The New York herald., 1868-04-05

A. did, sir.
O. What time in the day was the speech delivered
A. Between eight and nine O'Clock in the evening.
O. Was there crowd in the streetss A. Yes, sir
there was on the balcony also. We,
O. Where were your A. was on the balcony
within two or three feet Of the President while hs
was speaking.
O. Where was the Presidents party' A. DOM
know.
O. Were they theres A. have no recollection o.
seeing one OF the party on the balcony.
O. Did the President come out to answer 70 a cal
from the crowd on the street apparentlyS A. Yes
sir, Judge so; know there was very large crowd
on the street. and continual cries for the President
In response to those cries suppose he came out
O. State whether he had been received In the street
by procession OF charitable and other societiesi A.
He had, sir been received in the afternoon by the
municipal authorities
@ Had the Mayor made him an addresss A. he
had, sir.
O. Had he answered that addresss A. He had. sir.
O. Did you take report Of that speechs A. did,
@ How fully' A. took every word.
O. After 1t was taken how soon was it written out
A. Immediately.
O. How written outa A. BY nv dictation.
O. BY whOms A. The first part OF the speech
previous to the banquet written out in one OF
the rooms OF the Southern HOte that occupied about
HAL al hour, bnOuu tnlnks we then attended the
banquet at which speeches were made; Immediately
after the close Of the banquet went to the Repu6-
ltcdn ofiice, and there / dictated the speech to
Messrs. Monogram and McHenry, two of the at
taches OF the Republican Office.
O. You have spoken Of banquet. Was there a
banquet given to the President BY the cys A. Yes,
Q. At that banquet did the President speak, A.
He made very short address.
O. Now sir, after that speech was written out was
II publishedS A. 1t was sir.
Q. Whenl A. On the next morning. in the Sun
day Republican.
O. After it published did you revise the publ
cation by your n0tesf A. did, sir.
Q. How soonf A. Immediately after the speech Vas
published In the Sunday morning Republican
went down to the Democrat office in company with
my associate, Mr.. Edwin F. Adams and we very
carefully revised the speech for the Monday morning
Democrat.
O. Then 1t was on the same day-on the same SUM-
day that you made the revision. When you made
u state whether you compared the speech as
printed with those notes. A. Yes, sir did at that
Q. When you compared it did you make any cor.
rections that you needed in the wOrdingS A. NV
recollection is that there were two simple cor.
rections errors either transcribing or on the part
of the printer. That is all that remember in the
way Of correction Of that speech.
z. Did you correct from your notes. A. did sir.
little over a year ago.
Q. What occasion led you to revise it from your
notes then? A. was summoned by the Committee
on the New Orleans Riot l think 1t was little time
after receiving the summOns | hunted up my notes
and again made a comparison with the speech
z. How far did that second comparison verify your
correctness? A. 1t was perfectly correct, sir
O. In regard to the particulars OF the report were
you enabled to report so correctly as to give naccu
racies or pronunciation? A. Yes, sir, did so in
many instances.
Q. Where are your original notes nows A. can't
tell sir; searched for them little after was sum-
moned here, but failed to find them.
Q. You had them at the time you were examined
before the Committee on the New Orleans Riots A.
Yes, sir; have no recollection Of them since that
time.
9. Have you copy OF that paper9 A. have, sir.
q. Will you produce it? (Wtness produces a
printed paper) Q. Is this it9 A. IL is
Q. From your knowledge Of the manner In which
you corrected 1t state whether You are now enabled
to say that the paper which hold in my hand con-
tans an accurate report OF the speech OF the Pres-
dent delivered on that OccasOnS A. Yes, sir; | am
able to say that 1t is an accurate report.
Mr.. BUTLER said he proposed, If there was no OBJ
lection, to offer the paper in evidence, and he pro-
posed to do so also If there was objection. Laugh.
teri
Cross-eXamined by Mr.. Evarts:-
q. understand that you took down the entire
speech irom the PRESIDENTS mouth, word for word,
@. In the transcript from your notes and in this
publication did you preserve that form and degree
Of accuracy and completenessS A. did.
Q. Is it all OF the speechs A. 1t is.
q. No part Of It is condensed or paragraphedp A.
Q. You say that besides the revision of the speech
which you made on the sunday following the de
livery Of the speech you made revision of 1t yea
q. For what reason and on what OccasionP A. A,
the time that was summoned be ore the Committed
Of Congress on the New Orleans Riots.
q. At WashngtOnS A. Yes.
Q. When was that? A. can't say; 1t is over
year ago; WSi. cant ,hSn FIX the date precisely
speech? A. l was.
Q. And did you produce it then to that committee
Q. Were you examined before any other commit.
tee than that A. No, sir.
Q. Was your testimony reduced to wrtingY A.
Mr.. BUTLER-Was your testimony before the New
Orleans Riot Committee publisheds A. / am not
aware whether it was not.
Mr.. BUTLER then put In evidence the ST. Louis
Democrats report OF the Presidents speech in st.
Louis, made on the sth Of September 1866.
The speech was read in full by the Clerk. The
most offensive portions OF it out in the third
specification OF the tenth article CuriOusly enough
Il contains paragraph predicting that the Fortieth
Congress, II constituted as the Thirty Congress
was would try to mpeach and remove him from
office on some preence Of violating the constitution
or refusing to enforce some law.
TESTIMONY OF JOSEPH A. DEAR
Joseph A. Dear sworn and examined by Mr.. But.
@. What is your businessp A. I am n reporter.
@. How long have you been In the businessY A.
Five years.
@. How do you report speechess A. am short
Q. Did you join the Presidents party when II went
to st. Louis via ClevelandY A. did join in Chicago
q. Were-you In the Presidents party ut St Louis
A. was.
Q. Did you make report Of any speeches made
thereY A. reported all the speeches made there.
@. For what paper were you reportngY A. was
with the party as correspondent for the Chicago
Republican. l made the report for the st. Louis
Times.
q. Have You your notes of that reports A. have
part Of them
q. Was there speaking on the steamboats, A.
There was.
q. Did you report that speechS A. I did.
q. state whether that was an address In reply to
the welcome by the Mayor A. ! think it was
speech I'm answer to an address OF welcome by Cap
tain Leeds. who represented committee Of citizens
who met the party In Alton.
q. How did you make that reports A. In short.
hand writing.
Q. How soon did you write it outs A. That even
ing.
q. How accurate was itY A. Where II purports to
he accurate. The report was made for the St Louis
Times, and. as matter of course, reporting for a
paper OF strong democratic politics corrected the
inaccuracies of grammar. That IL all.
q. Have you since written out from your notes so
far as you have notesS A. have.
q. Look at this paper and say II It Is in your hand
writing from your n0tesI A. IL IL an exact tran.
script, so far ~ II goes.
O. Is that accurate report Of the speech az made
by Andrew JohnsonS A. IL Is, with the exceptions
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