The Tarboro' southerner., 1870-05-12

wanting IN almost every cle"eit' ie
ouisite in men for the times" Does
the CoroEniion intend to apply this to
Judge Jones?
We entertain the opinion that this
description forcibly characterizes the
personal character Of the Presiding
Judge of this district, and we arc anx-
ious that the people should be relieved
as soon as possible from his power, and
therefore we and others have boldly
and manfully opposed him and exposed
his delinquencies, and without this
check, we candidly think, his excesses
and outrages By this time would have
been uncomfortable. And yet it is un>
true that We desire to paralyze the Ju-
dicial Department or impair its au~
thority. We seek to elevate it, and to
do so we must take it from incompetent
and corrupt hands. And how can
this be done, unless the characters of
such men are freely eanvassed?
We are frank to admit that such a
discussion necessarily weakens the rev.
erence due to the law, because it is
undeniably true that with the mass of
the people they will not cordially re-
spect and obey the law when they feel
a contempt for the officers. And this
may account for the alarming increase
Of crime in our State But which is
the greater evil, to discuss these char
acters, and, if possible, rid ourselves
of them, or let them be fastened upon
US, and by their precept and example,
without check or rebuke, bring the
law and all connected with it into a
position of degradation and disgrace,
and thereby render insecure our dear
est rights and liberties?
We may have hope that political ex-
cesses may be corrected by frequent
popular elections, but when incompe
tent and corrupt men are elevated to
the Bench by the throes of revolution
and fastened upon the people for losg
number of years, how else can their
excesses be checked than by free dis
cuss:On Of their acts, which deserve
animadveysIon-a where can such a
discussion more appropriately be had
than in an: Independent press-that
''freedom of the press" recognized in
the constitution as sn inestimable right
and formidable only to tyrants7 We
hold ourselves amenable for an aLusc
of this right, but we will never sur
render the privilege to comment upon
D the conduct and department Of pablo
officers, with severity if need be- a:
long as we have she eentrol of a news
, paper.
When We commenced our criticisms
upon the immortality and personal dc
Y pertinent of Judge Jones, we had NJ
f personal spleen to gratify-we fel
none; We thought him utterly incom
: petent, morally and intellectually, fo
the distinguished position he occupied
we may have INDUCED too much il
light attacks by ridieule, but his cours
! towards us shows that we properly es
timatcd his character, and that h
would use his high cfice to crush on
$ personally, who would have the inde
pendence to attack his vanity and op
J, pose his oppression. We certainly de
}, sire to avoid any mere personal alter
c cation with His Honor; We deprecat
S any contest that will raralize the iud
/ cial arm of the State we have fighe
e aim than personal controversy; W
e seek the elevation, not the degradation
It of the judiciary; we make our oppos
IS ton boldly and manfully upon hig
l. public considerations, and scorn to b,
% come his mentor, adviser or defende
IT OF to seek the COMMUNICATION of tl
IS Radicals by left handed complimet
; to the Judge-the position, as we III
a derstandit, assumed by the Carolina
o in its last issue.
s, We are mortified to know that
h such short tine under Radical ru]
the Judges of North Carolina, ono
&c honored, respected and reverence,
l. have, In the estimation of our neiyj
ie Dor, been sub jected to "the petty squil
y of malice BY little whipper-snapper
L. eager for cheap notoriety." 1t was n,
If so in the better days of the Republi
lie Then, profound respect and veneratie
ct were paid to these high nctionari,
so by the yilest and most thoughtless.
lie We yearn for the return of those .sbe
ns ter days." and would gladly aid in el
II waiting the Bench to the proud positie
r, once held by it, and we confident
IL appeal to the public to sustain us
er this patriotic work.
. The Monster Sheridan
. Our Northern cousins are a strans
lI