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Tor ths bsostt OF ths Democracy aud its I'D
hersss. II has ssv goa 70 Be- . matter Of
certainty shat ne Democrat in % sut Of Of
zee, Who stands fair vith ,hs President add
the party, can be brsugbt TO Punishment for
any crime be may be guilty Of. II the EK.
seutive arr ssones directly save him, or II IL
b impoli,io 70 expose the El sss'ivs TO the
edisu Of direct iplsrfsrsncs in she case ,there
is no sud 70 tb ingenuity Whereby sIPsdisn .
are resortsd 70 to set the criminal free By
some jugglsry connected -iih the courts 10
this District to b . Dsns srst 10 fell ssm>
.upion, is 70 Be beyond the reach Of the
penalties Of The lsv.
Some ysars ego. during the sduiuistratiOn
Of James X. Polk. the s,ep-sos Of preni
ssnt Democratic sdi.er aud psr,iran commit
ted . murder in epes day 10 The open streets
In those Somewhat moro honest tines, to try
Abe offender vss seriously 70 risk bis ssavio.
tioa, besides sIpesiOg many private matters
to IN insonveniess publicity. IL was an
obj-et therefore 70 svads . trial, and ID be-
s.us question hsu 10 DO 10 /, ras hO'
long before the problem vas solved, aud il
vas solved As the Dssocrasy sslvs ell their
kno,ty problems, by .. infrsctisn Of the right,
had prevailed ever since the s0us,ry had
laws, Wis. that eriAipsls should be tried for
! their crimes, Was evaded, aud that too most
efee,uslly. hvss done by the Grand Jury
- ssplv nj
Democrats. hsplan adopted was the novel
one Of getting the Grand Jury 10 assume
the function. Of Petit Jsry. Accordingly
one msrnipg, after going through q troubles
some and painful gcstation With the subject
the Grand Jury presented themselves in
court add announced the object Of their
coming. They brought 10 DO bill, neither
did they IGNORE" the matter, katrePrsss,A,
ed to the court that they found the ps.ssns
to have com mitted the crime bu, pn5 or sucl
extspuatipg eireumstapsss as 10 r.duoe then
to request bis liberation. This was whA.
in fact, resulted, and ths young man Wit
bad spilled his BROTHERS blood was nevs
br0ngbi to any proper trial for the deed
The reason snd the only real reason for ID
eHsup tier was that bis sister VAS che wi
Of very prsminent Democrat
During the admin istrstion Of Frapf
Pierce there occurred = palpable iustsuSf
tho way 10 which = criminal, being = nj
Der Of the party in power, eau 60 uuwhisd
Of justice. The readers recollsctioFili
/ resur TO the frst aud second trial Of tie>
mon 7. Herbert for the murder Of Tmas
Heating. Notwithstanding the eIpsion
in the bearing Of the jury. Of the dges
bias in favor of the prisoner, the e. Jury
did not agree, and at the second 81 care
vas taken 10 secure faTor.ble dict by
placing persOts upon the jurJho as'
knowledged themselves to be tkariissns
= Of the accused. Considering tbuling' OF
the judge, which we're Of q MOS ftra'rdi-
i nary character, giving virtuticeDss %
|. violence aud murder; the projections Of
o certain Of the jurymsu ands bullying
: tone Of the counsel for the dfce towards
the gentlemen conducting tPro'eeatiou,
it vas no wonder shat the vfe'"as an &C
quittal.
The next case in The or OF time vas
that Of Hon. Preston s. B<s His trial,
10 for 40 exceeding ly grea, saagrant crime,
y "A saSrilsgs deserving rP and severe
u puuishment,-was little or than 90 coca
Z sion Of triumph to him, he made brave
wki.h listened TO bV
The court, aud was 6n'he Paltry sum Of
$500 sum which afterwards more
- than ten times madsP to him BY his
friends.
In order that the cent Democratic ad.
ADMINISTRATION nigh, p,il Of 40 opportunity
to display its uster tenderness and pro-
tec,iug care for its 'breaking supporters.
:. their guardian argent them = choice %.
:, -.siou ia the siokppd ButterWOrth ease,
70 a-ording tue f.irGeld for the exercise Of
var Gus quaiitIesi oasrsetenaies IN
she AilIiSs Of Keieklss vas the principal
aud Bu.teruortk accessory, before, dur.
ing ADD sfter thot Now the pan for
cooking up the ,Pe Of these darling pets,
Of The EIseatisod the Democracy was
worthy Of Pc Who bad 50 long been 40.
eusiomed to bSBd isgen nj Gus eostrrvsoees
N that line looks a. If the whole tbinE
bad been cut dried beforehand. The
moment sftshs deed Of blood was con.
nitted, both ineipsl aud sssesssry start
OF Tor aid / comfort" 10 the house Of
the Law of Of ths gOVsrBnsBi, aud arr
sseompa0ist jail under the friendly pres
snee Of ibIsmOers,io Mayor Of tbs CITY
(for whose ,s.iOn last year. the Presidsst
Of the Usf States sIsstsd himself snh
ell the v'a' Of bis power sbd patronsg.l
add the D'OoTstie Chief Of Police. and bav.
their sorrr 10 prison sssusgsd At al ksurs
Of ibe dssod night BY sbs syiri,s.l vi.t,.
tons tfaemOcrstio Minister Of the Gosp.l.
ThrSugk oTssislling the public MAD b.
oos.sids'publiesiiobs 10 tAs psper,. By
'voidinps pFslimibary sEsmisalion which
Is ussalofsrs Seal ooamiimsbt for trial.