The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1876-02-26

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In this case, upon the opening OF
the court Yesterday, Mr.. Emory,
A. Storrs, Of General Babcock's
counsel, resumed his address, In
tcrruptcd by adjournment On
Saturday. 1t was very lengthy,
and very able review Of the tes-
tim0ny, consuming the whole dsy
in its delivery. We regret that we
have not room for the very full re-
port which reached US by telc-
graph, but the spirit Of il may be
caught from the following appeal
with which he closed, and LEFT the
case with the jury: "Never since
I entered = court Of justice have ]
felt such . tremendous response
bilily ~ rests upon me to-day.
hut = few weeks Mgo ! lcft the
homo Of this defendant. l saw his
weeping children gathered around
him and the pure aud devoted
wife cling to him. I think | see
him again, with his wife and
children gathered about him well
coming him back, and knceling to
pray to the great God who had re-
turned him TO them without spot
or blemish upon his fair name.
Gentlemen, l leave the case IN
your hands feeling awarc.that after
due consideration Of the testimony
you will render q verdict that will
enable the defendant to walk with
upright head, FREQ aud indepcud-
cnt man, slong tho streets Of the
city for which he has done 20
much. Judge Porter then rose to
speak, hut Judge Dillon said hc
was suffering with a severe cold,
aud would adjourn court until to-
day, at tho usual hour.-(Appcal.
Comment Is made on the rovela-
tion In the trial Of Dabcock. tho
confidential secretary Of the Presi-
dent, that the robbcrics which
were being perpetrnted on the
public treasury were well known
to the Administration long before
measures werc taken to stop them
and to bring the thieves TO- Justices
but that proceedings were deferred
from time to timc for fear they
would damage the prospects Of
tho Republican party IN pending
elections. Ex-Commisslomcr D0u'
glas, who lost his office because Of
his plans to circumvent the thieves,
who werc partisans Of the Ad.
miMistratiom, testified that they
''concludcd to walt until the full
elections were over. We waitcd,'
ho said, "and then there were .
number Of senatorial elections
and wo had to wait until they
were over; then We found that ",
were IN the midst ofa President
lei election, and that was another
obstacle; attcs that VIC arramget
to make the transfers"
"Hcre," says the New York
Herald, "ls startlin: news for tn
people. Enormous frauds, amour
ting to several millions of dollars
arc committed BY the Whisk,
Ring. The President and his near
est advisers know ofthc facts, al,
arc IN duty bound to discover 0
aud punish these Wholesale rob
bcrs Of the nation. But they re
fuse to do so.l They postpone th
investigation three times. The,
wait Till the elections arc over"
The Chicago Times. Of ycstcr
day, published in full the Prcsl
dents deposition in the Babcocl
case, and We reproduce It fror
that paper. Tho intimacy Of til
President with the St. Louis par
tics ia very fully set forth, and hi
Intelligence about affairs In tina
city seems to have been unusual
He expresses freely his conddcmc .
in Ford, but Is somewhat reserves
as to Joyce and Mcdonald. Th
most remarkable feature about tn
deposition, Is the failure Of tn
President to rccollcct exactly IN
nature Of the satisfactory explana
ton given him by Babcock Of til
"Sylph" and other dlspatchc.
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