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

ring of sense in il. The sequel has
proved that the policy was carried out:
The Phoenix ro sc from her ashes YES
terday morning with that prescribed
dignity which belongs TO mythology and
took birds eye view of matters and
things in general, and the judgeship of
the, eighth circuit in particular. We
always prefer to agroc with our cou;em.
porares if We can, aud The Herald
certainly agreed with the Phonix when
in relation to the election for Judge, it
says that tho judge shvuld dwell in
col atmospheric" But VIC should sug.
gest that at this season, the judge elect
would have no very embarrassing choice
aud I'D 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 canli-
date should be elected upcn merit.
"Palmam qui meruit ferat" will occur
to the Phoenix as an old and honorable
maxim; but MS m.u cannot be saved
by Faith alone, neither should he be
elected by merit alone 1t is ap essen.
trl rcquisitc--not the only Que. We
make the square iss,c in this matter at
once. We bclievc it is bcs. to
do so, because we say that the election
of Democrat to Office is a virtual ad
mission that the Republican party has
u" man of sufficient merit in its rauks to
hil the place. We are weary and
worn with this spirit of cri,pination
and rccrimination within our lines. and
OF iawuinS aud cringing to shcse who
claim to sit in the temple of virtue and
inlellige nee. The Pharisec and the
Publican, in the days of the Uosaic
dIspcnsatiou might fnd parallel in tn.
Pharisee and Re publican of thevc dis
jiuntcd times
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 late to the scicncc ofg,vcrnment.
Politics, as illustrated by cam ai-uiug ON
the stump aud the elective franchise in
the ballot box, relate tc the rmc science.
Some ien"r5nt pcop'c Imagine that the
true politician is greatly concerned 40 nut
the salarN attH"l,d 10 an office. but that
's evidently hot so. When the demo
Gratis rul, d the land there were Demo.
Gratis OH the bench everywhere, and the
law was everywhere Democrats. When
the Rcpubli ans oycr,hrcw them, they
changed tic law Now if it wa, ri i.ht
that Democratic judge should always
administer Democratic law, it ought to
be right that a Republican Judge should
administer Republican Law. \ Demo.
cratic chief justice of Democratic
Supreme Court aunornccd that the
Dred Scott decision was the law of the
lAni, to wit /: 'that negro had no
rights that a white man was bound To
respect" and, we alludc to it in no bit.
ter partisan spirit" Democratic judges
saw that the law was cniorccd. The
PhGnix is mistaken. The Democrats
have tried to elect certain Republicans,
but hot when in power. They uevcr
have been in power since the Constitu
tional Convention made the attcmpt
simply to break the Rcpub lean lines
They want us to elect u Democratic
judge, at this time, for the same purpose.
In other words, we must do for them
what they n'i:erably failed to do for
themselves. We won't do it, We say
to our friends in the Legislature, stand
by your colors. Up ouce more with the
Republican flag, and let it wave in the
hands of an honest, able, sterling, Re-
publican judge over the expectnnt
mountains Of the eighth circuit. We
want to send them another such a man
as the Hon. T. j. Muckcy, aud we shall
make our party respected in the strong
hold of our euemics. Ccteris paribus
We prefer Republican, and, until we
fail to find among ourselves honest and
competent men. we would be insane to
look for our otScers among our enemies.
We may have high regard Tor the
candidates Of the opposition in this cleo
ton; 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