The New York Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1875, Page 13

‘ THR BROOKIY TRIAL Eighty-ninth Day of the Great Scandal Suit. ARGUMENT FOR THE DEFENCE. Speech of Ex-Judge Porter in Re- viewing the Evidence, TILTON AND MOULTON CONSPIRATORS, Both the Plaintiff and His Friend Accused of Perjury. THE TILTON CORRESPONDENCE. A New Reading Given to the : Old Letters. ° ‘The {pterregnum of almost » week in the Brook, lyn trial gave a mucn desired and well deserved Test tothe Court, counse! and jury. The puvilc missed their old tamiliar acquaintance—the Tilton- Beecher scandal—aad though they formerly cried but against it as a bore, for they feared it might last through the ever recurring seasons, they had no objection to tts farther continuance so long as they saw through the vista of evidence and ad- dresses a near end to the tedious and troublesome case. Two weeks more will terminate its life in a court of justice. Judge Porter began yesterday the summing up fur the defence. His speech will last several days, He will be followed by Mr, Evarts, and Mr. Beach will wind up the case for she plaintiff. These tbree specches will ve read With interest, for they profess to give the entire freat scandal in its mos¢gondensed and intelligi- pie form. THE ATTENDANCE ‘was more than the average, though composed of pretty much the same people as have hitnerto flocked to the trial. Mr. Beecher was early in the courtroom, in good hoalth and spirits. His wife wore acheeriul look, His iriends were numerous and the locality of the courtroom where he sat was duller than ever, EX-JUDGE PORTER had bimselftonsorially prepared jor the great oc- casion. He was shaved and had his hair cut, and bis collar and sbirs front were more than usually white and prominent. He was allowed enough wpace to stand before the jury and swing himself Ireely about when he desired to give the Bench and audience the benefit of his remarks, His face, on near approach, shows traces of age and devotion to hard study. It isa benevolent face, indexing a character of home and social dis- positions, of kindly yet earnest tendencies—one in whom we might expect to find great learning united to great simplicity; not an aggressive or aspiring man, but one who fulfils with care and Adelity such of the serious duties of life fall to Ms share. His manner as 4 speaker Is not perlect. Leng and early training might have made hm an orator. Labored cultivation of a naturally infirm voice and steady attention to gesture and inflec- Mon would have developed the mechanical quali- Mes of the orator, and es Judge Porter has tu the intellectual spontaneity, the logic of theught and rhetoric of language, he must nave omdoubtedly risen to the foremost position at the bar. The matter and language of his address to the jury yesterday were jaultiess. Judge Porter's method of address is extraordinary. When he Beoks to express the language of indignation bis voice rises in thunderous tones, but there is a tiMiculty of respiration—a want of capacity—in the vocal organs that spoils his best efforts to give full utterance to a.sentence of more tnan ordinary space. He starts out bravely, and the Orst and second clause o/ a sentence may be clearly heard, but the voice seems to break and sink, and we hear not a word o/ the ending. But Judge Porter's speech will be read by the public with great ana absorbing interest, jor it 1s admirably coustructed and elaborated, THE POINTS the speech covered were many. There was a strongly worded accusation of conspiracy agatnst Tilton and Mouiton. He compared the iatter to Tichborne, and said they were fittingly mated to Woodhull ana Clafiin, the lexders of free love, to Andrews, the apostie of Spiritualism, and to Ricu- ids, the brother sneaking irom beatnd the curtain © stab his sister. Porter was ferce in his denunciation of Tilton isan udulterer seékfng to stamp the brand of shame upon his own wile, and, using the lawyer's orivilege, he turned from toe jury now and aguin, ind wiih his fingers moving through the atc held the plant up to scorn as one who sought to strike his enefay through the heart of his own wie. The manner of Tilton as ne listened to the address of the counsel was grave, cool and collected, [lis eyes wore an earnest and Ingujring wok, and he pursed his lips as though in contempt of the language used against him, JUDGE MOREIS smiled frequently ia a sarcastic manner, especially when Porter alluded to bim ‘aad Tilton selecting the letters. Beach appeared to be, as was neces- gary, Watchiul, attentive and patient. tis broad forehead and clear eye looked straight at the jury as though he were summing them up in his own mind, As the speaker raised his voice to give em- phasis to rome ringing sentence Mr. Beach's own love of elocution evidently ied him to admire nis opponent, Judge Porier at one time drew a vivid picture of the attitude of tne two men engagod in | the trial. He ran over the names of many who had been led to fallaway from nim aod swear as Witnesses in contradiciion to him. He spoke of Tuton as being all alone, Wrapped up in bis own jealousy, egotism and hate. Beecher, on the other hand, now only knew how many fricuas ho realiy had, being, 98 he was, surrounded by bis church, his Jamily and the churches of ail denominations and further on, the speaker claimed tuat the whole world was with him. As these glowing pe- riods {ell from the speaker's lips Mr. beecher’s lace colored deeply, tus eyes grew moist, MIS LIPS QUIVERED and heseemed deeply affected. Mrs. Beecher had, Guring the first hour of the proceedings, betrayed some Weakness on account of her ill-neaith, but as Jaoge Porter descrived her home and her hus- band’s her face grew brigut aud a soft hgnt beamed from her eyes; yeu her lips tightened and # quéer expression of firmness Was thus imparted to the features. When Jadge Porter alluded to the egotistical qualities o1 Tilton and painted the picture o1 Bessie Turner combing his hair and Mrs. Tiiton reading to bim on her knees the de- fendant laughed until he grew red in toe face and even Tilton smiled sardonicaliy at the word paint. Ing of the speaker. THE AUDIENCE Was remarkably quiet through tue entire day. The only attempt at uppiause or comment by the audi« ence Was Mm response to a sareastic asile Of Juage Porter. While reading some of Mra Tilton’s let- ters to her husband Judge Porser read where she asks Theodore to “take good care of his precious body.” “Yes,” remar the counsei, “and be dia.” Arippie of jaugater ran through the audl- ence at the Words, but was quickly suppressed, ON THY BENCH, beside the Jadge, were uniet Justice Shea, of the New York Marine Court; Ciarence Seward, Bar- bour Lewis, oi Mempnis, Tenn. and M. D. Bor- renit, of Oneida, N,-Y. An woosaai number of Plymouth church people and about two dozen jadies, none of any note except the saitnful Mrs, Field, who bas seldom missed aday at the trials were on hand tirough the dey. Pryor, Fullerton and Moulton were absent, Evarta was a mild and 7 atrentive witness, and the Judge was as imper- turpadie i When the jury had answered to their names, Judge Neilson, who took his seat on the beach promptly at eleven o’¢lock, said:—It is expected that the sudtence will keep pertectly silen’. Arty interruption seriously disturps the speaker and detracts from the attention of the jury that which they ought to hear. Itis especially desira- bie, therefore, that we have per.ect quiet, SUMMING UP FOR THe DEFENCZ. Ex-Judge Porter then addressed the jury as follows:— MAY IT PLEASE TOE CovRT, GENTLEMEN OF TDE JuRY—Hach of Fou 1s 135 days older this morning thun Wheo ins trial commenced, aud that 135 days of your jife has been taken irom your busi- peas, from your families, trom your domestic oc- cupations, in tbe interest of adaulterer, who brings this soit for the purpose of estadusuing by your verdict twat he siept for four years sith an adulteress. You have been pressed dur tive months ot your lives into the service of Theodore ‘iilton, in the forms O! ww, In Obedience to a mandate Whica you were bound to obey for the discharge of # duty trom which you cou!a not shrink. Toere has been much plain speaking, gentie- meu, on the part of the proseculivn in was case. Men are apt to be bold of speech when two stalwart champions like Moulton and Tuton make a joint assault on & clergyman and a Wwowan—tue one forbidden by nis proiessiou to return evil ior evil, the other, weak, poweriess, heid as in the hollow of the hand by the man who had only to !ook upon ber to subdue her, My client has from the veginning O: tals case dealt Seripturat principles with tnore Who assailed hiuw, They siruck lim upon the one cheek and he turned tue uther also, and they ialied not to smite that aiso, ‘ihe wile was dutitul, loyal, carryiug loyalty to the point of personai disnovor; but she received no thanks {or it, Sue stands to-day m the view of maukina the subject of eco, of carumnies and of derision—alt onzinating there (polnting to Tilton), aithoagu the muititudinous Cranpels througa Waich it passes were as pumer- Us aS The pres#es of the Cuuntry Loat naye been reduced Jrum time to tiie ior the use of this ignoble prosecution, There 1s one thing, “gent uemen, that Ltmnk we attsaw beiore tne evi- dence was ciosed on the parvof tue prosecuuon, it seemed to show—you can judge whether wo are rignt—it seemed toshow tnav you were iin- pressed upon them own snowing witi the air of general uniratifuiness that pervaded their case— With the air of dramatic and artistic skull with which 1b uad been gotten up and presented, WARMING UP. Porter turns trom the jury to the court and throws a glance around upon the audience, His voice begins to rise and swell, He has his books, papers aud autoorities beiore him, but it is yet too early to resort to toem for support in his statements, which are general, i think if the case bad stopped there every juror in this vox would have suid tot he leit ia bis heart that the action was oue whica never suould have been brought, But when we come to view whe Case in the light of the whole evidence, when We see it uluminated as it is by tue written as Well as by tue oral aisclosures of those parties, we bave tueir acts jor jour years, weir decia anions for jour years, all in direct conflict wita weir oaths, you will be prepared to.say, when You come to render your Verdict, that this Case stands along with the great iicuborne case in England, one of tue bWO greatest Mupustures la the juris- prudence of the nineiventh cenzury. s THE COUNSEL begins to win more and mors attention. He is growing in earnestness, but his voice ta less clear. The falling defection smothers the words he would have the jury hear. Tilton smiles as coun- Sel declares with much emphasis that tnis case and that of Tichborno in England will stand as the two leading impostures in the history of Jurisprudence, Beecher and his wite are atten- tive, and alternate thelr glances between the counsel and the jury, as if watching the influence of the one upon the other, The plaintiff, gentlemen, and these who aided him in setting tuts Accusation on foot represent a very didercut class irom tue delendantin tue Dhalanx ol lrienus who Close around him to pro- tect him from the onsiaugut of his enemies, On the one side we bave tilton and Moulron aud Bowen under the frieudiy mask; dayne, nis friendiy adviser” at the Filta Avenue Hotel; Woouhull and Claflin and an- drews, the aposties of iree iove and spiritua ism. General Butler is tne champion counsel and stracegist of the campaigu; Joe Richards steal- ing up softiy from beuimd to strike Uis sisver in the back; Kate Curey, vulgar and fawping, out a “tung assoclate 10 tins mOtiey group; tuese are the parties Who appear as the Sponsors of tuis uc- cusanou against a man whose name ts a tower of strength, nat iu is church anu the city Who buast of his nobie strength, but the couniry wnien 13 liluminuted by Mis gemius, associated with bs name. Toese ure tae parties Why appear in toe characters of the chauipluns of domestic purity and elevated Christian morality, Mere we bave, you Will ses, gentlemen, in tue novices I nave mMentioued, grouped tugecher in conjuucuion, tue Origiual fabricavors oO: the accusation, its puo- lisvers, its auCuors and Its advisers and advocates and clef witnesses. And tuese are the parues Wao columend Lue charge to Gud, to the country, Aud against toese we fave the jury ot the vicinege, Ay, Your Houor, 1¢ is one of the proud features of the old kngush law teat every man Was to 09 tried by those Who knew him, Those wo knew lim for a rogue Would und him arogue, And those who kneW fuin aa Sonest man would Tind bi an houest Mab. We Have in ine favor of thts deiendant the UnavimMous Vorce of the jury of the Vicinaxe, The Uuscukes Counuence of the wile, Of the chudren and Of tue granuchilorea, who find @ Shelter veneath ois love; the unovunded cont. dence of the three Caoasand Worsaippers at Piym- outh churey, (ve Clafins, ihe Sages, tue sturrs and the Oyingrous, te mercnanc’ princes ot Brookiyn and New York, the proiessioual meu of your city ane O1 oars, soe MecHanies BOL the art Sans, the saborers, the oid Men, toe maiden: those Who luok Up to him with grateful wad rev: erence Jove; the young men‘and maidens whom he las been leading coward tw Reaven; eveu the the iniormer | dows } tie Young chiiaven WLo Will love Lis hame nd biexs nis memory Whea you ana L will be sieeping be: neata the tori of Greenwood, WATCHFUL LISTENERS. £x-Judge Morris and Mr. Beach jend their cars to Mr. Porter, wao is now ,deciaiming to the jury about the merchant princes, the young men and niaidens, the Many mea and women prominent in vurious ‘walks of lie who joved and honored weeher, Sn now flock aroand to sustam nim in tae boar of nis trial. Nay, more, besides the great body of the popul tion of Grookiyn, with chac larger jury of tee vici- hage, tus men, Worten and chidren wio youor nim and jvathe tue Rames Oo! fheodore stow and Frank Moulion, big treacherous xud perjured wecusers, we lave Wita us the 0Us aud CNthUsAstiG Suppor’ vi las provessivual pretaren—not OF Lis own denomination aioue, but of every torm of Cariwtian bene. We have with us_ the ‘judgment 0 Cnristendom, anticipaung yoar Judgment, Wich Will coacar Wiin it. Aud we do WoL Lelleve faise accusa tat W nv have toe train Wisa us—tms it trimmnph wader the eye of mau; above aul, it cuonot triumou under the ese Of tav Great DeienGer of the tunocent. False judg. ments are rarely rendered ta the trivanais of puv- Hic justices, They have sometimes ocearred, but rarely With @0 Uprizot Judge on the benen and houest men in the jury vox. LOOKIN OAD. “That larger jury ci the vicinage,” repeats the counsel several times, impressing on the'minds of the jury be.ore Mim the idea that their verdict shoud be guided by that of the opinion outside the court room, WHtca he maintains is im favor of the Plymouth party, . THE POWER OF TRUTH. The attempt has ofven been mae; false accus: tious are irequent im every and, ia every genera- tion. He Who thousands Oo: yeers ago ou MOUNT pilat satd, “2nON shat not hear false witness maT USE neignbor,”” Koew the weakness of those whom lie create Had Weakness, matice, greed aud Iniquivy often seek to strike down inn cence, The cia-5 01 men wo cuerish these pa stons 13 ilnmttavic; bat their best laid plans, Weic most cunbing contrivance, their bowest perjury come ty naugnt Waen they are brought to ine hgut of day | and subjected to the sera. ity of ou impartial jury. im the tribunals oi jastice imuocence is secure, It Is tue whole object o: our system of laws to secare on sititon Was rigit. te tula us centuries ‘thongs ali the winds of aocirine were Jot 1ou8e Upon bhe earth, su truta be in tHe Meld it Wil crappie with etror ame fats Who ever koew trata pat to fae floor ia aa open encounter? Who knows not trutn ts strung, next to the imiguty? St policies, a0 stratagem ke ner v duuse are Une sities that ye hor but room and when she Siceps, Men ora hollow aud iMeatricas vaiire like ‘faeodore Tilton, mon of plaisiole cud wostrupateus minds like Moniton, Thiek trace ts a ching to simala that law is an Ingenious arrangement of arapery supported by jwise wiinesxes. They think, with Aaron Buri, tat “law is tnat oily asserved an plansioiy matnt wit Pate, “Wost is Wate?’ In onr xy, gentiemen, false Hivttes do got fing ther way into the jary box, nor oo not by lice (ne jodgment seat. We see, woen men come into @ Cours of justice [0 preier thelr muamnous ac- cusmiions, (at fey Snomit co tue Ordedt cont jus- prsell has ofaaimed. tuey come here in ting Jnsianee mpadag & bweK and easily gui.t to an aged snd honoted Clergyiman, to wleebie, bat une stained matrou. Ju reading his scattered pages of foolscap to the jary the counsel is not aghieving any great effect, Occasiondily he throws down the page, flings. his head back, while tue upsnrned spectaci+s gleam in the woite haht streaming througa the tel: win- ne voice 1s raised fo its Utmost piten, and in # trenjulous tove heris fortn a vorrent of mdig- Pant denunciation Of the conspirators, Tilton and Moulton, THE FIRST OBSTACLE they encounter in their undertaking is the shield which the law lifts up before each of them in the legal presnmeunn taat both are innocent. That glueld shelters them at aioe age of the Case, from the hour ol their arraignment to the reudi- tron Oo! Bue foal verdict. Ine lance of the accusers must be driven home, with @ streugth sumicteut 10 penetrate that double shield, before eltner of them is harmed. That shield 13 the protection Which the aw extends to every woman, to every man and to every juman being, ond oostacle these accusers encounter is the de- fenagant’s oati of bis innecence and hers, the oath of an honest man, Lhe cath Of one Why never Was jorsworn, and the oath watch will be accepted” by God though it be rejected by men, Bear in mind tht that cach of the deiencant harmonizes wita the presumption which the law raises i her pro- tection that she 1s muocent, and in his deleace that ne is lanocent; taac it is absolutely conclu. sive in his iavor uniess 2¢ 18 borne down by impar- Ual, relavie aud trustworrby evidence, sv ove! Wheiimtog io its strength as to convict him of a false owth. The turd ovstacle that they meet pre- sents itself in the undiemished character aod the unspotted purity of life of the lady and the clerzy- mau up to the Very day Woen they were charged With tits joint actof crime. The fourtn obstacle they must encounter is that bosn Tiltoa and Moule tou, lor 1our successive years, With twely pretended kno wWieage of the crime, in private and in pupite, by their words and tneir acts, orally aud in writing, faisified the accusation that they Dow ask You to tite dorse. They meet a fith obstacie in a fact opposed 10 all human observation and expericnee tuat Til- toa cohabited, slept witn ao alleged aduiteress, Whom he calls “a pore, unsutlied wile,” alter he knew that she had polluted the marriage bea. Nay more, that be anu Moulton both maintained througa all those tour yeirs’ relations of social and lamily intercourse, and of proiessed iriepa- slp and good will toward ao alleged aduiterer, Inconsistent with the truth of the accusation, and utterly revolting to public decency, If, as they now pretend, they were accessories to tne dis- houor atter tae tact. “Ana Tilton,” cried he, in tones of thunder, and turning round upon the piaintid till their eyes met, “slepc wittf the adulteress alter he bud had the confession of her guilt.” Tue counsel roused the audience here, He struck the table several limes as if utterly reckless of tie fate ot his Knuckles, His voine was less muffled than be- fore. MORE OBSTACLES. They meet with a sixth opstacie in the fact that they botn admit tuat taey ure now here with the oath upon taelr tips in tue mood of wind which they admit to have been 10 for a ioug period—that of w bitter and inaiigaant nosiiliiy—a Kostility Bo malignant that each of them avows that one of them meditated sheading blvod, and we proved as Ww the vtuer that he deciared tuat all ne wanted Was tue countenance oO: the man wnom he was talking witi to cutdown Henry Ward Beecher. And are these the firm, the honest aud impartial Vestiuony of the Wiincsses On whose Lteotimony bie are gving to becume palibearers of Henry Ward Beecher ¥ ‘Tuey encounter a seventn ob- stacic mm tie fact that they are compelied to swear that in respect to the very transac- ton as to wich they now stand as witnesses they lied aud lor year-, and tuis taey may do in order to luuuce You to believe toat they ure not lying now. Toe eigith obstacte they have to encounter 18 that on pouwts vital to their credit as trustwor- ly citizens and witnesses lacy are overoorne by explicit and overwheiming coutradicnons p:o- ceeding from witnesses uf the highest cuaraccer, some oi them ladies O| known purity and leva. tion, Many of tam among Lhe ivremost city ol Wrooklyo and New York, all enutied to the contidence and respect Whicd neither Jiltou nor Moulton can ever attsin aiter toe revelatiuns they have layitod the jury to coneider, ‘Phe ninth obstacle is preseated in the tuberent improbabil- ity of the trath 1 the accusation in View oi the antecedents and surroundings of these parties. Yoere 18 an old maxim of the law, familar even in the days of Kome, “Witnesses are to be welghed.’”’ {a one scale you have Henry Wara Beecher and nis Wie—hizabect K, Tilton and her lie, in tne other you nave Theodore Tilton and his life and Krank Moulton and bis lie. {lay out or view the ssuries With Whicu i shall pres- ently have occasion to deal. You all recoguize this wuger tu be abatile between Vheodore Tiitou aud Henry Ward Beecner, but because ‘filton has to fignt a woman as well as a clergyman he calis in Mouton to heip him. Tiiton has to swear down tue preacher ana Moulton has tocrusa his — jor 16 will ve @ l1stle Uugracious in nim to be ¢ lng her when he asserts ail the tine sne was & wiite-souled woman. He leaves thar jor Mouton, Wuaat 18 the meauing ol thac ancient maxim ot tue law,.that “witesses are to ve weigneu,”? that no number of dishonest men cun, by their jolat attestation, make the trutn a lie? Oue hone Speaking what man, is trae, that a jury snallde able vo discern aud comprehend aud read, tne one man to know waeiner WAat ne uttered Is the trath of a God or the Le ofa tena, Vuts evidence which recognizes effect iu the power Oi lyiug 1s @ Mistake. We wie accustomed fv judge Oo: tue trata noc by the num. ber of those Who Speak ii but oy the probabuity or tie tung spoke. You look at your own ov- servations; You Will sit side by side with your op- servations, and your experiences aud reflections Shail be put tu the test, ana if it accords wita your observauous ANG eXperiences with tue provadiit- ties of human atfairs, if spoken With the appear- ance of candor, Without motive aud witout muuice, is attested Dy the O&tu Of & Man wno re- Spects the Beiag irom Waow the oata derives ts soieunity, You accept it us tratu. Let us wok lor the mom at the probabiltues of this mater before We come to consider tue evideace. is tue story provavie? Who 18 the alleged cuiprit? A Muu three score years o1 age, mature, eeil-cisci pated, well poised, not merely a Ourisctaa, war a Veieran Curistiah, aud vol merey a veteraa Chr.stian, but & veteran Christian imiaister, “Who is the aileged culprit?’ asked Porter, leauiag over toward the jury and pausing as it for areply from them, Tuen with patios aad seati- meat he drew & pictuge of Beecher and his wife; the maa threescore, a minister of the Gospel, the foremost preacuer of bis age; the wife a model of every domestic virtue. Aud after an eloquent sketck, during which Shearman piainiy wept and Mrs, Beecher showed sume emotion, he asked ia joud and earpest voice if these were the people who woulu teach their children lust and licen- thousness; i! be was the ian likely to bring a blight upou an honest name, on a veloved family, ou @ devoted wile, Porter's vo.ce trembled and grew husky and two of the jurors exhibited Viste ble signs of being afiected, THE REPUTATION OF BEECHER, A man Who, irom bis youth up, as dedicated Dimselt to tue vervice of Gou and mun; iorianate in the teachings o1 that honored futaer, whose name will stand up im lustre ana in aught uPouga ail the future gene.ations: silil more sortauace m tue traiging o: that veloveu fonured mother, Wuose short but raviant iife ieft a spring of lgut Im the ecclesiastical uistory of ine ian @ Wowan Wo, it ever God sent an angel o om eari S100—are hese those woo teach tet ovys the lessons uf lust aud licention ness. altee a UUme, sual mark your crimisai calevdurs avd disgrace tne recorus or your jurispruten Waat haa o¢en his early truimog? You tweive embrace 1 your experi ence a li ¥ ol tae vicissitudes of naman jue, but , WITDOLS Inttinate knowledge of the fact, to say that moc one of you twelve went througn the same stern, rigid, huaivle poverty aud hooest endeavor and storing cuitnre and mamy and Christiaa wrtuo tat seury Ward Beecuce has, Going out mo woat was (ven comparatively a new aud pioneer Tegton, ne lavorea for a Jess sum than a day ia- borer at the work vf his Master, and with the Joy Ol One Who knew that it Was a Master taal im the life beyond Would give Ulm a crowa oj stars as tis everlasting” reward. vo you ve taat this 1s the Kind OF (raming and taition—iuat tnts is the Kind of enaeaver that leaas men bv ue- baucuery? Ana the novie matron wnom you have and admired here m her tacwiul joyalty and yotulon to the Lughand whose imavcence sne knows, shen a origut aed beautiful schoo: girl, the daughtey of an hosored and emineut physician: the centre of @ novie, eucial circle; a woman oO: Christian fuitn and Joveuness; & woman of Rowan firmness, even irom her giritood—he and sne = piedged — tiem- ives like dacup ana Rachel. for seven years wggling With poverty aud gaining us educa- st tion and the means of ure livelihood, Uns man, tuen m tue meyaay of youthiu love, then Witt @ VIEOr and # poWer Such as no mania tus assemoly, not even my friend Beach, possessed; With & S(Teugth and Cowing earmestness aud dar- ing navure—this man passed through tuat ordeal aud did not ye. Gulag irom lox cabin to log cabin ne left nowhere the trail oc tae serpent. He could wait, le did watt, UNL he bad means on tue iirst day he Was Culled (0 & position Woen promised him &@ support, whea ue wok to nis rinuie, unfurnished rade room the Wie of bis youth, Who to-day 18 the Wile of fis age. Can you believe that # Man who Was iaitual to her thrvugh those eafiy years, aoa Who Was fartorud to ner not only tea oul down tO tie year Lsv%, om the 10um of November caded thab Woman tu Mrs. Beecher’s bed and ieri—ke af aaulterer wud she « prostitute, 1) 18 nob in accordance with the oo- servations of human experience aad muman altatrs. It is not true. Li We igok again, WHat Was Lue DoBI- tion and character ot tre Man in che meantime ¢ Propanty there is nos one of you men here whe has not atsome me or another seen or heard of that little voiume ot sermons—the litss puoicas tion that ever appeares trom his pen in toe early life—the lectures he delivered to young men, which Lundertaxe to say. irom the jirst reading of 16, Surpasses ail thathe has written, Nay, more, surpasses any bOOK oO: equal Magaitiue mie lan- guage m the purity ofits teacoings, tae elevasion olits Conception amd the grandeur ofits exceu- tion. He was then engaged ii teacting those les- sons of purity and chastity to young men and young Women m wien he bud béen Wrougat and ground In bis facher’s and mocber’s house, Nay, moie, ordinarily, It youny men pass the Kabicon of mauuood with their enaraccer unspotted and undeflied, they are deemed sae Jor all time to come, This man uid more. His livile lorary grew With MS means; He Lecame (he LoreMost Man iu the West, anu then ne come to your veautifu city, and brought to mis Werk such poWer as bo otuer ten Mich in tae led Staces coud ever tave dour. A life so crowa a lie Su devoted to tle good of His church, to ms country, to mankina, he Was & master of we art oF Curisiian iabor which commends itself to every generous heart. le was so devoted to ail these tat tne time which you and I give torecrea- tion this man gave to theduty of bis yocation, now | | i | on the Sabbath day only, not im the church only, bat in the tribune, upon the piatforim, in the ecclesiastical coun inthe eaitoriet chair, in th study of the author, and even, woeo ou re quired, in iront of those assemblages of nis coun- irywen Who came fo hear als inspired words before Ihey Went tortn to figat the battles of their coun- try. Nay, sir, standing alone in tne midst o: our enemies, Where no other American could stand, ene chacniag the tide of public opmion, so tha: England, Which was all against us when ne went, became divided, aud the laboring men of Kugland were our allies from tnat hour. inis man, who did Dot read his own letters, who did not pay his own NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1875.-QUADRUPLE SHEET, | order to enable you to !ook at this as it shontd be, | an extent of licentious, life—ove: bills, Who did not receive his own salary, Dut gives | everything to the Coarge of tae honored wife, Wo | sequal to the task—tnhis man, as | said, per;orm- dog subors pot like Hercules, bat like a Christian clergymaa, out labors at which most men voaid Staud agnas!, would he have tne leisure, the opportunity or the taste to devote a year aod a hair of his life tu a low debauch ? Here there was some amusing pantomime, Judge Porter's voice isuaskilially managed, Its defection is so great toward the end of ascutence as to render the words totally inaudible at 4 short distance; that part of the, audience, thereiore, that loosed at the counsel as he hammered ona table like @ Diacksmith and grimacea at the Judge, but never heard a word of what he uttered, concluded it was very funny and laughed. TILTON'S AMOURS, Why, gentlemen, evea Lheo.ore Tilton was too conspicuous a man to Keep his amours secret. Ang yet ue Would have you believe that ihe jore- most man in the Amefican puipit, woo lived in the flare of ooonduy, Who Was known to every man and woman im the couatry, Known to the servant girl, kuown to each poor necro, a man like tbls to be pursuiog a secret amour in open day, that he showida ve depaucoluy and living a year and a halfia aebauchnery wick & woman Woo had wWorstipped av bis own altar, who had eaten the bread of the covenant from bis own hand--that such intrigue could be carried 09 thiougi ayear and a bil, eye bo see ir, and no ear to bearit. Aud last woman Vo teli it, toldit to te iast man on earth iv was likely to be iold to, aud Henry Ward Beecher told it to the last man ou eurth and to The Man above all others woaom be would have surank irom, Do you believe ity Waat measure ot evidence sill be required to commend suca a story ty your coniidence agalast & maa of bis uo spotted lie—a wal wiv bus borne a universal fame, against the oash of & Man who never was forsworhy Agaim, let us 100K al tie provbabiutes Wit rejerence 0 the Woman, Whatever else in this Case may be true, ove thing 1s agreed upon, Down tothe lta day of Octover, 1868, If there Was one woman in wil Brooklyn who could com uuu tie good Word, the earnest love vl wil her sex and of our own sex, that Woman was Eliza- beth K. Tilton; & Woman Weaded, When she was twenty yeurs old, tow Wan Whom sue made tue Subject of 1aoimtry almost impious; a woman Who, iaving mauy severe crosses and triais, accepted tem as the just penaity of ber own Weakness and iniirmity, never casting the blame upon her uusvand, lo Woom she Was Yuked $0 that woen soe did Dot follow 1t would break, even i she Was strangled; a woman sv juituiul to ner ebiid, so iaitul to her e¢hurch, 80 faith. ju to her trust in per God; @ womun wno so lavored to bring back Ler husband 10 the faith of us youth anu uer Womaanood; 50 earnest for those gear calidren, whom she labored to briug up ace nahn to the precepts of her Saviour; Who, With au ber leeoieness O1 healib—as tne let- ters that her husband has latrodticed here show. Would go nrough fhe !oue streets at migoton ¢ Tands of mercy; # Woman, es he would bave you believe, unfortunate in her motuer as soe Was an- fortuuace lu ver husband, and yet whose neart was so full of generous and noble wad sympatne pic affection that Waeo sue could help tue sick and aMlicied She Was invariably ound at tueir beaside, ana who was quick to iespond to the wants of the destitute; @ woman, who, waen she could not find im private Jam- ilies the meaus of satisfying her craving for relieving human infirmity, added to ail her othe cares the chaige of that Betnel, which sue wai contpuing, dong her duty tnere; a woman so Pure that the very man who, to surike Heary Ward Beecner, would send the lance stra ght through her heari—even be stanas betore you, wita the cata ivesn upon ols ips, and declares that she 13 the whitest souled creature ne had ever kuown amony tue childrea of men; a woman with @ civarsotellect, 0: ogi Seuseor duty in .every relation of infe; to Woom joving her chulurea Was & passivd, aod, fresh from tue grave of ber dead poy, walking up to tue house of her pastor, would deliver up her body 10 prostitution! Wa,, tue tueme 18 loo Monstrous und vou preposteroas to be entertained for au instant, On such un ac- cusation you have eignt mouths of each of your lives, eac.a of you, to sulisiy Che malgnity of the autuor of tais monstrous charge; and ihea again the fooisa idea that toils womaa that had bo lust, no passion—tuis wowan wus Ceoauched upon toe shaliow prevence ade aressed to her by tue same man woo vad an- nouncea the ca(ses v Ged upon the aduiterer in her hearing Saboath after caobacn ana year alter year; that that Man spould assure her that tue love Was Inuoceut, and that any expression of dove Was just aS harmless 4S @ kiss Or a caress! Genticureh, the idea thas tue Woman Who Could write sucn letters as tuis Dusband bas put ip evi- dence ie.ore You could be deceived py sucu bald And paltry statements! Oa! tae infaimy that hes benluu this language which he and Mouulvoa pub iniu the mousa vf alr, Beecaer as the means of secucing Ris Whe. ‘Tals 1s (he Janguage which he used 1u the bedcnambers Of Hesste Luraer oa the hight wheu he put vis hanes im ber bosom and Wid tier Laat these things were dove tu tae aig est suciiy; that Loey were tae merest expres- sins Ol love, add that any Jorm or expression of jove Was a8 IDUOCENE as HCuress OF a kiss. You see the miut i walca ine aLeged confession was comed. ‘The language of the counsel is choice and effect- ive. Tae jury hear tne best part of it, but the ma- jority of the audience are compelied to be coatent witn a fragmentary sentence. He vas discarded his manuscript and is speaking extempore, He has touched no law booxs as yet. A DENLALP ‘The house of Uenry Waru Beecher never de- prved fora year and @ ball nor .orany year ora bali Of & year of tne Lgat whica thea and now i. luminates bis dweitny. A_ house irequented by bis Sons ana his duughilers, his ganocuitaren, bis Iriends, Bis breitren of Mymoutp churey, wis bretnrea of every denomiuacon, ais clerical iviends, O40, l rejoice at st, aud my bobie iriend Ot the Other side bas experienced o.her hospituli- tes Luan | have Guring tue progress of this. Ii ne had Happeued to have seen tae atmospnere of urity wand love there; if he could see every mem Ber of tnt ramily, irom the olaest co the youngest, du Luvs? gravochwren, ail insea togetiier in une spirit of k.ncifess and jove, 6 Would wont him (oO Sum up Chis case, tie could not doit. ho coud not do i. Why, the idea of Henry Ward Bevcuer, if Le Were Capalie Of Raving 4 mistress, taking that mistress beneao fis roof, putcng Tat mistress Where Mis servauts and wis granc- cuidien mugit see her, taking ber witiia tue dour Which, it FOU KNOCK vn it, Whi be opeved Dy @irs. Bevcnor gs ts was opened to Mrs, fiton oF her, the ony time Mrs. iiitun ever entered tie house—why, gentiemen, can you conceive any- thiug more absurd? Mark you, not an instance of sudden yielding to passion, bus Laey state tuat by bis Confessivn, through that year ana a pall irom Mugust 10, Lsbs, to tae spring Of 1870, 1M Nis houss aod IN ETS Luis Prostivution Was oeiMg carried on. He is outlining the case and drawing a bright and nobie picture of Beecher and Beecher’s home, aad Beecher’s eyes Mill with (ears as the quavering voice ot Porter speaks of his once happy fireside, Hitied by hes children and grandchildrer, warmed with love and illamimatea wita tue ligntof trast and duty. . THE TWO HOUSEHOLDS. Two houses in Whicu thts crime was committed! two hutlses where nu door is locked except apon sume Special occasioa ! (Wo houses Were every servant can i00K into every room! two houses were every chid ous free access trom gartes root to the cellar oor! ‘Tne monstroas story 1s told ty Theodore Viton that Henry Ward Beecher con- iéssed to Alm tiet im these two pouses and tarough that period he was debauching this poor tick Woman, And then the still more moasirous aud ineredivie srory—waren, if 1 rememoer right, ‘diton himsell bad net the eWrontery to tell, ava whied was leit lor Moulton —tnat tiat God rearing wan and Gud fearing woman came to the conelu- Siu buat it Was better to ; tat they had becter go no further, she reverend geatleman takes the fax 10 fire; goes down to her beasiie, gets her out ef bed, aud they kneel together; ani the imiereace Would be what oer arms provabiy would ve eucitclng each Other winie they were seoulng up taele jos prayer to whe Lord God Almiguty, Whom toey bota worshipped, that Ke woud give them strength not to get nearer to- gether than they were then, That blasphemous “raver (8 mputed by Moaiton and ititon to Re: Ward Beeo and to this white-souled saint. if their story is trae that ia true. Ith Story is true buat Other story is true Walch 18 told you. ‘Tilton sent for hint vo come one morning to ther house, and, walking up into a private chamber, taiked over the question together a asked for arnctias dates, telllug him he had a* business uterest. There was # boy—tuat tair-naired boy Ralph, who onghs to have deen here that you migat see whether henry Ward Beecher or Theo- adore ‘Iiton Was Ins jather—oolding an imquest over @ living boy to setermiae when 1% Was that this Yi Tilege was committed between & clergyman uf the altar ana one of his parishioners and inthe house of one whos) ile Bays, had claimed to be nis nearest friend, s make a record of the eally, Me. Tilton, | dtde’t waction. | kept no limite of it. “Well,” ne 1ys, “tiizabeth says tho first time was the LOCK or october, 186 Weil, he says, “tecan’t tetl you how that is, because 1 didn’t make an entry of 1 au the time, but you know Hnzabeth is a Woman of trata; It she says SO It must ve se.”’ So, though this child Was born In the minth month of preg: huncy, eight Months and ten cays aiter that 70 day 0; August, Theodore ‘Titer v0 the con- clusion tha: it could not that the child is legiumare. ) it there be a beast ou exis tu ving form Wuo 18 gulity oF dvlding stl & Conversutivg «Ver lis OWN boy anc With the paramour of an adalierous Wife, he nas Jivedt too long Upon earta ; 16 18 time tor Gam Lo die, What are suco men jor unless tor use 1a Hunting gown clergymen and crectiying women and com- mittipg perjary im courts ui justice This 18 tue story Of his creed, Now, geutiemen, without stop- ping to discuss taese probaviinties, 1 wisb, in to call vo mind, in the first place, tne oath of his MAN as tO tbe condition of his home prior io toe alleged act, I wish then to compare tt with another record, more retiable record, maae by bis ‘3 baod, by ots mand in the contidence of conjugal affection, which he pas since betrayed 'o the puy- he by an act of inramy avd dishonor wnicu 1s prop- erly bofore you and witich Bow rises avainst nim to conir ut hig alse swearing. He told sou, you will rememver, taat down to 1363 vis bome—I do | not, of course, use his language, tor 1c Would take me too juny to gO through Mt—but vou wll remem. | ber the general effect of iC; bis Lome was one of simple and uualloyed purity ang dowestic peace; his wile loving loyally, faithfully, devoted; nis children tende:, oeauttul, affectionate; their re- lations harmonious, loving, mutually devyoted—all iizot within that Gomme, ail peace (vere—no jar, no discord, sach as even you aad t feared it was Impossible, wile le Was giving the narrative, Mrs, Beecher takes off her bounet, as the at- Mosphere has become a trifie close. Judge Porter 18 st Henry Ward ize 1t a8 @ mean accusation sgainst | Breoner, You wili ouserve that Mr. Ovington 14 one of those Iriends, Now we remark Bessie Turner gives an account of thas ferview in whieh he snowed bis manh to his sick wife by cvarging that none his children except Florence were ine, and that she had sexual imfercourse with four mep, One of the four was Whom? One o1 the tout Was Ovingtuo! Do you believe that hdward J, | Ovington. found 1% becessary to intrade on to martial nghts of ‘Taeodore Luton, with a wome | foc @ wie who is like ue of the princesses of the earth? We have a letrer bere of the 9rh of Janw ary, 1867, illastrating anocner thing, that all roid while this Was @ poor sick woman, married tog hale, staiwart, exacting man. Now,eabout vas time, January 6, 1807, she writes, “My Vital orces grow poor, anu there oc I have endored felon and otner eruptions. I have now inflamed ex hos und iooseness of the bowels, but [ will try ta take better care of my wretched sell, because 1¢ is the best roan in the world wao loves me.” Why 18 relating in a very low, monotonous and sarcas- | was that letter published? Could & mau havo one tlc tone to tue jury the picture of Tilton’s happy home, as Tilton gave it, prior tu 1868, 11 the home were happy tuen be contended It was bappy now, @nd he turns to Tilton ana says, ‘This man was alone responsible for the condition of bis home.” ROMANCE AND POETRY. We have read of itia romance and poetry, but 118 not too Urignt to be real, for | have happened to have & happy home—the Lome in whica Lue sua always shines and no cloud appears; tne bome in Wie? ail 1g gut and no darkness ever descends; the koine 1n Waien alt is inusic aud harmony, never unoroken—it Is @ home tat we can find only m that purer and better land to which Nenry Ward Beecher was endeavoring to guide this man’s wile and culidren While be Was endeavoring to stab them bota to the heart. Now iet us reer to what wil noc misiead, geutlemen, Thes- letwers which passed vetweeu them, written wiln no thought, ho dreaui Ou her part, at all events, that what sue wrote iv tie condaence of conjugal etfection would bs pubdlixhed ou tue bousetops aaa photo- grapied in tee New York Graphic and tarown to the Winds by Frank Mouiton and exposed in all its nakeaness by 1aevdore Tilton to tue base com- duentaries Of the world. Some delay luoking over books and papers, Ab- bott assists Porter and several volumes of the trial are selected, containing letters of Mra, Tilton to ber husvand, The reading is prefaced by re- marks oo the sentimental coaracter of the corre- spondence. Ong oi the jurors reaus @ private letter and for the moment iorgets all about the trial. THE LEPIERS ANALYZED. You will remember, { toink, witn all respect and admiration for my learned iriend, Judge Morris, 1 twink he Was Wroug In siying that it was true that he misied fheodore, It is true my friend may ve wrong; Lnave veén wrong mysell oiten, Bue I wink be was wrong iu advising tim to pub. lish these letters, Theotore said to Morris:—{ have brokeu opeu the closet aud got my wile’s Jetuers; she won't take them on. I won't puolish them, thougu; that Would be too mean. Taoey are Not intenaed bo ce pubisved.”, Judge Morris then suid, “Well, now, Theodore, you had better pubs liso them. Justice suould stand though the wo- maa fall. Down with it! up with the ietters; give teem Lo the puviic.”? “Bar 1 don’t like to have peopie think L cid it”? Woere’s "Gatun? Look At those letters. 1 don/t quite uaderstana whether my friend Judge worria wade tue selection, bus 1b Was dove. in imitation of tue manner in which the selec- tious were made and handed to “Gata,” Judge Porter vurded over une leaves of @ Look in whicu uhey were printed, and said :— “That don’t read well;” “You had better leave that vat; “That one won't do at ally? » That will do; “Phere is auoter, now; tuere 13 a part of a sentence that would do if it was nog for taat con- founded part of anotuer seuteuce, maxing it reaa as We Gon’t want 1.” So these garbied jetters were mace to serve @ foul and in- jamous purpose, cuiled out with a view that # false impression shoula go ont to. tue World, and tuen ac chat very time others written 1n fhe style G1 Ybeodore Turon appeared m toe Springfield Aepubdlican, the Curcago Tribune, we New York Times, the New York Sun, so that peo- pie were led to velivve that mstead of one Taeo- aore ‘Tilton We have loriy inevvore ‘Liltons 10 write avout Mrs, Tilton aud Henry Ward Beecher, Gencemen, this was one of those stratagems whicn Jouu Milton says “truth don’t need.” But Low let us take these letters as iar as we have been anle to get them; for my iriends on the ovher Side Were right Woen they sala that morder to get atthe truth of this uccusativa, m order to bring the evidence into 1s true bearing, you needed to go back to tae interior of that nome as it existed belore toe accusation was made. Now, let us See 1t as IU 13 presenied in tuese lacters. 1 shull Hot go through Laem atlengin, but merely call your attention to a passage Oere ana cher, to show who were the intimates of air. Tiivop, who were the intimates of nis wre, and what were the relations be- tween tnem, ‘That tnese Were relations of coraied love L never have aented and never shall qeny, tor tis Woman loved this.man as | bave hever seen a woman jove belure. It was love Most idolatrous anu abject and it Was love avso- lutely piind. When 1 say it was love icoiatrous anu blind, how it 1s love idvlatrous bat ab 1st sue can see. You will fiud here aii througa the evi- delice Laat he on his part bad a sentimental love W.ilch Meant nut oaly “myself, out ali ve ougiug to me, my Man servant, my maid servant aud even my poor lintie Wie.” Lt would, if L had had lime, Have redaced tuese to order and analyzed thea, 0@¢ ast Gould nos L tae th m dere us Un strike ine. Now obsarve—the alleged seuvaeti was on toe ivth of Ocrover, 1853. NOW, He puri evidence letiters renuiug through irom 1867, stops ing, Of course=1t Wowd nut dv to pat im more levters #/Cer ue Gad made the wiscovery. Weil, t this letier Was xiven & xlimpse. January 7, 1 she wiites Lo him ay “My precious nusbanu, find our ianguage very poor whe L attempt to eribe Our suuls’ love.’” Tuyen ali along been sitting almost under the elbow of Porter, who here turos around aod, raising his wand over Tilton’s head, hisses forth the remark, “Mrs, Tilton loathed this man.’” ‘Tilton looks up gravely at the lawyer, but shows no trace of discompusure, A WIFE'S LOVE, Walle passing over tuis in seems it was the ex- pressi0u8 OF a LOble Wurnan’s pure and sincere ule cliOu 316 Was nos iat 4 tor your eriticisin hor miue, she Koes on to say, “Wat a viessing you aie to nie! M4. Heecuer made a long cali on me, hie sends mach love; Mattie ana Kate Bradshaw the Same. (cau your witentiou to abotuer geus Tieman. Une of the side iguts that spring ito Vils case LY the lestimuny is the iace baat ine same Mr. Beecher, buen the minmase mend ef Mr. ‘iltou, Why Was ls Coosen retsres mM the caureh alates of Plymouta ch and correspenueace— that same ter ix the Man Whe meees Wim eye Wo eye a 4 ty Oat, and cuavicis nim now 0; perjury, ake leis )OU That Loat aliewed confes- S10D OF Dis WIE, WalCd, HE S.98, sported adultery, be showed to HIM, aud (had Lue coNlession and charye were mnproper solicitanions—reauest her to become a Wie to uit, with all (hab hume Impues—and DY More, 14al Was the pa- per; tuwt, any paper wriven her coniam- Ing an avermens or adwiery, contamed mW; aud Mr. Beecher says Theodore Iitoa, with bis own bund showed win the lecier thea written on the Dugut of bus BOCK OF Ue dud thas letuer way . Hot of aauliery, nv comession, but aa seiuicuations, 1 calt yuar a Lwant you to 3 thatevery man s outton that ever leauea on Ta: adore 11 jound nui a broken reed, Dr. sa- CON Was OLCE Lis IMenU, ue LOW basis that be. Bacon tii regaras aim as such: but AM! Sesewiek Was once Ws [riend, aud Sedgwick meets nim iw eye anu uXes upon tum his pejury; pnce Nis friend anu benetacror, aud Creaveiand mects him eye wo eye Wiih the same sharp distrust ana acciisation; Jackson Scnulis was once fis itiend, and it | Jackson Schultz fas clung to the trash then Thevdore Yuton has aworn over and over anu over again to an in@mous he; whea you find that one inenus of iliton, the jury of lis viesmage, are vo part witn him; woen you ind that frank Moul- ton, nm &@ Memver of the great house of Woodruil & hoviuson, a man of undountedly great business capacity, oF aaeiny evergy—or wanumis ration, generoas, as Theodore filon says—wueu you aud itu, witer this ception of were transactions, Grepping OUs, Ast, OC the principal firm, and ten of the seconaary firm, ana finaily nts’ cou- ection projupged ove worth, Wita a view to your verdict, tuen another month, and wen sum- inarily cub of, son can judge woat the jury of Frauc Mouljuu’s viema,se toink of mm. ‘Taese Wel stood MOUs. ue alter another ou the right hada aud on the soit tueir iricnas aave fallen away frou them, Sut where ure the irends o: Heary Ward Beecher!—tnose who have known hum, who have never koowi Mim nutil ters vecusion—who Were wis friends? They have muitipaed as sands Upon tue sea shore. Surrounuea vace by Ply- mouth churen, he Is surrounded now vy tue Tepresentauives of all creeds und al! cuurches, Ina marked anu to a large extent m ether ianus. Qe wav bad no sriewds bvelore eXcept amoung (hued Who were nis religiods and persupal assuctates huW finds Iriends Whose vo.ces are rats ju hus Denali, That sooWs, after ail, luat ie was not wrong in the Cievevand leter. From State after Stace, aud day aver day, a8 the mais come th, We have the expressions ol congrarulavion and sym- pathy from ail the quarters of tue country, Aud Frank Moulton stand alone. ] know they have supporters; 1 KNOW the magna- nimity ofthe gentieaen of che press; (know (ne ferinity of ine pen ana Ihe Teadiness of sietation, which greets Us every Gay When we look al the newspapers. ° “Day after day, as the mails come in, we get congratulations from ail parts of the country,” cried the speaker, “and Tilton and Mouiten stand alone.” This part is better delivered toan the rost. The counsel turns on Tilton quite frequentiy, gluring at nim throngh bis glasses. His voice is better buianced, It rises lugher and does not sink so low. Titon comes in for rome heavy denun- clation for publishing his private correspondence ty the world, TILTON’S CHARGES DEFINED, But look at tue living mea | Look at the classes o1 men, not only Corisuan men vit men Who rec- ognize bo i YOu Wil Gnd men im every de- partment of the community, men of iree, and to raeodore titon and anything more indecent, More mead, more con- iemptible than to pu vlisa 1k the newspaocrs Of all Uns lund the wife's letter, in which ste complain of ker felons, her eruptions, her luslamed eyes and ber looseness o1 tue 00we Don’t you see why it, was? Tois man’s greed of admeranon, bis une bounded, st.lted ezorism is such that to get a come Pument be Would publish anything. Porter, indeed, makes a good deal of the cor respondence of Mrs. Iilion to show that throug? Ro fault of hers she was deemed not good enongt for her gravdiose busband, who even complained that she was too small for him, and could not tall to him, the'great genius. A dozen times Porter as he reads, turos, with intense sarcasm of look and voice, to Tilton, saying, “and this is th man,” £0, THE WIFE'S SI Well, now this woman Is said to use language 1" the “Catharme Gaon” letter wuicn indicates ha aduiteress, She talks ubout nersin. Way, yous tlemen, when Jou come to reac those letters vom Know what her sin is, She 3s always tang avout some sin, ier sin was san Was not good enough tur Theodore, He was coming home, Witt @ magnificent Apollo presence, In MS cranceut aod his beauty. Bessie iurper woul comb nis hair and) = Mrs. Tilton would redd ta hin, and the rest must getter around him, and the oysters were preatred ior ulg palate and the delicacies for table and because the poor woman sometimes go} Ured she was sorely atused, and not contented with ner tot, liere was tue yoke. » Was dowa there, he up here, and it néver occurred to him Lnat ler misfortnne was at her end and not at bis, Well, she reproacies I li; sue Says, “My great buxzbear and pightiuare, that | will hide my love and weat you iu jor your return,” In next letrer, February 13, she says, “Mr, Lelcaer took tea with meiast might.’ if he nad another wife 1 snould lear ior Belcher, he would couige him with anotuer seduction and bring the same proor aguinst Mr. Beecher. All hrough these letters wa find ‘Belcher, Belcher, Belener; Ovington, Oving- too, Ovington,” and by the time belcher’s torn came he should bave 1ound anew wie, he would rely on the vath oO! Frank Mouiton to carry on a erin, con. case against him. Now, here is rnia Women, “who bas Cherished a secret love for her Giaboitcal seducer,”’ as my learned iriend on tua otaer side would say, Now here 1s one of those lit- tle toucves of Womanhood. Yousee in these lettera Luere 18 HO doubt what she thougbs avons Theo- dore. But thei she had tne teciing what woatever he did was right, These men who have moods ot KeOL 1S also Have the privileges of geulus; and yet We find this litte woman omably, quietly deprecas uve—“Pray take Care ol your bocy.”) And oe did, (Laugbter.) (Keading) :— Jaxvanr. My lips hunger to kiss you. a es Bane Suxpay, January 23, 1863 Now, here is a letter which precisely tlustrates ther relations, This beiore any imputation (Reading.) Don’t you know, my beloved, don’t you know the peear liar phase of Christ's character as a lover ts so precious fo ine because of MY consecration and Gevotion to you F T have learned to love rim and you, Icouple you wiue Mii; nor dod consider {tone whitirreverent. “1 counle you with” the Saviour of mankind; “nor do I consider it one whit irreveren.’—as 4 man bowed down with grief for her «an. That perhaps referred to adultery with Mr. Ovington and Vr, Juoning. These were ner sins. Aud tnis man is so like tho Saviour, He is bowed down with grief jor ber sins. Well, now, genth mez, | bave not much sympathy with exaay forms of expression, but then we kuow toe: a great many people in tae world of many aiities ol character. But the cruelest and vilest, use You can make of the very weakness of yo: wite is taklug that weasness as evidence of guut. You will see every letter u! vers Tiltonian, When 1 come to read his letters you will see they come frota One mint. “She was clay in the hands of the potter,” and he mouided her in Waatever shape ne would, At this stage the Court took a recess, AFTER THE RECESS. The court room was lees crowded than in tha forenoon, Judge Porter has been improved by, lunch, He is more inteliigtbic‘to the repdriers. He resumes the reading of Mrs. Tilton’s letters to her husband, interspereing the sentences quoted by comments, semetimes striking, sometimes plausivie, sometimes weak and ridiculous. The jurygive him a larger snare of their attention than they did in the morning. Still tue speaker lapses into maudybility at times, ‘The reporters continue to coniplain that he is not as intelligible as he might be. Dis voice continues to naven quality of instability that is very trying to the Mr. Porter said thas he came now to read the conciudin’s passage of a lecter:—“I biess you; € know you; Liove you.” That was strong isnguage. ‘hea Came the appeal:—“Gou sustait you, aad help us both to keep «ur vows.” Was that a prayer jor tersell? it was her heart; 1 was the great tenderness of a woman's love, appealing by tout love (0 wbundon his preereaces lor otuers and cleave only to her who loved nim, as she loved the saviour at Wiese feet Sie KUCIL sod taugut her coldreo to kneel. la order to know tae vepth of this Woman's Gature and the enteosiastic server she jelt toward her husband ne (Mr. Porter) Woulu read bo the jury & passage trom tae tetter of February 4, 1858 “ine passage was as loldws:— I see you now walking In the sunshine, heartful, joy. praising You did not Heed ine then. 1 Lellowed nd Would fain catch the bem or Your garment as you passed by. he woman who so loved Tilton was the wows vpon Wh sé neck ve asked tae jury to stamp their heel. This Was the Wowan woo toe Gourt aod jury Were asked to stove #s an aduiteress— te Woman Wno knelt to her husband ws she knelt to God, ana who lov bim as she voved ner Kedeemer. ‘hey now ¢ 1863, to the oeginusng of the year whica wus ta be the time Wicu the sumuér was to couie bv tue sickie Of the reaper tiut Was to cub down litve Puul, Who Was ripe forthe grave. Shey would have toe jury bet that this tromau, stauaiog Within eizht mon:hs of tne deatts of her boy Was also sauding wituin pine and @ ball moaths of the deaih aod rain of HER OWN HONOR! Reflect upon what wiauner of woman It was thas Henry Ward Beecher, wita alt bys brillant talents, commanding voice and poplar name, selected Out o/ ali (he Women Of Broodiyu for tae purpose Of Making the means ol ministering to wis miserable lust! Here is now sae speak “voor girl that I am, wilheat the aliracuons Whica even ordinary men worstip, witsout tae intenectual glits | wofsnip Im you, withoat those personal attractions that win the atieatioa and hearts of the youog, the thouguiless or toa Heentious !? But whea she fouud ner husoana returned bert love sae says, “It is more 'hau ever my faich could hope ior. 2 weep overt, Ligugn over itaud! pray over 1%” Lnis woman laughs over the reruraiue love of her nusband, weeps tiat he came to herarms aud leaves the arms that woulda he move attractive to iim, gors to God m the gratitude of her aeart, aud stil Unis i the Woman Whom he prociatmed as an “aculte- ress” apd decreed her to be stoned. ‘ihere was another imside view of THIS LITTLE HOUSEHOLD. Indge Morriy, in wis opening starement of the Piainui’s case, reerred several times vo the eXtraordiuary freecom that marked Mr. Beecher’s Visits to Mra. Tilton, and their occasional corre spondence, Let tuem gee now that was. No one aoubled taat Mrs. Bradsaaw, Woo had eeu pro iOr TULON, Was w good, pure, Mrs. Tiljon wrote t¢ Mattle has hungered to hear from you. The name of this witness would be frequently met and alluded to in the course of his argument Wotla rt not oe a base tome to infer impr rejacious between Mrs. Bradsuaw and Mer, Tver because ney had kingly interchanges af yegard and friendstly which, vhey occurred between Mrs, Tilton and Mr. Beecner, a perverted into evidence of the charge adultery? In one of ine letters 16 ts” said, think she feeis a litte core wnat Mr. Beecher visite bere.’ TMs Woman, proud oj Mi. Beeoher’s Visits, toid per husband avons them, ana said that ois fyend, Mrs, Bradsuaw, leit jealous om account of tie frequency 1 those Visits and on accvunt of bis aitentions to Mrs. Pilton. Sve Was net ome of the women who pid irom ther busbands the Lames of taose for Whom they lust. A SIGNIFIOANT LETT ste * Now they come to # very significant letter, not Devause of It contents, Dub On accOWRS Gl the Time at WhICH 15 Was Written. Little dia this man (pointing to Titon), Mite did Judge Morris tine When they pubusned those tevters to the world Tout there Was an Qoseeu sand we guided them im the selection of them. ‘ue letter to whieh ne woud iL the particular Attention of the jury Was WYitven right out Of the hot-ed oni 1 ever tnere Wes sauivery—tight in the season when the two houses were povned wita these impure uenaucuees, wnen Lheouore ‘futon was at the West ana air. Beecher at home—nere was the language 01 an adulteress to Ler husband. nw » WItHIN the Whvie radys Of thelr experieuce mM aud observation of human afters, ar Ht accord to the probaouities by watcn they judged conduct, ib Was possibie for them to say that tal letter Was Written by am aduiteress 7 THetspay Noos, Janaary 2% 1868. Deanne Brroven—It is wi aeliqat aitd for rerrest ment that L hasten, as We attords, tO sit dowe after interruption to write ant Obs any own hnsband, could I but enjoy now @ littie while, Now, here is that same feeling, to yoe me to February 14,