Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-07-09

dieagr, elacnt of the jury. That the jar.
were not anywhere near equally divided
,lain from the unrrecedented time that the
Lave been out. Had they stood seven Il
five. or even eight to four, it is altogether
likely that they would have given up hop'
oC final agreement in at most two or thre'
days.
But if the jury had agreed, it has beer
plain for some time that the public would
nevertheless remain disagreed. The tria
has furnished no proof Of Mr.. Beecher
cuilt Il has also furnished no demonstra-
tion Of hi- innocence, such a will shut the
mouths Of hi. traducers, or convince those
who choo-e to believe him guilty. There
will probably he no such demonstration till
Tilton. some day, before committing sui
eide. c3uf,--e- the fal,ity Of bi~ accusation.
Al who desire to believe Mr.. Be,ches
ruilde>e Of adultery AMI perjury, We helie'e-
will. if they have not alrcalg done SO, SCI
tie down urou the final conviction of has
iunortucs OF those crimes.
N.ttiat NJ. B.ceicr j. %, good To ~in.
n, tlat ministers are hot muita'~, ol like
1a,,ior~ MI. otier mcn. Not that good
men d. not sonnet. time, fall Bat because 81 O.
clat-r. in it, entirety. va, substantially 'n-
r.rli'lt. requiring the cleareS; and most
overwhelming direct proof to enable II TO
stand. and lncain~,- such prof has rot been,
ami il j. lJ4i. -u.n.t b,, f4rni-hcd- Tile
cf.r-,. l,t a~ never forget, was MT that ihc
preacher te'l imam unsuarded hoar, hat ti'a'-
al mani. three -cure, he set ablat tie de-
lb,ra,r seduction Of person, who bad no
Personal attractions for yoluItuary, 'aa-
tar. married woman, who idoized her tu--
hand. and l,l horne 20 him FIVE children -
that she yic.iel. when in the deepest >or-
I.,w. u,cr TIE death of little ~on and
that She. pioaS Christian ma;ron. reader
OF tt,. Bible. and woman Of prayer, lived
for tro YEAR in adultery without conscious
no. If wrong Thi, i the story W are
asked to believe. It was adopted as the de-
lhcrate theory of the plaintiffs case. If
half of it i, certainly false, We have the right
To- believe that the other half is false al-p.
The charge rests on the word Of Theodore
Tilton, who bad told and printed ialsahoods,
before th- scandal arose 1t was sustained
BY Moulton. whose character for truth and
yeracity VIZ 50 low, that, a> We have heard,
many men refused to do business with him,
because they could believe nothing he told
them ltWa- taken up for the sake Of the no
toricty and advertising the trial would give
them. ~ sam Morris. a lawyer of by 10
means eI,iable standing among those who
know him,sud whose character is sufficiently
indicated hy his engineering of the Loader
Price rerjuries; by Fullerton, who had
been prosecuted for conspiracy to delraud
the government by Gen. Tracy, when tie .
latter Wi. ) District Attorney, and who
narrow y c~aled the state prison, by mean,
Of some icchnicalities Of the law by Beach.
a lawyer of great ability but Of VIGOROUSLY
loose morals, in his relations with women.
by Pryor, ex-iire-eater and rebel, but really
the most respectable man Of the lot. Why
should any decent person mourn that such
a crew-lize client, ike counsel-shonld
have failed of their object? FJT they have
failed M Beecher has not been broken
down. lie has been damaged, beyond
doubt. in his standing throughout the coun-
try, to an extent which il may take him
many years to recover from lie has been
convicted out Of his own mouth and by hi,
own hand, Of amazing lack Of practical wi>-
dom. lie has shown softer spot in his
head than most people could have believed
possible. But bi- folies and mistakes have
not been those ola guilty or an impure man.
lie viii keep his pulpit. lie will continue TO
preach to as many Teorleas can he crowded
within the walls of Plymouth Church. lie ,
will convince ninety-nine out Of every huu- J
dred that hear him, Of his integrity and ,iu- 5
cerity His people will stand by him, through :
coming trialS-ior there are rumors Of com D.,
ing ecclesiastical councils. and efforts To- lis $
him-as they have in this And a
if his life and health are spared he will :.
sustain himself in the end
Mr.. Bcecher has had the sery ices of Tracy. =,
who j. the legal devil of the disreputable r.
Brooklyn ring and whose professional 4
standing Is nearly If not quite equal in in "A
fanny To that Of Sherman, save that he j.,
never wa, clerk Of Plymouth Church AID is h
not hlobberirg hypocrite Burlington II
SphHci -,
The Democratic papers are pretty ccncr- C.
lily down on" General Tracy for he ha, ID
'sen prominent Republican leader, IN y,
Brooklyn, and no man has done more to SUI. NJ
ain the Republican party in that city. Bot G
he malice which represents him as the devil N
# disreputabe ring, is as futile As i, is ~ ~
'bvions. Mr.. Tracy has been tie sturdiest II
opponent of the ''disreputable BROOKLYN io
ngS. His great tight against the whi,kev "a
ing OF that city, when be was [. 5. Dis =,
let Attorney. i matter of history. 1t if
vas a contest, in which, if half million ce
ollais could have bought off Mr.. Tracy. it ci'
'oald have been placed at his disposal bv NJ NJ,
he dttFaudcrs Of the revenue. His high an
landing is due not les to his ability than ere
his acknowlei ced incorruptibiliiv. 1t is TN
cry sad, no dolbt, that Judge Porter. and NJ,
lr. Lvari~ and Judge Nelson. shoald have hat
standard Of professional honor 50 much ere
wer than that of Morris and Fullerton
I'd the Burlington S,atncl but tier IN .d','
lnivoeal testimony to Mr.. Tracys profess the
0nai integrity, will be apt, we fancy. to 9th
accepted by those who have not some Oai
udge to crafty. WEI
We have nothing to say about Shearman corr
1t II he Is worse than any one has de- lit
lred him to be. he was but one among ia''
II dozen lawyers of eminence and un- ono ono
emiShed reputation who were willing to pro
meet their names and regulations with The
earnest defence Ct Mr. Beecher. The 'oiI
whom but one is without notorious faint. muC
too strong not to be noticed and whines she
out attempts to "smut the counsel FIR .oo,
Poecdtion" from papers which spend 1--WE
u%nS IN efforts to smut some of the they
insei Tor the defence, will only call /
onger attention to it. ton'
imp
lied
subject of much interest in gos- its
has been the semi-annual dividends lie
counting to nearly $1,000 600 The Bee
well railroad, for the first time in many Siuel
rs passes" its dividend, and there is 4 ;rrr
'eral decline in the percentage. tery
oi course tie Beocher-Tilton suit will pot ,oa
tired over. There may he some criminal Mr..
lis grow Ing out Of it, which NAV brinc nm salts
,roe IF IL ~, = acre