, 1873-06-16

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nro now M muol, things Of tho rA.t In ireland aa
potatoos without blight. Tho Irish fairies }lavo
bcon always 1oyors of fine Weather, and woro
noa PLENTY when Tue soll anfpportoa MIL mn
gothor the country, II not 10 proBporoua In It's
agricultural returns 1t IL Mt proaont, 1sas moro
picturesque in that light In Which an artiat or
poot contemp1atos 4 ragged cabin with moro
faTor than trim q,1adrnngular dwelling -houso.
Tho judicial Election in Illinois.
From tho Nation.
Tho novol and etartling foaturo In tho lato
griaos by Which tho nbaurdity and doformity Of
tho oloctivo system l,nvo hitborto boon voiled,
even hore III Now York, have been thrown GHilc.
No pretonHe ia made that Craig Ia better lawyer
at all, or TINT lie ia any lawyer, or TINT ho is
:. .'.aourtlcr" on my groat humanitarian ianno.
Nor can 1t only DO said, in opposition to him,
TINT ho III d wealt, or subsorvont, or intriguing
mentB BY political pressure or porsonal
favor. .What ia Bald both for and against
him is, TINT lie hna bon choaon to dooilo, in o
particular way settlod by tho caucus which
affecting tho property of a largo number Of per-
sons, 40 TINT. ns las boon pointed out, oil argu-
nlents before him by oounael will be simply
empty form. Now, thta ia q now and moro ad-
vnrced stage Of that procoBs Of judicial detor-
niinatton which tho oleotivo system brought in
with 1t, aud 1t Ia entored upon without disguae
by one Of the most intelligent communities ii,
tho union.--sflat, In short, which It Ia admitted
on all bands two years ago adopted porhapn the
boBt State constitution now In existence 1t iB
hnrdy necessary to point out tho cviln which
this unfortunate performance foroshndowa. n
tho pcoplo Of Illinois do rot ropont; 1t,
thoir whole political system. It makes
their constitution worthlasB-for n conHti-
tuition Interpreted by tho majority at overy
election Ia 30 m1oh waste rnpor. It renders tho
writ Of haboas corpus md AT tho other glaran-
anybody assaf1od by strong tide Of popular
passion or projudco, and 1t Shakes the legal &C.
craty Of all property held tn sufficient masBeB to
attract popular attention or o1clto popular hoa;
Of all honest investors out OF tho State. Nobody
with an ouco Of prulenco would put money in a
place whore his right to It, or tho amount Of his
s gains from u would form the subject Of. Of discus; @
s9 se eotoa BY t' isR psr Rote eonzFooa zsf ' S
secret cauc,ises. ard all investors at homo or
abroad will do we'll to koep out OF Illinois till
tho State chooBes to act up IN independent Judi
SEQ Judges elected to rulo TINT oil interest ON
such securities must count III part payment Of
principal. or course, thoBo wild-cat decisions
States Supreme Court, but no wiao man
would care to have his future atalsed on the
result Of q controversy betwoen this Court and
tho people Of Slate.
Wo have Haid that tho action Of tho Grangers
l5as shaken q tue loyal security" Of property in
tho worse kind OF railroad managors
and othor ..oeperatora Of. oil the security
they neod. There Is nothing this class dislikes
and foarB more than the existence of an upright
and mi fharo in rln
moro favorably disposod to tho elective system.
They hnyo OF 1ato years made regular bnalnoBs
Of controlling nominations for tho Legislature,
and they havo Of late years tallen to controlling
moves In this State, whom they began thoir
"raidB," +" was to purchase two or throo Judges,
and 1t was through tho lolp Of these Judges
solely that they wore nblo to carry Oh their Erie
and other frauds. The bost dofonse OF tho conf
munlty againRt them, as We have 8eon hero,
III pure and incorrnptlble Donch. ThiH, however,
oanuot DO had under the plan now adopted III I'LL
nois. Judge who takes q nomination undor
the conditions imposed by the 1llinols uraugers
is necessarily O base man, aud deliberately pre-
pares liulacf for perjury. Itia folly to suppose
| that Donch Allied with such mon would DO cor
] rupt only with regard to tho tissue" on which
| they were elected. They would bo corrupt in
4 Judgo'a honor il like . wonlahs clastiity-a
| single stain destroys it. Therefore, aftor
the farmers hayo provided themselves with o
thoroughly compliant Bench, they will find that
| it will rapidly pass out Of their control,
and into that Of tho el'garony Of moneyed III.
triguera who have already 30 largely taken pos
session Of the politics Of tho country. They
would doubtless speedily drive honest railroad
taken by, worthicB who, wlothor in CAUCUS,
court or Legislature, would boat the Grangers
utterly. md "capture" tho Judges as faat as
thoy wore elected, and convort tic Bonch into n
sinh Of open and nnblushing and Indecent cor
7 ~1t+,kSN I'm lin S1 1n{,.w ~ vo,1-
md Pennsylvania. Terhaps, unaer tho fos-
tering land Of these mon, wo should at last sec
tho Judges at tho close of tho term laughing
over indignant lonunclat1ons Of their frauds by
nembers Of the Bar, and polling each other with
papor pollets or blowing lii, horns as they nd
jourreu tho court. Wo mood hardly Bay that
what Inns occurred In Illinois is profoundly dis
couraging 10 refor,ners. That tho first move
against gross abuse should tulso tho shape Of
another and stil groaRer ablso, ia very hisheart-
e,ling. It is, Of course, to bo hoped, and may
perhaps 10 bolioyod, thas It il d mistake mado III
tho first moment Of excitement, which may yet
be retrieved, but Oh ths point the local presa ia
more competent to speak than NO arc.
| weekly Ncyic.v OF tho Albany Live.