New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-29
SIGNIFICANCE OF MR.. TILTONS EARLY-CX-
PRESSED SUSPICIOUS.

and it proves something more, and we might Us well
start here with understanding that This is not the nrst
cause that has tried these are not tho nfst
witnesses that have testified and been tested 1t Is not
the first time that the learned Judge and my experienced
opponents or even ourselves have had to observe and
lament the difficulties and the weakness OF testimony,
and lawyers have hardened their experience into maxim
which the law follows and instructs uries to foow ana
which the conscience and the common sense OF jurors
impels them compels them, to follow. 1t Is In tho
brevity of the law maxim in Latin, ydlsus "
,no 1aLsus in omnibus; satisfy yourselves THAI
man is false in one thing, and you must
Judge him false in Others. When q man eib
YOU with his own mouth that be has lied through series
Of statements under motive, and then that IN aholnr
series statements under another motive he does not
lie you have in your common sense. one question TOT
him: How shall trust lying tongue 10 tell us UAe"
il lies I" Now would not that be nice, to have man
come and say, lied then, and them and then under
motive now here and tell the truth " Well
have you any motive herei" "Ohl yes mean 10 strike
Beecher to the heart mean to drive him out OF Plym-
outh Church; mean to pursue him to the grave
Well that enough-a motive. Now, would not you feel
like sensible men if you should base verdict upon tsf
testimony; allowing such to pick and choose for
you the things that true and taking them on his say
ing so There is end OF that; and unuckty. Mou1on
and TiIton are on the platform for that matter
MoutOn has given the series OF his fasehooos anu
he now gives you the series Of hts statements and
in his statement that he would have the life Of Beecher
that he would destroy him, and all the vifyng epithes
that one man can besow upon another have been USED
by him on the stand and under oath. II your honor
please this do not need TO trust to the MAXIM
80 firmly established, wisely considered, carrying
such conviction, both TO the legal and the common u
standing as aist,s in ass in omni1s The record
in this its whole web Of hypocrisy OF aIse stat
ment, of prevarication, their own showing requires
us only to take this, the converse OF the proposition
"taLsus in Omni6us atsts IN uno You nave one 9ues-
ton TO determine whether the truth is spoken about,
and they have shown themselves false in everything In
character conduct in concealments In prevarcatOns
spoken fasehoods. in written alsehoods An gentle
men, il is terrible thing TO have the length OF u1ai
and the methods OF the law unfold tissue and web Of
false character the wool and warp Of which all false
And then you asked to believe that in that texture,
in that tapestry there is at least one thread OF truth
They say to u.s. Fdss in omnibus IN false
in all else least in thing; for 1t Il not IN
human nature at time to speak the truth, and
this the occasion. Laughter But said to you that
the affirmative force Of the negative proof is itself i'm
neuse when you satisfied Of the opportunities and
depressed to exhibit TO you the attitude, as early
as 1865, OF Mr.. TitOn q watcher in his own
household and watcher OF his WIFE
Let me show you little Of his condition OF mind about
Mr. Beecher a visitor and an inmate OF his household
as an inmate his house, and friend Of his we-rom
another statement of his in writing: About ten or
eleven years ago." and this written IN 1s12 or there
abouts; it carries it back to 1852
About ten or eleven years ago Henry c. Bowen. for
whom then working subordinate in me inde-
pendent office, told me evening, while crossing Fulton
Ferry that Henry Ward Beecher guilty OF adultery
practice begun in indianapolis and continued IN Brook
iyn."
That was In 1862 1t had had some years at that
time.
Between the years 1850 and 1870 Mr. Bowen repeated
the accusation less than hundred had
not slipped his mindl-frequenty exhibiting the deep
personal injury and some times saying mat II
he minded he could drive MI Beecher from Pym-
outh pulpit.
Now either Mr. Tton believed Mr.. Bowen or he didn't,
or else Mr. Bowen said and am sure don't
know how to find out that latter. MI Tilton has
said 30 here he said 40 on stand in degree. Mr.
Bowen, their witness was not asked by them the ques
ton, 10 purge himself of this imputed conversation
and conduct. But in respect Of Mr. TiltOn we may
fairly that, against him. we may suppose that
he had heard these Stories for he has said Now,
either he believed them he didn't II he did believe
them you that Mr. Beecher and Mrs TiltOn were
under pretty sharp observation, don't youf hus-
band a rival man who hated Beecher, and who either
loved didn't love his wife and he. why he would
watch IL he loved her he would watch If he didn't
love her he would watch. And he comes here and tells
you that up to July the day when his wife mace
some sort OF q communication TO him, which
we shall examine its own merits Hereafter
SO far II is the subject OF evidence-untN
that time he made her idol in his head. II
there was nothing wrong between Mr.. Beecher and s
wife, there anything wrong III his vlsts and hs
rides-and we have shown you that in 1870 In the Win
ter when Mr. Beecler had driven Mrs T1iton cut once
behind pair horses and buggy III the Park and had
been thanked by Mrs. Morse and encouraged by tie
great good it had done Elizabeth and by the invitation
OF Mrs Morse he there week afterward 20 give
ride behind the spanking team, tina.
he found Mr.. Ton there, and the invitation given,
L.,~a haav hath ha fhnraa
not and Tlton having that dsinclIned
her to co. urged her go. So You have the iseon
duct evidence that after that me which was two years
after the adultery the second year after the adultery
began while it was going on, before discontinued
lie had not observed anything, or, If be had,
his conduct was not candid and open.
was itf lie won't take that alternative.
contrdcts his oath that he had no suspicion or SieA
Now you will see then, that the material circumstances
Of this alleged seduction and alleged adultery are
Just AS with all the external circumstances
of life In which these parties were placed, apd The
observation TO which they exposed, n the mOrs
ncompatibiAty OF wicked conduct with religious sh@
acter and pure morality n impossible. =
Now how can you get that Why. IL your Honor
please, II s Of the singular perhaps unfotunaee.
traits in the and morals and everyday
ing Of the English people and ourselves chat have
not a single word to describe the husband Of
faithful wife inspired with tteTest
tempt and contumely for the husband There are two
wordsand that ii may not be supposed thss nay memory
fails me in the exactness Of the deanhon, Will READ
them TO you gentlemen Of the jury Now, ms plain
matter of-faet definition Of the word cuckoh-- tins b
accurate " The husband OF an adueress 4" md rtsa
the adjective cuckodly,' having the qualities Of
cackold mean, sneaking;" and then We have IN
ancient word, not much IN use, as indeed the
word "cuckold" Is not In use. because The
occasion for IL does not in our sssssty.
wittol describes d cuckold as "a man who knowet1
wes ndic.ity and submits 10 -a tame cacto'd" MN,
that shows either bsrbarous feeling. vstsa
may perhaps account for II. dom; synpathizc hrve
no desire to sympatize IN any such ccnuney but 10
shows the streuG s1asc Of peoplc, Whether 10