Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-14

ton m good society his Is trlOut'
to the all dominating force of refinement
in TASTE. There are also certain matter:
which. while they deeply concern tie
pablo veal. aye kept o.. OF mention
from false sense Of the requirements OF
Prurriety. Thus 1t j. weakly held 10 be
treading upon forbidden ground t. seel.
70 ascertain. at I'll definitely, the tixeG.
opinions of q candidate fer a Judicial
position The supcr-nice theory Is. that
YOUR perfect Judge Is constantly possess
ct OF mind which i altogether fair
md free from prejudice and that his
opinions are never formed Until af,ar
the hearing Of the causes wLic,, a-s
,1rUught before him. This come, a. \
sort OF laIlucina.iJn which * bonn q
the Imagination ami intensified I.v c1s-
tom. We erect :. stanford sE.i ar then
ak enough to impoSa rEpou ourselves
the idea Tia; there ara il.iiyi,iUai> " 10
,-rn and DO live up to,i:. Thus Il Is the
custom 10 SPEAK q thu SJprer1e Court -
the Unite States rs Il 1t were co aps-setI
# men who :.re above all mere ;,artizll.-
hips and free from all the Influences -
political raucoT. And yet. somehow, il
las come - he aired OF iate that q 81
lveme judge may have any politics bat
Republican politics, AM he any kind ri
= Radical exp 4 Radical Z, publican.
This is the tone Of many = IIofesse-! "
gan OF the Republican u&f:v. just now
:here are Republican newspapers that /
are the very ferceet advocates of the /
Confirmation If C.leb Cushing. AMI
whose columns teen with ,!enunciation
81 every Republican whose name has
been mentioned in connection with the
Office Of Chief Justice. There is an
over-ea@erneSs TO conce,le purity q mo
tive 10 the outs, and Unseelaiy political
bias to the ms But the principles which
EInderiis the Republican party are quite
a. vital and quite IS much in need q pre-
servation now IS at any other period
since their first enunciation. There is
inst as much of political power in TIN
Supreme Court now rs there was when
Jud-e fancy sat there ana onuncisttd ;
tie famous doeInas of the bred Scott !
.asa- Tn Log. a .ha times when
fancy presided Over that Court t;,,ge!..
hin rs they t,srclt all other th.uke-s Of l
Southern birth that here was vital need :
( al Interpretations; q; l:,9 in f@vo- Of I
-laye-y 4 like course OF reasoning
made !, inevitable that IioyI ar,i paws !
nj Toom3s an Jer. Black should advise :.
James buchanan to decide that the Con i
',itution rendered the Union p0wcrIess V
} save itself against secession. Men ore =
laced upon the British woolsacls be 4
muse OF Their opinions. and men have -"
cen and 0urh. 10 be nominated to the Il
supreme Bench of the United States be =,
luse of their known soEniness Of view +
.pon certain clearly marked principles 0
# politics. Starting from the premises .;
FINISHED lv slavery, fancy was right. il
Proceeding to the logical conclusions i'll "
vital,le to him who had accepted the 81
easonings Of john c. Calhoun, James II
buchanan could find no ether verdict 2
han the one " hich he did find But we of |
he Republican Party made a new depart \
re under Lloyd Garrison and Ossawatto- G
lie Brown.
This new order o. things is the reverse :"
f Taneyism and CalLounism. lis J.,
,gic is as forceful and impregnated with "
5 much of vitality and integrity now as h:
yer il was If Caleb Cushing's poli'i- a
II convictions are fit for the Supreme r.
,ench now they always were fit fog it. or
he impossibility Of a compromise be- We
Teen Republicanisrn, with its strong 'o
.ndency to nationisrn and CONTINUATION On
power, and Democracy with its pro- of
ivities toward confederate relations and In
tate sovereignty is quite as much fact y y
ow as il was in 1860. II Is in this very mr.
lsidiousness of its approach that the N,
anger of the anti national idea hides. as
lille it indicates. its persistency and its w. %'
niger 1t is always on the alert. 1t I'll
as canonized its patriarchs, and by as
uch coundinY of their yIrfueS cauSed III