The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-26

nlton wrote a brief note. addressed to MI
upon tne statement In Mr. 1llton's own hand
writing prepared IN December. 1872 and snow
the matter, that Mr. MoultOn was consulted so
two sepa ate days after the 26th and before n
Tilton determined to send Tor Beecner-tnls ad
vic' being gwen before Mrs. 1I!tOn wrote ne
briei no'e. winch fi!ion has sworn was written OF
December 20.
lne Cours then took recess uatil two O'Clock.
AFTER RECESS
General Tracy resumed his address to the Jurl
for the defendant NJ quarter-past two O'CLOCK
He said
what molve did Mr.. ton have for faisiiying In
this respect wnen he drew up the 'rrue story ~
He has motive for Ialsiying nov, because he
has oeen adv sed by his counsel tnat these act.
made out CT ar case OF conspiracy AGAINST NJ Ill
ton ana blnseI. and 1t Is BY Iheir shrewd sugges-
tons that bota he anu the "Mntuai Frienc" now
dIsclalm ANY consultations prior to the signing
by Mrs. T lion OF the a omnaole charge drawn up
by her husband. But III Oh consul ec no lawyer
when lie prepared tne "True St,rY,f and only In
ed SUCH ialsrnoOds as seemed 10 him EN- to
be useful ihis sta men was not one that co l!d
have lone hlli any good ana IT may therefore be
sa ely assumed to be true.
But. wiether MDui on was consumed or not, the
rom wen lpon wnica to support MS threaten.
ing letter, and he had nothing from MS Vile
winch would confirm the ch rye which he had
made ro Bo wen against Beecher. lie had, there
fore, given = rasn challenge 20 oil the lore
mos men IN Brooklyn. without thu slishtssr sup
port save his own word, backed w his own tain ed
reputation.
inere was out one thing to be done. He must
make peace with MIR. Beecher. But now s1ould
he accoa isa tnat2 lie llad written a most In.
suting ierer should he say frankly. "Mr.
Beec1er. l have been mistaken; sent you that
letter un Ter II misappreiiensiun OF iactsY NOT TO
mention taat the IDEA vi an Spoogv would De
utterly repugnant to toms sei.-conceit and
yauty, Mr.. beccher's natural an 'wer wOulu have
been, Glow ala you dare 10 send SO ln5oent o
letter witho 4t MAKING inqur, as 10 the iacts"
Moreover, What misapprehenslon OF facts could
ne have alieged9 II he lian said, .Mr. Bowen told
me such and sucn laes." Bowen would have
denied l., and liltons position would be worse
tnan ever II he snou,d say, my WI 20 has told an
evli tale about you," he well knew that his vile
would deny 1t. unless soms Writing was extracted
1t was essential that he should have an inter.
view with Mr.. Beecher, in whica ne should IN
stantly notily the at.er tnat he mad some reason
yet should at the 9 me moment withdraw that
demand Ia such manner IS TO convince Mr..
Beesa err Lnat II he should iurther resent this
WITHDRAWN insult there would be danger ~ an K
ploslon IN wnicn MIR. Bcechers re alton must
inevitably suf1er, no matter how innocent ne
misht oe. Furthermore Titon must so shape
his case as to satisfy ar. Beecher That the stories
against iiiton were iase and slanderous, ana thus
al one blow convince Mr. B.echer tnat rI!t,n Was
pure III his own moral and uD4er an honest mis-
apprehension as o Nj. Beecnef's conduct. rne
IN ernal sasacity winch devised a s meme meeting
all these requirements aid not emanate rom the
excited brain oi luton, out rom the cool and cali
cuiatlng villany OF his trend. Mrs. luton was
sicA, having had narrow escape from death, and
lie nor hage. the Mephlsropnee s at her nus
band's e.oow suggested that now was tue
tine to get her Signature to any paper
which would answer tae purpose. He disclosed
to ms wiie 81 much OF MS own difficulties
as suficed TO convince her OF ms Imminent
ruin lie turned out tue nurse and com panlon, ne
Locked he doors and Kept himself lor hours alone
with the poor, PROSTATE woman, and BY mixture
wnlcn lie proposed 10 wrte SO letting Mr.. BE ,cner
TO an interview with ner husband, and pleading
for peace and reconciliation For hiln t. insert in
sucn let er a lew words acknowledging her ex.
cessive affection for her pastor. and Charging MIN
with having made Improper solicitations to her,
without describing tnelr precise purport, WAS
easy enough; and his poor VIE, having once
raised herself from the bed to sign the dOcu-
rent rnicn he originally prepared, mad no pow er
TO refuse TO put her name below sucl cnarge
the purport OF winch sue Out d.mly comprenended
II. indeed, she understood It at all. All that she
really anew was that she was doing something
when her husband, to whom she bad ALWAYS rem
dered a slavlsn Ooedience. commanded her 70 do.
PROBABLY she mad some ind met idea that the
ma ural erect OF her signature was to do Mr..
Beecner wrong; but sac was assured by her
s@sCand az be tels you aimsel: taa na It's real
put an end TO the conflict which mad begun be-
tween Ter husband and ner pastor. Such letter
was OBTAINED ON the 10Th vi December and carried
by Hilton to M0ultOn, who now cerlalDl becomes
one oil TIE most Important ac.ors IN tals unnappy
controversy.
AT his stage OF his speech General Tracy re-
ferred to Francis ID. MOulton in remarkably strong
and iorcbe language, declaring him TO be man
totally destitute OF all beIei IN conscience, IN I'M
mortahty or In q God--that this man was well
qualified. IKE his great arcnetype, TO deceive
hOuLTON DESCRIBED AS A HARDENED VILLAIN.
He has told you, under the sOemnIty Of al oath,
that ne was beatnen, ana BY that you will kno "
what ne means--not heather like socrates or
Plato, not a heather IKE those men OF Old. VINO
walked III darkness seeking alter the .igni. and to
wnOul the great poet VI the Catnoic Chu en- has
assigned q pace in the other world Tree rom
pain, though lar from neaven-Dut such q heather
as can only be lOuud In tue Inidst OF q Christian
CIVILIZATION; man VINO desplses the idea oi per-
sonai responsibility, VINO scons q, the idea OF
future accountability VINO laughs III bis sleeve at
Vi scripture or VINO listen TO the instructions OF
the Cnurcn, aud whose only IDEA OF Goo Is AS =
convenient name ior rounding an oath or eniorc.
Ing an execratlon
Yet II was not in this guise that he presented
himself to the DEFENDANT. aud he TOOK great care
not 70 impress you with ths conception OF h m.
sell In couTl. Even mere, when facing hundreds
Of men, IN whose eyes ne read tnat they knew
him to be an INSCRIPTIONS ana hardened villain.
ne wore a veal OF decent respectaoility. now
muca more wnen ne approached he most distin-
guished clergy man OF the age, to whom ne was
almost Stranger. did ne clotne himself as an
angel OF light, and. while huInbiy acknowledging
MS Uncovered state, yet strive 10 snow that ne
was aim ny 10 y actlce the highest Christian VIZ
tues.
friendship tnat bound rilton and Moulton to-
getner. lie described Mouton as . man be-
ileves in neither God nor devil; as one VINO had
pfonered friendship TO Beecher ana now de-
nOunced him as a loertine. IL Is Impossible TO
conceive tnat proiessed friendship thus carried
on VIII the approval and under the direc, guid-
alice OF Mr. B-ecners most bitter aud re-
rom beginning to end tnan utterly hollow
and false. IG Is not necessary to suppose
that wnen tails plot was originally Matched.
the two conspratoIs laid out their plans upon tue
gi2antic scale which they aiterward assumed.
They doubtless supposed at the beginning that
toe restoration OF Theodore TIltOn would be
speedily acco mp ished, and It was not until his
repeated failures, owing to ms own amazing iol.
lies and wickeduess that extended over . period
OF nearly Jour years, that tho origlnsl scheme
gradually developed into the most glgantc and
hldeous conspiI acy OF modern times. II can need
no argument TO satisfy you that 2 man VINO mas