The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-12-25
The Postponement OF Sentence on Moses
". Beach.

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beastly SANDER on a pure and honorable wife; anc
although we are not much astonshed at any thing
that the Courts of Justice may do or not do, in this
enlightened and virtuous age, yet We must say
that we have been good deal surprised at the re.
marks made in Court by eur counsel, Mr. Jordan,
on which was founded the action of the Court.
To speak in the mildest manner, we must say
that Mr. Jordan entirely Inexperienced our in
structions and in several of his declarations acted
contrary to our intentions. In matters of law,
employ lawyers and pay lawyers, but in all matters
of common sense, propriety Of feeling, or Of
honor, / use those home made materials springing
from my own heart and instincts. In this case OF
Beach, meant 10 remove entirely every impede
ment from the action of the Court of Justice II a
simple suspension of the civil suit could not have
effected this object-then was determined TO with
draw II altogether. / meant 10 make the Court OF
Sessions take the responsibility whole respon-
slbity-either OF executing the laws, equally TO all
men, rich poor to do the contrary, just as they
listed. / meant TO ascertain whether there was
moral sentiment in Court of Justice, sufficient TO
protect, from gross and unmerted injury, Of the
purest and best, and most vlrtuous of women that
ever man called by the endearing name of wife.
meant 10 ascertain whether there was sense of du-
ty-a of virtue-a regard for female honor,
lingering, in the smallest elements, in the bosom of
Recorder Talmadge, and in the equally capacious
breasts of the Aldermen Judges, sufficient for the
execution of the laws and for the melting out of JUS
tice, equally to ALTO the rich and the poor-to
Moses Y. Beach or to Mike Walsh That was all.
For myself, for my affectionate and much injur-
ed wife, and for my innocent and lovely little boy,
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and highest principles of honor, truth and vr-
tue, ever to care one jot what the Court of Ses-
sions may do, or how much they may labor
TO find technical openings to let Beach escape.
Our dependence is upon the purity, the virtue, the
integrity of our former lives-the eternal justice
which anmates an honorable, liberal, just and gen.
erous community, those everlasting principles that
flow from an ever living and Almighty God, whose
attributes justice, and truth and virtue-and in
those hearts of mingled tenderness and strength of
adamant and of fire, that will in due time, trample
in the dirt all the beastly conspiracies that ever
have been formed to destroy our characters. We
only bide our time, calmly as sternly as the i'm
mutable laws of nature.
In obedience, therefore, to.these feelings, shall
give immediate directions for an unequivocal with
drawal and dscontinuance of the civil suit against
Beach, and thus remove every technical difficulty
which the Court of Sessions can conjure up as
an excuse for further delay. / want no money OF
Beach. No money can repay the gross and beastly
injury he has inflicted on one of the purest wives
that ever breathed. will have no contact in any
way with that debased beast He is in the hands
OF justice, and his case is the great test question
tchcther there is in No York the same justice for the
rich as for the poor.
AS for myself, my purpose has been from the be-
ginning, to indicate according to the laws of God
and man-according TO the lofty principles of
honor, morality and religion, the character of
most vlrtuous, true, high-soued wife and innocent
chhd. Had been actuated by the vulgar passions
OF the ruifans OF the age, l might have waylad
Moses Y Beach, on the next morning after the
libel, and have cut his throat from ear to ear with
a Bowie knife; or might have shot him down
IN the street with loaded pistol There are hun
dreds and thousands who would have applauded
the act-and who blame the moral forbearance
have observed in this matter. But mol never
would allow myself to do So l have higher
and holier opinion of my own destiny, as marked
out by heaven-of the purpose of my existenceyby
the Almighty, ever TO tread one step out of those
holy principles which pious and religious mother
the days of my youth. never would seek for JUS
tlce In any other way, than in that bright, broad,
honorable road, marked out equally by the laws of
civilized society and the higher laws of God and
the Bible.
In obedience-to these feelings, therefore, shall
take care to deposit Moses Y Beach, with7all his
wealth and virtues, IN the hands of the Court of
Sessions of New York, and they can do with him
what they please at the next term But shall still
pursue the slanderers of my wife and family where
ever find them. And in this investigation have
found certain facts in connection with person by
the name of Gaillardat, the Editor of the French
paper in this city, called the Courier DIES Etats Unis
and OF clique of French society, of which it s the
organ, from which l have every reason to believe
these ISLANDERS originated, long before they were
caught up and enlarged by Beach. In this business
shall leave no stone unturned TO vindicate-ac-
cording to the laws of God and man-not
by the code of murderers-the honor, the
virtue, and the purity of my family and myself
We are not afraid of the srictest investigation into
all our private and public conduct. We court it,
In that true courage-such as becomes man and
christlan-they will find that James Gordon Ben
nett and his wife have enough to meet every emer-
gency here or elsewhere.
These ISLANDERS on my family, were coined and
circulated by certain ciques of society in New York,
for the purpose of endeavoring by that sde-way to
put down me and the popular journal have sue
ceeded in establishing against ell the other
papers, bankers, fnanciers SPECTATORS, bankrupts,
and scoundrels that chequer society here. 1t was
wilful fabrication, made against virtuous woman
carried on for the purpose of nurng her successful
husband who was hated by rivals. These fabrica-
tons durng the last three years. have assumed every
shape, and been published and circulated in var-
Gus ways. AT first they circulated from clique to
iique-in town and at the watering places-the
whole of which have now pretty nearly traced
out and shall bring the guilty parties justice, one
after another. / have placed Beach at the bar of
the Court of Sessions, and their action will tell
whether they really court of justice or court
of nonentity, next month. The others will be fol-