, 1876-07-25

Which efficient aid was possible without himself
descending 70 so wicked leyo! Of tho Villains 10
y eHpoyctl to sxposol WIat rcason exists fof
II was welt worthy Of much reflection on tho
part Of the Jury before they came deliberately
to the conviction that this was THO inevitable
consequence Of such Official And political ncslon
serrible It =" fact, ' il .rne, thsst tho statntcs
Of tho milton Ind created n calling IN thc pro.
toetlon Of society, thc necessary exercise Of
which destroyed and rendered ihlamona eVory
lie thought he might with propriety suggest
TINT Of wlilcl. court and Jury could tnko 1lli-
cial notice. that. no civilized country ut Tho
present day exists Without semc similar organ
!sm Tor the objection of crime. They might
consider whether the. un'ycrMlity Of its exist.
encc, lts creation, Md perfection by tho most
enlightened t.a,tons WIS mt high evidence, not
only nf lts general rcctitudc and preventive
Innocent effects uron these who arc active III It's
administration. This was n very common, and,
4 they thonght It ratlonal n,odo Of reasoning,
It would aid them somewhat IN passing judg.
Il was safe and proper to convict ti,e law-Ireak.
or upon Testimony lail before them by al,cll
public political action. They would consider
whether they would dare ask tho Government
tecttye duty which il was thus performing,
power put forth for A'a our saicty for fes
which 1t was mora entitled to our gratitude and
tlankinlncss tlan tllat Which organlzcd bu-
rcau OF men, who aro presumed to be upright
aud Intelligent tn quart! our lives md property
Ilu submitted that tic
TNuE CRITERION
simply btcausc l,o wus such; but they would
look to his character as they would look u That
Of any other witness, as IT was developed by tho
facts and circumstances Of tic proof. Was he
~ Hftnft ffsaSt lin hE,vz, S1t
ito a lad IRON IL ove9 sS sustained Sais SnaAs roet
eharnetori Did hn appear to be engaged III Ills
prescnt calling On uesount Of llts goncra fitness
growing out " h's past experience, officially Or
olreuderi 1lal hu been sought By tho Govcr.l-
nlcnt, rs sometimes such men Rre necessarily
sought, for thu purpose OF gaining. access to
their wicked coa1]utors2 Had he en-
ssa IN snpoy his own
Jury ngat,.st Ills fcllowsi Had 10 lived sacll a
llle % TO show hin to be unworthy of bciicfl II
80, his employment BY tile Government had
no, no Ses en- t9 E1 his s,Yraster and hS .2ala Ga
sucli witness stood before d jury, lie should,
with MS much cnrncst1iess US any Judge, ask
them carefully to srrutn!zo cvery fact aud cir
cnnstancc IN t!'c case which had q tendency, fn
verify Ut Ills stntvnents.> All ho had intended,
IN what hc had sud 10 them, was to submit III
thcr confederation whether, in the necessary
character t Of thY detec,iye,-noweycr strongly
however mitch contcMPtuo bitterness 1t might
be repeated, -thero was anything involvctlw which
should cause disbelief, unless there was some
impeachment, either by direct Testimony us to
llte and bad conduct Of tho witness.
Ills Honor sud III tho A1ls cnse that l,o had
tried few cases Of this kind where the address
Of counsel Ind been more unc1ceptionab,e anu
less open to criticism than that OF tho learned
counse! for thr defendant hure. III no case had
II been less necessary to submit ro1narks upon
this golural subject tlnn III the casD before
them. Perhaps # WIS M wholly unnecessary luro,
might appear like fungus upon the general
body Of Ills charge, but
THIS KIND or CRITICISM
WIS 70 common Rt the Dnr. lie lad so frequent
" witnessed attempts TO screen guilt behind tho
Govyrnu!unt. could detect it, TINT lie thought
1t quite likely ho might hnvu aM tludue sclsi-
ttvetcss Upon thu subject. lie knvw more by
5fES 5pS9fh II t9a sas b Sfs %at n e Sa @ ssss t9e +
In dcnunciatlon 0f uiampraelsed ind
ttlnlmIenallabte witnesses tn degree 50 excess.
iyt nll unwarrMhta1!t ~ most Substantially to
Interfere with the power luu SUCCESS Of this de-
purtmout In tue administration Of the law. VI
tnpeyatiOn and terrible ntterances, prctlicated
upon no proof, declulnet With passionate aud
ssrcanll1 vlole,cc, in Tic prcsencu 81 largu au-
npom Goycr,l,,,srt w,ln"sscs' la,i otcn'nrv "e ,n
md Ind in TACT driven from m,hilc en,nluv,ucn}
SOME of the most ,ncritnr,tn,s. dia.rcrt nn,l
l,sp(ul publlc officers. Thfs imnoiitic ii.
cc,gc, uncheckcd, yyoultl soon urnluurc
tlu aseurluI cpu1itfons: nn1,a int .n,-
ious anl low.liyod moi, would net ~
detectives. Men uf sensl,Ility md ronI
position would not subject themselves to sllch
IIo Ind cvcr deemed il lis duty to arrest Il on
The irstarIt and nnro tho oijic1al wtnrss brfurs
tho Jury US cYory other citizen stanus,wsubivct
to professional crIttcism and conIcmuation ns
Of right reasoning supported or condsulncd tia
attark. lie tholrht ii
for Judge to rcstgn tho presidency Of a crimi-
tlAt tFla u tse uconIFolleN llcense aid u1scrG-
''eH snoa1p ~ tt'o p..au,e .,'',,, IT, eoInse !i.