Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-17
THE SCANDAL TRI4L.
Beach Still peyyfuy Avay nj Eaeeher

NEW YORK, June 11.-All the parties Ia
the Suit We're present this morning, and a
dense crowd filled the court room. Beach
continued his address: He referred to The
session of the con creation council and crit
iciZed The letter of Beecher 10 Moulton, in
which he spoke Of Dr. StoTT'S al ,reSS before
quasi judicial body. Beecher said that the
conduct of that gentleman was calculated
TO lead To breach of friendship between
him tBeecher) and TiltOn. Beecier saw IL
would inevitably involve his exposure aS
complete and disgusting as in the evidence
WHAT WAS BEEcHER's MOTIVE
for deEOuncing this gentleman? He was
friend OF Bcechers of . years standing. and
brilliant orator; a man TO whom people
came in their troubles for sympathy. and
1n l.ll clergylneh most eminent IN hi>
profession. On the night Of the 3Gth Of De
cember, 1870, Beecher learned that Tilton had
induced his wife 10 make a charge against
him. tBeecberl a charge which was dis
graceful TO the laws of God and society. and
yet Beecher comes to Tilton and bears with
hlm the highest admiration for the woman.
and teaching her that she was noble ami
magnanimOuS, and this man
HIGH PRIEST OF THE LORD.
bound TO rebuke sin and resent the false ant
airocious charge which this man. with the
agency of his wife, had made against him
ne (BeecherD took this man to his own
bosom and eulOgized him i'm his paper the
trtatda Union, how long would Christian
ministry be reverenced If this man, the pas
tor of the greatest church i'm the world was
allowed 10 take TO his breast this liar and
conSplrator' According To the theory OF the
Il
Beecher contributed 5000 towards spreading
abroad corruption throughout the world o.
The jury might be deluded by the Il gritty Of
the defendant, and they might think he was
too needful 10 the cause of God to be fear
leSSly judged OF these truths OF sin aud guilt
but not linus would be the Judgment of him
who Judges the thoughts OF the heart. The
jury were asked TO believe that this man WAS
so simple that he could not defend his own
character from attack. TIltOn, MouItpn.
and Mrs. MoultOn. all stated That
A ID I'm 10Th A
by word and action he admitted the charge
1t did not matter that Beecher had not men
TONED the charge in his letters bat he re-
ferred TO lt. as could be seen from terms in
which ne refers to his having injured Tlltou
This man had siuned at the ALTAR. and hal
desecraied his prleStly robes. Referring 10
the advice sent by Beecler to Mrs. Tiliou
with regard 10 separation. counsel said that
Beecher was unwilling 10 assume The re
SlOnsibiliIy Of such advice. Why was 10 that
II the wife desired separation and Henry
Ward Beecher advised n through ISL. t>75.
1873, and 1874, this wife remained true 10 her
allegiance. Beecher saw such diSqufefrIta
IN the house Of TiltOn that hi> gentle sogl
was
SUFFERING TIE ToINENrs or THE
DAMNED.
and he was standing on the ragged edge o,
remorSe and despair What force dill the
jury attach 10 the circumstance thai from
December 20. 1870, up 10 the sitting of she IN
Vestigating committee, B5echer hal been
acting in concert with Tilton ana Moulton
q
What did they think of Beecher'S letters in
June, 1873, TO Moulton, speaking Of the stu,-
tifying devices by which they had saved
themselves. This was but one of the courses
pursued by Bercher. in conjunction with
TiltOn and MoultOn, for number Of wears To
shut of this scandal What was the
danger IL was this sinful act OF the
great preacher. suppose there had been
an investigation in the West charges?
that il had turned out that all Beecher had
done was TO advise the discharge of this pro-
fiigate from the editorship of the leading
Christian newspaper of the world. and had
advised the separation of Mrs. Tilton from
her husband. Beecher would have been vim
dictated from all imputatlons on his charac-
ter Why was Beecher silent so long III he
was conscious of his innocence and had
tive from her home Mrs. Tilton) would have
to-day been there purified and redeemed
from all reproach and stain upon her char
acter. Would Beecher's position have been
any worse than IL is now? What harm
would an investigation have done If
the things told by Beecher were true?
The Jury must reconcile these things, no
Justice must not swerye one jot or little out
of her path and the laws OF justice must be
fearlessly executed. Beecher says he was
aware that Tilton and Moulton were acting
with Woodruff, but they say he was acting
i'm league and concert with them. Counsel
argued that Beecher's Recommendation of
the " policy of silence" and his persistence
in that course, were wholly inconsistent with
his plea OF innocence. Beecher deliberately
in system of his TO protect Mr.. and Mrs.
Tilton, and To save HIMSELF and the jury
were TO consider whether that was consistent
with the character OF an innocent and ma