The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-17
RETURNS COMING IN
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Weston Wo'ksd W Orsr the RulinE of tha Court.
"a Peafy Cost,wps Fund" Started BY the
Blaine snd LuEaa Ciub Of Eairnoa,-Ty.
,lef County Slta DowA on the Little Four.

Wx.roN, W. Va, July 1.-THE Supren
8 court decision is still the subject Of com
!. ment. A penny subscription was starte,
here to-day under the following caption:
I supreme Sovereign Con, onpt.
I'VE, the undersigned citizens Of Yves
i Virginia, hereby contribute the sum o
! one cent to repay the urjust fine Of sS25 i'm
posed by the Supreme Court on Ffsw ane
Hart, Ct the WuHELlNa INrKLLloIscRR, 70,
their fearless vinuicallon oi The riguis o
the people a2ainst the infamous supple
mental assessment ORDER"
Ibis paper will DO signed by numerous
Democrats, and will give but q slight indi,
cation Of the general sentiment OF contempt
among the great mass OF the people who
don't understand how the plaintiff and In.
Jdred party can cit In judgment in the
pending case, and override Of rule out eyi
dence and decide with only the meIest
foim OF q hearing. es 4,
Hno Comm"n''y inHikuant-How tho
Ja0gts Looked Undrr rirs, ~
HhseItng Correspondence Parksrsbrry stae Journal.
The decision Of tho Supreme Court Of
Appeals OF this State, In the cause known
us the lNTELLlaEECER contempt case. has
aroused feeling VI indignation and 70.
sentiment in this community that is parti.
cipa,ed in by the better clsssts OF ali
parties, and which will undoubtedly bs
extended 10 every section OF the State when
It, and the spirit that prompted it, become
fully known TO the people. ~ 60. -,
1would not Bound any unnecessary alarm.
nor raise undue sgitation concerning mai.
tels pertaining 10 the judiciary ef our
State; but this decision, OF itself, has sound.
ei the one and raised the other to degree
that menacea the righta and liberties OF The
people, and, unlcss acotched d. It's incep.
tion, will soon sound the death knell Of
civil liberty in America. 1t may seem a
email matter now, and is, but the acorn
contains the germ Of the oak and The
rivulet is the beginning Of the irresistible
flood. We mus. remember that tyr.
amy is q thing Of beginning ant
growth. It never yet in the history oi
government sprang full panoplied into ex.
lstence, like Minerva from The brain of .Jr-
piter. Napoleon was one OF the most i'm.
placable tyranta Of modern times vet hc
sprsng from humble origin. The germ Of
tyranny received its power Of growth when
the Council OF Five Hundred voted him a
captains commission, with the power IN
Quell the Paris insurrection; 1t was that the
viper warmed into life that afterwards
stung the nation to death. The liberties nj
the tribes Of ancient England, mn to ,he
time Of their consolidation under E,hers
amounted TO virtual license, Then ~.
rsnny began to grow, slowly, and by cen.
turles at first, until in Johns time the
power.ot the king had become absolute:
when the old barons Of England arose il
their might and wrunR magma chu,ta from
the tyrann!cal heart Of old King John and
compelled him to give it the sanction Of
bis royal charter. l.
Judges are supposed to be incapable of
personal feeling in the expreesion Of iu.
dicial opinions and in their performs ancs
of official acts. But I cannot resist the CON.
vlctlon that such wssnot entirely the caae
in this instancs. Evidence Of strong feel.
ing appeared to exist in the stern features.
hsshing eyes and compressed lips, notably
of two OF the judges, rs the case was pro-
greeslD4; but whether it was caused by
feelings Of resentment over the publication
in question or through fear OF safetv Of the
ground on whioh their judicial feet were
treading, perhaps 1t would not be discreet
to guess. 4IiaI .E.r -
Perhaps it would be unfair TO say that
political considerations had anything 10 do
with the decision Of this cast: and yet nolv
suspicious will sometimes shoot arropa ia
mind as all the facts in the ssse ara devel.
aped. The Greenbrier Independent ia a |
Democratic paper, and l,s aols ed;tor ia
now at Chicago engaged in ee]ectino
PresldentiAl' candidate for our four Sr.
preme judges to vote for next November.
The !ETELllaEScER is Republican paper,
and i'a able editor is engaged in the lsuda.
hls effort ol neutral!zing the fsnr votes OF
the said four Supreme Judges. It|
is believed by many that, il the alternative
had been offered, these gentlemen, would
bave submitted TO imprisonment rather
than acknowledge the juo!ico OF decislon
that il generally regsrded as grave and
serious error Of judicial judgment. But
the fine was collectable under the processes
OF the Court that delivered the sentence
and they had no other recourse than TO
pay 1t. OccAs1oNAI.
Their Shame Coml"e.s-The Charge Jus,
Aart!uaur0 4Etra'a, tRep, e&'N =
When Governor jackson issued his
famous instructions to assesso,s," 1t isl
said the three Judges Of the Supreme Court
approved and promised to eustain his
aclion. We did not publish the charges
at the time, in honor and justice to the
judges, for We do not believe in abusing
the privileges Of the press by assailing ofii.
cial character unlese justified by the strong
est evidence OF truth. We have that now
in this Gaze. 7 T1ese judges went out Of their
way to prosecute the Wheeling INrELLI.
aESckR, stopped beneath their DIV.
nifty to pass Judgment on ,hsIr
own character and integrity, and by
virtue Of their power denied the rights and
Justice they were sworn to accord to every
man. Their dignity is disgraced. Their
shame 10 complete. We are forced to be-.
lieve now what We never believed before,
that there was secret understanding ex.
isting under the bonds Of political and Of.
fetal interest and necessity, 10 force an uu-
just taxation, exempted by tho laws, by the |
Constitution and by custom, upon the
farmers Of West Virginia. When the iron
hand Of power Is invoked to crush out in
darknets and by force Of auppression what
the light Of freedom and Justice would
have dispelled, then We havs the heat rea.
son 10 suspect that the greatest political and
official corruption existed. sI5.I. 4
X Speaking "f u higher Court.
Wtrs5urg Hefa'd. tRep) lg
Rv all maans lat ma have nm ;n,aooh.
ment case on the legislative docket next
winter. g,ssi ,i.ta tt,ff. So. q, ~
al He who holds no laws In awe,
~ Let him perish by the Law"
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