New-York tribune., 1874-02-24
BRITTON'S SECOND DEFENSE.
A REPLY TO GOVERNOR Dix

h'nss county, c'a"oo yeS'cruay soa. no hsd resoVoo
no ocai notice IRON Governor DIX that No had eeen
removed from his position except what he had seen in
the and what no had from the ette,
apnoin,,ng rhoma. IT podmar ~ an hi, nono ,yt,o,
apPoinuhR Ahomas H. hohtnah 10 III nus place. Which
the latter presented yesterday He stated last night,
however that he would waive what he regarded a. a
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A vi courtesy on the part OF the Governor ana take
1t for granted that had been removed and therefore
cent last nj 0bt to Covarnor I, ,,o ,n,,owinn,at,.
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To hi. Ere.,,eney lou, n,P No'AIi'' foO ~ i'''
lVgr anQouncement OF my removal from the Office OF
public press. 1t created surprise me. although
the cltizens OF BrooMyn doubt not it did Beileymg
evidence think am Justified in the statement that not
one IN ten III ths Guy cohslder slGh removal 10 oe
possible confess 70 my own early confidence that
the Executive OF the state OF Newfork could not ar
0rd to be otherwise than just But was not long de-
city that y s@oy Wss the pTo@so the
part Of one of them early IN the proceedings that
the charges being made, he woud see that proper In
nnence Wohld DE Drought upon the Governor 10 IN
sure lne resut; tne con,huai anu Gonnusn. oners 70
10 De IN your cosnience IN TINS matter tue boasts
befera ,he e t oS lrho The ~ prnnosed
cso ,o nnt - yrnshaS ;rn tb banJs nS 5be
S, was no' ,o o at,h i" P Inc ninu' Ild vi
by notice that yoa would hear Counsel AZ Iibany'
suo 'no sySpa, ~ pbs ~ @ t' ts,, @ @ n % ', y 60 W
eed III. Se STtb and aio the refa." Sy yoS o defer
ni5 e, s @ hay6,pd a. t,S ait ~ y on th NJ nea
sa @ argnest Desond te SisI OF on ,ns pea
General Barlow. he being familiar Win the faets"
, w. th 10 r, ~ ia1t haSro 80, all -, thase t,cto con
shuted q case OF cireumstantla evidence not to be
@ ~ 9 - ou ~ to tho, we that
nl lrdnA ~ say " yoi ma ny @ w .a. S ~
have trial upon the merits ava not continue even un
Ihe argument wa Inale anu IL tue esiaGns inynS , ~
not be incorrect to attribute that result TO the very
able argument OF my Counsel anq tAe paucl OF Tue
ished even the Executive mind. Subsequent events
even diu not ead 20 restore tnat conn lenGe % -, A.,
Tue accusers, VINO seemed 10 DC Wen aware OF the
tiop t6ougb eyidenlIy greatly dSapponted and sur.
n rsad nt
dence. Their newspaper organ faled not TO ply the
auticinared removal upon general principles" Week
after week, almos. daily we were informed that tho
nooed that FAC, might not be perceptble and during
those seven weeks. wltn daily that no
Governor is still reading the te'mony NV %hea was &
Executive ear was open TO all coners and the stock
posed "infuence" of the day.
To the rejecting minds of the state TINS must nave
presented matter for serious consideration, Whlle 10
Few who knew what the public dill not, It must have
been amusing IN the extreme. There are one or two
mitted to refer There appointed by you. as Com.
member Of the bar in New-York, who was afterward
elected by the people to honorable Judicial position
and O1s well sgs s he yoa S With
narped tbat in his view there was no case whatever
made ont and his ooinon would have embarrassed the
~ Id he on;ie mnroner for the Executive to hear
suggestion even from him. can only cOnjectare
newly eisgtef @ he duties Of his
office on Jan l. 1t would have been natural. perhaps
nronosition mon which very able legal minds dissent
rom Your conclusions that you should have consulted
h VS. deseryedly considered one OF the ablest. well
as purest lawyers OF this state am not 70 determine
And now, Sir, after seven weeks. you have removed
m ienth fonnd one upon which YOU can base that re-
az @ tbat oropose oexamne It IS as follows
Thai said report and aiT ss a asit Toas se
B M that is. .s sro%9e H,2 @ :sG s ss1: si
said winchester Br''on their legal s,se screen .sa
Isaac Baea RON % ndeISn sS anu . d jury falsely as their duty
~ Ie nSemiss, b1 telling them il
Oo % oat " On ooS suss % ac and being thereby did 10
rood in IN wa. n ,~y n'Ae''' 0e'''0 '" " '"' ''
Now. it is obvious that this is charge brief, that
way and sey Badeaa e Now thus and this
only Is t1e nnn to meet which the Consti
aton na %pSo provides shall be served upon and
which was to be heard as CONDITION % Thar ths
tesumony submitted to you not only wholly fails to
snow toa hut SSes Show without that not
nniy never gave such advice that such
matter was ever before the Grahd '9syd syndo,ho, ~
cal question put to me BY tie foreman OF the
Grand Jury and my answer thereto; put you wholly
omit to state which every juror including the fore
man. hsn ahe question had no Relation to Bidean but
to wholly derent matter IT'S equally M true HSah you cite
& ~ relating to- what occurred before he
nane - III ~ the Rada,n ms tier was b,-
Granu JrS na, on,it to stato thar
fore the Grdnu Jury, pul you ~ xitnass
afterHard MI BayHs prcScntou % Si
and corrected his testimony ln tht iegau,
fnat OF Bldeau was not DeiOre tne
GnanJ Jnrv You will Dardon me for referring to the
nnnd ,.t;ch dnubess Won have rehl often aud
loroFu' fuiiw " 70 IN substantiate my assertion.
r ~ nd Irors examined were Theodore Shotwell
=, ,.rae A GslJamoister & p Fowler Il. lnfg. C.
T. . Graves A. Snan + z Krnse and C. \ Baylis
A. W, MoIIis, u, M AZ, -, ,estIaai oaI tbSs
MI shotwci tesIlnei .,,,,s, Mr. R,ae,u co
O. Will tell Us whether any complain. ssAnss
scor Of Taxes Of this city, was in1sagaea o. sug Rs 'u"'
Now to recoiecon 'nee Mas % M hsr,ss s,bsd IN the
"ere 'ue - ~ B.iaspi A. No any ~hei there
.s s,ytbin. Of the kind
~ Were YOU there when Britton called up va, Sir
q Wnt csarges against public oeet we're he urnd Jur invest