Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-07-22
A YELL IN ADVANCE.

and other papers of this county, which
have warned certain offenders against the
dignity and well being of the Territory
and the rights of its citizens, that there
was rod in pickle which would be used,
in due time, to an extent that would
amount to liberation. \ guilty con-
science needs nc. accuser, and before any
particular offender had been ordered to
take off his jacket there comes a wall
through the columns of the Herald. The
article which is the vehicle of this yell in
advance, premises by admitting that the
evil of which we have been complaining
has existed. and that the evil doors are
still upon the bench. 1t says, also, and
therein we do not differ, that bribing
lawyers, well drilled witnesses" and
"wen arranged juries" are in the same
filthy mess with the impressed judges. I"
In all these things it joins with us in that
cutlery, which is the cutlery of an out
ragged people. B,sno! 1t then proceeds
to account for the poisonous milk in this
decayed cocoa-nut, as follows:
Judges were sent here from long dis
lance, and had no ties or interest in common
with this people. \ President burdened with
the care Of the nations life was not likely to
scrutinize too closely the character Of appli-
cants for seemingly inferior Judicial positions
in distant territories, and so, men who had
never worn the ermine-who had never been
tried in the furnace of temptation-who pos
sessed only that kind OF ability and charac-
ter required to obtain local political success
were rewarded for campaign speeches with
Territorial judgeShipS, and by the rapid
growth and dazzling development OF mining
countries, suddenly found themselves IN pO-
SitiOns where hundreds OF thousands, per-
hapS millions of dollars depended upon their
ipse dixit.' It would prove a marvel, If
such appointees, under such circumstances,
were always strictly honest
Just so, nv friend. That's exactly
what's the matter, and you talk with wis
dom like unto the serpent that beguiled
our common mother, and created the ne
cessity of hell. AL this happened in
the manner described, and there was no
marvel" of honesty for the people to
wonder at. The thing has turned out just
as might have been expected; and It is not
for the purpose Of having the Government
sit down and weep over the error of its
selections in the matter of judges, but to
convince it that such error was made and
ask that it be recti6ed if possible. The
man object and tenor of the Hsrald's ar
ticle is to make an exception from the
sweeping condemnation, in favor of Judge
North, of whom it says:
"Out Of this stew and swamp Of ISLANDERS,
or worse, the present Judge Of the First Ju-
dicial District comes forth unpolluted and
unsmirched. 1t is, perhaps, because of his
unapproachability, his hrmness, and his
refusal 10 be at all swayed from mis- own con-
yictions Of right by any sort OF appeals, that
he has been bitterly denounced and yilely
slandered BY those whose pecuniary interests
have been destroyed BY his honest course,
and who have failed to mould him TO their
views, as they have moulded other and more
plant material"
If this is true, 50 much better for the
Territory; and if the Herald or Judge
North can make the people believe that it
IS true, so much the better for him. As it
happens. however, at this time. all this
wretched question of corruption IS about
to be examined and canvassed, and the
people will judge ofthe guilt or innocence
of Judge North and others, by the EVIL
dence presented for their consideration,
and not from any assertions Of Judge
North himself or of the Herald in his be-
half. If the Judge is innocent Of guilt,
the efforts of the Herald are praiseworthy !;
if he is guilty their defense of him IS all
right, if they are paid for it. That's a
matter of business. When, however, the
editor gives his article the character OF a
menace. he misses his mark and mistakes
the temper of those who have taken the
matter in hand. The Herald says:
Judge North will do no more than is
strictly right il he order the names OF those
of his slanderous prosecutors who are mem
hers of the bar to be stricken from the roll
of attorneys; and he would De fully justified
by public opinion in Furnishing by fine and
Imprisonment those of MS slanderers-not
members Of the bar-who are unfortunately
in control Of any press, however degraded
and unworthy.
We believe, as firmly believe as we do
anything under Heaven, that the foregoing
sentence was written at the dictation Of
Judge North himself, and that it is intend
ed as threat to brighten the press from
mingling his name and his acts with the
charges that are being made against the
Judiciary. Whoever did write it will
miss his figure wofully. We shall, when
it comes his turn. show, as clearly as the
sagacity with which his tracks are covered
will permit, ever. :; within our posses
sion, which goes to justify the suspicion
that he is as deep in the mud as either OF
his colleagues is in the mire. We shall
do this without single futter of fear OF
Judge North, his fines or his prisons.
We shall not put ourselves within the
reach of any paw that he can legally lay
upon US, and if he transcends his legal
powers, and stretches his authority one
hair to our injury, woe betide him and
his. We know our RIGHTS and knowing
shall maintain them, and all the powers
of bigger he'll than Judge North or any
of his clan can raise, viii be found made
quate to crush the power of the Press,
which speaks fearlessly facts in behalf of
our outraged and writhing people. So
much for the yell in advance and so
much for the threat cloaked under the edi-
torial Of the Herald.
IT Is understood that General Meade viii
be promoted Major General in the rso,,lar