True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-07-13

7'"esdny, July oh.
Alter some remarks by Mr.. Mazu.cau he a,lrbu,e
10 Mr. " 'ggnlon the sentiment. that the tendency Of
he' I" break the peace did apply in ,i. country
'e"'se ''e people were the sovereign. Mr.. Pcyto,
mere promptly denied that Mr.. Wigy;nton Ind ever II,
tered such an an opinion. Mr. Mazurea4, appealed T,
Mr.. X. HUNT gave it as his opinion that Mr. Vic
gnton did shy 80, and that he on in series of re
marks afterwards, which he, Mr. Hunt could not under
stand Mr. Peyton again took it upon himself to DENY
Inc ruin OF the allegation though he had hot been
present when hi' colleague spoke.
In reply to some remarks made Inv Mr. Mozure,u
when he was up, MIR. Peyton said he did no, know
whether the American jns,s who had commended that
the doctrine OF the greater The truth the greater the libel
came INTO The common law from the Star Chamber were
! rghtor rot. lie would MT now NEE, the nrsume,t nj
the Attorney General against ,hs position nor had he
Mr. r.. any objections be told by the Attorney ,;cuc
raj that all his, Mr. Ps arguments wer. mere noisc,
mere nonsense, mere ilsclood That was after ALL
matter of TASTE Nor had hc Mr. P any objections ,c
De styled fool by an advocate of the African soy.
frAde' by any ma" who could hold up the Declaration
of lndcrcndence to rdicuc, and call;t " Eumhu,r,
We are compelled to omit Mr.. Soulc's powerful repl
to the Attorney General 1t will BE- given in our nam.
phlet.
lf.
fccaptulang his arguments and defending his position,
| !he Court adjourned to Friday morning..
On Friday, the Judge gave his d,cisiou in IL r,rn
sustaining the position of the Attorney General throurh
out. This decision shall he spread upcn the n,y.s Al
our pamphlet. We hear i, is to be given in the Re,
| this morning.
mr. fy'o" aid not complain of the decision of The
judge. lie thanked tho Court for recognizing the now
| OF the q decide III !,
sorry to see that all the evidence was rejected Since
this Was so, the defendant threw himself uoon h r;h
ana he would now, in the presence of the Court, ,cs
troy this portion of the eviIencetearins I'M DIR Mack,
etters and let the question go to the Jury uuruumclle
by any extrancous circumstances. I'm Lousnu, tbore
was an appeal upon the decision of n Judge on the
stealing OF horse, but if the life of the owner of the
horse were al stake there was no appeal YET the do,
! iendant would rest his cause with the Jury
| MIR Aazur.au rose and said that he had DISCHARGED
his duty to the state, but the request Of DR. Macke
he would now propose that the fasils of the aeea,ons
be admitted in evidence. AS to the destruction of The
evidence contained in those letters it could not ma,,ru
ly affect the question. Their contents couId mn doubt
| be testified to.
At this moment, Mr. Robinson as seen husik collecr
ing from the oor the fragments of the letters torn nm
by Mr ?elton. He placed them in his hatand af Fl II, q
scavengerlke operation, sat down with great COM
pIaisance.
Inc Attorney Geseral in the midst Of the confusion
incident upon his proposition and Mr. Robnsou's act
declared that he would now ruve the case to the Dis
tr'c Attorney his health preventing him attending fur
thcr to the case.
Mr. Sout here said that the proposition of the prose-
cuon TO prove thu, the charges in the publication were
fulSe, a mere bousk
attorney GeneraL-(Going out That is a strong
word
Mr. SouiG-lt Is nevertheless true
AH Gen.-Wc!l the woman herself can prove whs
ther she was scd,ced or not.
Mr. sou!c-We have nothing to propose nothing to
accept
Mr. H"mt We have other evidence going to show
the guilt of the heant, for the faIsi,y of the charges
being proved, hi crininay is the greater -
M. So"|f. Wha-are we to indulge thu Attorney
General in his whms Arc we to be denied the rich
OF legally introducing. evidence and then to have it
thrust down throa,s US II boon,
Mr.. HINT We do ask it as n favor to adm, the
evidence but as ri ht, and recess for half an
hour.
At our leisure, We shall describe this whole move.
mrnt on the part of the prosecutions und the caserness
and zeal ith which Messrs Hunt and Robinson ntcr
ed upon the task o.! going into the evidence TO show
that the allegations are false.
When the Court assembled again, Jane, the chamber
maid, alleged in the publication to be the girl seduced
came into the room and was placed on the stand She
WINS rHcciHfc!
Mr. Pfyton rose and asked that ii paper, containing
plain statement of the facts that had taken place in
the Court, since the beginning Of the trial. be laid upo,
the record OF the Court, X " citing TO tho production of
hp H..
could not consent that evidence should be brought
in
Mr. Hunt replied stated TINT the paper offered dill
not contain the Whole TRUTH and that it was not the
custom to adhere to this CID rule. Evidence was now
offered by the injured party, and the defendant, now re,
fused. after all his bonsng.
Mr. Sout said that the counsel for defendant WAS M,
fully understood. A A,dy -(ponting to the witness
let me pause said Mr. ). What has she been bro't
up here for in this condition MIR. : wen, into Il Stale
nent of the cas" and showed what position the counsel
for defendant really occupied.
Mr. Pryton explained briefly the stat, of the fncs
laid down in his protest. Urea, arp'r ,sc) In plain
words, said Mr.. +. the Attorney General takes the
sword ont of Our hands by law, breaks the hilt und
gives to us tbs h'adr
Mr.. P"yton sind that lady had been introduced,
tor WHIT! To prove !er intnmy If scandal is thrust
upon u.s. do NOT blame is it ii shall all the light In
tins discussion all personality had been stuiiouslv
"'oided. lct now m ate hpt is made to lower the |
cause /" persona" q"abhe, but il Ills attempt s,s
'a'"d by the Cont, it would be pregnant with difficult
lies and dangers TO The party thus forcing tbs measure
uNon us. We would maintain our position hcre-o 20
si"i consonant i'll, The dignity bfsicc and The mar
nn"'inty of It's DECISIONS. But fear nothing from
tAis 'nVeS''SatI", nothing That foin uER lius
we would Know, however, what rights we're here
Have the prosecution my rights that We have NOT
Have we not the privilege OF refusing 10 accent M i,on
from the Pre- secuti"n what was legally denied us
The COurt Then ! understand TINT the doGe,d,r,
OBJECTS to This witnessuects 10 any further tie ,rimonv
being Admitted
Mr.. Hunt thought that this objection came will, il;
yrhce from the defence Why have they such n horror
If The truh lie then into detail of III. ,eosops
Why this testimony was here o.red-viz: to show tim,
he changes in the publication wee false and as fnsitv
Enhanced the puui hnent, that full Justice could be
measured out 10 the uetendint.
Mr.. PeyoG replied. In the first instanc. he had been
authorised by his client say that the charges in the
could be substantially proved to be true
he defence at The close Of the argument the part of
nc prosecution, announced himself ready to prove the
nth Of the allegations. His witnesses were all pre- /
ared And even now he is urging US to accept the
roposlt'on and TO 90 into the testimony, but have
uced this question on higher ground. Alter six DAYS
argument on the question of legally admitting tins +
ilencs, your honor has decided against u.s. Now