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It is not a pleasant duty to publish tho...

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
October
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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It is not a pleasant duty to publish tho letter we do to Judge Cooley, but stern duty compels it. Soine days previous to its publication we wrote the Judge a kind letter, saying that a cony would be placed ¦ u (H.t ftj lll VI lf l IJ A i uut ¦''¦ f 11 UU I J J would point out should be corrected ; and soine days before publishing it, it was placed in bis hands. After a reasonable time had elapsed, concluding that there were no corrections that he wanted to make, the letter was published. During Üie past four days the leaders of the Douglas faction have been counseling together to devise a course of action to do away with the forco of this letter. At this writing they have evidently decided upon the following : lst. That it is a sedarían war. 2d. That it is the result of matters personal to Cooley and myself. 3d. That the high standing, fairness and infalübility of the Court werc such that they could do no wrong. And to this end, every one that bas or ever expects to have a case before this Court is to be brought forward to extol and eulogize its virtues. Froui the time another Judge, or a jury, was refused us by Judge Iluntington, Douglas has elected who and who only should pass upon this case : lst, Huntinton alone ; 2d, Cooley, Campbell, Marston and Graves. We have used our best endeavors to prevent this, and have given our reasons why these men should not be the final arbiters. They will nol be. Tlic peoplc of the State, wlio make and unmake its executive and judicial offieers, are the highest tribunal, and f'rom their verdict there is no appeal. Il' they make no judicial decisions, they make those who muke tliem, and are certain in time to give expression to their verdict. Certain intcrested persons and papers are charging us witli "attacking Judge Cooley and the Supremo Bench." These charges and .statements ruay and are intended to mislead. We have not "attacked" Judge Cooley or the Supreme Beoch. Upon tlieir charaotcr, reputation, and standing as judges and jurists wc have made nocomments that were not favorable to thera, as will be secn by reference to our Open Letter, pubüshed in the Detroit Evening News of Oct. 4th, and republiabed in this issue of the OotTBIXB, We would not if wo could detract one iota from their well earned reputation. It 8 the private and personal relations whieh sorae of theui sustain to a certain party and case that we have feit coinpclleil to criticise and deprécate, in view of the official position which they hold. Wc do not understand why they, in tbil capacity, are placed above criticisiii more tlian other raeabers of the human family, or thatany sacredness attaches to their persons in their actions as cilizens which places thein above and beyoml the samo serutiny that othcr mortals are .subject to. Other than this we have not intended, and have not done. Nor do we feel that we are without full justificaron in our action. The Lansing Republican has carcfully noted the papers in which errors occur in printing the namos of candidatos, and to our carelesíiiess and humiliation be it said tlic Ann Arbur CoüBDEB uppears in the lit. The Kepubliean is to be commended iiir its thoughtfulne.ss anti care in this respect, which may be the means ofsaving to the republicana many votes which would othcrwi.se have been thrown out. The town elections in Connecticut indícate that the state is .surely republican, thcy having made many Wld luffB fraitis noce J87C.

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