New-York tribune., 1875-09-02

order that you night proceed 1ndeTstan1i0gly.
TIE TEMl1.. PROPER 10 THIS INQUIRY.
And now. gentlemen. i will submit to you few
remarks ia relation TO the spirit and temper IN which
Won sLould conduct yenr The pArasee0gy
OF The oa you have just taken Is pregnant with n,truc
lions Yoa Lave tlat yOu VIII not present amy
one from envy, latrod, malice Dor leave any one
uuresented from fcal, favor or reward, or the nope
thereof but that will present all things truly as they
conc 10 y0nr knowledge. This applies As well to your
fn;ings upun indictments 10 prcSentments made Oh
ycrr own mere motion. Tins language addresses your
sense and binds your coscese to the throne OF
eternal justice, while oy Al yOn eau upon tne supreme
Being 20 witness the solemn obligations INTO whch You
you is iLat of strict i.npaTtali:y and earlessness
Ordinarily, this admonifiOn would perhaps be unneces
ctIer are wei calculated excite the Indignation OF the
most prudent ana possessed. Ii is impossible TO
and socrt murder o one race by part OF the
other which Two coistitule the clements OF oui so
aial organization Ii rs difficult TO suppress iccng OF
d1efye revenge against those thus plotting boodssed
and slaughter But sou aud are here III Judicial ca-
uacy 10 admnis:e Justice according TO law, and not
coa ding human passions We must not permit our
selves 70 ne ~ r % our iap 70 be- S:rd
y the rumors which may have been circulated III refer
enoe To the alleged We are sworn " inpar-
tis,y we are sworn TO expsl from bosoms every
feeling of haired mice, or revenge; We are sworn 10
be guided By the light OF trth ana to enforce the law
f "a il is Those who are alleged have COncocted this
pot Of nirTecton are coloted people lately tne SLAVES
Indignation of the latter and intensity their feelings OF
insecurity Bnt must watch ourselves on this point
they art and entitled 10 fair and impartial a. The
law throws over both races the same and equal pro
lection is this any feature III onr code. IL is
not the fruit OF emancipation. Even when they were
slaves they were shielded by law and could not be
punished for violations of the criminal code without
fair and impartial judicial trial IN this respect, emanci
patton conferred them no new boon, nor Imposed
upon the whites any new obligation. Then gentlemen,
in your invesig ignore the fact that the accused
are negroes ignore the that they were ever slaves
Deal them free, and as II Trey were wh.e ana
award 10 them their full legal right 10 your mrarfiay
Lei be eItious resolve 10 AFFORD thcmtatis is
those against whom, ii any, may md true bills or
make fair ria according ~ that law oil
oar state to which ali alike aInenable.
Extreme MEASURES DEPRECATED.
In every communty-and. gentlemen. Washington
County is not an exceptonthere is considerable num-
Der OF men who under circumstances like those we are
considering. disposed to adopt extreme measures;
aud some will go far as to advocate summary
punishment irrespective OF the forms and principles OF
law Fortunately, In this instance a,id il should dc
recorded 70 the honor Of the counties embraced In the
supposed not gun has been fired not an
ac VI cruelty violence has been peIpetated by those
who were Sc the victims OF the alleged plot such for
esrance under such circumstances Is perhaps without
parallel IL ought 10 act as of The untrue ana unklnd
fmpuatiOns against quarters where the facts are
rot known and where 1t is tho habit to nsundersixnd