New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-09

Achl.
Indeed imagination /, positively faigued In tive at
temyt o. follow out those rsncaliJns OF crniL atty
suggpbIed by the idea hs tine whole Gaze against Ashud
must be vat coDspfscy-deiesteo In an Entish
OF justice, but having ,s Organization over na
Italy Wholesale perjury has, h Is clear, been COM
Inted What share bad the or sinl author o the SLAM
ders 10 the cone. II this for their defence
what share had Father Newman la tue procuring OF
these Witnesses whose evidence has been upset wat
cad the Romh prtesty organization In 'ay to tho
building up The thrown into the by
oict OF nghtl An these questions IN ussads Will
now al there 10 htte dOlbt but tue genera an
swer will BE- one liule favorable to any Of the 'epua-
lions involved Meanwhile we may fairly pride our
selyes upon the full cation that the has net
In our open unlike the secret ttbansi OF the
lnquistcn before which DR. Achih had formerly to
stand.
From The Times.
IL is a great thing, no doubt, that In
Protestant England the principle embodied In the nation
al Filth shu'd triumph Roman Catholic adver.
ssies but is sill greater thing that justice should
be administered With putty and impsEtiallty-that tho
Ian onlsTks ( the law should be tranrgrrsssd-and
that feelings but those OF the calmes ana highest
morality should the decisions n,rude into tina
PROCEEDINGS OF our Courts. We cannot afford to buy
ia success AZ the price OF reputation Tor
calm and immaculate administration Of i,,uce, TO
rules upon which testimony s received and
estimated, satisiy prediction TO a9pease an
upaihy.
Time wac, When amid the cheers Of brutal muld.
dc on the faith the possible and tcontradct)ry
evidence OF Oates, BediOe, Dsngereld, h, glisn
juIies consigned nnocert men To earh ana ;elycd
from the Judge the shameful commentator that hey
had acted Ike good PrOtesians Has ,he lapse OF one
hundred sLd seventy ears entirely reno sed us from
those narrow pr.udces and cruel partiaties which In
the days of the POpi,h plot sOned the pure fountains
of iusce and affixed an indeibe Stigma on tue chsrac-
ter Of a nation abi,ually unfair or uhumsn WIZ
the opinion the educated classes In this country and
OF great European community, ray the VERDICT Of
a Jury which sbsoved Dr. Achit from every tsiut and
STAIN and seemed 10 aim at placing him higher pin.
nscle of moral purity than even he arrogsted TO
hiustfi
our most Protestant cOtempoT RTes, ~ho has COM
menct wi criticism the evidence OF the fret wit.
Desr and bids s TO reproduce Ia the cause OF religious
truth all the osthsf me details which have crowded the
soup of the press. But thus much say that DR..
Newman uTde took to prove certan acts OF iuconti-
Bence, and produced persons from a vsst nmber Of
different places speak tn acts ranging over long pc
riCd OF time, of which, their ststemeDt believed,
they had the most complete knowledge. These wit
nesses old not break were not invOlveo Ia any
material contradiction stated nothing In which there
WIS sDy sutect deut mprobabity. Macy at them
made cotempOrary statements Of the injuries they hsd
rfcei those sta tuents ana their cobseuen iu-
ye.,gstOn were followed Than one occasion By
a change OF res dsDcr on the part OF d. AchlllL
In one instance that OF the wife OF Coriboni two rs
spectacle Witnesses proved hst DR.. Achil was .esu In
circumstances denorDg undue familiarity with person
whom he chose to retain In bis service alter having
been warned that she WAS CON nOn prostitute, tesu-
way # neuraiziog than by suggesting that they had
nirtaken hin for her husband In the brood day light
Wherever he bent bis seps, scandal, either justly or
M iustIi "a have follow ed him. The Police a.
Nbs sno the lnqusltOb ROME, the Bishops Court
al VterbO and the at CDTfu-all seem u have
had more " less 10 do with him. and all for thu sane
alleged propensity, ano sfer snor' residences In Eng
land find a number Oi women ready " bdng the
sane char es against him.
Now stopped In procession al Naples by clauorous
mother nov logged at Corfu by j. alOus tailor, nov
solemnly demonstrated with by members VI hs cOugre-
g.t, Of his maid servant he the most I'M
fortunate OF II s bese charges have UeeD Tumped
I'D without substantial foundation The charges can
neither be a.cribed RomD Catholic Protestant
ms igDiry, for they be, when he was of the
lgiOD and continued when be OF the other Roman
Catholics accused bin while he was Roman Catholic,
And PrOtsstaD's while he Professional and al Ways
of the sane thing. He himself decliJes ~ attest his
chastity by OATH aud tgus 10 ADMIT that II the
prosecution succe de, il il because Dr. newman has
lecttd the woDg Instances not because he has charged
an untrue OheDse.
The sentence of the Inqusiton moreover solemnly
rectes under res pectabe atestatoE HE confession
an submission In Italian and bis conversation with DIR.
BoDova clearly shows how lightly he held the oifense
Of which ne accused Against thess positive state
nens these accuuUlhtiye ana corrobOratye probaof-
ties and these dangerous admissJhs there 10 nothing
10 set except the denial OF DR. Achil adhered 10 with
stesdnrss and pertnaclty under long, bnt not skill
ful cross examinations denial which amounts 10 ltto
more than repetiuOn OF the affidavit upon which the
criminal Information was granted II no amour. OF evi-
deucs could eigh Dr. Acbits denial on oatn the
solemn proceedings Of the trial we're hollow mockery;
and II Il could il Is difficult - conceive what testimony
the jury could have expected.
Many Of the 3itnesses poor, but 1t s among the
poor the prOgale tetk tbeir victims. They could
moi be corrobOraed the fact for that matter OF
secrecy; they were Dot discrsoed they were nos
broken down they were simply put aside and disoe.
ieyed The principle upon which ibis case was decided
would ,ut an ei % oil proof by human testimony. IL
we ere 10 require publicity in matters whose very es.
eepce Is secrecy virtue in Witnesses the very ns'ufe OF
whose CO nession degrades them and confessions oy he
sccued Of what very worldly lbierest bnds tho W
o.py we may shut up our courts OF Jyucs pIociaan
irnU, nv for erin e. Oroess and oiyinann' 40
substitute for the il W sig alton se have reJeceeo.
n tbere il 10 be no presumption Ia iaYor " s'sef'
It, s,,e,, nv osth no public writer can venture,
sb ,uid the public intsres-s was ahmoeo IA 'u1 O'o
OF Dr. Newman by the prosecuting co1hsSLese n.s ~
mperogsy require II, to MAKE sta'ernrhs, ..a
We. founded criupst0ry OF the character OF announcer
WIN can hope to be believed when 'uch mas o' ssr
oepce has been flung aside as wortnesst We G,nnie
that a great blow has been given TO me "a MUS ,.
OF iu,tice In this country, snd that hopian Ns
III bve henceforth only too good reason for asserting
,hst there Il no Justice for mem 10 ca's e7a.s '"
s,opse the Pro,ests ut feelings oil JUDGES $40 ,h
- 80 could conclude our OoserVaii'os On snus
W'n w ae y,hipg lcuated % imply CEN
! .Ure On the Jury or the Juoge uooei ..ssA 20,
49,, hsye 4, seems 10 u.s. 81 sienaiy nscAHo" fi"'n
lnry 10 bsn one Of them objected 10 tue exc usion Oh
me .hG from the Court and another 20 the searching
- pea.opabe question to his Reseral cnssuty ~nicn
he I'D not end IL ezpedleotto answer W. tne @hS
,rnuncenett preceded and followed oy unchscked
rnsnse that the usrncstion not proved 10 their
tfcion there u every reason 20 think that the rve
VS. no, Waved by the Jury with complete i'm Ilray
and absence Of sectarian feeling Pefhsos inis Sas
No snd pro,essDt hsve noibng do With the deciston
~ hopld ike 10 ask who believes that II Or Achth osd
continued a member Of the Church OF ms 10 sas
nr1eut tme ano the charge against hi had been coz
isine6 in speech of the Earl Of Shaesbary, the YER
det would have been the same minus, OF course mo
| cheers and the popularity ,-,.r
We have every respect for the high Jgolc'.' .ss
sbd attain eu,s OF Lord Campbell aud K toei. a.
with sr,st re greet We find him. in case OF 20 %aI go
icscy sbd excitement drawing attention ~ "a M
.iasiieal Titles act thanking CD IN" ss.n sufB
tqUron in this country. sn1 sI ~ A. a might b
spps1ord again and assuring the sass s Soeumens no
rttque soIemnry, tba. By sdTns Of danger % tas
| did 60 without tho shentess a,r,s discovery which