New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-23

! 4 PEgIL1A& PKESENINeWfs
| Among these precious egacics which We, an
unworthy progeny have received from our never
c,ntly.tobe.reyere aaeestors the enthusiastic
espsciay reckon the Gra 90 jury, which is sC@emn
a secret and sslntary BODY, the safeguard ot our
liberties and the ornament of our Jurisprudence
| rs ,neh it ia regarded By al enlightened mon
With mingled feelings of @9e and admiration
These emotions are rendered more vehement BY the
Indefinite and apparently unlimted province OF the
Grand Juror. Compared with tas dignltary, your
petit fellow, who sits exposed in = box to public
| gaze, who is perpetually tutOred oy Mr Justice,
who.must know no more than may be known by
thousands of vulgar people and who is limited to a
| isckdsw iteration of "Suilty" or Not Guilty,
| il lust nobody at all Whereas, your Grand Juror,
without fear of rebuke or supererogation may In
dupe.iG an unlimited variety of amosements, aud
after he s weary of indictng burgars end brothels,
,oickpockess and pimps corduroy roads, shaky
fences and nOisOme maDliactures may turn Tor
r. lief tothe lighter departments of his calling
10 ay lass resolutions compllmenting himself, the
G. ourt and the COnstables, or cOndamnng the
lia nor dispensed by the Boniface of tie neighbor-
hoe ,d-.aay express his mind upon any public ques-
tio and his opinion of any public mar, aud may
for aught We know to the contrary. vote himself
col pc 1ecase or silver snuf box to be paid orby
the County That all these unquestionable immu-
nit es are not more frequently exercsedin this sec
tio of he country only proves that under the dis
ast rous influence of free institutions we
are rapidly parting with our freedoms:
VIII lie in the Southern States, blessed by
Lii ,erty hourishes and fattens famOlsly. We
are much gratifed to learn that the Georgia Grand
Ju ry which recently felt compelled, by the absolute
di rectoa Of tho Court TO indct certain philanthro
pi sts er 20 ged in the African Man-Trads while did
n OF rebel against the bohest of the Bench-as it
ould nave been justified in doing-had yet the
sturdy Independence 70 yindicate its own dignity
3 nd good orthodox principles Of Slavery, by filing
Protest against any imputation of sicky senti-
mentally or of morbid benevolence; isst as Jury
Of holest sheep-steslsrs, while finding Il captured
con paaiOn guilty Of !ahng the mutton, might as
seyer2te to the Cou-f chat ovine larceny by far
the most honorable employment in which human
being. could possibly eneoge-an elegant elabora-
ton, IN fact, of he well-known finding of the
Wea.fyn Jury, in Of sudden hOrnicidc, which
was, Guilty-anls served him right 1t is par
tic Arly cheering 20 observe thai these GeOrgia
Jurors manfully deprecated tie imputation Of
:. s.eky sentiment" They were ss.deDty afraid
p.shaps not without reason in tat vieinage-tha.I j
ia indictment Of a Man-Trader night subject them
70 suspicion sf green-sckuess or Of dementatlon;
and they hsstsA to give pledges - aa anxious word
that they are a. nationally obdlrete aud as inteli
| gently and colscientousy wicked as eyer. In this
! age of pulling goodness and Osamaseulating pity, ia
! which there Is q horrible chsl3s that the doctrines
| of the NeW Testament may 1pFead desoiation and
| ruin through their beloved State, these Gssrgia
Jurors wsh pious prompsness renew their sllegi-
ance to wrong and hasten to educe evil from
a seeming good. They would not have i.yinder-
stood .lat they are lsDsing into the baCbarties
of Christianity or that they are, intend to be, in
the last less sayagely sad siDiuly civilized On the
Othc- hand, they proclaim, with much ksiDy water
shes, that they have thus Ar been pus.ranmously
yir.uous and law-ah;ding, and have shameiully abb
stained from piracy BSi they are quite ready to
confess their manifold goodness and equity, and to
SIX forgiveness csthe kTil One for tie zane. Well
disposed and h,aest s-aners can DO 10 more Thess
Jurors admit That they feel handled as me2"
that they are living" while the Avs against sae
Man-Tradc are enforced They evidently feel alat
TO "live" under such outrageous oppression Is
highly dscred;!sble, and thai they should long sgo
haze thrown themselves uPSa their cane swords. or
Drained themselves with t,air reyolyers, OE accom-
plished the high Roman work by betakipg them
selves to an inferior BRAID Of whisky. The statute
wA:eh obliges them to refrain from stealing blacks,
). less endurabe than the most cruel sdcts Of the
dispotic governments Of the Old World" and
they seem, when they get cleyerly into the subject.
to be astonshed at their own forbeaance.
But these Romans are at last reused The have
drawn the sword and flung from them the scab-
bard, ard are ready to do battle for the inestmabe
privilege Of importing niggers. They have sworn
upon the altar . e. the auction block "no longer
"to yield to sickly sentiment of pretended phi
lanihropy and diseased mental alteration
, They call upon the Members Of Congress to be u
ord zrasLi-g and m borp the II iousc srI tta Scn