The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-19
duct NJ Col vinst Let us hear him speak.

duct Of Col. vinet. Let us hear him speak.
aq2te es Hpm 9 bs tse Judge he
tthe acensedy ever resign from 1t tEol. v1nets
command', and If so. state now ana "heh no
fe Answer-He rendered his resignation to me
b Ma t. the Hs in Writing
Question BY the Judge Advocate What was
your action thereon? a ,o
wardsd It to the Governor, ] think by the adju-
What, sir; you accept the resignation OF IN
officer Of your command, you leave him under
the impression that he has done all that was vas
necessary to be done under custom ana tne
laws, to withdraw honorary from y 9hhf its
requesting that no action be taken upon MS oe-
mandi .u,,,
unon Won as the REORGANIZATION OF all that is
noble, true and valorous. | always ' n'l,,
that II duty called me upon the battle ileln 20
onset. I still feel that death would lose its
| sting II met In the execution OF your o,ds sI
| [ always believed that when justice ana as
| cIplne rsn,Iired II you would make an exam :
| pls: hut never. sir never did think that weak
ness would make you lend your assistance 10
| force an example. ,, a. =
charges that / instigated my company TO seul-
ton and segregation that used sedltlous5 lan
Ia their character; the evidence refues tho .st
charges. On the contrary, the testimony 81 Inc
witnesses for the prosecution shows that Dor
suaded no one to revolt but used my best en-
beavers to pacify the members OF my com h ~.
Whist then remains to be cqnsideretd 9y .ns
1as9 one sas Tn "s g Thas dd
not guilty Of violating the rules Of discipline,
could have dsregardt,d any order emanatlne
from him alt6oagn he hes mas no pe amaed
in the mode prescribed by law, and he so testl-
fed his office was vacant and any 9rde ,I5 l 70
validIv disreparded But on the other hand. II
he were nv superior officer. how could he OK,
that would obey any ol ms 9pnSrS '9f
II the court please. there is ono very sfgnltl,
cant feature about this case Your bonors mus,
s7s tha ba my sss Wh
, charged are alleged to have been committed or
; the tenth OF March, 1878, the other between tbe
ninth and twenty sixth Of March, 1878. ana a.
. the balance on or about the twenty sixth o
March, 1s7s-every one Of them after my resg
nation had been sent IN a s asGsR'e 10 t noT
mony OF Lieut.. Hornet, who says that mes
charges were prompted through spite 2! eng re re-
venee there Is not the Least doubt that . na,
quietly retired to private life they woulu never
! Third-That my acts were authorized In Join
nf ana 2 by nn fa nsx Hs esss e. It
: the fifteenth Of March last. after my reslg M
r ton had been sent In and forwarhen 70 In
y ieney-and was then and there pres"nt-th'
object of which was the organ zation OF the pt
loans Field Artillery, and that We TecelVsh ~
encouragement and approval. The ,otlecto
that perhaps tho Governor was not iniorme
of my resignation cannot stand. because ~ wa
since several days to % be a eeio fee o
! si rs agree with the JUDI advocate. whe
he says that discplins m y. oe mahaan7'
"a creates n Leonldas and his three hundred ihitf
% ful !; it makes of Rome the mistress OF the wor,t
v But let Il be- that discipline which allures tn
or the
:. cipline which makes him look upon court
martial as the redresser Of his wrongs, and NJ
Is the upholder Of tyranny. malice and revenge.
l. thank you gentlemen. for tho patnnce an
spirit of imuartiality which you have displaye
Al for you. Mr.. Judge Advocate although n
/ your efforts have tended to prove my guilt, ye
! sir must admir ire talent wherever It lies On
IL only wish that those efforts had been exerted
,. a better cause.
y The Judge advocate now rose to reply. +
j. smoke ex tempors and simply to refute the q
y gument of the accused. The officer havr
: been comm issioned under the old law. he sal
y he came under the provisions Of section 10
8 the act approved March 30, 1873 The plea
l.. the jurisdiction of the court was futile. Frs
II because the members came under said secif
y 10 second, because. even II they did not. II
II order appointing the court was legal appoin
n same law, section 9. That the officer had n
J, resigned was apparent from the evidence :
}! bearing upon sections 40 and II, same act. /
II was surprised that soldier. aided by able coul
Is sci, also q soldier. should be- 50 ignorant Of II
I. law and custom of service as to suppose th
): the commanders chief was compelled to a
)f cept a resignation, or 10 enter such a plea
Ia bar Of Judgment. His reply was very long ar
10 embraced many technicalities OF the law
I'd Upon Its conclusion. about 10 .. m. the cou
WINS cleared for deliberation, none but the mon
" bers and the Judge advocate remaining, TT
Mt finding occupied tho court thence until 3:
y D. m. The finding and sentence or acqu'ttal
Q Of course, secret. Il goes to the Govern
K Tuesday and will be disclosed by him In order
4, Lieut. Bullock's case comes up Tuesday eve
TT ing after the final deliberation upon LesseI