, 1875-02-05

liar merri.uent Tho Joke must hhvo conkisted
n Eyarts' impernonation Of je,fne pretnisr. The
loytco, If 1t was device, overwhelmed Ti]tou
'or fu1t nye minutes with food Of dispRraging
nirta, lie wsithcd in hn chair. snd showed tho
;eeuncss Of the thrust In the workings Of hia
face. An article entitled
I'm NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. T1tTos,'
from the Hearth and Home, wae then read. In |
which tie gocial aud moral death Of Theodore |
Tilton was deplorcd. aud reference ruaae to
Is lreudo Triton. Ho uHed tho Eraccs Of rhetoric
to sild tho character Of woman about whom It |
il enough 10 ray that sho cdlth paper aboruina-
bio in morals mud coarse IN ith a.tetauccs."
Following this waa tho reply of Tilton, wherein |
he den,od that lie vas All advocate of fire lore,
bit reashe1ted lis prostoua opinion ss 10 :nar-
riage and divorce, making quasi acknowledge |
mcnt that he wnB spirtual'et aud boldly pro- t
claiming that i,e WAS Communist aud would
wear losetto in his butlon-lole, aud ptay uol
to speed tho caufe.
In another article,
IN ASswrM 70 LETTER FROM NR GREELEY,
asking for lls definition Of ffce-ove, 1iton
vent on the records aB having written this:
You asf nc what mem hy tfee-lpre. Lei me II
lustrate; Hero are husband md N!fc, each 10
years OLD, who have 1ivra In wclloch 1anrter of
century and had nx OF eight Children, Of whom talf
survive Tho l,aipR and Of maternity lave carly
worn cut The wife. while tlu husband IN III tho
prime Of manly 7Eor aud strength. lie
haa hllci wider sphetf Ard enjoyed tettr prrortn-
1ltca fur mental cu't'lro than she has, and feels
niulae1f her intellectual ulerior. Among his
ouatntancen Is yu,nRcr ialrcr, frcsLct xonsan, not
20 richly lowered with worldly wealth. who a1,nlree
aud Ia admired by, lini Nho, it, Tact. IL wiling, II
invited to become his aflnisy md ls Is than
willing that nhs Should II they taks up with cach
other, their arrangement, Or whatever You please
10 call It, Is just whut i e1ucr4te ~ frsc-Io:e.
You know that Eueh alliances e1ltt. feel
that they are abharged Of Dad aud chsst elusc ot
human degradation, family disruption, and general
wretchetness. III enrt hate tho man WIN II swoEn
10 love a,d cherish woman TIL death, aud loves
another while tat woman Yta, md strives 10 flali
toward him tie duties Of loving wife. Hence tu
tcuscy bate frcc-losei ani A1ts I'll 1ncueAon that
u narrlaHc nlny he siRatfa!]y dissose, c1'trt for
naSraut deliberate adultery w4iia luslaud au wife
both live.
MHs. woopHuLLH arXECH IT TROY.
An e1folt WIS nero ula.lo to get III atI extract
from q speeeh from MrB. Woodruff, delivered in
| Troy, au1I cupiod by tue Golden Age without
| eon.sneut.
Mr. Eyarts urged that tho edtor ot publisher
Ct i newspaper was responsible to p'blie opinion
for all articles put forth in hs newspaper
whether he wrote them or not.
Fullottun characterized Erarth' design as Ril
extraordinary proposition, since it ehdoavoied
to hold M editor morally as well legally re-
Bponsibo for wl,a! appeared in !.is paper.
Mr. Doach Haid tho articles wore offered
| M . declaration made by Taton expressive
! Of hs sentiments III regard to mArriago whcl,
wers cous.lerc,l by the other sdc odiouH for the
pulpoac Of identifying him With wlat were called
adyaucea Or liberal opinions upon tho sub1oe. Of
Marriage. Upon what principle wRa Tilton to bo
Judged by an article in his paper wh3u it did not
aIpear oyen prcaumptlvoly that ho MAS acluaiut-
| Cd with its coutauts, Which might e@prcsa opin-
ions repugnant to him!
Mr.. Eyurts tontnndeil that, having shown tuat
Mr.. T,lton was tho eito7 aud proprietor OF the
Newspaper, tho responsibility Of wlaioger l.
IN. forth in its issuoa to ,the. public, and
| which tho public Aa. reaso& for douounclnt
falls upon him. Tho quaation was AZ tt
lis Individual responsibility tor diffosipg these
sentiments through the community
/ Tho Court tls,ul,y excluded tho article, ant
that exclusion WIS resented ly the audience q:
E persoual outrage, When Talton volunteered th'
assertion that tho aEtlcle WAS wrltton By ttien.
Of Deecor'a Il member Of the inner circle o
Plymouth Church.
| At this tllcle was
aESEnAL rnorRusIoN or .EcKs,
Deechers amaxoncut exceeding that OF his mos
eager parlAlliouots. Whon Erarts pressed I'll
ton for tho natne the Wttuesa first tlro'
| himself Oh tic protection OF the Court
aud then reminded Eya,tH that ho had prIvate1,
told him Us a precautionary measure, at wmci
there Was hugh, mud thou rccess'
LITE or MRS. woonHuLL.
After recess tho crosa-e examination WAS 70
sumod, aud Evartn handed witness D paairAlo
the life OF Mrs. Woodruff.
Deacl. objected, baying the paper was original.
prepared by Mrs. Wopd1ulI. but rewritten b:
Tllton, ard certain portions loft ont, as part 0
Ito plau betwccn bin. Beecher, aud SloultoI
| tn BuppgeaB the scandal. Uo submitted thA
opiuious Tltuu may hayo written concernln
tho WOMAN were immaterlat. Tue writing OF
sAetch not Identifying tue author with tie view
Of the porson writon about
Eyurtu commanded tllat tho queetion Was wha
| degroo Of confederacy existed betwoen witnes
aud tho woman In tic dissemination OF thns
] peculiar doctrines lie knew Of no better wa
! tn SLOW tLis than by nj authorized culoRy q
| her.
Fullerton thought IL i.s-boca.no Boecher 10 tt
| to fugco sentiments OF Mrs. Woodhut on Tltot
| in view OF tho fact that tho biography Was VIII
ten by Tiltou after consultation with Heecler, /
OF ier to sMppress tic scandal.
TITO Court ruled out tbs document.
) The nest subject touched upou was
/ 7ILToN'n RELATIONS w1rA BEEcnEn.
Tho examination bringing out tho followin
facts;
o.-~Did yn, becnMe well acquainted With ii
1fr I}eechcs prior to ls7u7 AL thought knew hit
very well, but l aul waH mistaken.
Inna vii, L.. }bS.b% AhnfI