The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-23
July %, 1915.
From the yeoman.

From the Yeoman.
The wing press has become so basey corrupt and
sanderous in this State, that it is impossible that the
moral and intelligent portion of its supporters
long bear with the magn influence which it has on
the mind ofthe youth and the rising generation of
the country. 1t is immateria what crime wing
may commit on the property or life Of democrats
his conduct is justified and appauded by that press
Even while the matter is in progress of judicial In
vesligation, il teens with plaudts on the cuprit;
and when acquitted, has always been the case,
it is heralded forth as triumph and vindcation Of
his innocence. The opposite course is pursued
when democrat is the supposed offender The
crime is exaggerated and announced in terms Of re-
proach and condemnation A trial and acqulttal
does not shield him from their violent abuse and
slandcr--no matter however innocent he may be,
the torrent Of defamation and calumny continues TO
roll on II is TO this spirit of the wing press that the
most Of the murders of this State are to be atribu-
ted. The leading wings learn, from the tone of
their press that they can kill democrat with impu-
nifty; and they know they have the judiciary on
their side Indeed, democrat is not protected in
either his life, liberty, or propcrty-for he stands
but poor chance in the courts, as at present organ.
lied. In the murders which have been committed,
nine out of ten the wings have been the aggressors.
If it turns out however one oftheir impudent and
unprovoked assaults democrat, that one ofthem
gets killed, the printers devil is set to work, and
the character of The poor democrat is acerated and
torn pieces by these earniverous vultures, that
feast and fatted caumny. II is not so with the
democratic press. The editors respectful but sell
dom do Justice to the character of friend. In the
cases of Thomas, Lane, UIery, Forkner, Boyle, and
Adams--al wings, prosecuted for murder-l do not
remember TO have a single complaint made in
the wing journals TO the offence the acquittal.
The history of all these cases is remembered and
the evidence may hereafter be published by way OF
comparison.
These remarks have been made from the uniusti-
fable course pursued by the wing journals in their
assault on the character Of Henry Daniel esq., for
the killing of G. r. Thompson He has been ac-
quilted by an intelligent jury Of the vcinage. II
took about four, perhaps five, hours to cmpannel
the venirc. There were ono hundred and sixty
nine jurymen examined, and the commonwealth OBJ.
lectcd for cause to one hundred and ffty-six and
the accused objected to but a single juryman that
was presented by the commonwealth, The counsel
Of the accused was instructed to object To no one
wing or democrat who had not formed and ex-
pressed an opinion This instruction was departed
from only in one instance, and then because the jul
rymun presented was a newcomer in the county,
and was not known to the accused. The "En-
quirer'' Of Lexington complains that the jury was
empannelled sooner than usual in such cases, and
that the trial was mere judicial farce if the case