Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-30
THE ELOQ UENCE OF CROOK En-
So - WHISKY.

deerauding the Government by the de-
vices of crooked whisky" and re-
Gently sentenced at st. Louis, where
the trials of other conspirators are still
IN progress, made IA remarkable address
TO the Court after the verdict. A piece
OF oratory more highly frescoed is not
in existence. In all the examples of
ancient or modern rhetoric nothing
equals or can "hold a candle" to this
sp,ech ofnJoyce's. 1t may with safety
be esteemed a masterpiece OF eloqnence
-unrlvaled i'll the past and anap-
proachabte ever in the near or remote
future. 1t is only to be read to be APP
preciated: ST.
Your honor, from the beginning OF
the case to the end, extended me the
kindest consideration aud talre>t rul-
ingS. For this, | thank you, in the
name ofthe people. and in the name OF
JUS ice I stand here friday strong and
build in conscious Innocence. NV hear
is aciuated ny that noble impulse that
nerved Wikelried when he opened -
breach for the liberty of his country;
or by the lofty courage that inspired
Sir Waller, Raleigh at the block! Lake
Raleigh, / may have pulled smoke
through the window at some official
Essex; but | have never yet tram Did
upon the royal robes of the virgin
A few shor.. years will sepulchre the
living of to-day with the dad of yes
terday; aud the CELESTIAL sunlight OF to-
..t,ll .etsn n all -, tl.. hnr ~
Omnipotenfe. where the Judge, jury,
lawyer amt client will meet up 10 the
level OF eternity aud part upon the
square of final judgment. Then all
hearts shall be laid bare ard truth Will
rise in splendid triumph. The blood
of innocence flows free and unruffied
through IT, channel OF this frame and
the artificial terrurs that surround the
victim of CRIME have no lodgment in
INV heart. aaWnen L look back to the
field OF battle where | fought and for
nv c ,unLry in hours OF terrible trial, /
wonder whether patriotism Is but a
name. and graft ude Of nations a mock
.erv ana sham 10 lure the brave to de-
lstruciion.
q Myl simple sin is that OF omission.
and Tor it l suffer the deepest humilia-
ton, while all the glorinus services and
recollectionsrOf tte past are buried in
the grave Of forgetfuiness. Is this
right? Is this just?
The epidemica era of reform has
risen like the rush of a mighty flood,
and speeds IN toward TIE guilt of pun
ish ,nent. The good and The bad suffer
alike. The stream is full of drlttwood
and dead timber, while many young
oaks and tall sycantpreS on The banks
are loused from their firm founnatiun
aud dashed into the river of destrut-
tion. But the rain falls lightly on the
mountains, the sun shines lightly on
the plains, and the flood, even now, is
se4tipg in 0 its former bed, where the
foliage Of the oak and sycamore, and
the gentle breeze and the birds OF
spring shall make merry music in the
cathedral ai~les Of generous nature.
The prison walls that hemtned in
Calico, Columbus, Tasso and Napo-
leon did not measure the minds of the
men. II is true their bodies suffered
some torture, but the proud spirit that
rose IN their hearts leaped the lands OF
clay aud scared away into the iliimita-
BILE regions of science. poetry and war.
mAkiag them mOntrchs of the hours
and master, Of ct, rnity Humble rs
am in the walks of life, my soul is
inspired by their i1iustrious example
and it shall be nv future endeavOrS
. 10 show he world thar although | may
suffer fer \ time the penalty of a per
jured testimony, yet like a mountain
cray, i shall breast the pelting storm
!. and lift my head clear and bold to the
cotn,ng sunshine Of and redemp.
ton. I have done.
Whisky straight will loosen the
tongue. but it takes whisky crooked to
5 make q man eloquent. Hard hearted
indeed. must have been that judge;
petrified all the sensibilities Of his
soul, not to have been moved to pity
aud compassion 10y 80 lofty and sub.
lime an appeal. But we have no re
cord that the Court was moved other
wise than to direct that the "mountain
crag should breast the 'peIting
storm |" for exactly three years and
pay several thousand dollars tor the
privilege. The world, indeed, has
lsst : 3 blazing Intellectual . light
when Demosthenes Joyce took to
crooked whisky barrels instead of the
rostram.y His speech, under the pc
cullar circumstances, reminds Us OF
that made by q mer,ber OF the Ar
kxnsAsl Legislature, who ross to pro-
nounce the eulogy upon his decea-ed
colleague, Col. Yell, of Yellville: 1T
Il true, gentlemen, that the bank with
which he Wa connected bursted, and
my aistinguished friend did not &C
codnt for all the money in hts possess
sion, but nevertheless, gentlemen, /
may say his heart beat warmly for
his native land ~ Col. joyce, it is
true. robbed the Government persist
entity FOR inAny years. but never, gen
,tiesnsp. no, never, did he ever trsinple
upon the royal robes Of . virgin
qusss!