New-York tribune., 1872-09-27
the benefit of the incumbents, but for tho
THE QUAKER UIT

THE UUHh bib mn
| A relatively small matter, though not wholly
without interest, has disturbed the course OK
irstce in Philadelphia, which the papers OF
that city treat very seriously, and our ne'gn-
bor of The World, whose sense OF The ludicrous
is irrepressible, of course, jOculary we arc
disposed to do neither, but to note 1t as an
ungracious and ungraceful incident ID '"o
community where it occurred, and piece "a
clear official impertinence In the lndsiou"s
who committed 1t. A respectable memDer V,
the Society of Friends was impanho'eo
as juror in tho Phnadcipnia -
and Terminer, Judges Allison and eni'
| presiding. AS is usual, time out Oh n'ino
has been done thousand time|this ee'iO'o
man did not remove his hat. Wheh oiuoio"
70 remove it, he mildly demonstrated eAPi"'
ing that no possible disrespect was n'as'
wbereupon the presiding Judge (Alnsoni ",
dered tho hat to be taken oil by up7'a"'
and then, whether as a punishment OF oD"
cession does not appear, struck him rom s,s
panel. and excused him from further a1eeno-
ance. On this, The Age, paper In no "'S
addicted 10 vehemence Of language says;
| a. Judge Allison who sat complacently When hesre
or., ,r tho u,t,ness-box with capped and loaded
ravolver Yesterday ordered tpstaf to foicipU to-
rove the nat OF Quaker who according 10 tno uaso
Of the socety kept his head covered IN Court i"
mayer before happened IN Pennsylyasia' IL was o"
tbe ipedents Of william PeDns trial ~ the Dsgo ,s,
Corr, ,p. ronaon Now II has happened 10 tho o''N
that William Penn founded a, -.
We know nothing of the case oil inc ni',i
,r;tb tbe revolver. negro or white; but we 90
| cool that such a wanton insult IN Pnii"'o'-
mia of all places in the world, to that 'enei,
abIa denomination which in one sense Laiu
| bor foundations. is painfully homogeneous lno
roosor givon for it." that all citizens shouid
"he eonal before the law, and one should not
nbe privileged TO wear his hat unless al
"were us simply ridiculous Iho ouus'
| must be ignorant as well as impertinehs'
| The privilege of coats and mats Is noe A"'"n
IN any law. When a soldier comes INTO court
| he wears his hat or cap. Other wltheSscS UhAo
| off theirs: When an Israelite Is sworn 10 'eS-
| tlfy he covers his head. We see no reason
| why Friend, who means no dlsreSpoo"
| should not, as matter OF conscien'iou'
| scruple, wear his hat, either as witness OK
iuryman. Not so, thought Recorder Howell
two centuries ago, when the iounuer
Of philadelphia stood before him. not
| so. thinks Mr.. Justice Allison now
" Do you know" said the Stuart Recorder on
the Sd September, 1870, "that there is respect
due to the Court 7" II do" why do you
"not nav it then7n al DO" "Why 90 you
" not put off your hatp 81 do not beheve
"tbat TO be any respect, and mean no dis
"respectr And William Penn went to New.
cate. while his descendant of to-day is insulted
FIRST and then turned out of Court as unwor-
tbv 70 sit as iuryman! And this in Pnila-
delphia and the Nineteenth Century!
| who this Mr.. Allison is, or what his ante
cedents, we neither know nor care we nave
some dim memories of such name In ancient
cburch-burning days, and believe it Is tho
same official who, not long ago, lnsuiteo
grossly in open court an eminent memOer Oh
| the New-York bar, and holds it lawful to
"shOotn election Ohicers-but let that pass.
He cannot be Philadelphia in spirit or in
truth. Had he been, the last class OF citizens
| whom he would have insulted would be those
who vet profess the principles and inOffensiyely
observe the discipline of Penn. They are not
80 numerous as they used TO be. we wish
thew were No one who thinks of the past
not so very remote, though possibly beyond
the memory of this judicial fribble-the days
of the Logans, and PembertOns, and DickIn-
sons long ago and Of the Wsters, and Nor
tons, and Walns and VauXes, and Beetles,
and Scattergoods, and Dawsons among the
dead or of such as John NJ. Whital, and
Charles Evans, and William Biddle, and
Edward BEETLE, and Daniel b. Smith of the
living, can feel aught but reverence for
their example and practices, and regret that
the gentle influence Of the denomination they
belong to is passing away. Their tender but
honest scruples against war and its horrors
once aroused hostility and subjected them to
persecution but, with our recent experience.
we can afford to think gently even of them.
The City Of Philadelphia has, we are quito
aware become of late years anything but
city of brotherly lone; but still, as a general
rule it has claimed TO be Except when
loyalty was cOncerned) city of good
manners Insulting venerable Quakers has
not heretofore been part of her judicial
practices. No Judge who ever sat where
this Mr.. Allison now sits-neither Shipper, nor
Cox, nor Rush, nor Hallowell Che an eminent
Friend), nor King, nor that gentleman SO re
Gently and sincerely mOurned, Oswald ThOmp-
son--no one of them ever felt aggrieyed by
the innocent apparitlon of Quakers hat in
the Courthouse, or il he did, ever committed the
egregious folly of making fuss about it. We
observe even the Administration papers Of
Philadelphia, though bound to Judge Allison
by the closest ties, and relying on him for
any political decision they just now desire.
condemn this petty outrage.
Some time ago The NetV- York Tines was very
cry because some paper called it hired defender"