The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-06-19

when the chivalrous impulses of our natur
were not ruthlessly dragged into the black
smith shop of legislation, to be manacled il
the adamantine fetters of contracted view
of public policyp Then were the times whel
men sit at the helm, and who could safel,
pilot the canoe of state down the creek O
Time. But now, could one CT the happy
spirits of those aged slres who surround tn
Illuminated throne of thegreat antemuDdant
architect of this terrene sphere, look dowr
from that top-loftical region of ecstatit
felicity upon this terrestrial habitation of Ad.
ANS wayward race, how deformable! how
excessively deformable would be the picture
presented to the minds eye, when he would
see but scattering few, trying to raise the
standard of political emancipation, and nail
thereon the milk-white banner of Justitia.
But | contend that it is strictly within the
centrifugal sphere of this Courts action,
clothed as it is, with the plenary powers OF
Infinite Jurisprudence, to sweep from the at
mosphere of its influence this whirlwind OF
prosecution, which is roaming around the
hoary temples of my sexagenarian client
like the stormy car Of Neptune rattling along
its pathway Of cloud. | contend that it is
strictly within the administrative range of
this Courts cognizance, to move its bowels
Of compassion by an immediate appropria-
tlon Of my clients generous offer of tripe,
and enrich the evil of society to fructifv-
ing regeneration of a more adOlescent public
opinion. When | give to my mental vision
a last commensurate with the multciplicitv
OF interest herein involved, when regard
myself as lnow stand before this honorable
Court the trustee of the future DESTINY of
my distinguished client, when contemplate
that in me resides the task of wiping the
mark of Cain from his noble brow, and make
it glow with halo as radiant as the belly
girth Of Saturn, feel like could splay upon
the harp of thousand strings.' feel like
was standing on the summit of Mount Olym.
pus before the immortal Jupiter Tonans,
and it rested on me to scatter to hyperborean
regions, their individious clamor, to send
the noble Tantalus to the dark abodes of
Tartarus, there to endure eternal thirst tied
fast to pine sapling, lip deep in water
Well may my noble client wish that he could
sit on the tail of the American Eagle, and
soar away to one of those warm bright isles
that gem the oriental seas, where the nutmeg,
the orange, and the persimmons grow-where
the passions of men, like the delicious sweets
of these unplucked fruits-curdIe into Jelly
with their own exuberance. shall not en-
deavor to make the shuttle. cock of eloqeunce
weave INTO the warping of this Courts judg-
ment the filling of sympathy. demand his
releasement entirely upon that latitudinous
construction of conservative right which
operates in serreptitious superabundance of
the 'habius corpus and ends in its glorious
mission only in an unmitigated enfranchise-
men of personal will.
Mr.. Z-then closed the argument as fol-
lows: 'It is with feelings of no ordinary
character and emotions, that consent to
assist in the prosecution of this case. 1t is
but natural that our sympathies should be
aroused for one whose past career has been
the embodiment of public feeling and patri-
otism. Often have heard him gratuitously,
and for the sole benefit of his fellow-crea-
lures, deliver himself of lessons of political
wisdom on the system of banking, learned
from the lips of his former associate, Major
John j. Wilkins, of the city of Augusta, in
the State Of Georgia; and last summer, when
he was told that Fred. Douglas and Mrs.
Stowe were seeking to have law passed
dividing the State of Texas, making all
South Of the tropic Of Cancer free, and all
North slave territory, he, with the fiery in
dignation of a true Southerner. denounced
them .Xith imprecations deep and bitter, as
His views or fafhSsaf eraprPqsts 7ife' hs'ra-
triotic as they are stupendous. He has ever
avowed himself opposed to the extreme
Northern route through the Crimea, for the
Pacific Railroad, but is willing to use his
name and money to aid in the equipment of
a corps of Typographical engineers, to sur
vey the ecliptic of Sebastopol for the West
ern terminus. But if the Court please,
while these considerations should move the
sysmpathles of the community, they should
not warp the justice Of this Court; and if
Colonel Greenberry has been guilty of the
offence charged in this Indictment, this Court
will be compelled to pass the sentence which
the law prescribes. 1t is unfortunate for
him that his lot was not cast in the chival-
rous days, when the sword and the lance
were the umpircs of mens' quarrels. Then,
men, to win the plaudits of ladies fair, went
forth to battle, andperilled life and limb to
secure the prize. But now their sons are
threading the tow-path of life, hemmed in
bynarrow lanes Of law and order. They are
gliding down the creased plank of ancestra
delinquency into broad savanahs of smiling
asses milk, and untamed honey, kerslunk.
Prisoner arises, and interrupts, "Will tht
Court suffer him to cast slur on me by insin
waiting that milks asses. This is not law
sir, you can't show it,
M.-, at this stage arose and stated te
the Court, that he had just been handed &
letter from he:sGovernor declaring his in
tention to have repealed at the coming ses
sion of the legislature, the law in reference
to duelling on the 1743d page of 'Hartley'
Digest and make the use Of the word Sire
necessary to constitute theoffence of duelling
and added (Mr. j, following up his ad
vantage,) Il demand the prisoners release
ment by the court nunc pro tunc.'
The Court, after careful perusal of tn
Governors letter, declared the prisoner hon
orably acquitted, and all hands vamosed TO
the grocery. led by the friend and late asso
ciate of Major John j. wilkins, of the city o
Augusta, in the State of Georgia.
| Very truly yours,