Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-21
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THn DIrrfcuLrY sErwExN JupeE OLiN
AND Mn, BRADLEr--sssrrHcB PAssrp.-ln the
Circuit Court this morning the case OF Mr. Brad
ley, held to answer for contempt Of court, come
up. The proceedings were as follows:
Judge Olin. Mr.. Bradley, are You ready 70
have u disposition made Of this case-the rule
which has been laid upon you for an alleged
contempt Of court.
Mr.. bradley. Perfectly, sir. lam q. the dis
position Of the court.
Judge Olin. / have carefslly read the state
ment that you have made, sworn to, and filed, BY
wsy Of excuse for the offence imputed 10 and the
rule which has been served upon you. have
considered the observations you made In support
Of tho statement, and regard them as though
they were sworn to; for although this was a iOr-
mality required by tho law, have respect enough
for you to believe what you assert here In court,
aB counsellor Of this court, as readily as would
under any sanction Of an oath and am free 20
say that far the offence imputed to you could,
from any proper sense OF honor In the light you
view this, has been apOlogized for and taken
back but there is Quo remark In the concluding
portion Of this statement that perhaps calls tor
some observations from me, and do NOT make
thom by way OF defence for the course that pur-
pose to pursue, because | cannot consent TO be
put on the defensive while occupying the posi-
tion OF Judge.
This statement Is, "Thai cannot admit beyond
this that am In any wise cepsnrAble for retort-
the Grst time, l believe, In a life Of more than
three score years ~ This arises out Of the Ian
guageI unquestionably made use Of In reply to
some observations Of yours that, II you said
was arguing this cause to tho jury, you state
what you know to be untrue.
That is substantially and probably literally
accurate In reference to the statement made by
me, and l only desire iu this connection
to recall to your mind some Of the circumstance
out Of which that statement arose. The Judge
then went on to give his version Of the affair, and
said:
These are the precise circumstances, SO far as
now remember. Perhaps my recollection Is mol
so clear and just as some others who were indif'
ferent observers OF what was going on, but stu
atod as I am here must DO the judge and aei
upon my own convictions. | think twill be un
derstood by. every lawyer, certainly by every
judge that the implied insinuaton In the charge
that was arguing the cause to the jury might
we'll be understood to mean that had abdioated
or abandoned for the time being the Office oi
judge and taken that Of the adyocate-an insinu
| alton which, II so meant and intended, would be
scarcely less offensive than the language subse'
quently made use Of. NREI3
do not wish TO be understood by any meant
as stating this by way OF excuse or apology.
| only state 1t as bringing to your recollection
what understood to be the circumstances and
| the occasion Of this difficulty.
| One other remark not contained In the sworn
| statement filed, but made by you yesterday tc
| the effect that after ordered the marshal tC
| make the arrest and to remove You from tht
| room, that l again repeated some offensive Ian
guage to you, the purport Of which do not now
| remember, but in substance to the effect that
would teach you how to behave-
Mp Bradley. VIII your Honor allow me tC
Interrupt you heref
Judge Ulin. Certainly
Mr.. Bradley. May 1t please the Court, tha
preceded some time the remark which fell from
your Honor, and to which | replied. That re
mark was made when l said could not allow
any one to interfere with my conduct Of caust
| before jury.
Judge Olin. am quite confident in my recol
i NI.t tafta IL 1taW
SIR" were made use Of, made no other reply il
| the courtroom, but Immediately directed YOU
arrest and removal According to my recollec
| tion, you have confounded an incident which oc
| Cured in my passage from this room to tn,
Clerks office with what passed here, aud t.
| which do not propose to make any allusion.
MIR. Bradley. II your Honor will permit me
| desire to say that In the rule laid on me no ref
erence was made to the second offence, and my
| answer was confined to the rule. Otherwise
should have referred TO 1t and offered an ex
PLANTATION.
| The Court That is true. No reference wai
made to what transpired there, and | do moi
wish 10 revert to 1t now, as before observed,
| think that under your understanding Of wha
trans pired you have made all the reparation thai
| a gentleman could be expected to make for the
offence imputed to you, aud yet do not think
that In the exercise Of the duties and responsi.
bilities imposed upon me this thing can be ex'
cused and while say that am not disposed tc
mark it with any extra 'rdinary or severe pen
| atty, and do SO, first, because Of my great re.
spect for you, for your great confessedly high
standing ut the bar, and also for your social DIS
position and general bearing as an officer Of the
court
do what I do simply from a sense Of duty,
| aud do 1t, confess TO you, with more pain than
| ever discharged any public or private duty in
| my life. An order must be mado that you be
| convicted Of contempt Of the court, and that you
be fined in the SUN Of 800. l have made the
penalty thus small because do not believe, |
will not believe for a moment, that any inten
| tional premeditated insult was designed. 1t Is
one Of those occurrences that sometimes happen
with men Of excitHble temperaments when they
| suppose they have boen deprived Of some right
they unquestionably had not.
ltis the only unpleasant occurrence that has
| transpired since my connection with this court
and concur most Cheerfully in all you said yes.
terday to the effect that far as your general
conducts concerned, you have done what you
couId to render the duties Of this court pleasant
and easy Of performance; and If know my own
heart have endeavored to extend towards you
every courtesy, every indulgence consistent
with the proper sense Of my duty, and so l am
sure have my associates. l hope to thus act SO
long as | continue here but when see what
think to be the path Of duty clearly, God helping
me, must follow 1t.
Mr.. Bradley. cannot trust myself to reply
now, sir.
During the remarks Of Judge olin, both Mr..
Bradley and the Judge cried.
The WoRKINGNEN's CONvENTIoN.--Th The
regular monthly meeting Of the workingmen' u
Convention was held in the Council Chamber ut
the City Hall the President, Darius Daughton,