Daily Republican., 1876-06-28

SHALL JUDGE FISHER BE Con-
FIRMED.-rhis question is now being
seriously considered. Every one who
knows the Judge, save the bitter mer
in our own party, says that he is incor.
ruptible. That his own acts In every po.
sition, whether as Congressman, States
Attorney or Jud.e, are without taint or
stain.
The worst that can be said against
him is that two of his subordinates have
acted badly, and tha! one of them, his
own son, is suspected of criminal action.
Judge Fisher, however, is not the only
one whose children have brought the
blush of shame to the fathers face. The
history of the world abounds with in.
stances where the wrecklessness of the
son caused the parent tears of grief and
agony.
Let us cite few Of the most striking
of the monstrous number:
The sons of Jacob, the favored of God,
conspired and sold their own brother In
TO slavery In a foreign land. David,
the man after Gods own heart, had q
son who outraged his own sister; anoth.
er murdered his brother; another rose in
rebellion and attempted to kill hisfsther.
Could there be greater crimes than these?
Take the rulers of our own race. The
son of King Henry the 4tb, one Of the
mos. polite rulers of Enelssd, whoso'
WISE laws have s@sffrect bearing on the
liberties we now enjoy, engaged In high
way robbery out of mere sport, and
when q robber companion was about
being sentenced for crime, struck the
Judge in open Court.
Now, who holds Jacob responsible for
the acts Of his sons? God did not, for he
made his children nation of chosen
people. Who holds David responsible
for the acts Of Absalom and Haman ?
Among the most affecting scenes of
sacred history,is his lament for Absalom,
his son Absalom.
Who holds King Henry the 4th, re-
spors bic for The acts of the "Mad Prince
Hal" And who would hold Judge Fisher
responsible for the offences Of a son, who II
guilty, for the young man is not yet con-
victed, must bear his own sins.
Again our own City and State, as
well as tbe States around us, abound in
instances where worthless sons have
disgraced honored fathers.
There are several Of our purest and
most honored business men who either
have now, or have had, children that
disgraced their name.
Some have robbed the tills of the
merchants with whom they have been
placed to learn business. Others have
forged others have stolen horses, and
others have been guilty of defalcation
aud misappropriation of public or pri
vate funds. But none thought of blam.
ng the fathers for these crimes.
There were no cold blooded politicians
to scar the fathers heart 10 the effort to
make political capital out of the sons
crimes.
1t is an old saying that every family
has its black sheep. Some of the best
have had relatives 10 the penitentiarv.
Recently the grand son Of an honored
Chancellor in New York, shot and kill
ed his father.
Again, connected with this matter is
Richard Harrington. Would you hold
the honored dead responsible for the acts
of the living. Would you get some
Witch of Endor to call up the spirit of
Delaware's pure Chancellor, and taunt
him with what Richard is accused Of
having done 1t would be just as proper
to do so as to hold Judge Fisher respon.
sible for the act of bis son and subor'
dinales in Office. Iust as right as to &C.
cuse the father or merchant who has been
robbed or disgraced by his own clerks, for
acts of which he knew nothing. until
some astounding disclosure made both
him and the public acquainted with them
at the same time.
We have said above, Judge Fishers
own life Is without reproach, although
his son and subordinates have acted bad
ly. But as no one was more grieved and
astonisled thereat than he, we do not
hold him responsible. Neither do the
great mass Of our people.
In fact, they desire his confirm
alton. 30 do the Republicans who have
carried every convention, and control
the action of the party in this State. A
public meeting In Milford, few days
ago, called by an enemy of the Judge,
was organized and controlled by the
friends of the Judge and those favors
bic to his confirmation.
There is small minority in the Re-