The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-11-28
WHAT they SAY.
The Press ON Arthur's Late Rightcous-
ness.
AN HONEST JURY WANTED.


accord with the determination OF Attorney
General Brewster that there shall be no
miscarriage OF Justice II 1t can be pre-
yented. the case OF the prosecution Is
greatly strengthened, and the Coy
crpmcnt can now enter upon the
new trial with reasonable assurances
Of success. But the Department OF JUS
flee cannot afford IN this second trial to
blunder as il did in the first. II has got rid
OF the spies OF the conspirators who were
cunningly foisted upon it, and 1t must see
TO Il that it accepts no new ones. Inc eX-
perience Of the Department has not been Of
n sort to induce it TO have more OF ii, nor
OF n sort that the country would wish to
sec much Of The new trial. II Is expected.
will begin upon the 4th OF December. III
the Governments case is fully prepared it
cannot begin too soon; and. having begun,
the principal care 10 be taken will be in
connection with the selection Of 4 jury.
WISE ACT SADLY BELATED.
New York Times, Republican,
Under all the circumstances, the effect
OF the action OF the President in Kidding
the Government service OF number OF
men who have been VIGOROUSLY opposed
to its interests and in open sympathy with
the post-oflice swindlers will not be so de-
cided as it ought to have been. The act is
a wise and necessary one, but it is sadly
beated. 1t VIII not" purify the atmosphere
which surrounds the case officially The
delay which has been allowed has strength
ened the impression that the Government
is not in dead earnest" to degree which
cannot be counteractcd by this belated
blow. That such an impression has OBJ
tanned and is now quite general it would be
folly 10 deny. That it is extremely unfOr-
tunate no one knows better than the emf
ncnt lawyers engaged in the prosecution,
as is shown by their efforts to overcome it.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOONER.
Philadelphia Press. Rep.l
While there has been no good to
doubt that the Administration desired the
conviction OF the star-routc thieves, the
display OF zeal hitherto has been confined
TO the Government counsel, including their
chief, the AttOrncy-Gcncral. The removals
might have been made sooner and the num-
Der, we think, might have been larger, with
advantage TO the public service.
ARTHUR Is LEARNING.
philadelphia Times. Independent Republican,
President Arthur is learning. 1t re-
quired very load call upon him from the
people to make him take pause and learn
the lesson they tried TO teach him IN gem
tlcncss; and it was not until New York
spoke by nearly two hundred thousand
majority to voice the mandate OF the ma
ton, and Pennsylvania. Connecticut, Mas
sachuSetts, Kansas, Michigan, and Colo
RADIO elected Democratic Governors, that
he learned the old but Oftcn-iOrgOttcn story
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be recorded to the credit OF President Ar
thur, however, that he has learned the
lesson the people meant to teach him.
He may not have learned ii in its
full breadth and depth, but he has
learned the important lesson that pub
lie justice can't De Knocked and shamed
with impunity in her own sanctuary
By the open, hOastiul, and unscrupu-
lOus efforts Of Government official, 10 pro-
tcct public thieves. One year ago Attorney
General MacNeagh told the President sub
stJntially what Attorney-Generh Brewster
now repeats to him, and it was then re.
gardCd rs an offence and abundant call,c for
the acceptance If q Cabinet resignation in
sulen silence by the President and in the
midst OF Il concentrated Yollcy Of dcfama-
ton from all who sought Executive favor.
OF James was toasted by many losses
Of the sparkling cup where the pub
lie thieves reyellcd in the luxury Of
their theft, and the iobber-owned or
controlled Washington journals boosted
OF the victory Of crime over it, hon
est foes. Had AttOTncy-Gcncral Mae
Neagh been needed one year ago Is Attor-
ney-Gencral brewster is needed now. Mac
Noagh would have prosecuted public-thicf
Dorsey and his associates, and justice would
have been spared the humiliation Of her
lote defeat by the prO>titutcd power OF
those who assumed TO speak and act for the
Administration. But President Arthur
has learned at last that law and theft can't
20 hand in hand, and that Justice can't be
shamcd in the capital oil the nation with inn
punity. He has now done Just what Mae
Ncagh and James urged him TO dowhen he
entered the presidency through the nations
sorrow and tears. and lac has done it with
every evidence OF manly courage and stern
ness OF purpose.
NEITHER SrALwAIT NOR ANTI-STALwART.
lBaltlmoe American, Rcpl
1t will not do Tor the Washington officials
who have brought thcmselyo into disgrace
by their iniqutOus connection with the
tar-route ring 10 endcayOr 10 shield thcn.-
selves behind the honOred memory Of Gar
field. They make another bundcr when
they try to throw du,t into peoples eye,
by claiming that President Arthur's action
Is move in a war upon Garficld's friends.
There Is no question al Stalwart or anti
StalWart involved in this affair. The issue
j. simply whether the Government shall
permit ITS own officers 10 hamper and OBJ
struct its efforts TO bring to Justice the roll
bcrS Of the treasury.
JUsTICE-N 40 HURRY.
New York Tribune. Republican,
IT is unhappily clear that il ex-senator
Spencer. Postmaster Anger, Marshal
Henry, Foreman Helm, and other official,
have been guilty Of acts iustifying their re-
nova from office, they ought to have been
removed long ago. 1t has been great
'canda that some OF these men were per-
mittod openly to obStruct the administrl. |
ion OF justice, and to do this for months /
with complete impunity. Complaints /
have beel repeatedly made to the /
President, through official channels or
by the pres, and his friends have not |
made public any good reason for this long !
allure to act. The removal of the officials /
accused, moreover, does not now come TO !
pass as The resuk of a prolonged inye.tiga- /
ion; the facts now known, or alleged. /
we're equally knOsgn long ago. The care
; even stronger with respect to those
whose offences appear TO have resulted
rom impetuosity OF disposition rather
han desire TO prevent the punishment Of
rhine. Whether these offences deserved
,reater or less rebuke and Punishment
hey were open and undisputed, and in
lted immediate attention months 400
ulte as much rs they do now.
MIR. Arthur HAS HEARD FROM The PEOPLE.