Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-08-22

and no one else pretends 10 deny that he
was Tory of the Revolution.
@ remarked that no one should be
held responsible for the acts or opinions
of MS ancestors; besides. there are some
who do not regard the badge Of toryism
as any disgrace. Mr.: Ingersoll. of
Pennsylvania, leading loco foco friend
OF the accused. says that had he been
man in the times of the revolution, he
would have been Tory also. Do you
know of any acts Of The accused that sa-
vor OF thu principles of his grandfather.
A | do, and with the permission of the
court, will read few of them from the
published volumes of the Congressional
Debates:
March %, 1923, on the passage of the
bill for the relief of surviving officers in
the revolutionary war, Mr.. Polk voted in
the negative. Cong. Deb. vol. 4, part
2. page 1870.
Subsequently, on bill to pay certain
militia, &c. he voted in the affirmative.
! March 90" Mr.. Polk spoke sometime
agalnsts the BILL" and voted against it,
Same, page 635.
February II. 1881, he voted against
the bill for the relief of revolutionary SOL
diers. Same. part 5. page 1890.
May 2, 1882, he voted against the rev.
dictionary pension bill. Same, vol. 8,
part 2, page 27l3.
Quite sufficien,-you can stand aside.
General Crabb, take the stand. If the
court please shall require this witness
TO be sworn. | think his statements un-
der oath would be more satisfactory TO
both parties.
BY the Court:
We think this distinction between wit
nesses rather invidious and should be dis
pensed with let the gentleman make his
statement, and 1t may so to the jury for
what it is worth.
Q Gen. Crabb, in what relationship,
social, political, or otherwise, do you now
stand to the accused?
A | am his political friend and ardent
supporter for the Presidency.
@ Were you not once a member oil
the Wing party
A was, or rather professed TO be,
and voted with the party, SO long as they
retained the ascendancy IN my district,
and gave me office but Inever believed
in the principles or measures ofthe party.
Q You candidly admit, then, that you
have been playing the bypocrite for the
sake of office.
A | am lawyer, Sir, and know that |
am not bound to answer any question that
will criminate myself.
@ Did you not, as a wing member OF
Congress, vote to take the appointment o!
a Committee from Col. Polk as speaker
on account of his notorious party severi-
ty, and did you not vote against allowing
him the customary compliment of a vote
of thanks at the close of the session?
A | cannot testify to anything respect.
ing Col. Polk without Grimm ating myself
land besides. | have so recently put Oh
his livery that it does not yet sci easy up.
on me, and would prefer to say nothing
against my new master, lest lose the an
ticipated the rev ard of my-my-please
excuse me.
You can stand aside.
John c. Calhoun will please take the
J stand.
@ Will you haveih goodness to state
sir, whether or not Col. Polk, now OF
trial, was leading member of the Loco
: foco party, when you denounced all a
} 'rogues and royaIists, and held together
l as party, only by the cohesive powe
of public pluuder!'
, A He was, but / have taken that al
: back, so far as it relates to him, since h'
has mounted my free trade hobby-help
, ed me to break down Van Buren, and hi
'old hunkers,' and rendered me and my
, schivalry' other essential service, in aiding
) US TO bring about dissolution ofthe I'm
. ion, and the establishment of my favoritt
, Southern Confederacy.' 1t is true, a
, can be proved by the Madisonian, that h
stole from Capt Tyler the Texas pony
that gave him to amuse himself with
while attended to more important mat
ters and John Jones says he stole some o
Capt. Tyier's thunder also; but, as b,
! rides the pony so gracefully, and quite a
, much to my satisla ction as the Captain
!, could have done, shall not quarrel witt
him abont that, but leave him to settle tn
; matter with Mr.: John Jones and Captain
! Tyler per Sc.
@ 1t appears that your attachment Il
the Loco party is only nominal or con
i ventional. and that you still adhere to you
! former opinion.
4 A Certainly. have no use for then
any further than they adopt my views an
advocate my measures. | still believe a
: that / ever said of them as party, an
i only retract SO far as it relates TO thos
= who come out and swear allegiance {
1t me and my 'chivalry.' have given III
y old hunkers' poke in the ribs that the
:, will not soon forget, and if ] can manag