The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-17

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judge all the circumstances and Ladd's
character when they retired to their
room; they must remember thnt the man
who pretended to be an unwilling wit
ness managed to tell everything he knew,
and, counsel thought, n little more;
Lndd hnd been Pnrker'S ward since 1868;
Parker had left his family in his
charge when he was absent in Eu-
rope, and yet this recipient OF Pnrkers
bounty comes here IL willing witnes,
to testify against his benctactor; if
i.add had Il spark of manhood in him,
he would have put the river which
the river which bounds it on the West,
if he hnd to beg his way to do it, before
he would come here and testify against
his friend and helper. Remember that
when You 80 into your room, gentlemen,
that you are masters and kings of this
whole testimony, AMI may receive or re-
jcct it rs you please. He was willing to
trust the witness and his testimony to
their hands. He dcspiscd ingratitude
more than anything else; Ladd's testi-
mony reminded him of the fable of the
peasant finding the frozen serpent, which
stung the hand that warmed it bnck to
life; he wanted to know where Owens
was; s,id the counsel for the State were
y
out; he said there was not one word
from ~. y. p he snid that certain
boxes OF coupons were regularly brought
into court and paraded around at 10
o'clock, like Bnrnums elephant. He
| said that his view OF the cnSc was that
kimpton was the elephant described by
Col. Rion, with capncious trunk or
pocket, not for grass, but for bonds; that
| when bonds began to he issued, Kimp-
ton wns constantly urging upon the
Financial Board to send on more bonds,
mere bonds, more bonds; that these
bonds were hypothecated from twenty
| five to fifty cents of their value for loans,
for which Il large interest had to be paid;
that there were $1,000, 900 of conversion
bonds issued, and Mt one time Kimpton
had Sd, ,O0O 600 Of them: these bonds had
advantages TINT others did not have, and
were sold, some of them, in two DAYS
after they were issued; the jury must
not blame poor Parker with NIL the
financial difficulties and misfortunes of
the past; that he was but one of n board
of three men who managed the finances
of the State; the manipulation of bonds
in New York accounts for all these
Irregularities; it was impossible for
one man to attend to this great financial
manipulation of so many bonds,
and keep everything regular. The
coupons which the Comptroller Gene
rnl had found in the wrong box was
nothing, when many strange and unac-
customcd hands Lad been EXAMINING
them; it was to be expected that they
would get mixed; it was ridiculous to
ask twelve sensible men to believe this
kind of stuff; mere Irregularities do not
imply fraud; there were only S14 or SIS
in tho treasury when Parker went in
after the war, and he and all of his as
sistantS, &c, were inexperienced and
unaccustomed to so great regularity and
rigid observance Of all rules as was to be
expected from the present incumbent;
because the ofiicc-holdcrs had acquired
experience in four years they did not
have Mt first; because somebody had said
that Scott, Parker and Chamberlain had
inIlc money while in Office, must they
go and convict Parker of taking these
coupons: Could not Republicans make
money rs we'll rs Democrats? He used
to hear great deal about men coming
down here to make money, and dust
when they Ind stolen enough; it was
proper that the people should complain
of this; but has Parker busted: Has he
run away: What little money he had,
he put in the building Oh Main street,
which Col. Rion calls his stumbling
block; if Parker were to name it, he
would probably call it Parker's Folly,
for it WAS n financial failure; yet he gave
work to the poor and employment to the
laboring man; he has left his money here
among us; and the other dny this build
ing was sold under mortgage of S14,-
OOU; did this look as if Parker had stolen
money, when his property had to be sold
to pay Sli, 900! But the jury should cut
loose from politics, and decide the case
on the law and the merits; these matters
had been brought up, and he felt bound
to reply to them; he then recapitulated
the case, and asked that it be decided
without passion or prejudice; that he
wanted justice-was not like the Irish
man Col. Rion snid wanted anything else
but justice; whoever heard OF nm Irish
man asking for anything but justice?
On account Of the illness of Mr.. c. D.
Melton, the Court adjourned until o
o'clock, this morning.
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