The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-06
The New York Labor Demonstra Ion
Fall in Line with Twenty Thou
sand Men in the Line
OF March.
A Bank Closes its Doors with Very
Large Liabilities aud Exceed.
ingly Small Assets.
The Proprietors Leave tAc City aud
Vacuum in the Pockets of
Many Residents.
Bob mserSolrs Turn to Speak Il the
Star-E0utC Case.
lie Draws Large Grove d and Cons, me,
Most of the Day.
Other Foreign aud Domestic news
Other Foreign aud Domestic News.
ingersoll's Speech.

Ingersolls Speech.
WASHINGTON, September "a great
crowd thron ed the criminal court room
| to day because of the announcement that
Il. &. lngersol's turn to speak for the de-
ftnse had arrived lngersoll began by ask
ing the jury to understand that he was
as much opposed to official corruption as
any man in the word, and he had not one
word to say in defense OF any man VINO he
| believed had robbed the treasury. He
wan cd the jury to understand that he Was
not defending nor exercising nor cnteuy-
oriug 10 pallate the slightest dishonesty in
| the people OF the United States were u de-
moralMed people, that the tide
! OF di-huuesty was rising, ready
| to sweep from one shore of the country to
the other 1t had been appealed To TO find
innocent mcn guilty, In order that the tide
might be successfully resisted it had been
told that lt was necessary to make an cX-
ample of somebody, in order that the cpun-
try might take the road to honesty, The
country had been in war; but he denied
that war had demOralZed any person who
ever fought for right, or what he believed
to be right. He did not dcmorali2e himself,
he ennobled himself, and the war through
which the country had passed had been
reformation, and not generalization.
War was period of moral enthusiasm, dur.
ing which people had been athousald times
grander and more noble than they had eyer
been before. The effect of The war had been
good, and only good, When We shook the
.shackles OIL OF four million people il did not
dcmoral re us; wheh We changed the hut
of the slave into the castle OF the ireedman
it did not demoral2e us. The jury had
been told that the United States was dis
tinguished among the nations of the world
only for corruption lie cared not who
said that first, it made no difference to him
that it was quoted from u republican
senator he denied it, This country was
not distinguished for corruption; and no
patriot believed it he had heard that nom
sense and intellectual rot all his life it was
the capital stock OF Every prosecuting law.
yer but in 1t there vas not Il word Of
truth he had always supposed that the
people of America were distinguished for
Tree speech and for Just laws, and not ior
cor. upton, and vet IN the name ui this
universal corruption the jury was appealed
To also to become corrupt, Never would lac
with a sharp emphasis on never and q
significant look toward the jury put 4 stain
on the forehead of the country in Oflrf
that he might Cunsign some honest maA 70
the penitcntiury. 80 far as his clients were
concerned, everything they had was ut
stake, and everything they had depended
: upon was the verdict of the Jury, yet tae
only mercy they asked OF the jury the
mercy OF uu honest verdict according tu
Law; that WAS all that they expected. Au
honest verdict wasa verdict in accordance
with the evidence. Whoever found ycl.
dict to please power, whoever violated his
own conscience that he might
be in accord, or supposed accordance, with
an administration or government, was
bribed; whoever found verdict that ht
might increase his reputation, was brihed;
whoever found u verdict for fear he would
lose his reputation, was bribed; whoever
bent to the public demands, or bowed be
fore the public press, was bribed
fear, prejudice, malice and love
of appreciation bribed thousands of men
where gold bribed one; an honest verdict
was the result, not of fear, but of courage
not prejudice, but of candor and above all
il was the result of love of Justice. The
minds of the Jurors should not be affected
by lroth, by fiction, by the fury Of thi,
pr1soCu ion turning to an examination o.
IN lctment. lie argued that overt act.
charged must be proved exactly a'
alleged, no matter whether description
was unnecessary or not. In support Of his
authorities until the court suggested that Il
was legal position which would not b,
coutroyerted, and suggested that il wa.
unnecessary for lngerscll :, TO cite furthcl
authorities. lugersoll then proceeded tt
n minute analysis of the charges in til,
/ Indictment, taking up and examining tn,
evidence ON the various routes ana ous
hv one dismissng them When he hat
con,lu ed cal, with su, h e.a ulations q
'.,udt disposcs OF that route another
child Washed there was not u solitnrl
shlugle left on the roof of that route
Incersol, addressing the court said ht
supposed he could with propricty draw ai
inference as TO the policy of the poStonic
department from the papers presented il
the case. The court replied tina
|, he had refused to receive evdcn,
on that subject when offered by IL
defence for the simple rcas
that he was of the opinion that no secunt
assistant postmaster general could establish
any policy for the government or for an,
branch OF the government IL was not /,
be iound.ln law and the court was unwillin
| to let the second assistant postmaster gene
raj set up his policy in defense of his ease
lie had no right 10 prove his policy. Ia
getsoll consumed the remainder OF the da,
In speaking ns 10 the legal points In th,
case, and did not once come In conilic
: with the Judge or the opposing counsel. Ii
q, closing he stated he would.conclude his :,
marks tomorrow forenoon. The attorney
.anoral will follow him