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Bat ell that did not remove the danger frsn
the head Of Bsttsrverth, for bis svs pub
lishsd ed nissioss, sorroberstsd - they we're
By the srsl testimony Of several vitssssss
supplied ample ground Tor . e,nvieiion that
would be followed BY term 10 the pepi,en-
tiary unless executive sisusny should in-
tsrPoss "a ing to be svoiSsd If possible
What ihen, was TO b done 20 save Butter>
worth, for saved he must Be ut ell haI ard :
II be we're to 60 TO trial tbs "phreuIy' aud
"provosaiion" relied upon to get Sieklss
clear esuld not be pleaasi for him. 1, was
nos Bu,tsrworth's wife uat was dishouoredi
il Vas net his peace Of mind aud hopes in
life that had been snssilatsd, therefore it
was dsspsirsd Of tha,,u Ingenuity of couu.
eel could hooduist I'D ham bug = jury Into
seeing any justiacsi0s for But,er~or,h in
the Prouinsn, p.ris bore 10 the prcpa,a-
ton and sses.phhusut Of the murder Of
Key Bs,,srvsahs case, unlike Sickle,'s,
ma't ne, be coSni,ssd TO . court and petit
jury the Gras Jury was the place where
10 take care ofhim. His case came before
the Grand Jul but it is matter Of sufh Glen,
pst0ri.ty tht the vote taken in tho Graud
Jury rosn Ipss it. vas strictly q political
7sT;y sss, ~ AZ 'ks jsry xsrs ,e;sst,d by
Democrat N arshal for the trial Of Demo-
Gratis, i, not 70 be ordered at il Mr.
Bu,,eru<h's friends we're in the majority
Thu, Goes our Quo eraf denossirandup,.
SieklssAnd But,ervsrth 20 free because
they 4. Democrats.
On more. 10 February last two o..
mscrs, but Of the "bassr sort" Sen oo,.
ssrsi 10 murder Of enc .. 10 o,po,i,o
Gro. One Of them Hr,eL,n', va. min
elf, the other, JOns., "a. accessory No,
beg "sne'" .: cssgr... or high in E1.
r''' ",0f th'l are lefs to 20 through the
'uh ''':ins Of preliminary ssd second
.A"'as.ioss, imprisonment and trial
q 'oTsh their crime vas con ui,ted anterior
tha, Of Sickles & Co, they are made 10
ait for their trials considerably af,er. In
be manner Of the crimes Of sieklss and
dutshins there were several points Of simi
larity. The principals vent csnsiderab's
distant to eatoL their victims, the accessories
urged the deed, accompanied their prinei.
pss 10 tas spo,, aud retired ui,A them from
the scene Of murssr. Other points also
were very similar 10 the crimes but there were
grss, contrasts 10 the friaIs In the II u,eh.
ins trial both criminals were COM rised in
ono Indictment in the sieklss case only the
party uhs vas deemed sure Of an acquit,sl
was tried At all The result ofths trials vsried
equally with ways the Of con ueting then !;
the aristoeratie criminals we're prom pity set
free, the poorer and humber ones we're
found guilty. one Of murder the other Of
nanslaughtsr. II ought 10 be remarked,
however, that from some indications since,
there 10 . probability that the Democracy
Of the two convio,s will yet be Of good
avail to them, for they have already had the
benefit Of piece Of adroit machinery for
getting new trial, and . new trial in these
days 10 no uncommon avenue for getting o #
IL they should thus succeed.
and their chances are fair, the Dem oes,ie
Prerogsiivs Of committing crime will have
gone forward and the low aud poor Dsn oera,
as we'll as the rich aud proud enc, will stand
on the same safe platform.
Having thus cited sasss, in the distant
past, the recent past, and the imm .dia.e
present., 60 on now to show the provision
made BY the Democracy to protect their
friends who happen to get into serapss. for
tho future. The reader is perhaps aware
that several cases Of peculatiou, fraud, and
corruption, have been under investigation w
the Grand Jury Of this District, and thu,
number Of true bills have been found.
One Of these is SgAinst A. G. Seaman. ex
superintendent Of public printing. He aud
the rest Of the indicted ones, are Democrats.
30 far as known. Should they come TO trial
there could scarcely fai; to be exposed to tho
public eye vast mass Of official peculation
aud corruption, aud all, Of course, the Do.
mocraey being 10 power, under Democr a,ic
auspices Con'iderSblO anticipation has
been srou-ed and mnsh interest naturally
excited 10 The coming trials But i. isuou
darkly binted that in some il not all of these
cases there will be no trial at all, for the
reason, at which the reader might be we'll
a''ounded, there is no Court for the pur.
pose II is understood that the Judge Of
the Criminsl Court iSkss the ground that
be has no Jurisdiction the judges Of The
District Court say they have none, aud 90.
there Is no other Couri where By Anv posi-.
bility the pa'iss can DO tried wbatthipk
you reader, Of Democrats Ingenuity you
will think there is nothing il esnRot aecom
Plish where determined 20 conceal ito crime,
aud screen lie beloved supporters from the
rsiributlvs Vengeance Of the oGeussd laws.
IL is claimed then that the proposition 6rs,
set eat IN thsss remarks has been Ampiy
proved, namely, that there Is no crime ubiob
Demoera' 20 good standing With bi. par.
~ m'y so' commit is this Dis,ris,, ssd ",
60 unpsaishsd
THn VIEsIHIA ELEcTIoN.
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