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htforc tho plaintiff In thu caAo had boon heard.
Mt. beach said ho know
THE IhFLEEAcEH WHICH FAD AunnoUnDEp THE


before tho r1Aintff In thu caao had boon heard,
Mt. Doaoh said ho know
THE InFLEEHckY WHICH rAp AunaoUnpED THE
during thu trial, and wan awaro Of the dark and
noiso1ne sllaleh which had hovored around them.
lilo know tue iMmonso influences excited by the
powerful organization behind tho dcFenAo. and
no know how II had been e1ersed. btr. Esarts
had wtscd Tor tho hundred nyca of Argus. for
tue hundred arms Ut Bl,a1aus. but he bad lad
thGtn. and muse, too.
fio had also bad tho gold OF Midas, an, It had
Geen placed whore 1t would do tho most good.
lLaugitcr.) MIR. Deact, an[d that il council on
Tue otllcf H'do nroto with authority II tho Jury
Aad been controlled By tue Influence Of plymouth
Church. u they had allowed their opinions to bo
governed by 1nseclIve and assertion, &hGn he hal
nothing to hope from thelr verdict. IIo wan no
orator Al ]jrntus mas. aud had but plain, ,simpIe
logical argument 10 present. II tho Jury would
IE hovERNED Hy rug LOGIC or THE PATS,
II thay woM'd hear the case Of tho plaintiff be-
lore they conHigncd lin md Mr. md 5frs. Monl-
ton to infatny, then ho ema1,lcsl tho vortl,ct at
t!!eit haiNlb: l1o asked for nj verdict against
!iehry Hald Eeecler which uas not based upon
tho plain truth.
MISREPRESENTATION.
After asking tho jury IT they had erer before
hcafd such q htolM Ut irycctivo ns had been
poafcu tut in this courtroom by tho counRcl for
ttlu uclenEr, Atr. Beach said tho extraordinary
arBeftton Ut tho othUr nido that tho piAlutif
never l'aa ANY caso WAS contradicteu by tho tine
Anu labor thoy bad npent ~ trying to overthrow
u. Tho wiilcts fos tile dofenso u non whom all
tho arguments Uf the connse! re1ttdt was Sir.
lIeeshcr himself. alE. Potter u,eue The aHtuuin.
Ing declaration that Mr.. lison lad bean co,,tra-
dictca by thsty-!our wssnesscs-an assert.nn
Which could 10 only me. ty O rnln dental. On
no material pun: lad air. Titon boon coutra.
die1od, except by s1r. B,ocLar.
r0ATEn's CONSISTENCY.
MI. Beach hGra roforycd to hin association
with air. Porter in tho coutts for more than
ri IN ttIA frI, x1i.A .L
Ioftur had always maintained ~ 4 lawyer aud
III inan. 11o Ind been greatly pnined Aowey-
eef. that gentleman 70 distinguished HhuuIa
lasn conducted h1neclt ~ ho had In Ibis
caae. .slr. Porter Ind always before nu-
Iea'cd AZ q lc..!ar of Lin side. Init ia
ttils caro- Elo had acted in subordinate CAPACITY.
lhore "aa not Disgrace IN that. for no ono could
DC INUNDATED by following tic lead Of Col,lpe,
10 eminent III 3lr. Erarts. The humil Il lon was
liud performed III
lils s1KutkST ATTACKS UPoS TIE PLAINTIFF
aud hth principal Witnesses. Tn usle uecanlon,
when 3!r, pJrter, shaking hiB tint wildly in tic
pa!nslll'a face. exclaimed, ''Dowla, down TO hell.
lookcd artund in alarm for tho pcrsunnl satetY
Of lis client. tLauYhtcr.l lio 'ynA nn1tous to
rec What ad bctome Of him, but he found him
stlll thesc. looking calmly at alr. Porter. aud
sso1ao"liat aintned Ut tho exhibition. Mr. Porter
had spoken Ut 1lr. Tilton M man Of llollnw
and thcatr'c nature. How camo such al acct.aa-
tivn Of being theatrical to proceed from gou.
tseinan who had exhibited such histriuntc ability
a. alr. Potter? How caulo Buch gcntlemar,
capsbo Of the loftcst legal effort to devoto him
SELF TO prououncing lirado Of aJuso What
KIND Of u caao was 1t which required such dc.
feuto2
CRoss-runrnEHs.
Mr. Beach said tie ecounacl for the defente had
occupied thirteen days. not tn trying tu eatablis
tho tlllloceuc1 Of Ucecher, but to Gcstroy Tilto
mud all hs supporters. II, then referred to tho
itlcOuslstencIcA III this effort Mr. Tracy nccusnr
I1!ton Of having genius fur bIundotipg, wAilo
Porter re1tabehted him a cunning md subtIn
sclemcr. I1o said tho plaintiff WAS represented
~ man OF tho habost nnd most eri,sl. char
actet, Who had sought to tacure tue SUCCESS Of
foul conspiracy by mArtIaIinE a loHt OF Der-
1uferH into court. Mr., beach tBkcd tho Jury to
remember TIE lotters Of Tltnn to ils wife, which
l5ooches himself In regard 10 Tiltons character,
AMI asked II that character could 10 such az It
was represented by tho counRe! for tho defctBo
Ito bad no desire to tietrac. from tho virtues OF
III. Dccchor. lilo readi1y t'n,istod that tho do
fcntlant WINS great man, Fad that lio llad many
good aud noble qualities. III fact. tho defenders
Of l'ecchor had beon obliged to tight with Its
generous impulses all thr juEh This case, NJ nn-
pears from his own .sostisaonY III regard tu tho
Charge OF binckmsil; but before he had con.
eclussd, ho thought Lo would bs atlo to show tho
jury that
nEEouEn wAs NOT QUITE PERFECT,
not quito elnless.
Iii. l,oach said his duty WAS far from bcius
obllgad to speak l.aralliy Of any ono. especially
OF . man in Uoochot' y position. Tho caHe, too,
waH QUO which should mover Aayo been brought
into court, except under pressure of dlro neeos-
sity. Mr: Evarta had asserted that Ueocl.er had
consented unWililHgly to tho policy of silcuco
that thie policy Ind been forced upon him. Did
IL look hko 1t whom Tllton was about tn publish
tho letter to Uowon, and Doo:los interfcr.cl to
provont is! DID II look like It when l,o tnoi;
pann to socuro tho eiIenco of A1,s, Morse, whoa
ho Sont Mr.. boil to stop tho Dcacons' meeting,
anu when ho euloinod aecfccy upon luis nephew,
Alr. ParK!1,a? lie flioach} Ind supposed tla. tho
tripartlte agreement wAa doylco Tor reaseictitE
;lio hocfoe to ANAL c.rcfe then possessing IT.
pressure uf illu West charges, oifored to resiKp
ha paatoeate rathor than hlye All Investigation,
WAS svn1ylNn TO CONCEAL. so,1Eru1xo,
nc also Ind thought It looked Ike pl,lsning the
policy OF h1Icnco whoa ioeeiier wrote about lc-
prosslrg the Tendencies to break out Into rnin-
OTIS aofenBe Of HIM. aud wtor lle spoko Of DO.
ytccs BY which tt,oY bad saved tho,laelYcs.
l}eschor also said III Ills statement TINT tbese
te,dcnoiea ought to hayc succeeded, uuk lie
strongest proof to llis mind ou THU point was
tho otser which lteechcr wroto 10 Mrs bradshaw,
ADVISING her not 10 appear nj witneBn before
tho church. OH tho ground that tho subject Of
no v cHt charges WAs ono which ought not to be
lioael then coneidorod tho declaration Of ror-
tor that Deechor was entitled to presumption
Of innocencs. and argued tllat. while tl,is would
he truo in 4 criminal aaao, tho defendant in a
civil case Was not entitled 10 auch proHumption,
lilo cited Qrecn!eaf on Evidence to show tlist Ii,
> civil caso tho Jury wore to bo guldnd by tho
preponderauco Of evidence on ono sids Of tho
0thoI, aud 1t WAS nDs necessary thnk their uinds
should be FREQ from all reasonable doubt.
Mr. Deacl then cited several decisio.Is 10 show
that tho burden OF proof beyond leauonablo
doubt did not rest upon tho paintlh in this clso
ssy ulore THAI it would In huIt upon contract.
r,lton for
THE PUBLICATION or Mta w1rE'a LETTERS.
[to said he waa quisa willing to coucodc, without
.sAs aud iner,tosos CAUSES, HuclI an act ~ tll,B
would be indollcato, but ho thought emesgetc.vs
:onll 10 conceived IL wli,t occasion TOR such a
1ro:ec1ng would he obvious. In this case Wr,
liton, Gu cro.se1a,,inAtio11, waa led to speak uf
i.e ca1lso Of this publication nnd tho mannur III
Fhlc! II wna peEfotmvd. Counnol rcad from TIL
oI'B Testimony on tl.ls point, which was to tho
'tfect that the publication uas mad. in Vest
rn payer ut thu solicitation OF his counsel, Jl<iEo
'iosrlp, who considered 1t itnpur.a,lt to bis case
to*. eaia Mr. Beach, N!ton WAS subjected vt
IL ft,hf IN tt.nb &.It,