The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-08-26

"coerced" Thomas. and the Presi
dents maudlin speeches when h.
was Swinging round the circle,
which were read amid alternate up
roars of laughter and disgust. Her,
is an extract which arrested as muel
attention as any. 1t was reportet
by the Missouri Democrat. Septem
nel 10th, 1866: ".Jndaas! Juda
lscariot. Judas, There was
Judas, once of the twelve apostles
Oh, YES, and these twelve apostle.
had CHRIST. The twelve apostle.
had a Christ, and he could not have
had Judas unless he had had twelve
apostles. fl have played the Judas
who has been my Christ that | have
played the Judas with: Was il
Thad Stevens? Was it Wendell
Phillips: Was it Charles SUMNER
And so on for pages, interspersec
with "Bully for you!" "Hooray fo'
Moses" Put him out" "Go it
Andy and olheis of more force hu,
less elegance, supplied by his audi
tors at every line. think Andy,
volubiIity did good deal toward
reconcilng the people TO Grants
taciturnity. ....
Reverdy Johnson and Butler had a
little tilt apropas ot the manager I'M
plying that the Senator was trans.
ceuding his position as juror, John.
son told him he knew the law as vel
IS he did, and he purposed fulfilling
il. Mr. Ilder, OF ST. Louis, one d
the witnesses, was Batler's match
He was a httle deaf from recent
illness. but he said he could not tell
precisely when his deafness began.
Don't you know when vou be-
came deaf said Butler.
IL was not deaf when you made
your -. Louis speech" said the wit
ness.
Are vou sure OF that,
"ouite sure; because ! heard a
great many things said hy the crowd,
which don't believe sou did. aid
the gentleman imperturablv.
t.varts examined all the witnesses
for tine defense. and ta those oi Us
who heard him. the reports o) the
Brooklyn trial seem familiar. He
spent half hour one morning over
a reporter, asking what - stem he re-
ported, where he sa, ON thar particu-
lar occasion, where the light came
from, whether he used pen or pencil,
etc.
Bingham made the most interest
ing speech tto the mnltitude1 Of the
prosecution. lndg" Curtis, of the
Presidents counsel, spoke only three
hours, but he embraced all that had
been said before, and nothing new
was added to his statement of the
case hy those who followed him.
Bingham called it Justly "a stately
argument" and said of Eyarts. who
spoke for three days, that he seemed
to think "the way to make speech
immortal was to make it eternal" "
Evarts himself was conscious of its
extreme length, and apologized for i,
on he third morning, saying that his
listeners were probably IN the condi-
=ps.,,s -yyf ,ssg,a issfoasJurUagn. wpo ror,s
a lawyer when he proposed ro resume
Argument at his lordship's "pleasure,' -
that '.the court would hear him to-
morrow, but as to pleasure, that was
louI since out Of the question" 1t
WI. sort OF proud humility that he'd
hm to apologize, for h. could have
held ho audience for three days
n ~.
Tn most memorable rpiso lie of
til tId was when tie paid his re
sp~rts - the honorable and ''asir3n
omiraI Manager Mr.. Boutwell,,
With impresslveness OF manner and
dignity Of speech. Mr. Boutwell, had
in argument declared the earth aud
its institutions provided no puai,h,
ment appropriate for the crime Of
which J hn>on was guilty. and de-
scribe d a spot III the heavens near
the southern Cross, "a drcary, cold,
dark region of space" yoiHi OF stars
and evidently left ~ 'the Great Au
thof Of celestial m"chauisln" lu
"rhaoS, Here II the rauh "wrr,
capable" al justice ~ virtue" il
would .tesy, aud thro" tbs "rrir-
my ui two race, OF men to forever
exist IN a suiltudc eternal AS life, As
Il warning to those "who are the enc
mics ii themselves, Uf their race, and
of their God" The audience r."
ceivei il quie,ly, thought ii Gothcr
good, and no further notice was ia
ken nr il. But on mo, Mug after
Evarts h* ! oren delivering long,
dry legal discourse, he suddenly
turned tn sharp face OF his toward
Boutwell,, and with gravity fqnaIng
his own, @eplored his ignorance while
admiriog his opp 'r"nt's superior
knowledge.
"Whjle others" said Mr. Eyarts,
still facing the manager, "were pay
lng attentl n 10 an unorCupled aud
uuarprOp,iated island on the surface
of The sea, lAlta \ eial, "Mr Man
a9er Suutwell, more ambitious had
discovered an untcnaute1 aud uuar-
propria ed region in the skies, re-
served. he would have US think, in
the final councils of the Almighty. as
the place Of punishment for convicted
and deposed American Presidents =
After demonstrating lis constitution
alty, since the Constitution has said
"removal from office and put no
limit to the distance OF the removal, "
he says that as none but the learned
manager knows where that spot j..
he is the necessary deputy to execute
the Judgment OF the court. with
the President made fast to hi, broad
aud strong shoulders, and having al
ready essayed the flight by immagin-
alton, better prepared than anybody
else to execute II III form, taking ad-
vantage ot the ladders, as far as lad
ders will e., to the tip Of this grea,
Capitol, and spuruing then with his
foot the crest of Liberty. let him set
upon his fight, while the two houses
Of Congress and here Evarts faced
the Senate aud raised his hitherto
subdued voice to a ringing cry, ''and
all the people Of the United State,
shall shout, Sic itur ad asrra.'" Then