Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-12-28

court of the State and Endorsed by the best legal
authorities on the bench and at the bar, outside OF
BROOKLYN we venture to believe that 1t VIII stand
| the test Of time.
clear up much of the mystery with which 1t was
sought to surround this case, and to present. IN
more definite form, the question involved.
Our friends need have no apprehension that the
statement of particulars, if made, will be used by
the defendant for any other purpose than the pre-
| ycntion of surprise or fraud lie desires and In
| tends, God willing to meetthe whole case against
him at once, and dispose Of it forever but 10 40
this he must have, and means to have, fair warning
of what he is to meet.
prevent the plaintiff from introducing any evidence
which he may have. lie will be at liberty to
specify all the times and places as to when ne pro-
poses to offer evidence upon trial II he Is limit
cd to one more 1t Will be because ne Is not
willing to say tina he expects to be able to give
evidence of any other time and place. The OBJ
iect sought is simply to prevent him from naming
| particular time and place in his complaint, and
then surprising the defendant on the trial by IN
Producing evidence pointing TO another ana I'LL
ferent time and place.
And Ibis leads us to say that no acquittal Is
asked or will be accepted, in this case upon mar
row. or technical or apologize ground. No mat
ter what false construction may have been put
upon his language, the defendant never mas sought
and never will seek, to excuse himself by throw
ing blame upon others for any fault that belonged
even parly to him. lift were true that he had COM
mtted the crime charged against him, 1t would be
his crime for which he alone should answer. No
one shall in his behalf PALATE the ofiense charged
or plead that allowance should be made for temp
tation or weakness. No one shall speak of 1t as
less than an atrocious crime, made ten times worse
if the defendant were really guilty, by his subsc-
auent conduct in adding oath upon oath TO his de-
mails.
Neither will the defense be sustained by casting
any ipnominy upon Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton. That
this lady has in her unhappy past been influenced
by a power which she could not resist, into making
statements which were entirely untrue, no one as
serts more strenuously than she herself But this
is unfortunately, no uncommon event IN the lives
of pure and good women who are bound by ties
of affection and fear to men of superior force and
despotc nature The defense of this suit will new
er proceed upon any theory which does not rec
ognize the honor of Elizabeth 1iton as at least
equally worthy of protection with the name OF
Henry Ward Beecher.
Finally, there will be no compromise No sug-
gestion Of the kind has been accepted since the
commencement of the suit, and none will be &C
cepted 10 its end Many ell-meant and some Ill
mcaRt propositions upon this subject have been
made to the defense, and occasional inquiries arise
concerning it. Let it suffice, once for all, that
there has been, and never Will be any disposition
on the part of the defense to settle, or harmonise
or compromise, on any basis except the unequlvo-
cal retracton of the false charge which consti-
tutes the foundation of the suit. It is well known
that the defendant has been no party, direct
w. to any arrangements made In other cases; and
il and .umor of compromise in the principal case
is ever started, the public may safely impute its
origin to an enemy.
Meantime, the editor of this journal proposes to
continue his accustomed work. He will write for
its readers as long as they are interested IN his
contributions, and preach as long as God spares
his health and his people desire to hear him. lie
knows his own innocence of the charges made
against him-God knows it-and as to mems
knowledge, that shall be as God pleases.