New-York tribune., 1875-01-12

from the church, and he TO his nome ana hoou' ~
ton with this arrow through his heart Well gentlemen io
months he bore in s,ence this great and this great
wrong and for that too, he has been arragned or u
he has been abused and traduced, because ne uiu "
down the seducer OF his wife; because no rose W s"o
Christian pane and because could oreo revenge becsnse
he carried ont tho Christian doctrinefor that he is arragned
But will leave those elements OF this TO DO handled oy
man who can do with force and power than myse
But he carries this wound until the Soh OF o %
ON the njoht OF the 3h OF December lSO the painn con-
fronts defendant with renewed confession OF bis WE % %
him Of having commted ndue VIVA, hsro ds DONE % then
and there re the 9So had h baS mot Sss back S nSa
on Yes Did he No There is no PTesenee he sem1td NM to
been from that moment until the present tnat ne det man
The charge is made; what are the Si,cuIaanS eSar
Immediately following the d mAk1Si s3io OF Of nA the plain,
tin then sick in bed She gives him paper had been made
to the house Of Mr. @oSn @ %sers ss i lips with
After he hsd his interview with MI IiVn & IN % The bone
he ays to Mr. Mouiton Have you seen Mrs Tlt0ns cons
sion I" "Ihaye" This viii k me TINS E VII ,S XII e %
This will XIII me- this win kill r. If man ever could be
d @ s % dSny the to s nd hee %a h place at which
e have made that de1ai But what l. the heT p IN oe [ns
around the house OF the defendant and accuses him oil having
taken advantage OF having acted meany towards MI
to him. fie goes there as the a1owed friend Of Tlon com
paraye stranger to the defendant and he asks that he De
liver this paper him What does he dol Does ne snow
him the door Oh Docs he ask him why be accused nm
of meanness and what he means by such ak N ms nSu no ne
Does he ask him No What does he do Hands him the
paper and hsn en- invites nm 70 SOe ana m S he @ g the house
Of the defendant lie IL invited into his study Wha does nc
from the plaintiff him not for his conduct Oh no lie
writes for the plaintiff not an apology but letter OF cohtuon
%F5 en- Is, sfeds n a IL %%n Who the nt
previous obtained from him this paper aye had obtained
four hours prior him Of taking mean
had demanded this paper and had Obtained 4
from him "My dear friend Monlton ask t9Io9gn you, you
Theodore Ttons forgiveness and humble myself before hn
as do before my God He would have been better man IN
circumstances than have been can ask d nO b SHcep
that he will remember all the other hearts that w9ua acne
will not plead for Iii s be1e S ANY, %eGS ons b% myself P
be ncupaed All my thoughts running toward my renus
hands She is ules snncd against bearing the transgres;
sions OF another Her forgiveness have h1moiy pray Gou
have trusted this Moulon in confidence Gentlemen,
might we not stop here Would it. be necessary we % sn m d
step further step beyond that letter TO prove Dis gun
But we will 90 further There some circumstances Whcn
IL necessary in connection with this part Of the case hat
should explain to you. 1t must DC conceded from tis M ILL.,
wrong TO the plaintiff What was The plaintiff that
was adultery Mr.. Mouon says that " was huueIy NIT
eDdsn IN Of t6e pand and Of Moaon during the three
years and half that followed are harmony Win hdn e Si o & %,
adultery and utterly rreconcabe with any other neOy OF o
case and human ingenuity can devise any oher ION
is aPS s m meaning nSa nave So long as no other
PLANTATION can devised than the meaning we attribute 10 IT,
CONNECTION with this case for the four that he sroye to
save the defendant with fidelity unparalleled lake 4ut ta'
Necop With The case or was there any 1t is the whole
point III i the SSS wo1sed + ' w did % Mr. BeedSe de-
fendant here wont to 90 TO Moulons uay mer t uay, ~
pan and 10 plot to conceal something If that something was
moi adultery Tell why Oh but is said that Mr. Mou
Tilon has denied it, OF Moulton has What was he
there Was he employed by Beecher the defendant 70
admit called in 10 expose the facts and TO give ne 10
the world Oh no his mission was conceanen Ihat nat Is %hy
he was wanted That is why Moulton required lie not
member Of the Church. was TO conceal anG hoL 70 maze
ne was tne possessor no. Ve trusted by
this Christian minister single person on earth Ihere was
thing so terrible about this secret whatever 1t was that ne
could not go to his church and ask Their counsel anu anu @ @ e %
ere 4 and Mr. Mouon did manage and successfully Tor four
year-and saved the defendant to Plymouth Chrch as GER
tany the sun shines in heaven today as w show yu y o
fore get through Long before this would Iymouh Cnurc
been without pastor II had not been Tor The hde OF
Francis ID. Moulton
THEORIES OF THE DEFENSE ANALYZED.
But, gentlemen, we are not left IN the
dark altogether about this from another standpoint We
declare all the acts and all the letters to which
attention will be called for the four years
ing this subject, represent but two points. First,
the grief Of the defendant and secondly the honor of
Mrs. Tlton-the honor of Mrs. Tilton and the grief
growing OF the facts that involved her honor Well,
it is said gentlemen, that great grief was caused by inju
dieious advice Mr. Ton had lost his edtohp Of The I1d
pendent and Of the Union and the defendant had counseed
tha-h family had been nearly broken upand the defendant
had advised It, and beyond that there was an ntmationhat
the defendant will be in this caeof unde1nable
at one tme was that he informed that had
ceyed an undue affection for him at another that his blind
heedessness and friendship had beged her heart ~ and,
upon him unsought and all this jumble OF phrases
saa Of his %Sla' coon on the a of the dn
the list January II When he that his blind needless
W5s ao does that ae IMPORT What is the meaning of Blind
heedessness and friendship begunS the heart OF the wife OF
the plaintiff How that manifesthat fact on her part
What was done consequence Of hatf What did she do
What did he do How did deveOpe itself and how il
woman tempted and he did fan presume that my learned
friend upon home 9 sbut have never BEEN able yet to
discover one But the time that this letter written, Mr.
m2 an and ahonGh d% S h Contract with Mr. Bowen was
ended and his loss Of the position Of editor had taken
therefore furnished and for this great grief
which manifested But there is one singular fact in this
case that will call your attention TO right here in
appropriately at this point Th letter I was as. written @ on the
1s First a tsanI that n produced that letter wac broar about BY
the advice which Mr. Beecher had given Mn ton to
m in % Connection is this that the advice If ever given at a
until after the 9Th OF January 1871 as the documentary
establish Especially you have the strange anomaly OF the de-
fendans mourning over wrongs not yet & hey were
was given the time and that ne had counseed Bowen TO dis
miss ton and Bowen had taken the advice and that he
was responsible for the loss OF place on the part OF the PLAINTIFF
aud that he had attempted to separation the part Of
Mrs Op from an her u neeoa Tee a up to f this % ne oS He
was editor Of The Indendnt Christian newspaper re-
OF the land and Mr. Beecher being Of that denomination
promnent member IT, 1t his duty TO
cndand especially many years he himself had its
especially his duty 70 see that no unfit or improper
man occupied the position Of editor OF that paper And now
gentlemen / want you bear with while call your aen.
lion 10 some specific facts right here relative TO this point
some OF the declarations shall show Of the defendant
himself In reference this matter he said that the lead
ems that Tton had written in The Independent had aroused
storm OF Indignation among the Congregatonaists OF the
Northwest he had Indignantly himself dscamed
responsibility the views expressed by Mr. TOn other
words that 1on in that such that
il necessary protest against it, and to dayow all