New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-03
A PROSECUTORS PROMTSE-TITE GRAND
JURY.

From Our Special CoTrespor lent.
LAWRENCE, X. T., August "a, 1857.
1t is related in the yeracous tales from Arabia,
how Haroun FL Raschid, of magnificent memory,
interfered with the judicial Vaccinations of de-
signing Codis, and stepped in at the very moment
when prisoners were about to be condemned, or
executed and with q nod Of his sovereign will set
the captive free. The perusal of such intellectual
literature has no doubt made profound impression
on the present generation. So romantic is this
system Of adjudication, and so wildly is it i'm
pressed on the juvenile mind, which swallows it
cotemporaneously with its bread and butter, that
it is rot surprising that We should fad modern
Harouns, who in the plentltude Of their greatness,
would re -introduce the system. But while Harom
Of old used to don dirty turban and appropriate
the robes Of an understrapper, in order taat he
might quietly poke about the hooks and corners Of
Bagdad Haroun the modern assumes no disguise,
save what is deduciblc from strong "tOddy," aud
merely seeks to nsnuate himself into office,
so that he may have an opportunity TO play Naroua
to perfection If the individual 50 impressed h,p.
lens to live in Territory of the United States in
these days OF "Ssustter Sovereignty" and also i,
blessed It'll Federal appointment under that most
puissant Sultan, "Jeems the first, he has evi.
IDENTITY been born under fortunate star, and has an
opportunity to Out-Earoun all the Harouns that ever
were heard of. A Territory of the United States
to-day is a sort of Caliphate From Robert the
Caiiph to Cato the Cadi, each of the Federal ap.
pOut es fancles that he ecpscs Peter the Great OF
Wheebarrow memory. Even the Attorney. Generals
believe that they, too are Caliphs, and under this
conviction step into the pool Of United States Court
10 trouble the waters under the funny deluson
that they are angels.
have been led into this train of reflections by q
magnifcenty generous act Of the Attorney General.
Capt. Cor, beg his pardon Col Walker was placed
on trial on suudry indictments found against him by
bogus Grand Jury. Having oificated in the BON.
barlmeut and capture Of Fort Titus and in other
battles of fanatical memory, the Jury in question
deemed it expedient TO ''prcsent him to tue gaze
of Law. and Order" public, charged with such
trhing IecadlllOes as murder larson" and
"robbtry.' Now COL Walker is rather popular
with all parties Calph Geary enrolled him aud
company with him militia " last Fall, and
even Csliph Robert the lsOhermal" entertalns
friendly feeling for him; albeit, they are not OF kun
But at this sitting of the Court at Lecompton the
case of the gallant Ualkcr came up. Being under
bonds and an honorable man, be of course appeared
The expectant public were on tip-tce for tria aud
Law and Order men dreamed Of hemp aud bow
strings At this stage OF affairs, the public prose
cutOr Of Federal omnipOtence, steps forward, and
by single presto converts high tragedy luto low
comedy. When the case is called before the Court
and the prisoner appears, the prosecutor rises IN his
might and announces 20 the Court that he 1.-THE pros
ecutor) last Winter "promsed" Capt. Walker
that he should enter a noHe prosequ' in his case
And here the modern HarOun made magnificent
point. He "had promised, aud could not go PACK
Of bis word What were murder" larson
and robbery in comparison with maintaining tue
veracity of Federal Territorial official Al iuch
time, TOO, when Abolition fanatics were Jeer'
irg CsHpb Robert for his promise OF idir eies
ton" If Federal promises were lnvarioiy 10
eyeltuate thus, il might have tendency 10 Orins
them into total dsrepute. The justice, the merits
Of the case, and even Law and Order Paied De-
fore il. Hsroun the prosecutor had pronii'ru,
ard, having done So intinsted this fact 10 tue eA-
pectalt Court and then by noUe ProSeq" riraIlns
Harouu's palmiest days, the case OF bogus oy n.
monwealth rersus Sam. Walker vanished INTO .nin
air-tbe prisoner was set free, and the Proso0u''i
lad kept his promise" An H.. cJ
This was certainly credltable. All th,t Coi.
Walker had done he had done as Free STATE man
in self.defense. But the bogus authorities W to'
recognize such mitigating circumstance; Nei.nei
was the nOLe prosequi predcated on IL. IL yves u.
no guaranty as to what will apply 70 0'her eases ~
is a single act of nunifcence for when lle Prosecu
tor did not deem il necessary TO assign any reason
He had promised" and kept his "oIu' 'uAt mao
all. The re aders Of THE TRIBUNE WI teme T.
that il was at Gov. Geary's instance tna' up;
Walker gave himself I'D last Winter. as l stated
At that time. il was under promise nom the Gov
ernor that be 81 should not be prosecuted ueary'
seeing the Caliphate about to ship nom ms gnsp,
got the prosecutor to "pronlEe tnw !hserieiencc
Of his sublime will. Hoie this was orougnt ABOUT
history saith not, but the promise nas pecn it .
and Kept, and murder aud arson usaPPea' nHe
gresseSpots before this fulLers earn VI no'~
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