New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-26

in tie iudguent Of tie Court OF APPe-s snssn'as
the Prh.bitory Liquor Law, Peter Is olsns'e's
and p<arsecuted indlvidaal-a vchm 10 Hae- Laws
and ue6dl Nc fAn,.icism. Uuuckiiy, however soe
Rey;s4d Stat,tes are tainted With their isna,ca
90 rit. 20 that the three Justices could not Vind
cate Mr.. Daw,oa 80 completely as DemccrsIc
principles clearly demanded bet they did the best
ttst circumstances allowed. They fret cleared the
che. Dawson erts.ly, under the pretenie tna' 'ae
was sctirz under the influence of Ter hu.o.nd. 50
as 70 free her from sll Legal responsibility TaeS
then sentenced Peter to pay dne OF SoV ara
sp4rd a Sumner vacation OF two months II
the Pepitertiary. Add thus ends the Dawson IraL
AID Mr. Justice Connolly, in Pronouncing hs
savage Judgment, intinsttd that the Cour' ola nN
believe tie explicit and positive testimony OF the
women that they were imprisoned IN tetess den
and there compelled to prostitute themses"
against their viii. while il did believe that the one
called Mrs. Daw scn wss under such constrsint that
she wss rot morally responsible foT Ter doioss
There S legal discrimination for you
There WA one point on which We mistakenly
thought Justice hsd Peter. While the Sovereignty
Of tie Individual, involving bis right to keep rum
bole or do whatever else he pleases that does not
s0lutely break heads pick pockets, Is cNcinh
Democratic principle, the SANE school pro'esse'-
net very consistently with the foregoing. but very
vehementIy--to coudemn ard abhor al am.ssma'
ton between Whites ard Blacks. Yet there
were sfidayits on s.iidssits before this model
.Court" ;estiiyitg that not only was amalgama-
tcn Of the most bestis sor. constantly practlced IN
Peter Paudemopium, but white girls who loatked
su6 ,huddered at il were Systematically compelled
to submit to it by Peters power and for Peters
profit We thought this aore was good for at least
syesr in the Peniientiary, but We recAoned without
our host democratic" adherence of smalgams-
ton proves rhetorical purely and intended for effect
on the imagination of sipPletOns. II is good
psr'y cry-Dotbirg mOre-got up to helP INTO ONCE
cur Justice Connollys not to diminish the gains OF
our Peter Dawsors
TIE worst part of this abominabe judgment Is
that which relates to the she Dawson. According
10 the concurrent testimony Of those devoted, self
sacrificing ladies' who have visited the dens of pollu-
ton IN our City to seek and .ave the lost, while
mapy of the inmates Of these dens simply and
pitisby victims, the female keepers are uniformly
as dabolic Is it is possible for human beings to be.
Yet these, according TO the Connolly decision, have
only each to keep husband among the sppurte-
nabces of her establishment 10 exempt her from
all legal responsibility
Such is Justice, as this day administered in this
Christian metropolis. In the eye of Reason and
Philanthropy Peter Dawson's punishment should
have exceeded in severity that of any ten thieves
or burglars. for the mischief done by him, the mis-
ely and de eradaton sccasioned by his career, are
immeasurably greater. II it be urged that the law
limits the discretion Of Judges in this direction,
then We cay that Dawson's is clearly 9 case in
which the extreme penalty allowed by the statute
should have been denounced aud inflicted. Shame
ful as il is TO Christian emporium that hundreds
of ,uch establishments a. DAwson's should flourish
therein without copceament or interruption, it is
even more shameful that their keepers, when ar
rested and brought 10 the bar, should escape with
such mockery Of punishment as that prescribed
BY Me.srs. Connolly, Steers and Kelly.
Four Of the wretched women taken out of Peter
Dawsons leprous den we're on Thursday sentenced
a. vasrarts ~ SIR months imprs, nment in the
Pententsry. Dawson himself, the creator and
master OF the den, the iailer of the women who
pocketed the price of their bodies and souls, gets
Of with tlco months Such is New.lork Justice