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The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Northern war News. (search)
d in the U. S. Circuit Court room this afternoon, so eager is the desire of the public to hear the closing argument for the defence of the privateersmen, by Hon. James T. Brady. Previous to Mr. Brady, however, Mr. Duke, one of the associate counsel, reviewed the law of nations as applied to the distinctions between privateering anMr. Brady, however, Mr. Duke, one of the associate counsel, reviewed the law of nations as applied to the distinctions between privateering and piracy. The prisoners, he contended, could not be convicted. The Confederate Government, under which these men acted, had been recognized as a belligerent by the most civilized nations of Europe. It would not do for this Government to put its head under its wing, like the ostrich, and suppose that other countries were not watcderate States had the same right to issue letters of marque that our Revolutionary forefathers had, and if these men were wrong, so were their predecessors. Mr. Brady then took the floor and addressed the jury. He regretted that the trial had been called on at this juncture, when the public mind was so prone to excitement; ye