The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-12-11

United States mail, had ended how
Judge Foster, claiming a technical
error in the Indictment, had thrown
the case out-an act, so far as real
justice is concerned, about on a par
with discharging cold-blooded
murderer, who freely confessed his
crime, because the ca1ibre of pistol
used by the assassin was not men
toned in the Indictment.
Whatever shadow of defense
Judge Foster may have had for his
act, from a technical legal standpoint,
there was none whatever from
standpoint OF true justice. That
seems to be the curse with our pres
ent system Of criminal Iaws-they
permit so much legal hair-splitting,
that a cOld-blOodej murderer, if he
has the money to pay we'll for his
defense, can keep out of prison
almost indemnity, and even a low,
cowardly whelp like yourslf, can
sneak through the loophole of a
legal technicality, and crawling back
to his vile den, ike the rest of the
loathsOme reptiles, ply his foul trade
again, and turn out a few more
copies of The Jeffrsonian," or
allied prostituted publications, and
rake in a few more Shiny dollars.
What GREAT? assemblage it
must have been that gathered in the
courthouse at Augusta when your
trial was in progress, ''and cheered
themselves hoarse" when the worthy
Judge announced his decision, which
meant that they would not incarcer-
ate you in the Federal penitentiary
at Atlanta. The Honorable Judge
may have been actuated somewhat
in his decision by kindly and gen
tlemanly consideration for the rights
and feelings Of the present inmates
Of the penitentiary. If SO, it must
be regarded as a most humane and
commendabl act Con the principle Of
doing the most good to the greatest
number) for even a confirmed Grim
inal is entitled to some consideration
in the way of associates. Whether
by sheer accident, through the advice
of more intelligent friends, or
whether the idea percolated through
your thick head gradually, of its own
accord, you seem to have chosen the
only vocation which your moral and
mental makeup vouchsafed even
the slightest degree of success-an
occupation of disseminating ma1ig-
nant falsehoods and SANDERS to the
gullible pin-heads and bigots of your
community, at so much per.
Born with predisposition Il
might even term it a genius) for pre-
varication, you enlarged on and cul-
tivated those natural gifts, until you
became an artist in your line.
Coming, as you do, from State
famed for it's liars, you stand a yeri-
table Chimborazo above the other
liars of your Commonwealth. 1t is
very easy for any observant person
to detect the difference between
real Christian of any denomination
and a professional blatherskite with
an enlarged gall bladder, like your
self
Such of the American people as
profess religion of any kind, and are
really possessed of the Christian
spirit, do not turn malignant lies
and SANDER into an asset-do not
stoop to the level of "muckrakers"
under any circumstances. One of
the plainest evidences of your utter
lack of both morality and religion,
was shown when you wanted to put
the Bible on a plane with your own
foul, malicious, literary slime, sim
ply to save your carcass from the
penitentiary. But l notice that it is
usually the case that people with
loud voices are possessed of inferior
brain power, and people afflicted like
yourself, with moral leprOsy, are