The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-09-07

THE SENTINEL" OF FRIDAY MOST
bitterly assails Chief Justice Pearson, who
is now absent from the city, and ia other
manners shows its animus towards the Court
now in session. 1t will be late in the day
when we will ever feel called upon to attack
the Judiciary of this State; for, while we
may feel justified in disagreeing with them,
yet their high Office, their arduous Duties
their limited compensation, their good char
acter as private citizens, and many other
reasons, would compel us to be their de-
Tenders or to be silent.
Besides we are credibly informed that it
has been determined upon by the opposition
in the next Legislature, by the Kuklux and
the Turnerites,-to cut down the present
pay of the Judges to less than $500 per year,
and to impose more arduous duties upon
them. Thus it is hoped that they will be
crippled and forced to resign. We protest
against this Ubiquitous scheme, and we de-
nounce it as the concoction Of Williams and
murderers, who hate just and upright men.
But it seems that to-day Turner failed to
secure a bench warrant for the arrest of the
Governor of the State. Pshaw, what fool
the fellow is. He is only hazlitt lawyer;
and because the Conservatives carried the
election, it has not made him legal Bis.
marck or literary Napoleon. He will yet
have to eat his Welsh leek without salt.
But there are more reasons than one why
the Supreme Court has been justified in its
course, and we propose to give them in
| succinct manner.
t=iknd because there has been no recorded
legal precedent for the arrest of Governor,
in the discharge of the duties of his office,
we believe the case should never have been
entertained at all.
Besides from the nature of his position
the Governor must be the interpreter of the
laws as to his own duties; or when those
laws have been interpreted for him, either
by the Legislature or the Supreme Court, he
is yet the interpreter ofthe Interpretation
ITSELF
And while as citizen he is amensble 10
the civil law for any criminal action, yet as
the civil head of the State, we hold that he
is exempt from detention in civil cases,
while he is liable for crimes and misde.
meanors. And being liable for crimes and
mlsdemeanors he is open to impeachment,
trial and conviction.
| Further he is COMMANDMENTS Chief of the
military forces of the State, and during the
existence of an instruction is the dispenser
OF military law, which does not admit of his
arrest or detention for acts performed in his
military capacity.
lie Is also the judge of the extent and
duration of an instruction.
The constitution provides for impeach-
ment and does not contemplate even then
an arrest of the Chief Executive or the con-
finement of his person.
For these reasons we knew that the Su
preme Court would explode the absurdity
OF Turner's affidavit; and we believe that
every one else knew it, who was anyways
acquainted with the checks and balances of
government. ra ..e
We have given this matter little more
consideration than Il deserved, but as it is
the topic of the day, we send parting sa-
lutte after that affidavit and les not-to.bc.
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