New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-16

| and administrative power that carried on this con-
spiracy
| And what interest had Moulton in IT. What motive
had he to conspre three four years nearly
suseoueut 70 ,cember 1870 this labored for tho
sup sson Of this scandal There Is no denying H
appears in the reports H proven by the evidence Oh
Mr. Beechor and all the proof in tho case Well IN de-
cember 1870 when this conspiracy Is chagea 10 "''o
orcinated what motive had Moulten then 10 enter INTO
such ,cue against the friends who wero aierward
sustained with fidelity ani honori An MI Moni'on
had not then been charged as bacSmihcr; NOT 'hc"
evcn oocoriiny to the testimony Of Mr. Beecher-not
then had Mr. NIoulton ftercd In his professions OF
friendship and services toward Henry Ward Bcecher
There was friend Henry Ward Beeeher again anu
again testified SO true AMI faithful and selfsacrfeing
as Moulton and yet you sustain this idea OF cohsPH
aoy you must find that in December 1870 Mou'oh 40
lheratey entered into this conspiracy OF wrong ana
| crime as against Beeoher.
And gentlemen, what motive had Mrs Mouiloh' hcf
husband then had fallen into no disrepute. NO aceusa'
ton had been made against him. There was notnihSt 70
tempt wiely honor and wlfey truth through weiy a.
fiction She was not called upon TO sustain the as
sailed virtue or honor Of her husband what motive was
thorc fr these people tins to abandon all the principles
90 their ehueaiion all the obligations OF their position,
all tc instincts Of their eiucatcd and cultivated nature
all the influence which, Respectable citzehs OF society
surround thcfu and enter into an utterly baselrS ana
false conspiracy against who stood high ana LOFTY
in the csm l!an Of the community, and proud or MS
commanding influenced Why II is one OF those pepos
terons conceptions Into which tho necessity OF desperate
guilt IL sometimes driven. And what says the law upon
this question OF motive
Prcsumpilons and strong are continually founded
upon knowicigc OF the hlmIn character. and OF the
motives, passions and feelings by when the i1ind Is
usually aaenced EkEeIneS and Sssrya.on sSw
which operate under similar circ,msancca, win ABOUT
as much rcsTay an bs c s i"e Of peaar
motives upon human con ii'ct Is the subject OF every
mans observation AMI experience TO greater or less
extent and in proportion TO his attention, means OF
observation and acueness every one becomes image Oh
hand what would the effect and influence OF motives
upon any individual under particular circumstances,
mntivr hV ynich an aet was actns1sd from the par
| tcular course of conduct which he adopted DC.
Where heinous crime has been committed, as Tor IN
stance murder by meaDsOf poison, ald waere IL IL obv
ous that theft not the object of the guilty party IL
by any motive 70 commit such onensc. The absence
II all motive. whether OF a,arce or revenge a1rt us
othcr respect. doubtful because experience OF human ma
ure shows tnat men do not commit mfschlct wahtony
and gratuitOusy whoa any prospect OF advantage &c
Now 6ul for ne q Inotivc In all the conditions sur
rounding this transaction adequate to lead even tho
most drpra, ed and desperate man into an enterprise so
hold and aud lciOus this conspiracy would nave Deen
Sometimes in the history O human nature there have &C.
Cured crcuns of equal sefdegrodlton ana de-
praylly as such condition OF things ana course oil action
upon the part OF Tion and her adjunct In TINS con-
| suracy would have exhibited. il it were true
but il only where long OF deblucicry ana SIN
have led the utter and complete degradation OF tue
patty 1t is only where the Ial instincts AM Impulses
Of virtue ANA chastity have been erased ~ the West tic
bauchery aud the longest in isencc that ever such an
example occurs and not in th ranks OF respec'blty aud
culture. AMI consider then. gentlemen. hai all theso
with $50 Mrs. BraIshaV. Ms Woodruff. every witness
who has testified to circumstances and conditions OF
knowledge and cJuCean mt must have been npiicd'ed
| in this conspiracy. And this conspiracy does
| not end there. suppose II had existed, that
| Mr. Beechcr had boon squeezed TO the utmost
power of these ooaspra,ots ana at last nc
| had stood up in defiance and resisted You
arr ,hcn 10 suppose that Mr. TltOn the arChconsprator
brings his action forces trial. ami that he, anu all his
coconsrirators have appeared in court OF justice
| for WHAT What il the object TO he af'anedt what
benefit Is 10 come from ~ How Is Moulton to be adj
,o,tagrdl how MIS- Mouton Ia be bcnciitcdf And Is
1t possible that all these parties, without any interest,
without any adequate object to DC reached have not
only entered upon this conspiracy but have forced 1t into
a pubc trial where they must necessarily be guilty OF
| deliberate and corrupt pcrjufyf
And this, gentlemen, is the violent conclusion, over
turning all ideas OF nature AMI right, all instincts OF
purity and manhood rcgardloss OF those motives winch
usually cperato upon human action: to this conclusion
yon are 10 in the face Of these circumstances And
you find hosc con>ra,ors, for nearly fonr years sirnS
Cling with every effort 10 suppress all alii-ion ana agita
ton of tho means, the instruments, the appliances by
YOU have Mr. MOuton. the principal actor in The pursuit
| of this conspiracy You have him telling rs object, Mr.
| geeoher not to DO afraid: "niy, yoa can =, I'll If
everything which is said against y0u IS trde mink
OF it, MUulton, prominent conspIor, Ecceh'l the OBJ
iect and victim as our frieuds SAY; this charge Of
| adultery, Of impure proposals, Being aghatcd
| at every moment; when thero was any neces-
sity TO benefit Dir. TiltOn, Nr. Monitor going
to the party who he backmaiied according to this
theory and saying him. "Dontbe arahi, llr BeccEcr
Won can't be hurt Plymouth Church viii stand by You
and uphold you II ali the facts connected with this
matter are disclosed True, am conspirator am "a
conSprator blachIuail You an consirator to RUIN
you for the elevation OF Theodore flion but don't be
alarmed nothing hart you. You armed with the
confidence and DE- oticn Of Plymouth Church, and even
if you should 60 and confess the very facts which are
alleged against you by these consriatcs, IL could not
| hurt You"
How perfectly nonsenscal this MI Ia. gcntcinenl And
| FOR whom-for whom was this TO be donoi Why, for
Theodore Tiiton, and nobody else. MOulOn and hrs.
Moulton Mrs Bradshaw, all peril their souls by false
oath, commit crime by forming conspc! FOR the solo
object of helping and aiding Theodore Itcn: And Mrs.
MoultOn. Who NY friends say, pronounced Iion teach
erolis iatl' e, villain she enters into the conspiracy
and sacrifices herself for the object 1t is possible
that ltrc may bo minds prcudced and corrupted by
that prcuic thai they believe moInentariy in the
idea that n conspiracy OF this mature formed. and
that the posen condition of things is TIC result OF 1t.
But | cal hardly conceive, under the evidence in this
case that there he any such intellectual blindness
THE DIRECT CHARGE OF BLACKMAIL.
Why, ono fact, gentlemen, is disclosed by
the evidence ~ Mr.. Bcccher hInsel'f these were
matchmaking Mr. Beecher when Tilton ia such dis
tressed circumstances; when MOuon represented TO him
the existence Of ibo mortgage upon Ttons house aud