National Republican., 1873-12-15
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To The Editor of ihs Republican; ..,s
SIN; Probably there is no man living who has
less personal interest In the Chief Justlceshp and
in the Supreme Court Of the United States than
have. lam not lawyer and u Is improbable that
I shall ever be q client. My interest therefore In
the court is that Of nine-tenths OF the intellEc
readers Of your paper-tho interest which .,rns,'
every good citizen TO pray thnt no di' ps'.
fall on the highest judicial tribr ~ ,hs .ann
try, tho only tribunal, ind xsd which docIda,
finally upon all doubtful ,aw.
| II has been my ior' ..ne to know Judge william,
nart "t aes O 30 Chnt Justiceshlp, the bette,
opponent q more or less prominence, IL has been
my ,,rsctice TO watch him closely. 1 have been
to % ,n' by po,.IenIS S,
and a. .jurist Whether he would have been my
elevated iS' not S worth white while Gssa,ns nes
Prs,Sn 70 protest aEsi hs un
against him. Th. coGfss is not Wholly Y aspred
by opposition TO him, but by want Of Information
quite as mueh for Judge wiliiams has never
which is being done him daily is not from abroad
aloae-it is IN our midst as we'll where a moment's
,Sc nv @p2py 2nsys yHSs Judge 'ysf William. is an obscure
man-so II Is charged. Is ho ohseurcl He has
been ten years Judge upon the bench, q portion
!usllcsof Oregon. lie was . member Of the con.
vcntlon which formed the constitution Of Oregon.
W i SS u %as Sc Who tSo proS
ion that no Judge should DO eligible to Office In
That state until he had sworn that hc would ac;
cspt no political oihcc. He was In the Senate Oi
the United States for six years, and he was rc.
ghrdcl by Fcsscpden, Howard, Grimes, Trumbull
lie most judicial minds in tho country. co he S wa. @
the author OF somo Of the most important laws
rh'sel while he was In Congress, notably tho re-
chnr back 70 tho Union. From the Senate he he
,n'nv = ineinbcr o. tho Joint high commission fOi
vel hat S"nn..cn one da sSsr dStg the ,esM mST
millions % dollars In gold now In our Treasury
angndsntly testify, The part Of Judge William,
burs Dnr advantage in tho San Juan oontro-
very was due almost solely to him. From that
sagfashIp, position which % ali Il admit @ Ss he Sss
honorcd for two years.
| This, then, IA obscurity-.cn years on the bench,
sSrca IN
her OF one Of the highest and most Important In.
iernatlonal commissions that has ever assem-.
ral Of tho United states. what name has becn
mentioned that has an equal rseorif
msea + srEsS 1ns; he is not cultured
iow, and that, therefore, he Is not ut for Chief
Justice, Judge Williams began the study or the
seven years course Of study was necessary before
stnhen, could be admitted TO the bar In New
York, nSrk, lie began the study on u fair academic
secutivo year, In the classics and the sciences and
three IN the law. His preceptor was Daniel Goti.
now dead, who was an eminent and respect ctl
member Of the bar Of New York, and twice the
defeated candidate Of hts pa-ty for Chief Justice
OF the state. This, surely, not the record of an
uncultured man.
There has never bcen from any noticeable
| source whisper against his integrity. No living
HIN or wronged him.
As Tor the ndnptahllity Of his character for tho
high trust, y woald be impossible to hnd more
perfect example 81 exact justice than he is Jrs.
ticc Is cold. and Judge Williams Is so Just In his
nature that he has sgarcclyn friend who has not
| hnd occasion to complain Oi him. ],
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