The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-18
CASE OF MATT. r. WARD.

we copy from the New Orleans Delta, the card
addressed By Matt ?. Ward, 70 the public prsss.
making the request, that he should net Be- con.
aemned BY the public, amer being .cuuitted bv !
w os.ofe tney get an accurate and reliable re-
P0r q 'ne whole evidence given 4 the trial-svi.
.esoe ~n,cn ne says has been very imperfsctly
ana loosely given in the public papers
10 the Editors Of me Eni,ed s,.,.. Il ~
GEsrLEMES :-lf l felt less confdencs =, i. ,.,.
zee ana magnanimity of the American neocie 7
- .ouid not now intrude myself upon vour notice y
posifion u one which may wen be rnnsidsr.A
"a tne United States where the laws have
inv ho oeen respected, and where the verdict Of
c.say nas been regarded az 6sal in all cr3u,lrsi
,honaa ..s,e Acquitted, though still accused : free
coIr "u. persecuted. Il must appeal through the
snsnen ~ .ne Delta, 20 your generosity. ana bar
case can he 1aa opinion until the evidence In mn
sau oIame no man for FEELING strono rra;,,a;..
nssion nf st.s " Ior expressing the oudest condem
m na.son 4I Una. uniortunate deed. which hss henr
emIes The pusc nssaeSSasy Ssssy s1asesratsd By my en-
% tnis case and that one has bee ,os one slde
ously misrepresented by those eacer e. lupu
anu rum have been acquitted bv = ;rJ ny Siooo 'o
peers ana n most cases this would be y1dica,;oyy y
been mu "u s"s, sven "a my case perverted asit has
q OF my innocence, strong enough to IN
uuce tne moee hostile to pause TIL tlley can ex.,
M ~ tns Iesnmony produced at my trial This u
az al aesife and surely 1t is not much for man to
much az h., hava audncompiainingiy submitted to as
., .ull and impartial report of the testimony In
.ne case mas been prepared by Mr.. A. b Ric5ard.
SUI SUI Gne ol tne most accomplished shorthand wri
.ois ~ tne est and viii soon be issued fror, th a
press OF Messrs d. Appleton g Co Nsu VII =
though feit the highest couiidence in M R;cb.
afuson's aolllty and impartialitv. vet whsn "a.
nrona,,,; % sne lormer course of my enemies, the
@ p.eeaa.on m was taken to have the report authenti
Gated by several gentlemen, whose positions nlaca
tnem above even the soaring accusatiors Of ths
Courier. sai ts< IA tFsf oiiis'ue ~ s'ue
All that ask from you, gentlemen of the press
Is silence until this report be placed before IN,
public, and IL you do not then discover some hetfe
reason for my acquttal than the Corruption Of ths
Jury, am willing to submit to your universal con
demnation. have made no previous attempt I,
resist the designs 6 my enemies-not as the,
would falsely insinuate--becauseI had no defenc
20 make, but because relied with confidence o.
the just administration of the laws of nv country
Dreak that silence now which the better judgmer
OF friends formerly imposed upon me- only becaus
my persecut seem to have lost all respect 70
law, and have constituted themselves higher tri
ounal, to reverse the decision of jury regularl,
State ga.tg ssii#l llslI =
Once more appeal to the generosity oftte pres
In this country, and conjure every editor, in tn
name OF justice and humanity, to read the repol
sides, and then declare to the world whether hav
not the right to say that injustice black injustice
has been done me. And if any are convinced b
the testimony that my prosecutors have not bee
sustained in the case which they made out agains
me. have too much confidence in the magnanim
ty OF American editors to doubt that they will COZ
Tess that they have been mised, and will expose th
unJustifiable means used to deceive them and I
inJure me. Be just, be generous, gentlemen Of tn
press Read this report and consider closely Il
contents. - :
The Louisville Courier has, believe, propose
to publish my trial in pamphlet FORM but the ger
tieman who was employed by this paper is not
stenographer, and the report could not be full an
Satisfactory in all the details of cross examination
even It his notes were fairly published Mr.. Col
would not, know, make an unfair report for an
considerations; but from past experience shoul
apprehend that some liberties might be taken wit
his notes before they see light make this su.
gestlon for his sake as well my own. 1t is fae
worth noting, too, that while Mr. Cole was prepal
ing this report to the Courier he wrote letters
his paper, the Cincinnati Gazette, in which he ex
pressed an opinion that would be acquitted whic
was based on the evidence in the case We ma
hereafter have an opportunity of comparing Mi
Coles opinion of the testimony with the versio
the Courier may give to it.
ia r5a a MATT. F. WARD.