, 1860-12-11

they are my friends; thank them for me-
Could language be more potent than thfss /
Can anything be added: feel really as though .
argument we're entirely poverless here. TIE !
simple reading Of this letter i more husges- |
tive and conclusive than all tint could be said |
upon It.
Don't you think my dear Mrs. F., that my
husband still thinks as kindly Of me as he ever
did? Oh how my heart aches for him he has !
so much to bear" The Counsel here In de- !
fence af a bad cause, have thought it necessary !
to say that Mr. Barrt Is a cruel tyrant and !
most unkind husband Gather up from these |
letters all her touching assertions OF his kind
ness towards her, during that eyentful week, !
and MI times, and then determine whether
thus contradicted By their own client they
sad these things because they were true or be- !
cause they desired wickedlg and falsely 10 heap
foul calumnies upon the head of m afflicted
man.
Here Is her letter to DR. Patterson.
~ try to feel that for such is I our Savior
died; aud pray that my sins may be washed
away; " But your iniquities have separated be-
hid his face from you that he will not hear"
Ihia feel most deeply. DO you think be will
hear nc when l call upon him! 31y lips
have Indeed spoken lies, and my tongue hath
uttered perre1seness." / feel Ill this uost
deeply, mud try to find comfort in his blessed
l.-s-. A~4ASA0f LIZ AOkA Hsluu - MUL
shortened that 1t cannot save, neither his ear
heavy it cannot hear This comforts mr;
but oh! at times my sin Is 80 great the source
Of ny iniaul1y Is such that l feel utterly lost
Ny sin-" What sin l. so great ," Not such
offences g all human beings afflicted By the
irailt1es OF our race must OF Necessity be guilty
O. al times: Not ordinary sins; not sins 1t all
But "my sin Is so great'7 Can you have apv
question to what that rcla,es: Ifyou have
rcnl little further, there is nothing; doubtful
| in these letters.
| ~ pray, and often, that may be forgiven.
\ l know that the vilest sinner may repetst, but
| think sometimes that there neyer wis one SO
vile rs l.. Ny doubts, fsars, mud tiecpair then
ovtrwhelm me. But, oh! lny burden is 80
heavy, my Sin 10 great viii sou, Mr.. pttcr.
son, ask my husband to ever pray Tor mc. uc
Is Christian, and 30 arc you.''
"A:s my husband to ever pray for mt, he is
d Christian-" They cay he had held her hy the
throat, he had with his list in her face con-
PEELED her, with her hand raised to Heaven, 10
commit . most foul and unuatuyal per-
jury; and at the same time to convict
herself Of an Infamous crime, Of whiuh be knew
she was not guilty. Then 1ulewin. that w,
he had driven her IRON his Eo,nc. !Aler ha,-
iug inflicted all these grieyons Wrongs upua
hcr, tlle sits down and writes to the pIst4r Of
tho chnrch, - Pray for my Poor husband, cuE,-
fort linn, console lin. l Lave 10 sinnsd
against him. Be-, continuance Of lis prayers
tor me, for lie il j Christian" This she wrote
to the pastor Of her clursh, to Dr. Patter>on.
And because she wrote this letter 10 Dr.. Pat
terson, and because he acted like I'LL honest
man, from tho hour WHEN Mr.. Burvh ob,aired
possession uf this letter, and obtained posses-
sion OF It, too, III il manner highly
crcditablc 10, and involving ro breach
Of, confidence on the part of Dr. Patterson,
he has been assailed. 1t was thought iujtitIi-
clous here beiorc you, lor SOME reason, 10 coil-
I fuun hn ~ Ts,tt.
the tisne when this triai commenced, from tl,r
time when the bill was filed, hi~ ualne la> bret,
coupled with the yilest et,itlltt> t.y every per
son connected with this defence. Ey.y ucs s.
paper they could subonl las been paid inr
slanderins him, and I'LL simply bvc1<e. when
he found this woman, aided AM. aty;t.d 1y
her powerful relatives. had determined most
imprudently to deny THIS guilt which lie had
thus confessed to Linn, lie handed th;s letter
over to Mr. Burcl-<'r rather, lis Wit did iii
his absence AS Ill honest nlaI. to sav n.-
thing OF Christian 1nau, WHEN he knew by
fhls letter that tllls woman WIS guilty; whrn
he knew in his b art that size could NOT
be innocent wLea he foun:. that By per ury
she WAS attempting, not only to defend herself
but to ruin Nr: Burch; VII Il lie fuuud that all
the powers Of her wealthy kindred were to b.
| arraved Tor Air. Burchs lestructiuu-I ask
You, would he Us m honest 1nan, 4 man whn
would not crluge 10 power. 4 man who served
n higher master than Erastu5 Corning, man
whOse principal object wls not wurl,!iy @e,}ll-
larity and worldly rcnown, but who ac:r,l FROM
motives such us minister uf that rcl:i, II
that liz protested ought ever act jyuu,. could
DIR. Patterson take ANY other course: And i,,r
that sante i,e has iccu reyilt.l throughout tn.
length aud breadth of this land. liz, tul, VAST.
he slandered like poor Nary Sraull;n-. She
stood in the lath uf this u:=rsnlut ard 1u,i-
he crushed. Could Dr. Patlcrsou .l.,,.b1 1!.e
! guiit Of this wo!u:n: lie ii lr,.fse,l IL I, q,
| NAV of frfrrr 4t1 -, 1 \ III,
it! Ills own letter tu her will s!uIw thu r":s-
strHetlun that tic put nfon this letter Thrv
tell you that he WIS deceived; that ii did nu.
mean anything in particular: : tia, it only
mtant that slle. like 1ac rcst vi the wntli,
was sinner, and desired lis 1,r.;reys tut Thu,
reason. But hc dill not think 80 tic thought,
evidently, that 1t Melnt uclhtr rlnrv ner H.. !,
than what Ehe lad piainy confessed. liz
had no motive for reading it otherwise titan in
fact il does read, aud hc construed it IL rrt,.
to he sin she had cumitted, and not II sirs III
general.
"UA! Mr.. Patterson, havc 50 wron:..l
him. cannot tell yum how WAS led IN ~,
stc}, by step, from al that was right and .Hn.
] can only ray that have SO deeply sinned
fear shall never be f,rciyrr."
Now, had not DR. Patterson reason to sup.
pose that this referred 10 some Particular sin
"Oh! the thought that my husband, who
once SO fndIy loved me, ROW looks upon l.lc
with loatLlnS and hatred, Is Utmost unbeyr.
able"
That Is what she writes. and yet, gentlemen
Of the jury. the very tsrst passage Of the a.,.
swer to which this woman eworr u!ter writ
inc this letter. hut ;, few days after, tt; yer,
tisst passage of that answer a-serts, unirr her
solemn oath, thAt her husband had never loy e,l
her. i it not fearful, is it not terrible, that.
after all these protestations aud admissions.
Of his love tor her, made to everybody, made
when no motive but the truth can be supposc.!
is It not fearful to consider that that same
woman, under the tutelaye Of Mr. Beckwitit
and Mr.. Sedgwick, turns around and denies it,
NIL upon her oath. They found her sinner,
but rerctstant; they took her into
their hands peuitcnt sinner Nha,
have they made Of her. They knew all
these confessions. But to rave the lamily
pride, the social position Of Corning, the hon.
or, forsaoth, Of his family, they did not hesi-
tate to compel this woman to commit sins aud.
crimes compared with which the guilt OF alul-
tery; her own previous guilt, are purity and
innocence.
"Oh! the thought that my husband. WHO
once so fondly loved me. now looks upon NE
with loathing and hatre.tis alnost untcarablc
But pray God 1hat his ls..rt may DC more
sotened towards me that lie viii feel less
anger and more pity, and that hr will forgive
me- the great wrong have dpue him
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