The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-12-31

been to 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 prevention OF surprise or
fraud. He desires, and intends, God will
ling, 70 meet the while case against him at
once, and dispose OF it forever; but to do this
he must have, end means to have, fair warn
ing Of what he is to meet
The object Of the bill of particulars is
not to prevent the plaintiff from introducing
any evidence which he may have. He will
be at liberty to specify all the times and
places as to which he proposes TO offer evil
dence upon the trial. Ii he is limited to
one or more ii will be because he is not
willing to say that he expects to be able to
give evidence of any other time and place.
The object sought is simply to prevent him
from naming particular time and place in
his complaint, and then surprising the de-
fenda.it IN the trial BY :~troduciny evidence
pointing to another an. different time and
place.
And this leads US to say that no acquittal
is asked or will be accepted, in this case,
upon any narrow, or technical, or apologize
ground. No matter what false construc-
ton may have been put upon his language,
the defendant never has sought, and never
will seek to excuse himself BY throwing
blame upon others for any faul; that be-
lOnged even in part to him. Ii it were true
that he had committed the crime charged
against him, it would be his crime, for
which he alone should answer No one
| shall in his behalf palliate the of.ense
charged, or plead that allowance should be
made for temptation or weakness No one
shall speak OF it As less than an atrocious
crime, made ten-fold wore, if the defend
ant were really guilty, by his subsequent
conduct in adding oath upon oath to his
denials.
Neither will the defense he sustained bv
casting any ignominv upon Mrs. Elizabeth
Tilton. That this lady has in her unhappy
past been influenced, by a power which she
could not resist, into masking statements
which were entirely untrue, no one asserts
more strenuously than she herself. But
this is, unfortunately, no uncommon event
in the lives Of pure and good women who
are bound by the ties Of mingled affection
and fear to men Of superior force ard des-
pOtic nature. The defense OF this suit will
never proceed upon any theory which does
not recognize the honor of Elizabeth Tilton
as at least equally worthy of protection
with the name of Henry Ward Beecher.
Finally, there siu be no compromise No
suggestion of the kind has been accepted
since the commencement OF the suit, and
none will be accepted to its end. Many we'll
meant land some ill-meant) propositionslup-
on this subject have been made to the de
Tense, and occasional inquiries arise con-
corning it. Let it suffice, once for all, that
there never has been, and never will be any
disposition on the part Of the defense to set
tie, or harmonic, or compromise, ON any
basis, except the unequivocal retraction OF
the false charge which constitutes the foun-
dalton of the suit. 1t is we'll known that
the defendant has been no party, directly or
indirectly, to any arrangements made in
other cases; and If any rumor of compro-
mise in the principal case is ever started,
the public may safely impute its origin to
an enemy.
Meantime, the editor of this Journal pro-
poses 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 sparee 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 know
ledge, that shall lie as God pleases.-CAris-
finn I'n;.n