Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-01-11
THE NEW YORK PRESS.
Editorial Exuaois From the Great Daiig
TIE KU-KLUx TRIALS.
[From the New York TrIbnnel

|. TIE KU-KLUN TRIALS.
[From the New York Tribunel
Nobody can say these trials have not been
fairly conducted The prisoners were defepded
by such eminent legal counsel as the Hon.
Henry Stanberry ex-Attorney General Of the
United States, and the Honorable Reyerdy john
son. But the testimony brought out overwhelmed
all argument, and forty.seyen Of these wretchee
confessed their crimes in open court ak others
we're convicted, and seventy two indictments,
embracing over five hundred porsons, we're found;
The store Of brutality, crime, violence, and moral
degradation made up from the revelations Of the
Witnesses is too revolving for recital il is dark
chapter in the history of civilization it is a
burning disgrace to the party which organized
the conspiracy, aided and abetted its agents and
did its best TO suppress the evidence now pub
lished to the world.
MAYOR HALLS TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL
ITrom the n. Y. 1imes,l
The only public feeling which is likely to be
excited by Mayor Halls temporary withdrawal
from the duties of his position, is regret that
he should not have made his retirement final.
Hall pleads urgent private affairs as the eX-
cuse for his temporary retirement. We imagine
that he would plead somewhat similar excuse
were he compelled to explain why he did not
make ii permanent. He cannot afford to dis
pense with certain immunites from prosecution.
which his official position gives him, and it is
lust possible that when he is deprived of this
protection, urgent private affairs may call for
his absence at a safe distance from the City,
GENERAL HALLEcR.
From the n. Y. Tribune.l
None Of the leading Generals OF the great war
had occupied so little place in the public eye
since the beginning Of peace, aud yet there was,
probably, none of equal intellectual gifts and
requirements. The prestige of his youth did
not altogether attend his maturity but if he
failed of the brilliant military career which
others less richly endowed attained, on the other
hand he has left a record of substantial sue
cesses on widely distant fields OF activity. BE
was alike eminent as lawyer and soldier and
displayed equal merit in his works upon strategy
and international Jurisprudence. In personal
character and life he was worthy OF companion
ship with the best Of the names which adorn our
history
SAFEGUARDS FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS
From the Heral1l
Reform has at last shown ts hand in what 1t
intends to do for this benighted city in the mat
ter Of regulating the registration of voters and
| protecting them in the act of exercising their
| right to the franchise. The manifold and care
fully drawn provisions Of their bill cover a sys-
TEN which is evidently intended to be as effective
| in procuring us purified elections, as the cee-
| brated irOn-clad oath was supposed TO leave no
rebel the width of u needles eye through which
to wriggle into office
THE COMING QUESTION.
From the N y. Herald
| 4utIt ~ nuN ho great pulltlcdl Vuehuon OF
| grand idea before the country All the issues
Of the war and Of reconstruction arc settled, and
upon the money question, in its phases, the
politicians on all sides all adrift. The sound
| ing brass and the tinkling cymbal' of cyal ser
| vice reform, revenue reform, Cnstom House re-
| FORM and all sorts of reforms, are heard on ev-
cry side, but they are all mere sound and fury
| signifying nothing Personal grievances and
| personal chques and factions are cropping out
here and there, and party landmarks and party
| principles are becoming dim and confused in the
| absence Of any great issue or grand idea. Nor
under these conditions. can we tell where even
| the Republican party will be next fall. 1t will
perhaps he controlled by some petty Local faction
in every Congressional district, or The sloltcom-
| ngs ofCongress may neuiralize she popularity Of
| the President Let General Grant, however,
| bring about sharp and decisive issue involving
| the annexation of Cuba or Mexico, and all the
paltry party claptrap Of the day ON these small
| fry questions Of civil service reform and such
will be swept oil in the general uprising of the
| people on the grand idea of manifest destiny '
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