The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-02

| a doubt for which reason may be assigned.
Itpaed not be q IessoTs SUD Gent sH con-.
vince another. II must be Yuch as mHf pro-
perry influence the mind Of oBs: who IL
honestly endeay0ring 70 performh Ills solemn
duty as Juror.
And now, il conclusion, gentlemen, ne
say to you tbat both the Government and
the defendants are entitled TO the independ-
ent Judgment OF each one Of you upon the
issues presented for your consideration.
It Is sometimes the case that jurors agree
that the vote OF majority, sor some other
number less than the whole, shall be adopt,
ed as the verdict TO be returned. Such an
arrangement is not in accordance with the
requirement Of the law. Each OF you must
find the verdict he agrees to upon bis own
oath, and no one has the right to shift the
responsibility OF his final action from his
own conscience to that OF one or more Of
bis fellows. You may be convinced by his
reasons, but you ought not to put yourself
in q position TO become bound by his per-
sonat vote. lis your duty to consult to-
gether, to compare your recoilections OF the
testimony to consider carefully among
yourselves the bearings It has upon the facts
to be established, and to harmonize your
views, IL possible; but your verdict should
be in accordance with your own deliberate
Judgment.
| A single word more. It has Been argued
before you that this is q political trial, and
that the prosecution has been instituted and
carried on for political purposes alone.
Such arguments, gentlemen, should have no
influence with you. The case to you, and
the court also, Is political only in the sense
that it grows out OF an alleged ofedce
against the political rights of citizen OF
the United States secured to him by the ma
tional Constitution.
That number OF citizens of the, United
States have been killed there can be no
question. That is enough to enable the
Government Of the United States to inter-
fere for their protection under the Consti-
tuition. That duty belongs to the State
alone; but when an unlawful combination
is made to interfere with any Of the rights
Of national citizenship. secured to citizens
of the United States by the national ,Consti-
tuition, then an offence is committed against
the laws OF the United States, and it is not
only the right but the absolute duty OF the
national Government to interfere, and af-
ford to its citizens that protection which
every good government Is bound to give.
That alleged in the indictment Is such case.
You, as citizens, are bound to liftyourselyes
above the political arena and render your
verdict regardless OF popular clamor or par
tisan feeling. The statute which Is to-day
invoked for the punishment OF an offence
against colored may tomorrow be used
for the protection Of a white man. AL citi-
zens OF the United States, whether they be
white or black, are included within the pre-
visions. You have, gentlemen, q solemn
and important duty to perform, and the case
is committed to your most careful considera-
ton.
The case was then given to the jury, who
have been out all day. Few persons anti.
cipate that they will agree upon verdict.
SOUTH CAROLINA FINANCES.
COLUMBIA, June 1.-THE Committee OF
Conference on the appropriation for the in
terest on State bonds failed to agree, and a
free conference was appointed. The defeat
Of the entire bill is expected. srna