The New York Herald Newspaper, June 15, 1875, Page 4

4 MME GREAT TRIAL Opening of the Twenty-fourth Week of the Scandal Suit. MR. BEACH'S SUMMING UP The Herald Developments Introduced Into the Proceedings. n's Counsel Ask for Time for a Consultation. Tilto sedi t ail PICKWICKIAN 4 Defenee of J, Richards, Mrs. Woodhall and | A. B, Martin. Yesterday was a fine day for the Brookiyn trial as 18 was cool and bright, and the court room was ap ot place to sit in. Distiaguished peo: continue to flock over from New York to cateh some part of the fast fleeting address of Mr. Beach, who is expected to close to-morrow at one o’eleck. On toe bench, with Judge Neilson, were ex-atiorney General Williams, Hon. J. H. Willara, of Indiana, Judge Birdseye, Robert M. Wutting and 4. G, Williems, Snerim, ‘The sidewalk im front of the Court House facing Pulton street and the steps inside the entrance were lined with men. The corridor near the court room was blocked with people, and as for the chamber {'self, It was filiea long before tne nour for opening the proceedings. There were tewer women than before. All the lawyers except Pryor wi present, No appiause greeted the entrance Mr, Beach, but on bis retiring vo junch be passed down the corridor between a dounle fie ef men who clapped bands ent cheered bim all the way to the street. A delicate, pallid looking lady, dressed in black, was standing up all alone inone of the passage- — , Megiected alike by Caldwell and Murray, the he Plymouth brethren every mormng, She was not of Plymouth church, and was neither hand- ome nor fashionably dressed, bub she was a woman, and @ weak, frail looking woman, too. vhe gallant and kindly hearted Judge saw this, sad calied an officer to bring @ chair for the tedy rom tue opposite court room. THE HERALD’S STORY. Everybody was discassizg story in the FIFRALD enutied, “Beecher’s Sin.” Not alone in tne Court House but allover Brooklyn did this re- markable reveiation form a topic of conversation, Tae Tilton people pronounced it as highly tm- portant, furnishing, as it were, the missing links in tne evidence that would cocvict Mr. Beecher, The Beecher people said it contradicted Mra, Moulton, a6 she swore Beecher told her be had,s “powder at home on bis dressing table that would do the work quickly of senuing nin ous of this» Ife, anuia, dnd as r+ Mon toa Rim. but prussic acid ts not a powder, t 1s 8 never used by photograph sell is con'radictead, because be Beecher tod tim he bad a photographic chemical which was 4 quick and deadly poison, that woula abridge his exystence In less than no time.” They farther maintained that the date 187] showed the #ory must be apocryphal, b wWasin 187% that ne bad the couversation with Mrs. Montton, Here, howev the letter of apology, the publication of which by Tiiton was to be the sigue! suicide, wae written January %, 1871, and Mr. Beecher could never tell when ‘1iton might rash tote print. Tiat the HERALD story created a deep tion was evident from tue talk it made among the lawy RPERENCE TO THX HERALD. Mr. Beach stood up and saia there was a pul- Heation In the HERALD to whica he should ltke to | call atteution, but in the ansence of Mr. Fullerton, with whom be desired to consu't, he should post- pone bis remarks until after recesa, No remarks | were made after recess. Mr. Beach’s object was | thou, 4 ' igh not Dy assertion, pernaps, impated to hi is Houor’s attention to the article in she | yoction with. tna > | | to draw HERALD, 604 see if there were no means of having tne revelations therein made produced as evi- cence in Court. “I yielded,” said Mr. Beack to the HeRAL» reporter, “to the opinions of my col- | jeagues tuat it would be intrusive on our part aud offensive to the other sige, bat she subject is | ta sbeyance. If there be no trath tp the state- | ment, the other side should be anxious to contra. | dict tuem on oasn. j : APPEARANCE OF THE DEFENDANT. | Mr. Beecher had & subdued color, a clear eye } and @ more resigned’ and less onxious and nerv- | ous expression tnan during the week past. Be | spoke little to anybody, listened calmly to Beach and at times bent bis head as if in deep medita- tion. He tailed to retura after recess, His wife, | however, wag on bang as Uru: gent and av | “eGUTe lise: With the exception of Dr. Ed- | ward K. Beecher no other member of the Lesener family appeared. i OQUENT THAN CEUAL jective than on any one of be has spoken. Mr. Beach was lees the three previous days on whic Dejending vnpopuiar people ts sorry wore at best, 4 when Mr. Beach Gevoted more than hais an hoar to the tion of Joseph Richards and Victoria Woodhuii be mated iD degree | the attention of bis sudience. @ brief sketches of eioqnent spraking, Las tue spteck on the whole lacked convecative force. POINTS COVERED. Mr. Beech, after siaung he was misinformed in | regard to the case Of Mr. Sunderlana, renewed nis address to the jary. He referred to (ue character | of Richards, Mra. Tilton’s brother, as being a mem | ber of one of the largest Curittien ¢enomination® | in the country, ana if it were necessary to selees | & man who might ilustrate the piety and the principles of that sect Joseph ards would b that man, It was with the utmost reinctance that be consented to be @ Witness. He aii not know how a brother might feel at tre knowledge of his sister being seauced, but at the time Mr. Richards the is. covery he related the f Mre, Tilten bad become notorious. Beaca gave fully bait sa hour to the defence of Richards and M at this rave, if ne undertakes to enter into @ vindica- tion of a the witnesses who Bave a ared 6oon)6=6the = Tilton side, be Con haraly close nie summing up before Friday next. Martin's evidence was to the effect thas om a hot sammer’s ‘ay, visiting Mrs. Tilton in her room, both retired to the balcony of Mra. Ovington’s house to have @ conversation, There was mace | swearlag ana counter-swearing #8 to the way the | sun's light fell wpon this balcony. Martin saw Tracy and Kessie Turper ip conercuce gu that oo caaten for twa uours. BESATE TURNER ewore she was only engaged ten minutes In con- versation with Tracy, and the question was who told the irath? The counsel ae: iiaded to Moul- u's publication of what he teard from Beecher in regard to his relations wita Miss Edna Dean Proctor. The other side mentioned the matter to try and prove that Moulton was an habitual libeller, aud it was aiso frm with which Mr, Moulton wae engaged was detected ia evading the internal reveaue iawe. is was bot Moulton, but Beecher, who Ii- yelled Mins Proctor, end as for t arm of Woodraff & RKoninsoa with the government, be could retaliate to some purpose if i % attention to some other gificu'ties with tie goverument ov tue wartof 4 OF PLYMOTTA oFtReH. mi hor 9 atom of the sean ike w& wd e “he sony EXPLANATION. | pointed ushers, whose business It ts to seat swore that} T, they assume too much, because | for Mr. Beecher’s | insinuated that the | eudur: NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNK lo, 1875.—-TRIPLE SHEK'r. Beach, wno seoma bent on defending at! kinds of people, resolved to throw his wgis even around | the apostle of free love, Relerring to the asser- | | tion of Mr, Evarts that the $7,000 received by | | Tilton from Bowen was divided, all but $1,000, be- | | tween Moulton and Messrs. Woodrutf & Robinsea, | counsel denounced it as 4 bold misstatement, and | pointed to the fact thar the books of the drm of | Woodruf & Robinson sbowed that the $7,000 was | duly credited to Tilton, and drawn out by Bim | from time to time, as exhibited in the entries, He | then passed on to consider tho weight to be at | | tachea wo the scrap of paper inscribed, ‘Spolls | | from new friends for the enrichment of old.” Counsel argued that Bowen was not a new {riend, | and Woodru & Robinson and the other sub- | | scribers to the Golden age were not oid friends, and that it was impossible Tilton could bave writ ten it, Mr, Beach called attention to the MANAGEMENT OF THE TRIAL, and said it was diMcult to determine if Henry Ward Beecher was the defendant in thiscase. He alluded to the display made day after day by the partisans of Piymouth church, of the floral tribates and the otner exhibitions of partisanship, He re- ferred to MRS, BEECHER’S PRESENOR, and msinuatea that te “gentile and venerable © matron’ was forced to come to the trial for the | object of influencing the jury. Mra. Tilton waa | algo prevailed upon to exhibit herself tn the court | room by way of countenance to the de‘enaant. | During the first days of the trial “how unctious,"’ | | cried the counsel, “were the greetings, how hearty the welcomes that passed be ma Mrs. | Piitom and Mr. Beecher!” H | Mr. Beacn lost a good deal of the ear and sym- | pathy of the audience when he entered on a vin- | dication of Victor C, Woodhall, The Reecher | people were rather pleased at ¢nis aur pas on the | | part of counsel, and had no objection to hear him { proeeed indefniteiy on that line, Beach insisted | that tne Woodhall was misrepresented and | misunderstood, and there was @ pretty general | conviction tat this at least was Tilton’s sug- | gestion to Beach, without being Beach’s opinion | | by any means, | | Resuming bis address after recess, Mr. Beach dwelt upon the tntetlectual attractions of Mr, | Beecher, He had detignted ana instructed the | world toroagh his sermons; he had done great | services in nis day, aud it was a sorrowful refec- | tion they should attach 60 great a name and fame | to @ sin (he most degrading. No just or legal | resalt could ever be reacted If they were tojudge | Mr. Beecher by his greatness of character in place of by the evidence presented, Mra, Tilton’s | | peculiarities of character were dweit upon. He | | insigasd that @ woman did not fail througy MEKE CARNAL APPETITE, dhe sees nothing but a cheerful duty and disas- | sociates it from al! ideas of just. He could under- | Stand this peculiar woman (Mrs, Tilton) yielding | herseifto Henry Ward Beecher with positive ex- ultation, course, Counsel read several letters of Beecher’s | and Mrs, Tiltou’s and several times repeated that | | portion of Mrs, Moulton’s evidence where she , states . Tiitom told her she would go before | the committee ana deny everytuing, throw her | nusvan® overnoard and stand by her pastor. | | Counsei made reference to the action of Tilton in | taxing back his wile after she had left him and | alter he kuew of her adultery, and recalled the | fact that General Sickles, who murdered toe adul- terer, subsequently took back his wile ana ex- | | plained to the satisfaction of most peopie his mo- tives for doing ti. “Christsanity does pot depend | | upom Henry Ward Beecher,” exclaimed Beach, | launching out into @ beautiiul picture of the | grand proportions, strengih, purpose and progres: | Of tue Christian religion, { OVATION TO BRACH. t urned at four o’ciock, aid ghen | Mr. Beacb made hls sppearance ourside the court } room he was fullowed by a dense crowd, clapping bands and cheering, all the way out to the Court | House entrance and down 4 pars of Fulton avenue, MR. BEACH'S ADDRESS, ) . Shortly after eleven o’c.ock Mr. Beach resumed bis adcress as follow: if Your Honor piease, @ publication fo the HeRavp of tus morning has possiviy fallen under | Your Honors notice. Jis character seems to Gemand tat some application suould be made to the Court, jounded upon the facts stated in it: but | | Derore maxing any application to Your Honor | connected wich the subject of the article I would | \ be glad wo have a consultation wit Mr. Fallerton, who has bot arriy Wish 10 appear to be guilty of any | Whatever #uggestion may seem to us important | | to the Court; aud Af Your Honor will perait me | at toe opeming of the Court after recess t» Say whatever may be needfui to say | auall be | very much ovliged. Following the exampis, sir, | Ol my jearned fiteud ta his allusion to Mr. William | O, Bartiett, | quoted in the course of the remarks | i had the honor to submit to yourself and the Jory the otner an article in the Sun, a paper — wito which bi a ime ually | | me | The Court my associace, and I don’s | ay in making s the authorship of, or connection with, thatarticl:. | Mr. Bartiett nas addressed @ pote to my iriend, Mr. Porter, diselasming all comnection witn the | articles ia the Sun, and J deem it proper, there- fore, that I should make the announcement to | Your Honor. My triend Mr. Porter has also been | nd enough to say to me, sir, that in the course | | of my argumeatl atirivuted to hima negiect in Tegard to a supposed concession, Bot directly | made, but, as I suppose, by silence, in the argu- ments Of ny learned friend, that Mr. Beecher or the deleace substantially conceded the jact of im- Proper solicitations add: essed by Mr. Beeccher to | airs. Thien. He bas assured me that I miscon- |. ceived entirely the character of nia allusions and bis address to the Court and the jury upon that sobject, and fom an examina made I am quite satis‘ied, sir, t he is correct, and that [ macouceivea the Bature o/ bis remarks upon tuat e and o fj of lightness a point, And lt has been & matter of great gratifi- | joy, aera ony hy “a is | Cation to me Bi sit, to have bata briei « Ward Beecher, with Plymoath churen at bts heels, | yersation with Mr. Porter, irom whica [learned | to appear in a court of justice and to demand the that be Was unconscious of the severity of the term Which he appued toevery misstatement, and it aflords me great pleasure to say, hat any temporary mitconeeplion which may have ex- | istee between us bas bem very Dappily and cor- Gigily removed. M? Evaris—If | may be allowed to say a singie word. It Wat @ matter of great surprise to tuat the distinction which we supposed was ro at in the discussion a8 to whether or no Mr. so'acbarg> Was ot s Low, or of proper proposals, seemed to confounGed in course oftne observations of our learned friend, Mr. Beach, and tue consideration of tee | tact as to Woether the fault of this epdant enarge | ertain time: at it Was Withdrawu by the wit Ob the same night, and that it was plain in tuat respect without (were being any con- Gldsion about the potnta We were diseussing, Taas | } Was oar view of the matter. | Mr. Portet—I Worla like to state a single word te Your Sonor. a's stavement the other | roader th @ intended i I periectly appreciave @ all véry liable to fall in that error. fonaiy in my reply ] eviaced something of | same Gearee of heat that would nataral 4 on & question of so mucl importance. Ho cmark may have created the impres- charge Gi andve proposais wus not denied. It was aied, if Your Honor piens@, im toe freq piace by Mr. Beecner wader oath, and im the next place (though our | f 2 do not concede it) thas Mr. Tilton in the | rue story’ admitted that Mr. Beecher denied the chargs. We claim that It was retracted by | o, General Tracy arg upoa the aspects of the case, tno time that the esarge was not improper propessis, io my argument | referred to it a charge entirely aawarranted by the evidence, aod my friend, Mr. Evarts, did so also. My iriend Meacn ous fi Was & porns W / answer for us (0 allow as stalement of thas ¢@arac- | | | ter W go Upon the record. THR CASE OF MR. SOCTHARD. Mr. Reach— Well, there is enough Wiastratiog oy exam he fallacy of Mr. Evarts’ proposition that is Was unnatural and immpossibie | jor Mr. Bi er bo be guilty of tue sim, arb bis high © ctet aod bis suppesed repute I reier to the case of the 3 Southard, of New Jersey, Since them | collateral relative of ir. Southard, & | gentioman of very distinguished lineage | and Of MIgh Personal merit and distinction, bas , corrected the information upon which J made the | statement te the jery. Ji is represented to me | toat Mr. Southard wasa geutiemaa of brilliant genius aod promise; that he was of @ higniy dell | cate and sensitive organization, suflered dure | jog bis ie from an exceedin, and ether from hts constitutional predispositi probably, or trom bhe great saguish waicn he 4. 4, that sell into some excesses tn t uss 0 arcotle or ovnerwise, but th d im any responsinie or direct form, whatever may h eon tune gos- | sip of the neigavorheod upon that subject, with hie: of conduct. Nor am | assured is it (rue that bis last hours were spent in any de- graded or \gnominicas eondition; and it. of | couree, is my duty, us it 18 my pleasure, to render | to the Survivors of Mr, Southard every reparation In My power for the Ataement Which seems to have beew entirely Uneuthenticated, J o! courrs Tecoguize the delicacy of my position in aliuding either to the living or (be departed wo appear to bave allem from taeir high position whea such | comments appear to be vecessary from itcum- | wtpncse & Og (rom tus ECT WeDce in this Case Of | t gad ihe piety of that ee | upon Nit isay Mave deoming 1¢ @ pure and sinless inter- | | the old iriendg ef My. Jhon for the poms os | oO ¢ sUubmMitte jury. | tation of Plymouth church, made bis appearance | | En o said about ft. | the character of this defendant, and I oan only express wy deep regret and grie! thet I should have made use of any expression about that gen- tieman that svould mortiiy or pain those Who nal- urally Cherish bis memory with pride, Pursuing, entiemen, tue line of argument which | hay ivherto jollowed in wering tue propositions advanced by the lear counsel for the defence | fo thelr argument to the Court and jury, I have | ove or two reerences to make in reference to their | addresses. THM CHARACTER OF WITNESIES ASSAILED. It 18 an unfortunate feature of this case, per- | haps | miy Say iv 18 Oo: the UNiortunate In- | stances Of Uris Oage, to Make severe and harsi comments upon many of the witnesses wie have been introduced to this jury, Wituesses who have not been assailed by anv of the ordinary means of Impeachment, who have not been attacked | through the mode of general reputation and char- acter, Who at Joust have occupied that position in tre commuci@ where they have received the re- spect aua conOdence of their fellow men, and If \hey are guilty of any errors, of any conduct whicn | should detract from their credibulty, their errors: have nvt been so notorious as to detract from their standing to tne community. In the courge of these criticising, especiaily on t! art Of my friend Mr, Porter and also by Mr. Evarts, Mr, Richards Was attacked, It is not my parpose just now bis evidence, to discuss the force and weight © that will more properly ocour at alater time. out remarks justify me in saying that Mr. Ricuards is a gentioman of the figbest personal merit, and connected with various instituuons and charged 1m various Ways with the highest duties of trust and conddenee, and he has performed all the oblt- fasions resting upon im as a Christian man of onor, faith, fdelity aud signalsuccess. Attached to tue largest Curistian persuasion of thts country, one of the iargest Im numvers, one of the most | eminent in deeds of Christian charity and penevo- jence, he has maintained a rank im that denomia: tion which has secured him the confidence and re spect ol ail wita whom he has come io contact; | d, Indeed, in the city of New York, if ts were Gesirapie to select a lay member of tue Methodist denomination who best illustrated the practice ot, Mr. Richards would be as that iudividual, The striccures Peer. founded upon the simple circumstance thas he Bppeats here a3 a witness—the brother of Mrs, Tilton—to Leatlly Hf bis knowledge in regard to her association witl Mr. Beecher. After waat oceurred upon the stand | it surely 1s not necessary for me Co say tuat he was | veen, yet, I suy, mm that position and under these circumstances, he May have exhibited a proper degree aud proper seuse of the obiigation of his | position, I don’t know bow a brotuer might feel with the Knowle¢ge that @ sister nad been cor- rupted by the arts of @ seducer. Counsel also | alluded to the remarks which bad been made in | rejerence to A. B. Marun, whom be characterized | @3 w Chrivuan and hamane gentieman, against Whom U0 reproach could be made. He also ad- verted to the controversy arising out of the state ment of Mr, Mouiton connected with a refection upon the character of Aliss Proctor, He then | Commented on the fact that Mrs, Wooahuli’s | name tad been introduced in the case, and con- | | tenued that the plaintiff had nothing waatever to | do with the first publication of the scandal. | Counsel also dwelt at some length upon the alie- gation that the $7,000 which was receivea Jrom Mr. Bowen by Tilloa Was at Once passed into the Bands of Woodruff & Robinson, and that $6,000 of tt was at once taken by Woodraf & Robinson or paying bis arrearages that there was uo proof whatever | this. PLYMOUTH CHURCH AND ITS PATRONS, Now, gentiemen, tuus Jur in my argument I hava endeavored to follow aud answer as well as I mignt tue various suggestions waich were made | by my learned !riends—whbicn were made by them im their submission of this case, [have antici- pated a very considerable part of tbe argument | whien I intended to submit to you at its ontset, and L bope not to be tedious in the | remainder of the remarks that 1 shall sabmit | to you. There are one or twoattendant circum- stances connected with tajs trial which seem to me to merit a passing notice. You canmot but wave observed the unusual features tmger Which this | trial was iutroduced to your Tonge, aud | which havé &ttracted something of pavlic | fomment. it is somewhat dificult to de Menry Ward Beecher ig he real deiendant i case, The manngement Of ij has been apparently assamed by Pl) moutn ehtret, and iny friends naye taken great creat to the defence and to Mr. Beecher that upon this occasion be cneeers sarrounded by @ muititude of eurnest and Mevoted aduerents, You remember | the circainsyances uShgring in the trial, ® proces- | sion daily of the members of Piymoutu caurca, sur- | roundiag tnis bar and tos jury, and by their pres- ence and their action eud-avored to Influence the deliberations of this Court. Not an accidental | gatnering of spontaseons friendabtp, but an organ- ized array under tae iead of thei excelieut usber, | termine whether or n who has assumed—(avplause and laughter)—to | have, or did assume the parent coutrol of this court room, and t was the whole | array in the presence of the jury, and as I say, for the purpose of overridiag justice, tals universal gathering of Piymousth ‘courch bas been continned = arvand this Court end jury. The influence has been silent, but it adopted every mode by waich it could operate over, by which tt could reach inseosipility, and | uuconsclousiy influence the Coart and jury—all the Ye been most freely, unsuspiciousiy em- Pi I great respect for Plymouth churca; itis a great chureb; itis 4 wealtay, infu- 0 ential churen; it embraces 3,000 municants, it ts seid, from the midst of tu octety, eminent’ tn character, position, influence, aud that ts the Jury of the vicinage, to whom my friend Porter | ‘would De giad to appeal. One peal hi be Made to suca Acommittee of Investigation, anal do not think ‘he party interested, or the public, ‘would be gratified by any repetiuon of that pro- ceeding. But Piymoutn church, as I eald to you, is a0 independent church—stands upon its own atrength, upon its OWN meri's, very property, jor | aught I know; but they are an aggressive church, GALA DATS. Why, they came into this court room as ff this 4 trial sort of gala da For tbe first days of | this tial—pay! tor the we Were delighted wita the floral displays made by Plymouth church. Henry Ward Beecher w: ved not only with tae devotion and idolatry | but around this triat 3 conddence and ye Verdictof the Court aod the | Aud they have reminded me of tue words | of the satirist poet belonging to tne Church mill- | teat, as those Who fvunded their faith upom the =| Holy text ot pike and gun, And proved their doctrines orthodox Apostolic blows and Kuocks, It was not perfectiy for any gentleman not enti in #ympatuy with riymouik cuarch © is appearance around & . Lee | | member that but a lew + estimabie and pious iady, Mrs. Bradsnaw, attracted by tue eloquence o! my learned friend, ventured to come | into this court room, But she bad oten upon the | Stand adversely to Mr. Beecher, and she was | frozen by toe chilliness of Plymouth church, by the stately Caldweli—(iaugnter) —towering, as Mr. Puilips says of Napoleon, above Mrs. Brad “ike some aNcient ruin, whose frown terrified #1 mi: giance | ficence attracted. (Renewed enier. ood over her the poor lady was in terrible » Great laughter.) And there ( the downy-c 10 Piymouth church—(iaughter)—who saw Mrs. Bradshaw venture in court room, his manner assumed the flerce ruggedness of Mars tn bis worst aspect, (Renewed jaughter.) Andso whenever any one, Who Was NOt submissive entirely to the dic- wr Mr. Murray, of ¢ phaianx which waa brougat here to support Rlenry Ward Beecner, and jor whatt Cannot Henry Ward Keecner stand alone? Mast he be bu red up by kis adherents, and must these in- @ be pressed upon the Vourt and jury to deltoeratio & court ‘of jas- in this Court he was dleplaced to accommodate jury, admin’ jaw, and 4 ittie moreot sobriety and a littl of decency, and tue absence of Mural displays a exniting Im anticipated triumph passeu trom the | Apoearance of Plymouth courca. | PATHRTIC ALLUSION TO MES. BRECKER, Anotuer circumstance ailudca wo also by Mr. 4 | make no allusion to it with aay sort lady to whom {refer in@ necessarily invorviog im- putations upo soand and developments which must p the sensitivencss of ner heart, Mra, Beecber has been a constant ot at this trial. | do not object to it, i omen. Is is but another evidence of @ woman's [ra d & woman's fidelity, But it seems to me a little singular that a laay like ure Beecher should bave been forced into ¢ ate te ce upon a trial involving such revolt- ing evidences of husvand’s wnfaithfuiness, whether trae or and | assume she does noe itis @ lute singular that sne spouid | to what must be sacrifices to her «8 through @ protracted ha it ooly exuibits the | poet's language when he excluime— Oh, woman! io Unvertain, And variab| Hy the light quivering When pain and tion and listening day by day to vi a beiteve it. be forced has been, but yet it seems to me that there ia an alr—I will not ray, adopting tie | jangnage of my friend, “a theatre air’ —about the arrangement, 1 will not say that this gentle and venerable Matron bas been forced tato tis unseemly place for her for the purpose of awaken- Ing the sympathies of the jary. | have no onjec tion to your indulging thea, gentiemen. I have | no objection that (his jary shouid consider all the | we consequences watch may result to Mr, | Geecher aad thos commected wita bim by this Donbtlesa sp & | of his | pamovabie, fixed, | of trial through a proper consideration by you, Not to exonerate Bim against evidence; not to dimin- isp oF a feathers weight the proofin this case; not voullow sympatoy to overco.ne the sense of justice; bat to impress upon etch of yoor minds the sviem- nity Ol the duty @ud the respousibillty whiten rests upon you. No judgment should be pronounced in This Case without a careful consideration Of all its r sults aud Wi\hout @ pro;er regard of tne immen: inierests which may depenu upou your conclu. #108; and yet [ must say, as my duty to this case, that 1b seems to me as Ii there had been an organ: ized pian of defence, an array linpostog in its ex- tent and characteristics in this court room, to 1 uence, by (hese indirect aud insidious modes, tue conclusions o1 this Ovurt. MRS. TILLON'S POSITION, There has been another aprearance in this court room, Another lady was turced earty (nto this arena, Where her virtue was tbe football of con- tention—where she, day alter day, upon her own coulession, upon the tnculpating evidence of others, was €xibited a8 @ woman who had falien from ‘he virtue and the grace and the dignity of her character. Sno came here, not as the friend and ally of ler husband—this plain- tiif—but she cae here as the adherent of tuts aefendant, who bad enticed her away from her home; who had produced her before his packed committee, who bad led her into an att tude of hostility to busband, home and children, And she is brougnt here to listen to the details of ber sin, and to hear the jeers and mockery of an insulting crowd? Do you doubt under what infla- ences she came? When she was first enticed from her howe, Mr, Frank Moulton, anticlpating ail the cousequences which have followed irom that mos' injudiciou: t of Mr. Beecher and reproache: him for it, says to him:—*1 told Mr. Beecher that Mr. Tilton never would nave written tnat card if iv nad not been from the publication of his corre- spondence With the commi(lee, and the desertion wife, And J Said to Mr. Beecher at that in- terview, ‘Don’t you know that you are doing yourself, or are liable to do yoursell, a great hurt by keeping Elizabeth away from Theodore? Don’t you know poeriectly the influence that that woman bas had over him, aud that i you keep ner away from him it will oaly tnace him, aud you Ougit to send her back to him,’ and he ald:— ‘That can be arranged if this other matter ts filled up propefly,’?? Mr. Beecher was on the stand. ‘That accusation of withdrawing Mira. Tilton from her husband and their bome stood upon record under the evidence of Mr. Moulton against Henry Ward Beecher, and he uttered not a word of de- tnat Mrs, Ovington, who ts pronounced one of the princesses of tue earth, Was the agent by which this Act Was accomplished; that she became snd- denly and at once intensely interested in Mra, ‘Tilton, taking her to rides, inviting her to the hospitalities of her house, intimating to her tnat Wien it became necessary her house might be made her permanent refuge. You remember the letter, the note addressed to the Investigating Committee, to know whether Tilton was upon tae stand, and whether apy necensity was arising jor any movement upou the part of Mrs, ftiton, You remember aow Mrs, Ovington visited Mr. Beecher, and how Mr, Tracy came as the agent of Mr. Beegher into the operation, hrough the evidence you see the machinery by which this woman was brought to leave home and children and to accept a resiaence with Mrs. Ovingten; and that woman dow, though & wife; homeless, thougk &@ mother, is now wan- cering, subject to the control of Mr, Beecher and Piymouta cnureh, supported by Plymouth charch, or by money derived from its adherent: ie is brought lato this court room, and along the frat days of tuts trial, how unctuous, how expressive were the greetings between Mr. Beecher and Mrs, Tilton; shaking of hands, smiles of welcome, and exbipttions of that character between a charged seducer, Whose guilt was under exa: the refugee wife, the victim of his the prea¢ace ofa conrt and jury, until the expressions of public satisfed these geatiemen that their play col ae be conducted Lu all iia parts without reproba- jou. HARD KNOCKS FOR THR PLYMOUTH PASTOR, Oh, gentiemen, Plymouth ‘church may, if tt Nease, Support @ gulity pastor; the wile of Mr, eecher, with clinging and devout fidelity, may adnere to him during ali the phases of this most remarkable trial; but what am indecency it is and it was to pafade Mrs. Tilton in this court room, i ander these circumstances to stand up by the (de of Mr. Beecher, to bold him up in nis trial with ce! And ali these things, I supmit to ‘ou, are but cofitessions op the part of Mr, peecber. If he lg jnanoceyt he néeds no snch trap- ings, no such aid, 2ne rMekteous are bold as a ion. Like any other m2zn he coma have &ppettea before this tribunal, and, witn manty bravery ana Gefance, met this cusatio! thout resorting to these policies and stragegies to protect himself from the truth. 1 do pot object—I do not object that the iriendsof an accused man should mani- 8, made in continued sapprobation could | fest their Interest, tueir friendliness in Ris trial, but 1 insist that @ decent regara should be saown to the proprietics of a cours Yroom, and ordiuary respect to the proprieties of lite, y friend sald again and again, and | most cordially join in the declaration, that Mr. Beecher 1é $0 be juagod like any other man. The law is no respecter of persons; the law does not regard high position, exalted talents; the law makes no distinction be- tween the rich and tae poor, the high and the low, You remember its symbol. TRat does not repre- sent it fuily. It is the statue of Justice, stony aud Immovabie, holsing ont its scales with an un- im unsympathetic arm, No is ls in regards only unmovin, ‘wumultueus passions which contro! the jnug- meat of men outside of tue temple. lt is thus that law is to be administered, it is thus that jus- tice is to be applied, and yet, Gea” how often, inthe heat of this trial, have you been moved by your sympatuies? How often have you been moved when loeking upon this defendant, grand and nobie ta his nature, now quivering with anguish, and tarting in bis eyes, and all to he and ano agin, toall the moods and pers of the memory 4b iy? You did tacie unmoved. You spec! man in ali the grandeur of Bis nature, and you could poz but look beyond his present position to that to which by tne force of poe verdict he may possibly come. Bas is that justice? Justice in ber spirit? Justice in her truth? Justice in her 1 Ttlatity and stern rigor with whico her pemaities are adminis- tered to the wrongdoer? Why, gentie- men, bave you ever considered the char- acter, the power, the universality, the ne- cesaity of the law? How everything under the hea § and above the heaveus are regulated by unchangeable jaw, and a plied to ail the departments of creation and iife? HOW every atom in this vast universe is subject -o law—law established by omnisct nd ‘hat omnipotence which will end? From this great o’ernangia majestical roof, fretted with geldo to the humolest fower waich bloom: there is pot ab atom which mo" dience to the law of God. And suspend one single instant the oper: ms of that law and all this magutficent creation would rash at ouce jute darkened chaos. VIOLATIONS OF NATURAL LAWS. And so it is with the law of our bodies. Violate tant from that fixed and d by the Creator, and yoa ain, anguish and deata laws of ‘society under whic! ‘which to-day you are administering, the same cousequences—though po=sidiynot ip ediate and perceptible effect—tollow. Th co—a upaold it to the canopy of this fre, down ity and integrity avd {mmovability of | under ti uaction of the law, our friends upon jaw muss be pi ved. ja vio- | no authority for assuming that | o it to-day it ope: fai | # ry Ward Beecher has been so | Nay, gentlemen, y: aasuspicious y sciences, to your Ow: it; ize society, for | can tell you that every viola: Of the jaw 18 sure to be punisned—this life is of compensation. Whether is is trae that si carries within itself the tngredients of its owa punishment or whether God Almighty interferes to punish, J do sot know; but this [ do know, that if there is any tratmin God, any trath in Sertp- no Mad can Violate any ol the laws of or the 10k imselfand otners in of shat the jury? What heed are you to pa: array that is brought to int before your Ore when you stand up ana be the community your Cousciences and determine this cau the jaw and the evidence? What ha e701 ‘With all tis overwherming influence? but exhort you, gentiemon, in the spirit of your Oaths, in the spirit of justice, with a conscientious regard to yoor duty, to your God and to mas, to disregard aii foreign circumstances of this charac. ter, and to give heed only to the instructions and tne you willreceive trom Als Honor, and tne evidence to which you have listened. jd con- sider ¥ ifference in the conduct of this brutal and depraved husband, this aged and moral lib- eriine, toward the wlie who leit Bim, jor no new cause, at least—for bo immediate effect, at east— who deserted him aad ehildren—con- trast his treatment, in deitcacy, ite | reverence, its coutinaal ana devotional ex- lercise in favor of that woma with the conauct of the man who hae thus exnibited ber in a court of jastice and to tne won. | jain, when | dering gaze o| the world! I ask you has Theodore Tilton ever exhibited the bratality of ais patare in any accusation against bis wile, in any persecution of ber honor, of her virvue, of ber peace? When has he ever expos misrepresentavion OF Wrong, Or over fail manly fidelity and With a proud doflance m. taluing her parity aa ry where before every m rr these outside influences shabby strategy: he has not apout chis court room, but in piab has met the daty of this hour. fe irionus around him to bolster him up, encourage him. He Is @ lone, desolate a“ man, yet in the imtegrity of his mature oman mere eo a he | ‘a, | stands uoom the trath Of Uis ¢anea o@mand, | sonstitution, bat in ail those grace! ing only the considerate and fair judgment of tuis jury, If pe cannot obtain tt to the old aud reo- ornized ways of toe taw, ll he cannot win tt oy & caretul aud nee appeal to the judgment and con- sciences of lis triers, why he will relapse back into the ignominy and shame which Heury Ward Beecher and Plymouta Church have succeeded in leppening upon h me. And not until then— not until taat judgment shail be pronounced by thts jary, 1 Theodore Tilton ever iaiter in his ce dence in the integrity of the law aud te jury Xs Mr, Evarts—My learned friend, in stating from Mrs. Moulton’s testimony on tie subject of Mr. Beecher’s examination, that Mrs, Tilton fled from ber husband, spoke of it a8 a statement made by Mrs. Mouiton and notocontradicted by Mr. Beecher. | be learned iriend will find tt ia the second colamn of page $04, and at once see enurely how be is mistaken in the matter, Mr. Beach—I was in error, sit; dicied, ‘The Court bere took the usual recess. ANTER THK RECESS. The court was again filled, as many being forced to remain outside in the corridor as there were withim the chamber. Mr. Beach held a con- sultation with Messrs, Fullerton and Morris ana then resumea his address to the jury without alluding to the Heranp publication, which it was expected he would deal with at the resumption Of the proceedings, Mr. Beach resuming, said:—There are a few sen- aces in ‘Macaulay's Miscellanies,’? tn an essay ‘Lue of Lord Bacon,” xceedingly ap- prop aud expressive to this inclination on the part of all of us, kindly and indulgentiy to consider the faults or the vices of those who have miniatered to our intellectual enjoyments, either #8 autuors or a6 sfatesmen or a% orator: und these suggéstious of Mr. Macaulay mee very many of the sentiments wach, 4 have feit im regard to this case, ih reg: o Ar. Beecher, im regard to other distinguished proml- nent men, and I have no doubt will find a response in your Own emotions connected with the topic. wir. Macauiay says:—“Our estimate of character always depends much upon the manner in which that character affects our own interests and pas- siond. We find it aificuit to think weil of those vy whom wi ‘@ thwarted and depressed, and we admit every excuse for the vices of it ts contra- t an involuntary witnesa, brought here aiter great | nial. Aud you remember with waat particularity , Feluctance aud repeated effort nnder the mandate | my Iriend carried blu through all the Telatlous of | we tng, ove of those mlusious to WhICh pwholg of tne process of this Court, Which 1t Was nos pos- | Mr. Tilton an A Megion as to matters which human tace 18 subject, and which rience and | stole for pun to re: . [cia not, thereiore, a sab- | he copsidered important, and whic: reete bly reflection can only parually remove, It ig, in the ject of complaiutas against him that in this puolic | subject to denial by Mr. Beecher, and 08 | Snraseology Of Bacon, Jdola tidus. Hence tt is position ty sheen called upon to utter facts | pregnant circumsiance was omitted, and ¢: >that the morat character of a man, eminent bad words of reproach against nis sister. You | nothing i the general testimony of Mr. ty Tartemy wun ¢ 3, 1s treated often and I properly e: ate the delicacy and the pain | Beecher, nothin in his relation of cir- and almost aiw: Fe courtesy. ‘he Of the position in which he was piaced, Butre- | cumstances which contradicts this allegation world derives Wahine asa advant a the Recting upon his duiy and upon tho emotions | of Mr. Moulton. It stands uncontradicted | World derives Pleagure aud Advani ge Oe oft which might With great propriety ha fluenced | that this woman was thus withdrawn irom egos ‘who suffer by his personal vices is small in him, it has seemed toiwe thatif Mr. Richards | her home and for the purposes of production Le- bis own tim Beg yoo ared with the numver of had’ voluntarily appeared as a witness in | fore the Investigating Committee, to give evi- those to whom his tale: Dare # source Of aratifica this case, owever distressing and agoniz- | dence which | snail comment upon hereatter, tion, Ina tew years th w “hg has injured mg the performance of that duy may hive | Taat she 1s permanently seduced irom her home; | }2V3 qisap can an who he and ae his w o mittions. The genius of while tie millions he plun- dered ar re! and Clarendon we forget ppressor in the historian. Falstaff and tom Dave survived tue gravekeepers, beaten by Bnakespeare and the landlords woom Fielding biiked. Weall know bow unwilling we are to | adopt the truth of ANY DISGRACEFUL STORY told of any person whose society We like, and we cling to the hope that were may be some exten- Dating circumstances, and just sack ts tue feelin: which men entertain toward the dead of departe ages. They have stood, they are, comforters in TOW, Hurses 1B sickness, Companions in sdoli- tude, nese iriendships are exposed Lo no danger trom the occurrences by which other attachments may be dissolved. Fortune is inconstant, temp: are soured, bonds which seem indissolubie are up- rooted by interests to caprice, but uo such cause can effect ti converse which we hold with | the highest human intellects."” The extract sug- ests Lhe thought generally which 18 applicabie to . Beecher. All of us have been delighted with his Inteliectual efforts; ail of us have been in- structed by his sermon: ali of us have admired bis efforts in tho way of patriot. ism, statesmansbip and politics, We know | that he has been a gTeat jorce in many of the crises of our history. We recognize him a3 a great Preacher, a3 one WhO has exercised immense in- fluence over the moralities aud Christianity of to-day, and it is hard to tach Lo such & man, With such a name, the idea of a degrading ib is repulsive to our sympathies ald to our nature and feelin, A great many say, in very homely angoag le 18 too man tobe Killed.” It ts an us! ble consideration, in priyate aud social life, of thé anlie 230 failigs of real greatness. Bul, gentlemés, ve f9, impress oper you, ul 1can, the utier impropriety of any suclt sonti- ment’ in a court of justice. My frieiads have ap- | yeast to it; it 18 the staple of their argument, | heir strong appeasis to this jury are founded upon the idea of the services Mr. Beecwer has rendered in t i, upon ihe assumpiion thas | those seryic a Ons OF personal | character Cl ity be associ- | ated with tendencies or corropt action, and | delig Sallust is stilt with us, & ory and this assumption they have a e abt, Wit ong infueuce | upon the heart yinpathies of this jury. Well | itis very obvious, if sach considerations are Ww | the positions Which we now occupy; Tained in speaking of Mr. Beecher upon this evidence as | conceive him to be in the light of the proof and if you are to judge hun from | considerations of this character justead of by the teachings of the evidence, it is quite obvious that | we shall notreach a just and legal resuit. Nor | i We reach that conciusion which the inteili- ent mind o| ‘orld will form upou & consider ebion of this nce, conceding ALL GREAT rendered by Mr, Beecver; conce q proposition that Mr. Beeei pi potless as they sesame in his habits of lie? ours will LercineD gt My learned friend Pipa d well understands that we cannot assail he private life of mr. Beecher except In conneo- tion wita this chargea offence. ji we had had our bands fuil of eviaence that Mr. Beecher hau been licentious ip his private life, if wo could have roduced proof of numerous examples where ho ad bee! A ae of the especial offence now char; against him—tt is impossivie for us to prove it, Fvidence to that effect would be inadmissible. We covid not prove special acts of sinfulness, and like every thor MAD As S party OF as witness ne is to be | d only by the public character which he nas | yy the exbibition of his life to puditc obser- n. ‘Troe, as Mr. Kvarts msinuatea, we could bave asked Mr. Beecher, but t! it would have aented as mn to the Court a party a8 Was compelled | aq or & witn Im the receat case | THR PRINCE OF WALES WAS INCULPATED, # high dignitary of the Bench announced tn that case (hata witness Was not bouud to answer 30 | the quesiton whether or not ad been guilty or adultery. But we we mpelled to rest | ie oF private morals | Mr. Beecher. | par a, esumed to possess an ordinary good character nothing more. He | is placed Upou the same level in tae aspect of the law, where be stands ungesaiied by direct proof, tands precisely as the ordinary examples of | white | may bless you botu, 1 am suriving. to expose himself to imfamy and disgrace by | ¢ ile ana character surrounding fim; and you have | no rigutin considering this you have po | rigut to presume that, upto this charged inter- | course with Mrs. Tilton, Mr. Beecher had been a | tirely reileved from any suspicions of a like or previous offence. Ww that he Waa ac- | cused of 16, Whatever m: founda- | the accusation—whetaer under any infiu- | were with. | nt by the.t partite agree. | cn ndoued We will see | : BUT [P HE HAD BREN sUSPRCTED that he had been charged appears upon the record, and to the face of that ¢viaence, as wellas of any such sin; Luay that tue omly consideratio: to this idea character on the part of Beecher is pO more significant than would be | to Suy other geatieman standing to @ court of et ore | pass from this topic I submit to Piy- mouta churen 8 few words of plain advice, which is given to it and its members by Mr. Fairfield, in ‘$ne pamphiet to which | before alluded. (Symp- toms of oo And how about the deicace iymouts church?’ Now if they don’t sid rid lool ks wt the matter fending tuis man | eir iriemeship for Mr. ive my. | ra | more thao one Man say, {} don’t Want to know tt.” This bas beem pubiiciy | stated by at least one of tuat Committee of Six. | itis matural that this power of personal friead- | Ship Of the members of Piymouth churca should Make Wem abut their eyes to the facts. There | pg me eo bund as those WhO Will Ret sec. SBec- | | om | | THEIR PRESUDICES AGAINST MR. TILTON, | Which have been very stroug in Piymouth charch for years. Heis known to have ouneed Mr. 4 ma this church have been for | adices agai this man | Is in & Very strong mo- | ig action of the committee | neraily. THE SUSORPTILILITY OF WOMAN. No woman of ordinary sensibliity could resist the appeal made to her affection and genti¢uess, ana y Gnd this man in every relation end toward everybody exciting tbat sort of attractive Indu , she power of motionsl nature— the Magnetism of a strong character bending to him every heart and erever he bas movea throughout tion, in what r position—tnis 4 controlling influence of | so 8 the depart In tnteliec emotional nat t I once attract tho af attributes whien every acquaintance, fection and reverence © says in tho Again, 6 ne letter, sseaking of Mr. Beecher, “You once told me you did uot be Neve that l gave you a correct account of his visits, and you always felt tuat | repressed much, Sweet, do you still bedeve tuist Latrive im my poor Wordpalnting $0 give you the spirit and the impression which I give bim, and be to me. 16 would be my Supreme wish and delight to have you always with me, This trmity of triendship L pray for siways.” An, ies there was tue wea of that trimity of cration between herself and these two men, Tilton aad Beecher, Lt impues unity’s community, and this womau bad invested this assoclauion of hers wita these two men, with the idea of @ trinity, of a poly con- nection as between the thr identity of tuterest, ldeatity of all considerations, constivut- ing the substance of @ trinity. This*letter waa written on February 1, 1565. What mean these expressions directed @ Mr. Tilton apparentiy caused by some uneasiness which at that time 2e seems to have feit in regard to the associations between Mr. Beecuer and his wife? “Now, be oved, let not even the snadow of @ shadow fall on your dear geart because o/ this—now, hencerort or forever,” is ib aay expression on the part o Jiltom, any maniiestation of uneasiness or jeat- ousy on bis part, or was it in February, 1638, before the Octover of that year, irom tho con- aclousness of this woman herself, from the feeling, the sentiment, that there Was growing up between ber aud Mr, Beecher A DANGEROUS ELEMENT in thetr intercourse—tnat she was loving him too much, that he was loving ber too much t, Was it & prescience of the comtng evil, & toresna®owing of that condition of spirit and of act which wodld lead to the consummation which we are examine ing’ An earlier jeter, of January 28, 1667:—"Mr. Beecher caled. He came tired and gioomy, and he said, 1 bad the most calm and peaceiul to- fluence over him—more so than any person be ever kuew.’"’ Now, this 18 very important, gon- tlemen, this feature of the by cere ‘eon wiese ‘two people. I. her, & gr man, Appeals to this woman for comiort and’ rest. He is a great worker in vineyard. For thirty years the energy of his whole being have been devoted to public oillces, beneve~ lence, charity, Caristianity. He is @ leader of great cuurcd, pastor of tis woman, Lvery week, sbe listens to the inspiring toues of his eloquence. Every week sue feeis the power of hia public char- acter. She sees bis ideutity with the interests of the church. She sees how much depends upom his position, and, therefore, tols man, so grene and attractive, comes to her, a delicate and jeebigr woman, and professes to her that she bad the deepest inspiration and rest he finds on the whole earth, Well, now, witn this is associated all these connections of greataess and character, of extent of influence, of necessity for the preser- ay the man an his abiiues to the cause Which they are devoted, eS eaking of Mrs. Bradshaw, Mrs. Tilton writes,” in February, 1868, ‘yf think she teels a little sore toat Mr, B—— Visits heTe, Sec how great a power he and your dear self hi heart, SI said, Libby, 1ueard throwugd Mrs. Morrell th Mr. led on you Wednesday. Ebeleve b likes you ever so inach. “Now, my Garling, I have Often urged him to visit Matue, beneving he would find her more comforting and rest(ul than Tecan be, she would be refreshed and cheered, Wille, as for me, I who am rich in the fuliness of your deitctous love, have no need. Save or his bake lam gratified if may minister, and tuanc God the while.” Tdon’t qaite understand that expression, Ins letter bearing date January 5, 1867, whtcu, | think, Tread to you in another Counection, I quote:— “1 think in reference to Oliver's opinion of Mi B—, ag his remarks were je to Mr. Bowen the remarks were made to Mr. Bowen, aud they are embittered toward one another, What Mr. EB— id of you may appear very different through tae coloring which Mr. Bowen may give it. Ob, bow my soul yearns over YOU TWO DEAR MEN. You, my beloved, are higher up than he. This I believe, and will you not join me iu prayer that God would keep bim as He is keeping us. Ob, let us pray for him. Yoo are not willing to leave him to the evil influences which surround fim. He is in a delusion wita regard to pimself aud pitifully mistaken tn his opinion of you, 1 can never reat Satisfied unti! you both see eye to eye and love oa another as you once did. Tals will nut come to, pass as quickly trangement, but with all tie earnestness Of my belnz | commit you both to Goa’s love, He has sigaally biessed you both and He will keep His own beloved. Why I was #0 mysteriously brought im as an actor in this (Friendship L Know not, yet uo experience in ali my lite bag made soul Ache sO Verily as t apparent lack of Christian muniiness of this b Joved man. Mattie feels as 1 do. 1 saw her to- day. She said she received two letters trom you to-day. Ido love him very dearly, and 1 do love you supremely, utterly, belleve ft. Pertaps, i'l, by God's grace land sie needed it), keep myself Goa begs ra trinity?’ ell, this is a very dangerous position. When Woman geis into that condition Of mind when «| ean identify in ber love, in ner prayers, in bi hope, another juan Witnher husbaud, and whem She can associate Herself with them in tue idea of unified trinity, and when she ts in that con. dition of apparent seli-possession, aud con. trol, whue acknowledging her deep love fora’ man like Mr. Beecher, she can yet hope for a con- tiouance of an association whica will be likely to Geepen the affection und sentiment. Well, sne in 1870—aul that is Bot very importa: iet day. Mr. Beecher called. } Made twenty today. KLojoys it the Wneelocks to-day. demonstrations on On the 28tn of De- parto/ Mr. Beecher, are not altogether reserved. cember, 1866, she writes thu Mr Barover—I have been thinking of my love for Mr. B. (Mr. Beecher) considerabiy 04 iate, and those thoughts shall hava I romember Manoah More says, ' al, in this new eeony for one abounds towal all.” Now, Lthiak, 1 have iived @ richer, happier life since Ihave known nim; and © you not lived ime saw that anotber hich natare all my for you—som oe with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if Got choose, T shail but love thee betier after death.” But to return to Mr, B. youth, ani etl our confidence was at 1 m. During these early yoars the men- meet him, or, better stil), a visit pleasare—an exe 3 of Lot sexes tion of hts name, from him my cheek would flush perience common to al! his parishion That I betieve, (Langhter.) It ts not strange, then, darling, that ona more inte mate acquaintance iny delight and pleasure should in- r ‘Uf course, Il realize what attracts you bo soul you fiad in me. T eLhad such wresilii e, 1 me isa fore it is that wi hi in my ears | heni Ob, fui this pi Darling basdand, (have ¢ ‘ored to express to ¥ withoat Cant or any such thing. my true felines as ioey ppear tome. It is true thet | live in an agony of soul ‘theless J am profoundiy happy iu my priv. Lleges and blessings. Oh, there Waa in this woman’s heart at tnat day some little misgiving im regard to the CHARACTER OF HER LOVE TOWARD MR. BERCHE! In regard to the manifestations proceeding towar her from Mr. bat Were the commun- 1 ‘© Spirita in those hours wen Beecher went to her, moody, restiess and de pressed? What were the kindly and womaniy services w 8 appeal to ner pity which Mra, ‘Tilton made upon those Occasions We are not per- Xeept by the decisration of Mr. that under Circumstances was there himself and Mrs. Titom whieh would deserve tue reprenension of ine most yan and exemplary. Well, here is a remarkabie tier, gentiem written on February 20, 1563 :— My Betoren—I am so lonesome and heart sick for se8 and my Godt Jour companionship to-night that | hesitate to write lest wey me ight depress you, yet I canuot wish you Longing, Mogering for the association of her hueban: et I cannot wish you some for! am lane you are happier where you are. While Jong to be with youl am haunted continuous, a it that your cheery lace will soon be sha his woman In thi that was happier was ionging or his Wish bim home! D id pak 1868, after tnese 9 toward Mr. Beecber, alter mr. Beecher's continued Fevort to her house for eheeriness and encourage- ment, for the lifting ap of the moody depression of his spirit—afier these years of womanly ofice and kindness extended to Mr. Beecner in the rested wite this Wwomao ai y that prebended ful) soon the disaster which would ak aon the heart of Taeodore Tiiten uu piness of nia home? I don’t know, gentiom but it seems to ine that those instincts of womanhood, watch are never absent from the rt of @ Wotan, were telling Ler, whispering to ner of 1HE DANGER OF HER POSITION, that daring ali this time wolle, as we say, Mr, Beecher was pressing bis designs against nes chasuty, she resisting, that meveriheless sie saw what the consummation Must necessarily be, and she Was living in an agony Of prayer to her God that the time might be averred, ow, gentiemen, it was under these circumstances tn ed piritaalized, with church aad ninister and God which overpowered every other affection and controlled every otner consideration—tt was Upon this woman who had poured ‘Mr. Beecher--ber love for years, th cos Of kindness, thi Mr. Beecher wrought his will, Judgig from otion te our knowledge of hum nature, nay, gentlemen, judging from oar sel!-knowledge, ts it wongerfal that uuder these circumstances what we char against Heory Ward Beecher hap penes? With his own descrip:ion of his ows character and tendencies; with bis own convio tion of the power of his owa appetites and pas ry with this knowleage of the predominance i this strong and poweriul spirit over this weak a bake | aud tremping woman; wito abun opportunities, with a temptation irresistible up a of lug passions and his temperament—is if prising that these pe Aud is if surprising that Mra. er to that tnvercourse under entertained im regad & bh you see &! wo ood winning | this man. ae avguclation with aim and bor t%