, 1876-03-30

jEI 10 coftcborate tAo Testimony or oh9 acc0n-
plire by that OF nnotter. These corroboratIng
witnesses wsro Edward Isoe,io hlid Doi3oa. Eottl
yyc.o accomr!lccs-tho former knowing. by his
own admission, tl,as frauds we're going on, and
not troubled By tho sllsnt9st cotnpupMst!on M no
and l.is youth was tho only raason why ho was
not indicted. Dc1,oa had sworn on the direct
examination that le could Eehd tho htamps; on
o aninsstSn s swo1e 1 ~ CO. s%ua 1 nHe
Testimony was Of that character Whloh would
aopd 1t to tho farthest sha'cs Of unbctiof.
WHEN nEnk TuEsH conRononATi31 WITNESSES
FIsltED UP?
Not until It vas certain that t!o lcfonlhnta bad
determined to 70 10 trisi. aud tho necessity Of
bo!ntor,ng up tho GoTornmons'H cuse became
tho mora apparout- Whon thfn ovidencs was 60
msa' te np az 11t IL
innocent mon that tho wttnesscA lnlglat ,hcm-
aeivoB oscapc their tnst1y-ncrited punishment.
They wero not unframed witneases. They veto
commission Of another iu the long and elcksning
Iiat OF cri1nos was not = matter OF ths slightest
moment.
nuR7or II. rom ....
Was uext oyerbau1ed. hr. HtorEa said Ford's
praises had boen sung and his SOCIAL position
oxalted. What Was this mean voneeriug OF
Bocial position worth In q Bwtndlor Of tho Uov-
ernmcnt nnd q perjuror2 Human tutogrity OK
isted before aociat distinction. Neither jack
f1a piishmeata nsa i but Mr. Ford Nv was a.
c1o1,piar Of soclal decorum, aud esteemed
great man. And yet nobody would pretcnd to
SAY that jackson and Lincoln wore not prosty
Mr. Storrs read from Fords tentimouy on tho
Immunity business. that portion whsro Ford
says lle Understood thero Was an arrangement
with his counsel This immunity. arrangement
was . sort OF an india-rnbber thing IT would
ct either rnsn or boya. II Leonard buest and
Sid Buitl, had secured immunity for thoir cl!onts
h1r: storts would Say: '"dlory to Lou swett
and Sid SMITH" It was tho best Job
OF fix did 1t leave the dorernment7 Mover
tholoaK. It had boon the meana Of getting Ford's
testimony, aud counsel probably thought that a
great deal.
Mr. Ayez-Yos, and wc'se got Jake 1schm.
Mr. Btons-Yos, and You hope to use him
hereafter. Why, man wonl1 want to como III
here With chloride Of limo on Lis hands and dis
infectansa on his clothoa to n:, esalntno Jako
got you, too.
Ford SAN freedom and hiH oath on tho ono
side, and the lonttentlary on the other. For
man Of hls aooial position to bo hen. to the
II It had boon declared in flaming lettors OF
light: "Ths price We pay you for tho tsntt-
mopy which YOU shall deliver In this case to your
Freedom. Yong testimony must be convsct'ag
testimony" Was any human being safe nndar
| such cIrcun,stanoos7 Ford l,Ad said, on being
pushed. ho bad Understood, before lo tsstinod,
that he WIS to receive immunity on tAeBs condi-
ttonB. And yes he bad boassed Of being friend
OF Isnsll What kind OF friend was he who
would betray with kiBs7 And then thero waB
! BeecAor. Would any one deny he had ,imtnuni-
| ty2 Why bad le not been indicted although
confossed|y deserving an indictment?
| THINK or nEGKEM
/ shat purc patriot and plundetor! Waa tho Gov"
ernmout engaged In Furnishing guilty uen7 No,
but IN protecting tlleru-throuEh counsel Of COURSE
Ths toleKr,spho e cry hNl sone ore on, "Dseker'
nged tho businosa ail through. Becker Btsrted
| on bis return to Chicago just attor got
ting the telegram from Juoeseu,, and
made his th xsa n;ow;1lyaodscd
squea1crs nost do congregnte. Absolutely
froor man than IIertnnnn Becker wandered
nowhere. Tho Government bad gotten all tho
perjury in The marriott !; they Lad = corner on it !;
trouble vas they INV had to unload. How had
the urctched practice OF puuBhiug corrnrt
officials through the toettmony Of aQnoalerH
fallen to tho .groundt Else why wero Beecher,
| o1ty With no expectation Of being punished?
| Was Ford or any Of the rest entitled to belief
Ie thought not. When any Of tho Jury at their
llomcs wcrc cheated and doluded by ncighbor
once, they did not readily trust him again.
AIr. storrs then went into tho evdei,co elicltod
| concerning Eord's tcstimony beforo tho Graud
Jury. llo had testified beforo tho druna jury
tl!as llls house had boon guilty Of 90 lr1eguiaE-
| stated, and admitted his croollatnesa In this
he pcrjurod himself, and tho jury had the priv
ilcge, nay 1t was their duty, not 10 tlelicvo him.
Tho testimony Of Dr.. Gibbs aud Clinton 1,iggB
was raad and commented On by way uf
enforcing this point, mud then Ford III ha inno-
Genre, had told tho Grand Jury he didn't know
| wlht at, indis-rubber packnso was Tho ia"n OF
| . man who had been III the rcctltying bnsinena
| thirty years not knowing exhibiting total iEno-
| rance, as to india-rnbbcr pacEngcsi There
wasn't dintillcr in the room who wouldn't Bn1le
Of such alatenent. Hero was perjury. either
before , tue Grand 54ry or s' before tho Court
fcsscd pernrcr, with the mark Of a
periurcr on bis brow as indo!ibly impressed as
tho mark which God had placed on tue brow Of
.ho fret murderer no waa morally ship
stood up and declared tl1at Ford Ind not COM
mi.tcd perjury, but he got hls booikccper to do
It for him. What WIS thero no demo1allzinF iii
tho air thut had induced Government counsel to
poor, dependent clorE perjure himself was tho
Atrticst, most ,cowardly dood Of tho whole lot.
This man IT tho
yESEEnEp Hoc1AL n1s11scrloy
had no Interest iu tho question nB long rs Ills
bookkcopor committed tho perjury. What waB
| tho soul OF poor bookkocper to thig decorons
gentleman? What bis reputation to lu.n
Away with these Eocial distinctions which lad
MOS. clear head, q tolorably honest con-
science, good Judgment, werG enough fur
man; lot tho ladder Of social ,asnc-
tion bo kicked down. and thcSo au'iico.
Murder and theft were groat crimes. bst, at tho
lust great day. the crlluo Of perjury snnld cast
its black and damuing shadow over u!l t,oso
other cru1oB 80 al to otEectusl!y obscure them.
McMahon, with bis
GoRNOuonlT1yR FINGERS,
bad played promincns part ii, Tho Goycr,-
monts caEe With what all ais OF tluinph dA
Mr, Ayor call for those pincprs! TLa previous
Testimony hnd been tAat those stamps were put
: on with paste nlado of al watcr
aud With tho snckB ouly talf-dtivon
tu. Why didn't thoy Produce 4
! derrick, or stump machine. and provo it hnl
bocn used to tako thom of /? ,icMa!.en enr-
roboratod tho pincars, anu tho pncors cor:ob-
oratoa him IN way that waa lamag,ug to tho
prosecution.
Tho squealota had run this prosecution, ana
tAoy had ppen actively interested In thcso ,pco.
ccodugs. Hho was the foremost ~ r.lt, do"n
to Washington 1nu see what could be dulo
Mono other than Qholaon G.. Russell. tho li:5:
squsaor. 3[r. storss Zero read frou,
George II. 4lucllcr's tept,ulony III Of
| tIauE to tho e{lcck TINT ltl1ssnu told him