The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-12-27
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Here is the educational center fol
Mississippi, the home of Lamar, ant
The place where the Federal Court O
the Northern District is held. 1t Il
perhaps the most compact town in the
State. Its business houses all appa
rently front upon the public square.
The Court House--a fine one too-is
erected in the middle of the square,
and commands the town. i spent a
day here last week, but the weather
was very disagreeable and | did not
see as much of the people as | wished
However | met several now friends OF
The COMET, and was well taken care
of at Hancock's Hotel.
COL. LAMAR
called at my room and interviewed
me upon the state of the country, and
international politics, particularly in
reference to Prince Bismarck's success
sor to the Realm CHARACTERISTIC OF
the German Empire, the results of the
French Indemnity, the Franco-Prus-
sian war, the bi-metalic relations
which the United States hold to the
great powers of Europe, and other
subjects of kindred nature but l
chose to maintain non-committal
position upon these delicate questions.
A newspaper man, striving as L am,
to make his paper popular with all
the leading elements of society cannot
be too cautious how he commits him
self to European programme, which
is liable to fail and react upon him.
[ am disposed to be friendly to Prince
Bismarck, and to give him the sup
port of THE COMET, and | hope he
will make happy selection of a sue
cessor, but l don't want to have any
responsibility resting upon my head
for any shortcoming in the administra-
ton of the Foreign Affairs of the in
German Premier, by prema-
turely bringing pressure upon Is. in
to his successor. Col. Lamar
did not press me to become cam
didate for United States Senator and L
shall probably not complicate the SEN
atorial question with my candidacy.
| don't want anybody to make
about me, and set me down as
"the dark horse" for that place. l
think, upon reflection, that l will not
permit my name to be used in this
| met here quite a number of distin-
guished lawyers from other counties
who were in attendance upon Judge
Hills Federal Court.
JUDGE HILL
is looking as hale and contented as ever,
happy in the patriotic consciousness OF
standing on the golden halfway
ground between political extremes,
giving satisfaction to the government
md the people, and commanding the
respect and confidence of both. Has
the reader ever undertaken to make
out true estimate of the actual value
to a State of such judge in an epoch
of party narrowness and corruption?
And has he considered how well such
A character fits judge? One OF the
darkest sins which the Radical regime
in Mississippi has to answer for was
its systematic attempt to dwarf the
judiciary to the plane of political trick
cry, and prostitute its opponents into
petty partisan tools. But Mississippi
can point to her Hill and her Simrall
and her Peyton with pride, who were
never tainted by this contamination
who amid all their corrupting sur
roundings preserved the purity of the
ermine and administered the law
without bias or partiality. The de-
cisions and the judicial careers of these
distinguished jurists have been mark
ed by an extensive acquaintance with
law and a singleness of purpose, and an
answering integrity of intention. In
such a time | consider such judge
public benefactor, as he is at all times
, valuable safeguard for the rights of
rhe people. PINE hNoT'