Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-12-19
saNOther Of GRANTS ZIP
DOINFAseNES.
The venerable Judge Nelso

point his successor. This WAS a
responsibility which any man
but Grant would have felt. Had
he felt it, he would have cast bis
eye ove the country, and by in
curry, and diligent search, and
feeling a due regard for the
rights of the section of country
entitled to the appointment,
would have selected a man for
the vacant seat OF tire learned
Judge Nelson whose very name
would have commanded the re
spect aud confidence of the legal
profession and the. country at
large. But Grant, having no ap-
probation of greatness or fitness
in men for official position, felt
no anxiety III regard to the new
Supreme Judge to be selected
He therefore, without consulta-
ton with any one, and without
caring about his qualifications OF
his locality, made up his mind,
first, to select a man for Judge
who had favored his re-nomina
ton and reelection; second, a
man VIGOROUSLY unfit for the po-
s%itior, but who would act as his
obsequious tool upon the bench;
third, a man whose appointment
would exasperatc the Southern
people, and convince them once
more that they wer not to be.
regarded as American citizens by
"my administration"
Being thus governed, aud hav-
ing thus made up his diminutive
mind, a creature namedz@Ward
Hunt, living in one of the Wild
cat counties of New York, but
who has some reputation as a
cunning and unscrupulous poll
tician, was appointed judge of
the United States Supreme Court
in place of Nelson, resigned! A.
Washington correspondent of
the Philadelphia Inquirer, in
speaking of his appointments,
says: :,
as
sit IS said by those in a posi-
tion to know, that the appoint
ment was made without consul
tation with any OF the NewYork
politicians, and the remark made
by Senator Oonkling,o to-day,
that he knew nothing about the
appointment until he saw it in
print, seems to confirm the state
ment. Southern men are great
ly chagrined that the vacancy
was not given to that section
There is now no representative
of the South on this bench"
"There IS now no representa-
tive of the South on this bench!"
What an evidence is this of
Grants littleness and mean vim
dictiveness? Nelson being a
Southerner, and the only one on
the Supreme bench, a man from
that same section of the country
should have been appointed in
his place. But moths would
not suit Radicalism, whose de-
mand now is that the Supretae4
bench subserve the aims of poll
ticians and spectators, if not of
thieves. 1t is a burning shame,
a blistering disgrace, that one>
half Of the Union is denied a
single representative upon the
Supreme bench. But such is
Grantism.
When the name of "Ward
Hunt" was sent to the Senate for
confirmation a few days since,
the general icquiry was, "who is
hee" No one could tell, not even
Conkling, of New York. The
fact was he was not known to a
Senators! But these Sena-
tors will find out hereafter who
Ward Hunt" is. They will dis
cover that he has either made
gifts to Grant or performed some
dirty work for the administration.
Our word for it, a reasonf for his
appointment will yet be found
And he will be confirmed, too,
for Grant has four years patron
age and stealings now before
him to dispense, and Senators
who desire to be considered eloy-
alp to Grant must be careful to
eat dirt as often as required
What a beautiful pass have we
arrivpd ati~