The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-28


was a man OF pronigate life. and unucKily
man o. very ugly eounienance. anu
among o 9tner tG ny o. very pas
Tor or against MIN, and al imputatinn ON Ills con
duct, on has PATRIOTISM and bis morals and what
not, we're resoried 20 oy MS friends. TWO ladies'
IN high life one OF the Court party. the other OF
the liberty partv-ater discussing with the heat
aud cand0r which belong to women the Tespec-
tive merits ana demerits OF Wilkes, ana when the
champion OF wilkes had pressed ner adversary o
the wall on every question OF patriotism, OF taste,
Of morality and o politics ana OF puDllc danger the
opponent 20 wilkes turns upon Ter ana SAYS,
.Nell you must admit that ne squinIa.u yes
saws the otner dlsputant ''but no more tnan q
paVeL) Now ain these eVlties and tr,volities
through some Years OF twilight. OF Darkness. OF
suspicion and Of DOUBT, have been clustered
around lhls controversy, and IL is only now,
when come lnto your presence with
tns authority ~ law and with your candor anu
attention and sense q duty, that we are oegin.
the real matter was-and TO judge or It's prOoa-
Dlliues ana improbaDties, lts proof Or reiuta-
ton, according 70 i've people with real cnarac.
lcrzatIon; now men reasoned ABOUT the
cououct Of THIS de endant wnen this impu-
talion FIRST came INTO the civil courts; how
many men we're sDockea tnat Beecher
should have continued TO preach and worship God
Whue lutou aeCuseu nun WIN adullery, Wnen
houlton nad spoken y hlm a. perJurer ihey
actually undertook to shorten the Divine COM
mission under winch ne acted, and men was 10
preach me Gospel 10 every creature, ''Ihougn men
shall revue you AMI persecute you aud eyl entreat
your Is that founded on the apostolic commls-
sion IS tnat the character OF even an humble
Clergyman Like honest Cav, from Indiana,
VINO, rather thau SIT silent under the low
tea mug or THIS moral lecturer III hitting
at tom, resisted him 10 his ace, and thereby
losing his salary 81 $1,000, because he believed
III the religion ne mad practIsed aud in the DUTY oil
q Of ms profession, AT least that he mlget
prapple with spiritual wicKedness In nlgn places.
Aud tnen again. wnat a shocking thing tnat nj ..
Beccner should attend TINS seandalous trial,
whete she VIII he exposed 10 hearing so much
eva Of one she loves even though he
did not deserve 1t! These men UNDERTAKE
10 shorten tue marriage VOWS as well as the apos-
tone commission. ne Bacon letter came next.
Non Nrapn NEQ. IA nal Il q Ia hnE
being srlll inQenuue, but IN manner TO Justify
Mr.. Beeche M demanding an investigation. That
inquiry "a held. Mr.. Iilton maintained MS ac-
cusaton without STINT IN respect OF ms imputa-
ton. Mrs. TlltOn, IN duty 10 herself as vile,
and OWING duties TO herself, ner children ana TO
Others, her church ana ner pastor, gave an ac-
count absolutely eXoneratlng Mr., Beecher
from all charges or sexual intercourse with ner,
vlndicaUng the fame 81 her children and Of her
husbaud aga nst TINS reproach After that exam
inatloE was ended tnls sult began, and rom that
lime on we mI1ht nave expected mat the pubic
demand auu the public peal should take the
form 81 judicial investigation. Instead OF tpat the
plalntlG published great argument, which he
hopeo would be unan- cradle, wnen there was
no adversary, no issue anu no tribunal before
whlch MS charges could DC answered. These
brave opponents 81 world IN arms, IKE Peter
Van rWIler III his old Dutch tort Il owning den-
ance on an absent zoe they, TOO clustered against
All absent foe. VINO are The accused now before
the CourtY Mr.. Beecner and the alleged partner
OF MS guilt MRS. luton. Unluckiy Tor luton it
lady said wnen sue was asked the mea nlng
Of q JGuL pas, she dldn't know exactly,
pas Seul-a step 10 be taken alone. That
was the misfortune Of Tllton. There was nothing
else that Beecher cUull very well be accused OIL
and some woman must be found TO be his partner
IN the guilt and why should not the husband give
the preference 10 MS own w1leY 70 be sure, there
we're drawbacks 70 MS wife. lie knew toat she
pure as gold, tnat sne was cnaste as snow,
that she was plous az saint and worsniDped the
ground no trod on, even when the ground
was the nthy mire on which were
spread the vile 1usKs OF which the SWINE did eat.
IL might be tnat ne found nls Justification IN
Hamets bitter speech 10 poor Opneha IAN
II tnou marry l VIII give thee This for thy
dowry-Be thou as cnaste rs Ice, "a
caumny.n But Hamlet ola not outrage
caIumny even from her husband what Is the
form ana dimension OF the guilt imputedf IL -
seduction. tue seduction q married woman.
with greater severity 10 the judgment oil all moral,
al !aougntu men q az 1inas' whether 'hsy make
The Court took recess
AFTER THE RECESS.
The attendance in the afternoon was larger
than that In the morning and nlled every inch Of
space in the courtroom Mr.. Evarts stood up to
resume his speech without a moments delay, and
very soon showed that he had been only nan In
earnest before. His voice, mild enough before,
was Unused with ylgor that was hardly expected
OF one looking 50 physically incapable OF any pow
eriul exertton. his arm rigid IN the air, tsrml-
nating in a forednger equally rigid, and his
inc spectator. From grave 70 gay, nom lively TO
severe Is the merest step with this very versatile
lawyer. and as ne invariably traverses this
course be IL always interesting. Evarts,
quoting from JunIus, said OF certain
character that It coulo only escape GEN.
sure when IL escaped observation Moulton
remarked he eupon 10 . nelghboring reporter
that Evarts quoted incorrectly from Junius
Moulton was quite an attentive and admIring
listener ana from time 70 time made comments
freely on the add ess. The speaker paid glow
ing tribute TO the legal skill OF Beach and Fuller
ton. the two men, he said, who easily stood at the
head or the criminal practice OF the State OF New
YORK. He also sea tered liberal allowance OF
compliments around among Sherman, HILL Tracy
and AbboI
Mr.. Evsrts resuming, said The incredio ility
or so Migrant and neinous an impufation upon
two excellent people. as am justified IN pro-
nouncing both these partles, irrespective OF the
imputauon, under consideration was sought to Dc
parrIed oy TINS plaintin Oy certain qualifying eie-
ments their crime, which prove the act 10 the
conscience Of sacn. WE'LL as another blow, not az
these individuals, out Al tue scheme OF morality.
or religion, 81 the theory Of conscience and Of
duty. make i out once that good people can COM
NIT crime and be good IN dong u aud In their con-
science approving Il and N the retrospect seeing
DO fault In IL anc you prove the rst darling prop
oslton me wicked that the distinction be-
tween evil and good Is mere matter OF preten-
SION aud autnority. That IL the nna stage OF dis
sOlute immortality In man, W csty, In com-
muuity. Nnen you nave reached tnla stage you
nave exposed yourself 10 that nnal woe de-
nuunced in tue Scriptures "Woe 70 nim that calls
evil good and good evil Why woe TO MIN Be
cause no insults the very majesty Of heaven, he
strikes At the very authority 81 the moral Cover
nor Of the World. Good men may do wicked
things. bad men may 90 good things; but woe to
HIM that draws out o hose instances and ex-
perlence OF human nature the final insult 70 the
betty that tnere Is no distinction between good
ana evil How can you remedy society that adopts
that proposition HOW can you redeem an In
divIdual soul tbat accepts that roposltoni Now
tNN Nua ms new
that sue never thought wrong a. any time. Never
did anything Elizabeth never did-tnat ner con-
science dd not approve. she was always pure
minded aud mad not crtmina inclination In her
frame. she dld not tnlhk that sne had violated
ner marriage VOWS ana never discovered that she
had angered ner husband untIl sne read a novel
In wnIcn there was nothing about adultery or any
carnal thing, only an undue Affection OF wife FOR
n priest, aud an undue interfere ce on his part in
the management oil the household. mat Ia what
Is SAID ner Dy me husband AFTER and before this
occurrence.
SIX Is A WOMAN oP STRONG nTKLLKCT,
an admirable and truthful critic accustomed to
tue Dest society; not the worthless and weak, not