, 1860-12-11

mp the one event With the Other, shs per1ists
IN declaring that the girls were expected that
night from the East. You must remember
.hat when MB. Butch mRkes this confession,
she was looking over the lapse OF two years.
When did she make it, ahe made 1t In Janu-
ary, 1850. The events Of which 81! s9e
between two and three years before: She was
'ooking back over that lapse Of time You
would not expect her, even for events that
make so forcible an Impression as these upon
her mind, to fix the day Of the month. She
probably confessed this matter to Mr.. Burch
orally, and probably said to him, This hap
when you got home from the East, In the fall
Of 1859" And he may have looked at his
books to find ont what time 1t was that he re-
turned. He intended to take her confession
and use 1t to procure divorce. have already
as ha th1 Il @ 5aa ne %oy @ ea Do t
II she we're guilty. And be WIS puTpoeing to do
1t; and he undoubtedly desired that her state
ment should be true and accurate. And even
II he sought to assist her In fixing the dates,
does that prove anything? And If he or she
mistook the dstes, does that prove anything:
took to hunt up these dates, susplciously
little girl Minnie over to Mrs Mather's on
Monday morning. Now, Mrs. 8Iather don't
swear to any such thirg. She says that the
little girl came there for the purpose Of learn
ing when her marriage took place, and she
thinks It WIS Monday morning, but she can
not whether It was Monday morning; TINT is
matter which Is wholly Indifferent. As early
os Saturday Mr. Birch WIS investigating this
erinlnality with Stuart. He tells Fannie
Burch that Mfs. Bnrch had confessed some
thing about Stuart He might have learned
oFA Afr ~ frr
they knew great deal about him. Mrs.
Farnam may have seen Mr.. Stuart and S1rs.
Burch together on the day Of Mrs. Mather's
wedding; or Mrs. Burch may have hear,i
something about it from somebody elss; or
1t may be that Mrs, Mather was mistaken
about the time that the child came there At
all events, that circumstance Is quite unimpor-
tant. II 31r. Burch did furnish that date, why
did he furnish It? What should lead lin to
send to Mrs Aather to find out when her
wedding took place? At least he didn't scc
Stuart at that wedding, and lie did not know
Tint 1t had anything to do with hint, unless his
wife had referred to it In some way. Tlu
proof shows that Stuart was not there ut
the wedding. 1tr. and Mrs.. Bureh were
there together, md If Afr. Birch WIS
hunting up false date, wonld he fx
upon time when he was himself about home,
when he knew that he could not prove that he
saw them together, when he knew that lie
could not prove that they met on that day
It docs appear that lie was about home that
| day It does not appear, so far as this proof
goes, thst Mr. Burch and Mr. Stuart ever met
on that day. Then what should induce Mr.
Burch to dx on that day: What 1notivccoultl
he have In doing it? Now, men do not act
without motive; and you can understand well
enough how This was. In fixing the date OF
! her first criminal intercourse with Mr. Stuart
Mrs. Burcf, must undoubtedly hare referred to
Mrs. Mather's wedding. She must hare donc
| SO; otherwise MI. Burch could have no clue
to that date. You dt: not suppose that yo,l
have III evidcaNe here all that passed between
them; yon c7uw better. They talked night
and day thcy were alone hours and b nrs IT,.
| gether. What she said cannot be proved.
But I submit to you that Ar. Burch would
have NO earthly motive to find out the day o1
| Mrs. Mather's Wedding II lie had nothing III
his mind referring to that date. Now it may
be, ms this was nearly three years back. Mrs.
Burc]l most likely remembered that it WIS in
| some way connected With that wedding that il
| was day before or two days before the wed!
| ding. ehe may hnye been mistaken in the ex
act date. For ] repeat again that no mattr,
what the event was that happened three years
| ago, unless there was something to Tx the date
you can not fix 1t now. II this had occurred
ou the day OF the wedding she would have
known 1t and could have fixed the exact date
| But IT. it occurred before the wedding, there art
could not tell whether 1t was one or two d.,
before. To illustrate: let my one Of You taxi
any eycnt in your past life, important OF other
wise, and try to Ok The day Of the month OF
which 1t occurred. If you have some event
the date Of which you have already tired, ant
the date that you want to fix has any dirce
connection with that, then yon can fix IT. Bu
II It was before or after that, you can not til
how long It was before or after, unless ther.
is some direct connection between the two,
There Is not one chance In thousand that
Mrs. Burch could fix the exact date, unless il
was connected with some eycnt that could BIT
fixed With certainty. Unless 1t WIS tho da,
hefure Mrs. 3father's wedding, while sue couls
tell that 1t was near that time; 1t would ut
Just as likely to be two das or three days be
fore rs any other time. There Is not the leasl
weight In that circumstance. and the coun
sci In attempting to give it itimportancc has fur
nishcd another instance Of What straws thcl
cling to here.
Take this confession, gentlemen, read ii
consider it. Take the excuses, the pal1iations
the mit1gations, the apologies. exclamation-
the implurations that 1t contains; take IL,
minute circums tautial account that she gives
and last, and most Of all, take that affirmation
that In every instance he accomplished Ills vii
By actual force. And then say II It Is within
I vented and iiade that confession md llctatc4
1t to her.
Now there is one circumstance connectet
with this confession that furnishes a mos
singular and forciblc confirmation Of It. IL.
cause Of her fall 10 Mr. Valentine
when she explains it to Mr. Farna,n
she uses exactly the same language
conveys in effect precisely the same idea tin
she conveys In several Of her letters. She sayl
that the means BY which this foul scducer &C
complished her ruin was by attempting II
ntn f01f fnFt hat hnrA A,rek
ceased to love her. She Gays that he tried tt
persuade her that her husband had fixed Ii
affections upon Mary Spa1ding, her unfortu
nate relative, who lived under her roof THU
We find that this seducer in addition to ruin
Ing the wife, was not unwilling, did not pau+.
or hesitate to attempt also the ncicc, SO far u
her reputation was concerned, Of this orphan
girl dependent upon Mr.. Burchss ch~rity to
the very bread she ate. It Is one of the cruel
est circumstances In this whole case 1t Is on,
Of the most atrocious things In this whole case
tlat the defendent herself. her abettors am
counsel have neither paused nor hesitatcd, fo
the purpose Of etlacting their objects asglins
Mr.. B1rch, to seek t. utterly destroy on
who never Injured them. They urge tu yor
much in favor Of the hc1p1essncss of thei
client They tell you that Slrs. Burch is pow
ellcss; that she is n woman, and that she is en-
titled to your sympathles. Now Mary Spal
ding is an orphan; left BY the death Of be
/ 1
Mrs. Thomas Burch: befriendcd, ai.lcd and as
sisted by Mr. Isaac II. Burch. Mr. Burch bal
met her In his youth at the house of her kint
relatives, who had given her shelter after ths
death of her father: they had met in thoe,
years when friendships are natuEll-in Child
hood; for then it Is that VIC form the mos
sincere friendships, When yet q child che hat
there become attached TO him, and had cont
dencc in his regard for her. After Iii
marriage, being the constant companion
Of Fannie Burch, whenever Fannie Durcl
visited the house Of Mrs. Burch, she nat
urally came with her. Most unforunatel,
for her she ,chanced to be there wheI
many OF these events occurred. OF necessity
ssie had to be witness In this case; 1t WIS
known that she must be witness in this case
aud from the hour when It was determined bI
Mr. Corning to defend this suit, from that tirsl
hour no means have been omitted to utterly
crush and ruin this helpless, orphan girl. Buil
business to afford sympathy in this case But
II there Is one character In the whole circle o.
this case that demands aud deserves sympathy
she Is one. She Il powerless, indeed; she his
no wealthy relatives that will stand around
her and protect her from the Ills Of earth
tarnish Is her only dover. She stood in The
why of Stuart's lust; she WAS an uhonestheazted
truthful girl Sprightly and Intelligent she
read his motives from the first She was
In the way OF his schemes while she
was there ut Mr. Burch's and 1t bccame
s primary 4hiect In him to poison the
mind Of Mrs.. .Burch against her. Hc de-
famed her, he ruthlessly attempted her de-
struction for the purpose OF poisoning the
mind of his victim with 5eaious1y. This fact
runs through all the confessions Of Mrs Burch,
every one Of them. HE commenced" she
says, 'tby poisoning my mind with Jealousy
against my husband, and attempting 10 make
| me believe that he loved Mary Spliding and
not me-" Now, would Mr. Burch have invent
| ed that stateuaentI ask xnu II Il Is uitl,in