The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-03-27

Of Ills election tba. &, could not s re
:ssd,. sist rising from his seat, buttoning
9p his ans e9at and sayipg,I,s":rJpd
"a. When Abe. old cppstitstional
court was established, aud the ,Ap
peal Court in law and, Equity ,es-
l!tablished,s three, Judges,
y ottu lohnson and Colcock, were
elected Appeal Judges, las, / have
ALREADY stated tDeSaassuEe and
Ihompsonoweret elected Cl,ancel.
lorss andathe other Equity Judges,
tWaties, DANES tand GailIard, ito.
Observation-Disclosures judges, Gantt,
Ric:'ardson''' and "'1Iuger, were
placed on circhita duty For ten
Vor7t@elve years, u adge johnson
|'remained'mthetA ppeaI Court, and
Until it was abolished: I've bdeci-
sion OF that Court. 'tlien composed
of johnson, O'Neail and Harper,
on the, test oath, and aga nst its
constitutionality. was its death war.
rant. All the Judges in law and
Equity were then required to meet
IN one court after, their, circuits
were over, and have Appeals, both
j IN Jaw and EQUITY This mob
court, as, it was called, didvnot,l last
long. Separate courts were estab.
lished as formerly, for hearing Ap.
peals in law in Equity, and Judge
johnson was elected one of the
'Chancellors. r. From the Chancery
bench, in his old age, lie was elect
ed Governor Of the State. The act
of tine Legislature requiring the
Governor to review the whole mil.
itia fthe State during his term of
Office, was not complied with, by
His Excellency Governor Johnson,
in consequence Of his age and in
ability, to ride on horse hack. This
was a pageant productive of no
good, except it afforded the people
an opportunity of seeing the Gov
ernor, and hear him address the
regiments on the militia system
and The politics of. the country
Governor johnson was a very large
man, and l should suppose rather
a clumsy rider in his prime o..
Judge johnson made it a rule
never to stay at lawyers house
whilst on the circuit. He said
Parties in court would always have
a suspicion of partiaii;y where the
presiding Judge was entertained
by q member of the bar. There
never was any one who passed
through a long lite, with less sns-
'picion on his fairness, integrity
and nprightness, than Go, ernor
Johnson. And he had learning
and talents, as | once heard Col.
Ben: F. Hunt say in the Lesisla-
ture, to fill, with great ability, any
and every position in which his
State saw proper to place him.
A gentleman once told me that
Judge Johnson, IN his'conidential
intercourse with. him, said in early
life, he was desperately IN love
with a young lady who rejected
his addresses, being then poor and
obscure. She afterwards married
asman who did not have the pros
perity and success which attended
his career throughlife, .bnt that he
always felt a deep interest in her
situation, even in his old age, as his
first love. Whilst lie was Cir
cnit Judge, there was a case tol
trial before him, in whicl, a broth
.er;ln-la5wa was aparty. Tie Judge
said TO one OF The lawyers CONCERN
ed, that lre would not try the case
for, he had such a bad opinion OF
bis. brother-inlaw, that he was
afraid be could not do him Justice
vr1I There Were few. men in Soutt
Carolina, who had more personal
friends than Governor j olinson. a,
every period OF his life. He ha6
no enemies. All respected him
even in the times of highest poiti
cal excitement. -Irencmber hear
ing Cpl, David j. McCord, the
tercesf and bitterest of ,Npllifiers
express this opinion, whilst he wai
.denouncing, in the Legislature, il
terms of great bitterness, the lead
ing members of the Union party
Judge johnson was SO amiable, s,
free. from all 1naleyolenee, and 81
frank aud. respect ful itpwards. hi,
opponents, that none could. dislike
him. .UTWhenJ he, wac elected an
Appeal Judge, and had to heal
cases from Chancery, lie said t
Chancellor Thompson, that lie hac
neverahad any Cbancery practice
and would have to confluence it
study: with great simplicity h,
inqnired of the Chancellor how
long he supposed il bwoiild, tax,
him to become. familiar with, til,
great principles ofsquity jurispra
l.dence 1.-The aucellorSwho,l,y n,