Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-06-29

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SIN Agreeing TO Disagree.
NEW YORK, June 2S.-The jury in the
Tilton- Beecher case have not yet agreed
upon a verdict, nor have they informed the
Judge Of their inability TO agree. Crowds
continue in the neighb0rhood Of the court
and jury rooms.
Soon after noon the Judge received a
message from the jury, to which he replied,
but no information could be obtained as to
he contents. In connection with the note.
however, counsel of both sides had brief
consultation with the Judge.
Reports state that this afternoon another
message was received from the jury, but its
nature is not known. At 8 o'clock the jury
retired to their usual resting place, and at
I0o'clock the courthouse was locked for
night.
Eleven TO One.
Beecher was interviewed Saturday on
railroad train by a World reporter, to
whom he expressed the conviction thas the
Jury stands eleven in his favor to one
against him. He says he knows the recall
citrant Juror, having been warned about
him long ago. He also says Judge Nelson
expressed the intention to keep the jury
out six weeks if necessary, but should not
dismiss them without verdict.
Hearts that will Ache.
New York Herald, June &c.
The suspense Of the public over the ina
bility of the Brooklyn jury to agree is mere
unqualified curiosity and deserves no re-
spectful consideration. But we must Gre
member the other hearts that will ache, y
and no person of humane feelings can
withhold his sympathy from those whose
dearest hopes tremble in the balance while
this jury is delibersting on its,sverdict.
Very little sympathy will be expended on
the immediate parties to the suit. TiltOn
deserves none, for no healthy mind can
Justify his course in giving
this scandalOus publicity to his
real or fancied private wrongs.
Beecher will receive none outside Of q e
circle Of his thick-and-thin partisans, be-
cause he deserves none if guilty and has
acted like moral pOltrOon if innocent.
But "the other hearts that
ache" deserve the kindest and
prOfoundest sympathy of a cOnsiderate pub
lie. Poor Mrs. Beeeher, whose sad and
quiet face has been an object Of interest 10
all the corners and gOers who have visited
this prOtracted trial, deserves the respectful
sympathy of all who honor true woman
hood. This faithful and devoted wife,
whose pale face has become so familiar 10
the constant attendants in the courtroom,
is entitled to a larger measure Of respect and
a gentler appreciation than any other person
who has an interest in this celebrated trial.
Her devoted loyalty TO her husband, her
deep interest ia the honor Ct her family,
her love for the children who have so deep
a stake in the innocence Of their father,
and all the honorable motives which have
impelled her to come forth from the dOmes-
tic retirement which she loves and graces
and submit 10 the stare Of thousands Of in
quisitiye, vulgar eyes, and demonstrate her
unfaltering trust in the husband TO whom
she was welded in early youth, make her
an object of respectful regard.
Among the 'hearts thai viii ache" at
the inability of the jury to find verdict
Of acquittal IS that Of poor Mrs. TiltOn,
who, If she has sinned, suffers beyond the
measure Of her guilt. Even if the worst
be true that has been alleged against her
she deserves -cOmm!sseratiOn. Had she
been destitute of conscience she would
never have made the confession out Of
which all this great trouble has arisen.
Even suppOslng the worst to be true which
has been alleged in this trial, it was her
conscience and her truthfulness which
brought it TO the knowledge of her hus-
band. Ifshe had smOthered her conscience
and kept silence, the guilt which she is said
to have confessed could never have been
detected. At the very worst she is the
victim Of her honest frankness; and as she
made the confession on the condition that
her husband shOuldnever aTaign her sedu-
Ger, and as he consented to receive The
confession on that condition, and thought
it consistent with his honor to live with
hel as wife for four years afterWaTd, no
correct mind can justify him in putting her
10 shame by revealing the secret. As a
man Of honor, he was bound 10 sunder his
coniugal relations at once, or else, having
cOndoned the offence, to have forever after
held his peace. There is ne pretence on
the part Of TiltOn that the adultery was
renewed after the confession, and it was
inexcusably infamous for him to bring it
into exposure and institute a suit after an
act of forgiveness and four years Of subse-
quent cohabitation. 1t is impossible for
any honorable mind to feel sympathy with
TiltOn; or to regret, on his account, that
the Jury does not find a verdict against Beech
er. In every view Tilton's conduct IN bring
ing this suit is infamous. Had he brought
it in 1870, Immediately after the alleged
confession, many would have justified him,
Notwithstanding the pledge he made to his
wife before receiving her statements. But,
having forgiven them, he bound himself to
subsequent silence, unless she should re-
peat her Offense, which is not pretended
Nobody, therefore, can feel any regrets at
the Disappointment Of TiltOn in not getting
a verdict against the invader of his home.
But the Just contempt which is felt for
Tilton, and his inexcusable haseness in
bringing a forgiven ofiense into publicity
cannot affect the bearing Of these exposures
on the character of Mr.. Beecher. If he is
guilty It is a mOnstrOus insult TO Chris
tianity for him to continue TO preach, and
it is unfortunate that the jury
cannot agree in acquitting him
The failure of the jury to yindicate
him leaves an innefiaceable stain on his
character which can never be wiped out
At best his innocence is not clear, bU
doubtful; and a clergyman Of doubtful
character for moral purity is an eagle with
clipped wings. With such a result Of tn,
trial as now seems probable, Mr.. Beeche
will be, for the rest of his life, under 1
dark and polluting cloud. Plymouth
Church may continue to sCand by him for
while, but his former ascendant moral in
fuence will wilt into contempt. He viii
be regarded as a charlatan and comedian il
the pulpit, and if he continues to attrac
crowds, il will be from motives of vulgar
curiosity to look at a man who has sur
vived his clerical honor, or a wish t