The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-08
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! = tY~-uv the london star April 2sd
The manner in which tie result Of the recent s,
trial has been received and commonted upon by the ~
Iish pc66s II neither crcdftable to this country nor M
to lead 70 friendly feelings the part Of our Prem
neighbos For some reason OF other most Of the organ
IF pubc Opniou have considered it 70 be their cue n a
tNbutc ts desicn Of the jury to amy other reason .
that which ought to have Influenced them namely "a
clear conviction that the evidence sufficient,
Justify them m pronouncing verdict of guilty p.y
After day one che snorsx papers has been endsaso
ing To make Il manifest that political considerations WEN
suffered to outweigh the clear and convincing estmay
of unimpeaclable witnesses II thm were true NE o0S
inagac greater blow given TO thc principle Of trh
by jury than would have ieen given by the dce, N
that verdict II there n che thing than anoth.
upon which Englishmen value Themselves and we Ia
licve with justiceit Is their love Of fair play their d.
termination 10 Judge justly between man and man A
the phrase goes and certain We are that the jury o.
Bernardo trial shared TO some extent In the sympal,
that was and that always will he iult ior PLACED
the hazardous position Of DR. BERNARD With all the povr
Of the two powerful governments arrayed against him
we are no less confident that in arriving at their de
ion they guided solely by consideration Of Tie
evidence OF the justice ofthcir verdict we satisfied
However strong the might appcar'to BIO against Tie
accused there utter absence of proof that he wa
acquainted with the design OF 0rsni the life Of The
Emperor in the Rue LcfelIet!sr.. N
That Bernard engaged IN conspiracy Is not denied
He himself avowa it and glorics in it, and morcoyo
pledges himself 10 continue conspire a matter c
duty, until Louis Napoleon is hurled from his tlone
With this matter neither the jury, have had
my concern The simple question 10 be decdolws
whether DR. Bernard was an accessory before the hctb
the attempt that made the life Of the Emperor n
the Rue Iepeetier' This tho evidence failed to estab
fish and, had the Jury found different verdict they
would have acted in direct violation of tho welknown
principle which is always laid down, in the adminst
ton Of Justice in England to give the accused the benefit
of any reasonable donbt. The degree of doubt which
produces acqutt notoriousy varies with the severity
of the punishment in the event Of conviction Although
not strictly or logically correct, jury in any Ordinary
Of murder will require stronger and more unbken
chain of evidence than they will in a case In which,
verdict Of guilty does not involve the penalty of death
Nor is this wholly unreasonable Any punishment short
OF death at any moment the discovery Of the
Innocence Of the person justly convicted, and Therefore
lighter Of responsibility is felt than when the
dict of the jury involves the infection Of the evocah
penalty Of death. That part Of the argument Of
temporary which Is most offensive 70 the moral sense
where the assumption that the verdict given from
political motives Is openly defended. Against this we
protest II the jury have allowed themselves knowingly
to give verdict contrary to the evidence they per
jurcd We believe in this they are foully sanderc
aud deeply regret that any writer can be found base
enough b pade to political expediency either by
justly aribung perjury on the one hand or justifyng
on the other That the verdict was honest no
honest man can have the slightest shadow Of doubt and
to aart the contrary il insult to the class from which
our urcs are taken and who ought man, to pro-
nounce an indignant protest against such SANDER
SARDINIA IMPORTANT SPEECH OF COUNT Ca
@ YOUR.
The annexed important speech Of Count dc Cavou was
delivered in the Sandman Chamber Of Deputies the
10Th Of April last: ~ ssosg
Connt dc Cavour after adycrting to- the accusations
which had been brought against the cabinet viz that
had yielded TO foreign pressure and neglected to uphold
the national dignity replied To some OF the observations
ma Iy la MIR nd Rayel es