Show efrom from the N T tribunes jn jan 1 Supreme Court I 1 W while bile hile he nomination of mr clifford for a tai thi et ert on the bench of the supreme court of the united stages wa was pe pending riding we made some objection objections to it now haw that the appointment has been approved by the he senate justice requires us to admit that there Js s a certain degree of propriety and fitness in it in this sort eort of cases cages we must consider not go so much what would have been suitable in the pnat past as what is suitable for the present we mast wast learn to get rid of our prejudices touching jh the e object and aud proper constitution of th tho the 0 supreme court of the united states and this appointment of judge clifford properly improved improver will be a grea great greaf help to us in doing so j it used to be thought in the days of dia Ala marshall and story that the he great aj object act of Q thy tribunal was the adjudication of suits at law in conformity to established legal principles and land tp the actual facts and justice of the case of course with this idea of the object of that tribunal it used to be supposed that knowledge linow ledge of tile the law and powers of reasoning were necessary qualifications qualification for a beat seat on the bench but with wilh the new purpose to which the couri court lias has of late d devoted it itself self seit hat tha of leading off in politics these qualifications have ceased to be essential in fact it hag has been abundantly established by the case of judge curtis that at feast in a northern member of the t e court I 1 they ara are decided disqualification since ahey abey tend sadly adly to disturb the harmony of the court and almost to neutralize the intended e effect of its decisions deci sons it is a very awkward thing after the majority of the judges have been at 9 great re it t pains to weave an inge ingenious web of falsehood god and sophistry to have it all relentlessly relent lesly swat swept away by one of their own colleagues on the ench bench I 1 on the principle which seems to have go governed verned vernel tile of mr air clifford clif T ara that the proper p ro e business of the northern minority on th the e kiench is merely to fall in with and say yes 0 0 cy ny extra va 9 gances anceo which th the e southern irl en dority may nay cb choose to promulgate mr clial clifford oa ia 1 admirably qu qualified alifier for the place in wb abic el di 81 h he has been put we may play be quite sure th tb r f he lie will never be driven by hla hia 61 knowledge tf of elsw 1 w and history or his bis logical perception of dimings into playing the marp marplot iol lol a w judge curler did iu in the dred scott case tumbling down fhe be the decision of the court about id its earns aid nid aid oid exposing that grave tribunal to popular deja decision de ision lou iou and even contempt mr clifford we be quite curo cure will never nover do any anything aling of the 2 ort sort should lie he ever undertake to give a dissenting disben ir g opinion which ve voe hardly anticipate its want of force pith and point will make it serve CB to abort a sort of foil to tho the lh decision of the rha rho majority arity to which by the weakness of its opposing arguments it may seem galem to add a certain apparent strength mr bir buchanan in the appointment of mr clifford has evidently gone gonei upon he the principle that the numerical preponderancy of the slave holders on the bench needs to be backed up by a preponderancy on of brains it would be bp flying oly fly i ng in he the face of the policy which originally dictated and still sustain sustains 11 the tile present appointment of he be judges it superior talent alid slid anu learning on the part of th the minority should make them more than a match for the majority the southern members of the be court being as an a general thing mon men of rather small smail caliber justice to he the south would seem to demand that a similar rule should ae applied to the selection of their northern associates upon the principle I 1 e of adaptation to the com company pally parly into which he is i put the he selection of mr clifford is a judicious ono one all hat that is now mended to reestablish the perfect harmony and bocog eity elty of the court ia Is to get rid of judge McLe ahi afi |