The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-02-06
OUT OF HIS OWN MOTIF.
Thrilling Episode i'm the ,eeehcr
Trsf.al

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bcecber was decidedly th most re-
notwithstanding man in tb court aud
would IT once attract the notice of a
stranger. Owing 10 Lis long body, he
sits high, and towers above the heads of
his family with bold vet intellectual
face, so full of latent humVr, yet so emi-
Inently clerical.
lie paid no attention whatever to Eliz-
abeth to-day for the matter in hand was
too serious whereas she looked at him
long and steadily.
Tilton never turned his glance at eith-
Ter, but watched with serious face the
effect OF the speech and evidence on the
Jury.
Judge Morris, in the course Of his
lsreech, created u sensation In this man
her. Condemning Beecher out of his
lown mouth. he said he would not at
tempt 10 depict the pernicious crime OF
adultery, but would give them the word
OF an author much more able 10 do il
than he. Council then read a lengthy
printed slip, a short extract from which
will give an idea of. the remainder:
The seducer, playing upon the most
sacred passions. betrays innocence by its
t-nderesl faculties, its trust. its unsus-
pecting faith. its honor. The victim
often and often. il not an accomplice SO
mach as sufferer, betrayed by an ex-
lorcisIn which bewitched her noblest af-
fectiOns and became the suicide of her
virtue. The betraycr, from the most in
lteuse selishpess. without one noble mo-
tive, without one pretense OF honor by
lies, devilish juggIery and fraud, blind
ling tie eye. confusing the conscience,
misleading the Judgment, and distilling
the dew of sorcery upon every flower
OF sweet affection; deliberately, heart
lcs>ly doons his eonfiding victim.
The accursed sorccrer opens the door
of iho world TO push her forth. She
looks out shudderingly. for there IL
shaTe aud shnrped-iootled hatred. The
polished scoundrel betrayed her TO aban-
don her. Sarclv society will crush him
They will snnite the wolf and seek out
the bleeding lamb. Oh, my soul, be-
lievc il not. What sign is that? The
dropping victim is 0rse used thAn the
Internal destroyer. He is fondlel,
corrted, passed from house 20 house
and she is crushed and mangled in the
in'uriated tramp of public indignation"
When le had concluded. Judge Nor
ris with uplifed hands and glisi,ning
eyes. turned toward Beecher and thun-
dered out, Twenty years. ago--twerty
years ago. that was the expression OF
The defendant"
Pcecher flushed, laughed. and whis-
'per-d with his friends. "Oh, how true.
continued counsel, ''he drew the picture.
In January, 1871, lie writes Of his VIC
tim: She 10 guiitless. sinned against,
bearing tlie transgrcssions OF another
How truly, he wrote, twenty years ago
Il he victim, often and often, is not an
accomplice so much as sufferer They
say that, because he wrote ia that letter
OF contrition, she is guiltless.' there
was no adultery. In answer. we turn
TO this, his own picture of the scducer
land victim
1t appears the extract was from q SER
mon OF Bcechef's.
In concluding, counsel said: GAS you
love your lone Is YOU love your fam
ily and YOUR children; as you regar. i've
sacredness OF your home as you revcr-
,euce virtue and respect the sanctity Ot
The family altar | call upon you in the
name OF Christianity; by the teachings
of the Savior on the Mount; by the law
thundered from Mount Sinai; by every
ico1sj Iteration that is near and dear to us
or D; ! call upon you to brand the
SD as his crime deserves. Let be
writos ~ on every door throughout the
land, "Death aud obstruction TO the Sc
ducer, and when YOU have rendered that
var1ief vnu xxiii ra.oiva tho ,rQ yer. ~, "A
blessings of every yiriuous mother, OF
every virtuous daughter in the land, and
q peaceful conscience will follow you
through life; will be with you in the
last solemn scenes on earth. TO console
when. at last you stand with your life
record before the everliv ing God
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