Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-02-17
TUESDAY,. FEBRUARY II, 1885.
Now TOR a Receiver.

INC Nuitcu pthtts III Whi'u NhN'-"""
tice WAITE several years ago delivered
the opinion Of the court, that distin-
guished jurist said in substance that the
court over which he presided had no
means of compelling State to pay its
debts. But Judges BOND and HUGHES
are wiser in their day and generation
than the Chief Justice Of the United
States. las Mr.. CHASE took pride in
styling himself.) They have decided
that they can compel State to pay its
debts.
But how? Will they irnprison the
whole Legislature of Virginia If that
body refuses to pass any laws for col
lccting taxes wherewith to pay the in
terest on the public debt? If the
Legislature repeats the law allowing
the Federal courts TO imprison Vir-
ginians in Virginia jails. will those
astute judges veto the bill? Or will
they send the whole batch of legisla-
tors to some jail in another State!
Why should there be any law pro-
viding for the levying of taxes if the
State is to submit to the indignity of
having Federal minion sit = at the re-
ceipt of customs" and pocket all the
money that the people are taxed to
raise?
Yes, Judges BOND and HCGHEs
must appoint Receiver for the State of
Virginia There is no other logical
outcome of the act Of usurpation and
wrong of which they were guilty when
they issued negative mdnd0mHs in the
PARSONS case. They have undertaken
n large contract. They have bitten off
more than they can chew as the mat
ter now stands. The Auditor and the
Governor and the collecting officers re-
fuse to become the tools Of the Federal
judiciary. And so the Circuit Court
of the United States must appoint its
own Auditor-called otherwise Re
ceiycr." And that pure tribunal must
see to it that its Receiver shall collect
to the last penny all the taxes leyiedby
law upon the people of what was once
the State of Virginia, but what is now
y mere judicial district of the United
States, and trayesty upon States.
If Mr.. MARYE refuses to obey the
orders of Governor CAMERON, either
the Governor will remove him. or else
he will convene the Legislature. and
that body will remove him from office
and elect an Auditor who will obey the
laws of the State Of Virginia. Now.
in either case, il is plain that Mr.. MARYE
will not be the person guilty of contempt
of court. He is mere servant, so to
speak. The Legislature is responsible.
Under his oath of office hc cannot do
otherwise than execute faithfullythe laws
of the Commonwealth-nOt the Judge
made laws of q usurping Federal Court.
Will Judges BOND and IlUGHEs i'm
prison the whole Legislature of Vir-
GINA, or will they distinguish between
those members who vote to order Ma
RYE to stand by the laws, and those
who vote to order him to stand by
BOND aud HUGHEs: And will those
learned judges enlarge the members
one by one as they repent Of contuma-
cy aid reseat them in the General As
sembly and thus present to the eyes of
an admiring world the spectacle of a
.judge-made Legislature.
Or will Judges BOND and HUGHEs
strike down the autonomy of the
State by laying violent hands upon her
Governor: Governor CAMERON de-
flies them. Dare they arrest him or i'm
prison him. Where is their authority?
Will they issue rule ordering him to
appear and show cause why he, who
was not party to the suit Of Parsons
rs. the Commonwealth, should not be
fined or imprisoned for contempt of
court. The decision of the Court binds
nobody except the parties TO the suit.
And 80 Governor CAMERON might an
swer, IL he should condcScend to an
swer at all.
Let us suppose that Governor CAM
RRoS shall answer the rule. What
then: lie can show that the decree
eSsTed by the Court in the case Of
Parsons rs. Virginia was a monde
script paper-neither fish, flesh, fowl,
nor even good red herring neither an
injunciion nor mandamus properly so
called, but paper prepared for the ex-
press purpose, so at least it is charged,
of eyading decision Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States, and setting
at naught that law Of the Commonwealth
Of Virginia which requires the genuine
ness Of coupons to be proved.
Who shall be receiver Where is
tho yirginian who will consent to dis
grace and degrade his States We re-
commend BENJAMIN y. BUTLER. He
is The man to pocket all our cash with
out . qualm Of conscience. Let him
do the work which the Circuit Court Of
the United States has cut out for some
body. Let no yirginisn have hand
in il.
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