The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-21
POOR Greeley on Grlas for Contempt OF
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the publication OF sianderous and malis Nou'
article, headed IA judicial Outrage in sh'
7ribuae Of April IA. was called up yesterday
in the Oyer and Terminer, before Judge Bar
! nard. The court room was crowded, and
| among the audience were several prominent
aboli!ionists and miscegenators, like Theodore
Triton Every body was anxious to see poor
Greeley. Was be the man with wigi Was
no the man without vigs Was be the man
with red nosei Was be the man with q
Roman nose! Was he the man with heavy
mustache! Was he the man without any mus
taches Will anybody be kind enough to show
US the man in the white coat A hundred
such inquiries were heard during the
proceedings. But poor Greeley was not in
court. He was represented by his counsel,
Mr.. J. T. Williams, who appeared to be re-
spectacle country lawyer, but who did not dis
play any knowledge Of the law and the prac-
tlce in cases Of contempt.
The proceedings Of yesterday were merely
preliminary. Mr.. Williams moved to set aside
the order Of the Court, on the ground Of lack
of jurisdiction. Mr.. A. Oakley Hall, the elo-
quent District Attorney, who acted az counsel
for the Court. rddled this absurd motion In a
speech of about two minutes long, and then
filed the requisite interrogator:es. Judge
Barnard ordered that poor Greeley should pre-
sent his replies to these interrogatories on Mon
day next, or DO held in a double contempt for
refusing, unless he could show sufficient cause
for the refusal Mr.. Williams then at
tempted to argue the question with Mr..
Hall, after the Judge had given his dec-
sion; but this rather unnecessary debate was
declined by The District Attorney. and the
Court passed on 10 other business. We believe
that Judge Barnard was Individually correct in
his rulings; and if poor Greeley has no other
defence than talk about a lack of jurisdiction
the case will certainly go hard with him. The
republican press have tried to got uy scanda-
lous crusade against Judge Barnard, just as
they tried it against Judge Russell; but the
latter has outlived their vulgar abuse, and the
former seems amply able to take care Of him
self He has shut up the Evening Post by
single shot. He has found the weak point Of
TIRE tattling Times, and has shut up that paper
forever. Now he will either shut up the
Tribune or lofk up poor Greeley; and he has
the sympathy and support Of all respectable
journals and Of AL sensible citizens in his
endeavor to protect the judiciary from partisan
villiication.
Abolition editors, encouraged by the too
great tolerance Of their ISLANDERS. have long
made regular trade of libel. Knowing that
the majority Of the measures they proposed and
of the acts they applaudcd were illegal and
unconstitutional, they have had an especial
spite against our judges. and, from Chief Justice
Taney, Of the Supreme Court, down to the most
undistinguished police magistrate. no worthy
member OF the judiciary has escaped their vile
calumny. 1t is time, and more than time, that
this license to insult and traduce the best and
purest mcn,in the land were revoked, and we
are glad that Judge Barnard has been bold
enough and consistent enough to take the in
tiatory step. II the example he will make OF
poor Greeley shall prove insufficient to reform
the abolition editors, we hopc that other judges.
and especially the judges Of the Su-
prone Court OF the United States, will
also do their duty In the matter, and
thoroughly complete tAe work. To the great
credit Of the democratic press il may be stated
that few or none OF them have ever been
betrayed into o corresponding course in
regard 10 republican judges On the contrary.
although some Of these judges hare been
deemed unworthy, yet the democratic editors
have almost uniformly respected the Office,
when they could not respect the official, and
have dissented from the judges opinions deco
rously. ii at all. The republican papers, on
the other hand, habitually attack the personal
character. and even impugn the patriotism, Of
the judges whose opinions do not happen to
agree with the policy OF the republican party;
ard now the judiciary must either protect
itself or consent to wear the ermine soiled by
this partisan mre. Judge Barnard has wisely
chosen the former course; and, so Ear from
being a mere personal or political quarrel
between Judge Barnard and poor Greeley,
this trial il in fact vindication Of the entire
judiciary and rebuke to the outrageous aboli-
ton press. In this view its further develop
ments will be awaited with interest by all
classes Of people.
The Western Governors and che Cues
ton OF Militia.
The Governors OF the States OF Ohio, ILL
nos and Indiana have taken measures which
render 1t probable that they will call into the
field at an early day the entire militia force of
those States. Such q measure, there is good
reason to believe, is neither uncalled for nor
untimely. Many oircumstances point distinct
~ to the view that homo force will be at
least as necessary in some one or more Of the
Northern States be fore the fighting is over for
this season as il was in Pennsylvania last year.
Whether we suppose that the rebels contem-
plate leaving their own territory to small
bodies in fortified positions, and pushing into a
Northern State with their main army, certain
that our main force must necessarily follow
such an initiative, or whether we suppose that
they count upon rushing into Northern State