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Uenth of a Supreme CourtTli telegraph nnnoiiiice? tho denttu yesterday, at iiia residence in ltii:hn;oud, Ya., of Mon. Petor V, Daniel, one of the associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Judge Daniel -was appointed in 1841, under the Administration of John Tyler, and ■tvan an estimable man and a good lawyer, though without eminent qualities, fie fully concur rod in the opinion of Chief Justice Taney in tbo Bred Seoti case, which did so much lo shake the public confidence in ilio justiceand impartiality of that tribunal.The decease of Judge Daniel imposes iipra President Buchanan the duty of nominating his successor, who must then bo confirmed by the Senate. It hns been cmifrdeutly stated that Attorney General Black has boon far some time the hoir apparent to the next ■vacant seat on the Suprctno Bench. But, ns there is already one Judge from the Stine ofPennsylvania en the Bench, (Judge Griovj it is not probable that Judge Black will bo at this time favor oil with the appointment. The appointee will doubtless be a Southern man, in every souse of the word, and Virginia will put in her claim to tlie succession.Th 3 fact I hat the tenure of judicial appointments—a I ono of alt tlio offices under the Gov-2 re mo nt—ia for life, removes ihc const ti-utien of the Supreme Court out of the reach of the popular will, and puts it in the powr of a minority President to construct that tribunal in direct opposition to the voice of the majority, ftr.d iho rights of the people.
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Dodge County Citizen
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Jun 07, 1860
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