Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1890-03-01


frauds and court-neither the Repubii-
cans OF Florida nor the people Of the
United STATES will be ashamed OF us; and
L can assure you that IL the elections
were conducted as they are In Connecti
cut or New Hampshire, none of the
present delegation in either house FROM
this State would be incorporating US.
l have been clerk of this court for
nearly twenty years. have never
been charged with any crime until now
L made up the present jury In every
particular, and drew IL the same as all
o her iuries during that time, aud the
printed reports that the juries, as
drawn, contained but one Democrat TO
every twenty Republicans Is false.
'Fdisxs IN tfaum F'dlsus "a oEsaio =
PHILIP WALTER,
United States Clerk.
SO much for the charge OF pack
ing juries. And yet a howl was
raised by the press of Virginia
over the killing Of State Officer
SEAL by VIM. MUsCOE, colored
at Charlottesville, Va.
The Court declined to state to
the jury that the attempt OF Officer
SEAL to arrest MUsCoE at the time
he was killed was unlawful and
the judgement reversed by the Su-
preme Court of Appeals. Had any
cOiOred journal attempted TO justi-
~ the murder, even III the f,ce OF
such a decision 1t would have
been denounced as incendiary
You cannot couutenance and ad-
wise disregard OF law In one sec
tion aud MAINTAIN a regard for law
In another section. The tendency
is deplorable. The action of the
Richmond Dispatch is contrary to
all ethics, and a direct blow to the
foundation principles Of this free
Republic.
The Richmond Dispatch as il
ashamed of its position in its issue
of the Doth ult., follows up its as
sertions rel,tive to the murder O
Deputy Marshal SAUNDERS Will
an apparent apology. In its issue
of the 2lst it says:
1.-The killing of federal Mar shat Il
Florida is deplorable fact-on
nevertheless which il is difficult co writ
about. without saying TOO much; for It /
only The southern people who are likel
i suffer any wrongs or Inconvenience g
result OF that homicide. Tue klllin
: of Mr.. LINCOLN was tue greatest .-s.ca.
d that could al The time have been com
United upon the people OF this section
We Of the south are never benefiJIe
S by such crimes. Ii Is the noI them X,
9 publicans OF the CHANDLER stripe wn
fatteh upon every act of Iujusllce TIA
l. done IN the Stale which formed "a
a late Southern COntederacy. IL IL weI
allowable to Tx such crimes upon ben,
q ficialies thereof, QUAY, CHANDLER
a and the rest OF the malignant Reput
= iicans, North and South, would have
pay the penalty OF those crimes b
the way, what a discrediLable fact IL
u that there should be southern -born me
engaged ia this unhoiy war upoh the
DreJhren.If the charge preferred again
- the best people Ia this section we
true instead OF false It would still
m become any true sOuthron 10 join har
IN band with the enemies OF has hati'
&c Stale and section"
Ie It's last assertion is as bad if N,
u worse than its previous posItio
I'll In other words, it announces thi
y If the "best people" of the soul
Ii are guilty of arson, murder, pillal
in or treason, anarchy or "what no
lie 1t is improper Tor any man of sou
in ern birth TO condemn it or tai
any steps for the punishment
T. the criminals. What dangero
n. teachings! We venture the ass
u. ton that the rules governing &
of much abused Clan-na Gael C,
lie tain no worst features than tn;
a Nay, more, the code of the Ana
sn chists would not have engraft
>" among its provisions worst fea
III ure than that bros d rule SO bold
VI announced by our Bourbon Den
All cratic contemporary. Let us $,
IL Those dynamiters better known
jill anarchists believe that murder
hu arson is justifiable in carrying Q
& the precepts of their organizati'
Gu TOey believe that no anarch
=: should join in condemnation of
- assist in the punishment of M
bers of their organization who m
be guilty of any crime known
Is the decalogue.
.ck The Richmond Dispatck /
81 embraced the same teachings a
m boldly announces its determinati
~ to defend crime so long as ii
the crime is committed by a man
pie p,, Southern birth, as against the la
lhe of the United States, or the prin
se- pies of men oil northern birth.