The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-28
SIDE FLASHES OF THE BEECHER
TRIAL.
From the New York Herald, Feb. 20

Dit ii revelation. AS llllOll sut5 LOT none!
IS winch he does not want and Will not accept, an(
as Mr.. Beecher defends rep t4tion winch ht
= ha. survived there i. less danger IL public com
G ments than if Mr. 1ilton crayed money, or Mr.
: beecher hoped to leave the presence Of Judge
Nelson with the splendor OF his Old fame As
r the Brooklyn E1gic, Of last evening, Every
i person who has come into relief with 1t has been
bidckened.
Q '.Iho story has acted Ike poison wherever in
It troduced. The sentiment Of the country ias
been rebauched By il, ana those who have been
brought out as lts once secret holders figure as
i persons ia whom The poser ofr-ht thinking and
. feeling has ceased. Eyery witness seems - turn
l up strs alea and Gistggred. Yesterday We had q
man testtyine against lis sister. testifying 20 81.
incident which 10 brother of ordinary re.iC. nee
would have ever whispered He quite agree
2 with the Eagia that the testimony 81 Mr. Rich
ards cannot " read without !. shudjer and the
fact that Nj. It0n founl i necessary to his ,in.
: dcation shows the 1csolU.e sincerity vi wi4cl.
he light. lis case.
1he evidence Of Mr.. HouIton 2rlcticaliy
closes the ease for tie prosecution. Mr. IiltoD
has tod his story. The worst i now known.
Low Mr.. Deecher can explain this lis prob en-.
Bat THIS i not for 1s t. susge.s, nor to
press an opaOn upon the uatll Mr.. Bee cher
has Lad this opportunity. Mr.. Iilt0n's story is
this He received from his wife a confession Of
/. crime He reserved this conf ssi0n for several
months when lie wrote letter demanding the
withdrawal of Mr. Bc-cheE from Brooklyn and
the consequent downfall Of his journal and his
chuuch Shortly after he summoned Mr.. Deccher
to his presence and accused him OF y ccms
! lie addressed letter. also to eIr. Bowen. re-
winding HIM that he had accused Nh Beecher
Of other crimes. Under the pressure Of this lot.
ter, and from other rsaso which were. no
doubt. quite subordinate TO it, Mr.. Bowen paid
! Mr.. Elton . claim Of seven thousand dollars
and signed . covenant with 1Ir. Betchcr and
J Alr. Allton proclaimnS peace lh;s peace coz
tlnuci. and Hr. Iilton founded Newspaper. |
| ir Be.eher. through Mr.. Moulton. contributed
| five thousand dollars 70 this project The paper |
| did SurrppI and MIR Triton driven ~ tfa
wall by his ambanassments, by an unfortunate |
sympathy with Mrs. Woodhuirs strange, mad |
fancless and by the somewhat Seckess rhetoric
Of DR.. Icon, turned on Mr. Notcher |
ana dragged him before the worI4 as the
destroyer q his home, his influence and his fame
The reasons Sor this opinion are now al last before
the world. Mr.. Beecher stands charged with
adul cry. perjury and falsehood, upon the evil
dence OF Mr. Tllton, Mr.. Mouon and the latter
Sentleman'5 wife. Ofthese witnesses Mrs. Moul-
ton 10 the most crcu1nstantial. Her evidence il
the most important thus far given, and it viii b,
cad throughout the country with profound and
painful interest. MIR. Tiltons case has been pre-
rented with srea. ability. His counse. have sue
ceeded IN gaming every point. On Thursday we
had the unusual spectacle OF the Judge appealing
to the plaintiff : counsel to all W Mr. Eyarts 10
ask question, which, of course, was declined
Some ~ the rulings, showing. they do, great
learning and impartality on the part Of the Judge
are to u5 singular Developments OF the tendency
o. our law, an will not be without their influence
upon the public when come to Gonelder this
trial whole.
The most striking discovery is The relation
between husband AID wife. If anything has
been clear to our minds it Is that the marriage |
CONDITION is one OF sacred confidence. Blessed !
by God it is the hottest Of human ASSOCIATE ns.
No statute can interfere with IT, This is as it |
should be. But the Brook VI trial makes another
precedent. According to this the husband mag
80 upon the stand and swear his wife into in-
fanny Her letters ard communications become \
a pat OF his at ack But the wife say moth 3
ing. In other words, any husband can TESTIFY
to his fears and his suspicious, to statements
cOntessi us and narratives going t. SHOW that he
hal boon wronSed. The wife, who knows in her
cart whether she is guilty OF innocent, can say I
nothing. We confess we can no Justice ,
ia TIN, law unless accept tie theor, that
4 woman Is q bit oil property who fulils ="
certain dependent Offices ii the marriage rela- p
ton, whose honor may be sworn away WhCn il
p!c0ses her husband without any opportunity of
herself. Who knows better Than |
Wis. Hilton whether she Is gI.iity or innocent?
no has more at stake il this issue: Who has
- much: Her name hor wOmans honor ard
he happiness Of her children IN peril. nr !
jeechcr, If he Is convicted, loses his place is q
christian minister while Mr.. Elton becomes ne
labitated' and Mr.. Moulton is ''rehabilita ed"
/ acquitted, then we learn that Alr. Triton has
il this time been under an haliucination. The
1sue is, therefore, whether Mr.. Beccher shall be
egraded and Mr. 1IltOn ''reha blitated and
lale the same Theodore that be was before MI
'eecher dcove hun INTO biographical literature.
'"' 'ho "o'ual-"idV = " pecoLhe OF hef: Sne
an say nothing. She must lie down and be
'ampcd IN the Gust, that her husband or her
aston may be freed from STAN.
alo'het uiscoVGlE Is that II Is possible, upon
inPle acsloh lhsoNinS an issue that could be de-
4 ste If tina anv d"zen obrn az o,t'lvs9 =
'hse business men, with the machinery OF the
!" q .iieir cGillhand, coaIu take MI Beecher.
i ! li! ! ana the Two or thfeo essential wit
esse5 INTO q rOom and III day ascertain the
ush or falsehood 81 this charge But by the c.
'eratloh OF our law weeks pass on, and no one fro
N say what real progress has been made to- -
ara the truth. Inns IS not justice. suppose ~
e Jio6c or one OF the lurymen should die
oppose, as many observers CONTEND the Jury =
.Duia 'u7aSIeG
10" co4id Mr. Ilfon sustain new trial?
y" co'-a tiie atloriey 20 through with il
~ process of justice which requires weeks to
anime TWO witnesses i false. Sull another
i.s MoIa'ly OF note ~ me statement OF Mr.
ton mat vile can pc dlsl9yai to her husband I