The sun., 1873-07-23
THE ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE
COMMENTS OFTHE PRESS OyJUDop
BL1TCHFORD'S DECISIOy.
MIR. Dann's Escape.
Eyom the baltimore Gazette.


The decision of Judge Blatchford in IN.
Dana case Is so obviously natural aud right thai
to say a,word in approval OF i seems super.
especially Federal and tepuUlican Judge.. bsss
to be praised for doing right. We have seen
JUDGES such as Underwood and Bond and
Others, such as strong aud Bradley, appuini.d
to do their patron-' bidding In ano' her drec.
woods, who has not intelligence enough ia
make him mischevOus. has there been disals
piao bss no cTreI 95D sgf bn 1 ease .e q o
instance-his refusing person CHARGED wit,
crime permission to plead over after de.
that Judge BlatchfOrd, though Ropnh
lican, Is not of the Grant " creation" and
are glad to believe that the uprightness Of I'M.
last act is In entire consistency with the ten,
OF his whole officiIl life. BE all this IA it may
we sincerely ton9rstuiate MIR. Dana ON his es.
cape and do not care. following tho rather un.
graceful example of our DEMOCRATIC friend, tia
World, to uualily our sense Of relief 10y recoI.
lecting what, In timcs Of loyal insanity. when
he was All assistant to stanton, Ia did or cOun.
tenanced In the way uf Official outrage. Aside
from all personal considerations, II L. pleasure
To see familiar, timc-hopored principles Of Jaw
reasserted and enforced to know that there are
still such sacred things as the - liberty Of tie
press aud the trial 10y jury IL n ~ comfort,
too, to see the shield OF the law thrown before
the private citizen when the GOVernment u ar-
states" IA described In legI process, but tie
actual and the active executive Government
such literally was the unequal contest Lerc.
this prosecution. Mr.. Dana IL most exaspe-
rating thorn In their nesn. HIs numerous read
ers are made every day To know the VT ng do
ings and short cUnings OF the Executive from
top TO bottom. No where Is palmer or more
vigorous language Of ncelpatiob uttered. Ii he
could be dragged to Washington On this charge
any other that could 50 conveniently be
trumped up against him, and tried before a
negro jury, thai terTiole tongue and pen would
be ui.enced. Secretary RObesOn would sleep In
peace, aud the Philadelphia kemble be spared
the daily perusal OF the "COney" letter. Ths
of
any better, but IL explains II, and makes stil
plaiDer the truth that IL was practically the
Federal Government which prosecuted Mr..
Dana. In one respect, We confess n sense u
disappointment. There has not been In the
city wDere this crisis arose that amount of ear
nest sympathy, that active sense of strict
community OF interest which We looked
for. The distant press has stood by
Its order 81" much more faithfully. The
Tribune aud EUening Post rose above the level
oi:professiona jealousy, of which there Is more
~ New York than anywhere else, and claimed
Mr.. Dana's cause to he Jhelrs. Why the Demo-
cratic organ was nearly silent and when II did
speak, spoke 80 grudgingl,, we don't preJe nd 10
know, ana rather regret. There was, however,
silence" IN another quarter, whion IN very sig
Iuiuistration and the Custom nOuse, h.s moi
Il red to word in vindicatOn of this at
tempted outrage, or reprooatlon OF Judge
and his associates often before, but .his time 1t
has not IA word tO say. Tie case - sllnDy re-
ported, but not word of comment. The res
ident, VINO, with the Inevitable aad insoparaule
BOrie, was, We see, ~ New YORK doing Peabody
duty when Judge BlItchiord dlscn.Iged Nj.
Dana, must have reJOced with sAceedins Joy
wnen hV received the news.
Pom he Mobile Register.
The suit OF A. Il. Shepherd aud Henry D.
Cooke against the editor oI lhE ouN WAS
more nor less than bold and determined al
tempt to muZzle the press. The onenoe of Mr..
Dana was Lliat lac baL-niore suO-COLimented
incisivcly upon the Official conduct Of thuse
worthies COohe being the Governor Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia. and moreover IA bru.ner u
tue great Jay Cooke, and snepnord benz Vice
President Of the notorious board Oi Pubic
WORKS of the District.
These two persons, being avowedly creatures
of the Admin istratlon anu memUers ,t the Inner
Washington hng, lelt thyir power not only "
secure Jueir revenge ON IHE sun, bat perhaps,
IT, ruin and stop the pub icatioh oi thai paper by
hauling its editor before "A read y-nade Ouny,C-
ton court In Nashingt' II city. ou certain ~ers
they of their success In tins Outrageous oun-
spiracy to gag AN outspuken anu DANGEROUS
enemy that "a " asnington despatch of tne l5ts
said Alex. X. Shepherd. Vice -PIcsidcu. of the
Upard of Public " orks Of tins Di,trlct goes 10
New York t.-norrow to Oe present al tue pro
ceediDgs in his suit against Charles A Dana u
fHE sus Shepherd feels confident lac viii sue
coed In having Dana brought nere for trial.
had Judge BlatchtOrd yielded IL the rrpgant
demands of this Imperial itng, the freed III II
the An eriCnl press would have Deen dead IRON
the moment of tbat decision, Had uv permitted
the establishment OF such an outrageous Pre-.
cedent, he would nave carried the onD organ 1i
the thought of the people u a depth below mh
into whicn cen~Orsiiip mas sdnk H." press VI
France. Ihe next sep wodld have bee tu give
the Attorney -Gencr.l, or, as he is ca led, tie
Minister of the Department OF Jusuce, .ieui
of surveillance over tn columns oi every ness
paper IN the [ nitsa states. Tue strong arm
power would soon nave crushed out thc htM
independence stlll existing among our Con-
strN.tiVes. lruly docs a contempor.rl LAY MA
tins case uf Mr. Dana ilusi rates ~ ahutuG
shape, among the nIany nov forcing thcmseNo
on puuhC observation, the rilld pfo-r - bclAt
made toward Capitalization and impeuA
authority ia the q 'Ncfunvnt Bit 1. also lus
trates the fact that there are stall some Judss
VINO know the difference between law AND piiaf
huoG, ami kuuwiu-, dare mhnld,n
F,on hs RusbwyA Post
II has been asked why Mr Dana should ohies
to being tried ia asnington. IL NOulu M
enough to sav IN reply that MIR. Dana, hAe al
others, has "A right To be tried according t. thr
laws ui his country, aud 1t Is said that ~ tins
case New York Is the proper forum. Bat ltm mH
be also said that ia " ushinston city, with d JuH
/ Called-if indeed - jury would be called a. all
/ by Grants Marshal, made up OF dcpendrG
| hansers-on of the Government, before a Jdd-s
whose social status depends upon tuo fitsr
dents frown or the Presidents favor. any La .
would only nave been mooAery Of J4s.,cc. +
From Fosters Dtfly Demordi, Dors,, q H.
! So these Washington bandits left IN disiIsti.
/ New YORK Justice. lhey ought 10 have been Il
| rested ana locked up in the Iumbs iur hump
! ping and false and malicious inpr,sunutut va
citizen of New York. Ii IL time such in-o'or
| mdraudins rdscals ~eie taught -uuld prlrL
cal lesson III tae elementary prlntl,h,s oi e'-
| liberty
From ne Eocae,icr Uuion and .ltrcis-r
Foremost IN this exposure Of the grc swim
dies upon the people ui the Ln.rI sac
! stands IliL NEW lONK SIN, ana IL Is uh I4'
| that II sauuld receive due praise tir tIc .e
. siStVacy with whicn 10 has luiIuWcd tae rascal
ties up. Its conductor, Charles \. DtiL is
7 lr.rlvSsN fought the Cuirupupuls,~. AId 10
recent attempt oi the creatures, oi tne AtHlA''
tratlun-the GOV. Cookies and otner ut tnr JN
/ Cooke fraternity VINO became millionaire
during the war uY negotiating and sid,lDs Ag
ucuple's loIus-tu drag hun oil tu M..sh,n-p4
and place him in a Federal bdStils WA tu Ailehh
. to choke the utterdnces not merely ul MI DAM
/ and InE sun, but al the entire uppu-uun pcs
of the county. Had they succeeded M lue
effort with Dana, tDey would have Wtle VA
and with Federal bayunets II necu,s rH 10 crsl
out every other journalist and JJurl.l dA'"S
10 expose their ylIluny.
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