Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-02-16

Ahht nv NAthh hFounu htchm0nd
the Monitor has changed base on the
Chancellor question and nov nj.
lacks the policy and not the Demos.
raey OF the eodorsers Of Peytoa. We
imagined Ne mach. The Low estimate
Of and scurrilous fling. at the bar Of
the 18th District, lie untenable isola.
ton IN the light Of di-passioaate rea-
son, lie verbose harpings ON the
mouldered string Of peoples
nights all indicate q desire, IL no,
purpose, TO make the question one
OF bitter partiranship rather than
OF fitness or peculiar adaptation.
Under the gui-e, very gauEy too, Of
peoples rights, It's leaders all have
tendency 20 inhame the passions
and awake prejudices. While we
have, as Democrats, the utmo~, con.
tempt and loathihg for anything
that SAVIOR Of RAdicalism, we can
not, In justice 10 reasonable co.,
scrvatism, allow those AnImositics 20
weigh aaght IN the balance where
mind Is pittcd against matter. We
do not estimate mental attainment
with the low standard that the Mon.
itor recognizes and uses In adyo-
eating the name u O man whose
lame as q lawyer is as obscure As the
milky way. When our appreciation
OF eligibility reaches 20 low an ebb
and we are driven 20 the Indians
extremity In the matter Of the buE-
EArd and the turkey, We shall seal
our lips aud let things have their
own way. Bot 50 long As questions
Of no very Vi al Importance to be
mocHey at large are forced upon Us
We shall always be found As earnest.
uncompromislng advocates VI intel;
ligcnse.
As regards the matter Of policy
and precedent, about which our co
Temporary harps at such great length
We answer in the same manner as
We do between the present ascirants.
We do not see any bad dI~ction Ia
q policy which seeks To elevate the
bench TO respectable, in.
tellectual standard. IL IL l.
. bad precedent, then perish
every modicum Of mind 10 the world.
Are We TO stultIfy what we have
CLEANED from the world Of knowl.
edge for . partiEanship which low,
ers mind and mental achievement
Are we, rs sane, sentient beings, "a
advocate n maudlihg mediocrity In
preference To q tried competency
Are We 20 put an ignoble construc.
ton upon those grand lights In the
legal and literary ornament now
shining with undimmed lustre
through the vistas Of the past for
the sake OF policy and precedent
Never so long A. the light and pow
er and cogcncy q reason remain!
And II y policy, is Il that would
make asses of "a all. oh no; pol.
ley has no such ignoble significance
connected with q Judiciary which
should he free from faint aud ~
spotless and pre- as Caesars wife.
ID - policy that would host some
ignoble nondescript Of . lawyer TO q
place Of power and dignity aud le,
intelligence, natural aptitude 60 beg.
ging! That IL policy and that IL in.
telligcnt Democracy as expounded
by our confere of the Monitor.
Democracy has no such meaning
no such significance or tendency
Again, the Conservatism which our
Democracy hyphehiEed in the last
campaign, admits Of no such coa.
strnction--a construction deprcoat.
ing mind and advocating ignorance.
We appeal to the peoples reason
and not their passions They are
with US in lifting up the bench to IN
altitude tar beyond ths reach and
hope OF mediocrty. And ~ long
As reason prevails ssaeommon sense
reigns we are assured OF q support,
both moral aud substantial, which
oil epithets Of backsIider, traitor,
etc will NOT avail avnanma