The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-17
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q CALM SURVEY OF CAUSES FOR
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towards "a government by Injunction"
- Ominous and threatening, and must
De watched by h people lest they lose
fIIeSr rights az citizens and mayhap
Sheir liberties, 1t is not necessary to
aenounce all forms Of injunction. We
suppose all through the century there
have been injunctions issued by courts
ar hy jurists in the exercise Of their
U1pe prerogatives. We write with
hecomipg sobriety and modesty here
f1r we are not Of the legal fraternity
and are not well up in rulings and judi
4cIal powers and decisions.
We dc not attach great Importance
To extreme opinions-to that class of
leaders who have always some new
Ching on handsome fresh nostrum-
some universal panacea-some splendid
scheme for making all men prosperous
and happy. The Tillmans. the Tom
Watsons, the Marion Buffers. the Alt
Selds. the Debses, and SO IN are the.
orixers and spectators, and are always
looking to self, to personal success and
pxomotions In all their schemes and
new Ideas. Altgeld is far ADLER han
all these combined, for he is a very
.strong man, but he is not a wise or
safe leader. He is out now for govern
ment ownership Of all railways and all
mines.
But to return to the injunction bus,
mess. There are injunctions under u
laws hat are permissible. wise and
necessary no doubt some times. We
suppose all we'll read lawyers would say
that. Many times injunctions have
been issued hat were very desirable.
prudent and justifiable. and accord
there have been abuses and wrongs
perpetrated doubtless under this gov
,ernment by Injunction" If this Is so,
where is the remedy? Is there any save
in a free and untrammelled press, bold
for the right and faithful to the peo-
Pile, and in the united, overwhelming
public sentiment against all such
wrongs and expressions.
In the present mania for injunctions
the northern press, we think, are quite
united in favoring and sustaining them
and. perhaps, right or wrong as they
may be. Whenever, we notice. any
speaker out very plainly in de-
uunciation of judicial tyranny and
abuse of power, that the press up north
unite at once in a general series OF
1huwlings to the effect that these speak
-ers are attacking the judiciary" They
make a. fetch Of very fallible, and
snume very corrupt men, who happen to
wear the ermine, and become fiery and
indignant at any n presuming to
suuesfion their infallibility. their wis
Szum, their goodness. All this is blind
~mfatuation and folly, and is wholly
unworthy Of freemen who are not born
Idiots or madmen. There is no pecu-
Ear odor of sanctity in he judiciary.
A great many Of them are q sorry
Yof-" When they violate the rights OF
, the people, infringe upo established
: liberty, lend themselves to coercion to
fSvor plutocracy and the money devil
lef them be roundly denounced by the
rress and the people-let the bastinado
!. of sound public sentiment be applied to
the wretches until they be driven
from an office they disgrace into the
deepest shades of retired life. 1t is all
wrong to justify invasions of liberty
by public officials or'to try to smooth
over and condone crime against a free
and enlightened people.
-@Not all thai heralds rake from coff1n'd
clay.
Not horid prose, nor honied lies of
rhyme
= Car blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a
crime"
Lash the offending b~etrayers and
scoundrels with all the severity of pub
lie denunciation and rejection.
The judiciary, or a part of it are GER
tainly willing to venture on extremes,
or it is badly lied against. The cry Is,
and the cry has been for years, h a
the judiciary, or a part of it. is at en-
nifty with labor. We do not accept as
true or just the sweeping denunciations
OF demagogues Of the judiciary. Men
like Mr.. Eugene v. Debs are always
extreme in their censure. The other
day Debs said that this government
was an intolerable tyranny, and that
s.from the justice of the peace to the
Justice of the supreme court of the
United States all the judicial powers
OF the United States are directed
against labor. All the organized forces
OF society are against labor, and II Ia
. Dor expects to emancipate itself, labor
!. Itself must do it,"
II that is true then it is time for q
revolution to begin in great "gOOd earn