The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-15
CANNOT STRIKE HIM powv

McGregor when his step was on
his native heath and his eve wol
on the peak of Ben Lomond. H;S
country does not want to STRIFE
him down nor cast a blur nnon
the pure escutcheon of his hon
ored name.
"For three long years he has
suffered as few men have snffor
ed, while the fires of persecntion
have leaped around his form
Now, thank God, he believes tho
hour of his vindication has coma
with composure, with resipna.
ton. with supreme and unfaiIine
tortltude he awaits the Judgment
of this illustriouS tribunal: and -
that deliverance comes he Gan
from the high and exalted
position that he occuuies
look down upon his traducerS and
maligners and, with exultant
pride exclaim: Il care not for the
venomous gossip of drawino.
rooms and clubs, and cliques and
cabalS and the poisonous sbafts
of envy and malice. | await. mn
der the guidance of Divine Prov.
ldence, the verdict of prosperity
WEIGHED THE EVIDENCE CARE.
CAREFULLY.
Mr.. Rayner was not always fine
advocate, nor the pleader. At
times he was judicial, in that he
weighed carefully what MIGHT
have appeared as the tinieSt bit
Of evidence against Admiral
Schley, and where he did not
cast it aside as worthless and
trumpery he riddled it until the
light streamed through it and it,
lumined the case.
He touched but lightly on the
failure OF those Oil whom the re-.
Sponsibility rested to give Admi-
raj Schley the information which
they were bound in honor to de-
liver to him. He did not QueS.
ton the good faith of any of the
officers under Admiral Schley's
command. although he might
have done so He treated the
evidence Of those most hostile to
Admiral Schley in a gingerly
manner, merely referring to the
fact that prejudice had been
freely displayed, in spite of the
apparent efforts of some of the
witnesses to restrain their feel.
ings.
THE VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
But he felt it his duty to refer
10 the unfortunate circumstances
under which Admiral Schley be-
gan his campaign as follows:
"Nithout casting the slightest
imputation upon any officers of
the American fleet, with due
appreciation of the heroic and
gallant conduct of every man of
tbCuIi iioH duHllldl " ensign,
with heart full of thlobbing
gratitude for the immortal service
that they rendered to Their cOun-
try; i'll the hearing of this illus.
trlouS court, dignitied by the
presence of men whose names are
emblazoned upon the pages Of
American history, | do declare
upon my honor, that Admiral
Schley was the victim of an an
fortunate circumstance that left
nlm III total darkness as to the
location of the Spanish fleet aud
that never gave him a ray of pen.
etrating light until, under his
own unaided efforts, with uuhag-
glng devotion to the Republic,
amid the ringing cheers of his
valiant crew, he discovered upon
the morning of the 18th of May,
the CriStobal Colon in the harbor
OF Santiago"
MIR. RAYNER's IRONICAL MOOD.
Mr.. Rayner eulogized the hon
eSiy and Integrity OF purpose Of
number of the witnesses, even
those who have in private life
displayed the most burning EN-
nlty toward his client, but il was
impossible for him to refrain from
sending IA few shafts in the direc.
ton OF some of those witnesses
whose superlative regard for their
own abilities and intelligence
was so supremacy ridiculous.
Three names are linked forever
with the testimony of the prose
cution-Wood, Hood and Potts.
Lieutenant Wood is the man who
thought Admiral Schley cow
ard because he walked around
and sat down. To him Mr.. Ray
her devoted little time, as he had
already covered him with ridicule
III his examination of Admiral
Schley. Lieutenant Hood was
the commander of the Hawk. and
testified, in brief, that while he
conveyed dispatches from Admi
raj Sampson to Admiral Schley
he was convinced that Admiral
sampson entertained a totally