The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-05-29

which was right. The great point Tor deleuC6
was to show that Tilton and Mrs Woodruff
aud Miss Clafin sympathized in the commu-
mist principles and participated in procession
having the history that it had, including the
murder of the Chief Justice of France and the
Archbishop of Paris.
claim no more for our witnesses than for
others. Errors are as likely to occur among one
set as another. l purpose to test Tilton, Moul-
ton aud Mrs. Mouton by the same rules of jus
tlce and good sense as ask to have applied to
ours, but that includes the question of charac-
ter not as in controversy but as in life and re-
pute, shown in cander, truthfulness and ipteg-
nty.
The theory of the plaintiff is that up to the
breaking out of this difficulty his wife and he
had such relations Ito each other and family as
was described to be the ideal of happy home,
that after tn t time dIssensions and hate su3-
ceeded; that only discord and dissonance came
from the seducer and through his debauchery.
They say that circumstances not connected
with this disturbance made it necessary for the
plaintiff to come into relations with Beecher so
as to prevent controversy between Beecher
and Bowen, VIII oh would lead to an exposure
of his family. Thereafter. when the secret is
known to those persons, they have cumbrons
system of keeping it. 1t is deliberately COM
mtted to writing-the accusation and agree
mentand com mu nication by Tilton to the hand
full of persons he thought ought to know all
about it (the secret), for the sake OF Keeping IL
secret. Then it became necessary to prevent
the hostile PRONUNCIATION OF the secret Dy Ger,
tain persons, and there came prolonged am
intricate series of condolences, plots and false
hoods to keep the secret thus communicated;
that in that there came to be a necessity for
compulsory association by Tilton ard his friends
with persons whose association Is denounced by
Tilton aud his witnesses as dlscredltable. Inat
policy failed. and then came the outourst OF
the Woodruff and Cafiin PRONUNCIATION In 1877
That then new devices were necessary to put
the secret back where it was before; that this
suppression was again frustrated, and finally it
became necessary for Tilton 10 reverse the poll
cy of protecting his wife and children, and aim
at their destruction; that all this time Beecher
was leading life in the nature OF virtual
confession by his conduct at all Investigations
and during the councils of sister churches, and
that Titon suppressed the evidence to save
Beecher at the time OF the Bacon letter, and
that finally came the long and elaborate dis
closures of Moulton and Titon. These state
ments contained the foul imputations thrown
in for the purpose of Matchmaking Beecher's
character, to forestall public Judgment.
1t was terrible ordeal to be exposed to, but
when the test came, better than the Oaths OF
iurymer, however intelligent under rules OF
evidence, was the fact that Christian men and
women, who had seen Beecher in their houses
and in his, their church and his, for 20 years,
unanimously pronounced him unstained. The
general theory of the defendants case Is that
the relations of Beecher and Mrs. Tilton were
in the judgment of both, as Beeeher under
stood, entirely moral and wholly above sus-
picion by others. Both recognized the duty OF
avoiding the appearance of evil. Then came
what was a revelation to Beecher. in the deser-
ton of her husband by Mrs. Tilton and an
appeal to him and the church, If necessary, for
advice, and then he had commendable occasion
for discovering the growing dIscords and oppro
BRUINS in that household; that then came
new and unexpected alta * on Beecher in the
shape OF Tilton's letter through Bowen calling
on him to give up the duty OF preaching. Inat
attack came to an end in about hve minutes
after be received the letter. He dent move
hairs breadth and when Fullerton said to him,
thinking he was putting poser, Ihen you
settled down on your indignation, the defend
ant answered "No; l settled down on my
work" Then came the message that Illton
grounds of com plant against him were serious
on accouns of The disasters on the family for
which he showed so much regard; that there
upou Tilton's character as rashly misconstrued.
was restored by Beecher in his letter to Bowen,
that more than all Tilton thea complained that
there had beeu bred in his wlfes mlnd con-
flicting feeling between him and his wife that
had lessened the unquestioned submission
which formed the fabric of the marriage before:
and that this lady by some confusion OF mlnd
or subordlnation for a wicked purpose, mad
been led to make the extraordinary accusation
that under the impulses of commiseratlon and
self reproach for the unconscious and faultless
attraction of the wOman's affection, Beecber
was led to understand that there should be
reparation of the family by kindly and liberal
means on his part, and that the matter should
be kept from the PUBLIC.
This agreement he understood to be honestly
entered into by the parties, and under the adj
vice of Tiltons friend, Moulton, the first thing
undertaken was the restoration OF Iilton,s tor
tunes and all that Beecher then, in the way
in which he does every thing, straishtforwarl,d
and Ineligible, was to maintain his good faith
and premise of restored domestic confidence
and improved business relations.
The case for plaintiff took considerable time
and involved the examination OF all these lines
of conduct Defence never have given any ev-
ideace for the purpose of aspersing Tilton out
side of this enquiry, nor affecting the question
of damages. All their efforts were to meet the
first statement, that the disturbance of the
peace of the plaintiffs family came from Beech,
er's interference and not his own conduct, and
disclosures were made to show that Tilton' s
pretensions that his associations with Woodruff
were for the sake of Beecher were false, and
that his visits were not measured by the inter
ests and feelings of Beecher; to show that all
the pretensions that Beecher's contributions
for Bessie Turner were for the Suppression of
the scandal about Beecher were equally false,
and that Beechers relations to the matter be-
gan and ended with the idea suggested to him
that Tilton's means did not allow him to carry
that measure.
Court suspended at this point. A number of
newspapers addressed to jur Dis and carried In
by a little boy, were here held up by Beach,
who requested his Honor to open them and see
what papers were sent to the jurors: The
Judge said he wouldn't open all. He then
opened one addressed to the foreman, and an
nounced, "Mr. Beach, illustrated papers, quite
harmless but will instruct the Clerk to keep
them until the jury have done their duty"
The jury were then asked if they wished to
set tomorrow, but they were unanimously OPP
posed to it. Court then adjourned to Tuesday
morning, Monday being Decoration Day.