The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-01-10

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such as the t9rtrii3rc Of the right OF
reb.ls to hoM cgfce," &c., &c. Under
this gnrL If conservatism he proceeds to
criticise the acts and motives Of Judge
polslcy in making the order above re.
ferred to.
His FIRST great charge against the
Judge, is, that be permitted his recent
judicial opiaicn in the case Of William
Quarter. "to be printed in 4 po|ittca|
nen<prpcr, anil had i, issue'! in pamphle
form for general distribution" We had
always supposed it was the dutJ Of Edi'
tors Of County and State papers to pub
fish all judicial opinions where the pub
lie were at ali interested, and, as such,
sc made it our special business to got
permission. and publish, for the benefit
Of our readers, the decision in the case
referred to. Ii court publications and
judicial opinions can not be published in
poiiicn} mmSp1P"r$, where can they be
published? Where have they been
published heretofore? Wewill venture
to say that the reason the decision in
question was not published in the Re-
p~LIii""w, is simply because the Editor
did not wish to publish it. And We
will further venture to say that the priv
iieye granted us, would have been freely
granted to every newspaper south OF
Mason and Di1on's line, if it had been
solicited.
The second charge, namely, "that he
(the judge had i. published in pam
phlet form for general distribution. is
simply Aasrau, pcrver>ioa Of truth.
/. vas published in this paper, aa1, also.
in pauphct form, at oar express IN
stance.
On these ,wo cssc-,icns.-thc one
false, and the other bot shade better
! he forms the basis Of his third auG prin
r,paI change, tEat Judge Pol>Iey has
entered the political arena" and that
the E.p"iLir9ns olftn>c, which called
forth the order, was simply because it
INDUCED in publishing short criticism
relative to the judges decision.
In order that our readers may fairly
understand why this order was made,
and be ahc to form an impartial judg.
mcrt fer themselves, we quote few
lines from the Rrpnj'icuas q" criticism"
as i, is termed:
".ans,' said an elderly nutthman to his
son, who was satkiuS Undcr a recent paternai
caS,icaliou. "llaus, vat yua d:nko nov
"No;ting sir" WAS the suriv reply. iun
does yoa Liaks Go.t tam, AMI HOW | vhip
you foc da:.
Judge rosicy, Ct IL oE:Yt .csnu,, seem Z" have
an idea thNt cvUry rebel who acknowledges
tho error OF his way, anil p:oclaims himself
ready 10 LEAH loyal life, still thinks "Gott
tam and they are by no means inclined to
abu,c tie rigor Of correction. An Outcrsn.
ping OF this srir;, is pa!pably manifested in
! the oI:N;un given liz ;he case o: Wm. Quar-
rier Of this place. which came before the
| Court in October last. This opinion has been
largely circulated by the raaicaIs rs n sound
AMI able exposition Of the law. and has at
I ,l,o, nah. p1nl
| hotchpo,ch o: fourth o:July defamation. parti-
san augmentation. and irrrnvcnt or misrcp-
resented authority. warrants.
And yet, says the R'p"b'ican, the
article we published was not d;srcspcct-
: full OF abusive" Heaven savo the
mark. It is. as cur readers will see, an
oIgsir. aud srurri!nm article, calculated
to br;ac tho court and its proceedings
into contempt; aud the judge, not feel
! Ing it his duty to pa;ronizc paper tha,
was dcvo;ins its columns to bring sach
di>crelis upon the judiciary Of the
S,a.e-in Pursuance Of his power in
such eases malc and provided -simpl.
ordered the law publications thereafter
and uut;l otherwise directed, to be pub
lishcd in this paper. We ask our read
er< to JUICE Cor themselves, whether this
order was male on account OF. any
pci;H;cri differences Of opinion, or on &C
count Of the abusiyc and seurrilous char
actc7 Of the article.
Hut 70 return to the article in the
Rrp%L':""a Of December Goth. There
is no such cona;e: Of r"licics existing
between our Gorcrnmca, officials. as thu
R-pa1i'c,'a has attempted to make our
We have -; 10 learn TIA; President;
,Johrson or Gcaerai Grant has ever Ut.
! tered word or written q line ;ha: wou!'l
warrant; such y conclusion.
Says Attorney General Speed. whose
opinions mag fairly be p'cscmedt to be the
! opinions a:rhe President and bis Cabinet,
| =, ~ 4 thn I'M lipiInN ni