The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-06-11
Judge UpderwDod's Charge.
Extracts from the Press.
rho New York News saws: .

Extracts from the Press. q
The New York News says;1/
ButJudge Underwood is still more severe
rnon theIpublic presssof Virginia, for hetholds
t5at toobe the cause of all this ifiiduity
md thsTn,orsp dsbasehlent at Richmond sim
Nv the effect! n"fEe murders, duels assassfi-
ppations. violent aand ungoverneds passions,
ending in elf-confagT alton and self immola-
ton unparalleled in any lheathen9 country, the
noyerty, suffering, a agony, . and degradation
which have II ven this. city its bad % eMinence,
ar. tbelegithnatai fruit, of the teachings the
nublic 5prsss3 eSack fsst language Of Judge
Underwood from the Judicial bench that he
disgraces with his furious ,vitiiperation. We
can conceive that lawyer, lin the heat of an
appeal to jury, nigh. indulge in such phil
ippics, as in his zeal flor bis client might seek
to help bis cause by drawing suchofals pic
lures; but that d magistrate (should make bis
charge to q Grand Jury an occasion to vent
his spleen and passion, and to insult the com
munity In whose midst be is Commissioned to
fulfill his official functions, is to- say the least
humihating to d people who, sha We any con,
sideration for the purity and dignity of their
Judicial System. sp7s aisib "a ,heie asiEar
UNDERWOOD TO THE GRAND JURY.-The
universal opinion is, that such a speech,
called "a charge is disgraceful to the Beach
and the Bar,-but these high bodies ought
not to be held responsible for Underwood.
He was not very bright Yankee school
master, who when teaching sin Virginia,
married there, and net being petted over
much is now Furnishing the people for their
social inattentions. His 4 Law knowledge
comes from 7Morses Geography, Websters
Spelling Book, and Walsh's Arithmetic TN. !
Y. Express.
The "Dead Duck" is in ecstacies over the
last great effort Of the immortal Underwood
He quacks and flaps his wings over this savo-
nv production as if he had discovered mud
puddle full of tadpoles. He exalts the horn
Of that Gable jurist' and eommends his Hbod
dsnunciation Of the impsrtinent traitors of
Richmond. tsts} @4i ~ piHsg"g
The secret Of all this fulsome fattery is tho
roughly understood by the initiated. Fornsy
hopes that before Underwood is done he viii |
manage to hang somebody, and as the Chron-l
icls is staggering about on its last legs, the
Dead Duck" wants to be appointed hangs |
man to the cable jurist," whom he ludicrously
describes as "imperiling his life in abusing
Richmond, its inhabitants and press-Rich- |
mond Times. sac 5d5 81 ~
Onuel WOou CoHiCS III 1OT tIe tOllOW1ng CUT |
sing allusion in letter published in the
Louisville Journal concerning the trial of civ
ians by military tribunals:
ut is the proudest praise nfthe jj.a:-:~:
bench Of America, that wherever the subor-
dinate holders Of executive authority have
wished to deprive citizen Of life or liberty
contrary to law, they have been compelled to
create tribunals of their own to effect their
purpose, and have never succeeded in finding
Judge tine infamous Underwood alone ex-
eepted) who would prostitute his Office to be-.
come the supple tool of their displeasure or
their malice"
The press generally has something to say
of Judge Underwoods charge to the, grand
jury on the opening of the United States
Court at Richmond, but mostly in tone of +
commiseraton for the man, who, being by
the accident of war, as it were, thrown upon
the bench in a time of turbulence and reve--
luton, now, shames the whole judiciary of |
the country by his inappropriate utterances
and acts. Those who do not thus speak say
nothing, indicating clearly that. they feel
there isnothing to commend. baltimore
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