, 1860-12-14

lat there had been. The whole effect OF that |
ct,cr depends upon the accuracy Of the copy.
And you have to change but two or three
rords, and it proves conc1usively that there
lad been adultery between those parties.
Mr.. MILLER ITO MR. BEcEw1Tu).-Whercis
hat letter.
Mr.. BEcKw1ru.-I harc acopy Of It, think.
Mn. M1LLEN.-1t Is the copy In pencil VIC
want, the copy produced here By Burrill
Mr.. BEckW1Tn-1 hare not the copy here.
Eou have copy, taken at the time when 1t
xas read.
Mn. MI11En.-Wc have copy, and sup |
,osc 1t il correct one. But we want the copy |
produced here by Burrill.
Mr. BEcEwITn.- copT is in my room,
suppose. 1fyou desire 1t, I will send for it.
Mn. VAS AHMAs-l can get along without
t. All Of this letter that CHARGES Burrill with |
being a go-betwcen--all Of it that charges
Them with having formed q plot for her ruin
is perfectly consistent with tho suppositiou |
hat he had already effected his object. will
read you the only part they rely upon to show |
hat the had not already been ruined. After
referring to what Mary Spalding had written
lcs about Burrill tell;Es her, when she asked |
him what he would do should any man act to-
wards Ais wife rs Stuart wns acting towards
Mrs. Burch, aud that hc would shoot him dead
-ai1er referring to this, she goes on to write:
i" This is the language Of man whom be-
lievcd TO lie friend could trust, hut who
now seems to me to have been consplring with
you to accomplish my ruin. cannot tell you
how it las shocked and distressed me, thus to
he forced to believe and realize that you, in
whose honor / reposed 60 much confidence,
and trusted so entirely, could hare been so
false aud deccitful; that you ever could have
conceived a scheme or harborcd q thought to
my injury. ! am not willing now to think go
badly of you, OF that such thing was posi-
bic. But you must sec that it is enough to
giyc me just cause for suspicion and indigua-
tion. cannot see 1t in any other light than
that your object was to make me the victim Of
plot too dreadful to think OF, and that ha
was aiding you. At least, il looks very dark
That is what they say was actually written.
Now. let one suppose that two or three words
were changed in this last sentence. We will
suppose that the seduccr had scduced her uu-
der protcstations Of the most violent lore, and
had used this Burrill rs q go-betwcen in The
affair; suppose that she had found out that
Stuart was SO far willing to forget her interest
and to peril her reputation as to boast Of the
fact Of their intimacy to others; suppose she
had discovered By other indications, and per
haps among other things, By the fact that be
had not come near her for eighteen months,
that he had abandoned her for some other
and that il one Of the greatest Injuries that
such woman thinks she can receive; suppose
her TO have been attached to Stuart-and WHO
can doubt it-and then he had abandoned her;
t,tt a'oI @ LAY mI. ~ I.nh nte r1
~ La, hoaa.nn -, ..+r,r1ie.s r. ~ ~ ;t,tasee.
ama % rafaro a. ~ ,oaI3 ~ ~. - ;nti,o @ ;.,,
her to BnFrill, or to any other man, and she
might well write such letter. She might well
say 10 him, yon sought my confidence, you
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,h;s io,tar rasa ,ee 1e at;ou yua ~ ihasa
.Alo 4:atei tans lue s!e1a1ion tness Hasues
were H. oinaa: ~, f. sa5s lnat ne ana Da93nl mct
~ a s4on IS .ne a.lnsu.iy oecaIacn Hs says ne
uau hls u;senls uoout 'ne nonse "Atca!nges every
s.Sp, aua ne Mas eSseeal'ei1f H. ANXIOUS 70 Ano"
Ms .ne iesul. "nlu os. IL says lnal =. the
.a.ae -. auu ou..t lnt'' .s Aaem sual au
sAposust .'ati WE .h;n .n IT, ana y MoatI oe tha
ost na.u[l ~ , Inn III tIe "oFla tnat IL ne Aaa
.u5 ln.uE "a ~ nJiss lny tslef y. note, oI my
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"ou.I ~ -. ~ 1nas ~ "uu,a
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ssp @ h,d o' 1nc H., ro,, ~, ~ as
tn;s tI;n~ r. e1en ,,,nn ,ts ace II shnn,d sen1n
's 'n.S ~ s'eu ee ,.aa "a, :.
thcy would ycrr probably manrfacture. II
would be the most natural thing In the world
that they should do so. But ticy say. if lie
had intended 10 manufacture letter. why
did he not make one 4 littlc more conclusive.
a little more direct and plains = Why make one
without signature and without date lie
| would not do that from tho very fact that a
| plain contradiction Of nny adultery between
|
| No other letter would hare been received bcre
| except one that was eauiyocal Suppose they
| Ind Drodrt ed letter Of that date. in which
| Mis-. Burch had plainly asserted that Stuart
Ind not scduced her, it would not have 4
| featber's weight with you: ron would have
seen at once that It yas a thing eot IN since
| the time, and for the purpose of this yery
| trial. because otherwise there would hays
been no occasion forlt, Ifthey would make
or manufacture anything, In order that il
should be received here as entitled to an1
consideration at all, It must be something o
this eqnivocal character.
If this letter was written by Mrs. Burch in
| the way stated, and If it was in fact m cyi
dcncc Of her innocence, she knew she lai
written that letter, she lind told Fannie Durct
Of it-then why did she not quote 1t as m eyj
] s1cnce of innoccncee She knew what she hai
| written 10 Stuart. And while she confesse.
| her rujlt to Fannie Burch. she ut the samt
I
this letter.
Mn Rpoux1xo.-shc ncror said y por;
,hamt ~ 1st.ars,t 4hat .;taa fa, W.. ~.
1nrn ~, ~, si.. ,art;nnod 49, ia,tS~ y. :,
Tss..,I S n,'.Ia' a. o"e sns"stone" en"~ tse'e' "
TGualG pu1en.
Mn - hAaaeae ILL.,, ~ .Mu tann.e nu,e!
caa' sas ! naa nahuea M otua1I tae !e'Isl oe
1ose tnat Gnt m net sohession ~ fanm'
nu,t ele told nel apoat INC consersa'lon s'''
naa IN reierence 10 tnfs nauci, al the Iinle 0
ene WIN op anu oo"h .nG asehne WIN olnAt,
sue lold neI LA, tacS 1alhca over tne Wnol'
snS1ect ol TINS tetter and she told hcr tina
stuart fepfo'ea hsr for opening letters IN TN
stfcet bc1olc his once, because u attracted nj
written I" stunrt contained evidence OF he
Innocence, why did she not say SO? canno
iarthef explain this letter; nor is It necessary
II the explanation We have offered here Is re
celved; II yon believe the testimony VIC hav'
pfoduccd: II these confessions were actually
nnde, and made without compulsion; II Thu
previous intimacy did occur between thes'
| Nattlcs; then no piece OF evidence like thi
which 1t was perfectly possible to mauufac
ture, aud which they might have got up 70
the purpose Of this case, On the day that thcl
showed II l.ere, for anything that we cou}t
show to the contrary, supported as It is by nj
other testimony than that Of Stuart md Bur
rcli, both Of them accomplicce in tho t1ansac
tion, will have any weight.
Gentlemen, have much more which wish
to saw to you but nv strength fails nc and
must close. have already talked to you muc}
longer than intended.
In conc}usfnn,I will Md word only 10 wha
In nv pnor wy ard orrord;nc +c +l,o hes4 -