The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-22

tolerance for the zeal and devotion upon the part
OF the counsel, but have understood it to be .
distinguished Characteristic, - well - the Mgn'
est honor Of our profession, that We lend our.
solves only to the advocacy Of what We believe "a
DO true and just. But never before IN any court
or in any case. have found counsel-this gentle,
man will permit me to say bad and unprlncl ieo
enough such, that although his client may De
l convicted in court OF justice by judicial de-
termination Of the bisterest wrong and the high
est social crime that can be perpetrated IN
civilized community, nevertheless he will uphold
| him by his ingenuity and influence. Sirs, make
no such profess OK devotion Tor the gentleman
for whom appear.
| NV client has been questioned for bringing
this action with the bitterness of invective seldom
INDUCED In a court of justice, which would only
| be justified in the trial OF case OF this magni-
! tude where it's full enormities were disclosed
beyond dispute. With spirit, sir, which think
does not belong to common" lawyer, he has
| assaed my client ftr the institution Of this &C
ton; he has said Of him that he. the husband and
the father, has unnecessarily disgraced and DIS
hOnored the family whom he had sworn to love
and protect; that he has said. with vindictive-
ness OF language and heat OF spirit which does
not belong to us common" lawyers before the
court. He has exhibited my client to the oppro-
brium and condemnation Of this community for
assalling the one man who seems alone to reflect
honor and distinction on the city OF Brooklyn;
as worth all the nation al wealth OF BROOKLYN and
as by a thousand times excelling the worth Of my
humble and undistinguished client.
l answer it by asking my learned friend what
shall . husband do when his household is as
sailed. and his peace of mind broken up by
wrong OF this character? What must the hus-
band do when man OF eminence and distinction
in the community, by the ssnctitY of his profess
sion and by the influence Of his Christian name
and character, steals into the household, spd
upon its hearthstone engraves infamy and dis
honor, seduces the wife Of his BOSOM and reflects
degradation and shame upon the children whom
she has borne? When in a court justice he
brings the seducer to the bar, and calls upon him
to answer for the grievous and imperishable
wrong which he has committed, is he to be taunt-
ed and shamed by the lips of the devoted fri nd
of the seduceI No, sir it is a shame to the
alleged crime was committed! 1t is dlshonor
to the heart and to the lip which dares accuse
under such circumstances the wrOnged husband
because he seeks to vindicate his honor or to APP
peal to the law to punish the sggressor of his
household.
disclosure or to who it was that made it neces-
sary for Mr.. Tilton to speak after he had borne
the anguish ana the horror of his shame and his
loss with Christian endurance, which might well |
be initiated by the community that is to be con-
sidered hereafter. 1t is not tit for discuss sing
here, and in spirit which inmates that Of my |
client srefra'n from such discussion, because it |
is Inappropriate. Knight retaliate 1t needs no |
common faculty to see that there are sentiments !
emotions, in this case which, if chose to appeal
TO the public sentiment would stir and warm the |
breast Of every father and husband. But will !
not initiate my friend I leave all that for |
more fitting and appropriate occasion, when
shall have the opportunity to express those SEN
ments and to utter that maledlction which be. |
ieve this defendant richly deserves.