Daily Republican., 1882-01-05
Average circulation Ofthe RIPU B.
ILCAN 5000 Daily.
Political JUrleS,

Average circulation Ofthe REPUB
LLCAN 5000 Daily.
Political Juries.
Mr.. Bayard's organ returns to the at
tack on Mr.. Higgins, and in the face o
incontestible facts to the contrary, At
tempts to maintain itself in the false
position it has assumed. Mr.. Higgir.
after his plain and truthful statesmen,
of facts, which carry the conviction Of
truth with them, can we'll afford tc
leave the case with the public jury
composed of the people of Delaware
Prejudice alone can warp the verdict OF
approval of his course which belongs to
him. The Bourbon organ comes to Its
defence uttering the same old croaking
CRY Of political and packed juries. It's
diatrlbe is bundle of silly twaddle
disgusting to every man of intelligence,
whose mind is free from race and po-
litical prejudice. If juries have be-
come political machines, which We ut
terly deny, who made them so? Dur
ing the late dark reign Of Democratic
intolerance in New Castle County, did
mot Democratic Levy Court select an
almost unanimous Democratic delega-
ton in the jury panel from Whining
ton, and was not this thing kept up dur
ing four years? Had Republicans done
this, there would have been some cause
for complaint by the discounted Bour-
bon organ that now grinds out dolorous
tales Of subverted juries. Since when
has the Democratic party ceased opera
ting through political juries" Where
are the trophies of its fairness, impair
tiality and justice? In the great null.
titude of cases of ballot box Stating, re.
Deating, pelsonating, violence and
abuse at the ] olls, how many of this
immaculate, pure, godlike party were
convicted of crimes clear and glazing as
the noon day sun? There are none but
poor Gus" O'Donnell and Jimmy"
Derry, and ifthey had had political intiu'
ence outside the amazing number of
votes they cast, it is safe to say that
they never would have been convicted
1t would be interesting to know who
introduced politics into the selection of
jurles for the United States District
Courts. Was it not done by Demo-
cratic Senate and Democratic House
Of Representatives Did not Senator
Bayard advocate the passage CT the bill
which provided that a United States
jury panel should be composed as near
ly equal as possible of rival political
parties? If we are not mistaken, Mr.. |
Bayard even introduced the bill in the
Senate. 1t was passed and hitched to !!
an appropriation bill, and President
Hayes was given the alternative of APP
proving it or depriving the Department
OF Justice or the U 0ited States of money
to hold Courts. Since then there have
been no convictions for illegal voting
nor odtrages at elections in the United
States District Court of Delaware The
juries were made political purposely,
that no person charged of political of.
lenses should b. convicted. 1t works
like charm. The Bourbon organ
with its political renegade editor, has
not single word of condemnation for
the great avalanche of Democratic injus-
tice in the past. Democratic lawyers
have selected Democratic juries when
1t suited their purpose withouta word {
of censure from this same paper.
White men accused of the blacklist
crimes have been cleared and set at
liberty through juries that were urani
mously Democratic, but it was all right
then, because white man was cleared
1t is only when the tables are turned ]
md q colored man cleared that this
principle becomes Objectionable. 1t is
,nly Mr.. Higgins that is censurable for !,
an unbiased jury who happen f
10 be all Republicans, and the whole $
hing is radically wrong because 1t is a Y
black ruan that has escaped the strangu- E
alton usually melted out to all black v
men with such persistent and unvary- n
ng regularity. 1t is poor rule that
will not work two ways. As we asked r
where else could Mr.. Hig- t
gins get an unbiased jury from but u
rom amongst fair minded liberal Re- y
oublicans, such as composed his jury? l.
Democrats, through the influence Of the p
Wild, fanatical, political, haranaues Of u
Democratic stump orators, from Mr.. II
Bayard down, had become prejudiced Il
against the black man aud had dis II
qualified themselves from serving on =
he jury, by having expressed opinions -
n advance against the prisoner. We tt
.eckon these are the kind of men the J.,
Bourbon editor wanted upon the jury. =,
He was juryman himself Was he n
qualified? Would he not have made a $.
Inc specimen of an impartial juryman? ',
But such men were not chosen and cen v
the gtlows for once did not il
reak with the wei 4 hi of black victim. 81
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