The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-01
The Independent.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER /, 1877.


In proof that newcomer" may
possibly happen to be right now and
tlen, we copy the following from the
l.aling republican (anti-administra-
tion) paper of one of the strongest re-
publican states in the Union;
eff it is true that the President has
concluded to appoint General Harlan,
of Kentucky, to the supreme bench, in
the place OF Senator Davis, elected
senator from Illinois, he has done we'll.
We had feared, that southern states
rights fire eater would secure the ap
pointment or Bristow, or some one of
that class OF politicians, and are happily
disappointed. John M. Harlan is for
ty We ,rs old, six feet high, weighs 226
pounds AMI always has good health.
A an orator he has no superior and
but few equals. He is we'll read,
sound lawyer; and has been lifelong,
consistent republican, with republican
views of the rights of states and the
powers of the different branches of the
government. That is what is needed
on the supreme bench now. AS long
ago as 1859, he ran for congress in his
native state against democrat and
was only beaten e. votes. He went
into the Union army, served faithfully
AID calamity, and has since the war
been republican, never faltering in
strong democratic state. We hope
that it will turn out to be true and
that the President will appoint him."
In previous issue we asserted that
the nomination of John NJ. Harlan, of
Kentucky, for Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States
WAS good one, the hap-hazard opinion
.of the Oreyoaian to the contrary, not
withstanding. For presuming to have
an opinion on this subject different
from that dictated by the great news
paper ,mogul, wc have been denounced
as "nincompoop, prig, shallow-gat-
bier, upstart, coxcomb" and last but
not least, an Ignorant vanity" just
what this last term means we are un-
able to say.
The most crushing epithet heaped
upon us, however, is that of "new-
conner" Of course, newcomer" has
no right to an opinion; and it was very
.thoughtless in lis to express ones
pecially one different from that an
--.ouiceu ny a4I NV. VINCE
particular time a man ceases to be a
newcomer" and is suddenly convert
eel into an "old-comer,' has not been
clearly stated by the great apostle who
proclaims this new system of logic
Neither n residence of two years, nor
five years, nor even ten years, will be
sufficient to protect one from the hor-
rid imputation of newcomer" unless
we have some rule by which to deter
mine how long it will take to outlive
the crime Of changing ones residence
What the requirements are in Ore
gon in the case of newcomers" we
are not advised; but here in Washing
ton Territory, where at least three
fourths of the population are ''new-
corners" We fortunately have a statute
ltw which grants to this much despised
c'ass, after six months residence, all
tae privileges and immunities held and
exercised Ivy "old-comers." We
have this law because our old settlers
are not afraid Of newcomers" be-
ciuse they wish to induce them to come
toour Territory and help US todeve.op its
hidden resources, help to make it, I'M
der the benign influence of liberal legis-
Luton, what it is one day destined to
be-one OF the most prosperous and
populous States of the Union. In our
Territory we are glad to know that
there is none of that spirit Of jealousy
of newcomers" which seems to haunt
the editor of. the Oregonian like a
nightmare There is not a more hos
pitsbls and generous class of people on