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Editorial
October 18, 1839
The Yazoo City Whig And Political Register
Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi
What is this article about?
Editorial denounces a Mississippi newspaper's criticism of Whig judges for refusing bank injunctions, condemning the attempt to politicize the judiciary and labeling it 'loco-focoism.'
Merged-components note: Continuation of editorial denouncing political attacks on the judiciary; sequential and topically connected.
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Worthy of Universal Reprobation.
"Chancellor Turner refused to grant an injunction against the Lake Washington Bank. Judge Collier refused to grant an injunction against the Vicksburg Water Works Bank. Judge Shattuck refused an injunction against the Bank of Grenada. All these Judges are whigs. They appear to think that banks can do as they please, and are above all control. Kentucky, about twenty years since, by a legislative act, repealed the charters of about forty banks."
The above remarks are from the Mississippian of the 20th ult. We know nothing of the merits of those judicial decisions. But we denounce, unreservedly, and hold worthy of universal reprobation, the spirit which dictated the above paragraph.
up to the indignant execration of all good law-abiding citizens, a base attempt to bring the Judiciary of the country under the ban of party political divisions, and endeavor to make party politics influence the action of our high courts. This is what we call loco-focoism, that cannot be mistaken.
"Chancellor Turner refused to grant an injunction against the Lake Washington Bank. Judge Collier refused to grant an injunction against the Vicksburg Water Works Bank. Judge Shattuck refused an injunction against the Bank of Grenada. All these Judges are whigs. They appear to think that banks can do as they please, and are above all control. Kentucky, about twenty years since, by a legislative act, repealed the charters of about forty banks."
The above remarks are from the Mississippian of the 20th ult. We know nothing of the merits of those judicial decisions. But we denounce, unreservedly, and hold worthy of universal reprobation, the spirit which dictated the above paragraph.
up to the indignant execration of all good law-abiding citizens, a base attempt to bring the Judiciary of the country under the ban of party political divisions, and endeavor to make party politics influence the action of our high courts. This is what we call loco-focoism, that cannot be mistaken.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Legal Reform
What keywords are associated?
Judicial Independence
Party Politics
Bank Injunctions
Loco Focoism
Whig Judges
What entities or persons were involved?
Chancellor Turner
Judge Collier
Judge Shattuck
Lake Washington Bank
Vicksburg Water Works Bank
Bank Of Grenada
Mississippian
Kentucky Legislature
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Denunciation Of Politicizing The Judiciary
Stance / Tone
Strongly Condemnatory Of Party Influence On Courts
Key Figures
Chancellor Turner
Judge Collier
Judge Shattuck
Lake Washington Bank
Vicksburg Water Works Bank
Bank Of Grenada
Mississippian
Kentucky Legislature
Key Arguments
Judges Refusing Injunctions Against Banks Should Not Be Attacked On Party Lines
The Quoted Paragraph's Spirit Is Worthy Of Universal Reprobation
Attempt To Bring Judiciary Under Party Political Divisions Is Base And Execrable
Such Influence On Courts Is Loco Focoism