The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-05-29
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NAY "a 1878
x puHE JUDICIARY.

Judiciary for the next eight years. We
have too often repeated il TO make nsceSa-
~ now tie warning of the care - be used
in this selection. OF all the co-urdinate
branches Of the State Government there is
none in which The interests o. the people are
so directly involved as in that If the Judi.
eiary. The rcfnements Of civilization have
built up the institutions o. law as the re-
source and resort for protection against
wrong ami redress under injury, instead Of
:Le appeal % She strong hand which was the
recourse inthe earlier stages Of society. And
time apd custom have given such sanction to
this more rational and human system. that
rebe lion agains. the DEGREES Of law are sell
dom known; and men have learned to de-
fer with perfect confidence 20 the action Of
the Courts. trusiful in the award Of impair.
iial justice. ln past era in the history Of
North Carolina. this implicit faith was not
unsorthily given. judges seemed sensible
Of the high trusts confdei in them. and
proved BY learning, by integrity and BY i'm.
partiality that they felt the weight and Dig
nifty oflhe responsibility assumed as peace,
fal agencies 20. tie settlement Of strife in
contrast to the violent arbitration to which
the ruder ages Of the past were compelled
10 resort. . Ffstxf -rt
Only within this generation had We rea,
SON to Withdraw confidence in tribunal so
long Implicitly trusted and obeyed. Only
within that period have We learned that
judges we're but men-men fal.ible. partial.
partizan and corrupt. .&.-.-.--.s...--..... !
The Supreme Court Of North Carolina
during tae past ten years has not been want
ing in one attribute of distinction. 1t has
included among its members men as pro-
found in learning and as brilliant in intel.
lect Is ever adorned its illustrious seats and
il learning and talent alone were wanting
to give it preseminence. il was as fully
armed as any tribunal in the land. But it
cannot be denied that, with few bonora-
bic exceptions. the Bench has made itself
an object Of distrust; has lost the respect Of
The bar ; has forfeited the confidence Of the
people; has destroyed faith in the purity Of
lis decisions; has unsettled belief in the
fundamental inaexibiliry Of the principles
Of Law BY bending willingly and unworthi-
ly to partisan exigences; and has made the
final arbitrament Of the tribunal a reluctant
and unreliable resort sis As@aa.-.
Nov. after long ten years Of discoutenr.
impatieDce ard modification. the power Is
put M the hands u the people Of the State
tOrestOre the Supreme Court 70 its pristine
purity and integrity. And. TO the honor Of
The bar. there is exhsustless wealth Of ma
terisl from which to draw. But il Is this
very wealth that may be profile oftrOuble.
Il should be accepted asas fundamsbtal
principle ihst no man shall be put in uOmi.
nation who must necessarily become the Oh
ject of 6erce attack bs bis enemies. of ne
cesssry defence By bis friends. There i
no occasion to compel the Democratic party
10 submit itself to defensive stiItude
On tie contrary. iis movement should be
iriumphautlY, il not aggressirelY. onward,
irBpeded BY no useless weights. bampered
Lyn unworthy connections. In iis mora
attitude. the Democratic party is compelled
toa position - remote y possible from that
held BY the Republican party. IL can a.
ford TO present no man for tbe suGrages d
the people Who y q III vulnerable % the
assaults % justly made upon the Court nos
about to go out Of existence. Il is not y
much learned tribunal ihe people ask for
ihs preseDt Cosrt = sst deficient in ths
qualification. IL is men pure, undeslsd
honesi. ineousptible. thai they want. Thes'
are 70 be had GOT d the many names 10 b
presented sod out Of those names. only ih'
perfectly unobjseiionaole will GIL the pOpu
lar requirement
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A Northern COnesroBdeht says: ''Th,
colorcl Democratic voter must be reeosniz