The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-10
Recess was mere taken.
After Recess


Mr.. Beach resumed his address. He
spoke of OF Porter> asScrtion that IiltUn
had garblcd the "Grltiith Gaunt' letter
in its publication and then quoted pass
age in which the extracts from the
letter were used by Mr.. Tilton
in his sworn statement He said
comment could not add to the
refutaton of this furnished by Mr..
Porter's allegation. Mr.. Tilton merely
quoted part OF this letter in support OF
his position with no garbling or mlsrcp-
reservation, and his learned friend was
unjust and ungencrous in the use he had
attempted to make OF it. Mr.. Beach
said he. wa. not especially favorable to
the mode of argument which sought to en-
list the svmpathics ofa jury upon one side
upon the ground that the popular verdict
had been given in its favor, but if this
mode was to be employed, he wished 1t
to rest upon sound basis. lie denied
that the popular verdict had been record
ed for Bcrcher rs had been asserted, and
named number of well known ncwSpa
pers in different sections OF the country,
as'indicating bythoir course that popular
sentiment was IN favor of Tilton. Ihis
was "A matter which he should have
been ashamed to alludc to but for the
example set him by his learned TREND
Then il was said bv Mr.. Evarts that all
the best classes OF society in the VincIh-
age had gathered around Mr.. Beechrr.
Had they done so, where was DIR. Htorrat
He belonged to the jury of the vicinage.
Where where Doctors Schuyler, Bud
dinrton. Talmage, Duryea, and Van
Dicke. He had seen Plymouth Church
in all its glory, and
The Parasites of Mr.. Brecher
cvortinr influence in and ont Of court,
Lut he had not seen these representatives
of sister churches fastening to extend
their hands to this defendant. Their aD-
s,nce WAS no proof of guilt, but the atti-
tude of the Jury OF the vicinage should
not be misrepresented. lie said
he should not make such APP
peals to the supposed preJudiceS oi
| the iurv, rs had been made by the other
side. The jury had an oath IN heaven
and could not lay perjury on their souls
| 1t would be the happicst event IN the ms
tory of this case if il could be proved to
/ Mr.. Tilton and his counsel, by the Jud@-
mcnt Of intelligent men, that Mrs. TIItoh
! loved her husband as she was said to do
bv Mr.. Porter He quoted Mr.. Porter
remarks on this point, and said such love
As she was said to entertain for her nus
band certainly did appear to
/ be irreconcilAble with the
theory that she was the victim of that
| hus sbands base conspiracy. 1t was only
after she had passed over the threshold OF
her home and allied herself to the for
/ tunes of Henry Ward Beecher that the
/ .poiicy oi silence failed. The jury OF
the vicinage then saw that there must bc
an investigation, and the disclosure OF
the secret was inevitable Whoever had
this disclosure 10 answer for, was answer
able tor all the misfortunes which this
trial involved. However this case
might be determined, as Mr.. Por-
ter had said, there was jury
greater than here present TO try this jury
and this Court, there was no end to the
misf0rtunes of this case. Even If Mr.
Bccchcr was found innocent he was sui
lied and damaged, and he could never
stand in the pulpit again the same grand
and heroic character as before. If Mr..
Tilton was sustained by the jury his fu.
ture would be clonded by the past; hi:
home would still be desolated, and hi.
innocent children must still suffer from
the blight of disgrace The only re-
source for those engaged in an intelligent
examination of this case was to discharg,
their duty fearlessly and honestly, leav
ing consequences to take care Of them
selves. The man who did 50 Wa
fearless of all criticism or accusation
Counsel regretted that his learned frienC
had not given him some better cviden
ces of Mrs. Tltons love for her husband
He could not show anything else in ne