The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-15

Euence upon aim Inat sne should attribute TO this
Intercourse q spirit OF sel-deVoLion, OF seiEsacrI
Ice, OF petyY Why. gentlemen, woman does
not fall from mere carnal appetite. IL IS the
Dnnobhng and absorbing love Of womannood, IL Is
because her devouon TO It's object Is spIritualzed
and pure; In II. In whatever sacrifice IL demands
she sees nothing but cheerful DUTY rendered,
and disassocIates from it ali idea OF impurry or
nst. Why, gentlemen, II the history OF those pit
able creatures who sell their bodies for gold could
DO traced 70 the nrst SIN, IL would not be found
IN OF carnallty and lust, but SIN OF pure,
peyoted, trusting love, and ! can well con-
seiye mat woman OF the character
IONS, who best know her; that this woman may
have surrendered herself yielding to the solIclta-
uoDs OF Henry Ward Beecner with an atmosphere
HeAatatlOn ana purity, not at ali lnconslstent
Eltn her CHARACTER and her devotion to the man
md to the interest to which he was consecrated
and what were the reasons addressed by this
man 10 this woman have shown you that they
we're not OF so extraorolnAry nature as NOT 10
nave Seen thought Of before they were expressed
BY Mr.. Beecher. And what were they as testified
q by witnesses, denied, IL IL true, by Mr.
page 800, in the detail or the interview
with Mr.. Beecner Mr. Triton swears that
ae communicated TO Mr.. Beecher the representa-
hon oil his vile as TO the arguments aud persua-
lions which were used by Mr.. Beecher TO over
tome her scruples; that she had done so IN her
swn thought until finally sne had been persuaded
BY him tnat as their love was proper anu not
ii thai love. whether by the shake OF the hand or
Ihe klss OF the lips, or even bodily intercourse,
nnce u all was the expression OF tnat. which IN
eourse wasn't wrong; that she had said To me
that Mr.. Beecher had DroIessed to her greater love
man he mad ever shown to any woman IN MS
ue," &c. Mr.. Mouton also says, on page 1885,
And ar BeeGaeE then said 70 me with great sorrow
Ss hroug M love or her II he had ~ a b
sad alen that the expression the sexual expression OF
3oaghs soas lanuaass used o herr thu. ne
owe and not through lust, or words to that efect
/ have already commented upon the expression,
III he mad allen at all he nad fallen In that way"
4 4 A n T. nf-n
see II dIslurbs the quietude OF my learned
friend. tLaughter.) In another part OF mis- evil
SIR. tHat Sue wasn't 10 be judgea either by her
mother or by me, but by God; she believed
said she loved God, and she did not
peileve God would have permitted her TO
ente into those relations II they mad seen sinful,
and she said, particularly, that neither her mother
nor had made IL the business OF our lives to un-
aersIand what was right ana what was wrong as
Mr. Beecner did; Mr.. Beecner Was clergyman:
mat he was great and molly man; That re MAD re-
peatedly assured her that their relationship was
uD1ul; that ne had told her love justified all
things; that love had Various expressions; thar
one expression was the shake OF the nand;
another expression was sexual intercourse,
The expression WAS II that love was right
ine lave itself made rlgntul or justified
all the various expressions OF IT. and that she be-
heved, be ore God, that her love for MIR. Beecher
was right ana his Tor ner was right, and there
lore, she did not see now any OF tue various ex-
pressions OF IL could be sinful. she SAID she
rested upon Mr. Beecher's authority Tor that; t0at
ne mad tod her 81 over and over again. Now,
gentlemen, you see
TUE TRUST OF THIS WOMAN
In the man, anG you see that that llllmitable trust
thar unhesltatlng confidence IN what Mr.. Beecher
taught aud said was not at all irrational III view
vi the feelings which This woman entertained
toward Mr. Beecher, In view or ner conception
OF his character and OF the great mission whicn
she thought he was destined TO fulfil IN shis word
and 1T was upon TINS woman, so Oucllle aud i'm
pressible, SO subject to his win so entuey
Mr. aX ~
poaer, and through the veneratiou, as well as the
alteration, which she felt toward him he I'M
pressed these lessons OF criminal sOphlstry when
are thus related by the Witnesses. one other as
pect OF this evidence Will close my consideration
of this topic. IL Is IN the testimony OF Mrs. Moul-
too. Speaking Of a conversation which she says
she had with Mrs. Triton, question was put To
was az fne lime 1eu npeS Mr. seeebeT .A
Fulton appeared down al the church that called
70 see Elizabeth, and said:-'lf you are called
before ne CDurcn, what are you going 10 do to
save Mr.. Beecherr she sald:-'l snail sacrihce
my husband and deny everything l sald:-
VIII you allow your husband TO 80 down with
the truthT She SAID 81 think / saould be
justified IN stating falsely under the clTcum-
stances; | think for the sake oil MT. Beecher for
tue sake OF the influence On the world. Tor my own
position, Tor my children, think II Is my duty TO
deny.n And upon her cross-examlnauon the
snouio not tell the truthfn 'She told me distinctly
that sne should sacrifice her husband and deny
under the circumstances that she would be jusL-
ned In telling a he.u Wen, gentlemen, assun.,
Tor tue present thaL you VIII DelleNe tue teSumonY
OF Mrs. Mouiton; whether she Ia entitled TO credit
we will discuss hereafter. And lt Was after what
closures or the SIN OF Mrs. Hilton mad been made,
after she had confessed IL was wnen this matter
was assuming AN attitude OF public Investigation,
tnat this woman, when awakened TO know ledge
of the wrOngulness OF heT act, as l suppose,
deliberately came TO the conclusion that the
character Of Mr. Beecher. MS connection with the
great interests OF humanity, the possible effect OF
nef wrong upon her children and herself, all
justified her ~ denying ner former Confession and
~
teTests, MT Beecher among them. Ii Is the usual
and the ordinary result OF associations OF tnis
snaracter II Is very rarely you have seen In the
aistory OF human nature (iny friend says IL ~ un-
eXampledl OF seduced woman being received
again 10 the confidence and the trust oil her
abused husband. rhat tnis woman should
ne tor Mr.. beecher; Ihat this woman should
iohOw the fortunes OF mr. Beechcr, that sue should
orsake husband and children Is Just as natural
ana as inevitable IS that sue should s2crlace TO
alm ner chastity, the honor OF somannood. You
always hnd tue aduteress with tue a1uiterer, and
agree with the learned counsel that there are
yerr rare examples where any other result has
followed IL Ia not altogether unparalleled be-
cause my learned friend will remember
TUE CASE OF GENERAL siCELEs
General Slckles, VINO murdered TIE aduiterer
to his bosom nc home. General SicKles was snDse-
quentiy honored by the government Of the coun-
Try. IL wasn't thought disgracelni 70 MIN. There
were Modifying circumstances connected With ner
offence winch the world saw and General Sickes
appreciated. lie loved her with unstInted de-
votton ana he was not condemned, because
NV learned friend says, or as Mr. Beecher orig
UAiea Tue tAplcbSlOnt DtCduSc ne CONAOneI MS
wte's fault. But 1 say ~ Ia a most natural con-
ciusiOn as evidenced by the nature Of the assJcl-
iiOn. ana the passions moving the parry as we'd
as demonstrated oy the history Of ltasoRs Of TINS
rBaracter-it was tne natural, almost tneYttable,
conclusion that MRS. 1liton should associate ner
fortunes with MIR. Beecher after they had become
nnIted In the investigation and Judgment OF the
people can't tell you how this man was over
come. can't tell you how this skilled man or the
world, this master or human nature ana Of pas
Ii0ns worked upon the weakness and Spirituality
Of TINS woman, nut can tellyou what Mr. Beecaer
says aDoutit:-
"ihe seducer playing upon the most sacred pas
nons, he re rays innocence. howG By tae ten
aerest iAcuties, by It's trust by its unsusp Getting
lalth, DY It's honor. The vtcum often and often ~
aot the accomptce so much as the sufferer be-
Erayed bF an eXorcism which bewItches her
nCDlest alectIons and becomes the suicide or her
virtue. The betrayer, OF the most intense seldsn.
ness, without one worthy motive, without one
prcgencc 81 honor by lies, oy dcvlish JugglerY OF
raud, by binding ne eye, confusing the con-
science, misleading toe Judgment and lnstillng
The dew Of sOrcery upon every nower OF sWees
Affection, deliberately, Learuessly damns the con.
ndng victim. II there one shade 81 so0d inten.