Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-05-22
The Homicide at WASHINGTON.

WIZ. A. WHITE,
Chairman Republican State Central Committee.
Dated at Madison April I'd IS56
The II onicide at Washington.
We mentioned in our last, the shooting of the
head waiter at Milards Hotel in Washington,
by Herbert a member OF Congress from Chlifor-
MA and the binding over of Herbert to answer
the charge OF mansla ug hter. AS We copied it
the bail was stated at 100000, which, as will
be readily apprelended was mistake, $4,000
being the amount. According TO the testimony
we gather that Herbert came into the break fast
room after hours, and imperiousy demanded
his breakfast, which one of the walters informed
him could not be had under the circumstances
without an order from the Clerk. To this Her
bert made insoent and brutal reply, to which
the waiter retorted, when Herbert made an as
sault on him. This led to a general melee, a
number of the walters on one side and Herbert
and compile of friends OH the other, Herbert
drew rev Oliver IN the early part of the fray,
but in the struggle it was held, ard he was pre-
vented from firing it. When lie did fire it, he
was on his feet as was also his victim, and APP
parently in no particular danger on any hand
If carrying a deadly weapon concealed about
his person, commencing an assault and then
shooting man dead, can be nothing more than
manslaughter we are at loss what constitutes
the crime of murder Had the waiter shot the
Hon. Member of Congress- we have very seriou
doubts, whether he would have been admitted
to bail in any sum or whether his crime would
have been considered any less than murder. 1t
cannot be doubted that there is spirit in our
land and particularly among those who are
clothed with dgnities, which discriminatcs be-
tween the man of position and wealth, and him
of inferior station and poverty in all respects
and particularly in the administration if Justice.
1t is the spirit of slavery but is by no means
confined to the south. The strife in the nation
now is, whether this spirit shall extend and
deeper and strengthen itself until the poor man
and laborer, shall be considered only as the sub
ject and creature of the rich to be shot or other
wise disposed of at his pleasure, OF whether the
opposite principle which puts every man Oil a
common platform of rights i'll virtue of his COM
mon humanity, shall be strengthened until all
can be sure that justice will be equitably ad-
ministerei and the rights of all protected. The
Southern slave holder shoots down his slave on
the slightest provocation, and little or no notice
Is taken. The man shot was only laborcr, a
toiler, a newer of wood and drawer of water
and of no account. Herbert goes step further
and shoots the Irish waiter whom he chooses to
to think does not treat him with sufficient de-
ference or wait on him with sufficient alacrity ,
and the slave holding judge says he was poor
man, only laborer, of little account, it is only
mansaughter at worst. We venture the opinion
that the Honorable Mr. Herbert will never suffer
an hour's punishment for his crime. And yet
northern laborers will year after year vote for
the ascendency of principles and men who every
year are making broader the distinction between
ideness and wealth and poverty and toll. AL
ready some of the southern papers insist on it,
that slavery is not properly a matter Of color,
The tcorkingmen they say should be tie Stare
whatever their color, and no man can doubt that
such is the ultimate of their system. Every
workingman who votes to sustain in power this
slave holding, man owning aristotracy, is vot-
ing to make the shooting Of servants and laborers
just as comm9n,as the drunken i'll humor of men
Of title and wealth leads them to that kind OF
recreation Shooting school masters with inn
punity Will not always be Il southern privilege,
unless different turn is soon given to our
national affairs
| l.gT Oar government has fairly recognized Walk
/ crs flbustcring Nicaraguan government, by for
mally accepting its minister Father Viii We be-
leve it is customary for one government to recog-
nzo another which is fairly established without any
question as to how ii established itself how long
il is likely to maintain itself But this recognition
Walkers government looks to us like an entirely
new step in national diplomacy, and fragrant VIC
lation of inter national law and comfy Walker