The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-10


ration OF Porter that BeeCher was enti
tied 10 the presumption OF innocence ant
argued that while this would be true il
criminal cases the dciendout in civi
case was not entitled to such presuEp
tion. He cited Greenleai on evidence.
| Mr.. Beach then cited several decision
to show that the burden oi proof beyon,
a reasonable doubt didn't rest upon III,
plaintiff in this ease any more than i
would in a suit on contract. He thcl
spoke Of the onslaught made on Tilton
FOR THE PUBLICATION OF Ills wIFE's LET
TIERS,
Mr.. Porter, in speaking Of the letter o
January 0, 1867, which referred to soml
physical iniirmitics OF Mrs. Tillon, asker
ii anything meaner'than It's publication
could he imagined. Now, the part OF thii
letter which referred to Mrs. Tillon's con
dition was not published at all-only
some extracts were quO,Cd. So this VIC
lent assault on TiltOn was wholly un
founded. NJ, Porter spoke OF the unor,
nous cgotism Of Tilton, but he Beach
thought he could say Portcr's cgolisn
was enormous, or his policy OF vitupcra.
ton would never have led him into such
Misrepresentation. There were numcr.
Gus other instances in which the plain
facts had been misstated by the counsel
for the defense in order to furnish the
basis Of attack upon Titon. Mr.. Beach
said he did not know when the Sc.
duction was accomplished, but the
place aud date Of adultery were
those which were furnished to TiltOn by
his wife and by Bccchcr, according to the
plaintiffs testimony. 1t was Il simple
question Of v,.aCity between Tilton and
Beecher. A great complaint was made
Of cruelty and unkindness on Mr.. Tilton's
part because on Mrs. TiltOn's return from
Marietta she found the hOusekCcper,
Miss Ellen Dennis, in her place at the
head Of the table. Miss Dennis was Mrs.
Tilton's cousin. Was thG.e anything in.
delicate or inappropriate in that? Then
it was alleged by Bessie Turner that Til.
ton had repIls"d his wife rllhely wnen she
spoke about tie servants. Suppose il he
true. Many great, kindhcarted men had
been chargeable with harshncss. These
very facts may have tempted the dcien.
dant to enter upon his work OF seduction.
And so OF all the extrancous issues which
had been thrust upon the jury.
Recess was here taken,
After the recess Mr.. Beach resumed his
address. lie spoke Of Mr.. pOrtcr's as.
sCrtion that Tilton had garblcd the
"Grillith Gaunt" letter in in its publiCa.
tion, and then quoted the passage in
which extracts from the letter were used
by TiltOn in his sworn statement. lie
said comment could dnOt add to the reiuta-
ton this furnished Of Mr.. Porter's ale
CATION. Mr.. Tilton merely quoted part
NJ this letter in support Of his position,
with no garbling or misrepresentation,
and his learned friend was unjust and nn.
generous in the use he had attempted to
make Of it.
Mr.. Beach said he was not especially
favorable to the mode Of Argument
which sought to enlist the sympathics Of
the jury upon one side upon the ground
that the popular verdict had been giycn
in its favor; but II this mode was to be
employed he wished il to rest upon
sound basis. lie denied that the popular
verdict
HAD BEES RECORDED FOR Mn. DEECmER,
rs had been asserted, and named mum.
bcr Of well known newspapers in differ.
cnt sections Of the country a. indicating
by their course the popular sentiment in
favor Of TiltOn. This was Il matter which
he should have been ashamed to allude
to but for the example set him by his
learned friend. Then it was said By Mr..
Eynris that all the best classes Of society
in the vicinage had gathered around Mr..
IIcechcr. Had they done 50, where was
DR.. Storrs2 lie belonged to the Jury of
the vicinagc. Where we're DR.. SChulcr,
DR.. Buddington, DR.. Talmage, DR.. Dur.
yea, aud DR.. Van Diskc? lie had seen
Plymouth Church in all its glory, and
the parasites Of Mr.. lIcechcr cxcrting
their influence in and out af court, but
he had not seen these representatives Of
sister churches hnstcning to extend their
hands to this defendant Their absence
from the court room was no proof
OF guilt, but the attitude Of the jury Of
the vicinngc should not be misrcprcsented.
lie said lie should not make such appeals
to. the supposed prcjudiccs Of the jury
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 happiest event in the history Of this
case II 1t could be proved to Mr.. Tilton
and his counsel by the judgment Of intel.
ligcnt men that Mrs. TiltOn owed her
husband nS she was said to do by Mr..
Porter. lie quoted Mr. POrtcr's remarks
on this point, and said such love as she
was said to entertain for her husband Ger
tainly did appear irrcConcilablc with the
theory that she was the victim oi that hus.
bands base conspiracy. II was only after
she had passed over the threshold Of her
home and allied herself to the
FORTUNES or HENRY WARD nEECHER
that the "policy Of silence" failed. The
Jury OF the vicinngc then saw that there
must I've an investigation, and the dis.
closure Of the secret was ineyitablc.
Whoever had this diclOsurc to answer
for was nnswcrablc for all the misfor.
tunrs which this trial involved. llOwev.
or this case might he determined, ns Mr.. |
Porter had said, there was u jury greater
than that here present to try this jury and
this court. There waS no end to The mis-
fortunes ni this Gaze. Even II 1Ieerhpr
was found innocent, he was sulied and
nnd he could never stand in the
pulpit again the same grand and heroic
character NJ before. II TiltOn was sus.
tainCd By the jury, his future would he
Cluudcd by the past, his home would still
he lcsOlatC,l, aud his innocent children
must still suffer from the blight Of di'.
grace. The only resource for those en-.
gagged in an intelligent examination Of
this case wa' To discharge their duty
fEARLEssLY AND HONESTLY,
leaving the consequences to take care of
The man who did 80 was
fearless Of all criticism or accusation.
Counsel regretted that his learned friend
had not given him some better evidences
NJ Mrs. Tillnn's love for her husband. lie
rould not show anything cl'c in her con.
luct but
AS IDoLlTROuI DEVOTION
10 Henry Ward lIccchcr and hi, cause.
II there was any cause that led her to this
conduct, shc might bo forgiven; hut
rL,n anil whcrc L,I II I,ocn shnwr tt,,t