New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-17

No passage OF oills, indu ed to by bribery, in-
crested personal iyestLa are eaufeau' 10 bribery
Now, II undergrad tn guutleu an o, e. ing e ey DO
ny propose 70 prove that Mr.. Little oan was guilty Of
" a, Se a 'hs IN; throughout. Trey don't expect
provo mat any ooiy put moDey into Mr. Iirti4iohns
palm or that be has e'eived any thing or thai le bas
ed cet OF m0Dey to induce othsr p.r.ons ,o vo.e
ioe only allegation Is that 10 regard to certain bills.
be adv ocaed them aud voted for Them; that he had n
rIgnt 10 DO 10 does not go sep tow ard makiiv
0u this Jusbeaiion that these were uuwise
~ Themselves or that the riubts of the State or tho
City OF New York were prejndiced by the legislation
OF 1850, uoless r goes beyond mistake 10 jtgmeut
and beyond error, or beyond being properly ufu.
eOced ~ vote for unjust unwse efsnre L. must
have been t1roug corruption and froug corrupt mo-
tves. They charged upon the plaintiff in this Ii ell
and unless their proof reaches this poat goes for
nothing, and offers legal defe1se. IL don't juai'y
the charge made TO appeal 10 the feelings Of he jury
TO Prejudice the Jnry or TO defend d rs aeion what
O. her men have done. II counsel docs not aver
| at be will chow that this corruption reached Mr..
Ltlejobn, that he bIbed thai be made au i'm
y proper use of is position in the Assembly TO bride,
indle-, OF Otherwise impro erly Influence other
6rrs. We will admit that thee bills are all corrupt,
u Won cLeose. suppose there was br berry there.
SProse these apylinn es, on whien the gentleman
welt 30 long this morning, were usedi WHAT OF u,
ii u does no, rea Mr. Littlejotnf Nobdy else IA
on yIial here. He is the VINO Ia TO be atected
and eause he has voted, because he has iar.e ptd-
en- IN the Assembly because he may !, 1ene BY ois
clog ~nte example to vote for ueasGre--a shat
does 90 affect tue point Of this ,ontrovsrya panile.
That rs matter between bn and hi. u GATOR, VINO
has gwen him Sd Sc Talents and poy7srs and 30 HIM
alone is, lie answerbe For just use of them. tie 10
answerase lere only that be should be free from
biitry 'bongh 1t reach every other man 10 thu AS
semD y.
Ms. WIsGAxs-fa am sure the gentleman mi-under-
sands the tesndanPs portion. In my opening fvit
GispOsed &c. spare Mr.. lit.beohn as much as pors-
BIZ aid ld that 1t nei duty 10 attack his pr-
waite character In any doIzestic serise bu the whole
driIt of tie OpoIng to chow that there was bat
one motive ssd fac, that sosld by any possibility
explain bis conduct; urd 80 tina, fact
sci Jude islands clearly, What motive could there
have been for this exs-sorensyy conduct but one
We propose TO establish thai Mr.. Lltlejoln
guilty auy other man. Ii IL to.k 70 pass these
nnasures the Governors veto ihrcs Of ALI
the votes, Mr.. LitlleOhns vote q constituent part
OF this two-thrds, we attaeh TO him much gait
10 any other man. Nay, he pyvnineHt in thar
legislation All those measures were corrupt, md hs
was pfomiheat In them ffum motives OF which
scarcely feel myeef capable Of speaking, from the
mugIi nde Of their enoruiy. AS to the word bsibe,
OF which the gentleman lays so much sress, 40 man
will year positively; but shall press before the
jury believe that things very similar 10 that
mutt nave iof1enced Mr.. Littejoha.
Mr. SgDGwICK-Ihe counsel end avors to avoid tho
real que ton in this Does he mean TO cay that
for member Of the Legislature 10 vote contrary TO
the veto OF the Executive Is oorruLt! What does lie
mean by "eAtaordnary measures that be voted Tor r.
On two occasions be had tie auiacy 10 speak
in favor Of measure he propored 10 vote for aud
nothing more. lie talks shout members receiving
mon. y ard about money being raised la the City on
Newly ork-enormous sums OF money TOR the purpose
nf cauyug rtan bills through the Legislature bus
ds he TO say that he expects TO prove that Mr.
litsle o. received oae duiliF VI hat money Dho
he LAY that in the presence Of & Is JUICY, aud ten
cone before them ask them 10 believe n On
such testimony a. he knows he has got in thu
caoe abd all the evidence that raking tho
earth, h,d anvst said tue place )w tue earth,
/ will onpg Prove bis case here Does be da' Q to-
ssy thai And Vet lac insinnates It to the jury The
J whole tenor Of his speech Is, that somebody was
uriIsd; be dare NOT say H. was Sir. Lii. leo,p don't
4 L ~ al brif Int aI-OO n AM
con.uct unbecomiDg egislaor and on this point We
challenge scrutiny. And tie gentk man can GO through
with his ex .miDution 10 show thai Mr.. Lltelobn or
anybody else Vas cogniZanl Of tiese fec :. But they
do not expect 20 reach shat point They propose 70
show that corrupt legislation; that these
! measures unwise and imprudenr; and because
! Mr.. Lulejohn wac member OF the LeSisiaiure and
bad the andaeiy To speak and vote upon them that hs
! was promil in the corrupt legislation. And yet
/ MIR. liuejobn, in his personal character, ID q
/ pure and honest man Now, LAY, there Is
! no such distinction 70 be made. Ii Mr.. Little
! John has received brihe, he IL not an hoJest
man; be is not pure man; and his personal charac-
Ter is as corrupt hi. official character. lie Is dishon
est if lie has rOld the Interests Of the State for money,
or for D, ronal considerations there Is no such sabter
| tug- he,e. You have got TO show that be was con-
nocred with till that passed the Legislature and
voted it, Influenced BY corrupt appliances or that
he being interested IL the measure, attempted TO use
these Appliances upon bis brother MEMBER u Is not
enough to chow thai he spose in favor OF measure:
because that is bis right and his duty. II Is not enough
TO show that he tlHeftu from INC NOSeinOi uehocTs
of the Legislature may honestly diner from the Cover
nor II a. is not the point, The point, repeat again,
| IL what they seek to avoid, aud not TO meet.
! Mir. Wu.LIsAs-My learned friend does not teem to-
understand me yet, Gentlemen sometimes thiuk il
prper Ia use gentle language, when they can do 80,
and such Language il generally understood believe,
by gentlemen; bat the counsel seer nc not to UNDER
stand mo- or he Is endeavoring very ingeniously To
d1,yy rs from 70 real issue. Now, will put end To
tui. misunderstanding here by few words, and tell
| the gentlemen here now that we will prove thesa
measure TO have been corrupt and we will
move that Mr.. Littejohn OF the principas-s
cbef I'm that cofrup and II the counsel DC To
saw that because Mr.. Litileohn h a corrupt legislator
that he is bad father bad bus ,end be is AT liberty
10 do So When the counsel says that we eoncede has
he IL honest man. cay that no such concession can
lie drawn from anything that Tell iron my lips. The
council must understand that we propose TO prove Mr..
| Lleiohn TO be the chief OF those corrupt men who
| passed Those corrupt measures.
| RULING or THE COURT.
! TaE CoURr-We have desired 70 have distinctly
Is introduced here for it is important for us 90 gt Ut
til. precise issue, and TO know what Is 10 be tried aud
vhat we are called to pass upon. fnat involves
sally the construction Of the article in question: and
! tho character and pufport of the alleged hOel The
| libel comp planned of is in the following words:
earnestly iDque, opinion concerning
the nomination member Of the Legislature OF D. T. Lrtie
hn O-wegO and Austin Myer, 8. sy On this subject
our opinion been expressed that cannot DC
doubt Bob these prominent the corupt es
anou inter Accordingly both Of them ought now 10
Iee1 q Albany should not be tho woii Of Repusesn
That allegation il charge Of personal CORFU tim in
real ect 10 tho plaintiff; that be " was prominent In
the corrupt legislation Of hast Winter And involving
that proposition, and stating that rs Of fact il !, NOT,
Ia my judgment, defense that the legislation, with
respect to other persons and other parties, ana Other
Subjects was of an improper or corrupt character 10
impue this charge is 10 impute personal corruption TO