Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-07-13
The Beeehe1. Trial Ended.
Jury Disagree--stRnding for Beeeher-
3 FOR Tilton.

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playiug their fantastic tricks before high
Heaven. II such q case must exist, and
mankind must be doomed to witness 1t,
as they are doomed TO witness fire and
flood. earthquakes and tyPboonS, then
destiny has simply organized and enacted
ITSELF aud a good result, though bound
up in obscuriiy, may yet come TO pass in
the worlds development.
The case is very simple. In the alb
stract A. declares that b. has committed
adultery with As wife. A. kHOtCiRg The
6,c,. continues to live with his wife some
tour wears. A. at last, thinks he is a
cuckold and calls in c. d. Z. F. and G. to
strengthen his belief, or to keep his
secret. \. then sues b.. and attempts 10
establish the tact by the assistance OF
LAWYERS, Judge. Jury and claquers. The
result Is. \. struggles desperately and
comes out minus, TO /. II this Jury
has decided right. according to law aud
evidence. A. fails on the score OF both
morality and Justice to prove his charge
by three lourthS.
l, is singular fac. that this whole case
has never had in i, one iota OF direct ieS-
timouy. During the whole period OF this
lone and protracted trial, the entire ties.
timony ct the plaintiff and his willing
Witnesses, whether written oral, or infer
eu,ial. bad nothing positive or certain
about II. /, was made up OF suspicion
suppositiou. presumption. Imagination
and innuendo. The confessions OF the
defendant were the only real testimony
against him; and these as explained by
himself. show couclusiyely that they may.
as to language or sentiment, refer rs well
to other subjects as TO Tie criminal one
with which be Was charged.
Two things have occurred at the
close Of this trial, which palmer than ell
else indicate the animus OF this case.
The h.s; is The last six days OF Be@ch's
argument. aud the second IS the perjury
OF Loader and Price.
Beach went into that Brooklyn Court
the last SIX days of his argument, appar.
emily more to gain the applause Of a GER
tain city element of society. than for any.
thing else. \ gaping crowd OF men OF
low aud vulgar instincts. and OF groSel-
ing propensities. met in that court 10
hear The legal jests. The subtle analy sis,
the hired invective and the pruIient elo
quencc OF keen sharp-wilted and IN.
scrupulous advocate, who took pride in
probing q moral leprosy for Il moral
leper. Almost every sentence which fell
from his lips elected the expected ap.
p,ause. vocileIous, noisy and long con-
tiuued At first the court and officers
attempted to quell this applause because
OF It's indecency and improperly in q
Of Justice. But Beach was so
gushing. so eloquent. and fitted his Ian
guage SO admirably TO the mental and
moral calibre OF his audience, that all
attempts to preserve order were abau4
doned All this was published in the
daily papers and became the pabulum on
which the Jury and the outside world
were led IRON day TO day. 10 prejudice
aud sting the io rmer into verdict Tor the
plaintiff
A. il this legal fnesse were not enough
to satisfy the plaintiff and his minions,
still another trick must be tried. A man
oy the name OF Loader and an assistant
by the name OF Price, at about the ter
OF the trial make affidavit
that they put down carpets in Tilions'
house and saw Beecher in another room
alone with Mrs. Tilton, at q certain time
Mrs TiIton sees these afidsvits, and
publicly denies that any one put down
in her house at that time Price
5 sought for and confesses that his sffi-
iavit is false, and that he has been in
7eiged into the false statement. Loader
: arrested for perjury. and il is to be
hoped that if he has perjured himself at
he instigation OF baseness, he may suffer
he penalty of his crime. And these are
be yillainous efforts OF degraded men to |
warp the course OF Justice and procure a
.erdict contrary TO the forms OF law and |
estimOny.
1t is not for mortals to settle the exact |
principles of justice and truth. To do |
hat requires more insight into the
and experiences of intelligence,
mind and matter, than has fallen to any |
mage OF divinity. Justice is mine," is
lot an observation or attribute of finite
wisdom. Henry Ward Beecher. a min
ster of the gospel, a man OF superior
Intelligence. eloquence, thought and
lower, may be what this plaintiff has
LEGGED him TO be and TO have been. But
n that has been said and done against
im,-all the proof that has been arrayed
gainst him, and all the eloquent vitupera.
ion that has been poured out upon his
evoted head, has not shaken The belief,
mong the great mass of candid and in.
elligent minds, that he stands before The
world almost acquitted of the charge
lleged against him as examined and de-