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With pleasure We transfer the subjoin


ed meri,ed article from the Sou.hron. 10
the columns cf the Gazette. Judge Clay


ton is citizen of Marshall County, and
one that the whole State of Mississippi
should be justly proud of. His decision in
the case alluded to- is such as was expec.
ted of him by ninety -line hundredths of
those whose votes elected him to the digni-
fed aud important seat of Supreme Judge.
HJudge Clayton, that ornament of
the bench and pride of the bar. in deliver
ing the opinion Of the majority Of the court
in the case of John B. Neviit as. ,he Bank
OF Port Gibson, published last week. intro
duced into that learned and profound anal


ysis Of The lac, some passages of as refined
eloQnence as the language records. Here
! is cne, exhibiting lively picture ic refer


ence 10 the banking mania. that has run


round the circle of cur country. and radIa-


ted from lis centre To Its circumference -
The cool and sagacious sons of New


England, the impetuous and impulsive


children of the South. and the hardy and


adventurous men OF the WesIhave all per-


formed the same circuit" BY the way,
what Judge ever was an ornament TO the
| bench, who was not the pride of the bar !?


Judges, like the Infamous Jefffies, may


minister to the tyranny Of crown. or like


some in more modern times, may inquire


at the grog-shops and taverns. how popu-


lar opinion is moving on given question:
yet he who would win dealhless name
in Judicial history. history that never


dies and never misrepresents. must climb
up to that enviabIe immortality. not by
pandering to a ~ rantor multitude. but BY


q course Of high uncompromising devo-


ton to the principles Of liberty and justice.
eprobed IN judicial science, that will win


the confidence and affection Of the men
who have always adorned the legal profes-
sion. and who we trust will adorn it to the
latest generations. 4n.s A. 4. ii