Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-20
STRONG kRR4iGNMENT.
Southern Paper Expresses Itself Concern
Ing Tenn ssae judicial RIunder.

Ne hblHtlba " ii!S"! tihloH la
the following t. say C ncernlnt
the recent nigh5 rider cases il
Tennessee:
As between the outrage illvolv
ed in the murder of Captain
Onentin Rankin and the legal out.
rage whereby the escape OF his as
sassins is rendered more probable
there ia little room for choice
Since the latter is supported by
the majesty Of formulas, it's men
acing significance is. even more
sinister.
The primary and oily excus-
able function Of law, and the
courts that administa" law, is the
determination of the Issue of guilt
| or innocence. Society stipulates
| that in the process of arriving at
that conclusion the rights aud lib
erty of accused CT mlnals shall be
amply safeguarded
Not even the m st violent of
par5.sAns will contend that these
two phases were not vigorously
enforced in tie night rider trials
Convictions were obtained upon
confessions of the culprits them
selves. There was not q flaw IL
the evidence; not even reason
able doubt lifts it's plea for extern
uation. Guilt, confessed and
manifest. was the naked and un-
qualified net product Of the trial. .
Surely. in the distinguishing
traits of Anglo Saxon jurlspru-
dence, fortified by the traditions
and the exacbing safeguards of
centurias, it would seem that this
especial case should have been a
inexorable illustration of Justice
vindlcated.
Yet at the m >ment that the ell
tire country was acclaiming a
precedent that promised to re-
trjtve at'ast-accumulat 'ng nations
al contempt for lew, tte highest
tribunal of the state steps IN and,
in effect, arraigns itself Oh the
side of anarchy and chaos.
The deplorable and gloomy out
look is by no means confined to
Tennessee. AS if in a spirit of
satirical rlhaldry, the trial and
appellate courts of the country
sem often in conspiracy tC
give meaningless tie 5hnIcalltles the
right of-way over the merits OF the
causes on their calendars. In.
stead of tribunals to mete out JUS
tice, many of them at times give
evidence Of becoming, instead,
agencies for the Defeating Of us.
tice by conjuring the intrlcacles
of legal red tape, rather than ar.
bitrating right and wrong, guilt
and innocence.
Under this archaic and blunder
ing system, the people Of the
United States pay out each veal
millions Of d ollars for machinery
to dispense Justice. And those il
charge OF the machinery concen
trate their energies on the cogs
aud pinions rather than on the
all imp 'rtant grls5 passing
through it,
OF all the Hypothetical mena ,e'
to the republi, this one IS the
most real and abiding. It goes
down luto the essence of thoss
principles upon which the repub
lie is founded.
A failing time nerve no longe:
than the fuest silken thread
takes from the Heart its impulse
it's power, it's regularity. Th
Stomach also has its hidden, or in
side nerve. It was Dr. Shoo]
who first tod us it was wrong t.
drug weak or failing Stomach
Heart or Kidneys His prescrip
tlon--Dr. Sh oops Restorative-i
directed straight for the cause o
these eilments-these weak ant
falterlng inside nerves, This NJ
doubt clearly explains why tn
Restorative has of late grown 81
rapidIayin popularity. Druggist
say that those W tests the Res
torative even for few days soo1
became fully convinced of 1T
wonderful merit Anyway, don'
drug the organ. Treating tn
cause of sickness is the only sens
'ble and successful way. Sold b
Cornelison & Cook.