Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-09

tion borrowed from the saints, knows the secret
n well hs open acts OF men, else his q dangerous
power he wields, and most sreyiously do some
Permit US to weigh this msn in the same scales
We would an ordiusry mortal, and test him BY the
rs Ia DRAGGING this nsa,s sSsr.stsr, dirty and
losthtoms as ~ 10, before you for the past ten
And IN q e agds sns
that since the outbreak Of the present rebellion.
Commencing, then, In 1854 or 1855, We ind him en-
verne, and from which some Of the best men have
goue forth 10 bless, and many OF the meanest men
have sEawled out TO curse, the world. We produce
l.. ofDwid D. Weston. Secretary and Agent Of
the Board Of oyerseers Of the Poor, who testified
he knew wofsey IN issI but has no, ser , bin ior
reputation fof truth and yeraeity wa. .bad, ss-
cid diy badp aod Judging from that reputation he
| with oath or without oath.n
%. or James sweet, OF Boston, = dealer Ia
watches and Jsweiry, who testinss that he knew
knows that his general reputation then for truth
| anil veraeity, was decidedly bad" Both these
Wop.sy.s.nsrsi @ W reputation % % in Boston fer truth
aud verseity, and judging from such reputation
/ they would not believe him on oath.
worsiey's life, TO wit, commencing at time when
from the inoendisries' torch at distant port there
leaped flame, which reused to sudden activity
| the sleeping patriotism OF every loyal man, and
guided him In his Path Of duty 10 time, when
every true offered his life, that treasure next
.os 70 b.. s9 Ssn,.as 'ns ,SS's,
| sons OF the North, rushed to Warrington In mo-
ment's notice, to suppress rebellion, and do end an
swindiers and the perIurers "ye always have
| among you" And with the earnest patriots who
threw asiao all Of self in their great
ATM tn preserve the Union, II could scarcely bo ex-
| pected that there should not come with them the
| vampire and the parasite.
Hence we md that from ON Mss,aehusstt,, ,s,I with
| there came Pardon Wotsley. And for what pur-
posei To contribute his services to the cause
for what ressonf Can he plead physical disabli.
ityt The court observed him here hale, strong,
| middle-aged man, who, II his statements on oath
endurance, as evidenced BY the hardships he hiss
passed while engaged IN his nefarious trsfle with
sosss his reasons By Us that he solicited
| and obtained from the commanding officer Of the
department permit to peddle within the lines Of
| the fortihoations. A most worthy ent rprise In.
deed one which, II experience may be accepted
az teseher and soldiers are not mistaken, 10 syn
onymous with cheating. swindling, and deirsuding
these Ia the service Of the Republic. So far, at
least in his choice of business, he has preserved
the reputation with which he left the classic pre-
eincts OF Boston.
No doubt this man was prosperous In his ped.
ding enterprise, for We md his ambition bursting
the contracted limits OF the fortiheations around
the fruitful fields b.yond. He SOON found the
| means 10 gratily his expanding desires by assum.
ing the character OF spy, and 10 hptil last our
msgiuation, tehold him boldly striking out, alone
| aud aceoutersd with his peddling pack, In the
solemn stiffness OF the night on that path which
| ing tho fatal territory where Mosby's omni-
present, and neyer presents where searched fer
strikes terror 70 the hears and relieves the pur,s
| ofthe strAggl ng autler.
we hsvs brought him down through period of
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own chronieler. TO inform ihe court and spread
upon the record the manner OF man this Woriley
Is. That he, In times like these, should have
grAvitated into the position OF spy Is but natu-
raj; and 1t would hardly seem possible for him TO
| avoid an oecupa,ion so fitting his genius; and he
the Isosman's Issiold, or the perjurer the ,esurs
fastenings Of the penitentiary. All men ind their
level sometime, and wotsiey, impellsd by fate,
when be drew to himself the prohts and the odiu N
OF q spy, to wit, character which is utterly de-
tested by all meni one whose speech and acts
| exclusively upon his natural aptitude to appear
what he is not and skillfuness In deceit
I and imposition; man utterly devoid OF moral
,,rineipie and who aceompii,hss his ends BY Jaise
us sHeesj ono whose services the Government
e,n.ents to accept only on the ground sf necetfiy
recety,1g Information iro N such abandoned men,
vet suc 10 the execration In which they are, and
have been held from time TO time that no officer
has been known to boast OF using such finsiru.
| ments, however successful he may have been in
Spies are, necessarily, employed In extensive
they are admitted to be especially useful In the
war that our Government 10 now waging; but tn al
| necessity and usefulness does not change the In
fanny OF their character, Eor whiten IN the leas,
the blaekness OF their moral guilt. successful
spy 10 but a successful yiilaini and II Worsley'i
statements In reference to himself are eorrsct-to
wit: that he has made many successful trips into
the enemy's territory and traded with Mosby'I
men-is It possible to suppose that he has done 90
without taking the oath Of allegiance to the So
called southern Copfederaoy, or at least pseudo
oath OF neutrality, and often violated III for,
i from the notorious reputation Of Mostly and hlu
men, 10 it reasonable to doubt that he or they
would not allow Worsley to trAtfie between their
OATH And II he has taken either, Is not the moral
guilt the same As II an indictment for perjury
could be prsdicsted upon It Most unquestion.
ablyj and II so, will this court allow mans dear
est right-to wit: his right to personal liberty-to
| be wrenched iTom him on the uncorfoborated ties.
timony OF such a msnI
nut, Independent OF osths Of allegiance or pseudo
neutrality IL IL consistent with reason or policy
that he should be permitted to swear away q good
| reputation and mans frsedomt We would not
| argue before any intelligent tribunal, much leri
before this court that man whose reputation
| atty 10 uudoubted, should not be convicted OF an
| Infamous crime by the evidence of such man Al
( the principal witnsss for the prosecution.
III s court will not accept proved any fact
tia, TO make out the case for the prose cution, OF
the nneoTreborated testimony OF Worsley, but viii
require the testimony Of anotLer snd credible wit
meas TO every material allegation against the &C
'Mr mno then argued the legal q questions involved
ID the case and submitted II to the court. The de
els OF the court will not be announced Tor som'
time.
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