The sun., 1873-07-04

the trouble they involve and would therefor.
make shorter work In executing its intentimnts
Hence Its newly taken resolution to conrentta,.'
Its assaults upon the trial by jury. and especis'
ly the free press. Senator Carpenter In a.
Janesvlle speech defending the Salary bW'
actually complained that the press Of the conr''
try was 40 free to express itself lie said il bad
all the freedom there was and "a 1t Is only tGe
voice of the people themselves, he of ,oire
means to charge that the latter enjoy altogether
too much liberty. V'
The concerted plan to break the authority q,
lury trials Is conspicuous IN many places Jules
Ward Hunts ruling at Buffalo i'm the case of Wf,1
Anthony is one illustration. Tho libel suit ~
the Administration Ring in Louisiana againS.
the PicdVunc furnishes another in the unnarsr
leled treatment Of the jury by Judge Iyncb
And there are numerous other instances what
might be cited with equa' point. When person
IL convicted OF being n partyto election frauds hy
a jury he receives instant pardon from the Pres
dent, AZ In Philadelphia. But the assaults ON
the press are the most significant. because they
hetray the natural apprehensions entertained
by the Administration for the results Of free and
open discussion. IL intends to silence and sutS
press such discussion by terrorism and 1t ha,
begun It's work upon two representative Jour
mails like the New Orleans Picdv,.,s And
IHE NEW YohK SUN. The former exposed
outline and detail, and the Judce who was
himself the direct fruit of that outrage was 80
lected to trv the journal In question ON "A chargA
81 libel, with intent to break IT down by impis-
ing excessive damages through an obsequous
ard terror-in.pired jury, half Of them being ne
grOes. TIE NEW lOHK Sun has never lost an
opportunity To- strike heavy blows ri ,ht and left
at the corruption and frauds that siguiliZe and
stignatiZe this political dynasty and in reuutal
Of its bOldncss and courage Its editor Is TO bs
dragged u Washington under the very shadow
OF the Admnis.rat ion defcnces, and there per-
Sonally dealt with 10y the agents Of the District
Ring, with which IT has steadily accused the Al.
min,stratiun Of being implicated. The pcrsc-
cutting determination becomes perfectly obv.
Gus; This Is the new point of attack by the ".
ganilation that fears discussion 10y the peupia
through free press and Il j. none too catly 10
meet 1t openly on the ground it has 50 insolenti
chosen.
From ne ECatmg Eagle.
The number of real and In 'eatcued libel
suits brought against that able and entcrprisng
journal, IIE Ntw loHk Sun, proves that us
value to the country Is even more than was pN-
viously estimated. Rascals in public place, do
not howl unless they are hurt; they prefer 10
keep quiet and pocket their ill-gottcn gains, II
they eau only do 50 in peace. But when they
rave. and try to explain and bring libct suiis uu.
der ne law which seems expressly enacted 70
shield scoundrels, IL shows that the fire Is too
hot for somebody. and that, though slande,
without foundation will soon fall To- the ground
a truthful exposure of "A knavisn transaction Ia
a great newspaper cannot he overlooked or fuN
gotten 10y the general public.
The circulation of TIE sun II larger than that
OF any other morning paper in this country, be-
in= between llS,OO1 and 1900 copies daily. la
manly and fearless course pleases the people h
large, VINO like to know the truth from a cons
petent and incorruptible source, aud VINO will
encourage those who work for their Interests in
defiance Of Ring prosecutions
We hone TuE SCN will continue rs eXposirps
uf Ring rdScalities, whether Ia New York Wash.
efforts of fearless ana independent press can
create "A proper public sentiment in regard "a
the outrageous actions Of many scOundrvls like
kemblr. shepherd, and others.
An attempt has been made to abduct Mr.
Dana. and take him to Washington fer trial 90
charge OF libel In exposing the rlscalites Oi
Gov. Cooke and Alex. H. shepherd, of thu Me-
tropoltan Paving Company Ring; but this at
tempt Will only excite sympathy for him In the
public mind, and cause his paper to become
even more popular and influential
From ths P,9riience I1yess
THE NEW YoHK SUN has been ventilatins
the evil deeds of a Washington Ring. OfcOurse
the fur dew with every sharp sentence. One Of
court of the district. The papers We're made
out aud officers sent To New York. A United
States Commissioner was conveniently found
who proposed. without much ceremony, to take
acitilen OF New York out Of the state limits
without the usual executive papers, and trAns-
fer HIM to the jurisdiction Of this little police
star chamber in Washington. As Judge lilatCh-
ford IL to review the proceedings of that Com
missioner, we think the little game will hardly
work. That little innovation had he.ter DO
stopped al the first case There's mischief In Il,
Fisn, Me FHrtiaRt tNeJ Argp,
That Washington fellow has not made much
a. vet in his grapple with Dana OF the Nkw
YORK SUN. Although his commencement was
fierce he had To draw OH from the fight for
pairs. The hearing Is set down bv Judge Batch
ford for July 10. Commissioner Davenport, who
was going to do thinga ~ SO summary, got ~
confused when his illegal course was pointed
out by Mr.. Dana's counsel that he had to 20 TO
a Judge for counsel. The account Of the affair
tragic character which the prosecution intended
to give IT,