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the two propositions Is the most probable;
whether he, deslroua to get nd Of her, fahrica.!
ted these proofs and forced these confessions
upon her; or that she should be guilty Of sdul-
tery. Which, from the history OF these par.
ties, is the most probahles Take thelrpreyious
history and determine these questions. Take
her intimacy with this fellow, Boydi there can
counsel on the other side conceded that. With
him she had gone to the very brink Of adul-
terry; that admits Of no question. Take the
character Of Stuart md her knowledge Of It;
abe says he is bsd man; she tells both the
young Indies Miss, Mary Bpalding md Miss
Fannie Bnrch, that she knew he was bad
man that Mrs. Pruyne, the wife Of the Mr.;
Pruyne to whom the letter WIS written, had
written her early In her acquaintance with
Stuart, tkat he was bad man, that she had
known him In Washington, while he was
member OF Congress, and that there he was
known as bad man in the respect Of licen-
tiousness. She was told by her OVID brother
that Stuart Was bad man thst is In evidence
too And every thing % show that ,a ,ns nnn ~as
cedcd here that he did seduce her affections
from her husband; the case will not bear de-
pial of that; the cogeucy OF these clrcnm-
stances has cxtorted that fatal admission from
the counsel on the other side, The proof is
most conclusive upon That point. In No other
manner can you explain the circumstances,
than that she bccnme passlonately fond Of this
stuart ut least os much 50 as Of Boyd, and
probably more She said he was the most fas-
ciuating maA she ever saw every remark made
against him she received with impatieoce.
When the honest hearted md kind hearted
Mary Spalding, In the pleuitnde Of her friend
ship, told her that he Was bad man, danger
Gus man; she became impatient, and from that
time forward treated Mary rather harshly.
When M1s Farman told her that he WIS q bad
man, did she cease her intimacies with him
NV associate hns well argued TINT as soon rs
she found that her honor and her public repu-
tation were in danger Of suspicion, even on her
intimacy with him-when she heard this In re-
gard to that most precious jewel woman
parts most reluctantly, and which she will
make almost any sacr:t G to retain-would she
hare continued that acquaintance, II she had
not been strongly attached to him! Carrying
on this guilty, this disgTacef1l, this humifIat
Ing 1iason with Boyd; carrying It'll the verge
Of actual criminallty, e not indeed be-
yond that; flirting with Mr. Stuart, meet
Ing him nlons .e eondqeting 3ed ~ash I1t,,ion INN
Us she terms 1t, as with Boyd-whlch wns the
most probable, that this line Of conduct should
lead TO It's Legitimate result, and that she
should fall victim to the arts Of the seducer,
or that Mr. Burch, against whom there is not
one syllable Of proof here, should, without any
motive turn around and fhbricate this false
the most likely? Tthat the intlmacics Of this
woman with Stuart aud Boyd should lead to
their Legitimate consequences, or TINT Mr.
Bnrch. prosperous, steady, industrious man,
tender1y attached to his wife, interested in
maintaining the honor Of biz family, should
deliberately put the IKE to the root OF his own
happiness, destroying Ills oEn house, ,disgraclng
L - e.
he Ind cheTished tor twelve long years
Which Is the most likely Of these to two prop
osltions?
This il the moral Argument. ask you If il
Is not overwhelming? Can there he any AL
swcr to it, The counsel upon the other side
hare wisely avoided 'hese questions 1t was
wise In them to strike out the evidence that
bore upon the state Of the relations between
these parties. It WIS trick Of cunning
have shown upon what terms they had lived
and In what manner he treated her; but we
were not permitted to do 30. And now hav.
ing by their own act stricken out the evidence
and suppressed the inquiry, they ask you ia
fill up this blink which they themselves haye
created, BY broadly assuming that Nj: Burch
Is villain, who desired to get rid Of his wife
case is sought to BE- supported on the part o.
the defense. So much as to whether Mr
BuTch would have done It,
1now come to the next tQuestion-Could lt
do ite Could he manufacture these confes
sions as they we're made? Could he compe
thot woman under his own roof or anywhere
elss; did 1t Lie within his power to compel llcl
to make these confessions, any one of them
and all Of thems Let us see whether he haS
the power to do this, And state tie question
fairly to Tou. 1fhe could not do 1t, then a
course be cid not. What were the confessions:
Now, / will allow her to be just rs weak q.
you please; I will ALLOW her TO be PHYSICAL,
perfectly powerless In his hands. Gentlemen
may state her weakness In as strong terms a:
not know how strong will she has as com
pared with his. But will eoucede 1t to be jue
u weak rs you please, and his to be Just a,
strong as you please Then ask you to 81,
whether hs could compel her to make thcss
confessions.
In tho first place, admit TINT the first on,
was 70 his hand writing; that Ton had liz
tory Of that confession is perfectly clear, a
everything else ia. The precise time Of tAt
day When 1t Was signed. It appears to hav.
been signed On Monnay or Tuesday morning
ME- BkowN1sa-I was on Monday that h
took the deed.
Ma YAK ARNAN-I am glad the gentleman
haa reminded me- Of that deed. I understand
him, and will come to 1t in due time.
1t waa on Tuesday morning TINT the oath t.
that first confession was administered by MI
Valentine. In the course OF the daJ, Monday
or In the morning Of Tuesday, this first con
fesston was made. I think the testimony doc,
not axthe date. Now suppose the worst tha
he drew up the confession and then presented
IT to her, and BY threats Of physicl yiolcnc
compelled her to sign it. Let that be 30
take 1t ut the very worst Let this stranr
confession that 1t Is said MI. Burch made I,
Mr.. Corning-and will comment upon tia
soon-lct that be literally true as Mr.: Cornin,
states It ! can conceive TINT 1t would b
violence 10 compel her to sign that paper.
brutal man exercising threats over timid wo
man might possibly do It. I hardly think
/ Judging her from what have seen Of woman
| that anything short of the terror Of immediat
death would induce her to do It. They 50,
! that he Threatened her, and thus produced tn
6rst confession. It Is bad argument Tn
mads ihat ~ confession. VERY n welI II
II 30. It establishes the fact that choking il q
excellent way to obtain the truth, for the frs
confession was manffestly true. And II h
! pursued the same course in the second case
that wonld be rather convincing reason 10
eupposiug that the second one was true. Du
{: perhaps TINT would not follow logically: nc,
+; hsps the second one was coerced and false. ]
Nj. BureA was shown to have any motives fu
J doing thAt, 1t might be within the limits OF IA
| kcd possibility that he could have coesced Mrs.
Burch to sign 1t. You, all Of you, probab1
have wires. Now I ask You 10 go home mi
3! confession that consigns her to ererlastin
lnf&my; show It to her and tell her that sh
must confess or you will kill her. What d
you think wonld be her answer! Have any q
1 you got wires that you believe would do 1t
Il there man hero who has wife that L,
thinks he could force by any thrcats, to max
such confession, especially II falses She di
!; Iuesday night, then Mr. Valentine was there
!: Mr. Valentine WIS present and there was n
! compulsion at that time. But / will euppos
j that she sigaed 1t on Monday, when she an
! Mr.. Birch we're donh- l will suppose that
will suppose he did compel her by fear Q
! death to do 1t. " hat would have been he
F., conduct atterwardss Wonld she hare rntific
! ~ For you must remember al Of thcs
: peopla By whom she was surrounded were a
much her friends a. his. They talk about thei
being spies upon heT, One year ago to-da
I: how was It with thess people? How was /
/ with Mr.. Faruain? Whit had been the rela
tions bstween her and MI. Farnam? Doc
not her conduct to him On the day be calle,
I upon her In the house, when she sent for lin
~ SouG AP otaaso Auu keG QeFi RQcn sue me
him at the top Of the stairs and askcd him t,
kiss her, took his hand In hers most cordial:
and led him into the room and asked him /.
sit down and talk with her; does not he
conduct there indicate clearly what she sur
posed to be the feelings Of Mr. Farnum ia
wards hera How was It In regard to Mr. WI
i entinc, that much abused but honest and wor
thy man; as true hearted man u ever met
man Of most irreproachsbia Life and morals
who has been t1aduced aud calumic&tcd her
BY the very men who hnye praised etuart
Stuart fs m object of worship-there ia some
J thing splendid In his style. Valentine is
plain, blunt acotchmau, be had none Of tht