The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1875-02-20
Beechel's Trial.
sANGUINARY vATICINATIoNs AS TO IT'S
RESULT
From the Chicago Tribune. I

am perfectly serious when pro
phecy that this trial between Tilton an d
Beecher will not be lawfully completed
until the first Of April, or thereabouts.
\ ct do not contemplate so long and $,
| depressing continuation of tn esc pro
cceding. feel somehow OF other, that
tragic conclusion will abruptly aud
terribly end this matter. AS it pro
crosses, the thoatric mantle of hcroism
drops off, from its shoulders, and pre-
scntly it will be wholly undrapcd. a
lewd aud hldcous TRANSPORTATION of Pria
pus. 10 be the laureate Of such rcck
ing annals might crafty the hot ambi
tion OF Swinburhc, but5 to impar.ia
nostrlls the whiifs and strcnchcs Of n
widespread licentiousncss are nothing
else than sickening Its tnbleaux are
as vile as the cncnustics of ponpi; its
episodes lit only Cor the pruricnt con
temptation Of Messalina, ana It's actors
seem TO have lost their aptast oppor
tunity in the suppression Of Aphra
REIN. The argument Of the defense.
on the moral question u issue, not be
tween Beccher and Tilton, but between
Beecher and The world, is no loiticr
plea than the grinning 'tu1uoqac."
II Bcccher be lberlnc, i'iltou is ,
tree lover; and, if Beecllcr seduccl
Elizabeth Tilton. Theodore Tilton
permitted and cxtcnuated that scluc
ton by his ,adulterous alliance with
Woodhull. So far, it looks like a
match at mud-lhrowing, with foulsr
ammunition, however, than the cheap
orduSe of the streets. All manner Of
beastlJ condolences are to be torn from
asA-.'>s ~ ! ~. q.
chair a trac CorintIiau orsic is
promised, in which every brutalappe
tic shall be nakedly represented. We
are only on the threshold or,hc scandal
1T 1t be necessary to save AIr. Beech cr.
an exhibition so monstrous may be
made hat the anger Of his countrymen
will rescue him by prompt and wrath
tul extinction Of the whole preceding
Other adultcries, other seductions, other
bestial incidents in this unwrittcn his
tory Of Plymouth, are to be paradcd be
fore the puzzled Jurors and the stuprtiad
world. At least
TWO DEAR WOMEN
I Are to anticipate the last Judgment bv
confcssing through the mouth of their
own kindred, that they were false to
their marriage VOWS, and one of them,
that her filthiness was beyond even the
awful plcturing Of Juvenal At last
one incest will be dra sgcd from under
the protective shadow Of Mr.. Bcechcr's
church, and stripped bare and putrid
Tor the consideration Of these Chris tian
States. If Henry G. Bowen ever
reaches the witness stand there will be
| SiuooHcu ilom Ills lcan person such Il
steam Of poisonous, excremcnttons
knowledge that the whole country will
stop its nostrils and its ears, and
CRY "ENouGu %
Testimony will be produced npon this
trial, and may perhaps be spread upon
its record to which the foculcncc OF all
extant literature will be as Sabaon
odors. | know of one tomb which has
already been ransuckcd to prove prior
guilt on Bcecher's part; and know of
another grave into which Bccchcrs
lawyers will presently descend to grope
Tor the shameful affections Of Tilton
Human dust and ashes cited to demon
strate the wickedncss it committed in
I the flesh is one the ccrtainties of this.
our tedious Dies lrn. But, though the
| horrors which have family outlined
and which are as we'll known to score
ofpcrsons as to myself--fro,n an irrcfra
gable chapter in the lewd record Of this
case, yet do | firmly believe, without
being able. to give a reason for my
belief, that