The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-01-01

Much has been said about delav il
this suit. It might suffice to say that
no case If similar Importance and com
plexity was ever brought to trial befor,
civil court in this part Of the State ir
so short time as this will be. But
furthermore, it has been 4 onceded by
counsel on both sides, in presence o1
the court, that there were not Jurors
enough to try the cause in November
nor time enough in December. The
defendant personally urged his counsel
to arrange for an early trial, >; but he
has left the ease in their hands, and is
satisfied that they have done that
which was
wIsEsr AND BEST.
Tho application. for a statement ol
particulars has not met with the favor
Of certain newspapers; but having
been fully sustained by the highest
court Of the State, and indorsed by the
highest legal authorities on tho bench,
and at the bar, outside of BROOKLYN,
we venture to believe that it will stand
the test of time.
Already one result of this motion
has been to clear up much of the mys.
terry with which it was sought to sur.
round this case, and to present. in a
more definite form, the question in
volved.
Our friends need have no apprehen.
sion that the statement: Of particulars,
if made, will be used by the defendant
for any other purpose than the preven-
ton of surprise or fraud. He desires
and intends, God willing, to meet the
whole case against him at once, and
dispose Of it forever; but to do this he
must have, and means to have, fair
warning Of what he is to meet.
The object Of the bill of particulars
is not to prevent the plaintiff from in
Producing any evidence which he may
have. He will be at liberty to specify
all the times and places as to which he
proposes to offer evidence upon the
trial. If he is limited to one or more it
will be because he is not willing to say
that he expects to be able to give evil
dence Of any other time and place. The
object sought is simply to prevent him
from naming u particular time and
place i'll his complaint, and then sur.
prising the defendant on the trial by
introducing evidence pointing to another
and different time and place.
And this leads US to say that no &C..
quittal is asked, or will be accepted, in
this case. upon any NARROW, OR TECH
N1CAL. APOIOdET1O GROUND. No matter
what false construction may have been
put upon his language, the defendant
never has sought, and never will seek,
to excuse himself by throwing blame
upon others for any fault that belonged
even in part to him. If it were true
that he had committed the crime
charged against him, it would be his
crime, for which he alone should an.
swer. No one shall in his behalf palli.
ate the offense charged, or plead that
allowance should be made for tempta.
tion or weakness. No one shall speak
of it as less than an atrocious crime
made tcntold worse, if the defendant
were really guilty, by his subsequent
conduct in adding oath upon oath to
his dcnials.
Neither will the defense be sustained
by casting airy ignominy upon Mrs.
Elizabeth Tilton. That this lady has
in her unhappy past been Influenced by
a power which she could not resist,
into making statements which were en-.
tirely untrue, no one asserts more
strenuously than she herself. But
this is, unfortunately, no uncommon
event in the lives Of pure and good
women who are bound by ties Of mingled
affection and fear to men of superior
force and despotic nature. The de-
fense Of this suit will never proceed
upon any theory which does not rccog.
niZc the honor of Elizabeth Tilton as at
least equally worthy Of ofprotection with
the name Of Henry Ward Beechcr.
Finally,
THERE WILL BE NO COMPROMISE.
No suggestion of the kind has been ac-
ceptcd since the commencement of the
suit, and none will be accepted to its
end. Many well-meant land some ill.,
mcant) propositions upon this subject
have been made to the defense, and oc-
casional inquiries arise concerning it.
Let it suffice. once for all, that there
never has been, and never will be, any
disposition on the part Of the defense,
to settle. or harmonic, or compromise,
on any basis except the unequivocal re-
traction Of the false charge which con-
stitutes the foundation Of the suit. II
is we'll known that the defendant has
been no party, directly or indirectly, to
any arrangements made in other cases
and if any rumor Of compromise in the
principal case is ever started the public
may safely impute its origin to an en-
emy.
Meantime, the editor of this pape,
proposes to continue his accustomed
wor:::. He will write for lis readers a
long as they are interested in his con
tributions, and preach as long as Got
spares his health and his people desir'
to hear him. lie knows his own limo
cence Of the charges made against him
| God knows it, and as to mems knoWl