National Republican., 1883-05-23

counts where they had bought up persons EN-.
ployed by the government,
Mr lngerSoll, Why didn't you Introduce them
Mr. Bliss IL was not evidence in this case.
Mr. lnRerson. Twas waiting for you,
Mr.. lngersoll then gave an imaginary
sketch Of the conversation between Rerdell
and Dorsey upon the occasion of the making
of the Willard hotel affidavit. He heaped
the keenest ridicule upon Rordell's head.
Rerdell had said that Dorsey threatened him
with his letters to Miss Spingeman; It was
in evidence that Dorsey did not have the
letters at that time. The government had
suppressed Miss Spngeman she sat in the
court room but they failed to call her to the
stand. All of the eloquence, all of tho
genius in tho world could not convince the
jury that Dorsey then threatened TO have
Rerdell arrested for periury-for swearing
that he Dorsey was innocent
The Chico Springs letter was next taken
up. Mr.. Ingersoll said that whenever an
effort was made to make thing too perfect
there was reason for suspicion. SO it was
with tho Morey letter. They did not con-
tent themselves with Garfeld's letter, but
produced tho envelope to strengthen them
selves. That circumstance had aroused his
suspicious at once With the Chico Springs
letter a similar effort had been made. lie
wished the jury to look at the stamp. The
government had shown the letter TO their
witness, Boone, and he had thrown IL con.
I
sey never wrote it. There they dropped IL ;
they did not dare call another witness The
letter indicates that Dorsey was at Chico
Springs, N. NJ, on April 3, 1873 Rerdell
swore that Dorsey was not in Washington
on that date. lie had been caught in
Ss Sas. way tbS HE had sa. mixed sScord up dns the
believed that there was no session of the
senate at that time. 1t was very natural
mistake, and he (Mr. Ingersoll) had fallen
/ into the same error at one time That was
how he discovered 1t. Well, the senate
record showed that $. w. Dorsey was at tho
capitol on that day--April 3, 1873. Rerdell
thought that he was backed by the record,
and swore to that lie. A man who would do
that would not be prevented from doing any
thing IN this world by its baseness. Rerdell
admitted that he had offered to sit with
the defendants, and by challenge exclude
their friends from the jury. Did any man
wearing human form ever propose any more
/ Infamous bargain.2 That proposition ought
to be written on the tanned hide Of a Tewks-
bury pauper. Blackmar said that the propo.
sition had been rejected. But Rerdell tried
| to carry it out; and would have succeeded in
putting an enemy to the defonsein the jury
box if the court had not refused to allow his
right to challenge. That showed the charac.
! ter of the man; IL took his hide off, it took
! his flesh of, and barred his heart and showed
the workings of his spirit. 1t showed Il den
of vipers, u nest of adders. Yet that man
stood stamped by the department of Justice
as worthy of belief.
| Mr.. Merrick interrupted to remind Mr. In
| gersoll that the government had refused to
have anything to do with Rerdell until he
pleaded guilty. Mr., Ingersoll replied that
although his friendship with Messrs. Merrick
and Bliss had not been cordial, he would not
put stain upon their reputation by misstating
a word of the testimony. But it was in evil
dence that after Rerdell attempted to carry
out his infamous scheme the government
had put him upon the stand, sealed with the
seal of the department of justice While he
was doing that, he was borrowing money from
his co-defendant, Vaile. Borrowing money
to buy bread to support him, while
he tried to swear his co.deiendants
into the penitentary. The government
knew what he was doing; that was beyond
denial. How he hated aud abhorred this in
former system. Every act of the government
should be flower springing from the heart
of honor. The government should be in
capable of deceit The department of Justice
should blow from the scales even the dust OF
prejudice; representing supreme power, 1t
should disdain subteriuge as a confession OF
weakness. Behind every pretense lurked
cowardice. The government should be the
incarnation of candor, of courage, of conf
dence. That was his idea Of a great and
noble government.
The adjourned at this point in the
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