
native gOOd character and modest de-
meanor has won the esteem Of the bar
and the people. He viii make an up
right, as well as a competent judge.
He was not nominated, because he
was q Federal officer, and no more was
he rejected for having been so. Dis
tinctions arising from the place of
birth or from the choice of sides in the
late contest, where either was honor
ably adhered to, were wholly ignored
by the Convention, and will be equally
so by the people. John R. Flippin,
for the Criminal Court, is a man much
esteemed and popular, lisa g~oodlawyer,
and an excellent selection, who viii
hold the scales of justice even; and,
while he does his duty to the State,
give all proper rights and privileges
of defence to accused parties. r. J.
Morgan, for the First Chancery Court,
is the present Chancellor. He is well
known as a competent, reliable, hon.
and upright man, in all respects
fitted for the position which he has
so far filed acceptably to the bar and
the public. E. NJ. Yerger, for the
Second Circuit, is one of our oldest
practitioners, and a born lawyer, one
Of the best legal minds in the country.
1t would be difficult to find a man
more ~eminently well qualified, more
thoroughly versed in Chancery prac-
ice, or more fully acquainted with
he rulings of ChanceUors. His brother
Shall, at Nicksburg, with similar
merits, and the same objections,
f any, which might be made
him, proved a judge infe-
Tor to no one who was ever
an incumbent Of the bench of Missis-
ippi. We believe he will realize the !
expectations and wishes of
lis friends and the public. Luke E. !
is the nominee for Attorney ,
General Of the Criminal Court, a po- /,
for which, though quite a young
nan, he will be found amply qualified :
nd efficient. He is the son of Judge
Archibald Wright, has had fine OPP -,
.ortunities, and has the respect and
1dorsement of the bar of Memphis.
he result of the Iabors Of the Con-
.ention Facets our unqualified ap- :
rovaL. And we hope that every
ominee may receive q triumphant
lection by the people. There were
lore than ordinary reasons for concert !,
E action by a convention, and for Fl
nominations. And we think d
0 man should run or be voted for, I
nder existing circumstances, as an g,
dependent candidate The Office of O
Judge is no mans pa ocular right, L
ut one to be filed for the public ben u
il alone. And when, with the pur- +
1se Of unanimity, and to prevent the o.
Of i'll qualified or obnoxious b
en-, a convention of the people has O
Sn held and selections made, we =
1ld that no man has a right to stand nd
the way ofsuccess bytheassertion of pl
~ personal claims whatsoever. We TT
lderstand that all, without excep- ~
on, who were candidates before the NJ
invention, and who failed to be re
animated, have withdrawn from the VI
e field. If any Democrat stands Jet
the way hereafter it will ~
nount to an assertion Of per- pr
rights or claims on the Of
ople which override their own op
dice and determination as express t y
and fairly made. 1t makes no diff hi
'ence, so far as we a see, whether fri
was a candidate for the nomina- Tn
n, and consented to be bound ne
it or not. He is bound by cat
nevertheless; unless we are to ex- lea
some man who stands so head COZ
/ shoulders above his race a to tRr y
Ike him an exception from the COM we
n rule and right by which the peo- ma