New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-17
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81. IOrI-, Feb. lG.-lmmrdiatcl, uron open
ln. tis tn-ra -t,ics court ths morning erNii"1n''
,..i..lf Williams r'.r ard Addressed tNc jUiF "io.-
ny cair g. fouf of s,u. Bihcook. Tine count
rool wa tircrl the greater portion ~ the Audience
being at;.. u,B Very fcv OF TIE Government Nl'ucsfr
were rrest t. most Of thos" fsou Washington having
been Discharged from service AID allowed o l'ay" the
city.
Cen williams voted considerable time 20 an ersu
u.nto A. 70 proballitir- 10 tn c..r. and to criticism
- tI, evidence for the Goycrim"'t. A. EniaS th-i
what The Goy,rnr ut had pr",raci q. riui ,'Ii 'ri
dcrcc which vas by n" means admitted Cen Williams
said the case MIGHT present some su.rriuu' tifci'm
s.anc,. htt np; tie ground on which To b.,c '"n'ic
ion. IIc then prrcordrd with some explanations which
soud throw @, Hofcnt light upon t'r communications
h,tNc,n Bedrock and o." RIM hl that time lie said
that joyce anil Mcdonald t,u-tcd officials men ~
nia,u,c anl possessing the coulcnco of good people
rabrock ca c other hand. warm a"aIted coiti
ng generous uan Who did NOT give up friendship once
formed frl The L~pcrs %: caIamul. J.. erN tHis rre
-cut,d n tAs prosecution IS incomplete and ran leave
oiIy uIi:iU. .itinty In every mimi a l. WHETHER
il j. 10 CONVEY proper .uspcon, or simply To indicate
v,ai..s,s ~ TIE moment io which r'rH one - liable
rnc nuaut q, 81 this kind oi oydcu'r. said ccn. VIII
lLIls ay.,i- unthng-a house = made ~ hri'a but
million az hl.c- scattered an acre OF ground does
rot make house any more Than two bricks do.
Grn. WAliams then traced BabcocIs military career
from Nt-t Point. which he cnoT1cd ga place wieF"
honor none -lN were lNth httN anu Nh'' A"i'f
and ruhhrr, were not admitted IT. told " The defend
anti service n The late Wiz and how he rose 70 DE chief
al Euinccrs in the Smith ARMY Corps AMI 1iter"Gid 20
b.. aid "a Iicut.-Gcu Grant, ith the rank Of Bre'et
Brgadirr-Gencral rcat d.sl o. attention vas given
To- Gen Ba5cocf' r,l on- Ia IA" President ami to ihc
trust and confidence reposod him PriVat" Secretary
To- tie President ia one scnsc Ccu Williams said he
became part or the Executive. iis official dclnqIencic
would more OF cs. reflect upOa and degrade the 'hici
Executive ~ the nation. No ingmtitudc would be a"
black q his i he would bring dshoaor on ono WHO hdd
pnt such confidence In him.
While explaining some Of The ieleerams between Bah
cock and Joyce and Mcdonald the speaker referred
especially 10 the lpA" dispatch md called II the
pivotal point Of the prosecution II 8abcoch sent mat
t,cclam for any criminal purpose. he took the very
cnnrc prove that purpose. because II he had sent that
telegram over hi- own name much or IL HSnhcaice
would have been lost Yet he sent tin his own hn!
writing leaving proof that he sent 1t easy To procure
Til, ,lph was act o thoughtlts-ncs'or play
glnr,s Of which ell Of us ore guilty at some time or an
other Tie speaker here rccrrrd to the letter stolen
from Rogers and given by Mcdonald 10 Babcork, Me
Donald having given IL 10 him proof that baekmail
ING was heng carried on here ord had convinced nm
that it was his duty interfere and stop IT, Hence he
took il 10 Douglass and told him that there was
something wrong. He did not hear of the ley
Ter again until the next Sunday. when ho
| Academia IL met Douglass aud learned thal
the raid had been given M Mcdonald had discovered
this days before aul had sent tins pean Dog
telegram To joyce after which lac siod Tor 81 LOUIS
tGcn B,hcock had been conspirator, said Mr.. VIII
laus would he not have told Mcdonald Of the abandon
uent OF the raid But he did not, AMI when Babco'
found IL four days later he eiegraphed Mcdonald
that he had succeeded In convincing Douglass that the
scheme had been for backmaing aud that Brooks ana
Ioso would not go up that NcDonalds statement was
uartiy true too has been proved beyond DOUBT a. ~
that ycry time Hog. of the men who we're to make
the raid carried In Iii. pocket $4,000 brbe paid to
him by the Ring.
Referring ia the dispatch of Dec >, 1s7i which is one
Of the three kilograms not passed upon by the court ana
which reads a. follows" Have not heard that any DodJ
has gone or going" Gen. Williams said Gen BabcocR
docs not remember having sent IT, and hence requires
the Government TO prove H. Gen. Babcock WIS on III
tatc relations with the President and 1t was the Gus
tom ~ officers all the country to address MN reia
dive 10 ANYTHING they desired to lind out or secure "a
Gen. Babcook, knowing Joyce only AZ an honest oneia
answered atters inquiry 10 whether agents were
canning here. as he answered thousands or Otner IN
auires No one suspected at that time that Joyce Was
trying 10 do anything except his duty toward tho Gov
| rnmeut. But this very telegram shows that Gen BAD