Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-10-21
NUMBER 40.

the i'll suppressed ccnsures and their cN-
cited fear and tell where among my
neighbors or my fellow men, where. even
in his heart, can expect to find the senti'
ment, The thought, not to say Of reward
or acknowledgment, but even oil recog-
milton. sat here two weeks during the
preliminary trial. stood here between
the prisoner and the jury nine hours and
pleaded for the wretch that he "as in
sane, aud did not even know he was on
trial. And when all was done ibc jnry
thought, al least eleven OF them thought,
had been deccying them or was sell
deceived They read signs of intelligence
in his idiolic smile and OF cunning and
malice in his stolid insens5i.ity. They
rendered Il verdict that "hc was sane
enough 10 bc trjcd'-a contemplate
compromise verdict IN capita. case
aud then they looked with Wha. emotions
God and they only auo~, upon his
aunignment The district attorney
speaking in his adder ear, Jadc h.m rise,
and reading to him one adicimcn asked
him whether he wanted . trial, a4i the
poor TOOL answered no. "uaye YOU =
counsel ?" No" And they went
through the same moehcry. lhc prisoner
giving the ,1ne answers, uaui ,hird
indictment wa- tmadcrcd in Dis ears,
and lie stood before the court silent, mo-
tiouless and bewildcred. Gu.tmeu,
You may think oil this evidence. bring ia
what verdict you Gun. hIt asse.eate
before Heaven aud you, TO the best of my
knowledge and belief, the prison,. %, the
bar does not at this moment know why it
IS that my shadow falls on you instead Of
his own. speak with all sincerity nd
earneslncss. not because oy.se, my
opinion to have weight. uu, w.a.I dis.
arm the iniuriou, impression ta' [ 1m
speaking merely a, - lawyer speaks !or
biz client | am indeed % volunteer in
his behalf Bat society and mankind have
the deepest interests 20. s,aoc. lam The
lawyer for society. Cor mankind locaed
beyond the power OF expression 30. The
scene have witnessed here a. ,yinga
maniac Is malclac,or
There cannot he a doubt taa. n this
statement of his motive AIr seward
uttered nothin. more ihla ,,. mpie
truth. Twas to rescue tom ,.nalion
the broad principles of morals, ,.a, guilt
can only bcmcasured by responsibility in
the reciprocal relations of The leman
race Yet the iury brought in 90 verdict
against the prisoner, and lie Judge pro-
nouuccd the sentence oi execution.
Nothing dauntcd by al. lhi.. Mr.. Seward
persisted in intcrposinS every possible
dilatory measure. until the evidence OF
the condition of The man -"Iua.ly
forced itself 50 yiyidly upon ihe eaavic-
tion ol the very Judge who had 90. md
condemned him, and when oaie.1iiy
called upon to 20 over The vofA once
more he declined it as impractc.1.o.--
Mr.. Seward was now clearly proscd 20
have been right, SO E.r "a his action had
gone before the law. BIT when ,l- time
came for The end Of Freeman by aat.ural
death, seven physicians o. .a- vicinity
were summoned TO pos. norton cN-
animation OF his brain. and the result TO
which they arrived was that j, displayed
indications Of deep chronic disease. Mr..
Seward had been right from tac start.
He had upheld broad generous princi-
pie at enormous personal hazard, and he
never received the smalles, return for 10,
excepting in tic satisfaction to his own
conscience OF work rai,hG,y per-
formed.