National Republican., 1878-12-21

Dehocrntic mem OF the virginia Legs-
lature. TRorTEB)offense was that he ap-
plauded Republu speaker for this he
was called out of ie courthouse and shot.
REESE went thY,gh the formality of q
trial and was, of, prse, acquittcd We say
OF course, for whoever in the South has
different verdict en rendered in similar
caseH About tht{ame time, and in the
same county (Grpville), q colored youth
was waylaid and hrdercd by o white man
named GREENwop WILLIAMS. This muir
der occurred on pc 2sth of October, and
WILLIAMS also ,ht through the hollow
mockery of tria,t the LIST Of this month,
only, OF course, tee acquitted; and, as II in
accordance "wit the eternal fitness of
things" his mob compatriot In arms, the
murderer REESE was his counsel! And
this In our boaste land of civil and reli-
gious liberty! murderer defending q
murderer, and bot going unwhipt Of JUS
tice. A correspondent from that county,
who heard the ties Rony, referring to the
trial Of WILLIAMeays:
Tho evidence agsost him was plain enough
h"No nunS nun put ne was white man,
only killed q negro oy. The argument of tho
prosecuting counsossas good, but apparently
not good enough tcconvince the Jury that II
was not lawful for aybte man to secrete him
self behind bush shoot a poor innocent
%sg, %ss'o boy as he pas along the public H''''
The same corresondent adds that when
acquitted WILLTAiS had the hardihood 10
rise in the court an hssert that "he would
do what he had done again" Verify, a
fine specimen Of oscillation.
1t has, however, )een reserved for Char
lotte County, once he home Of JOHN RAN
DoLPTI, and in the ame Congressional dis
trict the fourth, ttelevate the dilapidated
linen of the inianile tree in the way of
pusillanimous Democratic mcanness In
order to practically risiranchise the poorer
class, who in the main, consist Of negroes,
the last statesmanlke Legislature passed
apitation-tax law ostensibly in the in
terests of public schools. We say ostensbly,
because the publcNschools have already
been robbed of ther entire revenues, and
will be of this. Tbs tax consists Of Que
dollar, and the actYf the Legislature went
to the extent Of maiing II penal ofiense
for one man to pay he tax Of another. So
afraid are these pafiots of Radical" su-
premocy, that they Pn't allow Republi-
can candidate to d in saving their
"honah" by payin the State debt or
assisting in the erpetuation of COM
mon schools Democrat is
liberal enough, ho rer, to pay any of
these taxes; it is right, and nothing
would be said about So we'll Is the OBJ
jcct of this appendix known to Republicans
that they are wise Sough to keep their
heads out Of the net hat has been expressly
set for their capture The Democracy Of
the county Of Charlotte are, however, using
it as weapon to worry and annoy where
they cannot convict, and thus prevent Re-
publicans from taking any part in politics.
The case to which we design specifically to
refer is that of J. Z. WESTON, man of ex-
cellent character and and an active Repub-
lican. WESTON, on his way to the court
house, was furnished by five different col
orcd men with the money TO pay their tax
| Tor them. lhs he did, ana received the
clerks receipt for 81 IN each case, and de-
| livercd il TO the parties interested, who
stated on oath at the term Of the
court held for this month, at which
WESTON was prosecuted, the above facts
without contradiction. But it appears that
convenient stub-book in the clerks Office
adds an additional five cents, his fee, and for
this WESTON is prosecuted under penal
law. With no evidence against this man
and with the above facts elected, q jury OF
! Virginia Democrats would not clear him
when they could not convict him. divided
six and six, and sent the case on to the Feb
ruary term Of their august tribunal. OF
course WESTON will be eventually acquitted &;
nobody knows that better than the authors
of the nclarious prosecution; but If they
drive him and his friends from active par
ticipation in politics they will have attained
to all they expect. They have no pity in
their vile hearts for the poor man, whose
little all will be swallowed up in his defense,
or for his family, who will be deprived of
home or comforts by this application of their
slender means; and these are the people
who lift their hands in holy horror
when vre President mildly refers in a
message TO Congress relative TO this condi-
tiOn OF affairs, or who meet Senator
BLAINE's statesmanlike utieranccs Of in
equality of representation, based upon such
diabOlsms as those above referred to- with
rebel yell, in which the Bloody Shirt
is about all that can be heard, Talk about
Cancellation TO such rs these cOncili-
alton 10 the thugs OF India would have
been about rs sensible in the government of
Great Britain. Perhaps little of the par
ticular article Of Cancellation that govern
mcnt resortcd TO in India would be benc-
fetal if applied in the cases of the mis-
creants with whom the South is afflicted,
and who worse than all, seem to rule her
destinics.
ATTACKS UrOS THEPuBLIC PRINTING
! The Buffalo Express makes allusion to the
New York Suns onslaught upon the Gov
eminent Printing Office in this wise
The sun Is certainly unjust when it says:
Here and there CXcrcsCtu,es have been Topped
OF q