WESTERN ELOOUENCE.
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Gentieeaen Of the Jury, (said western
lawyers }it is with feelings of no ordinary
co,nm9tiou that rise to defend my in ni"Icd
clientherc, from the attarks which have beeu
made upon his heretofore unarproachable
character. 1 feel, gentlemen, that though
good deal smarter than any of you are, even
the judge here. yet am utterly concomtan,
to present this here case in that magnanin'ons
and heart rending light which its Importance
demands; aud, gentlemen, / trust that what
eysr may lack in presenting :he subject,
ssjll be Immediately made up by your own
natural good sense and discernment, if you
have got any.


The counsel for the prosecution. gentle
men, will undoubtedly eudeavor to heave dust
in your eyes. He will tell you that his client
is, pre-emine ntly, a man of tnnctioo-that
he is man Of undoubted aud umimpeachable
| aciiy--that he is u man who would scorn
TO foich an action agin another merely for to
crafty his own personal corporosity; but,
gentlemen, let me cau,onaie you 10 beware
how you rely upon any spacious reasoning
like this. l myself apprehend, gentlemen;
| that this here suit has been wilfuily and my
! litiously focht-foch,, gentlemen, for tn. sole
| and only purpose Of bro" beating my unhappy
client here, and in an eminent manner grind
ing the face Of the poor and l apprehend
also, that il you could but look into thar mans
heart, and'read there the motives which have
propelled him to fotch this suit, such p:eter


Of moral turpentne and heartfelt ingratitude


would be brought to light has never before


been exhibited since the Falls of Niagara.
! Now, gen,lemen,I want to make a bri!lian,


appeal to The kind symmetres Of your na,ur,


and see if I can't warp your judgments little


in favor of my unfortunate client here, ssnd


then ! shall foch my arguments to cldse


Here is poor man, with numerous wife


and child dependent on him 70, their dali,
bread and butter, wamtonly fntcht up here aut
arranged before an intellectual jury on tn.
: charge of ignominiously hooking-yes, gen
tlemen. mark the idea, hooking six quarts o
new cider. You, gentlemen, have all bee;
placed in the same situation, and you know
how to feel for the misfostunes Of my heart
broken client, aud l humbly calculate yo
!, will no, permit the gushings Of your simper
q 'hizing hearts to be squenched in the bud b
the sune2tiious arguments OF my igporau


opponent Oh iother side.


The law expressly declares, gentlemen,
the beautiful language Of Shakespeare, ,b.
= where no doubt exists Of the guilt Of prisot
D. err il 10 your duty TO lean upon the side Of IN.


,ice, and fotch him in iunocent Ifyou kee


this fact in view in the case Of my ellen
n gentlemen, you viii! have The honor Of NAL
= ing friend Of him and all his relations, m


you can allsrs look upon ibis occasion au