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THE JUDICIARY.
nishes dcmagogism to thrive there is a sound J In our paper of the 19th ult. in comment-lf tne Union 5 Must we behold Texas every
It is idle to speak of the necessity of an en-Breason why the election of Judges shnuldaing upon his Excellency's message in con-
day selling her cotton to England free of all
P.liirir tvliilct niir r.nlfnil ia unluanf tn 51 llPflVV
lightened judiciary to a free government. Weflnot be entrusted to the Legislature it isEnectiou with annexation we took occasion tolj 0'stf Aud must we also perceive Texas
might as well talk of the necessity of air audBtfiat tlie electors are too numerous and therc-fiobserve in substance that while our unionBreceiving in exchange the manufactures of
food to the living body. But it is a questionlfore the individual accountability is felt asHwith the United States would assuredly bclEngland free of duty whilst here they are
of great interest in what manner an enlight-lnothiug. The crime of palming upon thelproductive of immediate advantage to TexasIeX(:loecJ by a proniouory lariiu win tue
Hi C I D I HI C . ff:n rnlnn CMtll fin ICBIIO "! it it- llnnc
ened judiciary maybe best secured. HowHpcopIe an unlearned and incapable Judge isHyet that it was a measure dictated to the Go-1' .jle TJnion sustain the mighty shock?
shall our Judges be chosen? jsharcd between so many offenders that itKvernment and people of. the Union by a sternHrv.jiv. nnfi hourlv. to the South and South-
It has been intimated that the better plan causes no one particular check to blush. necessity and that for its consummationJJwcst would be presented the strong iuduce-
would be their electiou by the people. WeH The best method our judgment can sug-lTexus would be indebted not to any extraor-nRnt t0 unite wok lexas mid secure t.ie
believe that this method has been adopted by jgest for the creation of superior Judges isffldinnry magnanimity or liberality or affeclionjg ' . . x ." i ... r.t..r'
I . H . Sat receive the same cheap manuiactures
Mississippi and by that state only and we mheir appointment by the Executive with then but mainly to this cause to the clear convic-31freeof (jutv j exchange. Nor would these
have reason to believe that although but re-Jmdvice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate.! tion that the safety and welfare of the UnionHJhe the only clangers incurred and temptations
ccntly introduced and all its beauties not ful- The Executive elected by the people is theirs were involved in it. Wc regret to learn thatjflpresented by this fearful experiment. We
in saving this wc gave offence. But whih
ilwedo all honor to the American name while
we trust we properly appreciate the blessings
Jy developed experience has determined its&immediate representative. He is the direct
impolicy. Wc deprecate its introduction intofforgan of the democracy. IJe is perhaps
our Constitution fur many reasons. It is nolo: more than any other functionary in the state
every citizen who is capable of determining amenable to public opinion. For his exercise
upon the iitness of the candidate. The pco-sjof the appointing power he would be individu-
ple arc generally right in their estimate of afljally responsible and all the odium and all the
man's integrity and sense but they have nogguilt of imbecile and ignorant Judges would
facilities fur Resting his Iaw-knowledge.f Be-rcst upon his single head. Moreover his
sides with those who have but little business2choice would be restricted to no candidacve
in courts (and they are usually the better classjThe ablest and the best lawyers in the land
of citizens) it is a common fallacy that com-jniiglit accept the nomination as an honorable
mon sense and common honesty arc all sufli-distinction who could never be induced to run
cient tor the bench. iow no man is born asja muck lor it belore the people or in the Jegis- aed it mav "cost oceans of blood and millions
lawyer brilliancy of parts will never supplygjlaturc. The confirmation of the nomination 0f money to free them from the evils that
the lack of law. No man no matter how re.Mby the Senate would be a further guarantee of Minay be brought upon them;" when Mr.
spcctable his abilities how tirm his integrity S the fitness ot the person and the concurrence Walker exhibits in startling view the de
of annexation we cannot yield our belief thatl"d their own commerce whilst here they
would see that same business transacted ior
would see the exports of Texas carried direct-
ly abroad from their own ports and the im-
ports brounrht into their own ports direct in ex
change; thus building up their own cities.
interest is its parent. We might have ap
pealed in vain to the kindred blood which
gauii'itcs us to the American people ; we might
have represented our wrongs our struggle fori
liberty our free institutions and our devotion
ttto them and all this would not have effected
annexation. But when the hero of the Her-!
ijmitage tells thenrthnt if Texas be not regain-
can be a just Judge unless he add to these ag0f two-thirds ot that body besides this is dc-lMpresscd commerce the ruined agriculture thcKstibjccted them to these disasters by the refu-
i iKjn!f rnnimnrntifkn iV h'ltnror I w mciilf mnr
loral tralfic anclB0"'"4 ."" ..... w.u.b :
thorough knowledge of the law he is ap-alsigned to prevent the possibility of a nieretlannihilated revenue the immci
pointed to administer. Are the people thenwExecutive tool or party man from beingKthe dismembered Union whi
-fitted by habit education or prejudice to be-gplaced upen the bench. We believe that tlusnfr0m the rejection of our offered hand then
come competent triers of legal capacity? gjmetliod would insure to us learned and inde-feini(jcd the heroism of our revolution is ad-BtluTreannexation of Texas." One of three re
But again the ordinary office of the Judgefcjpendent Judges.
is to determine disputes between one citizens But after all perhaps the best surety of angrPexas is pronounced worthy of the union
and another. Now if elected by popular votefiidepeiident and learned judiciary is a liberalHLct us not be misunderstood. We do not
ithem chiefly in New York Boston anil Phi-
ladelphia. They would see New York re-
jceiviug annually one hundred millions of im-
Jports neajly fifty millions of which was for
jresale to iliem and all which they would rc-
Iceive directly in their own ports if united with
JTexas thus striking down nearly one-half
(the commerce of the g.teat city of New York
and transferring it to the South and South-
west. The South and Southwest whilst
they would perceive the advancing prosperi
ty of Texas and their own decline would al
so feel that the region with which they were
united had placed them in this position and
lich may result
She
huired the claims of kindred are allowed andc
no true friend of the Union can desire to
subject it to such hazards; and this alone
ought to he a conclusive argument in favor of
Ksults is certain to follow from the refusal of re-
annexation: 1st. The separation cf the
South and Southwest from the North and
llinir rniminn witli ToTni: Or f rl 'I'tio n-
.. ... t U. Kl tf UJUIl I ullliKill If lill -A.-l.?fr -s ru. A..a .is
is it probable that in the causes ne may irysaaiy. Slid is the constitution of mankindfnndervalue annexation it is a measure ofltal overthrow of the tariff Or. a. A system
- i t t .1 .r3 Itul Cm.
iie can be always impartial i w e Know tnatthat independence in action is often assuredSthc first importance tons. It will induce afiof unbounded smuggling through Texas into
with the very best motives in the world thegby independence in circumstances and in tliisHmore immediate emigration it will nVe valueBtnc West antl Southwest. Accompanying
vpirlipstrnpiifflnverr. ltis not easv for oiieSmPrp..ntilp nm. wlmn nil tliintrs m-P turnpfl h. i..i.. :. ...:n ..: Hthe last result would be a disregard ot tiic
------.r - ex - -a-' a -..... .. igco oar lauus ; u win i u puiujuueuce 10 ouregi 1 . .ff .ir:t;.. ..rUr ...!.i.
. I :i. A. 1.: .;.! l.i cI. o noR5... :... . I .!. ii.B . . nmws uuu au uuu ucuiuiuiimuuii i wc uii
111 "aiua" 11U"' "3 ""'"- " "" ""-fcaiu wtmuuui tiiu ui ia.Ci.i& can omy uec berties : It Will give Strength and elhcacy toHnnm.trv. nmrtin:! rpnR.nl of tl.fi tarifr. and
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voieu ior nun auu buun uuuiui:i aiuusi "iin.scominauueu uy uie uest price.
It is not easy to view each with equal favor.
"Without perception of it this may bend the
tufntof Tn fieri? tn ilio o-iiicf nf liis" friend whcn-S
e
his adversary may be his unfriend. Or it may a
be that the very fear of bias from this natural?
cause may affect his judgment and lead himj
flour laws; it will give a better tone to society ;gjloss of the revenues which it supplies and a
&t will give peace and ouict to the commuiiitv:8ece?sary resort to direct taxation to support
PP0INT3IEKTS BY THE PRESIDENT. HI . ii :. :ii :. k. i. . .- gRthe Government."
WilllU IIIUIU Lllilll illl L J11 "IVU UUtlV IU IIUIIVUI
TTn W n Ci I -It- . itf r. .. I 10tm"Sncss lhe trooI3 ot "emasogues theg "Most certainly then the refnsr.1 ofrean-
J ' - mr -- lbo 4.A.WaT VJ V- 1 I illl jji
Hon. J. A. Greer Secretary of the Trea
sury.
his restoration to Ik
proper to be shewn to distin
jjfulse gods of the day whose importance isfhicxation will hepeal. tiic tariff by the sub-
abased upon our disquiet. It is for these rea-gstiiutioii of smuggled goods in place of Ameri-
flsons conjoined with an invincible love offfcan nianufactures: the fair trader will be u:i-
j;:rt;no i;- fr;nt. nflmc li mrrS -J . FJderso d and driven out 01 me maruet tv fie
to do injustice to lu friend. Thus lib vcn Thfj Uon m Donclon has htcy beeJfatlrland that Texas holds out her ImndsBiIicit lrafliCf nm stun(r(ii:ir becoine ajmosl
conscientiousness may icau mm asiraj. isafllicted by a severc attuck of intiisiKsilion fcjto the American people. We set then a pro-iversal and the commerce of the country
love ol fame too will be a stumbling block uiW( rejoice to say however tliat his health is Sper value upon annexation but we place thegTn.v.sFCRncD fimmi New Yonn a.vd the porti?
A dread will perpetually disturbs we ni recoverod. H- was visited Credit to the right side. op the INortii to the ports oc Iexas.
-v. ir. -i inr y- tm r r t r I'lTir. 11-nii in vi
x ins uisiu"iiiu fi inu luuo cuiu iiiiii" tut
government into contempt and finally etidan-
:iis way.
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mm mat his decisions may ue aurmuieu to ui nring his iIIIcgs frequenly hy lhe president H In support of what we have advanced we
itrtfaf ii a hntin i.-nnirii on nrtfinrin!j Tim fira .... . u . . '-!
ua. - ..a. Uw... ..w. y" Band all that attention and solicitude were ex- conclude with some extracts trom a high au-Kirer the Union if Indeed it did not induce a
ancir mtiirnH lnliro flu irrnsc Illl HCtlPn 111 TfX. ........ S. 1 . i ri T T n .1 . r IM 1
aj ......Uv. U . &. ...j "Slnbited ior li
.alth which areBuonTy tne 110n- iU1' aiier me present oe-Kdegeneracy ana uemoranzauon always lata l
rmslw.fi ..ih;iiiif. Scretarv of the U. Stales Treasury. We sayBlothe permanence of free institutions. Nor is
T . . ! .i .1 . . .1 j 1 Pit necessary to cutset these results that le.vas
the Friend nfR"ldrthermore that it cannot be deemed uiiwiseSjf . . - -
UIC x nciiu ui v. Wclinii hi IiRc.omn a cninnv. or even a nomrnpnnni
or unpatriotic that in entering the Americaiig(lepeIllj.n(.y 0f Engla'nd; nor yet that then-
cause wherein his personal friend was inte-j
rested from the fear that his friendship . . . ts
' .... Rto elevated sentiment and to
ciouueu 111s reason ana test punuc ojnmoucrj
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i.iiiii imVuii. iu mm uui.uij. .!. u.uS t... ailnion. the neonle of Texas should entcrtaiiiliniild be between these nowers a treaty of re-
1 lit -ii ... - I- 1 . I Imp triniifl r tl.a AT ... t r... ... TJ.:. n ' 1 1 R3
eiecteujuugewiu experience u in ery uetg "" - j - -- S- a t nppreciniiou of their importance togc.procal free trade. Texas (there being m-
impulses temptations to err. ggests that the Convention should take some 2 1Tll- .....i nr fj mnf;V(J. ...i:i. ;lreparate States and hut one government u-
Another objection to the election of JudgesKaction in reference to our western boundary - Kopport and having no expense of any reve-
m- . .... . . . . '( uceu il. m :....;.. i.- : i
?ir nnmilnr rto i tliR d:inrftr that thf- hmirliXMasinucii as he believes brown's Keso ut onsW H"uc ; "'"." " ats' gucr.i-
4ay become a hustin- and the temple ojiudennite in regard to it. We do not lhhilMExtract from the Hon
.nay ueooaiL a iuiaiiii& uuu me iciujm wic a v" "" ""mv d . fnrnll mtmtii TC Bzsuin kIir nan. as is now c ear v asnnrsampd.
justice au electioneering shop. The strifeBlowever lhlt h would be prudent to Iegislute Texas would then be our great rival ingderivc from the sales of her magnificent pub-
the scandal and cost of a popular canvass will3juI)0n U1S inatter We should avoid cumber- the cotton markets of Lthe world and shejplic domain emoracmg as we have seen 12o-
ftfn otv tli ninnn lifi;r nnnlififd fmm Pn-SiU our acceptance of the terms offered us bvllwould have two vast advantages over the cot-UUOUUi) ol acres. Let it he Known then am!
"" ES. i-t . i.. . ... - ... ti .:.... .ii.n'.iL't f" tli TTi.w.. . l t ;..RPnpnfl:iiiiinf? :i n rri'fnhi irtif.h. nnil as :i rosnt
i . r .1 : ir Kt IP nitPr . iltix: (fit h rniu1itiiic n( nt.T . MlMI-"l IM ill" i'w" " mc umuii. i si ill ri" "- wv. .. - - ......
teringtnensis. moreover uie praciice ui any--- j "4u' P. p..!.! l. .ntt v nr a Rivhin.h n:.n vr.r.r hr.rr.ufar he. chanA or rr-
mii the est by possibility annexation may be delayed;vhich7sau advantage of 7 per cent. aMcaUcd that upon the refusal of reanaexation.
to come the T.uutr as v
FALLS WHOLLY AXD TOR-
aolumcnt of the Judge. It is uotjiiesdc's le settlement ot our boundary maygIlieuU(i 5 i)er cent thereon by the act of loth Know and in all time t
ost meritorious men who will al-ju"ell be confided to the American Govermnent.&jMnv 16-10 3 Victoria chap. 17 which madeiti'RACTiCAL measure
-first rate lawyer is more profitable tha
probable em
then the mc
wavs become Judre' and if the authority of!11 e "t likely that that Government will yieldgtheduties paid in England on our cotton cropjgr.vKR ; and wc shall thereafter be compeHe;.-'
T ' . 1 -. B..nv tfrriurv ri.rlifnMv liilniirimr m flVv.v. Sof 1840 $32o7S00 and all which to the ex-gto resort to direct taxes to support the govern-
ornce may be made instrumental to its con-fljany ten 1101 y iignuu.iy neionging to le.ab$j .. mi 1 . .1 1 ffi..... "
J H 1 ui 1 i 1 t 1 stent of their crop would be saved to the plaut-Sment.
.: .1 : ?....;l. in.... nr.-tn R?and nltlionii hv the terms or tlie Knsn lntinn Sa .' - .. '. En
.iiiucu iuSSuiu.. . .u.. 5 .h.-m "-- V ers ot lexns SIVII1 llcm Ulls Srent atJva-i The Marquis de la Talarue came passer.-
tion to its exercise xnat integrity must ueK"11- j- .. .0 .ulu -tage over our planters carried one into an tliegKer j tl)e Great Western. It is said lie is o;
.n ..;.i. ;..;nn;Motvii;f.ii oonlft p.;ct it vthe general government we do not believe theroods manufactured in England out of the ..i m tl; .nti.innt in .in nftim:i! (rnnncin
M ......... . SSf . . fii 1 ..!.. .1 tia . . . . -..'."
sliall then .rue the day when the decision offiautnonty to adjust boundaries gives the pow-Slree cuou "l Uilli l u&u ucl"lvns ""'geither as Minister to this country Aiexico m
ea 1 . n . - . . rrcnftnn niMiiiiiiiciiircr.s or me niiviiinairp 1 lpvsjfn .. . .i.. fi.i- t t .o c-mu tnn 1. :.
er to cede one 1001 01 our ngnitui terntorv.wi . . .. -'ga1-1' "' l" lu "" "u "-" " --. .
a cause can influence a vote when tlfe dignity
of the ermine clothes the cringing of the.
1
candidate and the Judge upon the bench be-
comes a suitor for the suffrage of the client
m . . .Snow enjoy from this duty over the cottonHLnosed ihat he comes from France to watch
an equivalent lhe resolutions nlsoraniufllcturcra 0f England. 2d. In enablingiCivempnts in Texas Mexico and th
jlate the formation of new states in ourgthc planters of Texas to receive in exchangeixjnited States relative to annexation. te-
without
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wmcinji.iic iiiciuiiiniiiuii ii hum nuiiua in ourgmje planters oi lexas to rec
territory north of the Missouri compromiseSf" 'heir cotton the cheajx manufactures ofjEtimorc Sun.
w 1 i i n 1 m
... . . .. i.... : :.HMiip. nnd it is difficult to dHfinn whnr tppritnrwltcn'riau ireeoiduty. j inese two causes
at 1:1s uar. men mueeo mihii cnu.i.uu .- cti v gcombiued would give the TVsxas cotton plant-
... ...-- 1 K3liir. rn i-iiccilil tr hnlft iinrth nt tli-iS ino in.lnoU . ' n I If
in the judgment seat and iniquity in tne noiyg"- 1 -v - - " fers an advantage of at least DO per cent over
place. B ls unacraioo llac " ' wanue river isjte cotton planters of the Uiiioii. Such a ri-l
The election of Judges by the registaturel!our true western boundary. Again we knowCvairy we could not long maintain; and cot-J
we ihiuk.isalso objectionable. We abhor theithat a principal object had in view in the an-gton.IantinS wod gradually! decline in thai
vice and folly of exhibiting the Judge's robegnexation ot lexas is the possession of theK. . - . .. . .i
J . ethe markets of the outh for the hemp anuS
On Saturday the litli inst. the body en
a man named Jefferson Jliclmrds vm
found on the road between Mr. Kay's am'
Groce s Retreat. It appears that a bah
'entered his side and ranged downward.
which caused his death.
A nost mortem examination of the bod"
as a party prize or in any manner stainingSRio Grande as a boundary. This' is in-Pbeef und pork and flour of theWest and t!ieBma(e: afid the ball being extracted was
it with party politics. It is wnnecessary how-gportant "to the United States as essential to tlieBjinauufnctures of the North. Now is it just.Jhound to suit the calibre 01 a g-nn wmci.
ever to urge this objection. The history oflnational defence and we have not the remo-Iis it safe or expedient to place the South and Jrie carried witn mm nil u.e imuum en
the last Cmigress affords an excellent iHaJtat idea that they will ever abandon it. For'Soulhwc ?lio j." ' deal1 Jiff'S 'TTone'-l t"
. - . . . 1 1 1 Swill constantly behold an adjacent cotton-Bhe committed suicide. An mquest vn-.
tration of the beauties of this plan and haslthese reasons we do not think the agitation of rowillJ cotrv surmlantimr them in the cul-Ihnlrl on the bodv but no official return
deservedly stamped it with public contempt.lqucstions of boundary in the Convention cajuBre nnd sale of their great staple for the rea-Bfrom the jury being made we are igncrai
Apart liuwever from the opportunity it fur.lbe productive 01 any benefit. Kson that the one is and the other is nott a partBnf the verdict. Montgomery ralnot.
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