The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-01-26
THAT BRING GLAD TIpIres OF coon rHIresi.
NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY MORNING JANUARY 26 Is7s= =7s==
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DunIzS. jan. I'd, 1879.
MT Ronayne. N: P, has let the prosecution
ntagistrate, Unkles fos breach OF the BaIlol
| Act, as ne announced last week that he would
DO. When the case came on before the Corh
on NJ "s made
tative asked to have Il dismissed on It's merits.
The solicitor for the Government, however,
asked tue bench to sirnpiy rule that there had
tho matter lie open 30 that Il could bs tried
again-an object which would have been de-
feated Had the case been dismissed on its mer-
It's. After violent protests from Mr. Unkles'
representative the bench decided to disiniss
the case without prejudice" thus securing
the object of the Crown. fresh prosecution
may NOW be instituted, which could not have
been done had there been dismissal ou It's
merits.
But yon will perhaps ask. somewhat In as
tonishnaent, why the representative Of the
Goyerrment-that is, the executive itself
Ronayne brought them to 10. The honorable
memher who, by his action In this matter, as
BY every otbpr public act of his, has shown
that he is eminently the right man 10 the right
General, asking him to do his duty and to take
up the prosecution. The Attorney General ro-
piled that he would not take up the proceed
ings commenced by Mr.. Ronayne, aud that the
only TO interfere whom o case wns returned for
trial " the msgistracy; but that II Mr.. No-
naynes allowed his prosecution TO drop. he
would get together eli information about the
case, end -weala on that iaferma4iea exercise
his Judgment rs to whether It was right and
proper TO institute Crown prosecution against
Mr. Uukfes. shall be much surprised IL the
Attorney General will not decide that to do 20
is right and proper, and nay reason IL to be
found in the publication OF the Attorney Gen.
erals letter, and especially Of Mr. Ronayne's
reply thereto. The fact Is, Mr.. Ronayne has
left the Attorney General no laophole In this
letter. He states the facts against Mr.. Unkles
with the utmost elearness, and says they have
never been denied. These facts are sufficient
his crime. There can be no doubt Whatever
that in one case bc told ont how q poor voter
polled, and thus laid that poor voter open TO
persecution at the hands OF his landlord, and
he did this In express violation Of . eolemn de-
claratiop. I suspect there can be as little
doubt that he committed the same crime In
plenty of other cases. Mr. Ronayne, then, in-
sss on the Of from sss
the secrecy of the Ballot can be violated, and
Of punishing magistrate, above all men, for
D violation Of an act Of Psrtfament; aftor
iiberately thrown in his way Ivy the nagis-
trates, most Of whom are his politieal oppO-
nente and the personal aud political friends Of
Mr.. unkleS; l have mot time nor space TO
cay that tho story which Mr.. Rorsyne tells
would be enough In any tust and Impartial
mans view to justify the dismissal Of sll the
judges-w6at their follows over the whole
country, generally speskiDg, sre beyond all
question: No administration, ruling the peo-
PIE for their good, wenld allow such men to
cit one minute In the seat of Justice.
The Northern WAfg libel case terminated on
ifn N n II.
with fl00 damages-the-one hundredth part
of the amount claimed. Although several
tyFannical and arbitrary acts were proved TO
have been committed by the plaintiff In his
capacity of manager of the Hertford estates-
acts which no free men of spirit would have
endured in silence-yet it wns plain from the
rather prejudiced in favor of the plaintiff. In
explanation, have heard the coiBcidence suR-
gested that the judge and most OF the jury
were of the same religions ana political per-
judge-Cbief Justioe Whiteside--there can be
no doubt that this coincidence is the explana-
ton. II is simply q disgrace 60 have this man
on tne Dench OF JustloS: F9r ne ls man OF
not possibly diVest himself Of this bias when
be steps into the Judgment seat. In every
case that comes before him In which the Ca-
remotely or indirectly mixed mp, he Icts IL be
known to all that he Is not the fdoGi judge, bat
vulgar paftlsan clothed in the er1line. Thus,
when Rather OkSetfes case came bet0re hltn,
he went ont Of his way altogether % talk, like
the Orange press, Of the Catholic Church, its
tyranny, etc, aud now; In this Case Of She
&orsAeSa WhiS, he takes from the very begiD-
ning-just like an advocate-the eide Of Mr.
StaDSus; now askiBg witnesses questions
plainly in his interest, now refusing % decide
\ legal point In favor of tie defendant, now
deciding a legal point against him at the re-
quest of tho plaintiff, now giving directions to
the Jury the legality of which has been i'm
peached by the defendants counsel, and which
it may safely be said would have been given
By no jadRe who knew his buslness and WAs
impartial, for he took upon himself 20 tell the
Jury that the alleged libel was defasaatory,
and allowed them eRay to decide TO HhCm II ap-
aplisd--that pSiHt bsinS platn on the face Of the
tihsl~and - IN - snaoQnt Of the dauages.