New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-27

luiH Vui WIN Il> team. ID the NaCk, bHi
d1R say nor fG- ~ lroId fsCT 4 up" VIVA, An un-
fortunate forret.glness' Pitch must have assigned
ns-d' hls gaTGen wall. az tBe end oil his orchard,
or Ceer pars. or IL the high embankment or At DeX-
tt! OF al Am Artor, or al the gates Of Detroit.
tae baHAs ~ The TITeT but cOnscle0:IOus Charles
IOEers fOrgefS them
IN regard to these two last witnesses Il Is only ne
cessdTl O. recall the remark before ua-eiaa cSi-
nory consisting o. detached sentences. severed from
.ois ana pooaaly frequent, conversations. without
~ aI alton LOV those conversations arose. 20 wtai
ihtt iela.e1. vhai were the points involved. and
"Lat tAe conc lusionS aTved al Is utterly ytlueesS.
J. is simply Incredible that Flich should have be-
s''"'u los tt-> amount ot connccnce and - more,
tIc 10 less. upon lacoillC man during twO cas- II.
the L1rV est-aeid Tie testimony diSpToyes Itself )
Is aosuTaliy. The machinery 20 be applied - draw
iIm5tr upon the road. after the OF the hand
cT is quite too clumsy the use Of OHaer and pei
cuss4oh caps quite toJ aTtSiica while The idea OF
TIE portable eIgIC> for throwing the cars from the
track saVorS cutie too Much OF trIgaltv The cOun-
sci iof The people aiege that Charles Rogers l. a
man oi unqueslOnabe yeTacity. Their standard Of
yeracliy accommodates even We>cott Adopting that
siancaro, think Rogers excels Wesc0u IN eri,ilty
Of IlY CntOn.
large portion of the evidence consists Of threats
alleged to have been made by he defendants against
spies, OF which shall produce few samples ogly,
uy way Of Illustration, VIZ. Fltch'S alleged warning
against spies ms supposed ATTEMPT 10 SOOthe and
paCfY NOlver. when he was leaving FIlley Cor
WINS expressions OF sOIcItuce on tn2t occasion
IMe! alleged visit 10 nm af er he had gone Cham
pins conversation with Sherman warning him OF the
CAREERS oI hhueltY. the alleged threats OF W llam>,
CorWln Pnce. and others against MeScOtt VII
hams assault upon Holmes ftrt's alleged remark.
a. proved by C4swell. that # Sherman hal be-
tTayeo him. - he had the boys, he would like 10 feel
hs knife about his RIBS the threats against Wescott
the occasion Of G!easOnS visit TO the Centre and
threats Dy Williams ana others that they would Kill
q SPY a. soon as they would dog, beast, or a
mtsas>auger.
In regard TO this class of evidence YOU Will re-
member gentlemen. IN the first place. that il l. by
tXaggeraiIng the danger iley incur IN the OF
the Railroad, that these "mlscreants expect 10
gain greater confidence and higher rewards la the
ueXt place. ali these threats and demonstrations
were such a would naturally occur when such spies
we're employed ana there Is no necessity 10 look
for any motive, other than Indignation. and the de-
Siro OF safety on the part OF the parties watched
whether they were InnOceht 0T guilty Remember
these spies. how they a5Ounded ike the .ocUSt>-
how they waylald suspected men by day aut BY
night III the omen streets or concealed hV hedges hOW
they sat disguised at their tables, lurket. under
windows, under the bed, under the foOr-how no
one living a. Michigan Centre could enter or depart
from his OWN door without danger of Stumbling over
them. You viii easily imagine the Apprehension.
ard fear and indignation winch such an Unlawful
and SCli-COnSiltute0 police v Ould awaken. Answer
tben, whether Il l. not wonderful that although tins
state Ofthngs continued IN 50 rude a society six
months, Vet 10 life sacrificed, no limb broken,
and with the exception OF the injury committed by
Williams upon Homes IN a drunken reyel, 40 yIo-
leucc was committed. IL Is lmmateral, for our pre-
sent purpose whether testimony of this description
be true or false If tuie II Is accounted for on a
principle different from that of a conspiracy and
if false, may be dismissed al once from consdera-
ton.
Iremark. however, IN regard TO all these alleged
declarations and admissions that the testimony bears
the unequN Ocai impress Of fraud and fabrication. \
conspiracy was 10 be proved. That was essential IN
the case. What else indicated by Wescott's re-
mark to Taylor tha, a WEB would be wound around
Fitch. which would drag nm TO states Prison WHAT
clSewaS meant BY Phelps remark 10 his wife AT Lay
cock house that If Wescoli would do aS he agreed.
he would come a good drive over Fitch 2" What
could il mean but that VeScoi and his associates
should frame and tabrcate the evidence of a con
SpraCy to connect the treSpaSSes al Leonl with the
alleged Arson of the Depot al Detroit The task OF
forging this conspiracy was assigned To WeScOtt,
whle At deyoiyed on Van Arman to polish II. The
alleged admissions are al IN the language and idiom
of the witnesses who proved them. WeScott IS face
tious, and so Fitch who was d grave man, IS made
to rldicule the clereymCn Of his town. WeScott
Is grandilOquent, and 50, not only Fitch and
flliey, but even tOrwln and Williams, utter
rant and bombast. Phelps IS classical as Luclter,
and 50 both Fitch, (who was not literary mani and
FlllCV (whO was a llShernanl speak IN herOlcS We
have vowed saws Fitch that no cars shall pass
without dong homage 10 Michigan Centre and
Flley says, "n you viii burn the depot AT Niles,
Fitch VIII give you his wife or his oxen" When
Henry Brown, the negro, reports an admission. II is
in the ldIOm of HIS own degraded caste and race
lie said " he didn't and couldn't have no sympathy
with the railroad" When Caswell and Wollver tes-
abrupt and profane Oaths but when Mark English
and Charles Rogers are reporters. the language is
ChaSte and subOued Gentlemen, from the days OF
the GreCian Oraces down 10 those OF the Rochester
RappiDCs, there have been those who have reported
communications with departed spirits | have al
ways observed that the ghosts addressed were learn
I'd IN the languages Of the conJurOrs. so that Il
those Who were gathered together on the day OF
PertCcoSt should be- summoned, all OF that shddo~y
host, whether Jews or Greeks, or Romans, or men
Of Crete or Cyrene would respond IN the vernacular
tongue Of hin who addressed them. These alleged
decorations and admissions by the defendants be-
tlav the same accommodation 70 the witnesses who
report them.
ore remark more These pretended admissions
OF plans and plots and conspracles are maniic>tly
false because such plan. plot, or conspiracy
has ever been developed. We are asked 10 believe
there was plot 10 bum four depotS. No depot vas
ever burned aconSpracy 10 destroy hundred and
and fifty hVes no lie was ever destroy ed The luea
tion OF the conspiracy then Stands thus lst. lh
evidence consists of overt acts committed ~ persons
Unknown and without explanation h- OF over acts
with explanations. Of the attendant circumstances,
altogether oNclude the idea Of conspiracy. 3D.
OF falegeo meetings, IN whlchnOthing was agreed and
nothing consplred and wAich meetings we're never
held. 4th. OF individual expressions OF resentment
passion or revenge, reOutlug even presumption OF
mutual understanding or concert. The pretence OF
acCnsDTacy fails, because whai was done was dohe
by those who did not conSpire and who had no
knowledge OF conspiracy Nhat IS aAegcd
10 have been COnrlycd IN conspiracy never was exc
cutet neither by TIE cOnsprdOrs nor 10y others, ana
never came TO the knowledge OF the actors IN what
was done Only our defendants are proved to have
committed criminal acts, and there l. EO evidence
that they con>pred 20 do these acts, much less
that they ever couspiTed for any uEeror object or
purpoSe THIS allegation OF a conspiracy then is
iortirn from the case The proofs IN support OF 1t
were admitted ON grounds which have failed. IL IL
q false issue The issue ls not whether telonlouS
crimes have teen committed IN Jackson Co, al
tended bV aitrOclOus threats. Crimes have been
committed bus these crimes, Whether with or win
l. Fals ftaf rHsffrr TU X
son O.. and not to yours. An attempt 10 Try the
.GefrncaftS for them Is an act OF usurpdton. II Is
an usurrailoa which can only lead 10 retaAaiory
aecre>s,cus of the same Character Oy the
rfo,,le OF jackson County The conspiracy
sraiu Is false issue, bccaIse even II Il existed u
would net prove thai the defendants were gulty OF
the crime Of burning the depot az Detroit. II the
crne was committed, the defendant mast be equai-
I, convicted " netheT there was conspiracy or not
there he the secret OF al the difficulties that have
attended ts trls and of all the delays thai have oc-
cuIec. You have been tTylng forty different men
for scarcely less than fory different crmes The i,
sttes were uuififarlOIS. the proof confused. ana