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',;onably to prove by other witnesses, what
would otherwite have rested on my own as

sertion.
In my deposition too state that Wilkin-
son desired me to prop ose the purchase OF
governor Gayoso's land, for the arrears OF
of the pension still due to him. have since
discovered one Of the generals letters which
corroborates this proof it is dated Lottus's
Heights, 18th March, 1899, and contains
in reference to that subject the following
paragraph !: /" The Mingo*asks more than
can give for his dirty acres, therefore say not
one word on that subject" This caution
was wholly unnecessary, tor, as had stated
in my deposition, had refused to have any
agency in his negotiation for the land.
After these remarks l proceed to exa-
mine the generals means of defence against
the grea. body Of proof which has been Of
fered: His first object was to tortify him
self by certificates of innocence-his Sc
cond to procure an enquiry by court which
he knew could not compel the attendance Of
witnesse:--his last, and the most congenial
to his disposition, to blacken the character
of the witnesses agairsr him. Let us. ex-
anime separately each of these means, and
see how they have succeeded. Never were
attempts made with so much art as those
by which the general endeavored to support
his sinking fame by testimony of those who
had in the service of their country seduced
him from the allegiance he owed to his own.
His first address was to Mr.. Power, who,
then subject and an officer Of Spain, tho't
he would be abandoning the work at which
he had so long laoored, if he suffered his
proselyte to be disgraced and deprived of
that Influence and command which he fore
saw might be yet useful to his country. The
general threw himself alao on his compass
sion: Can you was the substance of his
address can you, Power, suffer me to be
ruined on account of those very measures
into which, by your ministry, l have been
led A word from you will save me from
destruction-sign declaration of my inno-
cence which l may show to the president,
and | shall retain his confidence, and we
may yet see the success of our schemes.
Moved by false pity, convinced by false
reasoning, Power signed the evasive certi.
fcate that has been published with so much
triumph. Short-sighted, guilty man! you
did not foresee tina, this success would be
the cause OF your ru!n--that the haste with
which you published document given to
you TOR another purpose would induce dis
closure of all the circumstances which it
was SO much Your interest to conceal--a
disclosure accompanied by so many irresist-
IDLE proofs, that not an Individual can doubt
of its accuracy, and detail of circunstan.
ces which would otherwise have forever
been unknown-an exposition of documents
which but for this could never have been
produced.
The use that was made Of his certificate
the attempts to blacken his character, in
duced Mr. Power to come forward in sup
port of his reputation, and his change of
allegiance and the resignation of his en-
ployment enabled him to do it with proprie-
~.
The next attempt was upon the compass
sion of governor Folch the samesarsu-
ments were probably addressed to him that
We're so successfully employed with Power
and no one will require stronger evidence
of guilt than the correspondence which is at
last concluded and dressed up between them.
Folch was not disposed to so further than
he could with truth, though at the same
time his certificate was 10 bear as near re-
semblance to untruth Chat is to say, to an
assertion of the generals innocence) as
could possibly be managed without sliding
into actual falsehood for this purpose the !
general asks boldly whether gov. Fo'ch |
knows or believes that he (W.) is Cat the |
time he writes commissioned or pcnsioned I
by Spain. Now mark the answer First
some common place about the fraternity a.
mong those who embrace the profession Of
arms-then most solemn asseveration of |
what nobody would be left to doubt, the
period at which he arrived in the country. !