Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-01-23
AN EiIoqrENr ArrEaI-

Following is the closing language OF
the opening speech before the jury in
the Tilton-B sscher case. delivered by
Mr. Morris. associate counsel for The
prosecution. II is somewhat stringent.
and in places glows with ~eloquencs OF
high order:
Gentlemen Of the jury. ! feel that l
have detained you already too long; l
certainly have detained you too long for
my own strength and my W health; but
1 felt IL my duty to present to you the
considerations that l have presented to
ROT and II I have exhibited any warmth
in the presenting Of them to you. you
will pardon me, I am sure. because /
come 10 you with q heart full OF grief
and full Of sympathy for the suffering
and the wrong that my client has en-
dured. thank you. gentlemen. for the
strict attention that you have paid to the
imperfect presentation 1 have made OF
this case. I regret, for the interests oil
my client. that this duty had not de-
volved upon one Of my ADLER associates;
yet l have the satisfaction OF knowing
that I have brought to the task u consci-
entious devotion TO the interests Of my
client, that nothing but q firm conviction
Of the justness OF his Case could have in
spirsd. Oh! gentlemen. what q scene Is
this, what q spectacle we behold here to-
day! On the one side you zee a man Of
vast prosperity. surrounded by powerful
friends, with unlimited resources. On
the other side you SEQ q man poverlsss
and poor. coming to you from q des-
olate home. Already he has been
made the victim Of q foul charge,
then the victim Of n foul Islander.
and then again the victim Of a foul per-
secution, unparalleled for power and re-
lentlessness. And what has he done?
Why, he was the chance possessor OF a
loving and beloved wife. OF a happy and
Of an innocent home. which his bosom
friend, his lifelong bosom friend. his
pastor. his spiritual adviser. taking adj
vantage OF that friendship. taking advan-
tags OF his absence aud taking advantage
Of his sacred calling. has dispossessed
and despoilsd him Of. That home is
desolatsd. the hopes Of that family
blasted. the pillars OF that household
have been pulled down upon the idols
Of his worship. and nought but desola-
ton reigns there! Oh. gentlemen, you
who have children. you who know what
il Is to return from your daily labors to
the bosom Of your happy family. can APP
preciats the wrong and the suffering that
my unhappy client has endured; but 1t
il to you. AZ fathers, and as brothers,
and ~ husbands, that 70 come with our
case, and as you love your homes, as
you love your families and your child
rem. rs you regard the sacredness OF
your homes, and as You reverence vir-
tue and respect the sapctity Of the fami.
ly altar, ! call upon You in the name OF
Christianity. by the teachings OF the
Saviour upon the Mount. by the law
Numbered from Mount Sinai. by every
consideration that is near and dear to us
on earth, I call upon you TO brand the
ssducer a. his crime deserves to be
branded.
Let il DO written ON every door
throughout the land: death. destruc-
ton to the seducer;" and when you
have rendered that verdict you will re-
eeivs the prayers and blessings OF every
virtuous mother and OF every virtuous
daughter in the land. and a peaceful
conscience will follow you through life,
will DO with you in the last scenes OF
sarth. and console you when at last you
stand with your life record before the
svsr-liying God. (Applause.l