New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-08

When the gravity danger Of trusting 10 these
fessedy lying lips TO be brought homo TO whoever
has trusted well may no feel that no has no refuge
against tho reproach: "why did you trust man who In
the breath told you that in the matter he had
told exactly the opposi to story, and was lie'
GEN TRACY'S APPEARANCE ON THE SCENE.
These gentlemen then got to think that the
interests Of Mr. M0ultons firm required something To be
said or done about this mputat.on OF responsibility
Mr. Moulton's part for this scandal, and Mr. MOuton
says to Mr. Beecher: Ny firm think that ought to
have intelligent, sagac0ns, and upright cOunsels
advice about this account" and Mr. Tracy natu
rally suggested himself, he wouh ID any one In Brook
Ign, the best man for that purpose But In talking
with Mr. Tracy as what should do about this
dal its recitation, denial we may have to tell him the
TRUTH the facts OF your and We should not do that
without your consent" Mr.. Beeohor has objection 10
tho facts OF his case being told; OF course
he that they going to tell me
facts OF his case, and 1t Is reasonable
proposition There Mr. Beechers's connection with this
matter begins and ends Now out OF that and It's seques
grows most important result, OF great value to Mr.
Beecher and of great reliance your part ~ to getting
the truth The learned counsel for the plaintiff de-
sirous OF having certain advantages from what he
pccted prove through tho interviews with Mr. Tpoey.
Of completely by Mr.. Beechcr in the policy OF silence
and even in justification Of the habit OF
lying, seeks legal basis to support the
evidence or Conversations between hiT' ih'"h'
Mr.. Moulton, Mr.. Woodruff, and Mr.. Tracy.
On all the ordinary relations men, Of talks be-
tween men, including Mr.. Tracy, could carry
weight against you or me or Mr. Beecher than
it could between any four and there was found,
therefore in what passed between Mr. Moulton and Mr.
Beecher of the character that have stated basis for
the proposition that Mr. Beeoher, by asserting TO Mr.
| Tracy's being made conferee with Mr. Mouon about
his Moutons) interests and his firms and to receive
therefor information OF the truth about which Mr
Beechers aars-remcm5er that word-could BIO treated
as If Mr.. Bcecher himself formed party to
these conferences; and the evidence, therefore,.
| OF those conferences has been displayed before
you Now Mr.. Tracy without representing Mr.. Bcechcr
and AZ voluntary witness part, might, upon all
the rules OF evidence been brought our witness
against Mr. TltOn and Mr. Mouton TOR his conVefsa-
lions we're with them and we didn't need any ad OF any
artificial rule to ene us to prove these Conversations
by proper which restraints our profession
from giving testimony in In which they arc coun
sell unless of absolute necessity, this plaintiff might very
well have counted upon the fact that Mr.. Tracy would
not have brought into view these conferences and struck
at the very center OF their counseis and OF their case
But mark the designs of meant for evil turns
to good This devious course OF theirs, which they
fattered themselves useful to them in trying 10
make out through Mr.. Tracys acquescence, that Mr..
Beecher acquiesced in separaon and even patronize1
and approved lying, leads to a release OF Mr. Tracy by
necessity any of the constraints OF feeling In not
coming into the cause with his proof when they nave III
t0duced the proofs upon this artificial rule as rcduhs
him "a Mr. Beecher, to be fired at in conversation Oh
necessity he comes % witness to tell what the conver
sations were and will them the benefit on the es
mony OF Mr. Tracy and own OF either OF these no
tons that Mr. Beccher through Mr. Tracy "a hs repre-
sentative, favored silence that lie Favored
lying; but you must take IL on inc CYL
dence, and that it comes to this according 'o
Mr. Tracy, according to them, the question
ri NJ wa wi
made denying that story and Mr. Tracy thought there
should be publications made insisted on 1t, argued
hour after hour with Mr.. Mouton and with MI Iitoh
that this scandal in the Woodruff and Claim paper
could be stranged by Mr.. Mouons denying the
part that was at charge and Mr. Titon denying the
part that was his charge and then FOOLISH crcutous
argument of Mr. Titon and OF Mr. MOulton OF the abso
lutte regard for truth that didn't permit them 70 oely
the great fasehOods which they both protested were con-
tanned I'm this publication OF the Woodhus without they
purged their conscences into publicity OF the real iac
whatever they were. Then Mr.. Tracy argues Win
them and they said: "Why. that would ia
a sort OF lying sort OF lying eff we don't go on
and narratc all the truth Of this difficulty in Mr. Iltons
household these estranged affections these false accn'
tons this reraction, this rccantaon OF thc reueoh'
in other words. publication OF the whole matter DIT
Tracy then argues Well, don't understand the right
of person. by making false charge against another 10
preclude that other from exposing the alsity OF the
charge without imposing upon the other tho necessity 81
disclosing the truth about private affairs you can u
lying to do that, why. make the most OF IT, ldoht cal
it lying you call lying it is kind Of lying that mo
circumstances OF this casc in my judgment. maze 'o
duty of people here that OF denying these fasehooda
and not disclosing private complications between these
parties that anybody has right to know
Now, will spend more time upon that part Oh W.
now call your attention to what constitutes the sub
stance of the Tracy interview, to wit, this fact'
that Mr.. Moulton got permission OF Mr.. Beecher
frffh
possible support of the good faith toward DIT
Tracy and their interview was, and IL. that they
did tell him the truh-are they going to stand up nero
now and tell you that they told Mr. Tracy series OF eS
as they had Produce Exchange rcopc and Ar Triton
his friends when they wanted to know something ABOUT
this matter Now they must either say tha that they
were telling Mr.. Tracy series Of lies about tue
facts In Mr.. Beechcrs case, or they must
stand upon his evidence, II you believe him, as
IN what they did tell him. that that the truth And
when You find that what they thus told him COMFORTS IN
every point with every written paper in this case from
one end of It to the other respect to the charge the re-
traction the recanalion the narrative OF the lrno
Story the denaIs OF mpurity both the part OF the
wife and on the part OF Mr.. Bcecher which Mt
Tilton has incorporated in his :" True story ana
which shall read you, and what he told Mr. Sorrs
and what he told Mr. Becher, and what he told HaIa'
and Schultz. and MeKelway, and Wikeson. An geh'"
men, You have now ont OF their own mouths in an inter
view thar they sought in their interests obtained
upon the proposition they to tell the truth To
Mr. Tracy and with the full and free allowance "
Mr. Beecher that they should do so, ana no"
we will see what they did Now, the Interview wash
and we must either stamp Mr. Tracy as pcJureo WIZ
ness or condemn him incompetent to understand the
nature of that conference and the character OF the STATE
ment that be heard and which he repeats and The arSu
ments that were made there, you must draw our oi
this proyilentia admission OF testimony, out OF 'he
folly and conrivances OF the other side OF Mr. lray
truth-disccrning and truth-speaking mnd-you mus
draw that il an absolute right, eXtortcd confession
an exposed conspiracy. by an exhibition OF what IN