New-York tribune., 1868-04-04


correct his speechi A. He did not He stated 70 me
prior 70 the delivery OF the speech nat nc C. desired p %
phraseoogy, not TO make any change III any suDs'nai
O. win you look and see II you find portion OF
your manuscript as you wrote IL 'ner9t a 'ter oAau
| iningl recognize some portion OF ~ Sir. ,,-,
| @ Separate as well as you Witness disengaged a
| O. Have Won now got the portions occurring IN two
different parts OF the speech which yon wrote out A.
| Yes, Sir.
| O. Are there any corrections in that manuscript A.
| There are, Sir, quite a number.
O. In whose handwriting u you know A. In the
! hand writing OF Col. Moore SO Tar as see.
| O. Have you written out from your notes since the
| speech A. have.
@ Is that IT, as it is written out Showing manuscript
| 10 witness Witness-Its
O. Is that correct transcript of your notes A. II Is,
| with two uIimpOrtant corrections
| O. Do you remember what they arel A. In the sen
tence. could embrace more by means Of silence by
letting silence speak what should and what ought 10
say" i should have been letting silence speak ana
and then was the word .oyerruing omitted between
| the words under Providence" ,,- .
which been you is transcript of the whole
speech-of the entire speeehi A. Yes. Sir
| @. From your notes exclusively A. From my notes
O. Have you any doubt that the transcript which you
correctly madei A. have no doubt the transcript
made from my notes at the Executive mansion was sub
learned that the manuscript to be revised took the
liberty of making certain revlsions myself IN the ian
guage correcting ungrammatcal expressions Laughter
changing the order Of words in sentences in certain cases.
and corrections OF that sort -, =. .. .,,..
u.
o. Have vou ever made any examination to see what
changes you have madei A. have not, and cannot now
O. Well YOU have made more recent transcript from
your notesdid you allow yourself the same liberty now
O. That then, you consider true transcript OF your
| hottest A. II Is, Sir
q DO you report by the same system q " Sound md
Phonography" as it is caledl A. hardly know, Sir,
what system do report with studied shorthand i
when was boy going to sehoo.the system @ d n& Oh pnq
have included changes OF my own since then, and
| made various changes.
O. Can you phonographc reporters write out from one
anothers noesi A. do not think any one could write
out my notes, Sir. except myself. ,.o.., pro,.tIv
NOT unless written with very great degree Oh accuracy
| and care.
James o. Clephane recalled and examined by MI BoI
| LER-manuscript shown. . a., .,
aud wrote it out tell US whether that Is the manuscript
g. Has il any correctionsf A. Yes, in the first line
| O. Who made those A. presume they we're MADE ny
O. Was the manuscript as you wrote It, correct copy
OF the speech madei A. can't say hai adnered as
perfectly to the notes in the report as dd III tnat o INC
O. Was it substantially aeeuratei A. It was Sir
q Did you in any case change the sense A. Not aI
| all Sir only the form Of expression.
O. The form OF eXpression-why, sirf A. Oftentimes
when oh .cured the meaning, To make IL readable.
Crossexamned by Mr.. EvARTs-What rules of change
did you prescribe to yourself in the aeyatGns you made
cbang ges in the form OF expression -, 4. 3.
@ When the meaning did not present itself to you as M
johnson is In the habit OF speaking -
MIR EVARGs qnterruptlngl-Wes SIR, was II lnat wnen men
the meaning did present itself to you as it should you
made it clear A. Yes, sir.
~ O. NO grammatical improvement A. Yes, Sir may
haze yeTy often the singular verb used where the
plural ought to have been
! @ You corrected, then the grammari A. Yes, sir
q. Can you suggest any other rule that you loho"edi
~ Mr.. WILLIAM C. MooREs TESTIMONY.
| VIM G.. Moore sworn and examined by Mr.. BUTLER
| O What Is your rank, Sri am PayInaster IN the
army. Sir, with the rank OF Colonel ~ A., ,,.h d.
q. When we're you appointed, sTf A oh the l4th uay
Did you ever Tay anySGay &n sr aSsse A.
| O. What has been your dutyi A. / have been ON duty
O. what Kind Of dutyi A. have been in the capacity
| OF Secretary for the President. ,.,,
@ Were you so acting before you were appolntedi
O. How long had you acted IS Secretary before yOu
ident In in the month Of November. 1855.
Had GssR ba IN Hs s%y PrGr sS est
In m the War DePsPegd & a. fes chr Of the 18th Of
August, 1861 A. l did, Sir.
@. Did you take any notes of iti A. did not, Sir.
g LOON Al the manuscript which lies there before you
and see whether you corrected IT, don't whether
you examined IL at ALL did you correct any portion Oh II
o. Where were the corrections madei A. In apart
ment Of the Executive Mansion.
q. Who in the apartment when you made the cor
rectonsf A. Francis ii smith, James b. Sheridan, aud
James o. Cephane, and think, Mr. Holland OF the AS
| O. Had you any memorandum from the President by
| which TO correct It'll A. None, Sir.
O. DO you claim to have the power or remembering,
| after hearing speech what man saysf A. do not
O. Did MT You know that the President, that
sion been exercising his great constitutional right OF
| freedom of speechf
Mr. CURTis~That puts question of law to the wit
ness. lLaughter.I 80 49,,
it. E sr Dl'H''0u 50 Understands ~ ., - 1
Mr. sTANBERY-we are TO understand, then. that it
is constitutional 20 exercise freedom OF speech
Mr. BITLER-That IL is constitutional TO exercise 1t In
this way 1t may be constitutional think, but not de-
O. How dare you correct tho Presidents great consti-
uonal right OF freedom Of speech without any memo
randa TO do 1t byf lLaughtefI A. INC au'nofi'' 90
O. How came you assume the authority to correct
this great constitutional rights A. IL dlncult ques-
WSV should YOU assume the authority to correct his
spsechI A. My object as the speech was extempo-
rIneous simply to correct the language and not 10
O. bid YOU change the substance in any ways A. not
O. Are there not pages there where yonr corrections
comprse the most Of IL A. / am not aware Sir. that
there is From hasty examination nave made tmhk
IL PUsspu There are pages where there
erasures but whether or not erased tnem uon
o. Do YOU know whether anybody else did sol A. No,
O. Did YOU do that revision by direction OF the Pres
| dent I A. | did not, Sir, so far as reeoilec1
| O. He did not direct you A. No. Sir
g Dd y0u say to Mr. smith, then and there, that you
did II by direction of the Presidentf A. NOT that rc
| member, sir. =. - IT. ,hoso o,tara,,one
and corrections upon this very solemn occasion OF TINS
speech without any authority Whatever A. ihstS NY
| Impression. , ,, A., ,,, sho,r 4, IN tho
% o aver tell him that you had taken that lib
crty with his consutionalrsa Laughter A. can '
recollect that did 49,, 4. In,
the manuseript A. The manuscript as IL was reVlseu
was handed 10 the Agent Of the Associated Press VINO
sent ID To the office that might be published IN the aer
noon papers -, -. -. ...,ous n. T bava
no doubt OF It, - .....s r,,os,
o. Was that speech purportng TO come from me Pres
dent published In the Associated Press dispatcnesi a
dont know SIR IL reached the Associated Press once
o. Was the same speech published IN ihe HikH'9oop'