New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-15

aslons which were used by Nh Bceoer To o'cFcoino hoi
scTupIns -, all,
That abe had done her Thought NATL hno'1,
she has been persuaded b. HIN t1a' q, lH' go
,roner ond not wr,,g tiereiorc y 'clGwcl " ~
expression Of That love- whether by ne snase ~ ,'
hand or the Kiss OF thr lips. or even Dooii{
since il al, w.ls the expression OF thai which 10 es. ""
not wrong therefor, thst DOLLY ,nt wy peecbcr had
progressed greater love than he had ever 'h"""
to any woman in his HE, &c
Jirs Mouton also says at page lss:
And Mr. Jscnar bad said to me. vita great 'oIloM.'
vrN"inc thai me had loved Elizabeth Tilton vey nIlcn;
That through his love for her, ne na' ialien ~ @
fallen, and TINT the expression. the sexual %
that love was i' as hat.;.' ~ ma r. her.. ih1t II ne
thong s TIE .ssa ia s IN that ny through love
and not through lust. or words to thnt shecl'
have already commented upon That expression II he
had fallen at all be had fallen IN That way ana = NV
tn refer to II again. though see IL dsnrDs INC
quetude of my learned friend tAr. EVaI'S III a'o'"'
part of bis testimony Mr.. Iil,on says:
She oyoy, used 20 say sir sine was not to be Jis'
either by her mother or ny me- hnt ~ ~ az ho ovcS
God and she aid no; believe that God would i' pr
mted her to enter into those relations II tuey u.u
nor I'D mode It the business OF our lives TO
understand what was right and wrong, as
tSat he was q great an1 holy n n, t. ~ ne
had repeatedly assured her that their r,'nro D'as
was NOT sin mi and abe did not how teo1d ne smut
Tnat Eo toid her that love Justified al Things ".a ~
nd various expressions that one expe.;oh ~ ~, NC
ms. oDoter expression xual intercourse ana y
made very little difference What the eNtieAsoh wac -
irsicd al The varons expressions Of H. ana iar ,ne
eiiryi hefve God that her love Tor , w. % s
noi see lo" an; 81 tle y13, T{,ch,'s authority tor
IT, That he hod told nor 50 OVER @id over as''h
Nav Gentlemen Won the trust OF this woman III the
man and you that that illimtabe trust maj "hne'
i;nine confidence in what Mr. Bcecber taign ana So
wa. not al all Irrational In view OF the ieemg 'h ~
woman entertained toward NJ. Beccher IN VIE" Z" NJ
conception Of his character and ct the great p'S'""
which she thought no was destined to fnl In This world
And il WAS upon hs woman, 50 ducie ami impreSSi""
so subject "a his will entirely under his c"n'ro 'n
Ar Rec, her exertel his power AMI Though tho Se"iF
ton "a well ar the alteration which she fet toward h
Ia sod These lessons Of criminal sopbistry which
are .hus relate al by thu witnesses
one other Of this ease will close my e"iSinrFo"
~ this tonic IL Is in tho testimony nj Mrs aouit"n
ancaking Of conversation That she nah Win Mis- A
tie question PIT 20 her.
sInte II Won please what " wasi A. think tna' was
ef The ilns WIN Nc Beccher aud Mr. 1ii!an spgiFri
a, XXX q :, o, r, sed before tho church what you
e,ing TO do 30 save MIR. BceclerW She s'id " sii,i
sacrifice NY husband. a0d de'} every t,ns, -, .hc
:. Wa ,ou allow your husband 10 20 dowii WIN ,Hc
truth n Sac said " ins shall no jnstiied ~ .ia' ne
f,i.ehond un,ier the circumstances. tHiA, i0T &c
kv of Mr. BetchcT, the sake % me lniG nee Oh nc
world. for my own position Tor my children LINK ID -
And upon her crosscxaminaton the question was put
to her:
Did she tell Won that she shohld moi tell the ''thi A.
She told ne distinctly iiai 80. sS"c t,i sbe eli
under the circumstances, that she would ne JnS"ldDc III
telling lie. -,
Wei -ent,encn 'cr the present that Won VIII
,.,.ye t;c testimony OF Mrs. Mention whether she Is
entitled to credit will discuss heretft" after we nave
discussed what called the Griffith Ga1nt Letter. Mr
the disclosure the sin Of Mrs. Tilton had been MACE
after she had confessed. IL was when this m''"f
WIS .ssi,nng an attitude OF public Investigation '"'
tis woman then awakened Ia know!cd-eo the wrong
fitness OF sr ac as suppose. deliberately cane to tic
conclusion that the character ot Mr. Eeecher BIS c"re-
t, with flee n.t interests ~ hnnatY, the possible
effect OF her wloug upon hor chdr'n and herself All
justified her in .cu,Ds her former confession ana oeo
l. r.i;,1,2 tho truth to save these Interests and
Nh Nerct or AMONG them. II Is The usual ana Tie oHl
,r, r,li ~ association, OF this character 1t il very
rorrlr Won have seen in the history OF hniah h"lnfe
I'm, ff, nd SAYS it is unt xampledl of seduoed woman
brre received again tine confidence and the trust oI
IN abus,d husband That this woman should lie Tor Elr'
Eccclcr. that this woman should follow me iprbH's
Of Mr. Bcecler, mat she saonih ior'aho Lu'i''u
and cl.iidItn just a. natural an" aS III
,.yitable as that sic should saciil'' 10 MN
her chastity. the honor OF her wonsnhooh >ou
always anl the adulieress with The adulfeier aGi
agree with The learned counsel tn: ue are very rare
examples here any other e,t has followed. Ii IL not
altogether Unparalleled because my learned friend VIII
remember The case Of Gen. Sicles. Cen Sckes, WHO
murdered tie a,iueier. and after trial WAS acquitted
again took his wife to hi. bosom and his home Gen.
eiclcs was subsequently hOlOied by te GoNeih'h OF
the county. Ii va, not Thought disfnac'il to Inn.
There were modifying connecicd with her
ofru q which the world aud Gen. ScElrs appreci
atri Ito loved her with unstnt"a devotion, ana he was
not condemned. because, my learned Trend says or
a. Mr. Eeecher originated the oNpresSioA, because
he c.nd. ned his wifes fault. but. say it is
tho most natural conclusion. rs evidenced BY tho
~ q IA nD
plity as well A. 10y the history o. hssons
OF this character IL Tie almost inevitable con
clusiun Il at nrs IrOn should associate her fortunes Wth
Nh Be.orr hey had hec'e united ia iie in''sti-
lnons aud Judgment " the public cannot tell yoa how
I'll, woman was overcome; cannot tell you how tts
skle oi the world lhis Liioer Of human nitnre
and ~ mems passions worked upon the weakness and
spirituality OF this wonan bat can tell you what DIR.
Iicecher says about it,
The scduccr Playing upon the most sacred passions.
lac bctiay5 inlot5Aco
IiVNi
~ the temloTes facnliies by s truest but its I'M
slsnecllng faiih. ~ its honor Tie Victim often
Betrayed by eXoroisn which bowitched her nOblest
aheetiors AM b,sne the suicide OF her viishe; Inc
rOblc motive without ono petense ~ honor. by Hes 10y
deyilsn juggery OF Thought, by binding The eye;
arcction. Deliberately. hrartc-sy damns the confdug
victim. l. there SHADE OF good intention. one gi-
most shadowy, trenul"ns Intention ~ honor " was
sheer premeditated, wholesale ruin from beginning to
eui.
This is the mode by which he accomplished IL, and he
alone cond describe 1t. says tho preacher, "1hen
three things wonderful for me; nay, four. which
know not othe way OF an eagle in the air. the way oi
q serpent on q rock The way of a ship in tho mids,
Of tie seas the way OF minister with maid"
u.aughter.] BY What deyil.sh jnsgiery Of rani, by
what imposition upon tho pOus nature OF this
woman. by wbnr appeals 10 Lor pity. by what
inslos approaches t. her affections lie not only
rood her body but exalted her spirit To the belief