The New York Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1875, Page 4

TILTON VS. BEECHER. Continuation of Judge Morris’ Speech. ANOTHER DAY TAKEN UP. Counsel to Resume His Address This Morning, THE DRAMATIS-PERSON Appearance of Mrs. Tilton in the Court. The Complainant and His t Wife Meet. fo brew m another quarter. juiries Degna tobe made by certain pont Phang Plymouth church, and some were sugvesting that ‘action should be taken with the view of dropping Mr. Til- ton’s name from the record, and in the fall of 1571 there was & meeting held by the Exumining Com- mittee tor the purpuse of considering the propri- ety of oropping. his name irom tne roll of member- sulp of Plymouth church, Mr. Beecher, at lus re- quest, Was appointed ut that time a committee to wait upon Mr. Tilton, and, as he said, to remon- strate with hum @nd induce his retura aga! church, in which be had not entered since the 3d of July, 1870. He appeals to his friend, Mr. Mouiton, to induce him to leave the cburch, to resign nis membership trom the church, and he writes Mr. Moulton @ letter appealing to him to | use his offices to induce Mr. Tilton to | resign trom the church. “There are two or three who feel anxious bed om action on the case, It willonly serve to raise profitless excitement when we need quictin, Here are al- ready complicities enough. We do not want to run the risk of the complications which in suci & body no man can foresee.” What were the com- plications of this cage that could not be submitted 0 an investigation of the committee of his own church, whose duty it was to mvestigate just such jatters % ir. Beach—What 1s the date of it ? ‘Mr. Morris—December 3, 1871. “Since the con- | Mecuon ts really formal and not vital or sympa- ; thetic, why should he continue with ail the risk of provoking irritating measures? Every day's re- flection satisfies me this 1s the course of wisdom, 4nd that he will be tne stronger ior it or Bowen the weaker forit. You said you meant to effect it. Can it be done promptiy f If a letter 1s written it withdrawal, and, kind wishes, 4c. A LOOK AT THE JURY, As Judge Morris read Mr. Beecher’s words at this Point Mr. Beecher appeared to have a suggestion, for, with @ face a trifle fushed, he leaned over to his lawyer, Abbott, and whispered tn bis ear. pernaps, with an expression of ‘Phe Tilton-Beecher trial took om more sensation ‘yesterday. Mrs, Tilton was brought into the Court room by Edward Ovington, her host, accom- panied by Mrs. Ovington and her father, Judge Morse. The two ladies were in the very centre of | the court room, and especial seats had been re- ferved for them there, They were about equidis- | tant irom Mr. Beecher and Mr. Tilton, at the end | Of a row of Plymouth church dignitaries, and at | She right angles to it, so that Mrs, Tilton looked along the bench on which Beecher sat, right at bis Profile. On the right was Mrs, Ovington, on the leit saudge Morse; next w Judge Morse was Mr. | ‘Ovington; pext moses Beech, Jr.; next Colonel | Beecher; then Professor Raymond; then Henry ‘Ward Beecher; next Mrs. Beecher and ner third @on, and, finally Assistant Pastor S. P. Halliday. In the angie between the last eight persons and the frst three a table for the defendant’s junior counsel was set, on which were two bouquets, one large and one small. They nad been carefully Drought to Court before the appearance of the plaintit’s wile, whom they were meant to honor, | and were set there between the eyes ol the accused pair. THE WIFE OF THE PLAINTIFF. As the wife entered the court room Mr. Beecher, Without looking up, appeared to be conscious of her presence, and a smile of encouragement hov- @red around his lips and eyes. He was reading a Paper covered book, and for much of the day pe- Tugsed this and other volumes, which he took up successively, and pencilied in them. Mr. Tilton looked over his shoulder as the procession entered and exchanged glances with bis wife, neither of them speaking. Frank Moulton, sitting by Tilton, Jooked cvo! and sharply at Mrs. Tilton, with @ look O!pity first, next of cutting severity, and finally he turned about to the reporiors and smiled. After the counsel for Tilton had been speaking a few minutes, Moulton arose witn his cane and, hat in + band, passed out, stepping around Mrs. Tilton and touching her dress, She looked up and gave him a woman’s look of deflance, her small, dark eyes and rather large mouth set firmly, as if to say, “This is the worst you can do, andI have {facea it.” Moulton knew on Monday that both Tracy and Beecher desired Mrs. Tilton to appear in court with Mrs. Beecher, and it was discussed with counsel as to whether her presence should not be objected to, as a manifest intention to affect the tury. THE HUSBAND AND WIFE. After Mrs. Tilton had been sitting a little while he wurned her eyes upon her husband, of whom she had the advantage, as she was ten feet behind ‘him and could watch every movement of his face 88 be sat siiently behind Morris, his long grayish brown hair falling on Lis shoulders and his profile & little stronger by time and thought. The young ‘Tilton of 1870 Is growing hoar tn the Tuton of 1874, The wife watched this man narrowly, without any higher feeling than strong curiosity. It has been long since she spoke to him. months they have not, probaply, looked at each other. Yesterday he saw ber for tne frst time. After awhile looking suddenly to the left, Tilton observed his wie just drop her eyes from nis face. He looked steadily until sue conironted bim again. From this time forward there were frequent glances between the pair—on bis part sensibility and inquiry, on hers merety exaggerated curiosity. Mrs. Tilton was in a very perfect state of equanimity. She was in purple. a velvet hat with a@ black b\W and bunch of feathers, an uncom- monly large ear ior so smali a woman, and lean, gbarp, inharmonious features, composing a very swali head. Her jorehead was of the medium size, almost a straight jine;she had a straight, thin, bloodiess nose, and cheeks rather hollow; ‘Dut the mouth, lips aod chin were grosser an fuller than the lean woman who looked out alone, nd the colors of the flesh andeyes were warm and ruddy. The lips were quite rea and inviting; the coarseness oi the chin rather increased its power; the eyes and expression were those of an emotional, unrestrainabie, over credulous young Married miss, who possessed yreat power to fas- cinate men, particularly mature and elderly men, Who are readily moved by childish coquetry. This multum in parvo was the more visible by reference to Mrs. Uvington, Who was a large, heavy woman 0! thirty-eigh’ or forty, wit features large and striking, dark hair and cold, cusiness eyes. She weighs more than her busvand, who 48 atali, florid, loosely strung man of a good @eal of spasmodic vivacity. His cue appeared to vo keep unings cheeriul, and he smiled, and deaned over, wud chatted for a second or two, and Jooked at Tilton with a particular smirk of victory. The latver revurned it with interest. Mrs. Tilton wore @ new suit Of good, rich black, the dress a walking sik skirt, the mante or Bacque of black veivet, the coilar a white ruffle, and the mat of veivet, with a feather extending from front to rear. She is a very uttle woman. Earrings of gold open work with jingling pendants dropped irom the iarge ears aforesaid. She are her kid gloves and lat on during tne iQje day’s proceedings, forenoon and alteraoon. itn @ ‘sce handkerchief in her hand, she fre- ently used it at her nose, inbaiing the perfume. | fer father, Jude Morse, was an old, respectable person, with full gray hair and beard, aud silver Spectacies, and he said nothing, but gave his arm as she entered the court room and retired. Mra. Ovington wore an imitation casimere suawl, 3 dark blue dress and a velvet hat and ostrich Jeather. To i0ok at superficially Mrs. Ovington ‘Was altogether the more superb woman o/ tue two. Critically examined, four men out or tive ‘would bave considered Mrs, Tilton’s a3 the most seductive face of the two, ‘The opinion aroused vy the appearance of Mra. ‘Tilton was vot favoraple after the gratification of looking her over had been freely mduiced tn by every spectator. She was not addressed by the lawyers for the defence nor by Mr. Beecher him- | Bel, As’ she could not bea witness in the case, Od as Lue speech of tue day was to be personal her own Virtue a8 a wile, it was regarded a little theatrical touch, advised by some overneated rtisan, aod provabiy not to (he advantage of the Wishes of ita prompters. The jury scarcely Jooked out of the box. dudge Morris unwrapped his throat and went straight to business at eleven o'clock. He spoke ‘until one o’clock and again irom two to jour, as follows — GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY—As you observed— must observed yesterday—that | was lavo: ing un very severe (ndisposition, which, | re- ret to sa) barr this lam this morning iso, and that in ¢ y to get through with my part o1 tue labor or case I 8 Omitted some points vo whica [ ould have calied briefly your attention. I will call your attention vo some of these points pow beiore pursuing this discussion this morning. From the pout | left off at the close yesterday. Gail your attention to the.nterview had on tue soth 1 December, 1870, between Mr. Tilton and Mr. Beecuer at Mr. Mouiton’s Louse, when Mr. iiiton accused Mr. Beecher of aduitery. 1 omitted to call your attention to the Jact as to how that in- terview was brought abvut. ‘On the 20sh of December Mr. Tilton wrote & Jetter to Mr. Beecher, at the suggestion of Mr. Bowen, demanding, for reasons wich he expiictly KNOW, ys RETIREMENT FROM THE PULPIT, Prior to this Mr, Tilton, With His wile, had agreed that the secret shoud be buried, ihey bad agreed, he bad agreed, jor the sake of bis family, jor tb e of his children, that it should not be posed; and she, fearing that this action on his t, ; m im the interest of another, might lead to complt ations and to disclosures that sould involve her own secret, at her solicitu- ton this interview Was sougit, and it was @ areendiy inter: Ite purposes were not vo ex- pose the secret or tne crime which Mr. Beecher jad committed, but, on the contrary, to put hin on jis guard against another mao from whom he jeared certain stories that were afloat. During the period of which | an 6; waking a the adjourninent bi the courtto wil, io 1s7l—trouble bewan For seven | Abbott then leaned forward to Shearman, who, a8 and spectacles down to the table. He listened, Wagged his head and made a note, The jury all | this wotle never took their eyes irom Judge Mor- | ris’ face. The round headed man, Carpenter, was eating up the orator with his nostriis, eyes and ears. Jeffreys, the produce broker, was following him with an unusually inteiligent face. They all seemed to be hearing something new, although tne Judge had very little pictorial power and was very plain in bis statements. Counsel resumed his a@udress, a8 follows :— DO FACTS LIKE THESE NEED ANY COMMENT? The defendant, the pastor of bis church, secur- | ing himseli to be appointed as the sole committee lor the avowec purpose of ducing Mr, 1ijvon’s return to the church, and at the same time, while | deiaying the report, planning, plotung, devising meuns to have him withdrawn irom the church. But duay a report is made. He had seen Theo- dore, thai he bad great troubles, pecuuiary and oberwise, and it would be vetter for the commit- tee not to take lurther acuon at that time, and the advice was iaken, and once more they nave succeeded in staving off, preventing an investiga- tion that would reveai the truth. The reason of this action on the part of the cuurch was the pub- | licauon of @ biography of Mrs, Woodnull, and Mr. Beecher feared that if action were taken It wouid incense Mr. Tilton and thus lead to an ex- | posure of the wuole difficulty. He was anxious to avert the threatened catastrophe aud keep off the day of judgment, and the device succeeded sora ume, but it was only a Lemporary Success, as are all the devices that were resorted to during the four years succeeding the commission of Unis crime, it was but temporary, foolish man, foolish men, to believe that you could permanently bury up such a crime aS that. No, by the momutabie laws of the Omnipotent sooner or later such & sin will be found out. Now, geuulemen, as a reliel to this plauaing and pleading, and devising and scheming, lor the purpose of covering up this crime, let me cali your atiention to anower rank, open, jull, compiete and Clear coniession of ut guilt, made by himselt on the 5th of Fevruary, 15: TIOF to the writing Of this letter Mr. Beecher nad met Mr. Tilton on the cars going East. He nad had @ iriendly interview with Mr. Tilton, and on his return te received a letter, to which aijusion is made, irom Mr. Tilton’s wife, which induced o1m to fear that there was danger of sume action being taken witu reiereace to this crime, and he says of bis demeanor on that occasion:— “He was kind; we talked much, and at the end he told me to go on with my work without the leass anxiety 80 Jar as his feelings and actions were tue occasion Of apprenension.'’’ What does that mean? In 1872, the sd day of February, 1872, over a year alter it is alleged that Mr. Tilton had made @ false accusation agains* the pastor of Piymouth church, you find them having this friendly conver- sation and Mr. Tilton assuring Mr. Beecher that he might go on With Wis work without apprehen- , Sion about the future, Was that the language and | assurance of the min who had made such a false | accusation? No! It was the lauguage of a man d been injured and wronged saying to him, “Notwitastanding the great wrong that you have inflicted upon me; uotwithstandiog, | for- vear. Goon wiih your work. I shail not expose the crime that you have committed.’ If it don’t mean that, What does it mean? And then, speak- ing ip a desponding mood, expressing his appre- hensions that the iriendship of Moulton may te Cooling toward nim, he says, “But 1 see you sel- dom, and my personal :elations, environments, | Decessities, liuitauons, dangers and perplexities you cannot see or imagine. Lf I had not gone througn this great year of sorrow 1 would never believe that any one could puss through my expe- rience and be alive or sane.” What were these | dangers? What were these environments? What | Were these perplexities ‘hat had so harassed him: | during the past year as almost to drive bim to | Madness, and to express bis astonishment toat he | Could endure what ne nad endured and be either alive or sane at that ume? “During all tis time you were literally my svay and comiorter. I should have fallen on the way but for the cour- age which you inspired and tue air whico you breatoed., I came back, hoping tat t..e bitterness | Of veath was past, but 7. 1.’s troubles brought | back the cloud wita even severer suffering. No mab can see tne difficulties that environ me on- less he stands whereldo. To say that I have a church on my hands is simply bothing; but to have hundreds and thousands of men pressing me with their keen suspicion and auxiety aud zeal, to see tendeuctes Which, ti not stopped, would break iuto a ruinous defence, to stop them, Witheut seeming to do it; to preYent any one ques- tioning me, to meet the prejudives against Ineo- dore, Whicl had weir beginning years belore this; to keep serene, os if | was not alarmed or dis- turved; to be cheeriul at home and among frienus when | was suifering tue torments oi the damned; to pass sleepless nights olten and yet come up fresh and full jor Sunday—ail this may be talked about, but the real thing caunot be understood from the outside, nor this Wearing aud grinding Of the nervous system; God knows that 1 have put more tuougnt and judgment and earnest desire in trying to prepare @ Way ior Tueodore and Elizabeth than, do for myself a hundred-iold. But curoulc evils require clironic remedies, If my destruciion would place his ali right that shall vor stand in the way. Lam WILLING TO STEP DOWN AND OUT; no one cap offer more than that—that 1 do offer. Sacrifice me without hesitation, if you can clearly see your Way to his saiely and bappiness. 1 do not think that anything would be gained by 16; I should be destroyed, but he would not be sale, and Elizabeth and tne children wouid have their future cloudea. Lue wouid be pieasaut if | could tat reousld which ts shattered, but to live on THE SHARP AND RAGGED EDGE of anxiety, remorse, fear and despair, yet to put on all the appearances of solemnity and happiness cannot ve endured much longer.” BEECHER SMILES, Atthe reading oi the ragged-edge letter Mr. Beecher kept busily penciling until the close, when he raised both eyes to Judge Morris’ face, smiled and rubbed his nose, “Mrs, Beecher, who bad keenly listened to every word, dropped avout the same instant ber grim countenance and smiled satirically. The Projessor of Elocution, iairiy beamed. Beech, tne Plymouth editor, was wreathed tu dimples, Ovington looked over at the iaales sig- nificantly, and while nis wile did not change coun- tenance Mrs. Tilton looked to be picased and re- sponded in a sharp, assuring glance. WAS IT WRITTEN BY AN INNOCENT MAN? Aman Of Whom noue in the country possesses such 4 Vast power in tis Station, at the head of | one of the largest churches, engaged in other en- terprises, hig wame and fame cvextensive with civilization, this man overing to step down and out, to Vacate, retire into privace ie UW the man who, on the goth of December, 1870, falsely accused him of an iniamous crime, says that ne shonid do it. ‘think of it, for an Innocent Mab, vccupying such an elevated posi- tion, accused by a member of his own church, faisely, o/ an infamous crime, and after more than @ year of pianuing aud piotumg with that member to keep che secret, be. to give up every vbing—cburch, paper, the “Lite of Christ’ and every work in Which he was engaged—at the bid- ding of the man who made (his iaise accusation. Had Mr. Lilvon, on tue theory of the other side, Ofered himseil up as @ sacrulce, \uere would have been sume propriety in the offering; but jor we Man injured to tuus offer bimseli Uv as a Sacrifice toa Man woo had injured hun, 1 submit, gentie- men, 8 More than Luwan nature can conceive. Sacrifice me without vestation It you can clearly see your Way to bis s#iety and Happiness | thereby. lamin the full hush of mental vigor, at the Very acme of fame. 1 have dedicated my life to tue Cause of religion and morality, I am | at the head of a great courch. {am tue editor of a great Olristian paper largely depending upon my infigence aud my name. | am writing THE LIFK OF CHBIST, the delay already in wiich has weil mgb broagnt | ruin upou my intends Who are engaged in tis pab- lication. Yet, notwithstanding au these interests that are in charge, notwithsianding all the oblsa- | tions that oblige me to go jorward in my work, | notwithstanding ail tuese, sacrifice me Without | hesitation, u thereby you can see the salety and hay | ber, 1869, falsely accused me of an tniamous crime. FULL OF HEALTHY VIGOR. | When the exciamation was reached by Judge | Morris, “1am full of healthy vigor,’ Mr. Beecher, | wiping nis mouth with a slip of paper on which be | nad vecn writing. looked over at the reporters and | tothe | had better be very short—simply announcing the | ppiness of the man Who, ou the sth of Decem- | J NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET. laughed without restraint. From this mood he did not recover during much of the morning session, and carried ail along a face of amusement which | Was out of relation to the solemn, exhorting man- | ner of the speaker, HORROR OF GREAT DARKNESS, What can be the horror oi great darkness in | Which he spent most of bia time ? It Was brooding | over this Matter and the vision that was ever be- fore him. ‘Ihat was the horror of great darkness. He saw children worse than orphans, he saw & home desoiated, and he saw men, aged men, bowed down tn Pt and desolation, and he saw | men who blushed at the crime of which he was accused, It was thus he lived in the horror of great darkness. . | TOLL SLOWLY. Judge Morris used the words “horror of great darkness,” with deep, resounding effect, and the suniight had flushed the yellow window curtain, when saddenly, at twelve o'clock, the City Hall | bell—a@ particularly solemn, slow and funereal bell—pegan to toli the chtmesof noon, Morris | stopped. Fors minute or more the deep and solemn vibrations rolled slowly through the listen- | ing court, and tae smile died from Mr. Beecher’s face, He looked as if the sound was a welcome | one, and threw nis head back as if inhaling the | music from the cupola. A PICTURE OF REMORSE, “Life would be pleasant if I couid see that rebutlt which was shastered.” What is it that was siat- tered 4 What had he fo do with the shattering ? What doés it mean? The answer has already been given in the mind of each o! you, gentiemen, It was a@ home that had been shattered, and it was he sh it- ered that bome, And, oh, if | could see that re- uit, life would be sweet, but I live in the bor- Tor of @ great darxness. but live on the sharp edge 0! anxiety, remorse, lear and despair cannot be endured much longer. Everywhere such thoughts are spoken by Mr. Beecher. No man un- derstands tie meaning of the English languas | Usual, was writiug like a scrivener, with his head | better than ne; wnd when he used that terripie word “remorse” he coniessed his guilt. The word itself is a coniession of guilt, and impiles @ crime behind it to cause or produce @ feeling of remorse, ‘The very meaning of tue word 1s ‘to bite again,’” Remorse 1s something which keeps biting its vic- (tim, gnawing him, preying upon bim, Another says:—'‘When remorse 1s blended with the fear of punishment it constitutes the supreme wretcned- ness of the mind,” This was his position—remorse blended with the tear of punishment, This constant dread of discovery carried with it its own punish- ment. No wonder it wouid engender in him, as one author said, the SUPREME WRETCHEDNESS OF THE MIND; no wonder that itshould, as another author has de- | seribea, have drawn him nigh to thegrave. There are many kinds of buman wretcheness; there is poverty, sickness, bereavement; there are vari- ous types oO! anguish, agony, Leart trouble; but remorse is the “supreme wretchedness of tne mind.” And that was Mr, Beecher’s condition of mind when he used that word “remorse; and when he used that word he coniessed to all contained in it, 10 a criminality capable of pro- ducing the supreme wretcbedness of the mind, the guilt which makes remorse possible, tie guilt waich bites und goaws upon him, biting like a serpeut and stinging like an adder. Bear in mind that at this time be was sutfer- ing the tormenis of the damned, Titon’s let ter to Bowen relating charges of moral de- linquency made by bowen had not been made public, because that did not see the ight of day until the 20un of April, 1873. Bear in mind that Mr. West had not at that time notified Mr. Beecher that he intended to preier charges ugainst Mr. Lil- ton and Mr. Bowen, in which was the specification averring that on the 3d_of August, 1871 and 1870, Mr. Tilton had toid Urs. Bradshaw that be had dis- covered a crimiual intimacy between Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, to which specification her name was attached a8 a witness, Bear iu mind that at this time Mr. ‘lilton had not appeared ai Plymoutn churen and there confronted bis pastor with the question whether he had spoken fuisely of him or not. Bearin mind that at this time the council that 80 disturbed the delendant had not yet been called; not unul November, 1873, were the initia- tory steps looking to that council taken. Bear in mind that Mr. Tulton’s LETTER TO DR. BACON had not yet been published, because that was not published unui the 24th of J he was living in this horror of great darkness, at the tie thal he was sufering the torments of tue damned, none of these things had been made pub- lic, They had just had @ successiul pew renting in tae church. He vad just delivered a course of lectures to the tueological students in New Haven With great success, and which had added to is already greatfame. They were then thinking of makiug preparations to celebrate what was known as the “sliver Wedding,” the twenty-fifth year of his momistrations in tuat churca., And at vhis time, When to tue world he was at the height of bis prosperity, surrounded by powerfui friends and resources unlimited, with & fame as broad ‘as cee at and civilization, at this moment, at this time thus situated, thus circumstanced and to the eyes oj the worid standing as the preacner of the age, with pothing, so far as the World knew, to cast a shadow ucross bis pathway, he offers to give it all up, be offers to step down and out at the mere suggestion of Mr. Tiiton! HOW THE SPEECH WAS BEING REC&IVED. This portion of Morris’ speech was very striking in its mental pbilosophy. various forms of anguish, disease and penitence, tne Judge said, “Remorse is the supreme misery of the mind.’”’ At this Mr. Beecher seemed struck, and again he threw uis head back, looked down hia cheeks at Mr. Morris, and studied hum with a | muingied look of admiration and sensioility. The effort of Morris, for dignity, accumulative strength and chaste benavior toward the accused and the sudience, was quite effective yes- terday. Part of Mr. Tilton were not satisfied ‘with the nhign level of the speech, but had expectea that Mr. Morris would be less scrupulous o/ the defendant's social and intellectual position, Alter a time Mr. Beecher’s eyes grew watery, and he seemed touched with a reminiscence of his years of dis- tress keeping this long secret. It is due to Judge Morris to state that Mr. Tilton approves of his calmness and magnanimity, and that Mr. Moulton suys Mr. Morris’ statement of the case Is superior to any paper which has yet been produced upon it. and Mr. Tilton every day; Mr. Shearman 1s not ad- dressed by either of the two iriends, BEECHER’S COWARDICE. The claim is made now that, situated as Mr. Beecher was, jeariui of this clurge veing made. it Was lis cowardice induced him to act ay he has been acting for four years. Why, gentlemen, if there has been one distin zuisuing Characterisuc of Mr. Leecher, it has been courage—iis courage, boldness, Jearlessoess. When, in 156s, he lace the mobs of Liverpvul and Manchester, you re- coilect how his praises rang througtout this broad Jand ior his bravery, bis 00.d0e8s and bis courage. And Wuen he returns--there lacing a hustle mob, @ hostile crowd, surrounded by strangers, ie 13 a8 boid a8 a lion, but whea he returas to this city of Brookiyn, where he 18 all powertul, surrounded by poweriul friends, and where one word from bis lips wouid have crushed any man who dared to Utter a ialse accusation against him, he 1s a cow- ard, Ab! itis { THE. COWARDLINESS OF CONSCIOUS GUILT. The bravery he mantiested in kngiand was the ‘bravery Of truth, conscious trutu and justice to lis cause. But here, surrounded by his church, upheid a$ no man has ever been by his church, iu toe city where he was all powerful, when he came bere he was @ coward. What is it that Makes him @ Coward? Conscious guilt; for mili- 1ons of Tiltens with their iuise accusations could not frignten that man, (Sensation.) Tiiton with his truta appeared before bim, and he ts a coward, No, gentiemen, I deiend to that extent the repu- tation of the aeiendant. He is not a coward ex- cept when Conscious of his guilt, and then we are all cowards, When conscious of bis innocence he KNOWS noyiear, cat iace any danger; but, his cour- age all Vanishes in sight of the great crime he had committed. No mao can be vrave, no man can be courageous, When lie sees belore him @ desvlated home that ve timseli has made desolate. NO map can be brave When he sees a once happy, | loving Wile aud mother devaucted and an outwast, | THE CHAKGE OF COWARDICE. The most powerful part of Mr. Morris’ speech Was at this point, when he reviewed Mr. Beecher's grand mentai courage at Manchester during the John Brown times andin the war. He repelied the idea that Mr. Beecher, when on the right side, could feel cowardice. It became apparent that tne audience was at last getting aroused, Mr. Morris said:—“Lf he was right @ million Tiltons could not have scared this man.” Mr. Beecher arew his book close to his face, and read without seeing a word. His ears and not bis eyes were reading. A bluer, darker shadow crept into bis face as the orator declared that conscious guilt bad made bim a coward in the city where every man was with him and @Jaise accuser would have been smitten down. A little rumble of applause began in the gallery, The Chief Justice looked up sternly, and an officer had to go to the spot, The room was now very full, probabiy con- taining six hundred peopie, Aithong tn the Seat of justice, papers were circulating with new | Jokes among the interminable moss of obscomty | which bas delugea this case. THE SACRIFICE READY. In the presence of tuut man fe has wronged he exclaims, me at your will; anythin Ides rve it, T merit it. 1 offer mya to tue man that I pave | #0 wronge n, this letter bat Of wll his lecters upon this sub je r, if writen to sr. Moulton in pure iriendship, contains some ailusion io this dark subject. Finally an arbitration was entered | into, Mr. Giaflin, Mr, Svorrs, | tuigk, and Mr. Fre land being the arbitrators, Alter that arbitra on ANOTHER DEVICE was resorted to to keep dowa ale it Was & Covenant Which Was scandal. This une, 1874 At the time | foremost | Comparing remorse to | Tracy, Evarts and Hill speak to Mr. Moulton | > With me aa you cuodse; sacrifice | Beecher and Mr. Tilton. ?I will call our attention to & paragraph of that signed by Mr. ocher:—“If I have said anything injurious to the reputation of either of them (meaning Mr. Tilton and Mr. Bowen) or @ detracted from their character and standing as Christian gentlemen [ revoke it all.’” That was signed on th 2d of Aprii, 1872, As first prepared, this signed By Mr. Tilton made him deny that there were aby charges ayainet Mr. Beecher 6o far as he was concerned. That was another device of the enemy, and he refused to sign it, but he dia sign that part vinding himself not to repeat or press any charges brought against Mr. Beecher by Mr. Bowen. Now, beur in mind this was signed in April, 1872, and after that we have @ charge of adultery brought by Mr. Tilton against Mr. Beecher, What, I ask, did be on the 2d of Aprt|, 1872, revoke as toward Mr. Tilton? “If I have detracted from bis standing and fame as a Curistian gentleman and minister of my church | revoke it all.” What, I ask, did he on the 2d of April, 1872, “revoke” as toward Mr. Tilton? Bear in mind tbat at that me Mr, Tiiton had written the Wood- hull biography. If Mr. Beecher bad for that con- demned bim he revoked it all, Bear in mind that before that Mr. Tilton had presided at the Stein- way Hall meeting at which Mrs, Woodnull deliv- ered her lecture. If Mr. Beecher condemned him Jor that on the 2d of April, 1872, he revoked it all If Mr. Tilton had excited Mr. Beecher’s in- dignation, by proclaiming Iree love doctrines, 80 that the Advance had to be started to supersede the Independeng in the Northwest, he revoked tt all. Had he said that prior to this Mr. Tilton was bankrupt ip caaracter and morals? If so, on the 2d of April, 1872, he revoked it all. Had he charged Mr. Tilton with promiscuous immorality? 1) 80, he revoked it all. Had he told Mr, Bowen that he was not fit to edit the /ndependent because of his free love doctrines, because of his immorality, ee of his brutality to bis wile, because 0, DENYING THE INSPIRATION of the Scriptures and the divinity of Christ? If 80, On the 2d o! April, 1872, he revoked itall. Had he accused Mr, Tilton or charged bim witb having, on the 30th of December, 1870—charged him falsely with an infamous crime? If go, ne revoked tt ail and proclaimed hin solemnly as @ Christian gen- tleman, All these things had transpired prior to the end of April, 1872, and Mr. Beecher up to that time knew thereof and hac nothing de- rogatory to the Ciiristian character of Mr. Tilton; he wevoked it all, He wasa “Ubristilan gentle- man.” Aod tn a lew days alter, in his own paper, says of bim:—“Those who have known him vest are the most sure that he is honest in bis convic. | tions a8 he 18 fearless In their utterance, and that he is manly and straightforward in the ways in which he works {for what seems to him best for man and jor society.” And that the testimony of Mr, Beecher of @ man that he now ueciares he then knew to have been “bankrupt in morais and in character to have been guilty of promiscuoas Immoralities—to have been a libertine.” What think you the detendant means by this conduct? As well may they at- tempt to argue that 1 am Dow talking to you in midnight darkness rather than in the glare of the noonday sun as to attempt to give any other | Meaning to the conduct of the defendant in this case than that I have attripured to him. 1 will call your attention, gentlemen, here, to an- other circumstance. Mr. Beecher says that wnen | Mrs. Tilton made her confessions she said that Theodore coniessed his “alien loves.” To Mr. Mouiton Mr. Beecuer said that Mrs. Tilton told bim that when she made her confession her husband | had made similar confessions to her. Sie wag | then excusing herself for having confessed to | Mr. Beecher, snd sue makes this statement to him, | When they speak of atten loves,so far as Mr. | Tilton is concerned, they say 1t means adultery. | | When to the deiendaut, she made similar con- | mr, Bowen, Mr, nn e art 3 separated, Mrs, Beecher ar.2%¢, without sugges. tion, from ber busband’s side, Whtle he was pull- ing on his coat, and picked her way among the chairs over to where Mrs. Ovingvon and Mrs, Til- ton were still sitting together, exjectantly. Mrs. Beecher waived the rank and question of years. She shook hands with Mrs. Ovingtoy, then turned from her at once and shook hands wish Mrs, Til- ton, She was more nearly of Mr. Beecher’s size than the little wife, and seemed to tower over the latter as she smilingly addressed her. Mrs, Tilton arose, all smiles, and it was at once apparent how much the superior of the pastor's vrife was his communicant tn those qualities of faceand expression which allure men. Mrs. Beecher was & handsome woman, past middle age, whose regu- lar features and refinement were cold as the snowy color of her hair, She smiled witn good nature, but communicated no fire or magnetism. Mra. Tilton arose, and as soon ag she spoke tile specta- tors saw the secret powers concealed in her pigmy anatomy. Bashiulness and sweetness, the coy and the adroit, were expressed im her face. The two ‘women did not kiss, but stood a few minutes con- versing. Then Mrs, Ovington descended the pack stairs on the arm of her husband, and Mrs. Tilton on her father’s arm. They had some agreeable conversation at the foot of the stairs, Last POINT. As Morris read the letter of Beecher to Moulton, sympathizing with Tilton’s sufferings at the irrl- tation of the Brooklym newspapers, and read aloud, “1 am tired, tired, tirea,” Mr, Beecher’s face in the deepening ligut took a heavy and ing hue, as if retrospection of his sufferings or the gravity of the lawyer’s st tement was giving him inward distress. Mrs. Beecher continued to follow the case with unabated interest, and her fingers, banded witn gold rings, wiped the fim from her eyes as the court room darkened, AFTER REOKSS. Atten minutes past two o’ciock Mr. Morris re- sumed his address to the jury. He commented upon the efforts which, he said, were made by the defendant to stop inquiry, Yet, ina little while alter, 8committee was appointed. That commit- tee was appointed followiug the publication of the Woodhull letter. Mr. Beecher had made efforts to have # statement made by Mr. Tilton for the purpose of reileving him from imputations that had been cast upon him, and Mr. Tilion prepared @ card, which was submitted to Mr. Beecher, and which was designed for publication, In that card ‘Was quoted the language used by Mrs, Tilton ina letter written to Dr. Storrs. MR. BEECHER OBJECTED to the language in the prepared cara, which was, in effect, that he had solicited ner to be his wife with all that that word implied, Seeing that the publication of such a card as that would lead to the publication of the entire facts the card was not ublisned, No publication was made at the time in reierence to it, He would not stop to call their 10 vhat part to which Mr. Beecher objected, He had | fessions to him, it did pot mean adultery, And | of the acts occurring in later stage in the his- | tory of this case. On the 2d of November, 1872, | was published, in what is known as the Woodhull | | & Clajlin Weekly, o story, in Wulch Mr. Beecner | | Was accused of adultery with Mrs, Eiizabeth R. | | Tilton, At the time that tis publication appeared | | Mr. Tiiton was absent from the city and absent | | from the State. He was in one of the New bng- | | land States, engaged io the Presidential campaign, | | when this story came out, accusing his pastor | | of adultery with his wife. What did Mr, Beecher doin connection with that story and with that publication?—or what, if an imnocent man, ought | he to have done is the question which now con- cerns you? Did he, on that occasion, act as an ip- | novent man or did he act.as a guilty man? What | ouxht he, as a Christian minister, tou have done? sear in mind that he was accused of the crime of | | adultery with tne wile of the man whom he de- | clured but @ short time prior to have been a Chris- | tian genuieman and an HONORED MEMBER OF HI8 CHURCH, | and he accused of avultery with the wile of amem- ber Of bis church, What ougit he to have done? What did he do? He did notning; he waited untit Mr. Tilton returned. Ah, yes! he did, because the very night of the publication of that story a meet- ing 1 his trusted members—some of whom after- ward figured on the committee—were cailed to- gether at the house of Mr, Halliday, and were there iniormed that they had best take no notice of the story, but try and live it down, Feactui that his church would take some action, would say this scandal must be investigated—wny you are charged with adultery with thé wie ol a member of this church—tnerefore, beiore uny steps could be taken in that direction, tuis other device was resorted to, and that was to try and live it down. It may be that the church; it may be that the pastor of Piymouth courch, witn his power, Wito bis church that would stand by bim right or wrong, gulity or innocent; it may be that with all this immense power he could live it down; bat how, 1 ask you, in tae name o1 Kind | heaven could tte woman live itgown’ You recol- | lect, genuemen—il you do not | will state it to you— the fact that alter ‘the pubiication of this story vnere was a universa! demand throughout the | land, a universal cali upon Mr, Beecher to speak | but one assuring word, to deny tuis charge. Lvery | @ppeal ‘hat could be made ior the cause of moral- ity, Jor the sake of religion, by ali that he held dear on earto, by every cousideration that could be addressed to Dim, he was abjured to deny | THE TRUTH OF THE STORY. } But not a word, not @.word. While the cause of region was sulferiug trom thisscandal; while the trusted member of iis caurch was suffering in the | estimation of ail womanhood, he remains silent, ag | silent a8 the grave, apd wien Mr. dilton returns | Ne induces him, or tries to induce bim, to publisa | this statement:—“in an unguarded moment one | whom I hoped weil of has proved utterly | unworthy; { shall never again notice nis | stories, and now atterly repudiate her stavements | made concerning me and mine.” Was Mr, ‘Tilton | the man to deny that story, wno Knew absolutely | and unqualifiedly whetner the story was true or | whether it was false? What was tis duty? Wat Would an innocent man have done under suen cir- cumstances? Why, ie Would have branded it as jaise at the earliest possible moment. tie would hot | have said that “1 can’t do that, because It pro- ceeds from so low an urigiu.” Ob no! | acter the paper Was—it was in We paper, and it | wus nis duty, being innocent, to have denied tue story and Lot stop to question its authority. But, alter thai, itappeared in many respectable jour- nals of the land, and those in Which It did not ap- pear united in calling upon him to say one word, to give one assurance that there Was no truth in the story, so that his iriends, in bewaif Of morality, mignt deny it. But NO DENIAL, NO DENIAL! Very truly Mr. Tilton replied to him:—“You know why [sougnt Mrs. Woodtull’s acquaintaac it was to save my jamuy ana yours from tue conse- quences of your acts, facts about which have be- come Known to her, They ave now been puv- lisned, and { will not deavunce that woman to save you Jrom the cousequences of wat you your- self bave done.” Why, t ask again, did be allow the peratcious story to go throughous the land, eating into his reputation, sullying the cause of religion? Wuy did he do it? Why did he not deny it? Because a denial would have pro- duced @ contest on her purt. It would have in- creased the discussion. it would have led to an Investigation on tue part ot bis church, and an investigation would have been ruinous, because it Was vi that he speaks when he speaks o1 the difficulty of preveniing the vendencies “which, if not stopped, would vreak out into a ruious deleuce of me.’ Anything, anything that tended to an investigatiun—anythiug aud everything that Jooked toward developing the truth—was a ruin- ous deience to lim. And thatis what he means in his lester as the dimcuity of “preventing taat tendency, of stopping the tendency wituout seem- ing to do 1%.” What does that mean, “without seeming to do it?’ He could not say it. If ne did it would vave been re,orted, and that would have lead to disclosure, and thereiore he remained slient. He could not say It oa behalf of Mr. Tue ton to relieve bim of the unjust odium which he had suffered these sour years of being the slan- derer of Plymouth church, because if he did if would give point to the charge. And so he re- mained silent, and he aliowed the story to go on uncontradicted month after monta tor six months, At iast he is compelieu to deny, and only when he is compelied ty deny, because of fear oi more se- TioUs cOusequences, does he bold his peace to say nothing concerning the publication, the trath or | falsity Of the story. lt Your Honor please, it 1s a few minutes ahead of the time, but as we have arrived at a conve- nient point | suggest that we now Luke a recess. Judge Neiison—Gentlemen of the jury, you will please be 1u your seats promptly at two o’ciock, vo waich time we now adjourn. NEW POINTS. As Mr. Morris brought out the charge that the night of tne Woodnuil publication ‘a meeting was | Called at the house of one of his church members, Mr. Halliday, that old gentieman with his large, veneravie, baid head and air of the Ubristian war horse, looked up with heightened interest, As he | Proceeded to ridicule the idea of Beecher “living | this thing down,” the whole row of memovers seemed to wince alittle. Morris here faced about and spoke at Mr. Beecher directiy, aud thea, seeing Mrs, Tilton there, exclaimed: in the name of heaven! how could the » Mis victim, live 1 down ?” Every eye was turued upon Mrs. Tilton, She looked straight at the audieace without a roving eye and now with any particuiar sensibility. MRS. BEECHER TALKS TO MRS. TILTON. At five minutes to one o'clock Mr. Morris said he nad reached @ point vonvenient jor a recess, and the Judge ordered tie jury to be escorved out, it was in | the paper—I care not Waat paper or of what char- | word implied, Ti Mr. Beecher said, would be as bad as publishing e Whole truth; and it was to Hegouations that were then ‘going on be- tween these parties that Mr. Beecher re ferred when he said his committee to delay action, that he had seen Mr. Tilton, and that he would publish a card de- nouncing tie Woodpulis, But the card was not published, and Mr. Beecher, when called on by one of the committee (Mr. West), attempted to dis- suade him from taking any action in the matter, He said vo this committee, when finally he met with them, that he believed that Theodore was one of his best friends; that he had never inten- tionally tried to injure him, and that by a smooth course with him he might save him and restore bim to his former position and uselulness in the church. This was in December, 1872, aiter the ubdlication of the Woodhuil story. eecher) used this jenguage to Mr. Tilton more than two years after Tilton had charged lim with aduliery witu his wife:—“That to him.” And as evincing HIS GREAT ANXIETY | im investigating the entire story that had been publisned by the Wooahulls, he (Mr. Morris) would Call their attention to @ letter written by Mr. Beecher to Mr, Moulton, The letter is dated ona Suuday, December, 1872. It says, “Your interview Jast night was a beneficial one, and gave confi- dence, It is vain to baild if the ioundations sink under every effort. Ishallsee you at ten o’ciock to-morrow,’ &c, Another letter ts dated on sion- day. ‘the date of the month was not given, but it was about the time of the otner letter. He said, 1n Speaking O/ @ Conversation he had with Mr. —, “the reai point to avoid is an apveal to the church and then acouncil, That would be @ conflagra- tion, giving every possible chance of having the scandul increased one hundred joid, Meantime I coniide everything to your wisdom, as I have always done. I have full trustin you.” The real potnt to be avgided was an investigation on the part of the colrch and then @ council. It was stated that that proceeding would be a conflazra- . tion, What conflagration? What dut a conflagra- tion produced by the development of the crime that was charged upon ‘Ir, Beecher? Certainly no advice that he had given Mrs, fulton; certainly no counsel that he could have given Mr. Lowen; certainly | NO FALSE CHARGE | would make @ conflagration, because no man | living dare make such 4 lalse charge against such | @ man situated as he was. The conflagration would be the reveaiment of the truth, which would now come to their knowledge from the statements of the witnesses. Indeed, there had been a conflagration, but it was because the truth haa come; it was because the facts demon- | strated, in the clearest and most irresistible man- her and beyond the shadow of a doubt, the | truth of the charge made by the Investigation of | Mr. Beecher’s adultery with the wife of Theodore | Tilton, He (Mr. Morris) again asked why this anxiety, why all this plotting and planning, not | only witn Moulton, but with Tilton himsel!, the very man trom whom they pretended they ex- ected false charges against Mr. Beecher, eecher Was plotting and planning with Tilton to prevent the exposure of this case. The man who Was to make (he false charges was found in con- suitation with Beecher, with Moulton, They were all found in conference together, preparin; cards, planning this movement and planning that Movement to prevent investigation into these charges, The man who wasto make the Jalse charges Was busy during all these years, during all this time, trying to plot and plan how they were to prevent tue investigation of these charges. But shortly atter it was a:ranged to have those cards prepared jor publication, Mr. Carpenter, a | gentleman whom they Kuew by repute, aad wio had Known MR. BEECHER AS A FRIEND of twenty years’ standing, went to see him, and ; he made a proposition to sir, Beecher designed to avoid @ public investigation, He said to Mr. Beecher that shey were avout to start anew paper in New York, and that i: he took the editor- Ship of it he would be relieved from much of the danger in which he then was; that there were | Some persons pressing for an investigation, and tuathe hoped Mr. Beecher would think favoraviy of tue proposal, Mr. Leecher and Mr. Carpenter discussed the feasibility of the matter. Mr. Uar- penter said that Mr. Beecher could write for the paper without exciting comment, as it wouid be devoted to the interests o1 the bers iar ggg ler After considering it some time . Beecner said he could not accept the offer, be- cause of tne comments that would be excited in consequence of the Woodhuil letter. That was the reason why he did not accept the proposition of Mr. Carpenter. These negotia- tions were continued for some time. The parties who contemplated starting newspaper enter- | prise went to see Mi. Beecher, but the negotia- jell through, simply because Mr.* Beecher was afraid of the comments that would be excited in cousequence of the Wooduull publication, He (Mr. Morris) now came to a period in the history | of this case if possibile more conclusive, more absolutely conclusive, against the defendant than any other act to which he had yet directed their attention. The period was the 3d of June, 1873, and within that period were contained facts and evidence that leit no possible doubt as to the truth of tue charge aguinst the defendant. Not- withstanding the covenant of April, 1872, Mr. Bowen was whispering stories against Mr. Beecher, and another device had to be resorted to, This time the device was to find excuse for the pubilcation of the covenant as against Mr. Bowen to stop his mouth, and for this fatnoee @ plan Was agreed on. This was the plan, rc. Oarpenter,.to whom Mr. Bowen had repeated those stories, was to go to Bowen and contront him with those stories, and then publish the covenant. Iu pursuance of this attempt, on tne 26th of May 1874, @ Sunday, sent Mr. Cleveland with his horse and buggy over to New York to hunt up Mr. Var- penter. Mr, Otaf.n, Mr. Cleveland, aod Mr. Bowen met, and Mr, isowen not denying the charges he made against Mr. Beecher, THS COVENANT WAS PUBLISHED. Mr. Beecher wrote a note to Mr. Moulton in which he said that at another time the first he Knew oj Carpenver w his putting bis nose into this business, and then he sends his horse and | buggy over to New York to nant Up Carpenter | in this business with Bowen, It would be re- marked tuat four-tiiths of those interviews oc- | cured on Sundays, beiore church, at Moniton’s, dierent places, | goth of came out in denunciation of Mr, Tilton as having | been guilty of some crime against Mr. Beecner, for which Mr. Beecher had jorgiven hit. — Mr. church and after at the church, at The covenant Was published Beecher was takiug credit for not Ww! | jure Tilton, But Piiom said to Mr. : cannot stand this @gy longer; you Maat rele } of tnis tnjasuc | endure this or Lwilt relieve myseli; L will not unering; | will not submit to this | Wrong after my (auty nas veen destroyed and iy | wile debaucned. | wiilnot be heid up to puolic | odium as having committed # erime against you | and (hen been forgiven by yor Relieve me or L | Wilirelieve myseli.” On saturwhy morning, ine day following, Mr. Tilton prepared a card for publica- ton, which was exlubited to Mr, Beecher, (Counsel attention to che precise language of the ietter, or | ‘ven them an exact idea of it—that Mr. Beecher | | now, gentlemen, I will proceed to examine some | had solicised her to be his wie, with all that that | And he (Mr, | | he was one of his | best iriends, and that he never tried to injure | | that the charge was true; an | May, 1873, and the next day tue papers | letter of Mr. Beecher was based o® tne notion that he nad tnjured him and had beew forgiven by ) “This,” says Mr. Tilton, “is A GRIBVOU8 WRONG to me, No longer can I remain in a false position fore the pubitc;” and then he appends to this a Statement of facts. The date of this is the sist of May, 1873, and then follows the letter of contrition. Mr. Tilton then says that this document would show whether he had wronged Mr. Beecher or Whether Mr. Beecher had wronged nim. Was shown to Mr. Beecher on tne Moulton, and te was told that unl 4 card relieving Tilton trom thi against him Mr, Tilton would publish this card. Mr. Mouiton submitted the card which Mr. Beecher was to publish. It would be seen that in the card proposed to be published by Mr, Tilton he made no Charge against Ms. Beecher. He accused Mr. Beecher of no crime whatever ; he did not say thas Beecher had been guilty of adultery with his wife; he made uo charge whatever; he simply proposed to print the card and the ‘letter of contrition written by Mr. Beecher on the ist of January, 1871, _He held him up as his own accuser on Ni Aste conte nee suns Naat On the day of the publication of that letter, Ma: . Beecher wrote the tollowing letter fins king dei To tux Trustexs or Purmovry CuurcH:— Itender herewith my resignation of the sacred inin- istry of Plymouth church, For two years I have stood with great sorrow amony ‘ou in order to shield from shame a certain housenol ut since a recent publication makes this no longes vie I resi ministry. DORIA T ROSIN RY HENRY WARD BEECHER. That letter he brings to Moulton, Moutton'cails him a coward, and, taking that card with him, 8.20WsS It to Tilton, and tells him what Beecher pro- poses to do. ‘Tilton said to Moulton:—“if he Beecher) publishes that letter with such a reasom Will not stand it, If he resigns bis ministry wi such asin on my family I will not stand it.' ne charges made by Mr. West were not preferred until, the 20th of October following. There had been talk in the church of investigating tne facts. connected witn Woodnyll and Mr. Tilton's connec- tion with the church, but the first intimation Mr. Beecher had that charges were to be prelerred: was on the 2ist of June, 1873, It was NOT TO SAVE TILTON from investigation on those charges that Mr. Beecher wrote his letter of resignation and retire- ment, but it was because Mr. Tiiton was going to publish his letter of contrition which Mr. Tiltom regarded as Mr. Boecher's coniession of guilt; tuat was all, Mr. 1lton proposed to make no accu- Sation agalust Mr. Beecher; he let Mr. Beecier be his own accuser. He said, “1 will publish that card. It is his letter o1 contrition.” That was ali, Driven to irenzy at the idea of that letter being published Mr. Beecher writes bis resigna- tion, Bnd he offers to retire trom Plymouth church, It wag the course taken on that occasion by Mr. Moultun that saved Mr. Beecher to Plymouth church. In May, 1873, Henry Ward Beecher would have ceased to be pastor of Plymouth church but ior F. D. Mouiton, that very Church which afterward cried out, “Kili bint kill him!” (Some sensation in court.) Did the jury doubt for a moment what that letter re:erred to? Dida they doubt its meaning or tmport when, the very day Ol its publication, it drove the author Ol that letter (Mr. Beecher’s letter) to resign rom Dis position in the church, willing to resign irom bis ministry and retire into private life, because the publication of the letter made tino longer pos-1ble for him to matptain those secrets which reierred to tuis terrivie charge ? Mr. Morris went on to reser to other branches of ‘the letters and correspondence, and said that in all probability but lor the advice of Moulton, who urged him not to confess, Mr. Beecher would have Yleided to tue counsels of those who implored him to confess before his churct and belore his God- Counsel next reierred to the letter of June 2, 187 in which Mr, Beecher stated tuat Mr. Tuton ha not slandered him, and that Mr. Tilton had re- frained trom publishing the curd. As might be expected, counsel continued, the members of Piymouth church could pot at that time under. stand why Mr. Beecuer refused to declare againat Mr. Tilton, Knowing that ur. TILTON HAD ACCUSED MR, BEECHER of adultery with nis wife i¢ was no wonder that the members of Plymouth church should be aston ished at the publication of Mr, Beecher’s extraor- dinary card, Mr. Moulton again came to Mr. Beecher’s help and tied up the storm. But tne storm had got to come. The extricating of him by Mr. Mouiton only involved Mr. Beecher im greater ditticulues. The dimMiculties became many that no power on _ earth could save him. For four years Moulton had tied tue storm, but when it vurst the “God-sent friend” had to bear the terrible enmity which was hurled upon him. To ward of the dangers which Mr. Beecner was at this time gathering around him he wrote again to his frieud, hoping that nothing would appear in the newspapers and that the women Bhould not do harm. When Mr. Morris was reading “it is the women that make the trouble,” Mr. Beecher showed his teeth, laughing. Morris added that all the horror and darkness was not because he had given inju- dicious, but judicious advice. At this Mr, Beecher looked moody again and dropped to the perusal of & paper-covered copy of & book. Morris’ voice was in very good condition, aud his second day’s speech was an improvement upon the first cay, “By George!” said one of the Plymouth men, “he is managing to get his wiole fable into the minds of the jury. He gets it all {n in advance ot the evidence, too.” THE INVESIIGATING COMMITTEE. Counsel then went on to speak of the action of the Investigating Committee. Devices were needed to sjop the investigation, ana again Mr, Beecher returns to his “God-sent friend” Moul- ton, Then a letter was written. which stated that he (Beecher) bad withdrawn from the pas- torate of Piymouth church four years beiore. That was @ successful device. A resolution was adoptea by the committee correcting the records in regard to the withdrawal, Here counsel read the letter of Octover 31, and narrated the circumtances attending the presence of Tilton at the meeting of the cnurch con- gregation when Tilton declared he was ready to answer If be had ever slandered Beecher, and the lutter’s statement to the effect that tne ditfer- ences between him and Tilton had been amicably settied and that he had no charge to make. When in 1873 Mr. West caarged tuat Mr. ‘tilton ha@ charged Mr. Beecher with adultery, Mr, Beecher did noc defend Mrs. Tilton, but tried by every Meuns to avoid the opportunity then afforded tum to save her honor, it was tvo late, he said, to piay the role of her de:ender. As a pastor, when her husband was absent in another State, it would have been his duty to have deiended her, but in- stead of doing so he did everything to avoid such action. Counsel here read the letter of Mr. Beecher to Frank Moulton, of November, 1873, in which he acknowledges that be was tired of living, &c. At half-past twelve, the big Jaryman, Christo- pher Fitter, closed his eyes preliminary to taking @ nap, and his beard dooded the tnside of his vest as he nodded forward. Mr. Beecher called Pro- fessor Raymond’s attention to the fact, and they both looked on and smiled. Another juryman, commonly calied by the reporters Newman Noggs, because of his exceedingly sorrow!ul appearance, languished in his chair, driuly permitting tnstruc- tion to be poured over him. It was very warm in the court room, THE SEPTEMBER LETTER. Counsel next read the letter of Mr. Beecher to Mr. Moulton of september 30, 1874, rin which he trusts to Mr. Tiiton’s generosity to stop the pro- ceedings, and to tne cowardice with which the de.endant cried out not to have Mr. Tilton ac- cused of any crime, as he was an th- hocent man, and people asked themselves what great crime had Henry Ward Beecher done’ when he had written that letter of contrition which had sent a consterne- tion throughout the land. Did the jury still doubs that Henry Ward Beecher had devauched the wile of Theodore I'il- ton? He (counsel) did not propose to leave the case Until there was & verdict given which would vindicate the honor of his cient. Mr. Morris then pleaded that having been snifer- ing from illness for the past few days he was un- able to close last evening and would ask for an hour this morning, when he would conclude, Judge Neilson repited that he had been in hopes counsel would have finished tast evening, but cup- sented, The Court then gave the usual vaution to the jury and the trial was adjourned until tas morning at eleven o'clock. CAN TILYON TRSTIPY? After Judge Morris’ speech of Monday he an@ Tilton met Moulton at the latter's residence, and the Judge continued to work upon the second Part, which he delivered yesterday. He had a fle of Beecher’s sermons and had made selections from one sermon in par:icular, on “The Seducer’s Crime,” ‘rom which he culled passages closciy | Suggesting parts of letters in the case. | ‘Lhe question came up of Tiltou’s right to testify, and those present admitted that there were some precedents which the defence raight use, but thatto rule Tilton off the stand would be greatly to Beech- er's prejudice with the public, Tilton rerterated that the present form of the trial was originally obnoxious Lo him, because tt was coupied with damages. He said he tad challenged Beecher’ jawyers to sue him for libel in the Gaynor case; that he could not have @ sait for adultery because he had condoned nis wile’s fault, aud that @ nolle prosequi would have been entered up in th criminal suit against hirgself unless he adiered to this civil suit. He satd he would never take ® cent of damages, but he believed, from a stuay of voe jury and the facts, that he would get a veratct, Moulton said he expecced to be on tie stand Friday or Monday. He disciaimed having bitter leelings toward Mr. Beecher, bat sat that when toe trial was over he would pub- lish to the World an account of the innumerable | and Qneeasing attempts to break him down, to | alarm his ‘amily, and in every way short of assassi- | nation keep him out of court He has had w secretary to paste in‘o books and annotate every anonymous, personal or public letter aud articie on the question, FINIS. The coungel for the deteuce objected yesterday | sotto voce \o Judge Morris using tie occasion of an | opening to sum up the evidence not yet presented guinst Beecher, They did not interrupt, hows | ever, as Enguan practice 18 conducted ta tis way and Shearman i @ great slickler for Bugliaa vered into uy | Jimmediately, before any part of the audience bad | read the card, io woich Mr, Tilton gaid that the | methods,