The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-13

"a si,sSss 4 yiolskion Of the. acts, Of Congress,
and was ! crime that emphatically .eslis
for action on the part p. the nited
S,.t,s S BE says he Is informed that the
sa,tr.ope men are. supposed to guilty
and are therein indicteo III
,narasr, hut under the sections ol tue
State, cited in Gov. brown
~ nam to the President, he also says
.Tbsre are various grounds prejudice,
Which will readily as sugge.iI ggesI
tbctselyes 70 you, existing in the loHaI
cor-ts viii ,hicould not exist in this, the
IT'S Court, and STcsSn- vel! eonymced
th.t the narties; inflicted here taMhNSs =
fully fair and impartisl'ttai. 10y
,.ssc,~ney GENERAL wiiiiasns, t's"'
..andf.x Army, Refuses 20 cease
lnterferihr. '.' .H'
Upon receiving this communication
L. 5. Attorney General Williams ad-
dressed the following letter to Governor
Brown: ' ''
DEPT or JUsTIcE, WAsuISaroS, !
October 10 1874.
Hon. John e. By'olc,i GorsrI.or, NaShriiie:
SR.-Referring to your dispatch 10
the President of 18th ult, asking him to
order, in respect to the Gibson county
outrage. that no further arrests b.
made by the Marshal, and that the pArticr
already in custody be turned over 10 the
proper local tribunals for trial, and I"
| the Presidents answer thereto in which
he states that your telegram hsd been
referred TO the United States District
Attorney for, the Western District Of
! Tennessee for information, and that when
such report was received a more definite
answer would bc-madc to your request.
| have the honor. to enclose herewith
copy of that report detailing the circum-
stances under which this action of the
Federal authorities was "a ken in that
case. No reasonable 'doubts'can exist rs
To the jurisdiction Of the Courts ot the
United States upon facts as stated by the
District Attorney nor can there BE- any
doubt that III is rs much the duty of
President 10 enforce in the 50 called en-
forcement acts, " in any other acts ol
Congress To ADMIT that persons charg-
ed with, and arrested for this criminal
violation Of the laws of the United
States, ought 10 be turned over for trial,
delivering the opinion of the Supreme
Court of the United States, In the case of
Moore, agent, people Of the State of
Illinois Ia, Howe 20, " follows: "Every
citizen of the United States is also
citizen of State or Territory. He may
be said to owe allegiance 20 two
sovereigns, and may. be liable to
punishment for an iniraction of the. law
Of either. The same act may be- an Of
fence against, or n transgrcssion of the
laws of both. Thus nm assault upon
Marshal OF the United state. and, hin
dering him in the execution Of legal pro
cesscS is high offence against the United
States, for which the perpetrRtor is liabl"
for punishment. and the same net may
be also grave breach of tn" peace of the
! State, or riot, assault or murder, and
subject the same person Ia punishment
under the State laws for miSdcmranbr or
felony. That either or both may, IL they Sc"
fit, punish such MI offender cannot be-
doubted. know of no reason t0 sup
pose that the parties arrested will not
b. fairly tried in the United S,atcs
Courts, and If innocent, acquitted but
if found guilty am sure no one will OBJ
ject TO their proper punishment, because
they were not convicted In the State
Court, while if consistent with his official
duty, the President would be- pleased to
accedc to your wishes. He does not feel
at liberty TO interfere with the judicial
proceedings referred TO, and they will
therefore b. allowed 10 proceed IN the
usual way TO final determination in the
Courts Of the United States. Very res
pectfully, your obcdient servant,
GgoRGE w. WILLIAMS,
4vorgsU Esary,0I