The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-10
Judge Underwood's Charge.

COMMENTS oE, TIE RICHMOND PRESS,
"N From the 1Vhie.l .n.
Underwoods chsrge to the Grand Jury yester-
day viii be found in our columns this morning.
We have no hesitation in saying that certain Of
its illusions to this city are the most wantonly.
ever came from the bench of any civilized country
They sink their author beneath the fellowship Of
the lowest 1t is impossible to give ex-
honorable m In must feel for the depravity Of u
heart that can engender calumnies so vile.
From the Disputch.]
MoNsrRoUs CHARGE OF JUDaE.-K it we, g the
object Of Judge Underwood to disgrace his Gov
ernue9t and the court over which he. presides, he
labored in earnest yesterday carry it out in his
charge to the jury on opening his court. We pub
E os from
OF it's aspersions of whole coMp,,n.z, .,,.s nc
Perao the qd5ah Wonder dos any suo6
ever. got to be judge; but he will be awarded the
credis, Of making good use OF his office to secure
himself notoriety In at least one way: that of the
foul and filthy calumniatlon of society.
e.s4s,- NJ Z: From tie 1s,nes.l
UNDERwooD's CHARaE 10 HIS, GRAND JunY.-
Elsewhere in our columns. will be found the
''charge, yesterday delivered to hls white and
United States District Courtof Virginia. As legal
Charge to a Grand Jury it is wholly beneath cr1ti-
sism, and challenges comment only display
from the bench Of 9 groveling malice towards the
respectable people Of Virginia, and a nauseating
fattery Of Stevens and the Radical party. AS an
in this State lis disgraeefui to his Office While
as literary compositon it would not be creditable
to the brain Of Q thick -skulled freedman. n:
s--s .s.t5is From the Ezau,iner.]
UNDEaWooD;s CaAnaE. a paragraph in recent
Underwood, was headed stFronl Virginia judge
Thank Godit-was afalsehood. Virginia has many
thii gsto regret; and some to blush for but not
Underwood. This Shiny issue Of deepest filth: is
no more 70: Virginian than was Verres Cicilion.
ae hgils frotn the land which produced Benedict
haas e. The s ssa BsnR
these compahiots; for ne miss Encourage of the
traitor andbl capacityeo eof the thief a57
And yet.2s boundess and bounteous is; the
metoy Of Omnipotence, that even this grovelling
thing has his uses 3The effort is making to wean
some of The gallant people Of Virginia away from
bind them to the chariot wheels of a new idol-a
god whom their; fathers knew not And. cunnins,
men; whisper to these fainthearted ones, weary
God that ded BY o hand Iae o
the land of Egypt, when we sat by the lesh-pots !;
and they set up golden calf for Worship, saying,
s@an marvel o. while iii sse the great and good lead
ers are shut out from them BY q thick Cloud. the
faint-hearted and the longers for iesh-pots bow
Radicalism: But Fortunately, the antidote follows
Let any white man in n Virgin Virginia read this low; OBJ.
tsat he, this Underwood, is the cub Of Republican,
Ism, no better and no worse than bis dam, and
ask ninoself whether no ls ready for the infinite
abasement of fellowship with such creature II
NOT, he cannot be . Republican. Republicanisrn
means heroing with snch cattle, and wallowing in
the same Emire.: And all the winning notes of
EDITORS charm they never wisely, if they essay
this thing, Will be lost on the men who cheered
for ~ aas.y S:yyi glayii; ~ i 5I.;:;;
it sends US: They speak trumpet tongued for the
union of all good men in hostility more lasting
than Q Cart6a genian's against these slanderers
and pasphenera OF all that is good, and pure, and
a., g sL.
II any Virginian can read this creatures charge
and doubt the position an honest man should take
with Underwood and his party or against them
we beseech him. toIead it to his wife or sister,
and follow herScounsal:: s;