The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-28

calumn,uua ~ the court, ahpersinB Its lntcgri |
ty and it, decisions. "Moro drivel," ''plausi- J
bio sophistry," packed, partisan and demon
Allied" packed tribunal" decisions to be-
observed "rro temrore" only. "dirty work ~
its Masters" "made a political decision to
order" ''iiery Indignation Of I'M ipilamed peo-
ple"-those arc some az the bufIotings to be
found i'll tre Congressional Record, delivered
sometimes from carefully-writ,en speeches.
aud sometimes ~ cciyed, the Record says with
cloud appautc!"
To what aoos all this pave the way? Tho
Congressional Record will inform you. On the
.6.h of January, 1850, Mr.. Manning, Of Mis-
Rissipp'-a State w,ll known 10 be jealousy
sensitive to the puro Hd rinstration or Justice
and the rgor, Us punishment Of crimes-cS-
pecially hideous, cowardly murder and massa
cro-'rtrodrc Il q bill TO place twelve new adj
ci'ional judges ON tho supre..o bench. What
Al easy, ,lfectusl, and withal plausible, disp0-
sition this would make of the court. In
creased business would bo such an innocent
eXcuse-the court could tit by sevens for some
PURPOSES, and meet In banquet for all large
purposes when State sovereignty aud state
rights amendments to tho constitution, aud
cotton taxes and the like aye ut stake Tho
bill passed Ia second reading and was re-
fcrrcd 20 u committee, whose chairman a few
aays aiterward came into the house and de-
nounc, 4 the court, and raid II ma jority If tho
present judges were ''hopelessly lost III
l'h. fpi INC IIthtHt 10
aud huuG!uS 10 pass such a bill Il veto might
spoil il, and il might spoil the result III some
81 sc Northern Stale. But let the Demo Gratis
elect their president, or rather their party
for the party Ii rnnnng-and who will say that
this bill will not find its way to the statute
book. You can Ill say what sort Of judges the
twelve new ones would be.
But no new law Ia needed; natures law, and
the statutory limit Of age at which judges may
retire, will. during the next four years, vacate
ut least four seats on the Supreme bench.
With what judges would the Democracy ill
them?
The Circuit and Distric, Courts are obnox-
ions also. They are still more easy to deal
with. Like the judges Of the Supreme Court,
these judges hold their places during good
behavior. but legislation, AZ has often been
seen la States and III the Nation, has ways to
plough around this stump. Abslishing u cir
cult or district, or adding to IL another, takes
his seat out from under u Judge and gets rid OF
Linn finally; he is "lcgislated cut"
Thus the whole judicial establishment OF the
Republic is at the disposal Of the law-making
power.
With courts revoluionized to conform TO re-.
dictionary notions and dogmas, prejudices and
interests, what may be the fate OF questions
affecting commerce among the several
StaIcs," revenue, bank and leggl-tender cur
rency, the taxation Of Government bonds, fho
currency in which these bonds are payable,
civil rights acts, election laws, claims growing
out of the war, clpims FOR refnnding the war
tax on cotton, the late amendments, and many
other grave matters. no man can predict.
OPPOSITION TO THE ARMY.
The army too L. enytcd-its Offence is
rank" Less than four lines If the revised
statutes are all that denies commissions in the
amy 20 msn who, educated al the cCuDtrS's
cos. and = esented with their country's sword,
drew that sword agairst their country's lft.
A bill To repeal these four lines il now pend
| ing in the Senate, already passed to third
reading 10y the solid Democratic vote. On tho
18th Of February lat, Mr.. Hoisk' II, Of Mary
| land was relieved from the operation Of this
exclusion, and Senator from Arkansas moved
M an amendment its total repeal. The ayes
| aud noes were demanded, and thirty-six SeIa-
! tors, every Democrat who WAS present, voted
aye. Oaio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania aud
Now York contributed their Democratic votes
to this Southern proposition Of "Tcform."
| ub7equcutly tho mover and all concluded to
reconsider and drop the amendment-a sega
cious conclusion in II" Presidential year. APP
pausc.l
Mr.. Tucker, OF virgipis, moved in the House
the repeal OF this safeguard 10 the army a. p
rider to Ill appropriation bill, bH. II was hud-
died ont Of light on point Of orier-a
! judiciOus point in "Presidentisl year."
! lApplsuse.l The Democrats M jOrity put i'll
the army bill a provision that ,tlicerS now in
tho army might receive advanced rank and pay
il they would re' ire--a benevolent, thoughtful
provision certainly. lApplause.l But il y
body OF army officers could thus be- onaAcd out
OF the service, there woui 10 ~ many vacan-
cies 10 be filed. and filed by tho President by
and with the advice and consent OF II Demo-
cratic Senate When this frte-Nill Offering
was presented, a cry arose eb)ut" gft-besriug
Greeks" and other ungraciOus symptoms were
manifested on the Republican tide, and 80
brevet rank and brovet pay stand over at least
! till the season { Santa Claus. lApplause.l
! Meanwhile tho army has been reduced 10 II
skeleton, and whenever scare, Il prctCnce, 4
| speck OF war on the Mexican border or else
where C. IN be discovered or invented, the army
must be increased and filed up. Filled up by
whom? That depends on the approaching
| cleo ion. II Garfield and Arthur are chOscn,
! by Union man-men always for the Union to
the core. IL Hancock and English and tho
! Democratic party get III. by men who "went
with their statUs." Confederate soldiers
would flock to the standard OF military a. well
rs civil service reform, and flock IN II fervOr u
magnsnimity ard devotion, ready to let by
cones be by-gones, and To forgive the ''usur-
pations Of Lincoln" and tho Unconstitutional
coercion Of sovereign States" lapplGusc.l
Why shouldn't they?
Who would he warranted to assert that
Confederate soldier was false or immodest in
! protesting patriotic intentions while seeking
rank in the array If the Republic. No man
ought TO ASSERT it, and yet al fair men would
| agree that. other things being equal, prefer
ments in the army should be given TO those
who fought in that army, rather than 10 those
who assalled il in the dread extremity OF the
| NatiOns life
/ u, M0CRATIC HOSTILITY TO TARIFF AND REVENUE
| LAWS.
| The present tariff and revenue laws are
deemed very lad by the dominant element Of
tho Democracy. They want to change them.
! They will change them radically whenever the
way c,tar. There IL p WHISKY rebellion now
in several States, al 4 the Ulcers OF the law are
! poweres- TO suppress il. In Alabama the law
! Il rcri't'd, and tho process of the courts de-
! stroyed and d fed. Recently warrant was
! Issued for llie arrest Of one Pon:On, charged
with such an oifeure A deputy marshal went
report to tho marshal he says Penton a-soi-
bied from twenty-five To fifty armed mon, and
ret him and the law at defiance When eau
| toned TO desi5t, Ponton replied, "When Han.
cock il elected this damn fo0lihhue3s will
| stop"
The thing 10 stop, thus piously predicted, is
! the collection II the tax on wliskey-that
mild beverage 40 sacred TO tire Democratic
heart so grateful to thu Domuc cratic stomach,
and NO noIrishins to Democratic principles
The law is defined in Arksnsas, and tho Off
Gers apply Ia the Governor for the use ~ tho
| arms Of the United States loaned 10 Arkansas,
and the Governor replies thai he dare not
permit the arms TO DO used, because IL he
should, and il noonshiner should b. killed,
lac would lave to leave the State.
Washington led an army when he was
President aud marched at i,s head TO put
down ~ ii ltwlessness; and he kept the army
IN Pennsylvania three months afterlt was nut
down to rec IT did not get up again. Now,
| there are thlrty-twO soldiers Of the United