, 1865-06-26
TIE ASSASSINATION TRIAL.
Remarkable Argument of
Payne's Counsel.

Remarkable Argument O
Payne's Counsel.
HIS DEED THE RESULT OF SLAYER
AND VAR.
Standardization Of Atzerodt-He Cor
tp,red to K1dnap but not to Kill
WASHINGTON, Jure 81. 1sa5.-Ths cour. heint
called to order, NJ. !Jnster, counsel for Psyn
and AtxeIpdt, pfoceeted to TeAd his argument il
behalf Of Pa5ae.
- TIE ARGUMENT FOE rATxE.
There are shree ,htnes,- be sad, In the case @
the pz,ecnes Payne. which are adn:t1ed beyont
cas.i q d,.pue e Frat, taa' hs y The person VIII
State; second, that ht ia not within the medical
d. fnition Of tEsauity; third, that hs believed
Whist be was doing WAS right Aed jn.hdaols. Ths
fore settled aud among the things q the p1st;
atd The only remaining Question Is, How far shall
his cunv cuons serve to mitigate h:s uuish 1ent!
with The consciousness thst in 80 aotac he nd.
u,ttted that II the pEtsoaer IA Responsible being
he ought ta.bc puht5hed; ana he said It because
isra =! esaSlstions ss ! tasn g d. = 10
mAkl In blind to the worth Of lie Of dlstin.
cnkhed cl!izeu, and to the awfn1 conse.
~ c
tebnke, then It seemed to him the office 10 bnt n
ptslIous exposure TO violence. The hlghRst c. Il.
pen ahon Tor public service N tee destsuctton
sr1yantt ne but {it2hle Al de{ense!eee offerings
10 sedtuon; and surely II aDy pahnc servant de-
served To he excepted from that f1to, 1t wa4 the
iIlustriou6 nnu rsRAcious statcmsn, who, during
q loeg life of arduGus services, has eteadfastIy
checked all ma1 ner OF faction and public discon-
s.bt; who, in the carketI days Of dtscosd. h,s
pEophested the triumph Of concord, and who, at
all i,nes, hss hetn more ready 10 apply snttdotes
than The knife 10 the nations wounds. That We
may accurately. md IS fu;ly 30 the occasion de-
er, tho Counsel proceecsd 10 glye sketch OF hts
life, tie cuttome under which he Was reared, aud
the ed1eat'on which he received.
Geo,geC. Powell, 8.ptlat 1nintsttr. At preseat
supposed 10 live . Live Ok alton, 90 the rail-
toa1 between Jacksonville and Tallahassee
Beside: h,@ssf bis ftr nd stz d.nsnter, s saa
.wstors. Ha liv. q Tor some time IN Worth aud
Fo,d. m e. s,ee md u n 1s9 e
four years EGO, the prisoner was la1 Of sixteen,
and number Of tlagee. Ne may safely preeame
that eccnp,sd IN ths innoc. Ct pm ults Country
life, ee daily hesrd the prccepts Of The Gospel
from his f.hrs, unu that IN the society Of bis s,s.
iets the hardy life Of planter was sottsnea By
and that Ia the natural couEse oF events he would
he 1u.dsy. NJ he was then, farmer and an honest
msE, But IN 1sGl war tsoke out Wasi the
Which tpresa ike i dre, WIS IS not ioor II IL reash
iIg Live Oak Station. Ills Two hi others cnl1st-
ecs anc Icw.r, though tut 10. enlisted IN cspttin
sonat da DP
R.camond Nj Dostns s. pF;Yes1soeq p;1 M 70 sons'aes M
tnrsnlps OF the wsr, md Wha. the thoughts that
droye Kim G1Cm pleasant home to the field Of
arms- The cnunaei pictured in Tiyld iansufge
1te suspfees under which, young Powell was
framed n d slave cummubtty, where Il wns ths
cusiem to 1eiend tue Institution Of elavery in
MEETING hDusce. at political gatherings aud IN
izznily places. where II Ess The practice to wn,p
acn and to hunt Via as posdhonnas and
alto those who ht1p- d them to freedom. In the
eyes OF the 'Ad the wst meant n abolish this cns
Ills Inheritance IVES to be dis.ipatsd, hi. vas-ai
equs1, hts lave invaded, bis re ielon coafounded.
bis politics heresy. Fer this The lad wes going
going 10 fight In behsll Of the traditional pstcept
Of the Sta1e-1o defend State Rights. For a thl7d
teaton he vas going to hght-to show that he WIS
. better man tuan ihe NortheEaers, under tho
deep conEtctien prevailing 10 hls section thlt
their blood aud brce 4ng were better than that OF
the Soilhe1neEt. The fourth reason WIS to 1ep.1
inEation. Theee were his incentives, hut he n1d
been echpo.td and t1afutd to war by the bowie.
ii ite md pittoi code Of hunor prevalent there.
The ctua.el asks whether IN the wide world
there IN sbu'her school IN which the prisoner
co1'a 60 well hare been trained for assassination
az fn thte slave autccfscy. Nj. D. proceeded to
argue that IN this prisoner Is t. be found tho L.
g1tmate mora, oaspstnR Of Slavery, sutc rights,
five, ss the American people, are not responsi-
bic for the wicked school IN which he was edu-
Gated; md u We Will determine 10 destroy htu,
u annth-r school before him. the school OF war.
Al Richmond bis regtme Mt jolned The army OF Gen.
rs. AID VI to,rtd ie 4; P; Hillb corps. With
The battles Of cbaneellorsvtlie md Aoaelam.
Here be heard that his Two brothers hsd been
killed at TIE bsttls Of Aalfrsesboto. Finally, on
ne "a OF ny! ase IN ihs charge npoa the ualoe
a Peu1t,ivsnls hospital. The demoraii1tng
edSst O. s,s tTo ss,5s s,mp.s9ne a.
ID. u ahown. He Il one Of that army who made
nstk' f. and cups ont Of the bones OF Union sol.
dlere; who stlvcd their prisoners; wao p,uu.
md we're commanded By officers who violated
lhelr oaths to the United States-an s1my ii 1t be-
liescd bny mcaas Ju.tloah1e that helped tho caute
that held the petstn aud E1b1r ct OF The Pfeei-
dent OF the uLIted States ia holy execsatton,
This IL tho horrih:e aenorallz4tIon Of civil war
the 1eeportlot.tY Of the actt OF this p.etic boy
Who caDa into the world iu the yesr OF the an
rtxa'jon OF Texss-hHs lived but four a .ninistrA.
tiont-1s younger than the la.r compromise with
!" He IL The moral product Of The war, and be-
!o1Rs to those who fsit teRnn it. uow does he
hel to1clcrs have fred ii Nj. L.uco,n and Iii.
ssewsrf hive apptoached The CITY by ete .it1 ffo
Baltimore, and aimed 10 t.cetroY tie govern .uenf
b. = tuddtn blow. So did he. Whit then has he
dene that erers rebel solder has not tried to DO
Only thfs-he has yerturtd d rnnre Ia has shnxn =
higher coursce, betttr h.te. more rsadV sscrie
dee he has AIMED al tue he'd ot 4 nenirtm mt
lpsttau Of The hesft Of = corps. 70 NJ thc pre:i
dent appeared a. ,he taytpr OF he nstinu fr,m
chi VII. and Iii. scwaru A. the rnest n.ciacs.
tor. de sayior from forefrn W,T. I'M tn ri. hov
sn2 fo dTe rnI1inna n h.. f1nw ronntTmnr tb9 tb9a
ore asneased W he nsarner tnc ,dcr snd riai,tap
ofiaWe atd ths dessrnY.r u liz IIntTtv and nen,
ptrty, and the other ~ hia adviser in onnre..iNn
nnd ne eippefy adycc IT, of IN s*Ihe en-.
Ct, d differed fiom he sontbrrn armv .imnIv
becaufe he surpsseed lin courpre md b. difI.red
IN hIs dnfr IN t ;s as sehna vi
before him. From de,tythurr h. wa sen, Ia Wcst
Fut,aIucs Hc-r!t,L Frsit st' B,itjmore' md Te
mainjT flil Octohsr. fsf5 when setinn M hnna
n trrhxnrr h A. ssr+G ~, ia rscJ,acnt ~ go