The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-17
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ssrhe Governor yesterday sent fnessaSe
Id the General ASSEMBLY IL eegafos 70 oHssse
I R,yEs,s ,isurpation OF jurisdiction IN II Tue
I .sase &c The Patrick-couuty negroes. ~ Isie
aoyerner made no recornn iendatlon as 70
,csat action should be taken. He sent along
wit, his message an opinion from Judge
TnsnwAY, whose. prisoners baVe been cap
,ured BY judge RirEs, aud another from ron
Attorney General FIELD.
Judge TgsDwAY agrees with other lawyers
that there is,no remedy by prohibition. ba'
thinks that there may be by aadndasaaS'
This is all OF his opinion that we have SEEN Sc
Attorney-G General FIELD discusses AZ
length the points involved. Bis opinion IS
clear, concise. and conclusive in lts reason
ing. 1t ought to be published In iuii ios
the information Of the northern pubic,
and especially the legal profession OF shat
section, who have seen on this subject
nothing in their home-papers but silly ar
Iicies addressed TO their preiudices against
the "rcbels" OF the South. We give some
OF the points.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT says that negro
Jury Is no more necessary to FAIR trlal lhan
n negro iudsc-a good hit. He shows that
the virginia law IS fair and impartial, and
that the negroes were fully protected by the
State courts, the highest tribunal in the
State having had their case before it.. He
proves that the right to negro jury is not
one OF those secured by the fourteenth
amendment nor by the law under it. Ae
says Chinese has as much right 70 Cni-
rese Jury as negro to negro Jury. FL
nslly. he shows conclusively that Inc
section Of the Federal law under which
Judge R,yEs acted was not intended TO APP
ply. and does not apply, to such cases as the
one under consideration. He cites va
rious cases from the books and one
from the Dispdtch-the one referred
TO by Mr.. WILLIAM GREEN in his let
ter OF last week He closes by referring 10
Judge TaEDwAY's opinion that the writ OF
mcadasaus might furnish remedy, but eX-
presses some doubt as to whether 1t VIII DO
so. His final shot goes TO the mark-tnat II
a remedy is wanting it is because the trainers
OF the Constitution never supposed that
such a remedy could ever be needed. we
give the ACCOMPLISHMENTS conclusions in
his own words:
LIST. The right to be tried BY negro Jury
Is not one CT the rights conferred upon the
negro race either by the recent amendments
to the United States Constitution, or the
act OF Congress Known as The clvil-rishts
bill.
I'd. That offences against the State laws,
committed within the territory and lurls-
diction OF the State, must be, and can only
be. tried by the courts Of the State.
Sd. That in such trials for such offences
the offender can only demand to be trled rs
other citizens of the United States charged
with similar offences are tried.
4th. The q criminal prosecution whlcb
nav be removed from the State court 10 the
Circuit Court OF the United States under
section 64l must be one in which some
right secured by the amendments to the
United States Constitution OF by the evil
rights bill, has been denied to the accused,
or capuo. be enforced by him in the State
courts.
5th. The trials Of the Reynoldses in the
Circuit Court of Patrick county were made
to conform in every respect to the laws OF
the State. They were denied nothing which
any white citizen could have rightfully
claimed.
When we say that the Attorney General
has established the above propositions, we
have said enough.