New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-28
JUDICIAL AsstDUITY IN VIRGINIA

JUDICIAL AsstDCITY IN VIRGINIA
We suppose if any unfortunate person happening
to be the creditor of some higb!oned VIrglnan oil
the white variety, should seek TO accelerate the
payment Of bis claim BY an appeal to 'HgInlsn
Judge th.s the elocity OF the disbursement would
not be perceptbiy accelerated by the proceeding
We believe that, if properly feed, "a Ingenious VIZ
ginian barrster, With Reasonable skll In the hair
splitting Of special pleading, might triumPhsntIy
snd indefinitely postpone the payment OF any small
debt. But when man s 70 De tried for HE lie
upon charges Of treason, murder, aud conspiracy,
the Yirsinan Courts become beautifully brisk and
busy bees CT industry. In WHIST marvellous hurry
they are, in Charestown Court We remember
when the Supreme Judicial Court Of Massachusetts,
directed the Sheriff of Suffyk County to hsng
colored man named Washington Goode, that the
dsrsspectful negro tried to forestal the ofh'iA
performer by cutting his ,hrost on tho moraing oil
executop but as he had life enough lsft 70 be KILLED
judicisly, the impairment person WAS Carried in
chair to the scafold. and then turned off Seeaadem
arism-a spectacle not so pleasant, We suspect, to
God as to the amsteurs assistiog in the ceremony.
This was very good-very good, indeed-but In
Virginia they have quite outdore thus proceeding
and are trying wounded, sick, and suffering man
in his bed-s kind of legal cllnique, We suppose,
new in this country, but not unknown, long ago, in
the amiable tribunals Of the middle ages. The
peculiar humanity Of this method will be more fully
appreciated by those who reflect thst to be tried
for ones life go far from being an entertaining
psstime, is rather serious matter. Ii We regard
the assiduty Of the Court from this point Of view,
il will appear TO some of us, at least, slightly iode-
cent But there are pallistons Suppose that
Brown should fty round out his natural and &C
quired depravty of character BY dying before he
be could be tried, sentenced, ard huog What
then would become Of the honor OF Virginia and
where would be the perpetuity and the perpendic'
ularity OF her Institutions Why, delay might be
fatal 10 the extent Of Browns admission of MS own
unaey, in which case it might be necessary to send
him not to tie sc,dod but 10 an asylum, whereby
the people would miss their revenge, aud Gov.
Wise be plugged into the profoundest melancholy.
Clearly, rspdity is the only refuge.
We think it would be altogether too great q
piece of sef-denial for the harassed and fatigued
warriors of Harpers Ferry to refuse themselves the
exquisite satisfaction of behoding that broken and
bewildered old man-the most attractive show
ever seen in those par.s-feeSly struggling with
pain and striving in his hsrassmens and distress to
remain undaunted TO the end. Why should SenA-
tor Macon be denied bis little tressi The tele-
graph tells us that he was in Court, by his mighty
presence aiding and comforting and stimulating the
officers of the low. Yes The Vrgnians must
make the most of Brown, now that they have him.
The greatest possible musement must be extracted
from Brown, the most entertaining distresses and
the most divertins pangs. Why not put Brown in
an iron cage and cart hin through the State, that
the fun may be impartialy distributed, and those
who reside far from the field of Vlrgnis's glory,
msy be INDUCED with a peep at the monster A
small sum might be charged for admission, and the
whole speculation pay more money into the empty
treasury than all Gov. Wise's oyster-beds on the
- fundum Of the public waters Brown is an &C
QUESTION. Should he be burg, why not make
drum heads of bis cuticle, Ia Zisca, that, when
future insurrections terrfy unborn Firgnisns, the
poetic revenge may be taken of compelling Brown,
in part Of bis own proper person, to summon tho
them to valorous deeds
We hope this old man will have the decency to
live until he be made away with properly. But,
smi the armed men surrounding the place of JUS
tice or filling its avenues cannot detain the soul,
when Heaven sends down its Habeas. Hurry,
then ger tlemen Of the green bag Make no profile
speeches Cite no useless presidents! A is for
gina is in peril Ruih through the arguments !
expedite the charge let the jury find verdict
without leaving their seats let the Judge pro
nounce tie sentence trppingly on the tongue have
the gallows ready and the rope purchased, and the
executioner in waiting Hurry "0ld Brown !"
from the dock-we mean the eot-to the yard
Presto Up the eallows stairs Adjust the moose :!
Swing him of So ho Vuginfa brea.hes again (!
ShArp's the word
The Republican Senatorial Convention OF tho
With district finished their long and a0orious ser