The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-01-15
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THURSDAY, JANUARY,s TO-,
The Chief Justicesh,.

The nomination by President c..
Friday last, of Gen. Caleb GUSHING e. y "a
Chief Justiceship of the United g.. we
seems to have proved a sumner to ,,a-
all parties. That Gen. Gushing No. 80 u
the legal qualification necessary to s'Ssca sa,;s
tory performance of the duties of ,ba @@
there appears to be no doubt, but tbe,n: Ing
formidable opposition to his nom;n...
based upon almost as many diverse po;,.t,
there are men opposed to him. Hisaoo !:
politics, the moral effect of his appoiof,ron.
these are among the many weapons bro-aI
to bear against his confirmation, and 70, -, T
see in none of these a reason why the S..
should hesitate for moment in co,e.,a: '''
the action of the President.
His age might be an objection if + r,.
not for the vigor of his mind and his pbrsie,l
robustness: which are as ample to.dav :.
they were forty years ago; and doubtIa,.
many man who cries him down TOD.
young in years, will be laid in his quiet pr,v.
long ere Gen. Gushing is gathered to h,
| fathers
His politics, too, might be an obieetiaD =
Gen. Gushing had been for a lifetime II,
ardent, unyielding political stumper. as b,,o
been many whose opposition to him to-d,y
is based more upon the idea that the ofie.
would be better filed by their own appoir
ment than upon any other. The fc, !;
that law in its every aspect has 50 engaged
Gen. Gushing S attention, and his name has
been so intimately connected with law ana
its intricacies alone, that We doubt ybefbs,
dozen men in the country have, for The
last twenty years, even imagined that he had
any politics at all. Even now demoorr.
don't by any means claim him as safe M,
to swear by in that regard. That he love.
his country every act of his illustrious In
shows, and this is all of politics that shoull
be required of 4 Judge
And then too, as to the moral effect Of
his confirmation and there in our opinion !.
just where the administration is precisely !,
the right in making his nomination. No;
word is ventured against the moral chan,.
ter of Gen. Cushing On the contrary b,
stands among the best in point of morality.
while in his professional carer no one dare
venture the charge that he has not been
faithful in his every relation. The goyen.
ment always found him so, and the peorle
never found occasion to cavil at the mannr
in which he fulfilled his engagements with
them. 1t is not denied either that he
worthi!y enjoys the confidence of all as stan!!.
ing at the very head of his profession in lie
country, and is thus most clearly fitted %
adorn the seat once occupied by Marshal.
fancy and Chase. What more perfet
moral show then can be secured in an appoirt.
ment than will be secured ifthe Senate seouk
the motion of President Grant BY the coz
/ firmation of Gen Gushing as Chief Jus,.a
of the United States, where, 50 far as humll
nature is concerned, every requisite quaIi-
cation is known to exist
President Grant did well when he nomina.
ted Gen. Gushing as Minister to Spain, but
be did infinitely better when he nominated
him for the position for which he now stands
before the Senate. We hope his nomll,
ton will be confirmed