The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-05
DR.. IAMEsON'S IkIAl..

Ever since the trial Of DR. Jameson we
have been intending to say something -
the Illustration his sentence gave OF the
,nt,x ibiity of English justice, but one
thing or another hds pushed the subject
aside until now.
We see very little in the New YORK
World that we would ike TO see In the
columns Of The Times, but the follown,'
editorial, IL its issue Of Sunday last eA-
presses our views upon DR.. Jamesons
trial so tersely. so clearly, and 50 much
more happily than we could express them
ourselves. that we adopt 1t bodily as our
Owl. article upon the subject 1t IS %
follows:
The result of the trial of the jameson
raiders before the High Court Of Justice
ir London was a VindicatiOn OF the Su-
premacy of the law which helps US 10
understand the Englishman's satisfaction
with the institutions of his country aud
especially Win the administration OF
justice 10y the courts.
THE offense with which jameson and
his associates were charged was a VIC
lation of the Foreign Enlistment Act OF
1870. in organizing an armed expedition
AGAINST a government with which the
Government OF Great Britain was at peace.
But IL was an offense IN which the raid
ers had the sympathy of every man.
woman and child I'm England. The failure
OF the attempt did not make them any
the less the heroes of the day. The new
Poet Laureate needed no urging 10 sing
their praises. and the cheers of the music
halls over every allusion TO them merely
al q B.
people The impulse though mistaken,
was one Of instructive patriotism
"Yet when the case was transferred
from the streets and the music halls TO
the sober atmosphere OF the courts not
one trace or vcstige OF this enthusiasm
was allowed 10 sway the course of the
Judges or TO influence the conduct Il
the case. The trial was conducted as
soberly and as quietly as If II had been
an ordinary question OF violating any pro
sale statute. Behind the ofense there
was a dream Of colonial ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
OF imperial extension. not matched since
the days Of Warren Hastings. But the
impulse OF this earth-hunger~ the source
OF British greatness. was stopped at the
door Of the court The evidence was
given. the Lord Chief Justice charged the
jury. and in sixty-hve minutes a jury
of Eneiishmen returned with a verdict
OF guilty. which they kne would con
sign every one Of the heroes 10 prison.
such a vndication OF the law IS
crcditable not only 10 the court and ~
the jury. hut TO the English conscience
and sentiment which makes il possible
The proper administration OF justice. as
illustrated in this test case is the essence
of all good government. whether monar-
chical or Democratic"
That represents the situation fairly and
without any eNageration whatever. II is
TO De wondered at that the Englishman
rarely changes his nationality? Nowhere
else on this earth. never in any period Of
the worlds history. has justice been melted
out so fairly by the courts as In Great
Britain. and nowhere else have the laws
ever been so innexfbly enforced as there.
What would an Englishman say to a
proposition 10 mack Englands highest
court in order that a reversal Of one
Of its rulings might be secured?