Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-05-19


case, but from full and perfectly accurate report,
taken by responsible reporter who attended the trial
from The commencement 10 the close and whose re-
por: will be rouchcd for by persons who were present
during the whole trial. Mr.. Ward asks that c shull
he heard Judged that report and his claim mp
pears TO us to DC Il fair and just one
[For the New Orleans Delta
TO THE EDITORS OF THE UNITED STATES
Gentlcmen-If felt less confidence in the justice
and magnanlmitr of the American people, would
not now intrudc myself upon Your notice. Ny posi-
no" Is one which mny well be considered peculiar in
the nitcd States, where the laws huNe hitherto been
respected and where the verdict OF jury has been
regarded as final in all criminal cases. Acquitted,
though still accused: free, though still persccutcd
must appeal, through the columns of the Delta. 10
your generosity, and beg suspension of opinion
until the evidence i'll my can be laid before you
can blame man for feeling strong prejudice
against me, or for expressing the loudest condenna-
ton of that unfortunate deed, which has been dark
Is and ingcniously exaggerated by my enemies. The
PHH e Ids sei e. eSs s sen but ONE side Of this case and
cd nv those cnyer for my blood and ruin: I have
been acquitted by jury ot my peers, ana III m"st
eases This would be vindcntion enough, and even III
INV ca.sperverted it had been, my acqtital should
at lcis: argue presumption of my innocence, strong
enough, induce the most hostile {" pause III they
can examine the testimony produced at my tral.-
This is all l desire, and surely it il not much Tor
man usk who has unconplainlnEly submitted 10 ts
much as have done.
A full aud impartial report OF the testimony IN the
case has been prepared by Mr.. A. p. Richardson,
one of the most accomplished shorthand writer's IN
the West, and will soon be issued from the press Oh
Messrs u. Appleton S; Co., New York. Although l
felt the highest confidence in Mr.. Richardson ability
and mpurtialitv, yet when remembered the former
course rf my enemies, the Prccanton was taken 10
have the report authenticated by seHer" gentlemen
whose positions place them above even tlle S"arhl5
accusations of the Courier.
All that ask from YOU, Gentlemen Of the Press, ID
silence until this report be placed before the pub
lc and if YOU do not then discover some better rea-
son for my acquta than the corruption of the jury
am willing 10 submit to your universal condcInnh
tion. have made previous attempt to resist the
designs of my enenles-not, as they would falsely III
sinuatc-bccause l had no defence To make, but be-
cause relied with confidence the just ntninlstra
ton Of the laws Of my country. break that silence
now, which the hntter judgment of friends formerly
imposed upon me- only because my prosecutors seem
to have lost all respect for law, and have constituted
Themselves higher tribunal, to the decision
of jury regularly cmpannclcd by the proper author
tcs of the State.
Once more appeal to tho generosity Of the press
in this country, and cun every editor Ill the name
of Justice and humanity, to rnnd the report OF my
trial--weigh well the testimony IN both sidcs-and
then declare to the world, whether | have not the
right to say that justce--black injustice has been
done me, And If many are convinced by the testi-
mony that myipeIsecut0rs have not been sustained IN
the case which Mey made out against me- llnvc toe
much confidence i'll the magnalrnity Of American
editors TO doubt that they will confess that they have
been mislnd and will expose the unjustiable means
used to deceive them, and to iniure me. BE just be-
generous gentlemen of the Press Read this report
and consider closely its contents.
The Louisville Courier has, | believe, proposed t."
publish my trial in pamphlet form, but the gentleman
who was employed by this paper is not stcnograPhrr
and the report could not be full and satisfactory i'll all
the details of cross-exannation, even if his notes
were fairly published Mr.. Cole would not, know,
make an unfair report for any consideration
but, from past experience, should apprehend thnf
some liberties might be taken with his notes before
they see the light. l make this suggestion for hls
sake rs we'll as my own 1t is fact worth notlns
too, that whilst Mr. Cole was preparing tins report Tor
the Louisville Courier he wrote letters to his paper
the Cincinnati Gazette in which he expressed an
opinion that would be acquitted which wns based
on the evidence u the We may hereafter have
an opportunity Of comparing Mr.. Coles opinion "i
the testimony with the version the Courier may give
to il. MAIl. r. "ARp'