, 1874-06-27
ACARPENTER'S GAG-LAW."
Denntor Carpenters Defense
Of the Measure.
10 Contends that Il Was Not Dcsie11e{l
to Overthrow tho Freedom of
tho Press.
Boms Expressions Of Public Sentiment.

ma ~ tho author OF what they arc pleasod to
style " Carpenters gag tato." I boovo you to
bo Just aud obodiont to tho rules Of logic and
Tho teaohingn Of common.seuso. therefore
trust you will publish statomcut Of tho case,
sonoorulng which 80 many annthcmaa arc now
hurled 1t mo. Tho notion that could whecdls
the Senate Committee on tho Judiciary to report,
and tho Senate to pass, a bill Intended to feed
tho grudgc which am charged with entortain-
ia nusspos sssihi Il Ss sgd ro 2uh aomos ts
to disosim and tho idea la 80 absurd TINT
should rally upon its boing altogcthcr harmlcHB
did not know tho almost omnspotont powers of
The prcss when e1crolaca to tho detrmont OF IN
, Individual.
Az ACCURATE sTAraAENT
in regard to this matter will sntinfy eyory
journalist Tho respects tho truth, and will ti-
n1intBh tho f0roo OF the vituporation uttered by
4hose Of tho profession who DO not.
The judicial Department Of the General Gov
ernmeut il clothed by ths Constitution with vast
powers but In 1850, rhsn tho courts of tho
United stAtoa were organized, thero uas very
littlc for them to do. Blnca that time, however,
Tho States havo increased from thirteen to
thirty -heyen. and our population from 100000
or 000 900 to ~, 0o0, 900; ourpoopto hare grown
from being mere agricultural community, to
world, With means Of Intercourse and travel 10
in San francisco Ii practically nearer
hsa homo than he usoA to bo when
In Maiue-and with trado betweon tho
btatea 90 vAstly increased that tho people Of all
tho states have become, for tha purpoBes Of
trade and commerce, ona people, as completely
as the people Of Massachusetts used to be ono
community. It is evident that judicial Bys-
tem Which WA8 adequate TO the moods OF cur peo.
plo In 1789. must he
QUITE UNSUITABLE At THE PRESENT TINE.
NoVertileloHs, tho habitual reverence Of the pro-
fesbion tor things established, has induced It to
cling to thu old system, tolornting no further
alterations than from tlIno to time became ab-
solutaiy necessary. The consequence III that the
existing systcm bears tho eamo resemblance to
that which We ought to have al q small tenement
with many incnngruol,H additions does to COM
conceived plan. For 1nore than taree~quartors
OF century. tho circuit Courts, upon Which the
act Of 1850 conferred tho original jurisdiction,
presented The anomaly Of courts With
S9 ss asnss5 5as.s Toy y, s bsa fSst'' co4 as
sometimes by tue Jnigos Of tho Supreme Coult,
but never had Judge Of their own until within
theiast i've yoags. And, oven now, no nuch
thing na writ OF error in criminal uauaeia
known to the juriHprudence Of the Union. 4
Earty to suit ln Al, inferior Federal Court in-
vofylnS tho title to his farm, ii 1t e1coeds 600
Ia value, may have bis case reviewed. by the
Supreme Court at Washington on writ Of error;
but being party to u criminal causB involving HIS
= ~
tried and sentenced to death by District Judge
IN Oregon, and, a matter how erroneous or un-
just the JUDGMENT may be, tho Supreme Court Of
the United 6tntes opnnot rovesse 1t Or grant him
= new trial. benator Thurman, OF OhIo, and
myself, ever since no oame to the Senate in
ls69, have been constantly
LADoRfNu TO REMEDY TI1B DEFECT
N our judicial system; but tho Judiciary Com
mitteo, composed entirely Of lawyers, and con-
eotsaetTo, as Ill lawyers are, could nos be IN
duood to CONCUR With us in thua innoTatlnR upon
tho system ct i4so.
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aaeaoste 70 our presaes mansa - ine es plos.s.oa
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