, 1860-12-11

place he wanted to know to what extent that
thing lad gone. For it seems that he was dis
posed to mike some slight difference between
an act ofactuu adultery and iutimatcs that had
post? He told her, MADAM. xon hare made
your confession" She says she told him that
She had In fact no attachment for Boyd,
no actual affection for him; that what
she had done she had done from the
mere impulse Of vanity, for The pur-
pose Of firtation. He says to her: Madam,
It does not look Ike that: these things have
gone too far; 1t looks to me like thing Of se-
rious earncst; and suspect TINT your attach
ment to him continues, and that ;ny forgive
nees of you now would only encourage you to
further tresspasscs upon my rights To test this
write him letter; to test this question
whether you have told me the truth IS to your
intimacies and correspondence, write him
letter as shall dictate" It Is but fair to pre-
snme that ehe was unwilling That letter was .
request to him to send to the care Of her hus-
band, all tue letters that hsd passed between
then, and Ill the tokens Of affection that she
had bestowed upon him. She WAS unwilling
to write that letter. Finally be tells her,
"Iladam viii not compel you to write this
letter; you can do Is yoq please; but Il you
my houses will commit some net Of yio-
ience upon you:" Was that it? No. "Ifyou
do not do II, shall be Ied}to believe that you
have not told me the whole truth. because all
would get from these letters and mencntoes
would be tho truth; and If sou do not write
these Iotteks. I shall believe that you have not
told nc the truth; and shall further believe
that you still have an attachment for him"
Uu1cr these motives she wrote the letter.
What was the responses Bo5d, instead Of
sending back the letters which wonld have cx-
planned the whole extent Of that guilty init.
macy, which would have enabled hr. Burch to
know the whole truth, instead Of sending back
the correspondence, burns 1t xstup, and Wr;trs
back to her, sending merely one or two little
| gifts she made him or presents, and says that
he has burnt them up. and did 1t because he
thereitrc be more agreeable to her than 10
! comply with her request. Gentlemen, lie knew
| the letter informed hin-that she lad con-
| fa:sed all to her husband. lie well knew that
| that letter was dictated BY her husbani; any
| body could see that. And he writes her that
to spare her feelings, aaa because he thinks it
would crafty her more than to comply liter
| ally with her request. he haa burned them up.
! What follows: When this letter came back,
there cine with It couple Of articles which
she had not told Mr.. Barch that she had given
to Boyd. She had pretended to tell hin ali
the things that she had givcu poyd. Butthere
came back smoking cap, and some other it,
| lie token, which she had not mentioned. Afr.
Burch sa.y that she had not told him the whole
truth; and having fllsided in oae particular,
he feared she had In others lie was afraid
that even the guilty extent to which she Ind
passed between them. What ne3ts lie says
| 10 her: g This docs not answer l must know
| NOW the truth Of this before act iu the pre-
! misses. I must bo able to kcow whether the
| wife with whom I an hereafter to live and CO.
habit a:ss been guilty Of lcvaness; whether
| not oaly her affections but hcf person has been
lebauclcd. / must know that" And then lie
does an act for which he has met the severest
| Reproduction of counsel upon the other side.
! A cowardiy act, they say.~~Now, gentlemen.
courage Is virtue that ali men respect and all
women worship Aud when you can denounce
a man IS 4 coward, yoa bripg hiu Into con-
tempt with al men, aud wons1 too. And yet
haze known many man that vas no. ca-
dowea with great deal Of physical courage,
that MAS yet @ very good m.u. Aud there Is
no exception In the Statute books against COW
ards. The laws are equally fsT the Courageous
aod the towarlly. The man Of the two who
Is the coward more needs the protection Of the
law. 1t is to protect the weak against the
strong that laws are made. But that Is espc-
c;al,J their appeal to the Jury. They say that
second letter TO Boyd is All evidence u the
most utter cowa1dice Well for the sake Of
Does 1t provo tha. he was a{ter anything but
tho truth: What other motive could hs hara
.al Now you must judge Of 9 1nau'G mo-
lives by his acts. For what did he desire Lcr
20 write to Boyd, accuaing Boyd Of having SC.
duced her? For what, but to be able to judge
Wha. other motive had hep And if that was
his motive, no matter whether be was cour.
aYcous or coua.ily. To1 are nos trying the
question Of his courage. But I do not sec that
courage has any relation to the question. one
way or the other. lie wanted 10 know By
tho act Of adultery or not. Was not that the
purpose Of the letter? Could lie attain any
other object by 1t? They say lc wished 4.
drive Boyd from the town. Would not yo'
have desired to drive him from the town: i
h. thought to continue to lire with his wife
I With Boyd she had gone TO the verge &
adultery; that she had deceived anil lied Il
him 4 hundred times about him; that she LAT
watched his footzers: aEailed herself 0
every opportunity Of lis absence II
mce: Boyd; aud that Goyd had s
controlling power over her feelings ~ ssi
von ifit was not necessary for lis peace tlla
| i}oyl should leave the town: You might l!av,
GcteI differently; an confident would. B1l
| Task you whose conduct was tho most pcA4
: able, who was the most mild Tet they sa
, that he WAS violent ulan; they c!otLe hin
| variance with each otaer. Al oac moment h
t is snt:aain,; coward, ay1iling himself OF Il,
A threats Of his wife to dElre away EoyL II.
! next moment be Is 4 tJrant. h'ughty dcspo
SlOlcutt PASSIONATE hNl
c lIow dill he act with regard to Boyls Til
! worst evil he sought to inflict upon him W.
10 drive him from the city. I ask you, VS.
= that ,naGguity, was tia. revenge? q
l. WIS it al effort to protect himself again:
I repetition Of. this same intimacy liz
c which he knew would ba continued
y boyd remained in the city! Take that lc
y tcS, read If, and judge Of Mr. Buych's notis
It ls il; and see il anything else was desired /
T, III. Barch, except TO learn tho truth In regal
' to the intimacy between Boyd and Ills wifi.
i Oh Saturday aud reached MT. Burch on MOI
l. day morning. {on all recolleet it: It Is liz
Ii necessary for mo 10 read it. Now Doy
!? had probably cullrd together from iaw tloa
Il Ing books that he had read, aad little knos
,sase Of soc soSs some tsyy wy nsthan I'LL souna
h he tcI1s Mrs Bgrct, in substance, that II
II th1nde.bo,s had fallcn at Ills feet he wou11 n,
10 have been more surprised. Surprised at wla:
IL Surprised at her letter: Wig was that? 81
It accused him OF educing her from the path
u duty to that OF shame aud di.hoaoz And tn
r. surprised him mitch It surprised him that
L lay within her capacity to charge him with s
II l1c.iou. And well II might Surprise him,
Il her statements and his own are true. For
q crct woman scduceI man, from the 1r
j. step OF their acquaintance down to the Las
n Doyal was seduced by this woman. uc c
T. plains it all, and she explains It all She TEL
g. her husband that Boyd was not to blame; 81
&c insists upon c1culpating him, and says th
NJ from first to Last she drew him on. And the
st statements In that regard arc perfectly cons
c. tent. Well might Boyd say that he was shoe
h cd and astonished at her accusation that
IL had seluccd her. He says, 'tAsE your oN
ID heart. Nadarn, who WIS the seducer!" That
,r In effect the language. may hive oce
), sion to Tesd the letter to you;. but th
= Is it in edect-"Ask Jour own heart wi
IT, vas the seducc7." Does be deny that
" has eeduced her. Not q word Of
I'd lie Is shocked that she should charge him vi
Is. being seGucer; but be does not deny tha:
ae has hccn criminal. The language in that Il
rs ter almost implies their guilt And an n
ae surprised, nor will you DC, thsi 1t led 10 Il
IL most painful feelings on tie. pan Of the III
81 band. It Is not strange that it compelled hi
of necessity to oEeu hia eyes and awake ral
q tul.5, awake once for all from that happy drea
ey Of ignorance in which his years Of n.at1imo
er had passed. That letter rpused al the fetlin
s. which, from that hour forth downto bis sra,
Iv- can never cease to ozitatc his breast. Then
lis knew the depth Of the shame, disgrace and
r. fa.uy iuto which this wife had been sunk. Tn
v he saw tha. not Boyd alopc, h1t somcbo
H. else had cujoyed that same criminal iptima
g and confidence with his wife For Boyd IS,
Of .Tour confidence mrkt have been abused b
IT. not By me" They say 1t referred to Mr. Bugt
&c will show you soon whether 1t does or d
w Boyd scys ia his letter to her, I" Your coz
ne dencc, doubtless, h,s been betrayed, but u
IN by me-" Had Burch betrayed her confdent
Is; What confidence had Nj. Butef Of hers to
III t1ays I beg you to say to me- what w-s
lis kind Of confidence that letter referred t
Cd Why that confidence waich ehe had placed