Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-11

eide. The historian who records the occurrences
of the LIST of June will fail to do his duty if he
neglect to give prominent place to the occur
renGes of this trial.
Here he would make his acknowledgements to
the District Attorney for the caution he had given
TO the Jury in his opening, and that caution was
TO guard against having their minds warped by
political feelings. Nothing, according To his OBJ
se!yation, controls the action of men so strongly
as party feeling we approve or condemn by the
leg station, and the very laws under which we
live spring from party influences, and it cannot
he surprising therefore, if the executive, with so
much power in their hands, should be imbued
with the same spirit. The poorest laborer on
your public works has TO bow to this shrine be-
fore he can be TIT to become the qualified servant
OF your executive officers. Victorious over the
ballot box, triumphant in the halls of Legislation,
he trusted never to see its hideous visage skulk-
ing behind the jury box let liberty not be
sailed by its poison and its filthy excrement.
Ii this case is to be tried by party prejudices
how poor will be the defence which will be made
here. He had never known party spirit to in
wade the jury box he would believecthat this
jury was capable 10 Withstand its influence and
render u just verdict; that they meant TO give
these parties fair and impartial verdict lie
would not have alluded to this subject had il not
been for the conduct Of gentleman who had
been engaged In the trial as counsel, but who
had suddenly withdrawn from the trial; who had
lately been appointed to an executive position
before another court This gentleman sought
not to defend his client, but to defend another
person who he found to be criminally arraigned
before the court; that person The counsel
himself; he had done so, and had retired. AS for
his own position, MIR. 8. said that he stood here
on professional and not on party grounds.
Tn the first OF June, under the provisions of
your City Charter, an election was to be held for
Municipal officers; precinct was provided at the
Fourth Ward; at an early hour that day, a large
number Of persons of foreign birth, said TO be
naturalized citizens of the United States repaiT-
ed together to that poll, and in a column exceed
ing one hundred in number, took possession of
the polls Was not that of itself rather an extra
ordinary affair, But we not left altoget her in
the dark as to that object are told that il was
brought about by preconcerted arrangement; this
party Of foreign voters did assemble and press TO.
gether in body at the poll, claiming priority to
vote over all other persons il could not have ac-
cidentaliy happened. -
1t was the result Of previous arrangement and
previous concert. One witness tells us that there
was a talk that all such parties Were to vote in
the morning, and that all Americans who wished
to vote would have % do so i'm the evening" and
through file of marines. We have this from
one of the principal witnesses for the United
States, who told us that he was a Justice of the
peace, and volunteer policeman on that day
He meant Mr.. Justice Dom Justice of the
peace, statoning himself at the polls busy in the
conduct Of the election, tells you that ne had
taken special interest in the foreign votes, and
was one OF those who actively exerted himself 10
bring them to the polls Justice Of the PEI c..
an ondcer OF police whose duty required s,Iict
lmpartiaiity-is one of the Instruments by which
thts array Is marched to the polls and he claims
TO have been an active participant in their being