The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-01-18
A Republican Judge.

ring of sense in it. The sequel has
proved that the policy was carried out:
(. 9he Ph@nix ro sc from her ashes yes
terday morning with that prescribed
dignity which belongs to mythology and
took Il birds eye view of matters and
things in general, and the judgeship of
the eighth circuit in particular. Wo
always prefer to agree with our con;em.
poraries if we Can, and The Herald
| certainly agreed with the Phpoix when
IN relation to the election for judge, it
says that tho judge should dwell in a
col atmosphere" But VIC should su2.
gest that at this season, the judge elect
would have no very embarrassing choice
aud in the summer he could find no cool.
er atmosphere provided for by the con
stitution of this State We also consent
to the general proposition that canii.
date should be elected upcn merit.
"Palmam qui meruit ferat" will occur
to the Phoenix as an old and honorable
maxim; but rs msn cannot be saved
by faith alone, neither should he be
elected by merit alone. Il is an essen.
tial rcqulsitc--not the only one. We
make the square issue in this matter at
once. We believe it is best to
do so, because We Say that the election
OF Democrat to Office is virtual ad
mission that the Republican party has
90 man OF sufficient merit in its ranks to
: til the place We are weary and
worn with this spirit of elimination
and rccrimination within our lines, and
of iawning aud criuging to shosc who
claim to sit in the temple of virtue and
inteilige nee. The Pharsec and the
Publican, in the days of the Mosaic
dispensation might find parallel in the
Pharsee and Re publican of theuo dis.
| jiuntcd timcs.
We take the high ground in this mat
ter that p'litics are little more or less
than the theory Of government reduced
to practice. Political philosophy, pol
tical economy aud subjects Of that char
actcr relate TO the science ofg,vcrmment.
Politics, as. illustrated By cam .aiyuug OH
the stump and the elective franchise in
the ballot box, relate tc the SINE science.
Some ignorant paop'c Imagine that the
true politician is greatly concerned qb nut
the salary at,Hrl,d to an office. but that
is evidently not So When the Demo
Gratis ruled the land there were Demo.
! ! Gratis Oh the bench everywhere, and the
law was everywhere Democratic. When
the Republi ans oycrthrew them, they
changed TIC law Now if it WA, right
that Democratic judge should always
administer Democratic law, it ought to
be right that Republican Judge should
administer Republican law 4 Demo.
cratic chief justice Of Democratic
Supreme Court announced that the
Dred Scott decision was the law of the
land, to wit: "that negro had no
rights that white man was bound to
respect, and, We allude to it in no bit
ter partisan spirit" Democratic judges
saw that the law was enforced. The
phGnix is mistaken. The Democrats
have tried to elect certain Rcpu olicans,
but hot when in power. They nevcr
have been in power since the Constitu
tionai Convention made the attempt
simply to break the Rcpub lean lines
They want us to elect Democratic
judge, at this time, for the same purpose.
In other words, we must do for them
what they miserably failed to do for
themselves. We won't do it. We say
TO our friends in the Legislature, stand
by your colors. Up once more with the
Republican flag, and let it wave in the
hands of an honest, able, sterling, Re-
publican judge over the expectunt
mountains Of the eighth circuit We
want to send them another such man
as the Hon. T. j. Muckey, aud We shall
make our party respected in the strong
hold of our enemies. Ccteris paribus
We prefer Republican, and, until we
fail to find among ourselves honest and
competent men, we would ba insane to
look for our officers among our enemies.
We may have high regard for the
candidates of the opposition in this cleo.
tion; but we believe that the best way
to insure a mutual respect would bo to
act exactly as they would do towards US
under the same circumstances, aud vote