The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-16
A Flow Of Forensic Eloqaence.

an interesting case of assault and battery
on hand. Thomas Douglass and Edison
Trumbull, both residents of West Hill,
got into a dispute about the Presidents
policy, which terminated in row, in which
it appeared Mr.. Trumbull climbed Mr..
Douglass, put head on him, BACKED his
eve, wrenched his neck spread his nose
all over his face, flbbed him heavily on
the listening box, bored home on his kiss
ing trap, got an ugly one in on his dexter
optic, pasted him bad one on his paste
horn and finally grassed him heavily. In
defense, Mr. Trumbull alleged that Mr..
Douglass provoked and really begun hos
tilities by slapping him across the face with
portion of q harness, called by the witness
"a breechin' strap" Young Mr.. Caste
let, who has only been lawyer q few
months, defended Mr.. Trumbull, and this
being his first case, a large number OF his
friends were present to witness this brill
liant young advocates first victory.
When the evidence was all in and the
Court intimated that it was now ready for
the agony, Mr.. Gastolet arose and said:
s;Ahem!n
And his friends declared that it sounded
| for all the world like an old lawyer, and
they were delighted. But the trouble
with Mr.. Gastolet was that he was too
much like an old lawyer. and he said
"ahem" SO many times, that If once re-
peating it sounded like lawyer, Mr..
Gastolet certainly sounded like q lawyer
about four hundred years old. At length,
however, he made start.
"Sir!" he exclaimed.
"Sir, to you," responded juror, to
whom the attorney happened to be look
ing, and the Marshal promptly checked the
| rising merrlment.
May it please the Court, " Mr.. Gastolet
again began, and the Court, despite its
stern official dignity, looked so positively
and undeniably pleased, that not . dis
| senting murmur was heard. Gentlemen
Of the jury, this is not case for levity.
1t is rather case for profound thought I"
Here juror who was asleep at the end
of the bench fell off and punctuated Mr..
Gastolet's eloquence with prodigious
crash, after which order was restored and
4 Gastolct, who had broken out into o pro-
fuse perspiration, went on:
"A cause" he said, "for profound
thought, and for sorrow; for deep felt,
patriotic sorrow. What do we see, gen
citizen, half white and free born. An
i AIuCkICAu CltlZCu-0llu VIM v iSAOu6 OVCE
that word conjure up. Liberty strangled
by the iron heel Of a pitiless despotism;
little band of patriots penniless In purse
and few in numbers struggling to unclasr
i the hated manaclos that bind her to the
earth. The glowing sunrise tints with
touch of gold the verdant brow of Bunker
j Hill, crowned with the coronet Of ram.
parts, glittering with dewdTups, behind
which our fathers crouch, Ike lions In thu
i lair. The dim cloud Of battle pals thu
Keeling earth and bending heavens from
nv sight. The tramp 81 charging col
umns shake the earth and the loud mouth
guns waken the dreadful clamor viii
more resonant tones than even the rever
berating echoes Of heavens dread artillery
i The fitfnl glitter of the bayonet answer
the licking tongues of red, red flame. Tn,
smoke cloud lifts. Oh, horrid sight
Oh. nameless dread!''
Here Mr. Gastolet threw up his hand
and bending backward II rigid attitude
cast such h0friAed glance ct the jury
6 that the big fst junior in the middle, VIII
was vt that moment stcAlthily taking
chew Of fine cut, thought the apostle he
reference to himself, and Euiltily drcppe,
HI chew On the door, and hid his tobacc
box behind him, and braced himself 81
70 deny that he ever used tobacco. Bu
Z Mr.. Gassolet went on, In : loud expressioI
az voice.
g. The dead 40 crawling Over the hill
sidei The wounded lie ngidly welterin
| in their gurei Freedom shFieks in Ii
dim distances and nature wells her face
appalleG 4 the awful Mghtl a nation !
born and the Blood Of heroes u poure'
on like water upon 10 altar Of IT, chril
tenine. Ard for What9 For what 9en
tuemcnl Eight Year, Of blood - "
and famine and ped1ilenco; eight cTue
yeass Of potricida struggle; eight lon
yeass Of tie sword; eight years a. heroi
Sdnranco and eoalike coufage-f
MAR 10 hnnd down 10 posterity
Government tkat win demand that a
client shaIi tnlcly submit . be slsppe
IN the fnco With : breechin8 stfap a.
nokS ~ pt6n9 SLAPPED fn tie face viii
: bgcocklnS SlFap, and lall with his dumb
tce1d lipe % HE dust q he feet Of his %
pGs1spFl No, BY the shadesof our NbsF(J
IogIne - AerQ1c eiree, never, gentlemen
ltdsSFI M y ~ psnhccd, No, eeptls