Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-11
From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
A Great I.i2ht.

A perfec, calcium light OF Justice, set rs upon
hill To be seen of oil men. Is Mr.. Attorney Cen
eral Williams. The world has one iiea ot JUS
tice and Mr.. Williams has another dla'heirleHl-
iy opposite and the consequence Is that Tue great
legal light of Mr. w lliams' lore occasionally
has a dazzling, not to say startling, effect. In
the Louisiana case his idea oi Jusliee was 10
turn out by force OF arms Government prop
erly elected by the people oi lhat CoMhohweM",.n M
and to turn in q Government composed OF alien
| thieves and freebooteTs, not elected by anybody
except Mr.. Williamr and Judge Durell. In the
case of the Contingent Fund OF the department
OF Justice, MIR. Williams idea was that the iunos
realized by onerous taxation from the country,
were to be in part diverted from their public
uses and appropriated by him 10 the purchase
of hgh-stepping horses, and satin- hned iahd,
aulet, and The maintenance OF coacbmah ana
footmap who should appear upon the Govern
ment nav rolls as clerks 10 Justice. In the casa
of The District Of Columbia safe robbery, his
idea of Justice Is 10 appoint 10 the woiE OF IN
vesticating the facts Of that robbery, and the
punishment of the robbers, gentleman VINO ap
pearcd before the Congressional Committee OF
In vettigation upon the matter, as counsel OF the
one man against whom the suspicion of guilt Is
the strongest THIS is at least u curious CONC =
dence but 1t is peculiarly IN the Williams VEN
of vndcating the awful majesty ci Washington
lustiec. II 1t would not compcate the IKE too
much, possibly the Attorney General could lave
the case OF the saie-Tobbers tined before the Court
OF Claims by Judge richardson, late OF the lrea-
sury Department, and Trend ana htlpef OF d itle
aud Sanbuin. We are quite aware that II wiil
be cbnteud-d the Court ot Claims has no Jurls-
dictiDu in cI minal cases. but does any body sup
pose that would make any d,tiereuce TO the AT
torney General, who is law unto himself, aud
carries jurisdiction and all sorts vi things loose
about him.
1t is very probable that the gentleman whom
the Attcruey-Gcneral has appointed to investi-
gate the District OF Columbia safe robbery will
be earnest and honest in his search after the
truth; but fancy, il he should discover hat his
late client is the guilty party, the head and ttont
OF this Infamous conspiracy, that the Zee yet un--
spent, received from the client implicated, " Ill
burn IN his pocket and warp his Judicial mind -
At any rate, it would have been just well il Mr..
Williams bad appointed some other gentleman 10
look after the unra velment OF this mysterious bus
mess for In that case the present incumbent I
would be under no temptation to shield the guilty.
and some ugly scandal would have been spared
the Department OF Justice, OF which, under Mr..
iii ms administration il has had moro than has
been quite good for 1t.
Ip fact, the country is getting heartily tired OF
aud dis usted with the spirit controlling appoint
ments in the District ct Columbia. Ii Is not a
wholesome spirit in any way, and the appoint
ments chiefly dictated by it create chagrIn and
disappointment IN the public mind. Offices OF
great trus, ami honor and emolument should not
be thrown to personal favoritcs, simply because
they are personal fsvorites of some great man in
power. They should be gwen TO men tit to receive
them, and to none others. We eare speaking gen
| orally now, for to particularize would possibly
make us a victim of Poland's press gag law, and
generally or particularly our remarks are still
equally true,