New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-08


much o. any political sufferer 10 France or Italy
Why should Mr.. Fillmore reserve his salt tears for
the suft rings Of King Bomba's victims' "The
Greeks are at his door," 1t well becomes indeed,
the sisner of the Fugitive Slave Law to lament
the want of the habeas corpus in Euro2e And
after al there may be some blinded persons who
may not see the exceeding loneliness Of the process
a. employed in this country in such States "a Penn
syIvania, and by such Judges as Kane. We DO not
believe that Passmore Williamson regards it as
such an admirable invention. Like many other
legislative provisions, it iss capital thing when it
can be twisted and tortured into serving slave-
hunters, but il is Of no account whatever when the
hunted are concerned. And the blessed old trial
by jury of which we are always Boosting They
have that too in France for criminals, to the un-
speakable consolation Of Mr. Filmore's gentle and
hun aIe spirit. Did be, as be stood in that French
Court of Justice, remember the remorseless law
to which he gave vitality and which denies to men,
criminals in no respect save in love Of liberty, that
same trial by jury, which puts their freedom, and
we Rave no doubt very often their lives at the mercy
of single inferior magistrate There are, too,
over three millions of persons in this country who
can never, no matter what crime they are charged
with, have fair jury trial, never be tried by
their peers, and csn never be sure Of finding sir
gle sympatt etc and unprejudiced man upon the
pencil. If the great Buialonian be really so desi-
rous Of extending the blessings Of habeas corpus
ard jury trial, he may discover an ample field for
hs missionary labors without crossing the Atlantic
Mr. Fillmore was also much moved while re-
ctrg to bis visitor the suierings of the subjects Of
King Bomba. "In Southern Italy" he said "the
"old forms of despotism still bear their original
"aDd cruel features "a most novel and striking
remark indeed And then he went on to relate
pathe tic story Of a gentleman who was pulled out
Of bed by the pyrmidons of BOmba-who was
biLdfoIded and hurried TO jail without being per-
mtted to bid his family adeu-who was kept in
prison three years, &c.-a tale as pathetic as that
Of Corporsl Trims brother who WAS shut up By
TIE Inquisition because his Jewish wife sold
sausages We confess that this narration would
cause us more extensively TO date with agony, if
we did not remember to have read it ages ago in
the newspapers. However we quite agree with
Mr. Fillmore in thinking Bomba bad fellow;
but have We not also Bonba among us ?
Nay, for that matter, about three thousand
according to the beet estimates Suppose
that we alter Mr.. Fillmores sententiOus re-
mark only in single particular and say; "1n
sthe Southern United States the old forms of
"despotism still bear their original and cruel
"ftatures." Could Mr.. Fillmore or anybody else
gail cay the truth of the prOpOstionl Bomba We
admit, is rather talented tolsurer, but we can
beat him. for he has not as Jet bit upon the ingen-
Gus plan of grilliDg bis victims alive practiced in
Tennessee, and e1poun6ed and defended BY the
Reverend Mr. Browlow. And as for the separation
Of husband and wife, do we not do it far more
effectually by sending one helpmate thousands Of
miles away, and then comp cling the survivor to
take fresh one to make everything pleasant and
comfortable! And Jet, while holding forth to the
Presby terrain Pilgrim about tyrannies, Mr.. Fill
more, eddy enough, forgot to ment n those of his
own land. Foreign travel mas made him rather
muzzy.
We are glad to hear so good an account of Mr.
Fillmore in his retirement. His attention to geo.
graphical studies is very cOmmendable, aud We
hope that he was successful in finding Stsgirs on
the Dsp. 1t is singular fact that everybody who
cals upon Mr.. Fillmore fnds him in that library,
pefgiDg away Like virtuous Freshman. May We
not hope for some uieful volume from his pen the
ripe result Of leisure not likely to be inter.
rupttd!