, 1854-10-28

|cOulu not repreSs the open expression OF II
A grand jury and a petit jury have, ol
their oathS, in the most decided and con
elusive manner, repelled and condemnet
/. these unworthy, these base endeavors.-
The finding Of the one, and the verdict 0
the other, stand on record not to be dispu
ted or explained away Yes, those yer,
men who in private uphold this man ant
calumniate the innocent and persecuteC
individual whom he attempted to destroy
when put on oath and held up before tn,
world, have been compelled, in this publ
capacity as jurors, to express the most EN-
lphatic condemnation Of their own prirat
conduct as men.
In the midst of these proceedings, hi
man is appointed Judge Of Suprem,
Court, with the powers Of the High Cour
of SChancery, and the Court of Queeni
Bench combined-an awful, truly an awfn
amount of power. Yes, as if to reTarc
him for his recent conduct, as if the Gov
ernOr and Council wished to express theil
unqualified appreciation Of his proceedings
as if to set their seal aud sanction to hi;
acts, they promote him from being sim
pie Justice Of the Peace to he judge Of q
Supreme Court And it cannot be said
thai they were ignorant Of these proceed
ings; the subject was the common topic Of
Of conversation, members Of Council con.
versed about it, and were not certainly
unconnected with it. The Governor him
self conversed about it, nay, after learning
what information on the subject was in the
possession Of an important witness, instead
Of acting the part Of an upright Governor
in trying to secure this mans evidence, il
necessary, for the furthering the ends Of
justice, he actually more than once was a
party 10 getting the witness out of the
way. Once, by the Governors advice,
and with the acquiescenee of member of
Council, this man actually embarked in the
mail canoe for Nisqually, but Gods winds
drove him back again. The Governor told
this man on a subsequent occasion that he
would have time to go to Nisqually and
be back before the trial came on, when
there wanted only three days of its taking
place, and the vessel in which he would
have embarked, named the Otter, started
only the day before it.
Naturally enough when You saw oil these
things, when such -enormities had been
openly practiced before your eyes, your
hearts revolted at the thought that such q
man should have increased powers conferred
upon him. You did your duty you re-
monstrated on the subject; you pointed out
besides and dwelt upon the absolute ile-
gality OF the appointment; your deputation
was ineulfad vour rronraoanfot tfnns nonsamn-
ed, and your prayers rejected, A deliber-
crate falsehood was added, but this is no
uncommon thing. Your deputation were
told that this mans services were rendered
gratuitously, whereas when be was appoint
ed, a salary of RlO0 was allotted to the
Office, and charged upon the liquor license
or all this there is irrefragable proof. Do
you not feel indignant at such base profit
gacy? Arc these the people to set an ex-
ample to the community Are these the
people to encourage virtue and frown down
vice ? Are these the people to recommend
truth and make lying ashamed?
But when this man was plainly told 10y
many Of you that you had no respect for,
no confidence in him as being honest and
upright, you could not do otherwise, it
seemed necessary that some step should be
taken to preserve him from the open shame
which, under these circumstances, would
have covered him if he had thus unblush-
ingly continued in that sacred seat which
his presence disgraced and brought a con-
tempt upon. A counter address was got
up by those persons who had concurred in
his appointment, and few others who are
entirely at the mercy Of the Governor in
another Incompatible capacity.
That address has been about month
obtaining signatures half as numerous as
those appended to yours in few days, and
notwithstanding that it charges upon yoir
address that it was signed by persons who
were unaequainted with the substance Of
what they signedj this address is marked
by individuals, the half of whom cannot it
appears write their own names, nor prob
ably understand the language in which it
is written. There positively is not one
man among the number who is independ.
ent to express his real sentiments or opin-
ions, when he has any There are some
poor fellows among the number who can
not boast civilized name at all, and bare
ly know their right hand from their left
As to intelligence, it never dawned on their
dormant minds Setting aside the sub
stance Of what they sign, they are not ca
pable of forming notion Of the simplest
term used. would defy the promoters
Of this precious document to prove that
they had even the faintest notion of the
meaning of such term as Law and Order
Fancy poor old Lemier giving u his defni-
tion Of ABSTRACT political discussions" 1t
must be miserable cause which requires
that petition to obtain signatures, which
it cannot secure by its own merits, should
be placed in the hands of server out oi
rations in a store, to ask any one thai
comes to put his mark to that paper,
without knowing even the object of it.
much less the substance of its contents. II
must be a miserable cause which requires