The Portland daily press., 1875-06-12

Counsel referred to Beecher's services in
England, when the luminosity of that country
led it to favor the rebellion. He admitted
beecber nobly and gloriously undertook the
task of disabusing the public mind. He was
assaulted with scorn, but he was brave in the
nuritv of his cause and he succeeded. But
were the Jury to acquit him as Evarts argued,
lest aristocratic England should laugh at us
and say, "Ah, your best man Is low, gross and
sexualJ Yet that was the alignment which
Evarts made. You must not tell England he
sadnced a woman lest England should laugh at
ne Mr. Eyarts has too much to do with Eng
land Ladghter.) He thinks too much of
English opinion, and if our Administrations of
justice Of that sovens k E1arts neR
foo long in Geneva and Paris, and lost the no.
HE sentiment of American individuality, and
anpeals for a verdict on the lowest and meanest
sentiments of our nature. NO matter what
other people say, the jury are pouhd Dy oath,
and niaintiff must and will have their own
Judgment independent of the Judgment of for
eiyners. Counsel mistakes, said Mr. Beach, if
he thinks mis,rust the jury. whatever L
know of the influences surrounding TINS case
and the means resorted to- believe Id the in
denendence and truth of each member OF this
;nrv and Inv no word or insinuation have l or
will L ever assail the personal integrity of the
oantlemen I address. Beach retorted upon
Eyarts his "woe to him that calls evil good,
argument, making ont Beecher to be demi
God, just down from heaven, whereas not
word was ever said by counsel in denial of the
charge of improper solicitations, and Tracy, in
his openlug. admits the question to be whether
the the charge and offence was improper solicl-
tatons. $500. ..
Mr.. Porter Gnterrupting)-l cannot permit
counsel to state falsehood. He mistakes
what we said When have we admitted the
guilt of improper advances.
Reach Indignantly friend puts our
friendship to tension when he accuses me of
falsehood.
Porter-I am amazed that he should say we
admitted the guilt!of improper advances.
The Judge-What | understood MIR. Beach
to say was that the charge of improper ad-
vances has not been denied:
Beach again angrily repealed the charge of
falsehood, and said he wouldn't stand that
from any man.
Porter explained aud Fullerton interrupted
nv asking whether Beach would be allowed to
go on?
Beach next discussed Eyarts' argument about
no one but profigates believing it. He referred
to the audience who seemed to believe it, to a
large portion of the press who seemed to believe
it, and declared now that 1t is religious, good
people who fear that Beecher is guilty.
The great argument, said Beach, by the
Geneva advocate was that Beecher was busy
man and hadn't time to commit SIN. lLaugh-
ter) Why, that busy man tells US that his
work is done at one o'clock every morning, ana
he takes every Saturday as a holiday, ana IL
turns out he got himself into all these diff
oultes Saturday. (Laughter) visited Mrs; L.
on Saturday, (Laughter) put the babies to sleep
for her, and took her out to ride and walk. He
had an opportunity if he desired. lie saw
her alone in her husbands absence. Counsel
treated of Bessie Turner's accusation, that
Tilton was cruel husband, as sufficiently
answered by the letters of Tlton and his wife,
and by the love and admiration he has ex-
pressed for his wife. Tilton, he said, is indie
pendent and courts no class nor this jury with
degrading sycophancy, but if there is an over,
ruling Providence he will get retribution and
Justice, and Beecher will get his reward.
Adjourned till Monday.