St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28
The Beecher Trial.

adjourned Friday afternoon for the
week. We append an account of Por-
ter's manner i'll speaking and an ex-
tract from his argument:
JUDGE PoRTER'S MANNER IN SPEAKING.
He began i'll Il low. husky. trcmulous
tone. but, after few minutes of speak
ing. his voice was strong and under
skilled control. Until his delivery lost
its novelty, it seemed theatric to the
verge nf gr"teSqueneSs. His infections
were violent. II sentence sometimes be-
ginning in loud vehemence to end i'll Il
dramatic whisper. His sudden changes
of facial expression were like grimaces.
| His gestures and nervous pOSturing
were pantomimic. Probably few of the
audience thought of these things. 50
palpable ut first, after half an hour :
experience of his OratOry. What was
grotesque to the sense of the critical
observer in the beginning. soon became
remarkably helpful adiunctS to an in
tensely powerful soft of elocution. His
violent gestures We're almost as expires
sive as the words that they illustrated.
and doubtless had an important part i'll
holding the answering attention of the
jury. His changes of countenancc gave
to his language an intensified quality of
Indignation. pathos. scorn. or what
ever other emotion he sought To inspire
IN his hearers. His quick alterations
of tone were always in consonancc with
his theme. and doubtless operative up
on the feelings of the twelve important
auditors, however much his whispers
displeased those more distant. Mr.. and
Mrs. Beecher seldom removed their ewes
from him. and the expression of their
faces instinctively caught that of his in
its vary ing shades. At one time more
than half of the Plymouth party were
weeping. In the personal denunciaturl
passages Mr.. Porter frequently turned
to Mr.. TiltOn and shook fist within
two feet of Mr.. Tilton's face. Mr.. Til
ton turned scarlet under these Il g.rcssiNe
demonstrate ions. hut did not finch noI
drop his eyes from Il defiant stare at the
vehement speaker.
FEW EEMAEK> A. To MOI LION.
lou all recognize this ~ Il wager of
battle Joined hetWcrE IhcndnIc Iilt"m
and Henry Ward Brcchcr and hccau,,
liltom j. To fight a woman ~ we'll ~ Il
clergyman, he calls III Moultom To help
him. Ilitou l. To swear down Bcrrhcr.
and Moultuu is To crush her: tuI 1t
would he Il little mgIaciou> in Thr"-
d"rr To Ice crushing her. when he -wcar>
that she i such Il whte->nulcd woman.
even 10 the present hour. He leaves
that tor "Frauk = ~ We travel on
yuu will find that every man except
Frank MOult"m. that even Theodore
1ilt"n leaned on. has become Il hl"kcn
reed. DIR. Bacon VAS once his friend
and he now boasts that the doctor rc-
CARDS him a> Il dog. Southwick WI,
once his friend. and Snuthuick meets
him eye I" eye. and fixes npum him his
perjury. tlrvclau'. was once his friend
and heuetactoI. and Cleveland meets
him oath To oath. Jackson :. >rhultI
WIS once his friend. and. il Jack son :.
Schultz has sworn to the truth. then
Theodore lIlt"n has sworn over and
over TO an Infamous lie. " hen Nou
find that the friends of 'Iiltnu. the iuI,
at Nl"lnagc. parted from him: hen
You ind that Frank Moultuu. once a
member of the great huu>r Of Woodruff
n Robinson. a man uudnubtcdlv at
great business capacity. of daring Ell
rIgN and administrative genius. IL
Theodore Hilton SAYS when You find
him. after the Inception of this. drop
ping out first Of the principal firm. SEE
und nt the secondary firm. and. finally.
his connection prolonged one month
with Il view To Nour verdict. and then.
at the end of the month. SuIumalilN cut
OF. Nou can ludge what the iury Of
Frank Moultnu'~ Nicinagc think OF him
These men stand alone. one after an
other. on the right hand and on the left
hand. they have fallen away.
BESSIE TURNER DEFENDED.
But We have one mon. Witness. and
that is Theodore riron himself Thr>,.
ale the three. Why. gentlemen. TIlinu
Is bot III Il condition To undertake. the
job il l. too large for him II l. too
much in his hand Theodore Iilrnn.
y. Il. Martin and Joe Richards set
themselves mp /" "NcIturn that Bessie
Turner. who WAS too much tor the most
brilliant Cru~>-rXamIntr in Amrrica
this gill. who put William Fullerton at
bay, and compelled him to call upnp
the most splendid advocate now living
i'll this or any land. To come to his as
Si>tauce in fight with Il girl. The,
girl who can stand up here and face
William Fullerton aud William \.
Beach need tear nothing from JOE.
Richards. even with Theodore Tiltom H.
his right hand man. and y. l.. Martin
a> his left hand supporter. Her tcsti-
m"nI stands admitted 10y him. Her
testimony. as she gave it. commcnd~
itself To NouI conscience and intelligence
\ on believed IL then You believe it
now. 1t l. i'll harmony with the letters
which read to You yesterday and this
morning. 1t L. in harmony with all the
recollcctlonS We have of the interior of
that household. 1t Is IN harmony with
what you know of the character of
Theodore TiltOn. And when we find
this man. at the close of the testimony.
making one last attempt To injurc that
girl i'll Hour estimation. asking whether
she had not been refused reinstatement
i'll the institution in which She held -
woman as she was-a profcS>orship of
character and position, III the Depart
nent of Music: and when YOU saw them
elicit. is they knew they could. the re-
ply that. although the President of that
Institution retained undiminislIed con
tidence in and respect tor her. vet the
libcls published by this man had made
her name SO notorious that she could
not earn bread in AN honest employ
ment-wheu you heard that CONNER
tary upon the spirit in which Theodore
Tilton dealt with the adopted daughter
who WAS loyal t" the wife If his bosom
You need no more To determine whether
she OF he is most entitled To your credit
and regard. Why. gentlemen, there
are some things the mere narration of
which carries to the human conscience
aud understanding absolute conviction
of their verify. There is no girl of