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N 0.610 ICH Street, ,tulm adelphin. • nno• --- 11Intatoli , Ei '" ni Rooms- , -IFlrst, • class i i ; 1 0 4140 S AT XED DICES. , n• F rld•renowned Pianos c Marshal I:. ' - . i iCi ll(i i t c ta li ne er r i Ve 4 ele S fir i nted ° Pi • Shone & Son's beautiful , ' pianos, at prices the very lowest. ...Zloty Planoti to tent. , Vi .111. H. DUTTON, ute2•3atti . 1126 rind 1125 Chestnut street. .. .... Steinway's Pianos received the highest mati trodg_old medal) at the International Exhibition, 1867. bee °Mehl Report, at the Waroroom of L BLASIUS BROS., 1006 Chestnut street. ' - INGinTLLE - T • -- .Theirs/ay, September 23, 1 5 6 9 ,6401111ERNOR'GE411.1111PS PASSIONS. It may fairly be doubted whether Pennsyl- van% as ever tad a Governor who has used his Pardbning power with such rigid conscien tiousness, and With such an anxious regard to the dictates of , justice and the public welfare, on the one hand, and the claims of mercy and ' humanity' On the other, as have characterized the whole gubernatorial • career of General F Geary. Not only lias he granted fewer. par dons-than any of his predecessors, but those , that he has granted have been. compelled to pass - the ordeal of a more rigid examination than has ever been demanded before. Not . only las le refused.' pardons 'wherev.er the ap-' pHcants failed to ; comply . n his prescribed . rules,ltit he has cut off from the criminal courts the power of 7i•eitiission of sentences,,, Which was hugely ; outnumbering the pardons of the • most lenient 'Governor 'Pennsylvania Its ever bad. In refuSing pardons, improperly sought optudeserved on the merits of the case, Gov ernor Geary haS made many .enemies,, but he hai also disappointed many felens and rogues. His obstinate yesistance,'Wheu the .friends of .crithinals have sought, ..t0 force the exercise of his pardoning power, has ...won for: him the. grateful commendation of thousands of law lovibg,citizens, who, have felt the importance ---othaVing-thisgreatprerogative-lodged - in-hands Where it can be safely trusted. The pardon record of Governor Geary is one of .the strongest reasons for his re-election. Pali he and bis Attorney-General have faith fully mounted guard at the.doors of our State's prisons and county jails, and have made the convict's deliverance as difficult as either Jus- Lice or Mercy will tolerate. There can be no guarantee that, Asa; PaCker would wield the pardoning Power half so 'safely or so uprightly as it has been wielded cinder the administra 7 ,, tion.of Governor Geary. ' • _ With a bold audacity that, in a strategic point of-view,, challenges our ad niration, Gov ernor leinor Geary 's foes have 'assailed him chiefly upon this very strong point of his adininistra tion. Presuming, upon the frequentsuccess of 'popular clamor over sober truth, they have un dertaken to Impeach 'Amen a charge which has not even a show of truth about it. From' dif ferent sides, and from various Motives, promi nent journals like the Age and the Evening' Telegraph,—the 'latter for once marring its fair fame by a most inexplicable participation in the bad cause of its and our enemies,—have united In thiSlate and cr3r. 'W - e — eannot — be lieve that Governor Geary can be injured by such, an assault as, this. : Not only is his gen eral course With regard to pardons well known to the community, but he has annually laid be'fOre the people - a • detailed, re port of his action, which tritunphantly -refutes the slanders that are now so persiSt ently and recklessly heaped upon him. We do not mean to follow up these slanders in' detail. We think we rail spend time and force to better purpose than in exposing the fallacies and the, as yet, unexplained hostilities ak. of a neighbor who has, in time past, done such excellent service to the Republican cause. . Only this : Out of the whole list of Governor • Geary's pdrdons, about .a dozen have been picked out, by way of proving that Governor Geary has abused his power and granted "the majority. of his pardons for the most frivolous reasons." Now We, are perfectly willing, • and we presume thit Governor Geary ,Nvould be perfectly willing, to accept • the particular dozen ,• of cases that have • " L been cited, as test cases, and rest the Gover, nor's claim as a faithful and upright Execu tive upon them. These are cases of pardon , granted upon various recommendations and for various reasons. In the condensed form of the Pardon Report there is, of coin-se, but an outline: given of the history of each case, bitt there is enough to indicate the general nature -of the application and the prevailing causes Of the pardon. In each of these cases we find several grounds fol. pardon state of different degrees of weight, but in all of them there in some 'rectsthiassigned,' which is good, sound and sufficient. Sometimes the , endS of mercy and . sometimes the ends of justice, and often both ,are to be served, and these are clearly indicated in each I (eaSe. ,In most of theM, besides the merits of - the case itself, there arey.the endorsements of prOthinent citizens, not'. always men who could pardons - for themSeives on their 'Own. 4. endorsements are Made by the judge,: the jury, • • the prosecuting attorney, and welllmown citi zens, such as Governor Curtin, lion. Wm, D. Kelly; 'Hon.; Charles O'Neill, Hon. Leonard - Myers, and other gentlemen, Who,Trom their public pOsitiOns and personal acquaintances with the Governor, are naturally the most likely to he applied to by those seeking Execu tiVe Clemency.' • We have no hesitation in inviting the fullest iqutiny'Of Governor Geary's pardon ;,record. But we demand that that scrutiny shall:be 'honestly and fairly made, • and that he shall not be branded either by open foe or pro famed. friend with crimes which lie has never committed, but against which he has set his s*mi:from:the beginning; like a flint. CRSMINAL LAWYERS. IL is a cause for universal congratulation that the case of the murderous assault on De ' teetive Brooks Is before an ./11derman and in • g e aft hands of prosecuting °Bleeps who are zeal- MEE •ous and 'resolute in their cleterminatiob to sift the outrage to the bottoni. The counsel for the several suspect il parties are straining every` effort to effect their release,' and this it is their professional duty to do, provided they keep themselves within the legitimate practices of the bar. Were Mr. Mann, District-Attorneyil to-clay, he would no doubt rival lir. Raged in the tenacity. of his hold upon the men who appear to be implicated in one of the most dmiardly acts that darken the crimi __nal_re_cords_ this city. Wit -Maim -,and • Cassik7 . and - Mr.O'Neill have , been secured by their clients to•do their work, and it is the businesiof the criminal lawyer to secure the. escape ' of his Ofent, within the provisions of t he The' public mind is apt to :get somewhat astray as to the relations of laWYers and clients, and to connect the forcer with the latter :in ways that are very ......... The business of criminal practice is a" distinct branch' of the law, and laWyers who devote theniSelves with constantly mixed up with .Very odious • srand-as-the-publie-Mixasin -so ciate their names' with a succession ;of rascals who have committed, or are suspected of • crime, it *gradually shifts the • relations Of the lawyer • froM 1 the criminal to the crime, and he:. shares _ hi:. the bad odor of his succession of bad .clients. And Yet this' natural ;process in the, pUblic mind leads very oftento very false •conclusions, for , . an honest lawyer may frequently have a very 4islionest client, and his profegsiOn is one of those exceptional ones in which he may touch pitch alibis life and notbe .defiled by it. But lie mist walk very' .carefully to, do so, and very few of tlibie who devote themselvezv to a criminal practice..:escape with an Unstained • name.•" • . • But while, 'should be guarded) against 'the:'injustice .of making the: upright eounsel. responsible,` • for the evil'; .doings of hiS client, - it should be, encouraged and instructed' to watch, narrowly and intelligently, the' course of practi6 among bur proMinent criminal lawyers, and to see` to it that that practite is cciclucted_within the strict limits of the law 'and in accordance with the requirements of good'morals. When.the Criminal lawyer steps, outside, of these limits,' ,he becomes ytoperly , amenable to public criti cism and Condemnation. When he sinks the high dignity of his noble profeision and pros titutes the talents which God liar given him to fire univorthy.pmposes of defeating the proper. operations of justice, he becomes a party to the crimes whichhe , defends, and falls to 'the level of his degraded': clients. The history 'of criminal jurisprudence, the world over, has given too many examples ;of bright and shining lights who have sunk into miserable obscurity, not to make the posi tion of the criminal lawyer a mostperilons one, both for his own reputation and for, the welfare of the community.f • ,The temptations of the criminal lawyer to 'effect the releaso - NS client by illegal or un-: worthy means, are many and very pressing. The worse the case the more ready is the crim inal to pay well for his escaPe. The fabrication of evidence, the suborning of witnesses, the •tampering with documents, the packing of ju ries, the collision with parties of• the opposite side, the free use of cunning and bribery, all these - weapons offer theinselvds•to the hands of .the criminal lawyer;and he is a brave and noble mall* who steadfastly refuses their aid. There are lawful weapons for the protection of the worst criminal, and these he may wield - and win renown and wealth in wielding theM. But so-rare-areithe e..ases—of_those _who—resist_thn temptation' to a criminal malpractice, that it is neither to be wondered at or complained of if the public watches, with jealous eyes, every man who rises to prominence in this particidat branch of the law. Those who can face that scrutiny with a clear conscience have a wealth within them that neither moth nor rust can corrupt, nor thieves break through and steal. And those who-know that they are climbing to wealth or fame by the rotten ladder of corrupt practices May be sure that the higher they reach the more irreparable will be their damage when their inevitable fall shall come. Perhaps the best method of getting at the immortal soul of an unclean heathen is to wash his body and then feed and clothe it. No man who has a dirty skin and an empty stomach is likely to become a good Christian, or even to have that proper self-respect which will induce him to try to be au honest and useful citizen. We advance this theory in support of the plan adopted by the managers of the Bedford Street Mission, for the rescue of the wretched people of that locality from the awfid misery and vice and general nncleannesS ill which they exist. Last June the missionarystartled the dwellers in the slums by introducing two or three novelties in the shape of bath tubs, with , supplemental soap and towels. He then went into court and cellar and gin-shop and invited the people to come and be Washed.: Most of them had been practically ignorant of the beneficence of soap for years. Some had not' Washed , them selves since they were children. They were all eager to improve the present opportunity, and they came in swarms. More tubs were procured, greater facilities were supplied, and at last the whole population was scrubbed to condition of partial cleanness.. Since the first of last June more than ten thousand persons have been bathed by the Bedford Street Mis sion, and the good result has been immediately perceptible in the ns--~ilccreasc'-= of --tlie— mortality -of ' the district. Informer summers, the deaths' in Bedford street averaged from two to three every day Here ; amid filthy human beings, heapSof ,garbage, houses filled with corruption and all manner of nastiness, pestilence was bred and nursed and sea out through the city into the homes of men and women who are too Careless of the condition of this plague-spot and of its inhabitant's. During the present summer there has been but a single death in the street ; and i there is, to-day, less sickness among the people,' increased self-respect; More orderly' behavior,: and less rum-drinking than there ever Vas before. These•good things all came out of the bath tubs ; and if they are kept in active Operation we niay loop; with confidence- for even more satisfactory consequences. Whether this shall' ,he the case or not rests with the people of this city.... The .Nission-languishes for want•of cash, and' the niissionary is • hampered in his good work. We think that our people have a direct and immediate interest in the reilemPtion of r ; . 7 ' l ' ; I '7' " •S` i' , " ' idi1t747 , 1 ElittlNG BUTAtriN-41111APELPHIA,,TIRMSDAY, SOAP AS A REFORMER. the vagabonild arrd outeasti.of Bedford street, from yiee,anydthiness..:2l.lq, , pave a s'elli.sh 'interest, aPaitlfi'ern. their*o..--,Opgation in the matter; for;kis.fixilittl!la festpring•sore in the'doinnitift3r that inuchof the disease, much of the evil' doing wq:6l afilia,the city come. If Bedford str ,1 eet:di' if.Tdecency we shall•all be safer.., in prO,Perty ,antl,in health. We 6all upon good men.' and women; there , , fore,_ to support the Mission by contributions: of money, food, clothino., or any of-the neces sary artics of life; all 47t - Which:ctul,be sent to —th-C.Missioirllonse,-No.-619-Bedford'stireet. In the meantime the city governMent ought to do something,'and it can:renderfarnost im portant service, in . this way. .IThernission has Of course used a" large r and o,water in pr cleansing its oteges;:and there 'is "a . heavy rent due. The'Water,. pepa T tment hesitates to remit this sum; because It :fears; naturally, immediate and overwhebning . dernands of a similar character from other charitable institu tions. We think, therefore, that it will be but just for Councils' to aritheriie the mission to use all the water it may need : for washin,g, pur- poses free of cost. The mission is, one of the most impoverished charities in the city , and its Work is not far, front being most important in its general Tesults. A little speciallegislatiOn in its behalf at this time will be 'of great ser vice and we hope Councils will give it without liesitation. ' " • And 'now' .we have another • One Of - those Mean little ' pernocratic charges ' against the Members of the AdMinistration branded as a falsehood: Seeretary, Robeson • and General Sherman made an inSPeCtion trip : th the North ern Navy Yards a feW WeekS 'age, in the United States steamer Tallapoosa„ The ,Cop perlieid press took occasion declare that the Vessel had been fitted gorgeously: : at the expense of the GoVerninent,', and.:-that. the pas- Sengers fared sumptuously ,every .clay at the same cost. Even, if thiS bad :been the case there would liave been no especial harm done, for these gentlemen could' have pleaded with some fairness that they were Ingle cxercise of their oThcial :duty. It ' , .turns, Out now, however, that not one dollar Was spent for. adorning the vessel;•.'farid no draft was made upon the TrdasurY kir supplies, Sec retary Robeson and General' SherthaU paying their oivn expenses,andthase of their friends. This is'in striking contrast with the •