New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-24

mans character He not only great in MIND great in
learning great teacher great scholar but he has thas
wonderful combination which makes man In oil his mar
Vicious greatness He has the BRAIN he has the hear ne
has the physical conformation In one harmonious ana
powerful combination giving to human nature its high
est dignity and its greatest strength and he himself In
Of his memorable letters exhibits the qualities by
which he thus enabled to tranple upon adversit TO
resist all the passions which stir the sinners conscience
and In the face of tho world and in the face
Of his God exhibits only those attractive and grand
qualities which make him great preacher and teacher
See how he depicts himself To say that have church
my hands simple enough, but to have the hundreds
and thousands OF watching me, each one with MS
own suspicious anxietes zeal to see tendencies
which, IL stopped. would break out into ruinous DC
Tense of me- to stop them without seeming to do it, to
prevent any one questioning mo to meet and aliay
prciudces against Triton which had their beginnings
years before this keep as If was not alarmed
or disturbed be cheerful at home and among friends
when was suffering the tortures of tho damned to pass
seepess nights even and yet to como up fresh and fu
for sunday-a this may be talked about but the real
thing cannot be understood from the outside, nor
its wearing and grinding on the nervous sys-
tenn" And then. in previous portion OF inc
same letter, no says: at I had not gone
through these great years Of would not have
believed that any could through my experience
and be alive or sane" this the picture not only
OF Mr. Beeches suferngs and trials and agones, OUT IL
the picture Of his great and iron VIII winch susIanou
him through ALL and through all the perplextes and dis
couragements OF this trial has sustained him. True IL
was necessity and true again, he was addressing him.
self In his church not to angry and hostile audience
Int 70 congregation Of symHthizng and loving souls
It not wonderful when consider the character OF the
man. DiscardiDg gentlemen, for one moment, all the
evidence In this case, except Mr. Beecncrs WIN our
knowledge his character and dvesting that evidence
OF all It's figures and descriptions, by close and rigd
1fa
from that of the probability OF his ohense'
what would be the conclusion OF practical,
worldly common sensci His representation MS theory
of this whole case is that upon certain day ne was
approached by inmate Of Mt Tilton's house, Bessie
Turner who made foul revelations to him concerning the
personal character OF Mr. Tton. who made distressing
communications him in regard to the condition OF Mr.
Tiltons household. These Representations concerned
man who had been lifelong friend OF Mr. Beecher
man whom in his boyhood Mr.. Beccher loved and In
whom In those early years he detected the elements OF
that intellectual and moral character which he saw
woud raise him the moral and intellectual elevation
he aerward obtained and from that time onward these
two men had lived the closest bonds Of friendship ana
intimacy They resided In the same city, day by day
they each other, and yet Henry Ward Beecher tes
you when those dscredng stories came to his ears
without any consultation with the friend who was
accused without appealing to him whom he had
loved and trusted for years, as to the truth OF
the accusation. without any effort at kindly
remonstrance II on inquiry there foundation; for
getting all duties Of friendship and manhood Henry
Ward Beecher at advised, he says separation
Then after interval comes charge made by this same
friend against Mr. Beechera charge Of unchrstian in
human treatment Of the wife Of that friend Mr. Beecher
learns as he says and believes that that charge was
extorted from the wife by the importantly and the
schemng violence of the husband and yet Mr. Beecher
in public card In his paper euogzes this conspaVor
and ruan against his wes honor and peace For three
years praised him. In his written words he c0mmends
him his kind and generous treatment This man who
as Mr. Beecher affects to believe had committed not this
wrong against him by an audacious charge, but had
made his wife the accomplish Of the outrage, and then
through the entreates and persuasive explanations OF
Mr. Moulton alone he comes TO the conclusion that he
had all wrong that he ought not to have advised
separation, or have advised Bowen. He suddenly
makes up his mind that he has won uncon-
sciousy the affections of Mrs Tlton, and for three
long years surrounded by this horror of great
darkness and lives upon the ragged edge of despair and
remOrse, and during 1t all he makes single In
quy learn whether 1t be true not that he has won
these affections Of the wife, that he has thereby intro
duced dssenon and discord and unhapDncss into the
household Of his friend In constant communication
with parties free TO learn from Mrs Tlton whether
or not his suspicious and belief true he yet fingers
in these protracted agonies these throe years
Judge Nelson ito Mr.. Beachl-win you suspend your
argument now, Mr. Beach
Mr. Beach-n your Honor Will pardon me out single
word which will conclude what have to say,
somewhat breaking in upon it; but take
that story even in its imperfect out
line as have given it, and is 1t credbledoes 1t conform
to the ordinary rules of human action to the instincts OF
our natures II we should Judge this man We would
Judge ourselves fellow men generally by the prob
ability of his theory and the statements of his defense,
are they acceptable to the intelligence Of this jury
submit to you that in themselves they intrnscaly
faulty and Incredible 1t this theory alone that Mr.
Beecher POUNDS his defense and II fails he falls and II
you bring to the Of it your ordinary and udg
ment seems you cannot fail to detect its faacy
and sophstry and in it the necesstous creation OF
great and ingenious mind driven to desperation and de-
spair.
The Court here took recess until o'clock.