The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-02
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7. r,.an,,.sonizing the courts.

Ys4iSeknoWn In the COMMUNITY Va
-, :, tho society OF the sqstid names -
s - .sass who observe carefully what is go
~ an--that the l,artisans Of WILLIAM Ma
uove have long been contemplating now
their sea,tious purposes are to be carr '',
ont. And it has been further undefsloou
.ba. from their tentative experiments 'nss
mad satisfied themselves that they haa o's'
cova-c,, .tmare's nest" And wnae was
thise-viz.. that they had found some aoie
lswvers who differed with the Court OF Ap-
noets in their opinion Of the old fundlng
hin And at once these sordid part'sahs OF
H.uoSr assumed that these distinguished
,.wrers would readily become the instfu-
noen,s OF MALONE and enter the Court OF
anpeaIs MS the ministers OF his Will ana dc.
eide the law OF Virginia to suit tue desire
OF that very great man. ..~.:.
AS to that point we knew they counted
without their host. In Virginia there IS
yir,ue-posSibly I'VE hope) peculiar. 30
decided u the reverence OF the public nina,
esnecialIy that Of the legal profession fof
prcccdents and high authority, that no Jaw
YER would be willing to supplant another
for the purpose of reversing Judgment
Thank God, Virginia does not furnish the
men that would undertake to reform courts
OF Justice by conforming their views TO SUIT
the purposes Of Jealous partisans.
The decisions of the Court OF Appeals
a BODY composed OF tue most stainless,
learned, and yirtuous OF men-were an op-
sticle in The way OF the MALONE party LOT
that, after all, is the trouble which has ass-
tated Virginia for twelve years past.
Little did they understand the nature OF
the Virginia mind, they being without tue
culture and refucment--the VIETcE-that
would give them that appreciation. fbey
rudely and impulsively went forward, ana
we had MASSEY, and PAUL, and FULKERsoN.
ct id omne genus, publicly declaring that IN
pood time we should have JAMES ALFRED
jones and WILLIAM j. ROBERTSON upon tue
bench of that court, and then we should
see how it was.
The public OF Virginia was amazed; the
legal profession was dumbfounded; but IL
was case cnly of paralysis from amaze.
mcat, and people waited, inquiring, what
next?
Well, it came. To the astonishing events
O, the past General WILLIAM MALONE few
DAYS since added that circumstance when
drove one distinguished lawyer to the
front, and he declared boldly his "abhor-
renee" OF the proposition that the courts
OF Virginia had become the objects Of par
tsan struggle: one party openly declaring
tueir purpose to change the construction OF
Virginia law by changing the men Who
formed our highest court; and he furtner
declared that bis adherence OF the propo-
sition was such that he could by no means
be considered as one to be calculated upon
in the process OF the meditated revolution.
The occurrence was gratifying to those
Virginians who have learned to admire VIZ
the and to appreciate public devotion and
the purity and impartiality OF justice. AND
from the communities in all quarters arose
the thanks and grateful impulses OF the
true sons OF the Commonwealth.
Immediately it was seen that the Strate-
gist who sought the conquest OF Virginia,
satisfied that he had gone too far in promis-
ing that he would, If successful next year,
return leading into the court OF last resort
in the State CONWAY ROBINSON, WILLIAM
j. ROBERTSON, and JAMES ALFRED JONES,
instead OF Parson MASSEY. Satisfied that
he had gone too far in this, his organ-hls
obedient organ-assumed that it was in
tended only to convey the idea that these
great lawyers were to represent and main
tain the views o. the Destructives. They
did not want to do anything with the
court-not they-and by no means that
they were to be placed upon the bench of
the Court of Appeals. Oh, no
Mr.. JAMES ALFRED JONES, having infer
red that the Destructive chieftain had cal.
culated upon his becoming tool to reform
the highest court, and also their opinions,
had frankly declared his horror Of the pro-
position, and the organ aforesaid made him
subject OF ridicue-pointed, bitter, and
ruthless. ..-.-.
This was MALONE "dodge": sort Of
movement that might we'll be classified as
Mahoneisnl, and not heretofore known in
the politics of Virginia. FALsTAFF. gave
specimen of it in his day. When Prince
HAL detected him in his lodging and ter
giversations he lifted his shield, with side
shaking laugh, with the remark, "1ou ras-
cal, do you think didn't know you = i"
And so MAHoNE's organ uncoVers wheh
foied, and for him diSayows his real pur-
pose. 1t is only that he is going next year
to the courts with these illustrious men-to
do what? ITO argufy and spute pint OF
law" Fudge!
But the dodge does not molllfy Inc great
outrage upon the noblest OF professions.
1t only aggravates it. For months past
PAUL, MASSEY, and FULKERsoN have all
freely indicated that ROBERTSON, JONES, ana
STspLEs were to reverse the decisions OF
the Supreme Court of Appeals and give to
MALONE and his followers the supremacy
in Virginia. MASSEY at the Warm Springs
positively declared that the Destructives
wouId get over the difficulty OF the MeCUL-
Locu law BY reforming the Court Of Ap-
peals and repeating that law. He named
JONES, ROBERTSON, aud STAPLES as the men
that would do it. His declaration was noted
down and certified by credible witnesses.
Then MALONE himself, as proved by the
witnesses introduced BY Major JoHS W.
DANIEL, declared that his Dian OF - settling