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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1892-07-27, Page 4T/wRuren N8cus,-Record, 01 to t► Y00.7,-41,it to AdY11.I1Ce.. W.odtles,dasy, July `47tH. 189'L. LiBIRTY. Civil liberty is defined liberty of men in a state of as 11 ()inlet Or natural liberty,so faronly abridge or restrained as is Necessary 01' ex ( pedieut for the eafdty of the society, state or nation. Liberty of the press is freedom from any restriction On the power to publish ; the free power to pub- lish what oue pleases, subject only to punishment for abusing the privilege, or publishing what ie mis- chievous to the public or injurious to ludivldualA. License is excess of Iibert) ; exor- bitant freedoin; freedom abused, or uafd in contempt of law and de• senora. THE NEWS RECORD hag always been a staunch upholder of liberty in all its beat phases, and an equal ly vigorous opponent of licence in all forms. We bslieve with John Stuart Mill that as we receive the p.r tection of society, this fact ren dere it indispensable that one should observe a certain line of conduct to others. This conduct consists in not injaring the interests of others, which, either by express legal pro- vision or by tacit understanding ought to be considered their rights; also we should bear our individual share of responsibility and auy sacrifices incurred for defending the society or its member from injury. Last week we wore unwittingly drawn into injuring the interests of M. C. Camerun and inva.liug itis rights. This we did sulely from a desire to defend suciety from injuly That wo did this grievous wrong to Mr Cameron we nu reservedly ac- knowledge, bet simply and only in defense of society and not from auy ]benne:itated tjosiro to injure the in livid n11, If the "'matter h i'l beeu one in which only Mr. C uneron hiniself was affected we should not hive interfered at all, even were the report of the investi- gation and the strictures against him true. Falsehood or duplicity is abort as heinous an offence in our eyes as any Mr. Cameron has been charged" with, because . the indulgence in them has a tendeuy to sap the very foundations of social and personal liberty, and they are most difficult to guard against. The press has undoubtedly oularg. ed liberties, but when it encroaches on the most unquestionable legitim- ate liberty of the individual,as it did by the publication of the article, of which we speak in another column, it descends to exhorbitsnt freedom that may be truly termed licence. The publisher of a newspaper should be the husband of his own honor, as wel ithe protector of theta others And when he by f.tlee slaten1B11ts, attacks the honor of an individual 'he , is more disgraced than disgracing. But when ho has inadvertently in injured any ono and publioly ac• knowlodges his fault he exhibits a laudable regard for his own honor and an appreciable regard for the liberty and rights of others. Also as Archbishop \Vhately has said, he shows that he knows more to -day than h e did yesterday when he ac- knowledges his error. It may 1>e said that because Mr. ,Cameron is a It former and THE NEWS ItrcoRD Liberal Conservative we were glad of an opportunity to bring him into disrepute. Nothing could be further from the tact. While we combat his political views we must and do concede his right to hisown opinions. We tvould belie the work and liberal views of a life -time, and the views we now hold did we do otherwise. It is not Liberal -Conservatism to uphold its cause by falsification or dishonor- able ishonorable tactic°. A cause that demands this ceases to have any right to exist. Liberty without licence is the essence of Conservatism. •Our own course towards Mr. Cameron has been devoid of a particle of malice or intentional personal de- famation,end so fir as we are aware there is not a Liberal -Conservative who knows him but would be pleased to have all false rumors tending to degrade him in public estimation incontinently sat upon. In reference to our desire not to infringe on the liberties or impugn t la the hosier nr social Statue of Air. L'atutiro,, we may eay fMet T. ligWfit-RECCenn was tine Ara Lo sag' goat that, ite his kntet'ast, as well as that of the public.the Crgtvn should iuvettigate the ' unfor'tuuate Weir with which his name le oounected iu s0 unsavory manner.; Aud we .y, can say in all truth that uoue would have been more L.leseod to learn of his iunoceuce beiugestablished than our- Aeltes. Niro du not believe in drag ging men duwa, eepooially luno - cent men, for to any one with a shied of ocnseieuce the knowledge of dug so is is itself a terrible pun i its rnen t. 'Tis only noble to bo good; Kind hearts are more than coronets And sinple honesty than N man blood. \VI►atevor actieu Mr. Cameron may take with regard to THE NEWS - RECORD we must agree that he ix right in seeking to vindicate his character and assert his right to be oausidered an iunocent man until he has been proven guilty. And, it is not only his right to vindicate his character, it is his ditty to do so. And we must say that the latest alttmpt to establish his guilt and Owe him be;•uud the pale of re- spectability was an atrocious attempt to deprive him of his rights and of what every honorable men considers most dear to him. Men as a rule, now a -days are not posses- sed of the rhinoceros cuticle which the individual portrayed by Aristo- phanes must have been blest or cursed with. This chsracter is mode to say: Let the world talk; I care not though it call me A boldfaced, loud -tongued, overbearing billy; A shameless, vile, prevaricating cheat ; A tricking, quibbling, double•dealing knave ; A prattli0.3, pettifogging limb•o'•th'-law ; •A sly old t'„s, a perjurer, a hang .tog, A ragamuffin made of shreds and patches, 'file leavings of a dunghill. Let'ew rail, Voa, marry, let 'em tura my guts to fiddle strings, May my bread be poison, it I care. FAIR PLAY IS BONNIE PLAY. Lest weene we reproduced from the Goderich S/or, giving that ,journal credit for it, an article with the caption, "Justice Baulked A;iiti." We republished it under the circa unetancea detailed to 111r. Cameron in a letter given below. \Ve also publish statements from MT. Murphy, Mr. Gore's counsel, and the evidence of Mr. Garrow, as given in,Ole iVor'ld and,Steer., w•h•ich conclusively prove the Star's article did not contain a true account of the way in which Mr. Cameron consented to the withdrawal of the libel suits, and consequeutly any deductions based upon said erroner- ious version of the settlement are grossly injurious to Mr. Cameron. We eau only repeat, as we have said to Mi. Cameron, that we are exceed• ingly sorry that we reproduced the article in question, and would further ask our readers to divest their blinds of any impression pre- judicial to Mr. Cameron, based upon it. They will see from what we p`utifisln thio w.eal:I;et`y grave in- j•tstice has boon done Mr. Cameron. And we are anxious to make every reparation in our power to him by giving as prominent a place to our ox pressions of regret and to the cor- rect version of the affair, as we did to the article complained of. Goderich Ont., July 2011), 1892. .\1Essas. WHITELY & TODD, "News•!tecord," Clinton. DEAR Sias, --In your issue of to -day you have seen fit to reproduce from the ''Goderich Star" of the 15th a' malicious and defamatory libel on me. The Editor of the Star was arrested on Monday last for criminal libel in publishing this article. Today he was committed for trial. I do not like to think that you were actuated by vindictive motives in reproducing this libel, but having reproduced it two days after its author was arrest• ed, looks very like it. Hoping that you published the article in question on the faith that it was true because it appeared in the local paper, a had authority, I do not take proceed 1 ings without giving you a chance of retracting on the same. I do not propose to submit to your paper be- ing used as a medium of personal abuse of me without the power of the Courts at least being invoked, to keep within bounds, the so-called liberty of the Press. Unless there, fore you intimate to me by letter to morrow that you will in your next issue publish a full and ample retrac• tion and apology I shall take the necessary steps to submit the issue to the Courts. Yours truly, M. C. CAMERON. Clinton, .July 2lst, 1892. M. C. CAMERON. Es@., Goderich. DE IR SIR,- Yours of 20th July to hand. In reference to contents and matter complained of, we Navel no lesitation in saying, and publishin Lair.iiiiiiii.....i.iiii.a................„,„„_„_.,_,..„,____,_„,,,...e...,_„,_.,_____„...„...........„......„.._,...e______. g the etataI etit, that we regret, under the :ei'raun:etanc.eat hatilog t'eproduo• ed from the Ooderio.hSfur theartitle which you, claim , to be a naliclous and defamatory libel on you, The positive' assertion and detlant atti- Lade,., taken, hy., the author certainly led us to believe that his statements were susceptible of verification. The article w is in type and lucked up in the printers' form before we learn- ed' that you hat taken steps to vital dtoate yourself; and our paper was printed before we knew that you had mad.) out a prima- facie ease an 1 had bad Mr. Mitchell committed for trial. The first intimation we had of the latter was in your letter of yesterday. We have no personal animus against you in this or any other matter, and we most certainly would not have reproduced the article had we known the matter was sub judice.Ouronl object in a iiing any coguiz tnge of the affair as in what we conceived to be tl a public interest. Most assuredly we would have done noth. ing to prejudice your case had we been aware of the action you were taking. Are shall therefore publish nothing further prejudicial to you • in this matter, and shall ask our readers to suspend judgment in regard to the dainag•ng references to yourself, until the matter shall have been settled by the courts. Yolni•s truly, WHITELY & TODD. Goderich, Ont, July 23, l892. Mie,31.1i. WHITELY & TODD, "News -Record," Clinton. DEAR Sias,—Yotirs of the 21st is not satisfactory. What have I to do with a suspension of judgment by your readers ? You deliberately published of me a vile libel without enquiring as to its truth or falsehood —and now the amends you make me are to ask your readers to suspend judgment. 1 shall "suspend judg, went" as to what course L shall pur- sue until after the next issue of your paper.—My letters to you and yours of the 21st will, I suppose„ be pub, fished. Yours truly, M. C. CAMERON.. • Clinton, Jul; 23, 1892. M. C. CAM E aoN, E Q Goler•ich. DEAR SIR,—Yours of to -day receiv- ed. Do you wish it publi•hed as well as yours of the 20th ? 1\-e think that your exception to the words, "we shall ask our readers to suspend judgment," is not well taken. Would you ask us to request them to lio:d that you were guilty of everything charg d by the tiS . r„2 \Ve had previously expresser regret for republishing, -41 ticle. We did so al your requ ,ecause you declared the cos 'Ws libellous. \1'e took your word 10 ► , But since seeing the evidence of Mr. (:arrow as given ir. the Simant, and the state - mens of Mr. Morphy, we should have felt it incumbent on us to have set you right, though you had never asked us to do so, You can easily understand how the article was re- produced without our having any intention to wilfully malign you. It was published by a paper issued on the spot, •and, we could. not conceive that the'author bf the article would deliberately falsify the record, as it is now quite apparent to us he did, judging from the evidence of Mr. Garrow and the statement of Mr. Murphy, which evidence and state, ment we intend to republish as we believe them to be true, though we have no personal knowledge that they' are. • Yours truly 1Viirree.Y & 'TODD. LAWYER MURPHY'S STATEMENT. From the Toronto World : "I went to Goderich,” Mr. Murphy said, "to examine the girl Laura Gordon on a declaration made by her in the case of Cameron against Gore and Miller. I was counsel for Gore. The girl Gordon is, I should judge, in the last stage of consump- tion. I paid her a visit and saw her enfeebled condition. Her phy- sician said that she could stand a brief exainin ttion, but if protracted he would not be responsible, I saw Mr. Garrow,counsel for Mr.Cameron, and asked him how long bis cross- examination would be. I said that my examination might not nocupy more than 15 minutes. Mr. Garrow stated that his cross examination would be very long. I think he mentioned four hours or more I confess that my visit to the dying girl had awakened my sympathy. I expressed this feeling to Mr. Garrow. I said this girl's evidence was very important to my client, and must be obtained if the case was to go on. I then suggested as an alternative that he should withdraw his writ and action. Mr. Garrow ex- pressed as strong a repugnance to subjecting the invalid girl to a search ing cross examination as 1 did, but thought that his olient would not consent to dropping the action. However, he offered to sound Mr. Cameron. We met next morning and Mr• Garrow announced Ilia will- ingness to withdraw the writ and stop the action, each party to pay his own costs. This we accepted. It was done entirely from humanitar- ian motives. I had not then nor have I now the least doubt of my client's innocence of the charge of circulating a slander against Mr, Cameron." MR. ()ARROW'S EVIDENCE. From tate Ooderich Signal. J. T. Garrow, Q. C., sworn, said.—I was counsel in High Court in the suit of Cameron vs. Gore and Driller. In that case which was an action for slander brought against Gore for publishing and Miller for circulating a slander against Mr. Cameron, charg- ing him with having seduced a girl called Ellen Lomas, and in which the defendants appeared by different attorneys, and made different de- fences, bore through his attorney obtaine,l an order to examine de bene ease one Laura Gordon who had been a housemaid at Mr. Cameron's, and who, it was said, was lying very 111101%1r, nuokstep's house in'thistown of Cloderiah. On the day ap. voluted for tier examination h t he ex. ECIAL BART i aw ner, Mi. MoDonald, Mr. N. j1X ploy, Q C , gIToronto, acting for. Gloro, E. Campion, Q. C., of Cio.derl representing Mr. Miler, and mys represent ng Mr. Cameron, attend at Mr. 11uokstep's house..Mi'. M• phy, when we wore about• to be the exatnination, and after he h been in and had a conversation w the girl, as he himself told me, ask ale to come outside, and we walk towards the Lake. In the course his walk Mr. Murphy offered, on h half of Gore, in consequence of t condition of the girl, that we sho let the action drop, each party p ing his own costs. ,I refused the off I showed Me. Murphy documents my possession, consisting of lett and declarations from this girl, a he admitted that my exarninati would be both long and severe, matter how mildly put. On retul ing to the house, Dr. Whitely w there, and we agreed that it wou be better to adjourn; to the morro I said, in the meantime I wou speak to Mr., Cameron about t offer, although I had refused it, a wquld have gone on had they insist upon going on with the exarninati We adjourned to 9.30 the next mot ing, and came up town. I.teleph ed Mr. Cameron, stating what understood the condition of the g was, that she was lying in a lit bedroom in Mr. Huokatep'e, in t last stages of o nautaption, and 11 it was very disagreeable to 1110 to there, and all in order to get a vend against a man who was not worth penny ; that he had at any rate dozen other actions as good as t present one, and in addition th there had been one.dead girl in t matter, and I did not want anothe If we killed another in the course the examination, we would all blamed, and, atany rate. I decided objected to ping on with the e amination on my own accou owing to the severe illness of t girl and the narrowness of the acco modation. Mr. Cameron asked if thought they would permit 1 physician .to examine the girl, a said -to ale that if Dr. Shonnou agre with Dr. Whitely that it would dangerous to examine the girl, tit he would leave it to my discretion either go on or let the matter deo so far as Gore was concerned. 1) Whitely consented to seeing the gi in Dr. Shannon's pre: ence and me ing the examination. \Ve then a proceeded to iter. IIuekstep's Nous The two doctors went into the be, room and returned to the sittin room, anti certified to Exhibit A 1 which I file a copy). On gettin this certificate from the doctors, an in the exercise of the discretio which Mr. Cameron had repose in me, I unhesitatingly accepted ti proposition which Mr. Murphy ha made to let the action drop so far i Gore was concerned, each party pay ing his own costs ; and the matte was dropped then and there, and w all left the Louse. I told _3lurph we had better put the matter 1 welting, and he agreed to call at m office in the course of the mornin which he did. The letters marke Exhibit B. and C. are the letter which passed between us. Then Mr. Campion, representing Millet who had been present at Ilucketep house and at my office, said, "Wha about my costs ?" 1 said, ''If yo like, we will drop the action agains Gore and go on with the actio against Miller; but, if you like yo can have the same terms as Gore.' Mr. Campion said, "It, does not platter I would not charge Mr. Cameron cost anyway." Mr. Murphy suggeste that- T would not go on wit the action and that Mr. Campio would not move to dismiss which amounted to each paying hi own costs. The matter was left i that way. On finding, after th publication in questidh, that Mr Campion did not appear clear on th matter, 1 wrote him that the suit wa not withdrawn as to Miller, and tha he was to put in his defence at one which he did, and the suit is now on foot againstMiller as ic;;<.r-ae.ger it was. Following are the exhibits refer- red t0 a8 "A," "B" and •"(i" in Mr. Garrow'a evidence : TUE MEDICAL, REPORT. Having this day examined Miss Laura Gordon, in consultation with Dr. R. Shannon, we have concluded that it would be detrimental to the health, and veru likely cause im- mediate death, to proceedith an examination of heir in any case. Having taken the facts of her condi- tion into consideration, after repeat- ed hemorrhages and all other sym- ptoms of approaching dissolution, we have no hesitation in staying the progress of the examination. J. B. WHITELY J. RRUINALD SIroNON. Goderich, July 9th, 1892. MR. OARROW'S LETTER. Goderich, ,July 9th, 1892. My DEAR Sia,—In our our conver- sation yesterday, you offered, rather than proceed with the examination de bene esse of Miss Laura Gordon, owing to the state of her health, to consent to the action dropping, each party releasing the other of the cause of action m,'ntioned in the pleadings, and pay:ng his own costs so far in- curred. I felt disposed personally to consent, feeling that owing to the ny ture of the witness' illness she fight en expire under th matt Mr. Cameron, lio a prey,"�c d that his own physician slit ire see the young lady, in con, nection with Dr. Whitely, her regular attendant. This, as you are aware, has been done, and both doctors agree that it would he highly danger ons to proceed. You might manage to get your part of the examination over—that is, all that would be pre- sumably injurious to us—but the breakdown would he practically cer, tain to come before the end of what must he a long and severe cross -ex-. s IN TETE BALANCE OF THE 0 oods For a few weeks we are going to offer some special cuts in the prices of our stock of Not Weater materials. ■ The reason for this is that we prefer clearing out Goods at even COSI' PRICE,rather than have them lay over to another season. This Store has always made a specialty of having BRIGHT, NEAT AND STYLISH GOODS, :-: and at the close of a season we do not want to carry over any.. thing that might be a hindrance to our carrying out this prin- ciple in the ensuing one. Besides, we must make room for the large stock of Fall Goods which we intend carrying this year. We will not attempt to give you quotations of prices here, other than a general idea of the reduction we are. making. Dress Goods. We are offering all -wool Delaines at 20c., Prints at 5c., wide, fast -colored, lovely patterns at 80. Another shipment of that wonderful 5 cent Gingham to band to -day --secure some before it is all gone. Cotton and Wool Dress Stuffs reduced to clear. Parasols. We have a good variety of nice, new, stylish Parasols, which must be cleared out. If you stand in need of one. don't let this opportunity pass without taking advantage of it. We often hear people remarking of the superior weight and width and colorings of • Our 5c. Flannelettes. sr Another case lot to hand this week. Do not forget that when advertise BARGAINS we mean precisely what we say. Bez assured that the time will be well spent which you give to,t1ttl inspection of these goods. c doctor's certificate, accept the pro, position set torth, each party to give mutual releases, if required, and the action to end. Kindly say if we have the sarie understanding of the matter. Yours truly J. T. GARROw. N. Murphy, Esq., Q. C., Toronto. SIR. MURPHY'S LETTER. Goderich, July 9, I892, J. T. Garrow, Esq., Q. C..—Cameron vs Gore. DDAR Sin,—Yours of this date re, ceived, and I entirely concur in the conclusion you have arriyed at, and in pursuance of our- conversation of yesterday, and, like yourself having a proper regard for the witness, Laura Gordon's health, and the likeli- hood of her not being able to stand a prolonged cross-examination, I con- sent to the action being abandoned, as far as Gore is concerned, each party paying his own costs,- mutual releases of causes of action mention. ed in pleading in this cause to pass, if necessary. Yours truly. N. MURPHY. MAGISTRATE'S COURT. M. C. Cameron. sworn, said :--I de- sire to say that when Mr. Garrow first communicated to me the offer of Mr. Murphy, I refused to accept it. It was only on Mr. Garrow ex• plaining and presenting tie matter that I agreed to leave it to 1V1". Gar. row's discretion. Second—The statements that are set out in the information as libels, so far as my connection with them extends, are absolutely false. Third- That the charge that I seduced Ellen Lomas is false as hell, or the men who make it. Editor Mitchell was committed for trial at the higher court, and gave bail for his appearance there. GENERAL NEWS. —There was a rumor current that the Malay archipelago, had been destroyed by a volcanic eruption and that the whole pop- ulation, aomprising 12,000 souls, bad perished. —Beautiful Miss Pose Woodruff, aged eighteen, has died of fright in Jackson, Mich., the result of a d ;ter with skull and cross bones, under which was written, "You are whitecapped by twelve of your best friends. Look oat, we give you but two more of these warn- ings." Distress caused by this letter threw Miss Woodruff' into spasms on Wednesday, of which she. died yesterday. Officers will at, tempt to find and arrest the letter, w inter. animation, thus placing us at a die- , The 1$nglish soldiers in the Soudan advantage. I non-, in view of the were supplied with St. Jacobs (til. Wm. Cooper & Co., Clinton, Ont Fancy Baskets Some ladies carry a carpet • bag, others a shawl strap, while a good mall .a}'e sat- isfied to have their, nic-nacs wrapped in a piece of an old newspaper. There is a much better article that you cau use and it is a German.. Straw Basket Made by skilled and tasty workmen, and finished good enough for anyone to carry. When you are going to visit your neighbor take your sundries in a basket Vv hen you go to market don't try to put a leg of mutton in a small basket, but use the basket for the smaller greeds or the stiifl you may buy. Before going to the next pic-nic buy the largest bas- ket Cooper's have, and fill it full of eatables so you will be able to feed the hun- gry boys and still have some for yourself. When you go on an excursion take your lunch (if you need any) in a Fancy German BASKET, which can be bought cheap at Cooper's Book : Store, Clinton.