The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-10-13
TRXAs POsTNIAsTRRs,

Of the Tennessee.
TEXAs PosTNAsTRRs,
There is to be no extensive removals o.
postmasters In Texas. Those at Calves
ton and Houston will be requested TO re-
aign. Not on account Of anything wrong
In connection with their official duties, bul
on the ground Of disreputable conduct
outside Of them, and their unpopulArity
with the citizens. The Postmaster Gem
eral desires the appointment OF such Off
GERS as will secure his and tho public con.
ndence for efficiency and integrity.
GIBsoN COUNTY OUTLAWS.
The telegram Of Gov. Brown, OF Ten
nessee, TO the President few weeks ago,
requesting that the United States with
draw It's action concerning the trial Of the
Gibson county outlaws In order that the
State might deal with them, having been
referred 10 the Attorney General, and by
that officer referred to the United States
Attorney for the Western District Of Ten.
hessee, the latter, in response thereto,
forwards long report, detailing many OF
the outrsges alleged to have been COM
mitted. lie alludcs 10 the arrest of col.
ored men In that neighborhOod, the de-
tails of which have been heretofore pub
lished, making particular reference 10
sixteen negro prisoners taken from Jail
recently and hanged, and says as soon as
these facts were properly brought 10 his
attention, he caused warrants to be issued
for the apprehension Of such persons as
he believed guilty from the testimony in
his possession. Sixteen men have already
been indicted and others will probably
be as soon as testimony can be adduced
District Attorney Murray, further SAVE:
II have great difficulty in securing proof
against parties engaged in this transsc-
tlon, and in some instances witnesses do
not obey the processes Of the Court.
am Obliged TO have wris Of attachment
issued in order TO secure their attend
ance." He further submits that the crime
was violation Of the acts of Congress,
and it was crime that emphatically calls
for an action on the part Of the United
States. As 10 the prosecution Of the parties
IN the State Court, he says he is re.
liably informed that the Al men supposed
10 be guilty arc therein indicted
Tor murder, but under the sections OF the
code Of the State, cited in your (Browns)
telegram 10 the President. He also ssys:
There are are various grounds OF prciu-
dice, which will readily suggest them
selves to you, existing in local courts
which could not exist in this (thc United
States CourO, and am well convinced
that parties indicted here can have a fully
fair and impartial trial"
Upon receiving this communication
from the United States Attorney, General
Williams addressed the following letter TO
Governor Brown:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
WASHINGTON, October 10.
10 Hon. John @. BrOton, G0usrnor, Mad
oiI!e:
SR-Relerring to your dispatch to the
President Of the 18th ult, asking him to
order, in respect 10 the Glbson county
outrage that no further arrests be made
by the Marshal, and that parties already
in custody be turned over 10 the
proper local tribunals for trial, and
10 the Presidents answer thereto, in
which he states that your telegram had
been referred to the United States Dis
trict Attorney for the Western District
of Tennessee for information, and that
when such report was received q more
definite answer would be made to your
request; have the honor TO enclose
herewith copy Of that report, detailing
the circumstances under which this ac-
ton Of the Federal authorities was taken
in that case. No reasonable doubts can
exist as to the jurisdiction Of the courts
OF the United States upon the facts as
stated by the District Attorney, nor can
there be any doubt that it is as much the
duty Of the President 10 enforce the co.
called enforcement!acts as any other acts
Of Congress. To admit that persons
charged with and arrested for criminal
violations Of the laws Of the United
States ought TO be turned over for trial
to the tribunals Of the State in which
crimes are committed upon the demand
Of execution thereof, because such persons
may also be chsrgeable upon tho same
state OF facts with violation OF tho State
law would be, as 1t seems 10 me, to sur.
render power essential to the existence
OF the national authority and introduce a
practice that would tend more to retsrd
than TO promote tho administration Of
Justice. Touching your statement that
the parties may be punished under the
laws Of the State, and therefore that
criminal proceedings in the United States
Court ought TO be discontinued. beg 10
cite as sufficient comment thereon what
MIR. Justice Green says in deliver
ing the opinion Of the Supreme
Court of the United States In the case OF
Moore, Agent ol the people of the State
Of Illinois, IA, Howe 20, a3lfollows: Every
citizen Of the United States Is also q citi.
zen OF State or Territory. he may be
said to owe allegiance to two sovereigns
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