National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-01-16
IN MENIoRIAM: A poem to Gen. U. s. Grant,
dedicated TO the g. A. Il. of the United
States, By PROF. J. PIERsoN, NJ. A. Pub
lished by Bishop Bros, Burlington, Iowa.


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sequies Of the departed great soldier, held
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September, 1885. The length of the exer-
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the liberal patronage OF generous public.
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For artistic Anish, fund of information
| contained, and beauty Of its pictures, we
know Of no better almanac than that Of the
Philadelphia Inquirer for 1885.
The New YEARS. number Of the Magazine
| Of american History Is as interesting to the
society or business man as it is to the
teacher and student. Its contents are fresh,
varied, and informing. The origin of
"Slavery IN America is ably discussed by
Gen. John A. Logan, whose portrait, ex-
quisitely engraved on steel, forms the
frontispiece to the magazine.
The new Princeton RevieW is ut hand. II
is published every two months by A. G..
Armstrong & Co., ia Broadway, New York.
This is not a renewal Of the old Princeton
Review, but an entirely new enterprise.
| Among It's contributors are Charles Dudley
Warner. james McCosh, Noah Porter,
Hon. George Bancroft, Hon. James Russell
Lowell. In this number John Bach Nc
Masters describes "a Free Press in the
Middle Coloniesn as follows:
After lying in Jail three months Bradford
was brought before the court Of quarter ses-
sions In December, 1892. To call what then
took place trial would be libel on courts,
SIX Quaker justices. Two had taken part in
the meeting that condemned Keith, and had
put their names TO the very Judgment that
called forth The appeal. third was the most
trine. The prosecuting attorney was not the
but David Lloyd, the ablest lawyer the city
could produce, hired for the occasion. The
jury was carefully picked by the sheriff, who
also played the part Of assistant prosecuting
attorney, while Jennings, who presided over
| the court, heard the case not only in open vlo
lation of the common rules of procedure, but
of an express resolution of the assembly. That
nothing might be wanting to- mako this ju
room ana threatened to hdict Ike prisoner III
he uttered word that was indictable.
| When the names of the jurors had been called
challenged two. He was about to be tried fol
printing "a malicious and seditious paper;
the two jurors had been heard TO declare theii
belief that the paper, was seditious, and were
therefore, Bradford held, unfit to be on the Jury
What they thought about the character OF the
paper was, the prosecuting attorney said OF nc
moment. HAST thou" said he, .fat any time
heard them say that thou printed the paper
for that Is only what they are to find" "Tha
Is not only what they are to find" was Brad
ford's answer; they are to find also whether
this be q seditious paper or not and whether l
does tend to the weakening of the hands of tn,
matter of law which tho jury Is not to meddl,
with, but whether William Bradford hatl
printed 1t or not.n "Tais," exclaimed Brad
fact as well as the matter of law" Thus wa
asserted for the first time in an Engllsh.speak
ing country the great principle u the law o
libel, long afterward established by the libe
bill of Fox.