Hawthorne describes the Magistrates to be strong and concerned with the welfare of the country, "They had fortitude and self-reliance, and, in time of difficulty or peril, stood up for the welfare of the state like a line of cliffs against a tempestuous tide"(151). The Magistrates stood up for what they believed in and fought for the good of the people, they were good men who could be counted on in difficult times. No matter the peril that stood against them they would not stray from what they believed in.
The Magistrates are also described as being old and experienced when is comes to their jobs, "bestowed it on the white hair and venerable brow of age; on long-tried integrity; on solid wisdom and sad-colored experience; on endowments of that grave and weighty order, which gives the idea of permanence, and comes under the general definition of respectability"(151). Hawthorne also tells us they are wise and are well known for their acchievements while in office. They are very well respected by the people of the times.
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