The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-14
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! unjuss'nao'o @esault upon the freedom o
the press. The Wheeling INrKLLlaEScRl
!. having published an article N waa nro
| duced from another puper. bnt that fsc
| is not Important rells,,ipp in some sor, @
] upon the Court, tho editors Of that nans; M
have been arraigued and fined for nv.
tempt OF court, .,rSfE.. h !. iIlI'-, III
That Ia a dangerous precedent. The fraa,
dom OF the press is the palladium Of onr u
liberties. II court can arraign an editor
for any comments which may Be- contsinsd
In bis paper upon the decisions Of that
tsibunal, there would seem to be no limit
to Its power. To arraigu and try Ia TO as.
se,t the power TO ans and imprisonment.
Il does not matter what the article is. Il
the judge chooses 10 hold It to be in con.
tempt Of his court, the editor must be fined
or 10 to JAIL or suffer both punishments,
! A much better doctrine 70 that contempt
OF court is an offence OF which no man can
be guilty unless In the court room, or near
or unless he disreRard some process OF tho
court. II the editors Of the Wheeling In.
TELLldENcKR were guilty OF contempt of
court for rspublishing III their paper what
had been 1rst published in another panar
su!ely the editor o. the other paper was
guilty Of the same offence. It will not do
10 cay that q paper published in Wheeling
cannot reproduce or first publish concern.
ing the Supreme Court ot Appeals any
! article that could be published without any
risk OF being punished for contempt Of
court by the editor Of a paper published on
the other side Of the Ohio river, net as far
from the court house az are many maria Of
Wheeling, or in Moundsyiile, only ten
miles distant, or, We may add, anywhere in |
West Virginia. p 37' 1l'rf 7ss's
Suppose the famous CT iniamous Judge
Underwood had undertaken 10 tino or i'm.
prison all the editors in Virginia who de. |
nounced him as q knaye and his decjsions
as corrup'; either the pYess would have
been eienced, and all its od,tora f;ned and
jailed, or else the psople would hsve had 10 |
usurper, What other remedv il E tSera ItH. 10.
such a wrong as the one wa aye oonIamn. W.
ing? Bow Is the public to be- mada a..
uueinted with the sbortcominos ~ oorrrn.
and ignorant Judges Il such indoss saps ba +"
the rialit to fms and imprison the a sd;to,s ;a
who dare 10 apeak The trnth conoo.nins
them /? ~ 's''F' 3. ~ - Son'o4 .''lR AtnR
will It be said that tbo noon,o III, - -.
euch ipdges ont of os;co r. peVpse nv WIZ suin
tion r. sav thet wo,ia ,n a. ~ 'ne *. ne1s etec'
yict;ma of rnr;al ;n;ns,;na ] D1 NJ. ~ !ioGk .ne
The snnrema 1!on-i ~ Hnnani ne 'uagss o.
V;yp;nia ara alscted ~ ~ tsnp'.a apnua's Oh west
+h;nk Rnt snnnoaa ] ~ II 1--WE s"eise years We
Ia tha nrssa 20 ba ua.,"s :. VIZ only lef sl4
nenaitp oi anordn, aii ~ ,of 9IA years: On
i,niass & noa"oaI. f. 81. nav tline IN lel,
diniaI nauTnera and d. tvrantes ,es oi - 10! oi a
Il ~ Tadarai ,an..ss @ ssinI'st III me luuRes
behaviorWthat ia ior l;ta i na uu,aou u;.,ns eSod
and ramovad IN tha ,nonnnr .apsaG"so ~
law Thev thareiora ] cnnlJ tahn o'iueu uea,o ~
a;nn ~ tha viola Iana eosd anJ ;ake posses.
naner II ,hav shonla I 'd1c;de e.o a,on:. eveny
themselves to aesnroa eroh eoe nn.so. a'noukat 1n
indoes of The snnrema Gon,t~ % ~ ~ Annao,s ao .ag
Waat Virginia have orroaatai ~ "a npp.h.o +! ,hnn y.
selves. - '-S'.' f''s - ~'e0 ~ '''0"
But how are Juduea IA nro,ss.. .,o,
selves from false and nn,rst etton,a hut
papers? We answer ;ast ss "1avns H"na.aa1y Wy .he
State Lepielature. or nv menoh m q e;.Has ~
protects itself or himsa,f We aner,sr ~ o.' ;na,
as a private citizsn nrotec,s nmeii h;mae,ii Jug.
trial by iury il what every ns,ann charcod
with crime IL entitIed ~ y H. ~ eaa.S1u %
lic-not a trial hv corrnnt ~ ;neo.ol. .opuo
malicious Judges. The article cemn,ained
OF by the West Virginia Court was either
true or else it was q criminal ~Iibel or an
actionable libel. There il. or' onubt t' to - ha n
some way OF Furnishing the ediler who
utters fslsehoods Calculated to brino a Oonrt
into contempt, We have mi a wn,d n sav
in justification Of such man. Rnt Il % w;i,
never!do to commit the trial Of tbs case to
tha comnlainant Thot wnro a 1900. ~
ius.ice. s - "0.' et' : no'Aefs VI
E iitora are as good as iudpeg-ss pseip,
as worthy Of RESPECT. and aa rnnch en,;tlaj
to have the protecting arms Of the commn.
nitv thrown around fhem.t Tho nraaa Il
feared by The corrnpt NJ ;onorant ;ndoa
Il would, therefore. be AZ iaiF tn lat % tbe % III.
tor decide how lar he shall 90 in denonnc.
his own pleasure In furnishing the edItor
Therefore, lat iurv And the ef1itor or;ltv
before subjectiug him to auy puniahment
by judge that the editor could not iutlict
upon the j1dge. i3 GI!F! aiG' p ~.
! The public will not be slow to punish an
editor who libels q court. Juries will be-
sure to go far enough in punishing such Of.