and all agog to see and to hear of the wonderful things which “liberty” had done, or had _not_ done, on the other side of the Atlantic. There, too, moved in long procession men who were elected for the occasion, from among the nation’s elect,--heads of departments, senators, and representatives,--men distended almost to bursting with eloquence for regenerated Europe, who must speak or die! They marched to an open space on Pennsylvania Avenue, where, on an extempore rostrum, they eased themselves of their repletion of patriotism; while people of all kinds, conditions, and colors stood below, empty and agape, to receive what the upper divinities might send down. And now let me read to you, gentlemen of the jury, some of the precious things that were said on that memorable evening,--only two nights before the escape of the slaves in the schooner Pearl,--and see, after you have tasted of the yeast, if you can wonder at the fermentation:-- “----Events which hold out _to the whole family of man_ so bright a promise of _the universal establishment of_ CIVIL _and religious liberty_, and the general destruction of monarchical power throughout the world.” “New and endearing ties”--“between the people of liberated France, and _the twenty millions of freemen_ who dwell, in all the plenitude of social and political happiness, between the great seas which water the eastern and western shores of this vast continent.” “I feel authorized to declare that there is _not one_ in this vast multitude whose sympathies are not deeply enkindled in behalf of France and Frenchmen.” “----Such has been the extraordinary course of events in France, and in Europe, within the last two months, that the more deliberately we survey the scene which has been spread out before us, and the more rigidly we scrutinize the conduct of its actors, the more confident does our conviction become that the _glorious work_ which has been so well begun cannot possibly fail of complete accomplishment; that the age of TYRANTS AND SLAVERY is rapidly drawing to a close; and that the happy period to be signalized by the _universal emancipation of man_ from the _fetters of civil oppression_, and the recognition _in all countries_ of the great principles of _popular sovereignty, equality, and_ BROTHERHOOD, is, at this moment, visibly commencing.” [Here Judge CRAWFORD broke in, with great sharpness, and said, “Mr. MANN, such inflammatory language cannot be allowed in this court. We have institutions that may be endangered by it. The court thinks it its duty to interfere. The counsel cannot be allowed to proceed with such inflammatory language.”