, 1875-02-25
ITO the Asen7atxi nTtaf.t

[To the Astoc.atxd Ertss.1
TnAcY'a orExISt ARGUMENT.
New Youg, Feb. 1i.-TAo Brooklyn City Court
aeoued 1uoio than usually crowded t!iA nornnE
tho creator plumber OF tnoBo present being law
yora gathered 10 hear tho opeDiEg addreHA for
iiI' ilo dcfonao i in tho groat scandal tr,al. The
principals to tho suit ~ero carly in their aeata.
0eu. Trany, Of tho COUNSEL for the dofcndant,
arrived quarter Of IN llour aftor t4o formal
eneninE OF tho Court. whom fow prelminalies
hsd beeu arranged, l,o arose mud aald the I.1no
had now arrived for tllc defeuua to open their
cAHo There woro Ercnt inscgests involved IN
this trial. They could not ba oycrestimated, ~
they involved tho relisious an1 moral interests
forth y,udioatod from THE court-rootn, Or with
stain upon hia lilo and character. My client
takes his stand hero alono. but supported ~ his
aod and tho Justice Of blu eauae e.; Defona.n.
He struck out for thy wild West, aud
tung tho bells iu tho forest giades. assisted by
hts dcnr vito, who accompanied llui. ue IL now
then. In lla home thoze was no pain or human
BORROW but had found III him roltaves. Among
his grcat congregation le bud rnintst totod for
! over tNonty ycarB, unti1fuEly. Lo has heon tho
indotntigabio tencllos Of tile pooplo for oil thoso
yoars. It waa because hls pfeachiug was lsnonn
| by those who knew tho mnn, that ho has
Ratherod around him In this trial 30 many vhrsl
hea.tB. When danger threatened from abroad,
WAH tue uIEt 70 4ek4 h4G I1A6sGa III AelbHba u
tile Union. Hts courage In that struggle won
the admiration Of the whole world. aud the
| earnest gratitude OF hin own people. Ono Of
| the most striking cbaractsuHsics Of tin man WAS
his profound aud oasuest intercat In young men. M
TbiH prosecution waB tho reward rccolyed Tor tho
! love aud devotion lavlshod upon young man.
Tho apoaker tl.on wont on to rolato the
| HISTORY or THEODORE TtLToN,
WHO, ho Haid, began lifo upon tho sta1 Of q
newspaper AZ a, roportor. 10 embraced the
widest viewB and believed the world would fol-
! low In the way which he lod. He bocamo deibt
| denounced marriage aA = fraud and "a hiadetiuR
tho advancement Of the world. The leader Of
men must know how to protect and preserve, bnt
Theodore T.lton know how only to destroy
| Theodore Tilton fell from tho Aigh ominonco te
which fow men attain to the bottom OF N abyss.
In the blind impotence ot hs Esge, ho dotor'
mined to ylslt hiy angot ou Henry Ward Docohcr
lmago[ng that no had been the cauBo Of BIZ
! destruction. hlr. Boecaer WAN a friend Of botl
Theodore Tilton and Ills wife. Friend. wife, nut
children must bo trAmpled down to secure tho
| yindicaton for which hs had battored hl9 whole
soul.
Mr.. Boechor moved to this city from Indianap
oils in 1877, aud wAa nlrrady q nRtllrod man u
assured fAme wheu Itton waa enrolled amons
tho young mon Of Plymouth Chutch. lilo hat
ter Ind ovuryshtng to gain from countonauc.
which ho, {Deechor) Afforded him. BoecheE'
friendship for Triton Vas Increased by tho mar
siage Of the latter to young girl ~ Ills cl'lIcl!
| i
ton became an editorial writer up,oi
to still closer relations WITH hi
paatos, who was ffoguont j. contributor 70 TIM
Jealousy Of Doechsr, though this was not srs
pectad bJ tho latter. Beechsr having countr,
residence 1t Which his family rornntnod dnEint
certain seasons Of tho year 10 waa. es was wc!
Drooklyn at lho bouses Of blu parih,'toncra
Az carly ~ '6l Or 'Ga rtlton frequently urge
Ncochor to visit hia home tn thIs mxnnos. usgn
tic regard which was outortaluct for him BY hi
| wife. Deechor at length compiled, to soma ax
tent, with thoHe solicitations. Ara. Tllton. Wh
wuB tic real dofandnut In this cano. Was = woola
Of e1nAtl stature, chiidltko nnture, and Of moebl
rcllyloue enthusiasm 1tlton himself Ind mi
Catholic. Church her uamo would lave bee1
surrounded by hhln: Bha WAS cnllrol,
devoted to lor husband, looked up to hin
in everything, and consulted his every wish sh
doomed to tho Borrow ot soelng lin, blinded b
egos,sm and surrounded by flatIorera, losing hi
hold upon what she supposed to be tho toundu
tion Of religion. Hhs trled with soars and prays.
labor, II Tilton had but followed IT
, auvlcs 10 tic beautiful lettsr whlc
15ecchas wrote him Ia 1857, ho would now hayo
, ! At liz very time when this vito waa trying
i Yaye the ylttuo OF ler husband, sho co1nnitse
, tho yery lin against which eho was warning hin
: In 1893. Gr. Tracy continued, Deect.or sale
/ for Europe, leaving 1ilton In hoia charge Of I'll
l,uiependr4.t. 10 the sbaenco Of her form.
B guide Iiltoa's 1ealousJ Of hiaa VIA increase.
pus he n.sn maintained tho outward for,
t at frientlbhip In 1868, on tho night OF Nov. q
| he wrote to DeeGuer lattcrin which he spoil
, Of his loug Affection for HIM; Of tntir intlmao
3 and Of ths obligations which ho owed 70 hin
b Na begged Beee,er in this letter to forgive hi
= for ANY word OF deed Of ILLS which bad give
: ousnac, and also spoho IN Il Of hss religious
preston. In this year. 1906, Tlton bscau
managing editor Of tho Independent Al
= III llB sgotism took every metht
. Of showing hia Independence OF Baecho
- Whose equal OF superior 10 knew or conntdert
Q himself TO bo took advantage Of political d
i ferenoee 70 mAk1 such attacks upon Bcschet
J the independent that neecher waH Obliged to di
j. soive al connection With that journal, The pr
0 | text for these attacks .saN
r. HEEoluR's CLEVELAND LErTEF,
it which had beau read In ovtdeuce, Adsucktlug
d moderate policy towards the south. h te
's ter which read now, ton 3ears hftarvar
r showed Dscchex to ba no less smlnenk ~
- statesman than - pastor. Dns the yis'
q Of sxtsSms men prevailed. aud Iilson At Il.
d slms, ~ hs h8d taatiasd, found linsaN ntti
d maturity Of BIZ party. 1tton. in hls sd!tos,