The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-30

Our friends need have no apprehen-
sion that the statement of particulars,
It male, will be used by the defendant
tor any other purpose than the pre-
vention of surprise or fraud. He de-
sires and intends, God willing, to
meet the whole case against him at
once, and dispose of it forever; but
to do this he must have, and means
to have, fair warning 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 evidence
upon the trial. If he is limited to
one or more it 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 "a
particular time cnd place in his CON-
plant, and then surprising the defend
ant OH the trial by introducing evil
dence pointing to another aud differ
ent time and place.
And this leads US to say that no
aoquittal is asked, or will be accepted,
IN this case, upon any narrow, or
technical, or apologetic ground. No
matter what false construction may
have been put upon his language. the
defendant never has sought, and new
er will seek, to excuse himself by
throwing blame upon others for any
fault that belonged even in part to
him. Fit were true that he had com.
mitted the crime charged against
him, it would be his crime, for which
he alone should answer. No one
shall in his behalf palliate the otfcnse
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
tenfold worse, if the defendant were
really guilty, by his subsequent con-
duct in adding oath upon oath to his
denials
! Neither will the defense be sus-
tanned BY casting any ignominy qpGn
has in her unhappy past been inflU-
cEccd, By spower which she could
not resist, into making statements
which were entirely untrue, no one as :
serts more strenuously than she her
self. But thi; is, unfortunately, no
uncommon event in the lives of pure
and good women who are bound by
ties mingled affection and fear to
men of superior force and despotic
nature. The defense of this suit will
never proceed upon any theory which
does not recognize the honor of Eliza
beth Tilton as at least equally worthy
of protection with the name Of Hen. y
Ward Beecher.
! Finally, there will be no comproEa-
ise. No suggestion Of the kind has
been accepted since the commence
mcnt of the suit, and none Will be .ac-
cepled to its end. Many well-meant
| (and some i'll meanr) propositions up,
On this subject have been made to the
defense; and occasional inquiries arise
ceneerningit. Let it suffice, once for
all, that there never has been, and
never will be any disposition on the
part ofthe defense to settle, or harm
onize, or compromise. en- any b-sis
except the uneqaivocal retraction OF
! WIZ iAi'C S41di "AiCi tI!C
foundation Of the sa;t 1t is well
known that the defendant has been
no party, directly or indirectly, to any
arrangements made in other cases;
and if any rumor of compromise in
the principal case IS ever started. The
public may safely impute its origin 10
an enemy.
| Meantime. the editor of this journal
proposes to continue his accustomed
work. He will write for its readers
I ss leng,ass they are Interested in his
contributions, and preach as long as
God spares his health, and his people
desire to hear him. He knows his
own innocence Of the charges made
against him,-Gcd knows it,-and az
70 mems knowledge, that shall be az
! Gcd pleases.-(Christisn Union.
Secretary Br;stow has gone home t.
kentucky to spend the holidays.
New suits growing cut Of the Tam
many frauds have tcen commenced in
New York.