National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-08
vILAINOUS OUTRAGES.
CONsr6BLEs THE WILLING EXECUTORS,

a.--tt..~ r. x-Inhuua m Tire m
Family by Constable MhrSmnh-S"S-
SIC, Ma rtin J.sur. the Writ The Child
Dies.
THE Long committed room was a scene OF more
,han oriInarv ac,IyI,y yester,,av. Besides the
.a aS aa.arai d.,InmIsned
NUMEROUS compiainants several us'inkusnou
visitors called and congratulated tho committee
upon the good work they arc accomplishing by
mi. ,ryes,,ya,ion. and urued them 10 pursue 1t
70 ih logical concusion. ine No. ~
doubtless entitled TO the thanks OF the eitisens
Of all classes for the fearless manner In which
thev nave inns far performed their Iabors with
.n.y nav '.u, .a' To- 10y 80. a. ~ a,,, 49,
OUT ien VI ia'or' "un nv ues'o " ' ''N.,'
necessary pain or exposure upon either Vicuns
on n ,rs,r inonIy,es n ia obllaatory upon
49, y, - $50 ,n,,,,,,, a, ,haI, nr,ceoJ.
tsem W allow enure puouo,y Y, tusn ,..
ings In orier TO guard against suspicion OF favor,
itism and whitewashing on the one hand, and
the accusation OF holding a starchamOer inqui-
si,ion on the other. ,s.,
Bat u appears In testimony almost daily mat
the real star.chamber tribunals Of this District
arc the courts of the Justices OF the peace.
Cases OF trials and hearings In which DECISIONS
are reserved or ladamen,s en'e,el np mss o q,
the parties 10 suit one or both OF them are r
almost daily occurrence, and the nrst notice thhs
the mulesea party receive, Is the presence Of the
This visit, too, Ia most likely TO be made In his
absence from home. Justices and constables
sometimes complain OF being accused Wlthout
an opportunity 10 be heard, but they viii At the
same time confess that they much prefer TO make
Issued upon snap-judgment or improper oath
In the absence of the male party interested.
They pretend to give no quarter. They are very
Ecaious and strenuous In the performance OF
their duty, as they term t. when they have no
one TO encounter bat bolts and bars or women
and children, whom they can frtghten into tear
full submisson by their hypocriticai interpreta-
tons OF the law.
Tour constable premedltatedy insults almost
every woman who dares TO claim separate own
ership OF property from her husband, and there
BY Claims im exemption from execution for her
husbands debts By taking II away under such
circumstance, ne says plainly anu plnmpy 70
he goes TO serve writ he presupposes that the
lsujine TO cheat his creditor. u he has furnl-
ture enough In bis house to enable hun TO 1--we
comiersbiy, your constable insists that ne nss
more than the law allows, and "a striving 10 niue
Il or cover It up In order TO avoid paying some
honest debt.
The old saying, that ~ you could buy man
At your own estimate Of his worth, and sell him
for the sum which he would consider his fair
yaiue. you would realize an immense iortuns,
Is beautifully Illustrated BY the manner IN which
owl -Uiiah leap. eonstaoies manage wnen tney
are making pietence, At Least, o. obedience TO
me homestead exemption law. The dinerenee
IN the value they vssh 70 place upon what they
are TSn q ssys % make Sp wn, =
an execution Is really marvellous. The former
lot ID estimated at nrst cost or above, and the
Latter , aS one fourth OF ordinary prices OF
The committee was seriously Informed by a
hicle, which had recently cost one Of our dlstn.
guished officials t2oo, sold mAryelously well at
constable's sale, where It brought only one NTH
OF that sum.
DouDilsss there are many yexatlous din1cultles
surrounding the positions Of magistrate and con-
efAblo. nut the evidence taken BY the Long COM