New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-11

proves that Mr. Beecher tho course OF hts evidence.
answered can't recoect." don't recollect" or
can't say" 5s3 times. Laughter We'll, believe the
grand result in the case OF Mr.. Moulton wa"
some three hundred and But then, In addition Il
that there 2i5 instances In which Mr. Beecher says,
81 Think" Il prcsume""I suppose,l don't tmnk;
then there 81 instances In which he says dis
tinctIy don't know and the aggregate Is S)4 TO
Moulton's 3O5! Well gentlemen, II was deemed sort
OF an argument against Mr.. Moulton, Of Importance
enough TO BIO presented in written opening.
the product of many minds tlanghterL and
reproduced In a pamphlet edition OF 100000
copies to DO circulated throughout the United States
and II IL is OF sufficient importance to demand con
sidcratIon OF that character think shall be Justified In
presenting you what would otherwise be clear tryi
atty: though when you to consider tho testimony
OF Mr. Beecher hereafter when you recall with what pre-
cison Mr. Beecher recounted In detail ana funess tho
conversations and the ut tbs CRITICAL
OF this TRANSACTION and how utterly forSetlui ana
incompetent he whom he came 70 the
detail of tho other events and Transactions
OF this defense, this failure AMI conflict OF
recollection excites surprise There Is liked ana
table theory Of this dcfcnse and able ~ they arc.
1t docs not spring from the advisors of Henry Ward
Bcechcr It was organized by him every element OF
IS Swallowed In the staten no made before the nyest
eating Committee and in July 1874 with his largo wiz
dom with his vast learning and deep penetration
and knowledge OF human character, henry
Ward Beecher devised the theory OF his excuse
and defense, and in this trial everything
has been bent to conformity with that theory Mr.
Beecher has this courtroom with perfect I'M
derstandng only OF the theory but OF the mode by
which il WAS to DO supported by his evidence upon tina
stand-ovdence say by his narration upon the stand
for do not believe, gentemcn-anl mean 10 ma.Aain
that declaration hercafter-I do not believe that
Henry Ward Beecher has given his narrative
OF this transaction under the solemnity or tEat
Obligation which you may have supposed he
invoked Well, we arc responsible for the evidence
which has been given in regard to what is called the
Wipsted scandal don't know what you think of human
nature don't know what you think OF Theodore Tit0n
as impressed you by his prcsensc his DoarnS anu
bis testimony upon this trial; don't know what you
think OF you read him through his former HE as
developed by the parole evidence and by the productions
of his own heart or brain but II there is man on this
Jury under the evidence in this who can that
Theodore Tion whatever he may think OF him. seduced
and betrayed tho young girl then IT or Is years OF age
who in reverent admiration desired to hear one OF MS
lectures and was ntrusted to his care by his wlfe-if
there upon this jury in the whole earth thai
believes that do envy him his nature or his charac-
ter because that judgment must be formed upon the IN
herent baseness of the who forms It, There IL no
evidence to Justify It, There presumption to uphold
it, Everything the circumstances in tho proof In the
nature of the partes-everythng surrounding the whole
rejects impure and the indecent suspicion
THE ABSENCE OF LOVE LETTERS.
"But" says my friend, Mr.. Evarts, "you
have not got any love letters here. How do YOU prove
seduction by Henry Ward Bcecher Of Mrs Tton without
producing love letters They" says Mr. Eyarts "arc
the usual accompaniment Of these ofenses. Lovers
always write love letters" Well gentlemen, where have
YOU ever found them submitted evidence in case OF
crlm cont Where have you ever found them evidence
in case of that character where the parties were sitI-
atcd under such circumstances that they had free COM
muncaon and the fullest opportunity for the gratifca
ton of their most intense love and desires without
any written expression OF lOvof Mr.. Bcecher
was admitted into the freest intimacy OF Mr. Tltons
household Why, it Is made cause Of accusation and
elimination, almost, against Mr. Tltcn that he invited
Mr. Beecer TO visit his house that no and bis wife felt
honorcd and elevated by the association and councnance
of bir Beecher and my friends speak OF it as if that
were a sort for the wrong Mr. Becchcr subse
quently did. "Why" says Mr.. Eyarts, "Mr. Titon
know what he He had heard these charges against
his integrity years BEFORE and you sec from the letters
of Mrs Tilton that she knew she knew that there had
boon rumOrs against tho moral integrity OF Henry
Ward Beecher, for she writes it in her letters
to her husband, and says to her husband, in sub
stance Cannot uplft this degraon Of the nature OF
the mana Can not be q soaco, and comfort, ana
strength to hlm Can not unite In restoring that sac
riced manhood, and IL can is 1t not our duty to do
i'll And although In our estimation by Ills known prac
tees to U.S. this has been Invested of his moral
grandeur, yet he Is a great and good man.
and deserves support and countenancc." and it was
with this knowledge Of the man. and with this theory.
this perfect comprehension OF the character OF Henry
Ward Beecher that this intimacy introduced and oc-
Cured and which forms Of the facts and crcum
stances which to unlock and disclose the mysterious
operations OF this passion and the singular and exalted
conceptions which both Mr. Beecher and Mr.. Tton in
Obliged In regard and its effect the
mutual parties. But why should there any love let