New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-11
ENGLISH OPINIONS.
HOW THE LONDON PRESS TREATS THE
GUITEAU TRIAL-THE TIMES.

gram from its New York corr espondent but any
body who thinks that dispatch printed came by
cable must be cOngra ulated on the robustness Of
his faith. To Reuters agency. or the agents Of thar
agency is to tie assigned the credit such IL is, of
imparung this news To the British public Needless
to say that 10 has brought down shower of COM
ments on the crime The criminal and above al on
the conduct of the trial. One is glad TO say that
most of hese honilies are free from anything that
looks like intent Onal oiieuslvrne-s To expect that
they should AL be eul or mtril gent would
expect too much. The English press YOU should
bear IN mind, has had only three months 81 to
inform itself To tie nature OF the tribunal before
which Nuiteau was arraiened; and that Is not
enough. Az a rule. the papers continue as they
began. They treat Mr. Justice COxs court as If !;
were a type of American courts IN general. and Mr..
Justice Cox as an average specimen Of the Amerl-
can Judge.
This comes perhaps. within the limits OF permits
slbie II not pious ignorance. Few English Journals
can be asked 20 know anything of the United states
beyond what they are told IN the morning tele-
grams But a line should be- drawn. AMI he Day
TeeVGyk may lie thought to have Closed 1t IN pro-
nOuucing Guteau entitled to considerable latitude
because be was undcfeuded by counsel And
perhaps we should he CRATE al To the same journal
for assuring It's reaoers that America. together
The Dolly Ne,cs dlscourses to-day sapiently as
ever on the character and practice of American
courts OF u tice. he tdHcdrd remarks IN the c. Ill
pcaied aud e,ctnirc form of law in the United
States The Idiig Ie'e rdph reads the citizens 81
the great and free Republic" lecture IN the want
of reverence and respect which seemed to per
vale the proceedings. Gathering courage, IL
alirrS roundly that the nc, al tie III al casts
deep rcproach upon the judicial p,'ceunle OF the
United Stdtes. The NorBi Past OplneS with much
beating Of the breast and lifting vi tne hands that
the scenes enacted III The Ame lean court c"ud
never have occurred in this country. We are all
taried with the brush which applied to Mr. JUS
tice Cox and protest as may It " ii be long he
toi G we shall get nd OF the smiich II has lie t.
Again-t the universal D rmnatl Il pronounced
upon M Justice Cox have not one word h. say
lie deserves It all and none than all. The fart that
foreign critics believe Otuer American 'udges IL be
as bad a. he s. drplorabe rs their mistake 49, does
not abatr lot frum the justice OF ihrr judgment
upon this offender. II mi, ortune that We ART
held responsible as "a nation fer Judge Coxs faults
That does not lessen, it aSGrayat's. those faults
You have heard To- WEAKNESS from week io week
the reiterated expression o. the general disgust he
ha, excited All ;hat could he said was sand long
ago and the fresh DRAFT, OF to-day upon the re-
sources of the Engl sh langul e do not bring many
know that England has been disguised anu sean
dalIzrd bv the ouiragrou, inc denis which have
marked the prloer.i. - AT e,eiv turn | almost
doubt whether one erect o: the univcr~aty Cf the
verdict upon this spectacle ~ iudlcial Imbeclit7
NAV not have been 10 uluut the su>ccpubnlueS oil
those whom 1t wounds or ought - w"nnd most
deeply. The scenes which have taken place
observes one Journal. either with the permission
or IN despite OF the authority OF he presiding Judge
would have di~graced the hr.t informal court held
in clearing of the pr.W"N1' Forest mat comes
as near beng original IS anything can discover IA
to-days papers, but who supr5-es ttat any expires
SION OF contempt can pierce he armor OF ln~ensl-
Lility which Nature has bestowed ON this mays
traiol The last and lowest form of degradation l.
that IN which the wret, Is unconscious hat nc IS
degraded. aud no mans srli-res ect is utterly gone
till he has cea -ed ;ee the want Ct II himself or
10 suffer from the reproache- OF others.
The iiney's article mast be treated by itself. 1t
differ, from every other in this, that. as ] said
above they are free from thing that looks ike
intentional 0ienslvrncS,, an tbs Is not In ITS
ccnsure the administration OF Justice in America
in general, it does not sin in ignorance. Ii takes
note of the fact. else where pointed ont, that Judge
CoNs Is a local court, creature IF special statute
over "a limited area. But because he has au hority
TO pass sentence Of death. the existence Of las court
system of the United States. What follows sht vs.
a still more marked animus. 1t is not enough tor
the purposes of The Tines 10 brand Judge Cox, ard
with him the whole bench Of the United States and
of all the States The American people must bear
a stigma not less deep. They are held not midi
recty but directly RESPONSE Die for Judge Cox. They
are made partners with him. They felt we are
told. no genuine disapprovaI of hIS management OF
the trial Nay III is impossible to discard the
snsplcion that the trial has been followed with
great deal Of interest and pleasure. not. indeed. by
the cultivated Americans, with whose irritation It
i easy to svmplthze but ny the g,eat mass of the
newspa oer-reading public.' They had an enjoy
mrnt of the sensation" They have been batting
Guiteau." The broad farce enacted day after day
in court has not ELECTED :" a symptom OF popular
disapproval, not a symptom, not one symptom.
The great mass of he people enioyed the spicy
details served up day after day. And so on.
What is the evidence for this monstrOus accuse
ton The Times has it ready IN the shape o. an argu-
ment or an inference. All these accusations against
the people of the United States are true because the
writer OF this article cannot explain on any other
hypothesis d" the minutcness with winch all that
went on was reported over the whole of America
bv newspapers which naturally report what their
readers DESIRE Because that Is, people wished to
read about the GuiJcau trial they approved OF the
manner IN which 1t was conducted Why not say
M once that because they wished TO read all that
was known about the murder of President Garfield
they approved the murder of President Garfield
The in erence Is as good for rs for the other.
Nor am | sure that The 7 INES would hesitate TO
draw 1t. For it doe. say this, namely:
"The secrets Of the Presidents sick-room were
published DAY by day with luness of detail which
nothing but prurient desire TOR sensation from any
source can explain. All America-we except, of
course, Ike educated American, who are obliged TO
look IN aiLence AZ the vngarles Of The mul tule