Wilmington journal., 1872-01-19

that the resolution impeaching Jud sc Logan
should be defeated ty a two-thirdS vote,
a,thoush it was recommended by every
Radical LAWYER In the District Of any char
acter, except one, who urged his oa'c.a
connection with the Court as The
grounds of his declining TO do so.
That Judge Logan is incompetent 70
discharge the responsible duties OF his ONCE,
even If he has the disposition. there
can be no conflict Of opinion. But
the fact that the present House OF Rep
resentatives refuse to impeach him, under
the peculiar circumstances surrounding the
case, should be a sufficient reply to those
who are so loud in charging partisanship
upon that body.
Mr.. ROBINSON shows how lenie1ltly the
House has dealt with other offenders and
criminals, who have brought discredit upon
the State. Indeed the fact that the success
of the Conservatives, following the criminal
excesses of party which had filed every
department of the State government with
corrupt, incompetent and profigate officials,
who had brought dishonor upon North
Carolina, destroyed her credit, broken down
her works of internal improvement, beg
CARED her citizens, corrupted her courts of
Justice, turned her Capitol into house OF
debauchery and prodigacy, and rendered
life, liberty and property insecure had been
attended by only one impeachment, es-
tablishes, beyond controversy, the forbear-
ance of the victors-a forbeArance as doubt
full in It's policy as 1t has been unappreciated
by the vanquished. Even Governor Holden
was so clearly proven guilty Of several of the
| crimes of which he waS charged that his
own partisans voted for his conviction.
But the Legislature has shown in Other
ways that they have ignored the claims O.
party in their zeal to legislate TOR the wei
fare of the people. Not only have they per
mitted official criminals to go unpunished
because their trials would be attended will
excitement and dissensions aud part.
feeling, which would be hurtful to the peac
and good order Of the State, and incur ex
pense which the people could lily afford cl
account of the very crimes which thes
officials had committed, but they have, ii
one notable instance at least, allowed
Radical to retain Office because 1t was be
lieved that his removal would work a
injury to q unfortunate class Of our Pee
pie. We refer to the case of the Superir
tendent Of the Insane Asylum.
; The Radical party signalized the
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ton of every Conservative official In til
State, without exception. The Universit
, was not spared, and now lies a mournfI
, wreck of Radical malice and vindictivenes
What has been the retaliation. A prom
: nent Radical, of character and experienc
, has been retained on the Penitential
Board, as has also been the Superintel
t dent Of the Insane Asylum, who at lea
8 was a strong partisan, and whose ele
tioA had caused the removal of physics
. oflong experience and eminent abilities, wi
< had been in charge Of the Asylum from Il
d day of its completion, through all the poll
IS cal and civil revolutions and military Oec
, pations through which the State b;
l. passed. Df. ITisSom IlAu nAue All oAACio
It officer, and although Conservative ply
h clans Of standing applied for the poeitiO
and their claims werR endorsed and adv
Gated by some Of the leading men OF [
% party, he was retained, at a time, too, VIII
r party spirit ran very high, and when CO
n. servatives had just cause to he indignant
d. every one who held Office At the hands
the preceding Legislature.
In the face of all these facts the leadt
of the Radical party in the Legislature a
Ss i'll the sdnctara, arc crying out against
ct partisanship Of the present Legislature.
it that body has committed any error, 10
n been in dealing too ien!sntly with th'
1g political offenders.