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tion—Appointment of Jason Downer in his place and biographical sketch of Downer.
Miscellaneous war questions—The enlistment of minors—The legal tender decision—The stamp act—The bounty tax—An echo of the draft riots—The decision declaring that negroes were granted the right of suffrage by the election of 1849.
The resignation of Chief Justice Dixon in March, 1867, on account of his meagre salary—His reappointment by Governor Fairchild—Judge Downer's resignation in September, 1867, and Judge Paine's appointment—Nomination by Democratic Convention in February, 1868, of Charles Dunn for Chief Justice and E. Holmes Ellis for Associate—Nomination of Dixon and Paine by Republican Convention one week latter—Bitterness of the campaign—Attacks on Dunn by Republicans and on Dixon by Democrats—Activities of the farm mortgagors against Dixon—The negro suffrage decision used against him—Election of Dixon and Paine.
The last appearance of the States rights hersey in the Supreme Court—The decisions in the Knorr and Tarble cases—Dissent of Judge Paine in the Knorr case—His opinions in both cases—Decision of the Federal Supreme Court in the Tarble case.
