The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-15

that he Ii II never mentioned his ilten-
ton ~ any one. ana thlt no one par.
ticular knew his design; but that he pre-.
sumed it was generally known that he
/ intended to put the President out of II c
way. lie further stated that when the
, President arrived at the door, near which
he stood. finding him supported on the
! LEFT by Mr.. Woodbury.. and observing
many persons in his rear. and being him.
self rather H. the right Ct the President,
| in order t. avoid wnun,ling Mr.. Wood
! bury. am! those i'll the rear. he stepped 4
| little to his own right so that should the
ball pass through the body of the PreSi-
dent, it wunld be received by the door
| frame. or stone wall. On beins asked
| if lie felt IL" trcpidation during the at
tempt, he replied rot the slightest, until
| he found the see md pistol had missed
| fire Then seeing the President WIS ad
vancin. upon him with an npli'trd cane.
he feared that 1t contained Il sword, which
might have been thrust through him be
! fore he could have been protected By the
crowd.
And when Intercepted as to the mo-
| tive which induced him To attempt the
| aSsissinatin.t Of the President. he +, p.lcti
| that he had been told that the President
had caused his loss Of occupation and the
! consequent want of money. and lie be
| lievci that to put him out f the wa
| was the only remedy fnr this evil; but IL
the interro@atory. Who told you this?
he could not identify any ore. but re-
! MAJ ked that his bro;i,er-m law. MIR. Red
| fern, told him he would have nn mo'e
| business. because lie was opposed t" the
| PrcSiIeut-and he believed hed:ern ~
be in leawue with the President against
him. Again being questioned whether
he had often attended the dcha.es i'll
Congress. during the present session. aid
| whether they had influenced him in MAX
ing this attack on the person ot the Presl-
dent. he replied that he had frequently
attended the discussion in both branches
of Congress, but that they had, III n"
degree. influenced his action.
upnn being asked il he expected to
become President of the United States
il Gen. Jack son had fallen. he replied,
No. When asked whom lie wished t."
lie President, his answer was. There
were many persons in the il'u>" of Rep
resentatiycS.' On being asked if there
were no persons in the Senate. Yes.
several. and it was the Senate to which |
tl!uhed' Who in your opinion, "f the
Senate. would make Il good President?
He answered. Mr.. Clay. or Mr. Web
Ser, or Mr.. Calhoun. On being asked
what benefit he expected himself from
tue death of the President. he answered
he could not rise unless the President
tell. and that he expected thereby to re-
cover his liberty. and that the mcchan
les would all he benefited; that the me
ch,uics would have plenty of work; and
that money would he more plenty. On
being asked why it would be more plenty.
he replied it would be more easily Oh
tanned from the bank. GA being asked
what bank. he replied, the Bank of the
United States. GA being asked if he
knew the president. directors, or any of
the officers Of the bank. or had ever held
INV intercourse with them. or knew how
he could get money ont of the bank. he
replied no, that he slightly knew Mr..
Smith only.
On being asked with respect to the
speeches which lie had heard in Con Ircss,
,nl whether he was particularly pleased
with those of VI 'sSr>. Calhoun. Clay and
Webster. he replied that he was. because
they were on his side. lIe WAS then
,>ked ii he was well pleased with the
speeches OF Colonel Benton and Judge
White? lie SAID he was, and thought
Colonel Benton highly talented.
When asked if he was friendly TO Gen
raj jackson. he replied no. Why not
lie answered. because lie WAS Il t.raat.
VIII" told you he was a trrant:' He an
>wrrei it was Il ,mmon :alk with the
people and that he had read it in all the
pipers. He WAS asked if he could name
.nv one who had told him 500 He re
piled no. He was asked if he ever threat
tnc,i to shoot Mr.. Clay, Nj, Webster or
Nr. Calhoun, or whether ne would shoot
Them if he had an opportunity: lio Ie-
Piled no. II" was asked if he would
shoot Mr.. Van Buren,. he replied no: that
H.. had once met with Mr. Van Buren, il
the rotunda. and told him he WAS in want
Of money and must have it. and if did
not yet it. he (Mr. Van Burcn) or Gen
eral Jackson must fall. lie was asked if
my persons Were present during the con-
verSa,inna He replied that there We're
several present, and when asked il he
recollected one of them, he replied he
id not When asked if any one al
vIScd him to shunt General jackson, Ell
say that it ought to be done, he replied.
do not like to say On being pressed
on this point. he said no one in particu-
lar had advised him. He further stated.
that believing the President 10 be the
source OF all his difficulties. he was still
ixe,l in his purpose to kill him, and i:
his successor pursued the same course.
10 put him out OF the way aiso--i,na dc
rlared that no power III this country
could punish him for having done 80
because it would DO resisted by the pow.
ers of Europe as well as of this country.
he also stated that he had been long in
Jurisprudence with the powers of Eu-
rope. and that his family had been wrong
fnlly deprived of the crown of Eng Land.
and that he should yet live to regain ii
and that he considered the President
If the United States nGthing mere than
his clerk We now think proper to add
that the young man appears perfectly
TRANQUIL and unconcerned as To- the final
result. and seems to anticipate no pun
ishmcnt for what he has doue. I! e
above contains the leading and literally
expressed facts of the whole couverSa-
tinn we had with him, which continued
II least two hnurS, The questions we've
frequently repeated at different stages OF
the cxamin ,tion. and presented in vari-
Gus forms