The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-06-02

by ! Jury 81 by peers. and il ~ eases The
would s. yindication enough, end even i
~ case, perverted q i has been. ny ae-
ouitaI should 1t least argue apresumpsion
81 IN Innocence strong enough g induce
he most hostile d pause til they can *
anime tie testimony produced a ny trial.
This Is all desire, and surely Il Is not much
for 4 man to ask Who hes uncomplaiaingly
submitted t. As d ucli IS / have done.
a full and impartial report Of the test
mony ID the case has been prepared By Mr.
a. D. Richardson, one d the most accom-
plished shorthand writer's il The West, end
uiIl soon Be issued from he press Of Messrs,
ID. Appleton 3 Co, ofNeu York. Although
/ I felt the highest confidence n Mr. Rich
ardson's ability and impartislity, yet when
| / remembered the former course Of my
enemies, the precaution was taken 70 have
the report authenticated By several gentle.
men whose positions place them above even
The soaring accusations Of the Courier.
All that ask from you, gentlemen q the
press. IS silence until this report can b
placed before the public, and # you DO no
discover some better reason for my acqu't
tai than the corruption Of the jury, an
willing to submit to your universal condem
nation. have made no previous attemp
to resist the designs Of my enemies-not 9
thew would falsely insinuate- because
had no defence to make, Out because ! re
lied with confidence on the just administra
ton Of the laws Of my country brea
'Ithat silence now, which better judgement
friends formerly imposed upon me. only b
cause my prosecutors seem to have lost 2
!, respect for law, and have constituted then
: selves ahigher tribunal, to rtvelse the q
2 cision Of a jury regularly empanneled y
b the nrooer authorities of the State.
: Once more appeal to the generosity.
the press in this country. and conlure evel
9 editor, in the name Of justice and humanl'
q to read the report Of my trial-Weigh "
the testimony on both sides, and then 9
9 clare to the world whetherI have not Il
right to say that injustice, has been DO
D me- And if many are convinced by Il
s testimony that my prosecutors have not De
" sustained in the case which they made Q
IN AGAINST me, have too much confidence
the magnahimity of american editors
al doubt they will confess that they ha
g been misled, and will expose thatthe UNI
e ,;fble means used to deceive them and to
Is lure me. Be Just. be generous, gentlen
Of the press, Read this report and consl
u closely its contents.
ae che Louisville Courier has, ! bell'
y proposed to publish my trial in pamPl
IS form. but the gentleman who was empl
40 ed by this paper is not a stenographer'
Re The report could not be full and satisfact'
he IN alllhe details of cross examination g
if his notes we're fairly published.
ire Cole would not, know, make an IN
ng renort for any consideration; but from |
81 experience should apprehend that s.
lliberaties might be taken with his n
0a' before they see light I make this sugs
'as ton for his sake as well as my own.
.na fact worth noting, too, that whilst
leu 81 Cole was preparing the report to the o'
y Ter he wrote letters to his paper the TN
matt Gazette, in which he expressed az
aso pinion that would be acquitted, which
= :, based on the evidence in the case.
'he NAV hereafter have an opportunity OF 2
'ls, pairing Mr.. Coles opinion Of the testi
anu =. ny with the version the Courier may gi'
ing Mari. +. Wan
fhel