Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-07-10
Lettor from Washington.


WAshiNGToN car, JuEe -, is'i,
Tho Juno term OF the criminal
court of this District commenced on
Monday, aud Judge Fisher, who
prosidos over is dVslinleS, directed
the Marshal TO summon quota oi
negroes TO servo on the Jur!es, Ihs
Marshal did so, and tho oonso-
qucneo is that on tho Grand Inquest
there aro five and on tho Poii. Jury
there aro nine "men aud brethren.
The Marshal (or moro properly tho
deputy Marshal who does all tho
business for his principally wishing
TO make tho best OF the job, sum
moned the best aud most intolli-
gent darkcys in Washington. Had
ho selected from tho rank and file,
from the thioving, brutal, stupid,
murdcrous bulk OF our ignorant
and depravod negro population,
their actions in tho Jury boxes
would have been the antido,c Ia. tho
poison and probably We might soon
have been rid of tho degradation.
Tho Judge, in charging tho Grand
Jury, entered into an elaborate
summary and exposition OF tho law
intending it specially for tho odiii'
cation of tho colorod element of the
Inquest. III tho outset he congrat'
ulated tho negroes on their advance,
mcnt TO the position of Jurors, and
said "For tho first time in the his
tory Of this District, the tawny,
brown complexion Of race dc
pressed and degraded by six gone
rations of slavery, has at tlcngth, IN
the seventh, made its appearance in
the Grand Jury box in tlie Capitol
cf nation that may proudly boast,
and with moro truth and justice
than our mother country, that tho
moment n slafo shall have set his
foot upon her free soil his shaclles
fall from around him, and he stands
both redeemed, regencratcd and
disonthrallod by the genius ofcman-
cipation." With much more truth
and jestice could tho learned Judge,
(who is considered by tho bar as n
very far inferior lawyer to his CO.
adjutors on the berctl, and Infinitely
below the great Judge who proceed
cd him, the lamcnted Crawlord)
have said, "for the first time in the
history of Washington has IN i'm
pious aud brutal tanaticism, hypo-
critical in its conception, sacreli-
gious in its tendencies, and doomed
to violent and bloody death, sue.
cecded in prostituting tho sacred
bulwark of Anglo,Saxon liberties
into degradation SO vile and inta
nous, that century must olapso,
ere tho pollution shall be wiped
away, and men regard it with the
reverence Of old" Alas for the
country under Radical rule! striv
ing to engraft the institutions and
tho customs Of the Latin, Race upon
the gcnius of Anglo Saxon, tho Yam
kce Purithts arc doing all in their
power TO make the people disgustcd
with the institutions OF our fathers.
Tho introduction of negroes into
tho Jury box of Washington is 4
step towards forcing it upon tho
people all over tho country-a step
towards gaining the consent of the
masses to tho substitution of an
Imperial dynasty for the Republic
Of our fathers. They arc advanc-
ing to this end with fearfully rapid
steps, and tho people are apparent
ly so apathctic on the subject, be-
cause unsuspicious that don't
think | can sound the alarm too
often.
| learn from the State Depart
mcnt to. day that the next steamer
from England will bear important
dispatches from Mi. Motley. Tho
information was given mo too read
lily, and was promulgated to other
newspaper correspondents with too
much ollicious piomptitudo for me
to think there WAS much truth in
the news. Mr.. Motley has no i'm
portant dispatches to send. If
th'cfo be anything important which
he felt necessary to communicate,
the cream aud substance Of it would
long since have been Known in this
country through tho agency Of the
ktlantic Telegraph. This is not
the age diplomats and politicians Too
keep important news secret among
themselves. Such itotns will be
knowm to tho intelligent and acute
fraternity who "run" the newspaper
press. MIR. Fish, however, is an
sold fogy,""r and the State Depart
ment for years is famous for 6eing
composed of fossils--henco they
think to impose upon the country
in tbe interests Of Radicalisln with
such antiquated nonsense. t.
Tho Treasury Department is
closed to people having business
with its officers at 2 o'clock PM.
All those who arc compelled to go
in after that hour. must get pass"
from the Superintendent of The
building. Boutwell, has gathered
this idea from the cotton factories
of New England. He specially dc
tests the press. In fact, one Of The
doorkeepers told mo today, he had
orders TO keep all newspaper men
on the steps of the building after 2
o'clock What do yon think Of this
step in tine progress of Imperialism
Failure to pay ones hotel Bill was
decided, Thursday, in New York, to
be a Pcnitentiary offense. How
about tho scaiawags who fail to pay
their bosrding- house and washer
womcn's bills2 Ought they not TO
be hangedl
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