Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04
r.,l.r. T. Convict sA.r,a.. P.g..

quilted by the result Of the Impeachment
trial. But he is morally convicted be.
yond reach of hope Twenty -four against
seventeen Of the members of the high
court Of impeachment (wi,hin tour OF
lwo-thlrds of the number voting) declar'
ed upon their solemn oaths that they
deemed him guilty of high crimes aud
misdemeanors, for which he deserved to
be impeached. That there were at least
SIX others who would have acted cores
pondingly If they had acted in accor.
dance with their convictions and not in
with their sympathies or
there can be little doubt.
Men not accustomed to the exercise of
judicial functions, find it difficult to di.
vest themselves of the natural feelings Of
sympathy and pity which arc inseparable
from the spectacle Of . man of ability |
and Of fine appearance, whose future 10 |
at stake, and whose whole life would be |
blighted by . vote in accordance with |
that equal and unyielding justice which |
only long schooling upon the bench can |
cause q man to deal out to his fellow |
man. In point Of fact, then, We do not
scruple to express 1t Is our honest judg
ment that at least two-thirds of the court
convicted Judge Page in their hearts, 81.
though only . considerable majority Of
them did it by their votes. That Judge
Page should say, therefore. that he felt
himself completely "vindicated" by the
verdict, is only another evidence Of his
stolid indifference to the meaning Of the
public voice. and his utter unconscious
ness Of the nature Of his offences and OF
the character of his own mind. We
have this consideration for Judge Page in
his troubles. We believe him z monoma-
MAC upon the subject Of his own impor-
lance and the criminality of any opposi
tion to his wishes. He is . born egolist,
and natural tyrant. Opposition to his
wishes he regards as crime against the
He is wholly unit for the place he under
takes 10 fiji. We have never heard his
most ardent friend and apolOgist, claim
that he was not. The case never existed
Of 4 Judge at swords point with the
greater part Of the community IN which
he lived for years ut time. and in con-
slant personal broil with large number
of them, who could be endowed with
qualities fitting him for I. Just and i'm
partial judge: We regard it, therefore,
chiefly because we believe he is cOnstitu-
has received The very fact that he Is
pulled up with vanity and pride over what
he calls his "vindicatioD," when in fact
he was inpeached by one branch of the
Legislature, and that confirmed by = major
ity of the other, (bsrely escaping in the lat
ter q full two.thirds vote,) is sutflcien,
indication of this fact. Judge Page will
probably 20 along crafty carrying on his
lit with his 'enemies'' (and his enemies
in his view are unhappily every man,
woman and child in his district Who re-
= fuses to fall down and worship HIM. 50
long as he sits upon the bench and hence
we shall probably be compelled to bear
with the scandals of his district until the
end Of his sutocratic reign. Then the
case will happily be referred 10 the people
OF his district, and their silent verdict
will "vindicate" him as he brazenly -.
sumes he has now been vindicated-a
very large maj GRITTY Of them voting As q
large majority Of the senators voted
that he is an unfit man for the Office OF
judge in republican country, or for that
matter in any country whatever:
Now, then, a few words of comment
and in addition, and we are done, unless
the case should demand more attention.
We propose to state what every man knows
to be Gods own truth. Sherman Page
remains judge, by the slimmest kind Of q
scratch. He stands to-day as much ar
ra,gned before the bar of the people OF
Minnesota as when first called before the
senate. His jury failed to agree, with a
proportion of three to two, against him; 4
majority which in Congress, would make
or unmake, any law Of the land.
1t Is 80 much easier to excuse thar
condemn, so much harder to convict thar
acqui,, there are 20 many tricks of the law
available to the INSCRIPTIONS culprit. tina
he has escaped the penalty, though de
clared worthy OF it. We believe tina
every man in Mower county knows, tia
it Is the conviction of threefourths u
the Senators of the court, that he 10 un
f, by nature and character, to be Judge
but that they leaned towards mercy, and
let him escape. Every man knows, tia
for two-thirds of the citizens of the coun
: ty, and for three-fourths of the citizens O.
Austin, the news of his escape from jus
tice, made last Saturday the gloomles
Gay We have had for years. There is NJ
denying it; bluer, more dssp0ndent pee
pie than Austin showed ON receipt Of tn
news, was never seen.
Knowing these things, and KNOWN
them to be FACTS, it il particularly brs
zen and impudent for Page and his sma1
minority of friends, to attempt to COZ
vert into triumph, IN escape which do<
not even attain to the dignity Of . repriev
A we'll might . murderer, pardon
ed by executive clemency on the morr
ing OF execution, calf together his friend
aud indulge in selfglorifcstion. The
deceive NO one. We oil understand !
Let them dare to give three cheers II
Page on the streets Of Austin, and befo,
they have finished, We will drown thei
in tiger Of groans that will silence 9
cond attempt, a., z-
If DOW, Sherman Page has friends, an
they can influence him in the least, i
them advise him to the inofensive, u,
demonstrstive, humble conduct, whic
the experiences and punishments Of II
past few months, would teach to be |
wise TO any but nadman. Let his fe
friends refrain from stultifying themse
yes. and insulting the intelligence Of the
many neighbors, by claiming triumph
but let them rather thank God that the
friend has escaped the just penalty Of b
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