The Republican journal., 1876-03-30


insist upon making himself ridiculous
We try to ease him down, and to prevent
his making of himself a laughing stock
for all the fraternity, but it's not Of much
use. For instance, we stated that the po-
sition of the administration, as shown in
the talk OF the President and the circular
letter of the Attorney General directing
that no participant in frauds should be al
lowed immunity from punishment on &C
count of testimony against his associates
in crime, had frightened Marsh out of the
country. The Wing denied that such was
the case, and repeated the denial in its is
sue of Saturday last. 1t happened, how
ever, that Marsh came back, after Ute
Democratic House had passed q bill for
protecting him and Mat class Of witnesses,
and his added testimony appears in the
same number of the Wing with its denial
He tells why he went away-and that it
was because of fears of prosecution by
the administration, We copy from the
telegraph columns of the Wing
C.P. Marsh was recalled and testified that he
left Washington for New York on the day the
impeachment report was presented, and did
not design going to Canada
MIR. Clymer-On the evening of Wednesday
you came to my lodging and SAW me Ii moment ];
tell what TRANSFERRED.
A. From something said at the dinner table
Inferred that Belknap was not only liable to
impeachment, but to criminal prosecution.
sad to you, if the secretary is in danger, am
IN danger, when you said, Oh, you are not in
danger.
Mr.. Clymer-I did not attempt to alarm YOU
A. On the contrary, you pacitied me. l was
alarmed when you said | was in no danger
q. When you reached New York, what in
duced you to conclude to go to Canadaf
A. S0nlethiNg IN the newspapers Frt81q
m01meng concerntng my testimony, al Of
uhlch 2rdS published. | consulted a LAWYER
who made an exhaustive examination of the
case. The lawyer did not think | could be in
dlcted, or if l should be | could not be convict
ed. But there seemed, however, to be some
danger. This alarmed me, and [ determined
not to remain in New York. | left early in the
afternoon Friday for Montreal. This was the
first time l heard it said had committed an Of
fence for which might be imprisoned.
Mr.. Parks-And Mr.. Clymer told YOU on
Wednesday night that there was no danger to
you?
Mr.. Clymer-I said that Mr.. Marsh could not
be sent to prison for anything he had said before
the committee.
Mr.. Robbins-That was true
Mr.. Blackburn-Had you then heard that the
well as Belknap.
Ans. | am not positive. | might have seen
such a statement in the papers.
q. 1t is said you hesitated at Peekskill as to
whether you would proceed to Montreal.
Ans. Yes, did hesitate. | thought that if [
had ntp LODI tha IF I 4
stand trial. If train had been going back to
New York should have taken passage in it,
but as the opposite train was going to Montreal
proceeded thther.
This testimony disposes of great deal
of radical gable about Mr. Clymer help
ing the witnesses away, and it disposes Of
the strut and importance of Sir Oracle of
the Wing. very etfectually An appeal
from the editorial columns to the tele-
graphic dispatches effectually squelches
the editor. There ought to be in that Of
flee some one to sit up O nights and make
the two sides of the paper agree In fact
it isn't safe to sleep at all during the pre-
paration of such a sheet, whatever its
readers may do next day.
After the foregoing was in type, the
Wing Of Monday was received, with the
following
Perhaps the Belfast journal may notice that
Mr.. Marsh testites that he never heard of the
alleged intention of the Cabinet to prosecute
him until he reached Montreal. But of course
that paper will never mention it.
The Wing goes from bad to worse We
copy above its report of Marsh's testi-
mony, and there is in it no such thing as
the Wing alleges. II Marsh testified, as
it says he did, why is that portion left out
of the Wings report? And how does it
know that Marsh testified differently from
the report it gives We hope Sir Oracle
will answer.