The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-07-13

closure WHs not reasonable nud good.
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1850 Iust.I ilr ned 4" We
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iir rheu wo,,ea.. .ll.... sH which
| hntr siure rHhudird iu the rtniruurut now
90 Uc PrrHrut'd Hud.put 20 him a rr''al hiitit-
her oi questions, ull uf Wlit'ii hr husW rtrt
promllyand will every uppcnmncc u seem
rd Ia uw ui nu honest pufp"rr in tell the
lruih. s0Hi0 uf the minor facts and cXph-
pHitauz we're given lay him on n snbscqurnt
duy, but tie outline Of tie whole narrative,
aud the more important details were gScn
HI the interview 81 May 23d,
II n important lo Observe lhut ~ thar dntc
The viii oi trror wus pending, md also that
Dr. Wrl-trr's petition for a nll pnrdon, with
strong declarations OF cutiro innocence, wUs
IN tie hnuds orthe Governor. II The WriI
should G,l bee considered oyory Thing ns bIuk
ed upon that petiliou,tha declarations it cuu-
tanned Hud the document nud nDdnyHs he
hcllrNod would ho Obtained for its support
lis immtfinie family hrmly aud sincerely
hDiloIlnR l4ln ehIlieiN innocent, WHru cuFuy
,-'l 80 --ht't ft,,'i r't, t.,t-.-+ s.-l+.4l ia
-UUrtJfTU. sn cUUti1iuUr ThHt ~ ttIuf rrrTJr mr.
bad not the rcmotcst idrr OF approaching
ihe executive ia any other way lhnu arcotd-
log tn thr tenor Of lhnt petition, nor began
to contemplate ihc question, whether coin
nuIuilou would bee u practicable or even a
desirable alternative. llia whole lhnupht.su
far as hc entertained nny hope wn- oi PAR
I don ou tie ground OF innocrucC 0urr 10
I the c"urse OF Ia, unrrati,c,he suddeuly pnus.
ed nnl said, will nu nppcqrnncc Of anxiety,
l"WlIat II tha wrIl should he granted, add a
new trial follow, might not yon bo summon.
ed az witness aud. compelled to reveal all
b thui have said to you z" ! told hin. no;tllnt
the government would not put me into hir
cell as his confidential ftlcnd. aud then try to
use nr NJ n suN; that IL woull bee an outchgc
not go hc tluHis,, 10, and dat Wuuldg uat
consent Ia hc so used, Whatever might be
the Consequences 60 myself | hnd previous.
'ly told him thar should never tNclI hi-
statement tp ANY one whilr hn lived, without
hl, cut.scui, and thpt ii l'survt,rd him. lac
must lrpNc Hli lu'my di-ctc.iuh ! feel rurc
That ii had not occurred ,u h.- niud. that his
t'ut"mrIas 10 u,r could ever lao used hy me
+. :. -. H. HItvTuf1rr tnitir h1d ~
moments Soliriudr lcJ mlg't hr coWptN-
eel tp reveal lhctif to his haru. lie sreiurd
to nae to make his disclosures silnpLy because
hu Wus unwilling To- deny ny earnest request,
wished to manifest his ruliidrurNm IN ~, mud
nt the srnc Time WIS rlld io have the oppor-
tuulty of relieving hls mind of 10 dreadful
secret.
w,ll pdd iarr, thut 1 did not ulgi,r. ny
demand OF Dr. Mcl'siur.ul nae sulgc.fiuu of
any legal or other trirud nr Ills, uur dld any
person know of my iurcutinu to uahc h. And
neither DR.. VS. statement nor ii. mct TINT
hc bad made my Was los mr
to amy person uu,il more lLuu two vccks ni.
ter it had been received hy ne. since ilat
time no Steps have been ihtcu bS me vJhuut
thc concurrence of,Dr Nrhslcr AID of his
rcroculrd legal adviser.
I,,u ur turcr days after rrrritrd Dry
Wrh~icfs suuemcuLl nJVl-rd ibc Withdraw
al ltcmporar, at least, mud hoped fu1l) of
his first petition to the Executive, and u was
Withdrawn
l-rr rrtur- in tho cJIniSEsou of Mr. Wch-
-teF, 'vtet,
nrction with uotc ltom DR.. lu'uan.l
Having finished reading his nurO-, OF the
stnlcu nut made by nr Webster uu Tie 23d
lAluy. DR.. Putnam referred generally to'thc
supplementary statements made 'hy Dr.Wch-
sirr, w; hi- trr-uus for iuqulriur of litilr-
field about the defect iu tbc ,uull attached to
the d,,-pCItug department, ,trum ~ hich uuN-
ions rttlu0ia rscuprd; his application To LIT
Il Gc'd lu ptnrlro souc hluud for him, tor
rNprrnonnUf iiurto,rs; hls i'ucr lo h!~ ium.
ty, requesting tNat rrriuiu purkurr should
' 'lNflit WHICH, llt ~Ulilt tNlIiHiiftf 80
tric ncui, aud il7 preservation bc supposed to
tr ucct-sny In tti,proye u sUlcucu; made ia
n newspaper, that II WIS uNnlir ncid,'al~" u
more par account OF The kcS- FUuut i4
his ruon; and finally, an explanation nh,a,t
the tau aud grape vines, with which las pro-
posed to mike some experiments.
MR. PUTNAM'S CONCLUDING AD-
DRESS.
Having placed all the documents in the
hands of the committee, Mr. Putnam now
proceeded TO address the committee ns fol-
lows;
Two questions arise with rcgnrl to DR.
Webster smlcueni. FirstIs II tu 6clic,cd;
second, # believed. should 1t lead lo u niI-
galion of the sentence pronounced 10y the
court,
l. After all that has passed nothing can
hn .eIuiHnd tl ~, NrhaIcr on The Vruuud ut
his personal vcracity HIS mere word Gnu
not now ho taken for anything ho mny sny IN
connection with this casc. And vets there
nre strong, and think sufficient reasons for
believing his statement to hc true. | WITH in
dictate to the committee some of those which
have weight III my own mind, 'N1tl, hnpe,
that they tnHy bo able to dud this same force
i'm them. --------
have already called thrhuention of tho
committed to th9'circulnstnuces under Which
the statements werO made by Prof Wcbsteri