St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-08
DANGEROUS REVIVAL.
The State,s Methods Those of the
Early English Kings.


Why, this is revival of an ancient,
exploded and condemned practice under
some of the early kings of England. 1t
is the revival of a practice expressly
Cancelled out of all human economy
the economy of civilization by the con-
Stitution of our general government
and our state government. 1t is this:
Among the early kings of England
there existed this practice: Whenever
a man was accused of a murder or
other serious crime he was brought up
before the magistrate and confronted
with the accusation. Say, for example,
/ am brought up before the magistrate
and confronted with the accusation of
murder. Under the practice at that
time for the purpose, as they called it,
of discovering the criminal, was per-
mitted, upon being charged with muir
der, to say to the magistrate, Mr..
Timberlake and Mr.. Dickey were the
men engaged with me. They urged me
on and they were off in the background;
had gone off to establish an alibi; but
on days before that L had met them
at such and such place, and we had
agreed to make the arrangements of
this crime and l was to receive such
and such a share of the fruits of this
crime and they were to receive the bal
ance." Now, gentlemen, look what
dangerous thing that was, and yet 1t
was the practice. 1t was called the
doctrine of Improvement, and that
charge made by me against myself
nominated the accompliceS; not NOM
mated, however, by circumstances and
suspicious things which drew innocent
men in with me; but nominated from
this fount of crime, this one who did
commit the crime nominated by me,
his accomplice, and placed upon trial.
And strange to say, it was the practice
of that empire at that time, that if
those men We're convicted by my testi-
mony l escaped. Until the barons
wrote the Magma Charta, and that
splendid barrier was raised up between
this exercise of power and liberty
Now, what is done here? In defiance
of the principles of the constitution, in
defiance of the principles of investiga-
ton contained in the office of
the grand jury, Claus A. BliXt
and Adry Hayward, acting jointly, as
/ believe-not fully, but as the testi-
mony leads me to believe-but at least
each acting on his part, he, upon being
arrested, dominates, and Adry noml-
mates, Harry Hayward as the origina-
tor of that crime which one confessed
to be the actual murderer and the
other confessed to be an accessory be-
fore the fact and without any evidence
before the grand jury as, to the truth
of this story, Harry Hayward was put
upon trial through the prostitution of
the powers of the grand jury, under
the special agreement that if this man
BliXt shall succeed in convicting Harry
Hayward they BliXt and Adry) shall
receive clemency and an innocent man
shall hang. Now, if you love English
liberty, if you love the safeguards of
liberty, if you want to hand down to
your children the safeguards which
You have received by toll back through
the centuries, stamp your foot upon
this doctrine Of Improvement, putting
it's old, discarded head back from the
very heart and center of the active
splendid economy of your freedom. Do
that, not to stamp upon it approve
ment, but do it as the law requires you
to act. Compel BliXt and Adry to bring
you some Confederation; confederation
enough with the fact of Harry Hay
wards actions, and the fact that he
induced it is not sufficiently proved
withCut their testimony, using them
only for the circumstances of that en-
croachment; and on the other hand
hold l. ixt and hold Adry Hayward to
the criticism of common honest minds,
in the action of your own common
sense, and do not let this self-confessed
accessory before the fact, don't let
them under a hope Of eXculpation use
one OF the two beams which criminals
always use, either by confesSiug to eS-
cape punishment, or confessing to eX-'
tenuate their guilt, 20 sniff the respon-
sibility for their guilt. Don't let them
do it, unless their words are such that
they carry your mials and souls to a
belief in their crediblity; don't use their
eyes and their ears as your eyes and
ears to be sanctified Ivy your cath as
true, unless you find out by the most
careful criticism that il is true.
Therefore, gentlemen, it will not do
to pass in silence and with wave of
the hand over all of these circu,n-
stances connected with the commission
of this crime which can throw light
upon the question as to whether Mr..
Blixt tells the truth or tells a lie. You
yourselves have seen by critical ex-
animation of his testimony that it is
suspicious in the highest deyrea