New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-27
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| The eleven obstinate men upon jury have become
| proverbial as well as the twelfth man who knows
so much more than all the rest put together. The
INIT OF this sort most talked Of IS Mr.. Hotch-
kiss. the furyman in the Hayden murder case who
stood ont for conviction when all his fellows were
for acquittal Sharp things are said Of him. and 10
Is now ploried in the press a man fond OF maxi
ing fuss and trouble, and always ready TO take mp
arms with the minority and fight and wrangle
against the popular conclusion" People, 70 is said.
who knew him, when they heard he was to be upon
the Hayden jury confident that there would
be no agreement aud now say that II the other
eleven had been for conviction Mr. HOtchkiss
would have been for acquittal. But we are not
sure that this kind Of criticism Is exactly fair. The
genteman cannot help his moral and intellectual
constitution. and doubtless disaCrees honestly IL
we could know all tho processes by which men
make mp their minds. we might hold the eoneiu-
eons Of n great many of them in slight esteem hr'
Hotchkiss sworn to give verdict according 20
his own Judgment; he certainly was not sworn to
change his mind because nobody agreed with h'm'
Tho eleven may have been right. and probably they
vero but on the other hand they might have been
wrong. while each Of them really as obstinate
as Mr. HotcLkiss. The policy of the law which re-
quros the agreement Of the jury implies difference
of opinion and gives the prisoner the benefit of II.
Probably there ara not two men IN the whole world
who think precisely alike upon every point; It is
.r. Hotchfiss's fortune TO doubt that which seems
cearest TO others. This he has, right 70 DO, a.
though, II his propensity 20 well known. we are
rather surprised that he was not challenged by
side or the other.
President Taylor of Utah. has waited. with un-
common ratiencc for something 70 turn up TO JUS
~. from to Ina lor
snd, at Last the exiglncy appears to have arisen.
IN the alleged cave in Adams County. Ohio, 40 The
bottom OF we'll where 1t il said oven truth lies,
.sreportcG TO have been found colossal maus0leum,
aud "a square package ar the head Of the tomb,
wrapped u The vanished cloth, contained book Of
100 leaves of thin copper fastened loosely at tho
top. and crowded with hnely-en yraved characters"
Here is Apostle TaylOr's opportunity. This IS evil
IDENTIFY IN appendix t. the Book Of Morn on. The
original was written on golden 'lates; but copper will
answer. Lei President Taylor bring forth the old
granite spectacles. the Trim and Ihummim. and let
him interpret these copper plates to be divine
command for the abolition of pOlygamy. This will
be as implicitly accepted by the alkaline saints as
was the clumsy romance Of Solomon Spaulding by
Oliver Cow1rey and his brother duDes fifty years
ago Ii VIII relieve the Mormons from frst-class
embarrassment, enable the true saints and apOsaes
10 reunlte. ana permit them 10 remain III pos
session Of the garden which they have raised from
a sandy barren, and obtain immediate admission
into the Union. 1t is worth trying-if the copper
plate book can DO found. which no render. with
love Of the mystic will permit himself to question.
Now is the time to prevent the prize fight between
those eminent brusers. Goss and Ryan, which Is an
nouuced to come off somewhere, some time In May
Allthe arrau gements publicly made. and the prize
money is put up here in New-York without the least
attempt at concealment. rhe men ayow their pur-
pose and really we do not see why they cannot at
once b. put under bonds to keen the peace toward
all persons and especially toward each other.
they advertise their intention, which Is an unlaw-
ful onc and although they cannot be punished now
for actual fighting, the preminares are part Of an
inchoate felony. aud ought to be treated. The
authorities are not surely obliged to wait until the
very day before that fixed for the rencontre. But
We suppose that by-and by We shall read that the
parties have met and pounded each other out OF all
scmbllnos Of humanity, the combat coming TO
conclusion Just rs the police came up GREATNESS.