New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-23


sought her hand trusted her fortunes to hi n and 10
Ist9 abouttwelye long years ~as devoted
TO his service in, may say the most a1ecI manner.
must say for myself IL IS the very Stage OF this
case in which thought OF that tendency OF the ho-
sn heart 10 hery indignation which turns the mix
o human Kindness into gall, ard mstes man feel as
If be were raiilesnake prepared 10 ssuke
say, gentle these arc the trsies who ssnd
before yon You will observe the issue that Is put
To you. Edwin Forrest comes before you, AMI By
the yoee OF his oounse. demands Of you verdict
II triumph ant Puriheo from ever stain and bIemsa
the victor over all those no he ~h iron he a. has
trsmpled deep into the slough OF never diving inhs-
ny. IL certainly IS 81 some importance that you
see many IN one scale. aud there stands solitary
individual, chicless as sc are told AID without one
single endeArng conneciien, at least o; his owa
VIII n should present him to you as an OBJECT Of
COMMUNICATION. Doubtless he Is entitled 20 Jus-
tice but that justice trust, l. not 10 be won oya
mans tears and that,oo, BY the tears OF haokneyed
aotsr upon the public stage, accustomed 70
initiate and represent iae passions ne ~oiN
excite Ia others. but never feels himsef L
reserve VIII Il 10 Dc said ~ his position until pro-
ceeo TO the examination otthe testimony and Ia tos
Examination petcsiye no better mode, ani snai
pursue to some extent the precise tine OF argument
and arrangement adopted BY the learned Counsel
himself You have been told that are ia this CASE
three substantial quessons-hrst, Sh5sher forrea,
at the commencement; OF proceedings against his
we, was resident OF the state OF Nes-fork.
secondly whether he is guilty OF tie crime OF aiui-
terry and lhucly, whether Mrs Forrest has been an
Irfce 20 the marriage VOW The hrsttso we're pretty
poly disposed o, by the opposite Counsel mast
mai G some observations upon them, and perhaps al
a little more length, for they connect themselves
closely with the remaining question: and ths hfss,
gentlemen. is: Was Edwin Forrest on the l9.h Of
November. 1880, when th,s suit was conmsnced,a
res dent OF the State OF New-Iork That question
Is nked IN with the others, and was very properly
ma a district point by the counsel
II rue hat Edwin Forrest Is native Of the City
OF phaiti is also true that according to HE
own statement as early as ls3she bee amea resiieat
OF the City Of NewioEk, and nat he continued that
residence at all events up to May or June, lsis.
when, as be ROW states he became resident 81
the State OF Pennsylv snia. Gentlemen, my position
before YOU viii be this that Mr.. Forrest has been
advised lha mans domcii Of origin rs is called,
that L. domicil acquired by BIRTH IN so largo do
gree, conuI ues TO be with him a portion Of HE
m0ral beng that q are emotion os mlrd Is SUFFICIENT
to rable hun to resume u, ami he has only - say,
NOW my afecticrs AMI desires M logger oonneos
themselves with thismy adopted home and that very
en- oIon ofmind makes HIM a citizen and rest
dent Of his native place Ga the strength OF that
and another legal fiction, some what similar Mr.
Forrest is able 10 himself resident Of Penn.
syiyania, at any time he pleases. Well, from the
LIST June last, he is ready 10 swear that he lived in
Philadelphia. know not how We can reconcile HE
course with what the learned counsel tells you that
Nj Forrest does on all OCCASIONS most RSLIGIousLY
observes a regard for the truth. The counsel was
secessui In exciting laugh that time In rather IN
Undesirable point Bat gentlemen, up 10 that time
he was contessedly resident OF New-fork. Letus
sec now what he dld to cease 20 bee ONE resident
His sister testifes that he 10 her house one
occasion, ard exclaimed, This Is now my only
home have no other" mere word OF that kind.
suppOsing 1t to have been uttered, can have no
sush potent effect AS is claimed for IN this
case. That happened IN the month OF June. l549
Now. gentlemen, at that very time Mr.. Forrest was
engaged In the erection OF his Ordly mansion OF Font
HILL on the banks Of tho noble Hudson. Fiom that
time 90 the present he has nal no effort IN part with
that mansion, and Il rs shown, by various persons
who have been examined before you, that nc Is .
COZ slant visitor to that place From 1850 down to
the present time, Mr. Nichols informs you that me
was very constant passer 20 and from the City oil
New-lork and, gentlemen, that princely mansion
that must bear lying idle AZ 40 large loss OF inter-
est IL retained in his hands, shows that Mr. f. had
no design of losing his residence IN New YORK
Again, gentlemen, Mr. Lawson tells you, by way Of
accounting for this, that Mr.. + has not carried for-
ward airy Improvements there beyond completing
che decorations. which completion was necessary,
the job having been commenced. NOW, tne nead
decorator informs you that he was not introduced !"
Mr. + until the latter part 81 June Inc very CON-
tract ard commencement OF these decorations were
made after the period at which Nj + states that no
had taken up his residence IN PhdJelphia Dto
that amply sLythlrg but residence continued IN
Neg-York Ard II he the stricken man ne
claims 10 be- he surely, IN the exercise OF common
prudence would have prepared To sell Font I'M
Next gentlemen, let us turn our attention 10 MI.
L, - acts IN other respects. We have read you the
DEPOSITION OF Mr. French with reference TO his vonns
at lOnkers Is this voting Ia tins state tskiDg up
n residenoe In Pennsylvania and Abandoning MS
resicer &c in NcwYors' submit 10 60 you as men
OF lensc that that testimony alone IS sufficient TO put
dOan TINS uniounted preiense NOW, Genismes,
what il the excuse in relation 10 that voting Why
II Is that Mr r. is so simple and 50 ignorant that he
abored under Illusion that he hal night 20 vote
where he Owned property. Now, gentlemen this
is assuInng q little TOO much for Mr. f. II the
earned counsel had been 50 KIND as 10 show that his
clct after voting al Yonkefs had come into the City
Of heW-iOIk and voted where hts New.fork prop
efY Is there would he some reason 80 indulge Ia the
belief that he laSOred under this telusi0n but 10
suppose that from tho year l8i7 down 10 the yea
1879 ar Edwin Forrest, an American oliizea, proud
OF ms Aeon sDIsm u0des this dsl1sl0n and IN
s,ucted his couns. to raise before you the bannsr
Of no, political but legal native Americ an sm--thM
M +, proud Of his country, nag, Justly proud Of
is, during s that peri d labored under the suppo-
siion that wherever he owned foot of real esl AZ
he had right 20 vote, and that during that time his
zeal never stimulated him TO give Two votes, IL,
cay, asking too much.
Now here are the acts Of Mr. F. Nay, there are
more acts, bat It is difficult 10 name them ALI We
have hundred documents over his own signature,
in vhch he calls himself Edwin Forrest, Of the Cisy
OF Nev-York That, he says, was the mistake OF the
scriyeIeT We ind him also swearing on the SOIL OF
Pernsy vsnis on the 10Th Of February, 1850 thAthe
born IN Philadelphia, that be established hlmssu
In TIE City OF New-fOTk IN the year OF 1917, ana
that he had resumed his residence In the City OF Phii
adelphs. We have here then, his carrying forwMa
the work at Fon, HILL and his continued residences
At Font Hill, his increasing his domain at Font Hun
We have his voting performing the most solemn acs
ndicatiye OF residence that he could possiDy per-
form, and we have his solemn oaln Ihat untii inc ~
OF December, 1919, be was resident OF Ihe Cay on
Nev.YOIk. Now what have we against al Inb
Why. We have the simple, . aked fact, that at all
TN es from the period IN which he commenced lilo
as an actor he had room called his room IN
house IN Tenth-st ia Philadelphia, which he used
whenever ne pleased. lie says he has slept thofe o.
tes.t half OF the time since June 1872 Now gentle
men, he has slept there half the time, ne iseinef
ye,y RAPID he possesses the power Doing
m Two places At once ne FIXES the time OF his COM
mencement OF his residence in Philadelphia st June
40 II commenced then or never and say genuemen'
tina, the character o. his subsequent presence IN
PbiIsroI,hi, yas shown 20 be- exactly the same -
he Character OF bis being there previously We
have his solemn oath that every night No sePt.
Tenth-.t PblladeIohIa Now he slept there Only as
a meIe vayfsrer as IL were, being all she while
reetdent OF the CXy OF New York
NJ O'Conor showed that Mr.. II. had maze swo
ouoe site af9ayts concerning the time OF the oon-
mercerpent OF residence la Philadelphia, and pro
ceeced Nov gentlemen, when two oashs sworn 70
b. the same party, daily conu 4cic.ins each osns,,