The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-28

oil railroads.. tltctr!cltV ana Telephones.
and it we'll comes from the progressive
State of New York. | have No he>ita-
ton in saying that it is q special prcyi-
dence in my favor. and ! ask this Court
and jury SO to consider ii. Some of the
best people of America think me the
greatest man of this age, and this feel
ing is growing. They believe in my in
spiration and that Providence and have
really saved the nation another war Ny
speech setting forth in detail my defence
was photographed on Sunday to all the
leading papers and published on Monday
morning. and now | am permitted ny
His Honor to deliver it to YOU. Only
one mistake occurred III it. and il was
my fault. | omitted to erase the WORDS
"Christmas. 1881. which APP ar II few
lines from the top OF my speech. The
sentence errnueously read: - To-day
Christmas. lSSl-i suffer III bonds as Il
patriot.
HE THANKS ALL HANDS.
And here | desire to express my i'll
debtednesS to the American press for the
able and careful way they have reported
this case. The American press is Il vast
engine. They generally bring down their
man when they open upnu him. They
opened upon me with al! their batteries
last July because they did not know NY
motive and inspiration. Vow that tins
trial has developed my motive ind in
SEPARATION, their bitterness has gone
Some editors are double headed They
curse You to-day and bless you to-mor-
row. as they suppose public opinion j.
for you or against you. which shows the
low grade OF their humanity. | desire
to thauk my brother and my sister and
my counsel Scuylle and Reed for their
valuable services. | intend to give my
counsel ample fees. especially Scoviie.
He is Il staunch man and hero and
commend him IL the great Northwest as
a line lawyer and IA Christian gentleman
We have differed as 70 this defence. lie
has theory and ! have mine told
him to work his theory As lie thought
best, and he has done it in II splendid
way. aud commend him for it.
Considering ms slight experience as an
advocate he showed himself as Il man of
marked resources. In other words. you
cannot tell what is i'll Il man until re has
At chance. Aoine iiiun never have II clance
and 90 down III obscnrity. There are.
plenty of bralus iii this world. Not
every man has chance to develop hi,
brain. 1T Is brain ana opportunity under
providence that makes Il great man.
return thanHs to the marshal nud his
aids, 10 the Superintendent OF l'"lipe and
his force. to the warden OF the iall and
his keepers and to Gen. AyroS and his
forces Tor services rendered me. | re
turn thanks to this honorable Gour; and
bright jury for their long and patient at
tenIiGIi 10 tuis Jasr. ! ala. net here rs a
wicked man N u Innate. ] am here as
patriot and my speech is as follows:
THE PRISONER BREAKS down.
The prisoner then read his speech as
published i'll Monday's papers. lie roll
ed forth his sentences. holding the paper
IL one hand, aud With the otler geatlu;-
iatiEa ".ii emphasizing H.: ut.etauce>.
The words. rally round tie flag, boys.
he repeated Ill sing song tull", waving
his arm ii the airabove his head. "Aud
tor this | suffer in bonds as a patl lot. ="
he quoted Ill an oratorical manner. and
then, repeating the sentence. he allowed
bis voice 70 tremblp 50 that The nG.ts
were nearly lnauiiluie. The trembling IA
his Voice continued TIL he spoke about
his mother and declared that he had al
ways been "a lover of the Lord when
he broke down completely, and apply in.
his handkerchief To his eyes wiped away
the tears which. naturally or forced !ug
the pHrpuA. II txcit:uy SYMPATHY.
cuursed down his checks. lie imnedl-
ateiy recovered himself aud III his usual
tone OF Voice continued with his address
When he came 10 his description OF the
attempts made upon his HE by Mason
and Jones he stood up for the purpose vi
more wildly pointing out to the jury the
narrow escapes which lie had had, With
somethln. "a prap Ae !:tt NN his am
ana sluwed iiir lpilt made III his coat 10y
the ballet fired 10y Jones, AVID made his
old declaration that it was proof that the
Lord was Watching over him. \ laugh
ran through the audience as the prisoner
read and rtread Ills declaration That il
would be perfectly >.tla ,tu LA. 10 wall,
the StreetS al Washington OF New York.
Coming down to the extracts nom his
mail he read them with extreme emotion.
particularly the rhymin. one dated
Philadelphia, New Years Day. 1882
which he read iii q sin" ) me way Wh,Ll
..s,E~,.. !, Iias.i ....ti.s. .I.t audience lie
evidently ell lnScd the structures u Jon the
S"hiiS'l i'i tlif II'Sttuilil anu Ills
pleased smile was too much for the Dis
trict Attorney. who joined in the laugl,
which followed the reading Of the ~
t;!Gt. tseabh.lA sl,i.t l.uriinh Of the
speech where an abstract from his ad.
dress to the American people is inserted.
lie folded up the paper, took OF his
glasses and spuaring himself in his chair
proceeded to repeat the extract from
memory. In doing this he assumed sie
Maat aratOr.,.;,i -tyie. nodulating the
tones 81 his voice. using both arms to
aid him in emphasizing his utteranceS
and SO far as possible acting the ex-
tract.
\ SONG FROM THE PRISONER.
Gaining down ,C hi- quotation hom
Z" john Browns body he threw back
his head and sang verse from that old
song much to the amusement of the
spectators. He read from his speech:
- Put my body in the ground il you will:
that is all you can do, Bat .he.esite.
,.'tt"t's u DAY q reckoning. Tie mills Of
the gods grind gluw. hut they grind sure
and they will grind to atoms every man
that injuries me. and supplemented it
with the remark: = As sure as Il hair III
my head is in ured this nation will 90
down in the dust. and don't You forget
it. He then read his speech "a 3 GiC.-s
without ANY noteworthy incident, and
then The court adjourned.
SUMMARY OF THE CASE.
At 40 Wednesday afternoon the Jury
IN the Gulteau case came into court. at
ter an absence Of fifty five minuets, with
verdict Of guilty, au,; li.e great tii,i
oo.n'luded with the recording of this
finding, which, if sustained by the Judi
cial tribunals and enforced by the gal
lows. The trial began in the Criminal
Court for the District Of Columbia be
fore Judge Cox on Nov II. 1881. an.,
:.;ras in prGGregs. Wifi, occasional Interrupt
tions. for more than two months The
prisoner was convicted on the iittv third
day of the actual sitting of the court for
the exclusive consideration Of his case.
FIFTy-THrRD DAYS PEQCEEDIhGs.
WAsHINGToN. Jan. 25.-At few
minuets past 10 O'Clock Judge Porter en-
tered the courtroom. and bowling polite
ly to the jury took his stand at the rear
of the prosecution and directly in front
of the iury-box. Before he cGi.td ueg.i
lis address the prisoner broke in with
the statement that his sister had been
doing some silly talking III Chicago; she