, 1860-12-14

sell, IN the matter Of right aud wronr. and ri,
tue and vice, ask you IL there Is my differ
rhcc from the meanest conncxionsy Can 1
make, shall It make. will you allow It to make
ugh position, and lofty circumstances, an
packed ny men of great wealth and power
6hall that make any difference with you : Doc
IT become your manhood, does it consist witt
your own selErcspect. I ask you II it consist
With the character OF an American Jury, tha
!ne circumstances Of the parties shall weigh IL
the balanccy
Not norid prose. nor honeyed lines Of rhyme,
ean nh1on evil deeds, or consecrate c1inc.''
care not how high or low q man or woma,
le; 1t Is the conduct that must be weighed, th
character that must be estimated.
Lest might forget IL, and shou d he yer,
likely to do SO this morning, before p1o
teeains with The subject, beg to refer 10 ,
matter OF no manner ofimportance, and ehal
therefore occupy. your attention for but on,
moment with it. For some purpose, what,
cannot apprehend, when Mr. Stuart wus calico
10 me stand, 1t was thought necessary b,
10 draw from him the fact that at one Time h,
wns on some kind Of terms of intimacy viii
NE. LIE called ut my Office, and what the wit
ness said, was In substance, In all regards bu,
one, strictly true / think he said that he unt
l lad been friends; and the counsel upon til,
other side has magnfdcd it into friendship O.
twenty yeara- Now, I would not deny q friend
lct htm be even guilty as well as unfortunate
But the truth Is, MS the cosnscl well knows
when he made his statements to the contrary
am sorry to Say, that we never were friends
~ any such sense as supposed here. We came
from the same Stat C, hundred miles apart
lie never crossed my Threshold l neve,
crossed his. We met comparatively few
times in the course Of long residence in the
same State: lneycr knew him; was not his
thcmy: When this matter arose, I was absent
from the city. On MY return TO Chicago, he
called upon me, md told nc jnst wlat lie telIs
you he told The public, NO more He called
upon me as be called upon every man fton,
the State Of Michigan; told me In secret moth,
Ing bnt what lie told everybody. He eshowcd
cept that he desired nc to be employed for the
dIlence- was lawyer, that was my business;
] knew and cared nothing about The case; j
knew neither Of the parties; and ofcourse was
quite willing to be employed upon either side,
mud informed him SO. He seemed ia
YOU, three months; at bis solicitation
thinking, In Ill conscience, gave him ali the
opportunity man could desire IL he wanted
MY services. But what Is little singular in
this is, aud that Is what Mr. Bcckwith il care.
ful to draw from the witness, that they did
not want my services. If they did not de
sire my services, what on Garth did they
want: What did they want: Could theS
expect That TO deprive Mr.. Durch Of my
cause: 1t seems to have been thought
So, for that was their sole object. It is agreed
that It was early understood between them
that was not to be employed. Doubtless
wien the gentleman says he refrnlned from
employing me on account Of my friendship for
Stuart, charity to Inc required that he should
say this, II he cared for my feelings. But it
means that he could ret better counsel than
me-so he thouvht-and SO you see he has.
And should not feel very badly If he had said
so In plain terms, for never was SO vain as to
compare myself with the counsel 1t would
not have hurt my feelings il he had told the
truth, Instead Of giving false excuse. These
arc the Facts al they appear here. Why The
gentleman should i,rin,, them before you Is a
little mysterious. If lie desired some quarrel
with inc personally I beg to decline. really
have not time; nobody would I,ay mt for It :;
il would not crafty INC in the least. Another
thing: now I have q peculinrity about that
always select my enemies with Just the same
careful discrimination that select my friends,
III friend, require truth, candor, sincerity
aud honor In al enemy, want man Of some
considerable queli.ies, really do, before can
afford time 10 quarrel with him. / want to be
quite surc that hc Is a man OF some measure.
And really do not knuw enough of the coul-
sci vito sought this quarrel ~ith me to be able
10 put iiin with either class. certainly do
not KNOW enough OF him to seek him for q
friend. And until lie las done something
more manly than to brinya petty thing OF this
kind into court Of fjusticc, cannot even dig
nifty him 10 the rank Of all enemy.
One or two other things have been alluded
10 here that have no relation to this case II
WAS asked by counsel upun the other side,
where Is Mrs. Burch's dover? and ailud- to
these things now for ft=.r I may forget them,
as they urc wholly Irrelevant to the case.
Where is her portion that she brought Mr.
Burch? And one counsel has told you, in
answer to Lis own query, that it WIS locked
up in Mr. Bnrcl's ba,lk, drawin. ten per cent
or more Well, he would get rich rapidly on
that Now, The counsel, when lie uttered that,
hc knew just as well as know that she never
Drought h!m dollar in the world. except somc
furniture that Corning gave TO her, literally
enough, more than Mr. Burch wanted, or Mi
Comm: was under obligations to give. 1 dc
not Wniit to do Mr. Corning injustice. No
doubt but he Is liberal man. This passion il
not ayarlcc. He Suvc this lady a liberal sup.
ply Of furniture, not TO put in the bank, but
IN the house; aud the counsel upon tile other
side well know that every article Of that furni.
tnre that has been left above ground WIS pack.
"a up and sent home to Mr. Corning. There
~~S -N%'t t~>'AA NAASS% F~A AANCf
anu never was: 60 lar from that, the very
nome ~ "hieh her l1othsr Avcs this DAY, one.
hau OF II peiones 10 VI. bufch, Dought 1or her
use anu ne pays slpcna seafly for her sup,
pol1, has done II ior years, does II To-Day, aud
~ NJ. oo1e ~ since nus sun was colnmehced,
Mnch he makes question Of money will thfs
poor woman, nc cali nave no services OF mine.
40 sacn question WIS ever naaS, anu the
counsel KNOWS IL ~ wei as 20. ask, tor
VIA. put t'oSe 10 .nAt 1as7e tu'us2s aFc ofouEh4
nere: VIII mol aee1aIe myself oF applying
Inc teints ual ahu rAscal 10 anybody. 1t IL
enough !of me 10 SNOW yon that you have been
entMe Gu u tals 1sPect, now your lceangs lave
peen MtemPteu 10 " Nfonsht upon.
anothsI nt!ie lung nas peen Drought up
mere, aao wall lor1iaan you test OF the sin.
cefty OF counsel ihey very nlppantly tel
you that We Drought tals case away from Chi
cago 10 ihis pace, relying upon your simpli
eilv, ann tninkihE you ignorant OF the habits
ol clty H!e. ana Inc irecdom aAo"ed between
tna ssaes ~ eieeatea socaety, aud Thar you
Woulo magnify niue circumstances and give
thcm unauc importance Ihat Is what tht
.sco.as ol inls Gonrt snow, am VIII read
Them 10 vou II they deny II, that this suit WIS
commenced IN chicago ~ Mr. Burci, ln the
very cny ~hefc these things occurred, nnt
Wncre lie people would estimate them proper
y. Ley aney themselves hlea paper IN thai
Soa1, tual INC Pc"lAc ol Nnlc1Eo were
plsJnoiccd asainst tue defendant, rs they Of
nImed aud II was the defendant, and not tht
I,ialnnn, removed that case from the city te
tae country Now nsk you II there Is any
kind o. honesty IN thclr coming here aud talsi
iyins INC iact 1or the purpose ot making some
ntLe capital against the complainant. l dt
moi suppose that It VIII produce any effect
oat lucy must have hel"tl It would, or suct
means ~onid not have '.ern frsorted to.
again. and what Is Of somewhat more i'm
hoFtance, one OF the counsel told yon that a1T
bnrch IN LIS letter to Mr. Fruyn had under
taken TO say that Mr. Burch in her confession