The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-16

when he was ready for trial Mt the last
term of the Court. and ut this late day,
by the courtesy of the Court to the At
torney-Genernl, lie was, with blanched
checks and silverinS hair, permitted to
come before the jury on trial, all because
kimpton's testimony had not been taken
mt the Inst term; he had been subjected
IN the meantime to the most pitilcss
abuse from the ablcst papers in the
State; SANDER had killed more than
swords. J. q. Adams WAS elected Trcsi-
dent Of the United States by the casting
vote of Henry Clay, mn,l when he APP
pointed Dir. Clay to the Office of Secretary
OF State in his Cabinet, the Democratic
press belched forth its abuse and charges
OF corruption, driving Adams from the
Presidential chair and forever blasting
the hope of Mr. Clay, the idol of the
West for future national political pre-
icrment The defendant had been living
III bleak and uncarpeted rooms, but the
press of the State had represented him
MS living in almost Oriental luxury, in
order to honnd on the jury and the pro-
secution; even tho lawyers for the de-
fence had been attacked; he said that il
newspapers, judges, society or ANYTHING
else were to dictate to lawyers their duty
toward those who desired their assist
ance, the profession was no longer ho-
norable; they have stuck every pin in n
sensitive skin that they could in order
that. by accusing the Acknowledgement
OF slackness, they might hound him on
to the prosecution OF this case; he said
that this prosecution of Parker was more
than prosecution, it WAS IL pcrsccu-
tion-heartlcss, relentless, mnlienant
and mean. He then read the complaint,
and compared its allegations with the
proof; he said TINT Kimpton's namc did
not occur in it anywhere; Dunn, the Ajax
Teanmon of this prosecution, had fixed
this excessive bail, and he proposed to
give him the full benefit of a1l his posi-
tion entitled him to; he then read Dunn's
affidavit, swearing that Parker was going
to leave the State, &c.; said the affidavit
| and the proof differed; Dunn sworc to
one state of facts and then went on the
stand and proved another; both about
''tarrcd fingers and ''infernal cnmels,"
where has the jury ever seen anything
to equal this proceeding of Dunn's, their
principal witness; he then criticized the
opening remarks Of the Attorney-Gcne
raj to the jury; he snid thnt whenever he
got into bad fix, he invoked the Rcpub-
llcan party and cries out, "Help Inc, CAS-
sius, or I sink" when the Attorney
General said TINT he did not altogether
understand this case, he knew in his
ovr heart that Parker was innocent; he
Is too. .skillful swordsman, when he
knew that he was sure to win, to mt
venom on the blade; hence his inyocn-
tion of the Republican pnrty; he said
TINT Parker had been Republican long
before many that now cry him down;
that he was n Republican wlcn no man
in the State would have dared proclaim
| his Repubiicnnism; that the defendant
hnd offered no testimony in his own be-
half, hoping thereby to get the reply to
| the Plaintiffs counsel, and because they
| believed that the State had not made out
its case; he would rely in his argument
on principles Of law and portions Of the
| PLAINTIFFS testimony for the defendant;
he believes in the trial by jury; that as
much MS it might suit people in
power to single out certain indi-
vidUals to pcrsecutc for political rur-
poses or to further tho political
aspirations of few men, if the jury was
true to itself all these efforts of arbitrary
power IRE futile and of no avail; if they
believed Parker innocent, they should
say so. He then read the amended COM
rlnint in which kimpton's name is men
toned; the case is altered; the testi-
mony proves something else; could the
jury believe witnesses that would make
such mistakes as Dunn had made? He
then read the sworn answer Of the de-
fendant, and said that the law did not
require him to cancel coupons; TINT the
cause of action did not arise within four
years from the commencement of this
action; that they could not defend Par
kcr's.whole life; "be thou chaste as snow
thou canst not escape cnlumny," says the
great master of human nature; but he
could prove that Parker in this case is
innocent, and that the State had not
made out its case against him. He said
that Parker did keep n memorandum of
the bonds sold, &C., but it was stolen;
no thought that the Secretary Of State
had kept n record OF the bonds sealed in
his Office; he then referred to the hostile
verdict of English juries in times past.
He said that Scott had said that the cou-
pons were so much alike That he could
not tell which bonds they belonged to;
no snid that the classification Of the bonds
into regular or irregular, or red and blue,
was by plaintiffs testimony admitted to
have I,een IN orlifrorv I;yorc;o,, ,oJ