The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-06

man, ignorant OF law, pervertlng his
high office to partisan ends, and lower
ing the dignity that should attach to
the courts Of the United States That
the charge is totally unfoundcd and
maliciously false, the citizens Of West
Virginia know full well Amid all the
trying scenes of the war, and in the
face of the partisan iniquities that have
rendered our State legislation disgrace.
full to the State and Odious to all right
thinking men, Judge JACKSON, in his
official capacity rs the presiding officer
of the United States Court, has not
swerved from the straightforward line
of legal right, and has done wha; he
could to maintain justice
But the Judges good reputation
rests not alone upon Democratic en-.
dorsement; the Radical press of the
State, excepting only the West Virginia
Journal which il published at the home
Of the Marshal, has been compelled to
render tribute to the fairness and i'm
partially of his judicial course and
to acknowledge that during his adj
ministration the scales Of justice have
been held at equal Poise Even in
commenting upon the recent events
which have given rise to the assault Of
the Journal, the Clark.burg telegraph,
Parkersburg Times and State journal,
aud even Corr Defense az published
in the Wheeling htsHigcncer, have rem
dered proper recognition to the impair
TALLY Of the Judge and have refrained
from the slightest intimation Of impro.
prietv in the charge delivered and the
rulings made. We are informed that
General Corr himself joined in the
written request to the Judge for the
publication OF the charge to the Grand
Jury and, whatever he may have said
in the privacy OF the Jury room, pub
licly endorsed the position assumed by
the Judge.
That the legal opinion as to the CHI
fOrcement act expressed in the Judge s
charge is correct and well founded, we
are prepared to maintain. The tele,
gram OF Attorney General AKERMAN.
(douhtless in replyto an imploring letter
from General Corr directing the dis
missal of suits against the registrars.
carries with it no legal weight what
ever II is merely IN arbitrary exer-
else OF official power Tor which no legal
reason can he given The opinion Of
Judge BoND is entitled To less rcspect
than that Of Judge Jackson. for the lat.
ter is the superior Of the former in legal
ability aud judicial experience. In the
Circuit Court Judge JACKSON sits as the
equal Of Judge BoSD and, in all cases
where they differ in opinion the Su.
preme Court of the United States is the
only tribunal which has authority to
decide The opinion of one Of the
judges is as likely to b. sustained as that
of the other, and we have no authority
for the belief that the Supreme
Court would rule, as Judge BoNp has,
that white men have no rights under an
Act which processes to enforce the right
of citizens Of he United States TO vote
in the several States of this Union"
while white men are recognized as
citizens.
The course of Judge Jackson in this.
as in every other question that has come
before him for decision or interpreted
ton, has been marked by impartislty
oub a uSelIt ~ tUlOTCt luS Ia" without
regard to the person or the party al:
fected injuriously thereby. Heretofore
partisan raucor has not dared to assail
HIM, ard the present attack will be
sure 10 recoil upon the head of It's au.
thor. The West Virginia Journal
published in Charleston, where the
United States Marshal lives, ENJOYS
the bad emiuence of being the first and
only paper Of either political party that
has yet suffered its Incorporate rage to
accuse Judge JACKSON of incompetence,
and corruption in office All
this it has done for the sake Of denying
to white citizens the political privileges
which the negroes freely and without
question are permitted to enjoy,