The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-28

party would respond at once and joyfully to
such a declaration az we have suggested,
made by the true leaders of their organiza-
ton; it would inspire the party with new life
and rescue it from the fatally false position In
which General Grant and the bummers who
are his favorites have placed It
The Division OF tho brooklyn Jury.
The horrible idea has just occurred to as
that possibly the Beecher trial is not near its
end. but that the jury having been obliged to
listen for six months to irrelevant testimony
and exhaustive speeches, intend to revenge
themselves upon Mr.. Beecher and Mr. Tilton
by staying out six months longer, and
keeping them both in dreadful suspense. II
is natural that they should have such feel
ing, and nothing probably, prevents them
from indulging it but decent respect for
their own comfort. The heat has for several
days been extreme, and these unhappy gentle
men, shut up IN the Brooklyn Court House,
have visions, no doubt. OF the Bay, Of
the parks, and cool places where
Beecher will cease to trouble and Tilton
must let them rest Their own suferings
viii induce them to dispense with the awful
revenge upon the parties in the trial which
otherwise they would have been likely to in
flict
The jury we're charged By Judge Nelson
on Thursday, and locked up to study their
lesson II is evident from the length Of time
that they have consented to uncomfortable
imprisonment that there is q serious
division Of opinion among them on the merits
Of the case An immediate verdict such as
Mr. Beecher's partisans affected to believe
the jury would render without leaving the
box, could not have been anticipated A
decent respect for the great issues of
the trial, for the weighty evidence pre-
scented and the elaborate arguments of the
counsel, imposed upon the jury the duty Of a
formal denomination or recapitulation
Of the facts. Some delay was, therefore,
compulsory but one day would have
been sufficient for the jury to have recalled
events already fixed in their memories, and to
have reported their verdict to the Court, had
there been no deep and well grounded differ
When the jury remains outfor more than three
days it Is natural TO infer that such a
difference Of opinion exists Ii cannot be
upon the question of the amount Of damages
to be given to Dir. Tilton, for he has an
nounced that the only damages he is inter
ested in are those which Mr.. Beecher is to re-
ceive. The question Of money could be set
tied in an hour. We must, therefore, conclude
that for three days there have been jurymen
who insist that Dir. Beecher has been guilty,
and that there are others who insist that he is
innocent
If this is the situation, what right has
either side 70 expect a verdict IN It's favor?
Yet 1t is said that the jury viii agree We
cannot see how this is possible if all the mem
bers are conscientious, for if, after SIX months,
each juryman had not formed decided opin-
ION the trial has had less influence within
the court than il had outside lit. The jury
man whom Mr.. EYarts could not persuade TO
believe in the defendants innocence or who
could not be convinced by Mr. Beach OF his
guilt would not be likely to be sincerely
changed in bis opinion by the arguments Of
his companions. That these twelve men may
unite in . verdict is possible that they can
unite in conscientious verdict it is impossible
now to expect Their absence OF three days
has settled that point and prepared the public
for their disagreement and their final dis
charge BY the Court That would probably
be the most satisfactory end, for disagree
Inent Of the jury is oil that Mr. Tilton could
ever hope for aud is quite as much as Dir.
Beecher has any good reason 70 expect