The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-10-05
SOME NEW B0OkaI
David Dudley Field.

Wcighty In substance. admirable In form,
that IL tho judgment which will bs pronounced
BY all competent and candid publicists and
jurisconsults on the collection OF Speeches and
Rpss BY Mr.. Dawn DUDLEY FIELD. which 10
now published In two volumes by the Apple
TONS Most OK tho material hero presented In .
permanent AMI com pact embodiment Ia Of
abiding and indisrutable import to the studcnt
Of American constitutional law. Of Information.
al Jurisprudence. md Of the science Of codi-
Acntion.
Wo are particularly glad to soc thus mado
accessible the elaborate. coRcnt. and. rs II
proved. successful arguments mado By Mr..
Fold before the rnitcd States Supreme Court
on the momentous constitutional questions In
volyed IN tho Milllgan case. the Cummings case.
tho McCnfdic case and the Cruikshnnk case.
Tho scope and value ofthe services rendered on
these occasions by Mr.. Fishl 10 the right inter-
probation 81 our organic nv. and to the safe
guarding OF Individual rights. vii! be rendered
patsnt to the rehder II wo ncrrly cnumerate
the points raised and decided In tho respective
sAusos. Tho question Irrigated In the Mil
lienn cHse. for instance. was concerned
with the extent and validity Of tho power
which tho act Of March s. 1868. prciessod to
vivo military tribunals to try and sentence
civilians. II Is no impeachment OF tho worth
n tho assistance n!fo,ried By tho associate
counsel to say that Mr.. Fields speech supplies
exhaustive ground for the Judgment OF tho np-
pellato court. which was in all respects. a. the
reader MAY remember. in favor OF the appol-
liant and against the military tribunal. Tho
Cummings case involved tho validity Of the
tost oath prescribed BY the State Constitution
NJ Missouri. which requirement the Supreme
Court of the United States. after hearing Mr..
FiSid. declared unconstitutional In tho Nc
0nrdle case tho eonstitutionalty Of the recon-
struotion acts ws disputed. and 1t 10 generally
believed that the Supreme Court would have
tslt Itself constrained to side with the counsel
for the appellant. had not the act Of 1857 been
repealed before decision was rendered. We
scarcely need to add that NcOArdLe was dis
CHARGED. Finally. the consututionsiity OF che
Rniorcsmsnt act OF May 81. 1870. was raised In
tho Cruikshank case and controversial By Mr..
Pieid. but not cateeoficslly determined By the
Supreme Court which held that the charges
Wsro not explicit enough. and discharged the
prisoner. These four speeches. taken In cOn-
nection with Mr.. Fields article in the North
AMERICAN Reriap On Capitalization In the
Federal Government" should be read and
pondsred by every citizsn who desires to form
An exact notion Of the limits imposed by our
organic law On the powers OF the national Gov
ment. and to appreciate the doep and perilous
entertainments that have been rnade upon
LuOOo llNlIIS NJ VoTIOus tlHleb bIuCo Luo lOTult-
ton OF the Union. but especially within the
last quarter Of a century.
In the second OF those volumes will be found
Mr.. Fields memorable speeches before the
Electoral Comm ission Of 1877 and In tho House
Of Representatives in opposition to the sane
ton OF the Ubiquitous decision by the partisan
majority Of that discredited tribunal. The
case against Mr.. Hayes may have been more
slaboratey. but never more forcibiy summed
up. No man who would understand that de-
plorable crisis In our national history can
Afford to neglect the speeches and writings In
which it is discussed by Mr.. Field and the part
which he took in the unhappy contest that
blighted many regulations rebounds to his
high honor
As a writer on international law. and a.
prime mover in the edifyng effort to give this
branch Of Jurisprudence systematic arrange
mont and adequate authority. Mr. Folds In
duence is felt and gratefully acknowledged In
all civilzsd communities. The papers and ad-
dresses which act forth his views and sugges-
tons on this subject will lie found printed in
Jchese volumes. They constitute a rich roper
tory to which the reader may repair for know-
edge both OF what international law now Is
and of what it ought 70 De.
We repeat that Mr.. Field has laid the student
Of history and law under deep obligations.
-Aoo> ~ ''iO b"Foi" ti"iV ooh"Sh"o ohou'u he w
been published IN book form long ago. and the
least important OF them deserved publishing.
IN We" Jersey
Mr.. CHARLES Z. ABBOTT OF Mercer county,
New Jersey. has shown us in A Natura'isfs
kdn,bies about HON. iAppletons) how interest
ing and how valuable may DO the fruits OF
trained and patient observation even amid
what are usually deemed commonplace sur
roundings 1t might not ut first sight seem
possible to discover much worth narratng in
alonG-settseu district Ike the neighoorhood OF
ooraehto"h YET all mat Is recoun'eo IN inns
Voinme was observed wlthih the compass OF
tue authors iarm. on CrosswlcRs creek. a
"hv'gape aH'"ent OF the le'aware river. here
aitnouGh som" oil the animals encountered by
mo hrst coohisIs sueh as the Ok tue VOL.
ana inc Denver haVe peeh eNtermihatsu. tnefe
10 st'l h'np'e Waterin' lor u uoVoteu student OF
"a'ura' history rs N proved ny Mr. AoooeS
'orio"s moves nrohthe eStaht mammals. oirus.
rop''ee' o"traoh'''hs. anu ''shes. AIS .ese"rcheS
"som 10 nave peeh Always prompted by scieh-
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soss large seieh''hc worth put tne rsSui1s OF