New Orleans Republican., 1873-06-21

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What had he gained. then. in accepting a
| position at $4,000 year in warrants at fifty
cents on the dollar. that it should be said
| he had received reward for his services
| The responsibility OF the directors was
shown by their resolutions. They author
lied the attack On the Lottery Company.
! and it was done. They atterward. by a
resolution. ordered the company let alone,
| and it was done. What It was that made
! them. he could not sa:. The company was
the greatest curse the city suffered. 1t en-
| riched few at the expense of the poor.
Why had this moral corporation ceased its
attacks on this company! The ievee scheme
was a combination OF Fusionists. Why
| didn't this moral corporation, in its crusade
to expose fraud and vllainy. say word
against this! Because that company is
! composed of many of the best citizens. with
Warmoth at the head OF them. 1t was
an iniquitous and villainous scheme
of rebbing the people. The talent
and virtue of this board Of directors
never said word against this. 1t was
corporation drawing 81 100000 year for
twenty-o y-one years from the people. Sixty
per cent of this comes from New Orleans.
The Picayunc never attacks that. Shame
on such public spirit. Ii the board have no
control whatever, what have you to say OF
their conduct to Mr.. bennett When he
| thought contrary to the boarl they Gis-
| missed him. When they thought Mr.. Dun
ia int q
of the Fusionists they dismissed him.
| Judge Cotton detailed the history of the
last campaign. and showed that there had
| never been a whisper against Mr.. Hawkins
| OF course. the Fusionists claimed to be
| elected. The law on the point OF ,ustihca
| ton was illustrated very fully. The direct
| ors had indorsed the article in question as
| they said because they had found
| that it was true. Judge Cotton re.
lated the attacks made on him in
1852 by the Crescent. which morning after
morning for weeks and months had abused
him for his decision when judge Of the
Sixth Court. 1t had not attacked his per-
sonal character. however. Afterward Mr..
Maddox, the editor. had apolo.ized to him,
stating that they had endeavOred to in
tuence the Supreme Court over his back.
He characterized the defendants case as
the baldest case that he had ever seen. He
called on the jury to give damages TO the
plaintiff for the injury to his personal charac-
ter and to his feelings. And after that give
damages to teach these defendants a lesson
that they shall not in order to carry their
political point yilify and destroy private
character.
Judge Cooley made the closing argument
in the case. He said:
My client and my colleagues have desired
me to close the case. l shall not bother
your minds by reading law. If yonr heads
are not crammed already with law 1t would
be herculean task for me to get any more
in shall take my points from nature. |
shall travel all over the world. and pick
up something here and there. and think
YOU Will find something to understand in
my argument. | got somewhat scared this
morning. love a free country. because |
am one of those who would be in bad fix
if we didn't have one. like elbow room
speech and conduct. When | heard ny
friend Ogden, we call him Tip for short.
talk Of the awful consequences OF render.
ing verdict against the PcoyuHc. and the
terrible EFFECT it would have upon re-
publican institutions. | began 70 despair.
thought the old shin was gone now: the
country is ruined, and all because twelve
honest men We're going 20 say the P"ay'"e
would have to pay for the damage they
have done. know Tip" d;dn: mean any
such nonsense. But he thought there
might be some man on the jury
who would think republican institutions
could only be saved by free press. Now.
| love republican Institutions. bat when 1
come to the conclusion our principles can
only br maintained bv such a press as this.
l am going to quit. Ii that idea is true you
havnt got any institutions worth lighting
for. The first duty OF a government is to
protect the life and property of its citizens.
The constitution say you may take private
property for public uses. but you must pay
for il. This theory says YOU can take away
my reputation and not pay tec i. l have
read just such speeches as We have heard
to-day. and they did very wei! where they
We're delivered in England. when the
crown had the power, and the press was
the only hope OF the people. GU: gov
ernment is not composed OF Our
masters. but our servants. and if We don't
like them we remove them. The defend
ants have charged Judge Hawkins with
being compound of pertidy and perjury.
and nv modest friend. Mr.. Randolph
comes and says. what. charge Judge
Hawkins with perjury: oh. no Oh. rhew
What: Hawkins! Oh. no. We have been
tl,ngin. dirt at fiyurehead FOR the highest
public interest. Iid you ever meet a can.
.lidate for the office OF constable: He
don't want any Of the fees of office. Oh.
no: He is a patriot. and going to save the
country. An asp.rant for police juror
doe. not want the little salary. The coun-
try is going to ruin and they must save IT.
The office Of criminal sheriff is worth about
$4,000 year. but the candidate doesn't
want that. He wants to devote himself to
the interests of justice and the public. Just
so with the Picuyyne. They want to save the
country. IL is in an awful tx-it req uires
gigantic effort "a party pull-a pull al.
tOgether-and the Picaynne made the pull.
And who do Won suppose they pulled Why.
Hawkins. Now. it he il such man as
they say. what harm can he do the country.
NV friend Randolph quoted an authority.
which l will use as It must be proper.
Judge Cooley then read joke from Ho--
yer's Weekly and applied it to the Pcay""'.
Now these returns. that are talked about.
were made December /. and the Picoy'.n"
waited two and a half months before they
broke loose. Did it say anything in De.
cember! Nix. In January! Not svlla-
BILE. The first indignation Of this vir;uou,
shee. appears Februar: ~. This precious
organ Of the peoples interest let the
two and half months: What spell was it
that awakened them from their iethaygy'
VIII YOU believe their assertion that It was
10 other object than to subseyve the inter
e.ts of the public! If it was about any
other subject you woulI tell them to 60 to
the marines witt, their story. Now there
wer. others on tha, board. Why didn't
you pitch into all of them. Because some
people. you know. it won't do to tr'lie with.
Now come to a piece OF the bades, !m.
pudence l ever saw. Here is a book of ll.S
prir.ed pages 1.-THE Senate report. which
tney say they had in their possession
when this article was written. And
thi. report was presented t. Con
sress in manuscript February -. and
ordered to be printed. making it an utter
impossb;litv that they should have had the
printed book. When these defendants SIN
olei ont Judge Hawkins from the rest. they