Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-29
NASHVILLE TENN. SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1876.
EVARTS DILATES.
Second Day of the Great Adj
VOcate.

| No Direct EVidenee-CataIine and Cie'
erO-TfItOn's COntumeIy - EVading
Periury-ArehbIshOP DarbOy-POn-
derOus Seerets-The Viper Of ST.
Paul.
NEW YORK. Nav 28.-Ihe Brooklyn
| CITY court room was again inordlnateiy
crowded this morning Judge Nelson re-
0uested silence on the part Of the people,
and then Mr.. Evarts continued his address.
He asked the iury's attention to what the
law required as legal certainty on the
questions of this eriminality having an
| influence on the happiness Of Others, and
the counsel then called their attention to
fine absence Of affirmative fact, Of the want
of any direct evidence bearing on the Grim
| inality of those two persons. Tilton and
Noulton were not new. They were the
same as the distinguished friends and in
struments of Cateline, described about
two thousand years ago by as learned an
advocate, in better language than the coun-
sci could describe them. Counsel did not
propose to enter into the character OF these
men. People did not need TO eat the
whole loaf of bread TO know that 1t was
sour.
Envy was the cOunter-passiOn Of love.
The ancients have stern RaXlms. "In-
vida festas dies non agit." Envy, malice,
keep no holiday, and TiltOn spent Christ
mas day in preparing the letter which he
said was to strike the heart Of Beeoher
There was an old Latin motto, "Falsus
in uno, falsus in omnibus" The witness
Martin was false in one thing, and you
couId satisfy yourself that he was false in
all. In this cause they did not need to
trust to maxims so firmly established as
this, Filton has shown himself false in
everything. Mr.. EvaTts then read from
Tilton's testimony with reference TO Bowen
telling him in June, 1862, that Beecher had
been guilty Of acts of adultery. II Tilton
believed Bowen, the jury would see that
Beecher and Mrs. TiltOn were under pretty
sharp observation.
Counsel then spoke Of the contumely
visited by both the English people and our
selves on the husband OF an adulleress.
| There were but two words IN the language
| known TO describe, one "cuckold" and the
| other "WittOl, but both signlhed contempt.
| Tilton, said the counsel, knew for years
| that Beecher was a dangerous man To visit
/ the families of pure women, and yet ne
| encouraged Beecher to visit his family and
/ wife and invited, nay almost forced HIM 70
| do so, and there did not enter one thought
| or fear into Theodore TlltOn's heart. II
was contemplate to see the petty evidence
| that was offered in this case after TiltOn
/ had watched his wife for two years after he
had been put on his guard by Bowen.
1t was noticeable that TiltOn and MOul-
| ton in all their statements were very care
/ ful in what they declared Oh points where
| contradiction by two witnesses was posi-
| bic. The law relating to perjury did not
! permit condemnation Of the accused on the
| testimony Of one person.
Speaking Of the Communists procession
| in which TiltOn joined, he said their his
/ tory included the murder Of the Chief
/ Justice Of France and Of the Archbishop Of
/ Paris. Evarts impressiyely described the
circumstances Of the death OF the Chief
| Justice. He then referred to the murder Of
the Archbishop, saying the clergy, from the
! APOSTLES down, had always furnished mar
/ tyrs in sll times Of public danger, and that
! while As much a Protestant As any one
/ could be, he admired the herolsm ana De
| votion with which the Catholic bishops Of
( Paris had suffered for religion.
| Mr.. Tilton was not afraid that his wife
/ MOlllu DuDLLsu uEA slAssAAAN u 1AAe-- A@--N----
/ would, but he was afraid that il would
come out in some way, and therefore he
| WHISPERED insinuatiOns to a select circle Of
| friends as the best method Of keeping it
] secret. Mr.. EyaIts continued in vein Of
sarcasm TO sketch the pOnderOus and elabO-
! rate machinery, which TiltOn aud AOultOE
found il necessary 70 employ, in order 70
| keep this secret, while Mr.. Beecher was
/ leading a life which was one Of circumstan-
| tial confession. This continued. he said
/ until Mr. Tilton found it necessary to re-
| verse his policy and discovered that II was
/ his duty to sacrifice his wife and children,
! that he might crush Mr.. BeeCher.
| Out of all this heat a viper was gene
/ rated as .he viper came out Of the tire and
/ fastened on the arm Of the Apostle Paul.
/ When the companions Of the Apostle saw
/ this and saw him shake the reptile of in
| the flames. they looked to see him swell
up with poison or fall down suddenly,
| thinking him to be a murderer on
| whom vengeance had been sent.
| When they saw that he SUI
fered no harm, their rude faith took
/ new direction and they thought he was
| God. When the viper taste led himself on
| Mr.. BeeCher, he suffered a terrible ordeal,
| but those who had known his life for TWEEN
| tv-five wears did not look TO see him swell
/ up with poison or tall down suddenly, for
! they knew he was not a murderer.
Mr.. Beach rose here with a bundle Of
| papers in his hand, which he said were ad-
| dressed to the jury, and were handed to
/ him by an officer. He requested Judge
| Nelson to look al them, which he did,
and pronounced them harmless, but
/ said he would instruct the clerk to keep
them for the jury until they had disposed Of
the case. The court then adjourned until
Tuesday morning next, Monday, DecOra-
ton Day, being legal holiday.