The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-07-08
The FIRST Judicial Circuit.

WHY HON. 4. d. DUFF SHOULD BE ELECT
ED JUpGE-sTATE's ATTORNEY HART
WE'LL OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY GIVES
HIS REASONS FOR SUPPORTING him.
The MoaitOr, published at Marion
Williamson County, contained in its last
weeks issue the following letter from
states Attorney J W. Hartwell, of that
county, giving his reasons for supporting
Hon. A. -. Dan, for Judge of the First
Judicial Circuit. Mr.. llartwell is an
able lawyer, and his opinions on this
subject should have great weight with
The voters Of the circuit. lie is Repub-
lican in politics.
EDITOR MONITOR Having seen the
announcement OF the Hon. \. ID. Dun oi
tarbondale, as a candidate for Judge in
the first judicial Circuit, as organized
under an act OF the late General Assem-.
bly,, approved June ,, 1871, | am sure
speak the almost unanimous sentiment
OF the voters in this part OF the Circuit in
saying that Judge Duff is certainly the
right man in the right place Tor that office.
His long experience, both a. Judge
upon the bench rs well as a prac.
ticing lawyer at the bar, his well
known habits OF hard labor and
close study, acquired IN long
and arduo rs professional career, have
given him deep aud penetrating kn0wl- |
edge of the law, and familiarity with |
our whole judicial system which render |
him pre-eminently fitted Tor the judicial |
office. Upon the bench he has won an |
enviable reputation as learned and i'm. |
partial Judge; while as a lawyer his can. I
dor and urbanity TO his opponents, his |
great zeal fidelity to his clients, together
with spotless and unblemiShcd char
acter as an honest man and an upright |
citizen, have gained for him the |
friendship of his professional |
brethren, and the respect and admra-
ton of the people of southern Illinois
with whose interest he has SO long
been identified. lie has. lived in this
country since it was almost an uninhabit-
ed wilderness he has experienced the
hardships of pioneer lie, not only in the
professional field but in the corn field as
well, and his experiences have been such
as TO bring him in close sympathy with
the farming and labOring classes. those
people who must at last be aCknowl-
edged as the real life VI the whole body
polite.
He is, therefore, well acquainted with
the many modes OF trade, the customs
and the motives OF the various elements
which constitute our civil society. 1t is
a fact 100 true to be denied by any can
did man that there is now, and has been
for years past, a great war of interests,
the corporations on the one hand and
taX-ridden masses upon the other-and
while no candidate could be reasonably
expected or required to give his opinion
in advanc. yet every one knows that
judges on the bench honestly differ as to
questions OF constitutional law, yet we
are well acquainted with the Views of
Judge Duff upon these questions, oh.
tanned while upon the bench and know
that they, like the opinions ot Judge
Cooley and other eminent jurists, are
with the rights of the people.
We must have legislation honest and
brave enough to enact such laws as will
prevent these sOulless and bloodsucking
corporations from grinding the lite ont
OF the people who support them, and we
must also have Judges in our courts who
viii fearlessly and fairly construe these
laws. .,
Give us DUFF, Crawford and Baker, and
our people need have no fear but that
our part of the judiciary will reflect
credit not only upon Southern Illinois
but upon the whole state.
J. W. HARTwFLI,
States attorney, Williamson county