The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-09-14

in defense of the accused in
the Star-route cases in the following
language, which probably has never
been equalled in any speech on record:
In concluding his address, Col In
gersoll said an effort had been made to
terrorize the jury. He said to the
jury, you have nothing to do with the
supposed desire Of any mau; the sup
posed desire of any department turn
ing and addressing his remarks to the
Attorney Generally; or the supposed |
desire of any government; Or the sup
posed desire of any President, or the
supposed desire of the public. You
have nothing to do with these things.
You have to do only with the evidence.
your own. When asked to please the
public, you should think of the lives
you are asked to wreck. Of the homes
your verdict would darken, of the
hearts it would desolate, of the cheeks
it would wet with tears, of the char
acters it would destroy, Of the wife it
would more than widow, and of the
children it would worse than orphan.
When asked to please the public think
of these consequences; when asked to
act from fear, hatred, malice, or cow
ardice, think of these consequences.
Whoever does right clothes himself
in suit of armor, which the arrows
of prejudice could not penetrate, but
whoever does wrong is responsible for
all the consequences to the last sigh,
to the last tear You are told by Mr..
Merrick that you should have no SYM
pathy, that you should be like icicles,
that you should be godlike. That is
not my doctrine. The higher you get
in the scale of being, the grander, the
nobler, the tenderer you will become.
Kindness is always evidence of great
ness; malice is always the property of
the small soul, and whoever allows the
feeling of brotherhood to die in his
heart becomes wild beast.
mot kings crown, nor the deputed sword,
hGs 'ss
| And yet the only mercy we ask is
the mercy of an honest verdict. I ap-
peal to you for my clients, because the
evidence shows that they are honest
men; appeal for my client, Stephen
W. Dorsey, because the evidence
shows that he is man with an intel
lectual horizon and a mental sky-a
man of genius, generous, and honest.
Yet this prosecution, this government,
these attorneys representing the maj
esty Of the republic. representing the
only real republic that ever existed,
have asked you not only to violate the
law Of the land, but also the law Of
nature. They have maligned nature !;
they have laughed at mercy; they have
trampled on the holiest of human
ties, and have even made light because
wife, in this trial, has sat at her
husbands side. There is painting
in the Louvre-a painting Of the DESC
lation Of the despair of love- 1t rep
resents the might of erucifxion." !"
The world is wrapped in shadow; the
stars are dead; and yet in the darkness
is seen kneeling form. It is Mary
Magdalen, with loving lips and hands
pressed against the bleeding feet of
Christ. The skies were never dark
enough, nor starless enough; the storm
was never fierce enough, nor wild
enough; the quick bolts from heaven
were never lurid enough, and the ar
rows Of SANDER never flew thick
enough to drive noble woman from
her husbands side applause !. and so
it is that in all human speech the
holiest word is woman" while
Mr.. Ingersoll was delivering this
speech several ladies burst into tears,
and Mrs. Dorsey kept her handker-
chief to her eyes for some minutes }
Now, gentlemen, l have examined
this testimony, have examined every
charge in the Indictment, and every
charge made outside of the Indictment;
| have shown you that an Indictment
is one thing and evidence another.
I have shown you that not single
charge is substantiated against S. W.
Dorsey; l have demonstrated that not
one charge has been established
against J. w. Dorsey-not one. |
have shown you that there is no foun-
datlon for a verdict Of guilty, as
against any one particular defendant
| have spoken now, gentlemen, the
last words that will be spoken in pub
lie for my clients; the last words that
will be spoken in public for any Of
these defendants; the last words that
will be heard in their favor until I
hear from the lips of this foreman the
two eloquent words, Mot guilty" !"
and now, thanking the Court for its
many acts of personal kindness, and
you, gentlemen Of the jury, for your
almost infinite patience, [ leave my
clients, with all they have, with all
they love, with all who love them, in
your hands. Applause.
WE gather from a dispatch to the Memphis ava-