The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-05-07
NO. IDrsrR1or.
Judge Jeremiah :. Black.

We take the following well-deserved notice
Of the Hon. J. S. Black, of Pennsylvania,
from the Philadelphia Times of April 23d,-
Judge Black has host of friends in this
state, and If he should turn out to be the
dark horse the Democracy of MARYLAND
would accord to him a most enthusiastic SUP
port. Judge Black, it may not be amiss to
say, is land owner, and necessarily a tax
payer of Hartford:
lhere could he no reason given for omitting
Judge Black from the list of Prcsd ential condi
didates, unless it is to be assumed that emf.
nent ability, large experience in public duties
ana consistent devotion to party faith, exclude
men from the highest honors of the country
true, he Is not politician in the modern accepta.
liol OIL inc term, and he Is unschoocd in the use
OF modern political appliances. He has never
achieVed the distinction Of setting up delega-
non 10 county, State or national convention
ana II Is probable that ifasked to help nominate
a constable in his rural township out in York
he would be as likely TO hinder rs to helm The
rnd by ms attempt to manage the party prma-
ries. But IN the larger field of political efforts
aud attainment Judge Black has scored n higher
hotch on the roll of fame than any of his contem-
porarles OF either party in Pennsylvania, and he
"tanus Today coniessedly the strongest intellect
OF the commonwealth. lie was born on the
summit otthe Aleghenies among the "frosty sons
oil thnndcr,' and is only one of the many great
men the rugged mountain life has furnished TO
nonor the state. struggle for the President
judgeship in his district that had become mnch
enDittercd, called him to the bench as com
promise candidate when he was thirty wears of
age and he was thus anchored in the judicial
Held. 1t was heartily in accord with his taste.
however, and he speedily became one of the most
respected of our Common Pleas Judges When
only forty years of age he was called from the
common Pleas to the Supreme Court, with such
veterans rs Gibson and Coulter, and became
ohei Justice. In 1854 he was reelected but
PRESIDENT Buchanan called him to the Attorney
Generals Office in 1857 His continuance i'm The
Buchanan cabinet until the close of the admin
lStratlon; his transfer to the State portfolio
after the retirement ofCass, and his PARTICIPATION
IN Inc discussion and solution OF the grave prob
lens which confronted the government with
secession, are familiar to all intelligent readers
since the close of the Buchanan administration
Judge Black has been in willing retirement.
WIN inc exception offs briefterm ofseryive i'm the
Constitutional Convention, which he ended nv
resignation.
Judge Black is one ofthe men to whom n very
large class OF the party turn as II leader when
great issues are to be solved, hut he is not of
those who are generally discussed for the Presi.
dcncy. He has never had even consultation
with partisan followers TO advance himself as n
candidate, but his nnme was presented to fine
Baltimore Convention of 1872, when a number
OF delegates, including Senator Wallace, voted
Tor ms nomination against Mr. Greeley. I'm 1876
Judge Black cordially joined in fayorinp the
selection of Hancock as the choice of Pennsyl.
yanla and since the fraudulent defeat of Mr.
lllden he has been persistent in maintaining that
the ilrst duty ofthc Democracy of The country was
10 aVengc the fraud by nominating Tilden i'm
iSSo tie Is not OF the kind of politicians who
calculate The question of cXpediency, and he
would, as rule, prefer defeat in defense of n
sacred principle to success merely for the sake
81 success. tie believes that Tilden ought TO he
elected President again, and therefore he insists
That he must be nominated This attitude of
Judge Black might seem at first blush to mt
nm beyond the pale of the contest of 1890 INF
Inc nomination OF q dark horse at Cincinnati is
now reasonably, and the range of dark horses is
so wide on the Democratic side judge Rack
may be only the more available because he is
earnestly and unselfshy devoted to the cause
OF another. Tilden will not be nominated. but
he VIII have much to say in deciding who shall
lake ms place, and who would more completely
come up TO the Tiden standard than Judge
Black: lie is among the abcst men of the
country; lie is free from the following of fac
ton he is sound on the financial issue /: he is
Democratic from his wig to his boots, and he
would make thoroughly honest administration
oi the government. The political leaders will
oowl MN out OF the ring at once when his name
Is mentioned but when they get to Cincinnati
ana discover that those who have had nosses.
sion OF the ring must make way for the entry
OF the dark horse brigade, they will find the
name OF Judge Black on the list from which the
choice must be made The pen-picture of the
Judge is graceful tribute to his private and
public worth from Mr.. Hensel, and its ustice
vii be readily recognized by all who CORRECTLY
value the eminent men Of the nation.