Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-06-14

railroads will have all the business they
can attend to to transport the immense
crowd expected.
TIE BEECHER TRIAL-ADHHESS OF
MR.. BE1CH.
Mr. Beach resumed his argument by rema, king
| that some high authority has said that words are
things. They are, Mr.. Beach added, clearly in
dicative OF the persons who use them. Relying
on that principle the prosecution have pointed 10
| certain words and phrases in scenes described by
| Their witnesses as indicative of their authorship
! from Mr.. Beecher. Judge Porter has advanced
the idea that it was utterly impossible for Mr..
Beecher to have used certain expressions. One OF
| them was "paroxysmal," which not only
''sheer nonsense Int had been Incorporated
| among law terms as "patoXysmal insanity Inc
speaker had been curious 10 examine Mr.. Beochcrs
| works in regard to this word, and read many IN
stances from Beechers sermons. in which the word
was used with context showing that he knew its
meaning. OF the "section of the day of ludg-
| ment phrase, Judge Porter said that Mr.. Beecher
did not divide the day of judgment into sections.
| Mr.. Beach was afraid that when the time comes
Mr.. Beecher would find that there are at least two
sections to the day of Judgment Passing to the
letter Of Iilton which speculates upon Christ as
married man, snd which Judge Porter visited with
such scathiDg denunciation Mr. Beach said that
no character had drawn much speculation from
the learned as Christ and it never had been
thought saereligious to indulge in these specu!a
| tions. They do notindicate scofing spirit. Mr..
Beecher himself regards Christ as historic char
acter, and as such He deserves to be studied and
commented upon. 1t is character that affords
the widest scope for the deepest spoculations of
the highest genius. Mr.. Beach read numerous
tracts from Mr. Beccher's works in support of this
| proposition aud commendato!y Of what Tilton had
done.
Judge Porter said that Moulton's expression
that Beecher was liar and libertine was utter
y destructive of his credibility Ii that is to dis.
credit Moulton the witness stand, by parity of
reasoning Judge Porter who applied such epithets
as he did not only to Moulton and 1ilton, but
woman, is not to be believed. Up to the time OF
the Investigating Committee, the defense have
failed to show that Mouon faltered for an instant
| in his devoted fidelity to Mr. Beecher. Even at-
that time he still laborcd under the advice Of
Beecher to suppress the scandal; and 1t Was only
| when he was charged with being blackmailer
| throughout the land that he turned on Beecher.
| And in that event some extravaganza of express
sion might well have been INDUCED in by Mr..
Moulton Mr.. Beach did not justify the express
ion. 1t was rash, but i. said under great prov
ocation.
BY the promulgation Of doctrines Of morality in
which Mr.. Beach could not concur, Mr. EvaIts
had attempted to influence the minds of the jury,
| by leading them away from the consideration Of
the facts, by changing the attitude of the parties,
! by putting Tilton and Mr.. and Mrs. Moulton on
the defense, and calling upon them to cxcupate
| themselves. In the first place. one of the leading
lawyers Of the State has the bodness to state in
court Of Justice that right OF action given TO
man by the law is an anomaly and disreputabic.
What IS q man to do when such an injury Is put
upon him and is there no punishment for the
seducerf None, says the gentleman The wis
dom of the law rivers makes no provision for Grim
inal punishment for adultery. The jary might be-
lieve that Tilton was contemplate for not taking
the law iuto his own hands--the world has already
passed that verdict upon him--but it was the duty
of the jury to uphold the law and to approve Of
Tiltons brave and Christian course. Mr.. Beach
knew the value of character. Indeed, if the case
| depended upon oral evidence, and if Mrs. Moul-
tons testimony were left out he would hesitate
| to believe the story of Tilton and Moulton, al
! though he believed them to be as honorable as
any men who ever lived. 1t being o'clock Mr.
Beach sat down. The jury was called at 2 07, and
Judge Porter, he said had quoted Mr.. Bart
lett having expressed the opinion that
this was case of blackmail. Mr.. Bart
lett was largely connected with New York
newspaper, an editorial Of which Mr.. Beach
read to show that the best men spoken of in the
| Old Testament were not too good to commit crime
and it is absurd to say that Beecher is ntrinsicay
incapable Of sin. The whole history of mankind
and the teaching Of Scriptures were opposed TO
Mr.. Evarts' proposition. Lucifer the great arch
| angel, fell. OF the chosen apostles, one denied
Christ and the other betrayed Him. If Beecher is
to be judged, as MIR. Evarts says and the speaker
agreed, like any other man, what is left of the de-
fense If the counsel on the other side confess
that their client is mortal, will they still speak
flently Of the verdict of the jury
Mr.. Beach would not use the defendants physi
cal development as an argument To do 50 would
be disgrace to the administration Of the law, for
10 matter how goading these appetites may be,
there is nevertheless in men God-given power OF
| resistance. Mr.. Beach would give MIR. Beecher
every credit Of selfcontrol that he would give any
other man, but he wanted HIM judged as any other
mar.
| Mr.. Beach cited qloation from Mr.. Beechcrs,
"To love, must have something that can put
nv arms around" The speaker said there was
nothing improper in the expression; it was merely
a beautiful picture of the closeness of love but it
| showed that the author had clear idea of the
| emotious. Judge Porter in his opening told the
jury that hey been been kept l35 days from their
business by Tilton. Mr. Bench contrasted the
conduct of the case by the two sides. The plain
tiff had used up comparatively short time in Civ
ing Ills direct proof. The defendant took weeks
and months to delame the plaintiff character,
and to prove facts that Titon and moulton had
been put upon the stand for the sole purpose of
producing an fleet of their presence upon the
jury. In this discussion the defense had appro-
priated large proportion of the time. The pros
ecution were reproached for having been willing
to permit the opening Of every gate Of evidence
that might throw light upon the subject. Moulton
had been accused of 305 lapscs of memory, and |
the fact had been published in 100000 pamphlets
whereas Mr. Beecher, who had not been so long |
on the stand as Moulton, had said 81 don't reco
lect' 5S3 times, 81 think 2A5 times, and 81 don't
KNOW ~ hlHto
"Neither were the servants introduced" said
Mr.. Evarts. Poor Kate Carey had been set aside
at once by the defense as liar and perjnrer.
without any consideration, although the jury |
knew the circumstances undeI which she came |
into court. The prosecution went to New Jersey |
after Theresa Burke and found Mrs Tilton ahead |
of them; they went to various places whittier the |
servants of this house had scattered and they |
found that the lady zealots Of this defendant were
before them. When the defense dared to re- |
proach the prosecution for not having produced I
the servants Mr.. Beach would tell them IL at they
had hid them. 1t easy with aid of gold to |
suppress testimony. The prosecution had had no |
such aids TO help them
Mr.. Evarts had said that circumstances had not |
been proved, ard in that sentence disposed of the |
conie ssions Of MIS-. Tilton and Mr.. Beecher, Mrs
Tiltons letters which breathed all over the odor
of guilt, and the uncontradicted oral proof. |
Were these not circumstances When Beecher is |
found in Tiltons, house in his absence, in danger
Gus proximity to Mrs Tilton, with confessed love
between them, with the woman blushing red as
Hawihoines scarlet woman--are these no evil
dencci Mr.. Beach would sft all these things,
and show whether they had value or not in the
eyes of the law.