Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-23
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Tended Law, particularly when you have not
the shadow OF q doubt to4rest upon aa 70
your guilt, You have beggared families
and have hurried Unfortunately to one
common ruin all ages, sexes and condition ms
Of hfe. You have taken the last COW lfact)
from your neighbor, andy the wretched
and besotted father and husband has drank
What you called the price Of her, in liquid
fire, the vile and children have hunted early
and late over the pr airie for that COW until
they were compelled to give up the search
in despair, because you had sold the lest
cow OF tina, starving family to the butcher
How dare you, sir, ask me TO become par
,icipant in such crimes, particularly when
claim TO have so much honesty.
4 l.. S. -"Well, Mr.. Lawyer, | did not ex-
pect this kind Of treatment from you, sir.
do not deny tina, what you have said Is
true | would not admit this to any other class
Of men, but had supposed there was not
much difference between us, that il we did
the stealing YOU did the hiding. or in other
words, we openly and continually violated
the law and you shielded Us from detection
and punishment, for you know, Mr. Lawyer,
that il we had not the protection of men
celebrated for their "honesty," as you are,
our business could not last thirty days. 1t
is true there are few who cannot be bought
with our gold, as was the case with that
young prosecuting attorney who then lived
at lie Claire, he was poor and we supposed
Of course we could buy hin; but he was fool
enough to plead the other side for nothing;
but we were supplied by a gentleman from
the Old Granite State who could easily see,
when he heard cur gold rattle, lthe gold we
had flched from our victims) that his oath
as lawyer compelled him TO be true to his
client. But enough of this, Mr.. Lawyer; if
YOU will no, undertake my case, or, should
rather say, our case, for you know, Mr.
Lawyer, that we have formed a society and
made up a purse to resist the law, il you
will not, there are enough who will; they
| are here from Maine, New Hampshire, New
York and last, though not least, the cham
pion of our rights from Illinois, who is
good Judge Of law and liquor. SO, Mr.. Law
yer, bid you good morning.
LGn-asidr) have carried this matter
a little too far, only intended to increase
the fee. but | am afrsid shall lose fat
client.) aloud. Stop Mr.. Liquor Seller,
there are some points in the case which
did no, at first perceive, sit down moment
presume we can arrange this matter.
L. S-tTskes a sea) very well Mr..
Lawyer. have no disposition 10 break with
| old friends, and as | a, first observed, you
have helped me cut Of many dirty scrapes
and presume you can get me on, OF this,
so here 10 fee Of SO to commence with.
and as you are famed for honesty. you shall
be paid literally as your work progresses;
but NJ. Lawyer, do you really Think you
can keep us clear, Tor you know there is no
doubt Of our guilt and there are SO many Of
these cold water fanatics sbout, that fthey
ge, on the jury they will fad US guilay as
sure as the matter is clearly proven.
Lau.-Never mind Mr. Liquor Seller.
trust these things to me, a man my homes
~ will not allow you TO be harmed BY any
such inefficient Cour, or Prosecuting At
torney;" we will pick some flw in the
papers. before the Justices Court, If we can
If a judgment goes agaust US then we will
take an appeal 10 the District C urt and
then We viii be sure to have a jury (if pos
sble) who are deadly opposed TO these cold
water fanatics, and the fact is Mr.. Liquor
Seller, a temperance man has no business
on jury in liquor trial, it is contrary to the
Consultation, the pride and glory Of our
country is a trial by jury. A man shall be
tried by his peers, every body knows, or
ought to know, that liquor sellers have
no peers except among liquor sellers, aud
perh ps the lawyers who defend them, this
then is strong point, but if this fails, VIC
will manage tohave the closing address to the
jury by that pious old &c ltleman from Hi
nois whose morality lover the left) makes
him giant in our cause, his pathetic ap.
peals TO the jury, and solemn warnings to
them not to peril the happiness Of their
souls in another world, must cestainly have
its Influence upon any jury not entirely lo.'
to all sense of accountability in future
state. There are few men Mr.. Liquor Seller
whoappear to have such powerful convis
tions OF the necessity OF doing every thing
with reference TO another world as the
same venerable counsellor from Illinois -
'Ts true his actions are dramatically OPP
posed, bu. in these days we must not judge
m@n by actions but by their words and as
Of all Mr.. Liquor Seller, if all this fails, We
will prove that you never sold any thing
but Arrscf. Here the dialogue ceased to be
heard by AN OBSERVER
May 22d, 1855
The Washington Star Of Thursday says
that the arrest Of Col. Kinney in Philadel