Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-06-02
EVARTS IN THE BEECHER CASE
The Greatest Lawyer Defending tha
Greatest Preacher,

In New York politics have nothing
to do with the Beecher case. The
New York World, the leading Demo-
cratic paper ofthe country, and many
other papers of the same creed, do
not believe Beecher guilty. IL says of
Mr.. Evart,' opening speech:
He is keen and fine to the utter
most degree OF refinement. Nothing
in the court room, except the self-re-
spect OF the jury. is at all fit to compare
with the wisdom dried away in Mr..
Evarts' face. He is in peace thin
SphynN infinitely older than the
plump one, and netted over with
wrinkles accordingly, without sign or
motion in his keen. glttering eyes and
set, satisfied fps. His work Yesterday
was wonderfully different from and
far above anything that the case has
yet seen. AS for the matter, it was
much of II predatory, and the senten-
ces were some of them short and none
of them so long as those into which,
upon the unforeseen demand of "a sud
den occasion, he has been several
times within few months be
trayed. He had notes-a thin ports
folio, with Mr.. Abbott by the side
of it AS glossary, but did not use them
except for the slightest reference. His
sharp head, set into the high collar of
an old fashioned blue tail ccat, lay ON
a level most of the day, and his voice
went into an almost careless or even
ness of tone, as if, after all, it was no
such great matter-this plea, as people
thought. Mr.. Evarts imported an
actual ioviality, good natured and
easy i'll tone, into it, but it was of
nature, TOO, ompatible with the most
wise dignity. He was Sir Oracle all
day-nCt tiresomely at all, but in a
/ fatherly or even grandfatherly way,
rs man who had The key to the jam
closets of knowledge handing out the
best possible jam to his grateful
| descendants. Being admitted to
be 30 wise and old, he needed
no tricks of laundering and frothing,
and went quietly along with point
in every sentence, not iabbed into any
thing viciously, but calmly inserted,
with no noise about it, lust where it
was wanted. The dignity and asser-
ton are so natural and so readily al
/ lowed by every one who looks at the
Omniscent face that it is absurd to
think that Mr.. Beach, who sits rever-
enced and calm in front, taking notes
and watching the jury beneficently,
| should be allowed or should wish, or
even think proper to get up at a future
| time and say that Mr.. Evarts has been
painfully mistaken about anything -
as he will be sure to do with more or
less of vigor and plumpness.
Mr.. Evarts holds the jury even, and
/ his wise eyes search out the innermost
| recesses of their twelve bosoms. The
audience listen and look, even the
| parties interested-or did during yes
terday's preliminaries-a they would
! listen to aud look at a play Mr.. Beech
ers mouth stands open with undis-
guised amusement and watchful
wonder what skilful burst is coming
next, Moulton and Tilton, upon
whom Mr.. Evarts has hardly begun.
and whom he shows signs of treating
with GOODNESS, listen with apparent en-
tertainment, and Judge Nelson points
out beauties of style and questionable
spots OF logic to his friends upon the
/ bench,