, 1881-11-07

wort}H with II clcnclltil fist lint cnile .luwn
With sollla I1rce M tho tab!r, TINT lie would
consider Il rrrinlnrnily ,lisgrncGful 10 the
Government If, in tiIn tiuItca,, casc, rs III TIM
atnr-r',,i'e cnses the Government s1DHl.l coll
TESS Itself sliipie,mrttt In IT., t,1,, aiul Ieronn
ct'l,i1MFletl tn nsk n continuance. Attorney
GEnefut Alag VGaRIt w,is present, a,..l glvu iIO
si4,,.
TIlE PRESIDENT, NOTICING MAcvEAun's
SilI:SCE,
put Tho QNcatton In Kim directly us 10 tho
preparation for the Government to 1Irocecu
III Lie Huften,l cnse.
Thu Attorney.tlenernl repllra TINT lie did
moi consider 1t a''y parl of Ills business to
glvo attention 10 crm1tnl nFosvtnllot1s.
liu President replied tl,at ttIis WINS Il great
Stntc trial, al,l tllat tho wllole country oUkctl
tH MncVcakh tn sce that It wns conducted
properly aIni efficiently.
AfacV cVcaKi sni.l there was no law or els
toni for tile AtsOri1ty.Gencrnl to appear III
criminal trials, Afltl said liz Ind been told 80
by Judge Jeremiah Black.
1'ln l'rs't!eI. then quickly md
: s)MEwif.tr ASt,.sti.y ASKED MAcvEAatf
how It l,Mt been I'll tlle AarUtl Burr trlnl.
"Oll, hit t1,at way Il trial for trcasuI,," Mnc-
Veas1' replied. .....
"Yrs," said the President, "antl this IL n
trial fnr numbering tho Chtnt Magistrate ut
the Nation. n,,d. tn my mind. IL Is thu posi-.
tivo duty 0r tile Acknowledgement to take
charge nt the case"
NtacEenKtl tlan reiterated TINT tho law
never contemplated that rs any part Of lis
duty.
TIle President rrl,lietl tliat the statutes. OF
thu United States authorized tic Attorney
G,.ilurui To appear fnr the tit,rnrnnlut nj my
time, III any Federal court IN any casuin which
h. might decln It Ills duty IN fto su, Md re-.
ferrcd AfncVcagll 10 the particular suction
Of tic law.
by this ,trne there was
4 CHEAT DEAR or EXCITEMENT
around the Cabtnrt table. I'llr lawyers Of
tho Cabinet being .tppcatrd 10, they alleged
with this President.
NlacNcaEh maintained Ills position TINT
iLwas bcneatll tllo dignity nf tie Attorney
General 10 appear IN Il criminal case. The
President then asked Inn II liz tlul tlt,ln any
thing TO Ol,t0in counsel to ilssEst Dtstrict-At-
torury Corkl,il1 IN tie prosecution Of (iuitenu.
A1acVeagh sald i,n lnti not; TINT that wns Il
duty which belonged 10 tho Distr!ct-Attornoy
himself II l,u dcstred additional counsel.
The President witt. sume warnltl, said that
tint was Il hew suggestion to him, and tint
either MacEGngli 0r himself wnH very ig-
tlDranL uf tho law; for, uccOrlEne to his
reading of The Unlted States statutes, 1t was
made the express duty or tho Attorney
General 10 engage assistant counsel In my
case wiere, In his Judgment, the Interests of
tic Government required 1t.
MacNeaglI salt that llo took different
view of ills duty, nntl
DID NOT CONSIDER HIMSELF BOUND TO TAKE
ANY fA1tr
III tho triat Of t;ultea,,. or to procure ntltlI.
tlonat counsel Tor that PURPOSE. He snid
t1lat III tho stnr-r0,ito cases Col. Corkhill Ind
suggested Il desire for tho employment Ut
William ~. Cook rs additional counsel, mil
MacVeagl, salt ,e llad nothing to do witt,
It. nlul Cul. Covkhill could do as lie'pleascd
In thu MATTER.
The President said that tho Government
shunlsl have nble consul, utMl lia w0tllst him.
self direct, IT MasEPnx!l declined 10 ,to so.
tint Judge .|ohn X. Porter, Of New York.
anil Walter DavlhSe, Of Washington, be- EN-
ployr.l as additional coti,,seI III tho prosc-
Gllt,t,, uf ttafteau.
AEacvcagh then sait flint, IL the President
tlcs fycsl 1t tn l,e done, hc would employ the
gentlemen i.nlncl.
1t Is said that, ut tho close OF tllis so,tlh'
whMt remarkable Cabinet seetlc. thu t'resl.
dent remarked thnt the ACCOMPLISHMENTS
knowledge Of tho law wulila l,a greatly in,-
prUyett by reading tin statn!cs Of the uhltrtl
StnteB Which teian0 tlte duties Of his otilce.