New-York tribune., 1879-04-03

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crooIes. who arc mild, inoffensiye peo-
MIA and not negro-haters like the "crackeTS'
of the cotton-bet and, thirdly. the exaciInR hato
of the cane CROP which requires unromlttlhg at'eh-
ton from tho planter and constant labor from MS
hands and thus allows no time for ldieness ana
political agitation. Ten thousand aldltiohai
laborers could find employment IN the sugar region.
If the planters wise they viii sehd a9ohtS W
tbc localities where the blacks are disconteGted
and make an effort to secure the labor which they
so greatly need to develop tho full resources OF
their estates.
Mr.. Justice Cartters charge TO the jury in the
Camcron-Oliver case Ought TO he famous ior us
brevity, and is worthy of repetition. Gentlemen
of the Jury he said take the ease and dispose oi
il. Nr. Clerk, pass up the papers 10 the foreman
This was quite as well if his Honor had lapsed
into tho old regulation see-saw: Gentlemen
if Won believe that tho defendant prom
isod to marry tho plaintiff. you will find
4 verdict for tho plaintiff; but IT, on
the other hand, you do not think it proved that de-
fepdant promised to marry the plaintiff, or II after
such promise the plaintiff released the defendant
then you will find a verdict for the defendant"
Charges which send jury out IN bothered ana eS-
haused state of mind may be very learned, but they
hardly help forward what should be the great OBJ
ject of the tral-a verdict. IL is true there
was certain tone in this short sum
ming up of Judge Cartier, which would seem
to indicate that he was quite tired OF the whole
matter if not disgusted with it. Moreover, he was
anxious hat the jury should agree. and perhaps
thought that scientific examination OF the owl
dence would hardly promote that desirable END
Probably he did not believe any other verdict than
one for the defendant possible. Aud now there are
minors of an appeal, which the Fates forbid! The
finding has given great satisfaction TO the puDlc'
and it would be pity, for more reasons than one,
to disturb it.
Connecticut Democrats who were in the habit OF
listening with delight to the rotnnd periods ana
stormy defamation with which Senator Eaton ot
that state used to denounce the nepotism" OF the
Grant administration, have learned with some sur
prise that at the very first opportunity that0hered
the old gentleman has dropped into nepotsm. ana
become what the average Slmsbury Democrat cans
"a regular old ncpot" himself The first
place that fell to him to dispose Of that
of clerk of the Committee Foreign Rala-
tions no has given to his son. We do not know that
there Is anything improper in the appointment,
especially since it is understood that the young
man speaks various languages and Will be able to
carry on the large d scOuI which that committee
Is supposed to hold with foreign natIOGs III their
OWE tongue but fear the average Simsbuly
Democrat who believes Senator Eaton to be
Romaa fatherif there ever one, will not under
stand it, The fact Is, he Is Roman father; he
does not lead up his child to put him on the pay
rolls az an ofce-hoder-th6t would be ncpotsm;
he laws him rather upon the altar of his country rs
a useful polyglot-and that is patriotism. Then,
TOO ucpotism Is no longer an issue i'll politics.
The editor of tic Okolona Mss newspaper who
recently. burst forth in a Ie Deum, which has been
widely copied, over the capture of the National
Cap,tal by the Confedcrates, has our sympathy.
Doubt.,-5 he only gave expression 10 the general
feeling among Southern Democrats, and was quite
sincere il 1t but since his gushing utteTauces have
been 50 extensively copied. his political friends at
the North calling him all sorts Of ar idiot, and
exhausting the resources of the tongue to describe
hi, asiniuity A. rHE TRIBUNE the first to be
struck with his exceeding candor, and Is IN
some measure responsible for the sudden notorety
that has been given bin. hasten to offer him our
sympathy under the storm OF polysy Liable profanity
now raining on him. lhey say he is a goose, and
that his Cac king Is of no consequence. suppose he
is 1t isn't the first time goose has been useful in
giving the alarm. Let him not be discouraged:
cacllng saved Rome once. He has only told the
truth and it looks very much though he had
shamed the devilp We hope to hear from HIM
again. Such talent shouldn't be hid under
bushel.
Perhaps the Republican party has been driven to
ii by stress of circumstances, or 1t may have been
controlled by luck rather than by wisdom, virtue,
or political sagacity, but the fact remains that
every capital occasion in its history 1t has conided
in principles which have inherent duTa-
biiitY. Such is now its confidence. And If