Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-25

NEST important, will not come unless at great
expense 70 bring them here: then a. sickness and
misery struggling against power, here 10 aoject
poverty struggling With untold millions, here 70
a poor, destitute. distracted and shut up prisoner
Nth powsslsss and Efficient counsel endesvorine
to compete With ell the power and ability that
most powerful Government can eestov TO crush
him. Truly. gep,lemep, may say then that ne.
as his counsel, in all our good intentions, are bat
presu u ptuous in endeay oring TO defend him; We,
10 our weakness, do but insult the msJesiy oil
our Government when We attempt so much.
For these reasons then i ask this Court ID
give rs at least attl seek from next Tuesday
before We enter upon our defense, and. " in the
meantime, for the wait Of means We cannot ger
together distantly separated elements oil eur de-
Tense, for fear shall feel 10 my duty to re-
inquish it entirely; and unless any nisconsrae-
ton be put upon nv words and IL be said want
confidence 10 our case, / must rsiterste that
believe Captain Wrz has good aud compsts
defense
Col Chapman said the last remark Of the gen
tlemsn Was an insult 70 the hundred OF United
States soldiers Who had testified In this case, and
il was in effect charge that they had testified
falsely.
Mr.. B. replied there could De no such Inference
drawn from his remarks; he would say the prof.
ecution could not make the horrors of Anderson
'Htu boo boQ W bOukuS w pttf Set W ANot etro
deny that Cap. wirx did il.
Col. Ohapmsn-lf you had witnessed the clos
ing scenes here yesterday you would not have
made the speech you did.
Mr.. Baker, resuming, said he believei be
could produce witnesses 10 disprUve the charges
OF barbarous cruelty having being commit ed by
the prisoner in August, 1864. when everybody
then ADdersonville knew that he Was then
home lying on his bed expecting to die. Al
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ing been done by Captain Wirz, believing il 10 be
true, yet nothing Was more common in coats
than TO enable the defense to show that the ac-
cusei at the time miles away from the place
be charged nobody with fslsehood, but if be
could prove that any Of the witnesses we're mis-
taken. he ought to have an opportunity to do SC ;
II would be an honor ii the counsel could show
that the witnesses were mistaken in any of their
senses. he believed that the Court woald rejoice
In believing that the atrocities we're not commit
ted by this innocent man.
Major General Thomas said that Mr.. Baker
bad drawn comparison between the power Of
the Government and the helplessness of the pris-
oner he believed that everything had been
done by the Government 10 ASSET the defence
Mr.. Baker-We admit IL
General Thomss-You can't expect the Gov
eminent to pay the expenses
Colonel Chapman-The Government pays the
citZens, as witnesses, ~ DAY ana also their
mileage.
Mr.. Bsker-The Government, | admit has
shown commsndabe disposition.
Colonel Chapman-I felt bound by nv honor
to make the remark l did. in justice to the wit
nesses.
Mr.. Baker, made insinuation in any
way. respect my Government and those con-
cerDed under il too much to treat them i'm
properly II should say something which may
look disrespectful the amenities Of the Court
should be extended to me. in order that harm
less meaning may be given to all say
The Court, after celebrating with closed
doors. announced their decision on the applica-
ton of counsel, namely, overruiing the motion
for adjournment for week. but agreeing to ad-
journ until next Tuesday morning, in considera-
ton of the delicate health of Mr. Baker
The Court then adjourned till Tuesday morn
ing