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Show THE SCAS'IUL-JIONCER. Wt hope the prosecution of the ptron sal 1 to be the author of numerous nu-merous libels in a blackmailing sheet, piblWied in California, will be pushed to a full end. If the ac- i cued is really the writer of the i 'haim-ful slanders that have ap- i (eareu in mat uisrepuiauie Iapcr, he ought to lie punished to the extremity ex-tremity of tlie law. Tlie lalae and scurrilous njiort of the May musical festival w hlch appeared ap-peared iu that paper, emanated from a foul and depraved mind, and It bears the stamp of tho same pen that funiinlied the personal libels uo.v criminally complained cf. If there were anj means by which the paper that gave place to tht'e atrocious libels cculd be reached, its publishers ought to re-reive re-reive the most tt.vt.re penalties. Such iapcrs are a disgrace to the State or city which tolerates them, and are hlotdics on the fare of civilization. civ-ilization. Personalities may sometimes become be-come necessary when the public acts of inui wduals have tn be shown up for the i ublie beutfit. But the as)uILs upon pironal character winch are iwrmitted togounpun-i-hed and often unnbuked, are unworthy un-worthy of any decent publication, and either the papers that publHh them diituld be suppnssod or the authors should be heavily punished Tho man now accused ought to have a fair tr a), and every opportunity oppor-tunity to clear h!melf of the charge agaln-r him. But If ho is Justly convicted, no mistaken sentiment ought to come between him nnd the imprisonment which such vile conduct con-duct clearly merits. |
