The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-11
THE BROOKLYN TRIAL
Another Dense Crowd Pres
ent.
Mr.. Beach Continues.

Mr.. Beach Continues.
NEW YORK, June 10.-The Brooklyn
City Court was again the scene of crowd
ing, more dense, if possible, than yester
day. Despite the instructions issued b.
Judge Nelson, when Beach who Wa
, early in his arrival, entered, he was re
ceivod with storm of applause. Tiltor
was present, but Beecher and his wifi,
were absent. Mr. Porter stated that Evart
was unavoidably absent, and therefore h
would be deprived o. hearing the re
marks of Mr.. Beach to-day but that h
would be present tomorrow. After t
few remarks from Porter, disclainlins
any bitterness in his attack on TIlton, anC
stating that he had not used the phras,
attributed to him yesterday, "Down
down to He'll, and say sent thee there,
Mr. Beach replied that he was sorry if h
had misunderstood his learned friend
but ne had heard him say, Down down
to TiltOn, and had naturally though
| that he desired to cOnsign Tilton to hell
and, indeed said counsel, think so still
lLaughter.) Beecher and his wife en-
tered al this point, and took their Gus
tomary seats.
The EceHtHg Posts report SAYS:
Beach then resumed his address to the
Jury, and said that an effort had beer
made to represent the words imputed I,
Beccher by the plaintiff, and his wit
nesses were such rs were foreign to hi
stvle, and could not have been employed
bv one so skilled in the use OF the Eng
lish language. Well, there was no doub
that all men accustomed to writing and
public speaking had II style peculiar t.
themselves. If any Of the jury shoulc
see the pamphlet containing the speecl
bv Mr.. EvartS, with its title page gone
It's internal eyide dencc would be sufficient
to indicate its authorship. He would
see if the expressions imputed to Beechel
were such rs to indicate another pater
nitv. The counsel for the defence had
ur ed
That Term PnrONysmai Hiss
was an absurdty which could never have
come from the lips of Beecher. He had
occasion to examine the published writ
ings of Beecher and in Il single sermon
had found words used repeatedly. Beach
quoted numerous passages from this SER
mon in which the word paroXysm and
paroxysmal were used in regard To the
repentance, love and other strong
emotions. He then considered the cX'
preston of moral niagara and argued
that it was a false piece Of rhetoric, which
Beecher never had used. He considered
this to be forcible and proper phrase to
describe Beechcr's position. Beecher
did stand on the brink ofa moral Niagara
from which only the jury could save him
1t was as proper an expression rs Dr
Watts gulf of dark despair
Mr.. Beach then cited a number OF
passages from Beecher's writing to ahow
his fondness for extravagant expressions
and liberties which he was IN the habit
of taking with the English language.
He did not oaote these by way of crlti-
ciZing Beecher's style, but to show what
his STYLE was. Such expressions as these
were natural to n man. The expressions
If Beecher to Mrs. Moulton, that she al
ways impressed him as section OF the
Day of Judgment, had been ridlcuied by
the counsel tor the defense, who SAID that
Beecher did not divide the Day of Judg-
ment into sections. Well, when that
dav came he thought we should find out
that it had ut least two sections Mrs'
Mouton was constantly urging MT
ID L. 8. nnl1lnp IN
before him day of doom to which ms
course was leading, and he expressed Il
feeling which she produced upon nun,
which was in natural TO men.
Beach then spoke Of an attempt to pre-
sent blasphemous letter to his wife IN
which Tilton speculated on the character
which Tilton would have manifested IN
the position of a man. TiIton then spoke
of Christ as historical character but he
was so regarded, of course, by Beecher,
aside from his sacred character. Beach
quoted passages from Beecher's works and
sermons, in which he spoke OF Christ as
"A historical character, and one open to
peculation.
Beach cited passages from Beecher 5
works Ms showing his familiar mode Of
treating with Christ's life and attributes,
and urged the injustice Of seizing upon
Tilton's letters, not proclaiming his
theories upon the house tops, but written
in private to his wife, rs an indication OF
moral oblquity. He then spoke OF the
position taken by Porter that men who
could use such language as Moulton had
employed concerning Beecher was not
credible. If this was so, what sort of Il
witness would Porter be after such Ian
guage us he had used in regard to the
plaintiff?
He next referred to the charge of
TreasOnable COnducI
on the part of Moulton, and said that his
relations with Becker were not changed
by single appointment Of the Church
Committee, but by Beechers false and
calumnious charge that this long tried
and self-sacrifcing friend was black
mailer. Never until this charge of
black mail was brought against him.
Did he use a disrespectful word to Beech
er. Beach then referred 10 Porter's
charge of cowariice against Moulton
because he carried a pistol to Beecher's
house and said that Moulton, engaged as
he was in business which called him aloof
from dogs and away from rude men, was
Il habit of carrying a pistol for protec-
tion in case of need. Evidence showed