The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-10

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No Man Has Had Sceh Sosron.
uREDERIcK BAUsAAN: Among civil
lied nations no man has had such
SORROW as Drsyfus since the fall Of the
Rsstile In . hundred years history re-
cords no other instance Of torture ind.ctsd.
repeated and long maintained ~ authority
eithsr civil or military. Of the Ave years
Of physical torments Of this unhappy nan,
We are. singuisriy enough. somewhat Tia
bio to lose sight IN the splendid spectacle
of his retr1ai and Of . whole world wafeh-
ing on up-tos the nsomenteus scsnes -
France
The court Of cessation. one Of the great
est Of human tribunals. wal doubtless b
again called upon 10 decide Unanimous
before. II win be unanimous now. II ID
the fountain Of al justice In France. and.
even In the present strife. III purity seems
20 - unqueationed. predict the unfortu-
uato lew viii eventually b declared inno-
cent before mankind oy court respected
throughout Chr;stsndom.
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Verdict foe khs Fasac6 AssU.
= C. HUGHES. I Aea't IKE 70 ~ IN
A~e judgment on . trial where foreign
system Of Jurisprudence = being aA1,inis-
tAred. Nevertheless. have taken de-
cidsd interest Ia the Associated Pres re-
ports Of the Drsyfus case. making due a.
lowancs for tho sentiment that peevAils
1or Individual liberty.
A. for the result. have seen No svi-
dencs In the pubiishsd reports that would
1sovon b held sufficient b. . committing
4 magistrate Of this country 70 hold . man
tor trial think II 10 apparent that the
dec1aion Of the court-martiai has not hsen
the result Of . fair and impartial trial:
but has been = Judgment Of necessity for
the vindication and protection Of the
french army. and mora particularly of its
saOf0cers. This trial to my mind has bean
NEST inimical to the liberty Of the ind.vid-
! consideration In every judicial inquiry un-
der republican form Of government.
N The fact In that race prsjudics has ap-
peAred 70 have controlling influence. not
&sonty - manifested In the proceedings Of
the court-martsal, but In the attitude OF
the French public and tt press A mans
individual rights or personal liberties
should never DO measured In any degree.
however slight. By considerations Of race,
color or condition.
Without Courage to % Reht.
Il =. RONALD: when nation becomss
- degraded that she 10 ruled b. mill.
tary oiigarchy, without courage to DO right.
but willing 70 psrsts In IN tnjustice rather
than acknowledge . mistake or IN error.
she ought to have . revolution 1T once.
France needs one DrsyfuA the poor devil.
n Innocent
What concerns one concerns ALL No No.
ton can AFFORD to willfuIsy do an injustice
20 its humblest individual. Frances great.
est monument VIII b doing Justice 70 all
her citisens. She win hear from the other
nations Of The earth On this Dreyfus matter.
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3es!nmony Frivolous and Unuorfhv.
GEOR0E poNwoRTH: The testimony
against pfcyfus which have read has
ceen either frivolous and unworthy OF con-
sidsrauon or else the personal opinion az
the witnesses. cannot imagine . parallel
Tor the preyfis trial in an Anglo Saxon
court The greater part Of the evidence
against him would Be ruled cut Of court IN
our country ana in England. A. to the
ensci OF the conviction. DO not believe 1.
wiz bring about revolution. II 10 what
the people Of Paris wanted perhaps h,s
acQuaffAi would have wrought greater dis
suroancc than viii result from hia second
conviction. One effect the trial ha. had
q = to bring into strong contrast the stand
ara Of Justice a. II exists In France ara
that In this country. do not consider ira,
the reputation OF ale French idea OF right
and justice has been helped any.
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Judgment an Everlasting Shame.
g II. PILES; Believe. Of course. that
preysus 10 ar innocent man There has
certainly been no legal evidence from which
ne could be convicted. I feel that tse Judy
ment or the court~martiai 10 an everAxinr
shame upon the name 81 the French people.
The trial az DseyssH has brought homs
the fact. perhaps - nothing else could,
that different, and A higher standard Of
Justice prevails among English speaking
nations In ether words the trial has 70.
minded us that we live under a free gcv-
tTnnsent. and that IN Anglo saxon courts
man IL not convicted at crime by n,srs
heArsay or the manufactured opinions Of
hts enemies
The conduct OF the trial h~s snarr,v
brought out the difference eetwe~n the
Angl9- Saxon system o. Jurisprudence and
THAI OF the French. with no Gamare 10
ours. No Anglo-ssxsn People wcald toll
crate fer enc moment the severes recitals
Of the French generals ~ha engineered ths
case aeain~ nreyfs-
knew OF NJ civilized country ws.r~
when mans counsel bad been xass dow.
BY . ccwa-aiv assassin. :ae eaurs would
not grant htrs u continuance uati sstcs
time as his aftarney WAS ALE 20 appear
again IN his defense by TIE eesnnsaassf
principles az law sna justice pr~yfus
should have been permitted = continuance
after the attempted murder % NJ f.asort
hss counsel IL - utterly ,neyysicanis hy
what rules or method az procedure sa.
court martial eausd have continued tho
hearing under such circumstances
I believe that Labor and nemsnxe have
earned TIVE hlsh opinion ard rsxer 90 sns
American LAWYERS They have Arsn
aroused my sanasrsssoa = srsaa iswyee
by thar learned ans able SeAdues OF saa
cAse TAey are entitl-a 80 synrasAy.