New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-24
THE ADDRESS OF COL. DYER.
fGHSrRAL PREss DIspATCH.I

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 23.-In the presence OF
crowded courtroom to-day, Col. Dyer made the final
argument in the Babcock case He discaimed any idea
Of being led into the pros cuton OF innocent man. or
OF acting with any intention than representa-
two Of no people The following the points OF the
argument
This case Is most remarkable one and the course OF
the de. ense still remarkable. Judge Porter has
tried TO DRAG the Iresdeh, INTO me case ncede,s h
examined any other witness has been examined and
any other witness hut when gentleman for purpose
Of his own represents the President as on trial don't
he have said the President was on trial
p ShT was SS used by the defense to influence the Re
puOeans ON the jury intend to bring hs dse v aT
tried TO place him. and intend that he shall stand on
his own merits IN tas case and tai they shall no, Wng
sound Of y Voice who doe: not know am Republican
ond Conventions for his nomination Tor the residchcf
AGO he signed the commission which entities To speak
here to-day But don't intend Gen Babcock, the rri-
secretary The President shall escap. because he
private secretary. would try him as would Try
Bassett. or Mcfall, or Mcdonald. or Joyce.
soPHIsTRITs or THE DEFENSE.
The detense are terribly afraid OF public camor But
what have you to do with that They abuse the news
papers from end of land to the other but what
that 10 youl You here 10 try this on the eyi
ience which has been presented to YOU Judge Porter
stands up and app the Pres dent for an hour and
then culogys DIV johnson, who is dead and gone he
apIauds Gen Grant thinking TO strike some OF you VINO
Republicans. aud then he turns round and praises
Andrew Johnson. thinking TO please some OF yon VINO
didn't b. johnson should I've mpeachcd IL reminds
of the old rhyme have heard all my NO: he w,ren
che lawyer who made the track was going North or
coming back" Unable TO meet the evidence he stands
Oat U de end Gen Grant: when no word mas Dccn sdu
against him Promising that intend no disre,Pect 20
must bc taken care Of while think he take care OF
hiuseD. viii say this defense reminds me OF an emf
doctor who having been called to attend lady ~
confinement, met neighbor next day and was asked
how the patient was DONG The chnd u urau' lne
Il the Lord iiink can the old man" The whole
defense mas been TO impress you with tho idea hat ne
Presd. trial The prosecution here : acting III
harmony with the Administration. ana the orders Let
no guilty man escape" 800. -,
Justice wds dawning, aud repeat tho congraulaiion
proud that era has dawned through the sun rings
OF the public when Of position. high or low can pc
brought before twelve good and honorable men aud made
asS ,nSt ,oncbIurly lie home associations Of the dc
nJaBt. but the gentleman had forgotten that Il'.foy
The had associations Just as dear to them mat
around their bearstOnes clustered their little children
praying Great Being TO save their father rom the III
exorabIc Let the rule be universally applied or not
1t all But these considerations not for the jury
The vindicatIon OF the law Is the only protection Tor
their hearthstones and those OF tber nelghbors
1t wa. to the safety of the conspiracy that
secured to MANAGE the thing from soose OF
1T Washington The President was only man. Win IN,
mans likes and disiikes No fanl could be iCund WIN
would lie shame il no were to declare that las had kept
his private secretary man In whom he uh hi haFe
prove Med maids innocence. Why, then, should prove
that Babcock moi party 10 the fraudsf -
lions and ans@ers the necessity for the selecting
from rGues vocabulary and for fictitious signature
are important evidence OF guilt The subject OF inc
transfer Supervisors il important as showing me great
soicitude which Babcock mamie ted ID that matter
was solictn which prompted him to resort 10 ira
ordinary means 10 accomplish defeat OF ,na "rarr
ecsi 20 werul argument the shape of prophecy Of
disaster to them Douglass was anNiosy chefi,hihga
o,,e OF promotlon TO % Federal udreship and Rogers
ON
DOuglass's position. Babcock knew tbs, ahn ~ hh1M
that prediction that they would their prospects by
insisting ON order the most potent argument he
could advance, aud was calculated 10 Ilghtrn t on.
Of their boots Can ANYBODY accept the gawky theory
that Babcock took such pains 10 impress upon them thtr
danger through motives Of fri, ndship for thcn-tspe
"the eneinyf" II is sad that Bibcock did not
exert Influence with the President, am IN snpporl
this the Presidents deposition mas oeeh quo'eu;,
Possibly he did speak to the aDon w. D'
does not every h 10 bean aT mpon Tie nd
recty. and in lust such manner as rs proven tnA
manifest IN that patch TO Mcdonald declaring that the
order only temporary Joyce Keen lrish leeVs
nized tins as Weakness ana e a tS enSy weas"n
Push things" Does any sensible man believe that til
Dispatch the first communication on tLi- suJcc ~.
tween the twol the Dispatch ehow ou liz very
face that there WAS mutual understanding tuat ne
revenues OF Goucumentl 1hls no occasion to dl-
whether not the President was influenced solely ny
the arguments Tuition mt Il the night Of an Abcri-
can citizcn to consider whether " such arguments ad
under Ike circumstances been pieented 10 NM ne Woud
and have taken the course of the PRESIDENT
TWO STRONG FONTS.
tits all well enough after Joyce has been sent TO the
Pcnjtentary TO lay McDOnalds sins his shoulders:
after Mcdonald has been committed, 10 say be and
Joyce did II; and then, they are convicted one Ivy one
to say joyce Mcdonald Avery. and Mckee did IT, but
that That this defendant didn't That Is all very well,
and I have heard it before, but it won't work
I'm this ease unless this jury /. made OF different mate
rial from the Others. Tie President IA Conmandcrn-
Chief OF the Army and Navy suppose siooi innate
Ifat.f TARA
Government. would he write to me Presiden,
TO ascertain what order DO was going TO issn Me-
h nopo,d' e' writing TO tho Executive mansion to
tho Piesdens private Tor S roa ic
business and all proper But NJ II not and 1t were
nv The pre.idcnfs deposition tnis secret and covert
cor espondcnce y seen to nave been uns sanh
ne,er p had any authority from him to send these dis
patches. Aud vet they say Cen papcocks prosecution
~ President would know his best friends and the best
friends OF this whole country all such otepis as these
Judge Porter explained the senong Of letters by the
defendant to Mcdonald under cover TO Maol nfnes py
saying he had right TO do so that neDoain "a i re-
pa.rded as an honorable man In Washington when TINS
Correspondence occurred These woi1 doha
Pre- i1ent visited this city While to President was en-
gagged with other matters you nave loua rnas .s
correspondence vita Mcdonald. John Mcdonald Is as
arms and legs struck from body before he would nd
mi that he ever connected with tho llhe. JOYCE
will never tell, either unless the screws are pun aDtie
tighter would like to hear him tell I'LL he knows. e
could unfold tale that would make many men III thir
country quake.
THE WITNESSES AGAINST BABCocK.
Tho gentlemen astonished that the men who have
been convicted and who have confessed have not been
sentenced They were not sentenced because Their
testimony was required 10 convict others Had they
been sentenced then could not have got the evidence
that has been used In these This has been made
rho capse OF an ntack upon mt, AMI also reflection
air nat be