Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-07-02
Yr. rlltnn,s Chief Ad,oeate.

VI hat could be more beautiful than Mr..
Beach's disclaimer Of personal unlriendli-
ness towards Mr. Tracy Of opposing counsel ?
In the course Of his argument Mr.. Beach
felt called upon to say that Mr.. Tracy had
been guilty Of professional treachery and
personal dishonor - that he had performed
several parts in this drama, AL Of them
with equal zeal and abandonment y that his
opening address was ''full Of luminosity, of
dcnunciation, of untruth = that he was
active, indetatigabe, malignant - that he
had been guilty of personal disgrace and pro-
ie-sional infamy against which the highest
in the land could not stand, against an indig-
nant and outraged profession" Among
ordinary men, such language would be
taken as indicating positive untriendliness.
Outside of Brooklyn it would be very liable
to lead to enlargement, if not TO excite re-
sentiment But Mr. Beach, in the cathO-
LEFTY of his nature, and with the serenity
and sweetness Of disposition which appear
50 conspicuouSly in Mr.. Tilton and his
friends, speaks Of him, notwithstanding all
this iniamy and trcachery and dishonor, as
his respected brother" for whom he has
mo feeling bat that OF the utmost kind
ness, and Of whom he says further: THE
relations between that gentleman and myself
have been entirely cordial, and nothing that
has happened or shall happen in this case
will interrunt on my part that friendliness
of sentiment TO this he adds the re-
mark And | trust that nothing | shall
say will embitter the sentiment of that gen.
tlcman toward myself, because he must
know that my utteranceS are extOrted by
my position
What could be more charming than this
or than Mr. Beaeh's relations with Mr..
Beecher? Mr.. Beach has been engaged
now several months in an endeayor to prove
Mr.. Beechor guilty of seducing and de-
bauching the wife of his friend of hypoc-
risy, lying. perjury; of a series of crimes
which, il he were guilty of them, should
place him forever under the ban of decent
society, and behind prison bars. lie has
occupied ten days with an argument to the
Jury, the object Of which was TO convince
them Of his guilt. But Mr. Beach does no.
let little thing like that impair his friend
ly relations with this great criminal, or d.
minlsh his admiration and reverence or
him. lie says of him:
lie is not only great in mind, great in learning.
great teacher. a great scholar, but he has that l
WONDERFUL combination which makes man in all his |
marvellous greatness lie has the brain, he has the
heart he has the physical conformation in one har-
nonious and powerful combination, giving to hu-
man nature as highest dignity and ITS greatest
strength sud he himself in one OF his memorable
Letters, exhibits the qualities by which he is thus
enabled to tTampe upon adversely, TO resist all the
passions which stlr the sinners conscience and in
The lace OF the world aud the face Of his God sr
hibfS only those attractive and grand qualities irhich
max him agreat preacher and teacher.
When a man uses such language in de-
scribing person guilty of adultery, per-
jury, treachery, and hypocrisy, he shows
well, he shows, We should say, great fitness
for the position of counsel in case where
in his client and friends make a tea-table
topic of seduction and adultery; where the
client sits calmly down to a discussion of
dates with the seducer of his wife to settle
the question Of the paternity of his child
where the injured husband Acknowledges
the receipt of money from the seducer with
benedletion, and where, upon his theory of
the case. no one of the parties to the scandal
seems to consider that there is ANYTHING
wrong, except as it is made public. Mr.
Beach seems to have fitted into the case ad-
nirably, and to have caught its spirit per-
ectly.-N y. Tribune.