Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1869 — The Yorger Case. [ARTICLE]

The Yorger Case.

- H bbm to nr. rwltr. Ik.l 'W spring W* jk'tf «*«*. of MoitMk Wwhllt - , Mfed Col. J****- United WM tneu «a aiI tbosqjh UmmWi been no official reLhJmr^ T ~^** H iluiffitiuifty of murtar. The aeafMMaof ttoeurilitery eowt was ro-rim-rod to the President for bis ap>rwaL Before be bad acted on it • Utotioa was made m the supreme eourt to have Tbrnunt tried ta the cirS court. Bat the jurisdiction of tbe civil ooart was denied and tike .fSMtwa QMM Wore the au|oameaourt for dariaiou. It waa ftfgMd > that court Inat month •»d van derided that the civil •curia bate jurisdiction of the ease. Tbia.oaae waa supposed to be of souse bapoetaaoe on account of its political MpooL Bo far aa the par* ftjteMk ft wuam sraa>n nAiuuini ■*»«• ftlao wts biivißßiivwHi were cone emeu, wie jpß# ■*•■ *"P*y rids, as shown in /CvitaaoK A drunken roflaa arms I (hmaelf with a knife and rushes /upon an unguarded officer and mur/taM him while in the performance X his official duties. •The political view waa this: The State of Mississippi had been in rebellion and was conquered by the military forces of the United States. <Cimgr»sa had by law ordered amilktary government to be established there preparatory to the renewal of the civil government that had been osuspad by tbe rebels. Civil courts .were already in operation for come purposes, and it was doubtfol whether their jur isd iction extended go eases of this kind. The Court decided that the law of Congress the military government did nat repeal tho previous law at Congress which gave tho •Ml courts jurisdiction before the war. This is true. The FSCOO* I •truetiou sets of Congress are only remedial and temporary. The military govenunrart is only teeeutimM ■M& a permanent civil government aanbe saMy •rested and put in force. Hence tito laws establishing h would not necessarily repeal or tarisrfcre with the prior permanent laws estabtteMng the authority nod jurisdiction of the courts. Some bad aepraasod fears that the rajpeaae court might attempt to limit gad eiroMteflrihe the powers of Congress. But there is little danger of thia. Congress is the supremo authority of the nation and has power to regulate the court As to the question whether the civil courts will do justice in Yxboasfo case is altogether another affair. He is to be tried by a jury.— Whether they will do justice or not the trial will show for itself We Mod aot prejudge them.