Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-06-28
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CLOSING Argumsnt for ihe sisvsfnmens.
\ 1his aiiernooh Assistau Judfs Adrocsts
BrsahAs eenoluicd BIZ atsaiasnt before ths
Miiiiiry comualssiou Major oensial Husl
rka proatiihg, in the cate of ths,conspira-
tors. Tho argument Of to-day covers nftI-
SIX pamphlet pages, and is confined 10 n rc;
view Of the syidencei the ples for the juris-
diction Of tho court and the entire validity Of
its procseAings having been rendered yestor.
day. Although printed copies Of the nrgu-
ment have been ssni 10 the press Of New
York and the West we could not obtain a
copy (and that an imperfect ono) until too
late this afternoon 20 prepare an abstract Of
H. After going over the whole ground care.
fully Mr.. BtNonAN concludes as follows
by ali tho testimony in the caso It is, In my
Judgment. made a. clear ~ any Transaction can
be shown By human testimony, that john Wilkes
eused, David u. Ilerold, George A. AtEerodt,
Lewis PAyns, Michael o'Lsughiin, Edward
spAnEler, samuel Arnold, Mary y surrAit, aud
samuel A. Mudd, did, with intent 70 aid the ex-
lsting rebellion aud 10 subVert the Constellation q
and laws Of tho Urited sater, In the month of
October last and thereafter, combine, oohfoder.
ate, aud eonspire with Jefferson Davis, George
N. Saunders, BeyeElsy Tucker, jacob Thompson,
william q. Clsary, Clement @. Clay. George Ilar.
per, George Young, and others unknown, TO kill
aud murder, within the military department Of
Washington, aod within The entreuehod fortihoa. j..
tions And military lines thereof, Abraham Lin.
coin, then President of the United states and
Commander In Chief of the Army aud Navy
thereof; Andrew johnson, Yics President Of the
United States; William n. seward, Secretary Of
| State; aud Ulysses =. Graut, LipntenAnt General,
In imand OF the armies Of tho United States 1
and that jefferson Davis, the chief of this rebel
lion, was tho instigator aud procurer, through II
his accredited agents In Canada, Of this treason
il is also Submitted TO the court, that II Is
| clearly established by the testimony that John
wilkes Booth, In pursuance o. this conspiracy,
50 entered into by him and the accused, did, on
The night Of the itth Of April, 1885, within ths
military department of Washington, aud the cn.
trsnchsi fortlheations aud military lines thereof
and with the intent laid, innlet mortal wound
upon Abraham Lincoln, thon President and Com
mAndeT- Chief Of the army and navy Of th'
United States, whereof he died that In purssanc'
i Of the same conspiracy aud within the said de-
partInent aud entrenohed lines, Lewis Payne rs
/ Iaultsd, with intent ~ kill and murder, William
| n. seward, then Secretary Of state of tho United
States; that Georgs A. AtIerodt, In pursuance o.
| the same conspiracy, and within the said depart
| mont laid, In wait, with intant TO kill and nur
| der ABdrew johnson. then Vice President Of the
| United States; that Michael O'Laughlin, withii
| said Department. and In Pursuance of said eon
spiraey laid In walt 10 Kill and murder Ulyssei
| :. Grant, then In command Of the armies of th'
| United States and that Mary 4. surrutt, Dayit
| X. ilerold, samuel Arnold, Sainne A. hudd, and
| Edward bpanEler did encourage. aid aud abr
tho eommi sion of said several acts In the prose
oution Of said conspiracy. 10
n this reasonable conspiracy has not bee
| wholly executed n the several executive Oticor
of the United States and the commander of u
armies, TO kill and murder whom the said ses
erAl accused thus cOnfedeutted aud couspirod
have not each and all fallen by the hands
these oonHpirators, thereby leaving tho people .
the United States without President f'd Vie
President; without Secretary Of State, WI
alone ~ clothed with authority by the law
call Ru election " all the vacancy, should an
arise, In the Offices of President and Vice Prrsi
dent and without a lAwful commander 0t th
armies of tho Republic, u II Only bsoauAe th
eonspirat0rs were deferred BY the vigilance IA
fidelity of the executive officers, whose lives wei
merciully protected on that night Of murder b
tho care of the Innnlte Being, who has tins "a
saved the Republic and crowned It's arms vii
victory