The New York herald., 1876-02-24
The Government Counsel Not At
tacking the President
The cy Of Party Always Raised to
Shelter Eminent Thieves
WHAT JOYCE CAN REVEAL.
District Attorney Dyer Deeply
Affects the Jury.

81 Lows Fsh n. isso
Colonel Dyer's speech occupied ths whole day. Il
was remarkable saorl whls sas dsvoid of me
grace Of rhetoric u waa fun of pah and point and
though rude and unwiedy 10 form a had ihe force of
ths broadaxa Every word n bn maeniacsnt clear
bel-lks voios rang oui ths court room In q
Ions Of sarnes,noss and sDcer,y, and sioo-
lrhea the audience The jury seemed 10
feel much more a. home wlth Bis Western
nyle ana responded 10 all his arguments hs broad
ran and bis powerful appeals shsr sense Of justice
Dyer's thoroughly Western pFsseuoe; he saunt lank
hall nEure h saow. drab, long eut face WITH hs eaFio
and the gistering cold gray eyes and the thin
lips that have peculiar habn Of opening nervously
between the intervals Of speaking ali 80 typical of The
west naturally excrtsd more magnetism upon a
western jury ihan dd thai Of Porter and
BtouA So loud the spectators IN their
manifestations Of approval. when be begaa 90
down with ruthless hands the cobwebs Of sophis
ry. abuse. insinuation and maudiin ssntlmentaity
with which the defence had snveOpcd she case. that
Judge Dillon had TO order me Of every person
who should again applaud Amer every one Of his
brOadaxs blows Dyer would turn round. and, with
triumphant expression Ak his steelke cold eyes upon
Porter.
rHr rRKsrDEsr's nELAuoss TO rnn cAss
He FIRST gave Porter a terrific broadsde Cor having In
snuated that the President here on TRIAL ~
don't intend" no cried. IN voice that made
the rafters ring. 'to be put into atti
tude OF hostility 10 the President BY the
adroitness OF counsel I don't intend that
Baboock shall hide himself behind the President I
snail drag him forth from behind the Presidents back
Tho praise Of Grant In Porters speech. he argued
meant for republicans The jury but there might
also be democrats IL Porter also lauded the senate
who acquitted Andy Johnson Here several Of The jury
could not repress their smiles and covered their wry
mouths with their hands With wilhering glances
Mt Porter no declared that the President
would no, thank him for putting him
instead OF Babcook into the criminal
dock. He burlesqued storrs' bombasl when he con-
verted the Jury engines and told them
their conscicnccs would beat like trip hammer against
their hearts II they did not acquit the defendant
and mmicked other extravagances Of his speech. He
dwe the remarkable fact that nearly the whole Of
Porter's speech taken up with the President
the Impeachment OF Andy Johnson abuses OF
the newspaper press and denuneiaton Of popu-
lar clamor. az know" he sai4 with great
intenrliy 'that good people OF State OF Missouri
slamcr for the conviction OF man, but the whole
nation cries out for the punishment OF every
nected in this plunder OF the public treasury"
FUNNY POINT
was where he drew a satrical picture OF Magilrs
entrance In heaven, while Ftzroy out
As depicted by the Dantesque storrs, and expressed
in a croll way his amazcmcnt that a
from Chicago should have come TO tell story
about heaven, which again made the jury
Bmile. He repelled the accusation OF she defence
the prosecution had been technical because they
insisted that Fletcher Joyccs attorney should be put
upon the stand tell how lie got the Babcock-Joyce
letters from his client by declaring that they wanted
Fletcher TO show that relations existing between
Joyce and Babcock between 1872 and 1875 were
hat tha had heln tho
In the hope that Babcock would do him good turn
In return This bolder statement, which gen
orally understood alludinR TO a pardon, caused
sensation. While showing up the manner in which tho
defence had sought to work upon the prejudice OF the
Jury, he instanced, with a contemptuous smile the
fact that even General Banks from Massachusetts,
brought hithcr to influence Mr. Taintor,
JUROR FROM MAssAcHUsKrrs
whis praising the President for his seadst faith IN
Babcock Dyer exclaimed "But he must not stick
too close to these men" (making aluson
to Pierreponp 1t was greatly TO his credit
,hat he set his head against the inanuations
telltaies in ST. LOUIS VINO attempted 70 poison his
mind in regard affairs here that they themselves
might escape the strong grip OF the law which threat
pned them, and that he stood by that edict Let no
guilty man escape" even though IL reached hls own
household "He deserves credit Tor trying 10 punish
any man. be he hts private secretary or his brother
Dyer turned again 10 Porter sad .'The President
won't thank you for saying that We tried 20 make out
he divided that $500 bill with Baoecck The presi-
returned the charge for the attempt 10 place him In
m attitude hostility TO the President evidently
ked deeply In his breast, and his indignation broke
out evcry now and then "He shall not hide behind
The coai,as Of the President" he vociieratod, "but
stand up and take his trial like man.
BABcocK's DEMEAsoR
During these passages Babcock, who had looked
quite confident in the morning WINGED ana ei.nched;
Tor tho Ring when he told Rogers that Douglass
wouldn't get his Judgeshp v the President mad TO re
IA. ehon of
ret Douglass place. "lt will damage the party"
Eas the cry then. There never has anything becn
stolen by an official but what the party was invoked IN
lis behalf The party was invoked for Mcdonald and
Ioyce as the President Is now INVOKED Ior baceoch
The party unable TO protect them, and The Pres
hent you put IT, will be unable TO proect baocoek
rrmH-sERvrsc srArEsxASsmr.
Later he said: :-sI blush with shame At the test-
mony OF Douglass that he suspended operations against
thieves I'LL the elections ovcr In explaining Tue
Joyce signed on the dispatches Babcock just no
did those 20 Avery, ~" and he dwelt With emphasis
on tho strong circumstances that Brooks pri-
vate letter TO Rogers, stolen IRON his desk,
about the projected raid, turned up In Babcock's
hands, who presently went to Douglass, threatened
that senator Logan would take umbragc
preston IN aud was thus the means Of preventing
The raid Two points gave force TO this clreum.
got these letters from Mcdonald and that be
asked Douglass not to tell Rogers that he
closing words OF the "sylph" despatch, "win write"
Dyer asked, with scathns sarcasm where is that
letter 2" They say Mcdonald N prison and cannot
give IT, but Joyce ~ IN much cioser place aud he
could give letters TO the defence when commenting
upon Major Grimes testimony. Dyer, alter having
quietly poked fun at Storrs' failure 20 say a single
word about it all his long argument. burst out
srain with vehemence, 'and must say
,5at this Ia no evidence or guilt ~
and then turning up both his hands, he cried s,Td
ather be stricken dead this instant than thus 20 sur
render nv manhood, and must be charged, there
fore Of assaing the PreeldontY No, sir turning to
Portcr by no false issues can you swervo this Jury
from the path OF duty"
"O"' wv WAR JOYCE Knows
Shortly after ho said OF Joyce, HE has got tale 70
unfold which would make the country quake;"