The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-03-28

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and looking to the increase Of the
clerical force in the Second AditOr's
Office. Adoatodk
Mr.. 1af er cared tte AtVgtNn aftho
mems the fact that n BiugBam
had rStlsS4, altered and materially
changed. thSse Globe rcpOrter'S manu-
script sGths$ titOml debate last week
between imssffapd Hrs Bingham.
MSpatlsr then Aid on thu desks Of
the usnmbers a printed ps-ShlstshOw
ing to sysport a. wfhtSG. sd the re
pOrtsS Printsd. HE ssASAtz0d this
kS~rOeeSiing as.most SplSis and IN de.
sss Ohhi~&Iih asssytas made the
sahOr dag that Mrs. SAtratt was hung
tvithOut sufficient evidShce. Hecharg.
ed that J. Wilkes Booths diary, which
showed all his movements preparatory
TO the assassination of Mr.. Lincoln, was
kept from the knowledge Of the court,
and now it appeared that il had been
spoilatsd by having eighteen pages Of
il cut out after IL got into the hands o.
the Government. he said there is
still remaining IN his diary a memora.
BILE instance written a few hours before
Booths death, and quoted from mem
ory ~ have e~ndeavored to cross the
Potomac FIVE times and failed. l pre-
pose to return to Washington and give
myself up and clear myself from this
great crime" He coRtended this
piece of evidence would have shown,
or in his judgment, this whole case
now shows, that Booth, UP to a certain
hour, mean the capture and abduction
Of Lincoln, and that he changed his
purpose and resorted 10 assEssinstion
If Mrs. Surratt did not know Of this
change she would have no knowledge
Of the intended assassination, and,
therefore, could not have been %eonvic-
ted. If all the testimony had been pre-
scented ne should have been able to
pursue the Accomplices aud end out
who it was that changed Booths pur-
pose from capture 10 assassination (;
who it was that was to profit by assas-
sination and that would not profit by
the capture Of Lincoln who it was
that would succeed Lincoln, in case the
bullet made q vacancy.
MFR. Bingham replied In the exclte-
meat aud hurry ofthe time it so hap
pened' that the report of my reply to
the gentleman was a most imperfect
report Of remarks made by mo in the
House. Any gentleman may examine
1t and he will fail to find in the cor
rections a single accusation that is not,
by express words or by necessary i'm
plieation, in the Reporters notes. ]
defy his ealumny. What charge is he
complaining Of? That I said he had
condemned without knowing or caring
for evidence. say so yet. If he is
the lawyer he iS rsputed to be then he
IS TO DO pitied for coming here aud ar
raigning his peers for not consenting
to admit the testimony of a man aceus
ed, made after the fact. defy him,
by any Investigation which he dare in
%stitute, here or anywhere, TO show that
any communication came into my
hands purporting to DO the production
of. Wilkes Booth, that was not made
after the fact, and long after the fact
Is there any lawyer IN America OF
England who would say words and
declarations of an accused felon, after
the fact, is evidence which the advo
cate for the Governmont'is bound t.
admit in Court2 / treat with contempI
and seorn any intimRtion from any
quarter that | or my associate counse
were under obligation to admit any
such evidence. The law does not re
quire it. The common law, ~thsgrowtl
and gathered wisdom ola THOUSAND
years excludes il. Perhaps that grea
monument ofwisdom and learning i
, not equal TO the Incompatible gOniu
of the incompatible hero of Fort Fish
er. daughter, which the Speaker en-
deavorod to suppress.
Mr.. Butler tried to get in a remark
but Nr. Bingham would not let him
adding that the gentleman from Mass
aOhusOtts had no right to ask iavors a
his hands.
Mr.. Bingham continued Inevs
saw any memoranda by ]. W. Boot
which indicated any plan or plot b,