The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-22
JIM NYE AND THE XII KLUX BILL.
A scalaway Judge Playing Into the Presidents
Hand-The Trick Caught-What viii
Be the Next Suit
DALLAa N. O.. NAV Ia. 1877,


The HERALD's reputation for rapidity In gathering
all news Of importance and making intelligent COM
1 ments upon 1t cannot be injured by publishing one
letter that may be somewhat delayed. This IL writ
| ten sunday morning and cannot be mailed, In regu-
lar course, before Tuesday evening" The object Of 1t
to give an account Of the proceedings held at the
| court house in this place yesterday. Judge Lo-
| gan, man In very bad odor here among people In
| general and for whom the whole bar has sove-
reign contempt, entered rule last Monday, debar'
ring David Schenck from the privileges OF practs-
ing attorney for an alleged contempt OF court. The
respondent was required by the rule to appear in
| court on Saturday to show cause why the rule
should not be enforced. The day having arrived and
| cour: assembled, his Honor sald:-"I am ready now
| for the case Of d. Scnenck."
| Mr. Wilson, one of the counsel for respondent,
said his side also prepared, and then proceeded
| to enter respondents plea Judge Logan asked II
| 1t we're sworn to.
NO." replied Mr.. Wilson, "we-my brothers Of
the bar and myself-have decided, after deliberate
consultation and thorough study Of the authorities
on the subject, that 1t Is o which your Honor
has jurisdiction. will read the plea your Honor,
| and
II cannot hear 1t, Mr.. Wilson, unless it s sworn
| tor
! ave think, your Honor, that your Honor has no
right to require oath In this NATTER that recent
legislation has taken the jurisdiction Of such mat
tiers out Of your Honors hands, 1t possible. your
Honor that your Honor has not the act to which
ailude, an act passed by The last Legislature, and
| which will read To your HOnOr.'
| The Judge consented TO Its reading, and, although
| he plainly showed his ignorance on the act, as
| soon as Mr.. Wilson commenced reading the law nc
| began to write. evlncng that the contempt Of the
act act read BY Mr. wilson was snSaa Clear ana
| was passed to meet Just such case as It now 50
ciai mule stii holds bis opinion against the argu
ments OF the best legal intellect In the State. Mr..
WHO Opened Opened the case MADE most iHrcSe
| should have arisen between the bar and the judi
cary. His manner cvnced earnest feeling, and his
one IN court but the Judge, who has constituted
himself both Judge and jury But as this is the age
Of Outrage prooaby this particular outrage should
% s' the 4 Of apr Senator Nye in order to
purporting TO have been received from Judge G. W.
Logan, OF Ruherfordton, N. G., IN which IL was rep
OF lnsurrection and that Judge Looan afraid to
meet his court appointment in Shelby. Immediately
as the ' Ku Hux 6 was
passed by the Senate. Thus communication ema-
mating from TINS SSer Of the Judiciary was largely
the finishing strokes 70 the liberty OF America. This
law VIII accomplish oil that law can &C
almost hcart-broken efforts the Southern people
have made to acquire the peace promised
| Appomattox. And now forbearance can no longer
! be here, IN this weary land human virtue. Are
be. Nor SO iul Of SPITE And they cannot much
| longer be apathetic. because The liberty OF the
here that the people ofths North are willing to sur
render theirs III order TO see ours entirely crushed
MOI there is to be an awakening. And as it is dark
est before dawn. we must needs think that the dawn
When this Infamous bill was passed by Congress,
l and when was known In North Carolina the In
famous means that mad been resorted to In order to
mr. s ss na as yssss
lion. rs... a p s.4l kEs0on''er' N c. April a. ISL
@ s% '"sts
osl' WIN e. Cleveland On xon
Iossn whipped y PaIl:: Who Isssii.sS upon
for sISs ~. sr M ISS. and
sai Sus Logan aP%oqsa .Ssn .r%ad
son. On :aspcion Completely whom q every 20,
M sa' The a ones
G sg q liz S sga Fl.
aS. would @
ha eaving The court and people to lose time and money
Goone Bvaa, Republican,: strongly denounced MIN. and
re ann CO In s y
tLosan) AFRAID e g Cleveland, Logan Win
more psacefay than ever was held before
Ss We
tempt. Yours very truly and gracefully, u. sCHENCK
Pat,iot Of washington city shortly alter i had
| been received by Mr. Blair and was also copied by
o s Inc psop e O.
all know that when Judge Logan did reach Shelby,
whittier he came without escort that he held court
was held before He followed this by another very
peaceful week at Lincolnton But on reaching
/ Dallas he saw the above letter, and knowing
how wen deserved and how truthful was this
refutaion Of mis- base SANDERS on his native
!rs las reached. surely, when such . man can
ali the Southern states, and sunder the last claim
The American people North, south, East and West
the State has been reIutcd by q MEMBER Of the bar
who attended the very court where the insurrecton
mark j must enter rule suspcnuina him from the
practice OF his profession, Thereby deriving him OF
sion OF Logan IN this matter, after nearing the
clegrest kind OF argument, shows very plainly that
ana na as he was Of some oco in having se XII
Klux bill passed, he Intends TO reap whatever VI
| benefit the bill may confer.
Carolina here yesterday and the ontirc bar sustain
| MIR. Scnenck. Mr.. Wilson was followed 10y Mr.. Hay
WOOD w. Guion tho reputed author Of 'sThe COmetn
! q WORK which has attracted great attention In the
astronomical world), who madc mastery effort and
showed very plainly that there Is some OF tho right
spirit er IN the old land yet and that his rights shall
pot be tranplcd upon without leaving slinging
protest behind him. he explained the law libel,
and said that no one IN North Carolina could be
punished FOR what was published IN Washington
city, but there was any libel in the matter It was
committed by the papers 10 this State which copied
| the alleged libel. Section Of an act to amend
an act entitled IAN act In relation 10 proceedings
contempt aud to further define the offence OF con-
| tempt, Is rs follows
That who shall have been duly licensed prac
ce attorney shall be dcbarred deprived OF his
license right to practice law, either permanently tenn
porary shall have boon convicted open
nome
| his profession.
ms you viii note covers the entire natter The
case VIII be taken hence TO the Supreme Court and
Mr. Schenck3 friends Ieel that he Will be fully VIM
dlcated.
Governor Vance, our DISTINGUISHED United States
Senator, was the next to speak. have already
stated That all OF the speeches were gooi, anu Ii
be very easily imagined that Zcpu0n's was not an
exception. For once, however II must he remarked
that In his whole address there was not word oi
"iun.u
W. p gynum. Solicitor OF the Ninth district, closed