The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-15
SENATOR VOORHEES,.
Extracts From His Speech in Defense Of John
son at Greenvllle, Tennessee.
This Eloquent and Symmetrical Presentation
of the Facts in a Remarkable Trial
VIII be Published in
Few Bays.

7. Johnson, will shortly be issued from the
press under the auspices OF his stenographer
and put upon the market. / asked the priv
ilege of making a few extracts this afternoon
and was given proof sheets, but this task is
difficult, for the reason that it may be said
TO run at a white heat from the beginning to
the end. The text complete would fill per-
haps thirty columns of the Sentinel The
following is an extract but can not say the
best part, of his tribute to John Howard
Payne
Why did the world witness that wonderful and
beautiful spectacle short time ago on the north
ern coast of Africa! More than thirty years ago
the American Consul at Tunis died at that distant
place and there was buried He was not great as
statesman. jurist or warrior. He had never led in
council. court or field. Why was it that one whose
own name viii never perish the benefactor OF
the present and OF future generations, and as the
munihcent patron of literature, the arts and sci
enceS. called back the hours and dust that had
lain so long on the far-off shores OF the Mediter
citizeit OF the Republic N the love and esteem of
his cOantrymeu, simply,asked his Governments
mains OF John Howard Pavnc home TO rest in his
native land. And then ON the 9TH day OF January,
1856, there gathered around his grave in the little
cemetery at Tunis the representatives of the most
the MOhammedan stood together and bent with
reverence over the hallOwed spot where the Amer
lean had slept SO long on foreign shore. They
carefully raised his crumbling coffin and tendery
preserved every atom OF his precious dust, aud
mains were covered with flowers, aud to
the music OF an immortal song he started on
his final voyage home As the ship that bore him
of that great metropolis up 10 do him honor,
if one of the mighty dead had returned to earth.
although invisible were laid in state, while thou
sands aud tens of thousands of people crowded by
TO catch glimpse OF the outside coffin in which
At washington City. the capital of a Government
OF more than 55OC000O OF people the wanderers
hail tE-ifh innY tn no
gotten while American history endures states
culture and refinement felt hOnOred with place
at his funeral. ElOquence paid its lofty tribute,
and music, with its sweetest richest and most i'm
mis- final abode in the city OF the dead. And why,
now, were all these hOnors, without parallel in
human history paid 10 his memory? All. how
well you know the answer, how quick your swell
ing hearts respond. He wrote one song. in which
he embodied and embOsOmed the most precious
desire aud the most undying emotion OF the uni
VeTSal heart of man, woman and child. He wrote
-''Home Sweet Home"
Where the shotgun policy is unknown:
In the interior of the Dark Continent the Afri-
can Prince, as the first and most pleasant duty OF
hospitality, invites the honOred guest to make
selection from among his wives. and To share with
her the pleasures Of his soJOurn-
English speaking iuries have taken the
idea here advanced concerning the crime of
adultery since the days of Queen Ann:
The man that eommitteth adultery with an
tery with his neighbOr's wife. the adulterer and
the adultereSS shall surely be put 10 DEATH"
L know how this is met in modern schools of
thought. The law reads harshly as to the woman,
and the question is iuterposed whether she should
die as well as the man: whether our civilization
and our times will admit OF the full application of
that law. Pause moment: viii answer. There
came after this Mosaic edict new dispensation.
He who walked the waters OF Galilee, and babe
and crippled rose and ran: He at whose command
the blind saw: He who spoke at the grave of
IaZaTnS
grim embrace OF the tomb brought new and
gentler administration OF the divine law into
practice. He modified the law have read. 1t
sentenced both the offenders, the man and the
woman tOdeath. The merciful Redeemer. during
his last three years ministratiOn earth, granted
remission to the woman OF her share in the
death penalty but never as to the man You all
know the record by heart have il here.
"And early in the morning He came again into
the temple. and all the people came unto Him.
and he sat down and taught then M, And the
taken in adultery, and, when they had set her in
the midst. they said unto Him, Master. this wO-
Moses in the law commanded Us that such should
be stoned: but what sayest thOuT
law. commanded Us that such should be stoned
but what sayest thou?' You remember all the
rest:
She was not stoned she was not put to dealh.
Her accusers skunk away. and the penalty of the
Saviour Where was ii ever RENTED repealed
as to the man? Tell NE Search these evangel-
lists; search this blessed bOok-guide in life and
comforter in death. Let dOubters scott; but ii is
the power that regulates life and fills the last hour
with peace. Where, between its holy lids. DO you
find any remission OF the penalty of death against
man who committh adultery with his neigh
boris wife? Christ sOftened the Mosaic law
IN respect to the wenan. By ais decision she was
not put 10 death; but no decision was ever made
by the Almighty Father nor His son that the adul-
terer should not die; and stand here in the pres
ence OF the highest intelligence of this great State
ana III me nearing OF the ministers OI the gospei
of our blessed faith and challenge a denial from
any one or from all the adultercTs, the man that
CCmmiteth adultery with another mans wife.
even he that cOmmiteth adultery with his neigh
Dor vic, i, -! tIe Jaw oi pOi ulueI PIS.ilt
confusing and eternal sentence OF death. There
is no point of time where the sentence stops.
There IS no instance in the Book OF Books where il
has been remitted- As 10 the woman. il has been
as to the man, never. And from the moment that
Major Henry, this vile monster OF mesmeric power
or some other satanic agency. defled the wife OF
his friend committed adultery with the wife oil
his neghbOr-from that moment he walked by
day and By night undera perpetual ahd uneudine
sentence OF death pronounced by Almighty God
Answer this who can. Answer ii who may
The history of the case is 50 well known tC
the readers OF the Sentinel that to give it here
in detail would be superfiuous. The Adyo
.cape says, on the subject OF the victim $ sui
eide
the only crime for which Henry had forfeited hi
life On the contrary, the blood of murder wa
his hands. Had nc let his neighbOr's wifi,
alone; had he. not pursued her like the sIeuth
hound after his prey she would this day hay'
been the proud ana nOnOrcd vic ana mother
loving and beloved in her home at indianapolis
the air rendclent of happiness around her. anl
the future stretching away before her as pure anC
bright as the flowers OF spring. Why l. this no
so now Because Edwin Henry murdered her
You are prosecuting this defendant for murder
will tell you who the murderer is-the man WHIT
corrupted the woman and drove her in remors
10 robe herself for the grave and put bal
through her heart: aud wherever he is in tn
world beyond he is this hour answering not Onl
for adultery, but for murder. The blood 0
that seifslain woman j. on Edwin Henry
soul He. and he alone. the eaus
that started the current OF her misery, widening
into whirling gulf OF fantasy and flame, AM
bringing her into mental condition wherein
death was her only refuge. In the act OF suicid
committed by the despairiDg victim, Edwin Henri
committed the crime Of murder certainly AM
with as much guilt if he had fired the pisto
with his own hand. Had he never lived. had sh
never seen him. or had he not lusted after her, sh
would not thus have died. ! charge here that b
the law OF Almighty God. as the destroyer OF
Nome, ne was under sentence of death and Ougl
have died. and that he died justly. charg
further that he was directly guilty OF her murder
and that he was morally guilty as il he had use
the pistol. IL Is some satisfaction to know that n
morse haunted him; that when he returned I
this community. when all his WickcdncSS