The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-04-26

HIM StOoo ioz four years, without interest," to travel
IN Europe iof NE purpose Of observation and study
In this coFfesposdenee, oshes similar facis show
that DS' Tafkman wss Dr. Webster's liberal patron
Il Is said the PafkmGB iaraiIv rssd IIrsns 4, a.
tain the conviction Of Dr. Webutsr an3 hava
seen it minated that their liberal purse ,sss 1hrown
into the scale in the trial Npthipg ccald hs more
untrue, and Il is matter Of certainty N posfon taf
they earnestly desired the ercnlpati0a II he nc-
clsed.
II is imagined that there was prsjndics Il Bos-
ton ngaast DIR. Webster, which had infnsaco
10 cause his conviction. Allow me 10 tell yog that
the whole people Of Boston most earnestly desired
hs fair acquitial and win telf YOU what every
Bostonian will confirm, that il q million Of dollars
could restore Dr. Webster 10 a fair fame, and no
Cam Boston from the dsgracs they feel from this
terrible tragedy, IL would be subscribed in nn hnur
y - thought his counsel hardly did Justice % DT.
Mebsters case. and this s doubtlcas sugsested BY
Dr Websters complaints againef Them in fiis speech
Let me remark that never were lawyers more en-
oaIrassed By their client than in this case. Hs
statements were confused. coniradicforv and on
examination found 70 be untrue. will rive vor an
instance, which, az the same tinss, Will sls1H d.,
Websters character IN its true light He complaiu.
you Iecoilect, in his speech, that his counsel -
fused 10 particular fact relating to Hum60iisS
Cosmos. He had bought dis and left i II einp
hotsse, where il was afterwards found. The puF-
pose of this 10 show that he Ut that place
on that fatal Friday, the 23d Of November, snd a.
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his laboratory. Now, DIR. Webster gnye this az .
fact TO his COUNSEL to be used they Investigated H.
and found thai the circumstances occurred on tho
| Friday previous. They f6ld this 10 Dr. Webster.
| yet he openly charged them before the coart-in
condition which il would seem might extost tfuih
from the lips Of demon-Tiih negieetinG HE eaz8
because they would not use this shallow falsehood
| in his defence -
Icould add many particulars ofthis kind, which
i are calculated TO correct these fase Impressions
/ which have goa abroad, and which have caused q
very wide feeling that the verdict in the case Of DE-
Webster was NOT just Butt Is needless for pre-
sumo some full and anheDtic report Of the tal ac-
c0mpanied by illustrative facts and Incidents viii
soon be published, and which will bring the people
Of The whole country 10 the conviction that the veT-
dict inevitable, from the evidence and that tho
execution Of the law upon the unhappy criminal
must take place.
| Twill only add, that memorial in behalf Of Dr.
Webster's pardon has been started in Cambridge
not ten names could be got 10 H. 20 univers i was
| the conviction OF his guilt, and il was abandoned
| In Boston, where the trial took place. and wheFs
the best means of Judging as to ils fairness en-
joyed, there has been, believe, no memorial far
the pardon Of the criminal, and none could obtain
any respectable signatures, under the idea that his
conviction was unjust, according 10 the evidence
and the law. $500 a BosroNIAN.