The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-02-05

ever can be again.
MUTUAL FRIEND MOULTON.
The trial las placed Mr.. Francis D..
Moulton on oath, and given the awe OF
an oath to the great series Of consecu-
tive and collusive correspondence,
memoranda and composition, which is
on n side declared to be proof OF an
adultery, ard on the other Of nothing
more than q magisterial interference by
a clergyman with a distracted and war
ring family, which interference he
afterward keenly repented Of, and IN
The effort to repair the fortunes of the
house was entrapped into IL series of
admissions, which, arranged together,
seem TO confess q sin never dreamed of
by Mr.. Beecher.
ARCHIVES OF THE TRIAL.
The originals Of all these letters are
in. Not III Was rejected OF any mo-
ment whatsoever. They VIII be a part
OF the archives Of justice in the State
of New York rs long as We have q his
tory, CIR until the Courthouse burns
with fire. In any event they will be
the relies Of either the greatest con-
sp!racy against hallowed character, OF
OF the greatest human Authorizations,
or of one of the greatest crimes known
to the period in which Ne live.
Some OF these doccTlarts are new,
among them Beecher's draft of a resig-
nation, written May 81, 1873, ana at
dressed to the trustees Of Plymouth
Church, based On the necessity OF
''shieiiing from shame certain house
hold" This is said 10 have been q
novelty to the defense, who imagined
that Moulton had lost it because he
had not included it in his statement
nor III Tiltcn's statement.
Some Of the friends OF 1Ir. Beechar
appeared to he disappointed that his
attorneys were unable to prevent the
solid admission of these autograph
letters and publications as testimony.
There was no way to prevent it. as they
were sworn to one by one.
MoULToS-s TESTIMONY.
The witness Moulton has now been
seen by several thousand persons, as
from day to day ne seated himself in
court, the solitary companion of Mr..
Tilton. He has not distinguished him
self by any behavior, omtrc or othet-
wise, but has appeared to be rather 9
high-strung, open air young man, in
telligent and more shan usually Keen
in the witness box. Well dressed, bold,
and, at times, aggressive, he occupies
in the case a highly anomalous and
semi-foreign relation, Instead of the
Won Mo!tke Of the case, as Mr.. Beecller
named him, he seems 20 be the Won
Amin, who has carried Off the archives.
His immediate circle of friends regard
I'LL 40 a cpi4StLS duo "lttAib NouLS
nan, who, IN this absurd effort TO make a
proud man keep tlc peace with another
who had invaded his family and
brought shame upon it, became the
hapless victim OK both the principals,
and was obliged 10 betray them all to
save his own honor from a stigma. His
enemies regard him as q dishonorable
man, who was all along Tilton's adher-
ent, used to entrap Nj. Beecher, and
who spared the lesser reputation and
sullied the greater. Men at large look
upon MOulton with less interest than
upon the documents he has produced,
and these give a wide range to the
imagination, from "the noblest friend
God has raised" down 70 black-mailer.
PUBLIC OPINI0S.
The applause and the gifts of bou-
QUetS to the two parties IN the salt are
50 evenly divided that it appears the
judgments of men axe also nearly evenly
distributed on this scandal, even in
Brooklyn city. But the great pulpit
Mr.. Beecher has founled, his ~tenacity
and impressiveness in it, and the I'M
broken phalanN of It's membership in
his support, give not the least Of the
touching and wonderful associations OF
this encounter before justice.
CTEER WITNESSES.
The eldest daughter of this unhappy
pair will be & witness Tor her father.
Mr.. Frank Carpenter and Mrs. Monl-
ton will be leading witnesses for tie
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