The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-04

@~drha following editqejal which We en-
tract from the Montgomery (Asa) Advertiser
aud Gazette. viii show the feeling created in
the Southwest, by the trial Of the - Cuban in
yaders" in New Orleans.
CUBA INvAsIoE-TMAL or JuDcr HEspERsos.
The United States Circuit Court at New Or
leans have been engaged for some days past ucon
the trial Of Judge Henderson, OF Mississippi, for
alleged participation in the late Cuba Invasion and
violation Of the neutrality laws Of the United
States. We learn from the last papers, from New
Orleans, that the jury have been unable 10 agree
and have been discharged by the court.
Commenting upon this case the DELTA remarks
"This affair, 20 disgracefnl TO theGoverrment OF
the country, from its commencement to its close,
has terminated ~ every body knew il would. in
bringing the administration Of justice into absolute
contempt. The idea. 50 revolving to every man
who loves justice and watches with vigilant eyes
its impartial and pure administration, that a pri-
soner is to be put upon trial for high crime be-
fore jury selected by officer presumed TO be in
terested to secure his conviction, could never be
tolerated for moment in any other city than this
and would not, most sssuredy, be countenanced,
by any other judge than McCaleb. II ~ mere
farce to try man under such system; for, as
the sympathies, prejudceS, or mayhaps. corrup-
ton of the selecting officer may influence his
choice, in no case can the public be satisfied by
the result. Persons were SO sure that the jury
would disagree certainly not from intuitive
knowledge, nor from any acquaintance with the
testimony 10 the hands Of the prosecution for
these had no weight-but certain were they OF
it, that, as u gambling speculation, odds equal to
ten to one could have been had at any moment
from the impaneling until the discharge.
A pretty state OF society it is, truly, when the
life, liberty and honor Of a citizen shall be at the
Disposal Of United States marshall for such mus,
be the case, il Judge McCaleb is permitted to con-
tinue the present revolving practice. Fine seec-
tons, verify, we have seen made by the presen,
marshal, higher-law ''respectabty, Whose SYM
pathies for crime superior to the duties of the
citizen or the obligations Of an oath! Poor men
are not intelligent enough for juries in tie court
Of Judge McCuleb; they must be selections of the
marshal, whose acquaintance with the citizens OF
New Orleans is limited to the aristocratic region
Of the 81. Charles or Verandah.
No interest whatever attached to this trial oil
Henderson, the public knew it was intended to bs
humbug, and the public have not been disap
pointed 1t is disgraceful, viewed in whatever as
pect we please; and we deeply and truly sympa
thize with some most estimable gentlemen who
had the modification Of being compelled to serv,
on that jury. lfanything, this is more disgusting
than the affair of Espana.''
Does it not strike every Southern man as some
thing remarkable, that those suspected Of having
II
ted States in this case, should be pursued ant
hunted down with 80 much ferocity by the Gene
raj Government, while those who plainly ant
openly violated the law in Boston, Massachusetts
by preventing the of the two fugitive slave,
from Georgia should have no notice whatever
taken of them by this very same government
Why is it, we ask, that Southerners land for thi,
purpose even the sovereignty of State has beer
invaded and it's executive attempted to be seizet
and carried out Of it's linits) should be arrests RI
and tried for bare suspicion Of participation in
violation of the laws Of the United States, Will
Northerners, who, without disguise, boldly vic
late the painest provisions of the law-as in tn
case of WILLIAM and ELLEN CRAFTs-go un
whipped Of justices These are plain and simpl
propositions that can be understood by ALL and W
desire that every man should consider and answe
them for himself For our humble selves, W
cannot regard it as that justice and equality a,
tempted to be established by forefathers in tn
Constitution Of the United States Do our lead
ers agree with usl