, 1860-12-11

would she not cooperate Just rs quickly with
Stuart. She said be was the most attractive
man In tho world. It is conceded here that
she was attached to him, and that her aflse-
bear that wifiout @;ss.nent TO Boyd she
admitted him to these fa1nlli.s>:;.s, cultivated
him on, bcsou.ht his society, hul,tcd him, and
followed him through street to street and from
corner to corner, drove him, IS It we're, II Won
please, into correspondence with her VIII
it bear to say that sle did all this With him. and
that she would favor no suit Of Stuart's?
Would she admit TO her embraces man she
cared nothing for and colby reject the man,
the most fascinating man she ever knew, who
had already won her affections? And they say
that Mr. BuEch had no reason fo7 suspicion
They say he is jealous.
Gentlemen Of the jury; will You for mo-
ment consider where Mr. Eurch then stood
The fair thing in Judging & . man is the only
thing. Now, il your minis are not totally
poisoned by prejudice, l beg Of you for one
moment to survey the situatlon in which Mr..
Duzch stood at that time. Haul he no reason
until Boyd's second letter arrived, he had for
given lis wife, when be thought be knew all
He lad told her just what, If Jon could possi-
bly, make up your mind to forgive such q
wrong. you would hare said. He had said to
her, "Madam, after NIL, must suffer it +; We
have children; We hare interests here As dear
10 Us As our love Of offspring, and those inter
esis bind Us insepnrately together. You have
wronged me in the tenderest part; ynu have
traEplel uPon my feelings; you have sacsi-
fee! my manly honor; ycu haze wronged your
children with me; you have disgraced your
self; you hare forfeited the confidence which
I had SO long reposed In you; but We lave
tar around which stand these children; their
wc!Esre for time, and possibly for eternity, may
hang upon the decision at Thich We arrive.
This family must either be preserved together,
or scattered upon the earth l cannot give il
up; no matter, that hare suffered wrong,
must forgive you; and now, as il must be
you told any oue?" She says she has, that
she has told Fannie Burch- He reproves her;
he says, at Is shame enough for us
to know It,; for Gods sake, tell nobody
else; let it be buried in our bosoms; let The
secret be with Ms; do not subject me to puh-
lie shame. II have got TO carry this sorrow
through life, let nc at 1eas. not feel that the
slow, unmosiug finger Of the worlds scorn
folio VS. NC along ny path" This Is the spirit
Of what he says TO her. Gentlemen, In Ibis
YOU have better test OF the mans character
tiau yua hare in py.hing that can be said Of
hun. 1t i the very act of the man, It Is
could Christian fo1bearancc, could the peace
full creed Of that Divine Master who taught
never to return wrong but with kindness,
coaid cyea that pure sad holy creed dictate
conduct more unE3ceplonablc than that
They may say it Is eowafd.y. The practice Of
the Christian virtues to 4 man Of the world
ofien Looks cowardly- Itell you that II you
you take the guide they furnish, that conduct
Is without 4 parallel, nj least In all my expert
cncc. have never known q man In all my
acquaintance who conld forgive, and thus for
give, such wrong. But it is proven that Mr.
Durvh did Then, what followed:
lie then, on the arrival Of Boyd's second let
ter, ascertaius that lie is still dupa. He learns
thai another naa has betrayed her confluence.
And there WAS another thing that led him to
the same conclusion. You rccollcct the con-
versation between him and Fanuio Burch on
the West Side, Oh Monday morning. On Sun
day she says she told him all she Knew about
Boyd. SIZE says, lie said nothing about Stu
art; be didn't cren mention him, and did
not" On HondaJ morning, when they had
their conversation on tbs West Side, she says,
He spoke OF Stuart, and then told me that
Mrs. Burch had admitted that Stuart lad kiss
ed hc., and had had his arm around her" So
it seems that Mrs. Burch, before Monday NOR.
ming, and whca he WAS investigating the Boyd
matter, had At some period admitted that Stu
art had kissed her aad had his arm around her.
Now put that confession with that SECOND let
ter Of Boyd's, and could you have moro preg
| uant cvideEcc7 Then comes up the lonp
| ucmbry OF attentions which Stuart had palc
lis wife, then comes up the narrowing recol
lection Of hundred OF those mysterious civil
lt,es which tbs clost polished Of rak:s had
| from time to time bestowed upon Ills wile
| turon.ius together upon his memory cont
| this host Or suspicious, the most uncomforta
| bla companions that coull hoyeT AROUND hi:
| nightly pillow. What could the man do? Yot
! may saf it would bc better for him to lius!
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do it! Let such tile be told to you; wEt
his au- right 10 psate to yon o. patience, t.
tell you that it Is better not to looS into It
All! gentlemen, thlt Is not human. He mus
look into it = naau With 7aJ sense o! honor
OF personal dignity, must looE Into it. H
would 70 distracted If lie did not. lie Elas
know the truth conccte 5ou That the fata
trut'. -ou1I be better hid from him. But
asa Joa coala you Withstand tho tcmptationt t
look INTO 1t, with such CLcts staring you Ia tn
Iaccs lie proceeded: Uc asked Fannie Dure
what she Knew, aud she told him. Wien h
had told her that Mrs. Bu:ch lad aauittc
tl,a: Nix. Stuart had kissed her, an
after s1ss l.a7.se that he knex this much, eh
told him What she Knew. What WAS his RI
ply. lie says, "WLat shall dot Isaa11 nc
be able 10 live With her; the next know Sd
,sisl couIess to guilty intimacies with Stuar
have forgiven her intimaclsa With Boyd, an
|
shall So:' lie was distracted eyen thet
She says, Mr.. Fazuum wi l tell you mot
than auy one else" lie goes there, aud thel
be ics,:us a pretty story. What IL It? II
learns the events Of that night when Stua,
was at hts house, the night when the CIR
called there aEI Wis rejected. He learns tn:
on that eveulug, in the asst place, that u
Stuart was III his house: in the next pl1c
that lie was closetcd At night with his wife
that his best friend, Mr.. Faluasn. the man mo-
Intimate in his house, his associate, the ma
most attached 10 lis family, the most honore
friend be h:.:l; he learned that upon that nigh
wife, this. lis oldest friend, had called m
undrr Ga!sc pretencc was excluded from tt
| premises, Now, that is but one fact; bat
subm!: 10 rotl that with what he preyious
: knew, twas most pregnant fact. It was "a
which led 10 d suspicion almost verging IpO
: MI or nearly all that ho learned then Had
Inquired, he would have learned from Mr.
Fa1ua,a undoubtedly that stua t and his wi
T had been together at other places: they mu
have seen them from time to time Hut K
fact that occurred on the night that Mr. FL
nam was refused admittance was told him
yond 4 doubt With this addition to VIII
, be know before, he returned TO his wife
Now there are some things In regard
r these matters which Will explain In due sc
: sou. l will take you over this ground guide
tr the light Of truth and the evidence, and n
, l,y the false mctcors Of vague and idle fauci
floating through your brain. will cxpla
: these fancics by-aud-by.
Mr. Bureh returned to his wife. What 4
lowed. Just what 9ou might expect; Il
} most natural thing in The world followed.
. calls her into room alone. Then wta1
Through the chinks Of that doos Is heard SO
! b:ug and p,alntivc voice, saying. mo, fathe
: No, Eathcr!" What WAS that? The gentl
: men upon the other side have interpreted
Alright: it WIS one Of those hundred deuia
e tia. preceded this confession She had deni'
= Tic intiraacles with Boyd, probably, moreth:
, | hundred times; anl he had used the San
: rasans to obtain knowledge then that he II
4 now using. What was that? He made her
: lievc that he knew moro Than he did. Al
S she confessel-what: 4 lie? No; the trut
), The mcaus he had used to obtain the conf.
E son abon: Boyd we're precisely the means
+ i. now uslus, AMI she was meeting 1t in t
! same manner; first denying it. Eudoubtcd
: | she denied 1t. II was In human Nature th
> she should deny II lie was accusing b
!, doubtless OF the act Of adultery, and Wis gu
t ting this tao: about Mr. Faznnn- She was
|. right beyond dispute She did deny 1t ! hu
+ dTed times, Mr.. Burch told Pruyn In his /
I ter tha. she had told him ! thousand Ii,
!! Would you expect that she would admit
: upon the first suggestion! Why atteu
Z to conceal crime ut all, it. up
the first suggestion, it is confessed! Is 1t
n human nature freely to confess such thing
c Thc force Of confessions Is based upon I
= f:.cs that criminals ara unwilling to conf-
It 1t is becauEe they arc unwilling to confess =
i prone to deny 1t, that 4 confession when {
5 tanned, CONES with a redoubied force Is Z
y that the reasoning, the common sense of
We'll, q struggle: and gentlemen describe =