Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-02-22

write paragraph that shall connect any man
with anything that is not Ibellous, ID
this be libel; i stand here, your honor,
TO vincicate the ordinary usages of the
English language. A libel means something
something dark; something that has the
stain OF tslsty in il, not only that Of malice, but
1 beyond that. To say that a man was mistaken
| does not libel him. To say that a man had a
| suspicion against a lady, and acted upon that
suspicion-acting in perfect good faiths not a
libel against him: To say that he attempted Ia
have her arrested, and failed, is not = libel IL
would be Hbelous 70 say that, knowing that ~
was false; knowing that lady was a lady OF
| high reputation, and was above the suspicion OF
| such a thing. he does this, but the newspaper
SAID he did not know who she was. Ii guards
and protect, his r putation; speaks Of him with
care He diU LOT know who she was-a direct
implication thai II he had known the social pO-
| sition of Mrs Hume, the circle TO which she be-
longed, he would not have thought of charging
her with such a thing. But he did it ignorantty
We give him the benefit of everything. We did
not intend 10 charge this man with any thing
We did not charge him with anything; and /
Will defy the suhtlest ingenuity, the most acute
intellect 10 seize upon any part OF this case anv
part of this alleged libel and with any use OF
language, good or bad, make il libelous, for ~
lacks one OF those great ingredients, though
II may not be true; and il il does not,
IL does not charge this man with anything
IL docs not even saw that he was IN stsken. II
does not even say that the lady was innocen; O.
that charge. Not at all; but that simply he had
suspicion, which he expressed TO her As he
might. And not that he did that in a rough and
offcer, a. any Gentleman might Why, gentle
mtn, If you think one has committed an infrac-
ton upon any one OF your rights cannot YOU 90
TO magistrate, police officer. aud ASK for III
ordinary remedy Of the law. Ii II is right TO do
Il, surely II is not wrong TO say you did it. oh
am not going I'd spend time with this charge:
At asst that part OF this charge; for it Is nothing
IL II no charge, and cannot Toe male 70 be- a
barge, and that is all there is or Il.
But let ms see what other things there are
about 1t. Now when you look at this article
hat xxvr;ff 81,
reference TO Mr. Prince at all. He is not named.
There II not anybody named. Why. your
Honor, il could have been just az ibelloUs with
out a name. ] am not compromising argument
one way or the other about that. But am now
saying that the writer of this article had no:
Mr. Prince in his mind as party TO be
spoken about. You see that il spends it,
force. II force IL has, ITS badinage, its
wit, its fun, its humOr, whatever il is,
on quite different parties than Mr.. Prince of
the stamping establishment up there. IL wants
10 tell a story about Mr.. Hume. and there was
good reason 10 tell il. Ii Mr.. Hume had tes-
tined he would have told You just how much.
but really his Honor thought this case did not
warrant us in spending three or four DAYS, 20
20 into any thing like proof, and 80 excluded
US; and 1 am not to argue this case
was TO be said pleasantly about Mr.. Hume aud
Il was necessary that there should be Somebody
else with Mr. Hume, which was another Prince:
another of the royal family. [Laughter.l Not
this fellow at all. The truth is he wanted TO
tell how Mr.. Hume had called man by the
name OF Prince into his store, and had an inter-
view with him, which ended little better than
II began Laughter They wanted TO tell
that story, and there was no way in the world 20
tell II, except briefly in the fewest words i'm the
world, to glance at what led 10 IL. Well. now
the thing that led to il was that Mrs. Hume
went UP there, and that is according to the state
ment of Mr. Prince himS Il, and passed coun-
terfeit bill that he undertook TO get back. That
is what led to il, and this article for the pur-
pose OF lettering this joke upon Hume and the
other Prince, relates so much of that. That the
lady who went there was Mrs Hume, and when
Mr.. Hume heard Of ii Mr. Hume did not like it,
and be felt a little belligerent towards Mr.
Prince. and he did not distinguish between
the Princes. One was the Prince Royal
did not draw the right distinction He
fell into a ludicrous mistake, and in that
ludicrous mistake, that comedy of errors-and
your Honor il was a comedy of terrors or little
while laughter in order TO tell that, and
Low il came up, he simply recounted TIA At a very
respectable lady had called at his place. which
was admitted TO be respectable. and fell under
The suspicion of a man who had a right TO
suspect, and that article charges he had a right
TO suspect All this is related for the mere purpose
II having this sport upon Hume and the other
Prince will not 40 10 the length Of saving that
we could get up this sort OF thing, and say il il
all trihiDg. i cannot, for the purpose of perpe-
trating even good natured joke, burn a mans
house down. IL do ought TO be held respon-
>lble IN some way. i 10 not say that for the
purpose of telling a good nasured story upon
Thomas l.. Hume and the other Princes, that
against Prince the stsmper. Not at all. But
| have 10 say that the article was not published
on account OF Prince. And if it was not pub
iished on his account there could be no malice,
40 intention TO injure him. That is
Why am pursuing this course of argument.
We are charged with having published this
maliciously and unlawfully, for the purpose of
njuring the good name and fame of Mr.. Prince,
he stamper. And We are at pains TO explain to
his jury that We did not publish this article, or
lid not write il, at all on account of Mr. Prince:
n Wp A. no
mpufa:ion upon him, but we told il for the
purpose OF telling the balance OF the story. Ny
libel upon Hume; that the public had great in
terest in, and TIE STAR ought to be punished;
not because they libel this Prince up here, but
-ome other man who has not got the good sense
10 employ Mr.. Darlington To bring a suit for
$4,000 or $4,000 damages. 1 say, gentlemen,
that this article was not published ON account
OF that Prince, just a. was explained on this
stand; that he was not in the minds of th0se
writer's at all. How did il come to be printed?
Why. ii had been floating around here on the at
mosphere OF Washington for some time, and il
deInen employed in The STAR ofice-a Young
gentle man of the first reputation. known TO all
# you-that this thing had occurred, and he
aused IL To be put IN writing, with norefiections
upon Prince at all.
lie gave a statement OF the facts TO Mr.. Col
ms, the assistant editor, and he wrote them up
N that good natured, pleasant way in which il
anne to the knowledge of the public. in the next
publication OF The STAR, which has been read
20 you, Now, what further? Each of these
parties has sworn TO you positively and pointedly
OF course, Mr.. Young was the source of all this
information. He swears that the subject Of the
Information he picked up at some place, and
gave the material to Mr.. Collins. Mr. Collins
wears that he embodied simply what was given
70 him by Mr.. Young in this article, and il
appeared. What followed that? WIN, Mr.
Prince, the plaintiff, went and saw Mr.. Prince
he other party, and they went TO The STAR
flee together, when the other Mr.. Prince
.reated the article as good natured Joke.
Why, think of it! He (the other Mr..
Prince was representedas man called into the
cellar and submitting to a hagellation. and then
taking drink, and calling IL even. That Is the
position that he occupied before the public as
Tar as TIE STAR is concerned. Now, YOU ought
not TO Judge the case of this other Prince any
more severely than this Prince judged his The
Prince, the broker, regarded il as a pood-na-
tnred joke, and said nothing more about it.
That was his, Judgment. He was Judge of his
own case. He was somewhat abused Oh how
should like to have heard my brother Caring
ton two hours In that case! Oh, how should
IKE to have heard those moving, melting, LOFTY
nights IN that case. What O tearful qaivering
and quayering there would have been In his
voice a. he depicted the woes, the unutterable
wrongs OF this second Prince Prince is q fool.
He didn't know he had been abused in this way
This other Prince had not the slight idea that
be was injured to the extent he was until brother
Darlington made it known to him The truth