Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-18
The Scandal Trial.
RxAcH's ARGUMENT CONTINUED.


Well. nv friend, Mr.. Porter, has terri
HE dislike for the term "true lnwardness,
and h. rejects the idea that Henry Ward
Beecher could possibly have been the author
of apy such phrase, and assumes that 1t was
tanobt To whoever used it by MIR. Inton.
ssTrne inwardness," he exclaims, where
did she learn this phrase? She had been
under the teachings of a man who lett upon
her mind such expressions rooted 50 tha'
they could not but spring up and bear iruit
and when he used it in high and noble anu
generous sense, he yet imputes her adoption
Of the phrase to the vile purpose OF her IN
ward adultery" Well, now, 1t IS little
remarkable, gentlemen, after such criti-
cism upon that term, 'tfhe lnwardness,
that Mrs. Tilton did not use it, and Mr..
Beecher himself usedit.
There was not another man in the world
who took more liberties with language than
Beecher did. Counsel found several other
strange applications OF terms as "hail
stone teaching, D." 'sumbrellical, "a pocket
ocean, and one expression which Beecher
used was sin May app.e trees pat on their
bloom and went a counting. These were
unusual and extrayagant expressions, and
were the chara ,teristic individuality Of the
man.
The jury will remember tnat IIlt0n wro'e
ie. &c, - n.s " :" T.. .ho l;ce or Cbr;st
ifbe were married man. and this was
presented to them in the light Of blasphemY
by the other side. Now, said counsel, &c
counts which are given to Us of the life Of
Chr;s, ro,e M, ysrv full mr. comnlete. and
were n fit subject for religious consideration
and snecnlation and these we're not thought
N be ei,ber s,cr;lecious ar blasnbemous.
Reecber SAYS in one Of his works "vou
nav deaI with Tho life of Christ a. an his
tar;cai cr;,;c and NAV deal with his
oba-ao,or b,- +ba I;,bt nj sracnla,ion and in
rest;gat;on and x wa. in tbi, wav that
r;l,n7 d,raI, I'll tho .barac,cr or Christ
,,,d Cror, no sacr;le,i,,s motire Beerber
-, CT, ,I.,.;or;.t and tina, he
-, 49,, Ill IF IL irer;D -er,aon mp
d;c,atin, =, r-aver lie 1Reecber, avs #
the Tord,s Prayer that il was not ORIGINAL. /
81 H. sor+;rnent. We not per whom o..
on 10 the di~cinles m the mount. Bea h
read from Reecber's works and sermons a,
sbowin. b;s (Reecber'.A familiar mode r
treat;nc the life of Christ and urced that
This letfer of Tilton's .bonlJ n,. have bee, /
nicked opt as an examnle Of the LIGHT +,
PiIAIu out as al pi' VI ''0 ''
WHICH, lie regarueu MN
MRS. TILToN sINNED, WITHOUT SENSE or wRoNe. |
Gentlemen when von reaI those letter.
or selcdenreciation. and seli-eondemnatia-
on the mart of and written bv Mrs. Tilton
when She sneaks .f the sorrow she has
capeed her husband and of ber remner and
her in6rmities. betravino her into wrongful
conduct in her household wien in hat
notable letter to which will ak vour A.
tention. where she sreaks of the .,rrow which
i soon m break uran tho head Of her bu.-
L,nd-carnot ror .se how ,bis ,jeadlv se.rs.
,os rankI;ng n tho bes-, If nj. wome,
bo,, !, yros strr,,,.ii,,, c,r ,,.,era,,oa ~
she loathed the condition of duplicitv and
deceit in which she was rloced and with
her high Christian character which we will
talk of hv and nv .be f.It that the utte-oncs
of this secret was dne IN her f,itb as a Chris
tian woman and her dntv as n Cbr,-ti,n
wife
Ono ,b;nc ron Lro,- ,t.t Fi;,,ha,b p
Tilton Ioved ed,ra5 Ucn-r Word R,ecber
That i confessed -, oil L.,ds H. .ba,-
actor a. a Cbr;s,;,, 1o,o,as bar to-
ment A. del;cate evc;,sble sniri,rgI av
a, Mr.. Beecber savs an insnirati5nal woman
has been given To vou. Shall hereafter
show vou ,bink tho rirep,us-aress and
mental condition. rrJer which tbis woman
was led 10 snbr,i, :, the wisbes of Mr.
Beecber Rnt She vas n reopliar lady If
deem emotional character Of somewhat
strange and eccentric tbourhts apl FEELINGS
Mr.. Beecher WAS 4 great preaeber-ber best
loved still for at that time the conviction or
her sin had not fallen unon bcr conscience
the decisions bv which She had been he
traved had NOT been dis.irate5 sbe then
no wr,nc +, rho ,e+ ;tseIf ami
onlv in the svsrs,n If LIT in
The life Of annieitv which sbe iej
MRS. TlLroN Confession.
Ii i said that the confession of Mrs. Til
.on j. no evidence AGAINST this defendant
iranted. Sir. II il only when Tint c,n;es-
ion Is detailed to the rartv whom il imnli-
.ates when with nreeisi1n and with en-
,hasi.. under ALI the nossible solenniries of
communication NJ tbo- character i ,r,s
made N Mr. Reeeber and he mailed ana
yi,bered beneath the cbar-e ond ,,avs tho
onf,s.ion bv silence sinEi1,, anI ,5,,e-;n,,
rom the presence of his aeeDser and ey7
.laiming This will kill me t'' il j. only
hen that the confession of Elizabeth /. Til
on becomes significant and important.
Well. SAYS nv friend. it was A forced con-
esSion. All There Is the mistake of nv
riend' ; argument. There i the great error
If their position. They assumed that the
document OF December both was the confes-
ion, and that that was extorted from Mrs.
Iilt0n. All gentlemen. the confession
which was related to Henry Ward Beeeher.
nd which then. in the moment of detee-
ion. he dared not stand up and DENY like 4
rave and innocent man, was the confession
made SIX months before That was the mar
alive submitted to him containing the ae-
u>ation made against his honor ana yirtue
Ind it was the manner in which he received
hat, the silence and submission and broken
eartedness with which he listened To that