Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-08-23

For CITY Representative,
PHISlAS D. BALLOU.


Inc ICLFlCi-CL u JUG G@i AdA0-
The trial Of Barnard, tie most Infamous an
.i,mtless Of the T.IaasBy Jrdges Of New York
e,tg, tst odd in M egryio;ioo, removal from
be cfH-s. sui perpetual disqualification from
ioiiirs suy li'..e Il l9Io. OF trust in the STATE
ofNes YorE. H.s impeachment Vis the work
Of fhs r,spcc..b,e lawyers Of New York, Who
cortiruto he * A-.ocis,i Of that city Tie
Court Of ImFeacAmsn. before which he vas tried
csrsis,el Of the Senate Of the Safe Of New lo.k
lnt tie Judges Of the Count q Appeals feven
in ruister. with CHEF Justice Church 81 their
head barnard Sss zirssued upon thiTty-'iE
sr.;cles Il indic;1ent, Fpecfying various scis Of
contempt q i.S, ''wilfui and corrupt rsrtiAli-
t. unlawful and arbitrary orders, connection
with corrupt contpirAcy to defraua ceTtsin par
tee, urfeemly conduct, aad indecent and Obscene
language en- tie beech. The tliEl lasted f'e
weeks. GA twenty -.ix Of tie articles, Barnard
wa found guilty, OF many ofthem by the u3Eu-
ircus v,te Of the court The vote for biS reno
va from bic cfscc wss unanimous, and the vote
On lisgualiiy iagh.m from holding any ofice here
after wsr nearly 20, two Senator's only voting 10,
ca the ground that Barnard was already pun
ithcd enough by csnyietion sad removal
This triumph Of lsw and justice in the ccnvic-
lin Of a very great aHl very vile offender, who'e
bad character snl outrageous acts have seemed
a,uos, to faint the good name Of the whole state
judiciary ofNeE YORK, mus: be matter Of Ie-
io;cin- TO every honest rnsn AID good citiz-u. 1t
is part. and voIy important psrt, Of the work
CT cleaning out tie Augeaa stables Of Tamm1ny.
in,ugursted by the Kew York Times. Long be-
fore i,s great fPccial onslaught On Tsmmsny
with Ike figures cf the frauds, sud for ycars be
fore Mr. Rsymond's death, :, time when a.
no,t every body fesTed and tolerated Barnard,
the Tine, boldly ekP5iei bic true character and
held him % for the de;et,suor Of horeit uen.
Barnard threatened Nr Raymond in public snd
in private, but neither by threats or blsuiish-
uen,s could be silence the Times. lie e<cltei
from the bench in the death Of Mr. Raymond
bu; though its editor died, the paper lived 70
continue the work Of dragging to light the mi
quilies OF the corrupt judge, to spur up the de-
cent members CT the New York Bar 10 ria their
prcf,aicn cf such nuisance and disgrsos, and
by the overthrow Of the Tammapy ring. Of which
he was one Of the -asin supports, to make posi-
bic his impeachment and removSl
With the resignation Of Csrdozo, the iuresaL-
ment and death Of McCunn, ard the IemosSl Of
Barnard, a purer atmosphere viii prevail in the
New York courts. Moreover, the sui,s sgsintt
Tweed snd the ether Tammsny thieves. which
have been awaiting the Issue Of the Impeachment
Of Barnard, viii doubtless, as foon So decent
Judge takes bis place, lie pressed to trial.
Every such triumph Of Law, justice AID good
order il nsil in the ccain Of Tsmmsny; and
with tne daily increasing prospect o. the defeat
Of Greeley, on Whole election they have pinned
/ heir last hope, the fortures Of the Tkumauy
crowd grow deeper ate indeed.