New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-06-30
THE NHvgUEGEa uURDER.
Tie Uorid. following TIE Aiteny Argus, says

THE NEW2GFGH UtKDEH.
Tie Uorid, following TIE Auony Argus, says:
Tux TBusg cLpr.es Democrats, whose lsboI la. been 20
got the Heg'o out 70, pocs. siib " ni'mhs Inc psl
m need. to De- charsrisz.ds hgt hen IL pfocera, -
charge upon democrats, such the responsibility % h.
NOS roget de - 10 punished with The utmost
ris1r oil the law. u iauns It's own mad oigory "hi eH
would pre- two hundred I.hgen hang for executing
yncnsw upon guilty. negro than to see one negro Pnnihed
Tor tho ~ot.t OF cfinc''
TO which thus responds THE TRIBUNE:
l. The bright thought Of getting "the negro
out of politics by denying his humanity and
divestiDg him of all political rights, can neTer
succeed. The halfway attempt to "get the
Irish out Of politics" some years since, by re-
During them to remain twenty-one year'
among US before voting, miscarrled. though
very strongly supported. aud the failure oil
this device will prove even more ignomlnIous-
To get the negro out Of politics. you have
only 10 treat every human being according t.
his essential character. intelligence and moral
worth, regardless of whatever ia extrlnsic and
superficial. There are many Ignorant, tgiillng,
vicious negroes, as there are, uuhappily. lg@
rant and vicious whites: it ia not IN the
power uf laws or o. constitutions to make
these the equals Of intelligent 'irtuous, just
and noble persons, whether white or black.
That man who secas to found an ari'tocracy
on color bo.rays u distrust OF his own essen
tial qualisiss 10 would much sooner base
eminencs on worth, il be- had any worth
whcreon t. base IL. Treat every man accord
ing 10 his intrinsic merits and you have the
question of '.;hs negro out OF politics settled
completely and forever.
II. The H0yM has no Doubt that the mur-
derers Of the negro at the Newbureh jail were
manly # not altogether Democrats. Ii noe.
Why does the Democratic press pet'iios their
case Why Of all the NrwbuTgb cirrgymea
was the worthy Roman Catholic priest alone
SUMMONED by the Democratic authorities t.
AID them in queng tho riot and preycniiug
the murder Who can name even one Re.
publican us having aided or chsered Or ihe
murdercrsl
Ill IA, UOrI says there is I" 40 good citi-
rem Of any party who does not desire to SEE
tue murderers punished with the utmost rig"r
of the law" We shall see. Tbs author.ur-
Of Newburgh and OF OrGnge County are Demo
crat.. The undertaking aud murder were
Committed IN the face OF abundant witnesses.
Let u, sse, now. Low they are punished
Meantime, We eau prove By Tie Borlds ed.to-
rails that their writers are not good citizens,
according ~ their own touchst0ne.
". 1t is q De that We have excused rape.
We have ouly sought to have it punshsd ac
cording to the laws. White men made those
laws: now let them abide by them. Ii they
bad chosen 10 say that the penalty of RAPE
should DO death B.; burning, thcy might have
had i 50. The negroes have he'd no voice In the
premises. II hey can afford 20 abide BY such
laws az whit. men make, surely TIE whites
Themselves should do so
V But there is no Evidence that any rape
has boon committed. We understand that the
womnn herself does not charge any. She says
she was knocked down aud robbed of two dol
lars, but nothing further. We believe there
is also medical testimony to the same effect,
aud that Der alleged ipjusies arc very slight.
Eut this whole mattrr should have been legally
scrt!anzed ut the outset. The accused negro
was arrested and fast bound IN jail. There
was no dream Of his escape. He was in the
hands of the law, awaiting such justice as
white mems statutes, white judges and white
Jury should see III to mete out TO him. That
should have suf,iced. The murder of q prisoner
is the last extreme Of treachery and coHardlce.
1t is an impeachment. OF public justice, de-
iancc of the entire community. We pray that
the Ncwburgh murderers have whit they de-
MED to their yietim-the full measure of the
law