The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-03

nusoann treated rha alleged adultercr All the
aduIter,cs IN L Mr. 5eecher hed committed dur
ing rwenty-hya years ravagng The flock, Bowen
SAID lie had jOrglyeD, and therefore did not ike
n prosecute him Or drive HIN nom his pulpit.
MI Beecner simply said ne WAS astonlshed that
Bowen cOula say sucn things but Mi. Beecher
cld not SCI III 10 lie much troubled about n. me
matter mad neen pun lsaed ana me wolf wear on.
mo- "a sAeeps clothing, % cour.e, nor only win
Bowen's ausoluuon for past Offences bur with
indnlaence lor ,ne presen. ones ny the same &C.
cleslastcdl author. mrs. lIlton's confessions nave
NOT been permitted 70 De given In evidences IN TINS
cause. Mr. linton could not give them, ana yet
you have a long statement mere purpotllng 70 be
what she did confess. n was NOT permitted 10 be
proven. Ihls matter, whatever passed between
Mr. Hilton and MS wife Ia July Is wholly unex
pored. Counsel submitted that at the Interview
whereat Mr. Deecner, Mrs. TIlton and the plaintH
were present. ne wiie would nave shown some
emotion and contrtion in the presence OF her nus
band when this narrative was maze. Mr.. Iliton
might make speeches. Tor Ttlions; he could not In
vent them or women. Alter some more severe
comments on Mr. Tilron's statement tie CourS
TOOK the usual recess at one O'Clock.
AFTER RECESS.
Mr.. Eyarts resumed his address, saying that
MIS- llltou proceeded with her exegests or ne
adultery, saying that step by sep, 10y the shake
intercourse since II all was he EXPIRE sion OF that
winch 10 Itself not wrong, therefore that
booiy intercourse was not wrong; that sne SAID
10 Mr.. Triton that Mr. Beecner had .proieased 10
her greater love than lie mad ever SHOWN TO any
woman III ms ne that she ard ne tMr. Beecherl
bntn knew that his nome had not Deen a happy
one: mat MS wife mad not been satisfactory wire
to him fnat ne wished TO nna IN her tlllZabelnl
AhN
ace of life winch had been oenled q him by
the unfortunate marriage at home" Wen, con-
tInued MI. Ey3rts, what Incomes OF the twenty.nye
years OF uebaucAery tnat had run on from Indian
apolls down, ana according 10 te.s story this was
the irss result OF happiness IN marriage wnica
Mr. Beecher Dad got tue hperty TO assume. Late
in lie, AT the age OF nlty-<iS, alter he mad nine
children. ana while lie nau some eIght or nine
grandchildren, the vile ne mad been faithful to
from the time tney were both ) yenteen years OF
age. ielt tnat ihs duy required MIN now 70 ind
cons IatiOn, a reward Tor a Vlftucus lie, help 70
ms inlnd-ior his mind and his soul were devoted
to tae services OF God and everything which
should ampllly The great powers Tor truth and
CnrIs DAINTY that ne was once endowed with was,
OF course, duty, anu
which had been Denied nm by he unfortunate
marriage az nome, and that marriaae now at
this aate OF continuance oil some tairty-nve
years. What a revelation IL was, what u reyea-
lion that Mr.. Beecher. at the age OF ffty-sx that
TINS inappropriate, uaitGltlul DIarriage OF his mad
been a penance ana dram upon his powers, ana
that now his duty required him TO IND that sup
port Tor MS iurner labors that he should continue
his osnedcenee IN the world. Now we nave the
narrative OF the WE continued, that ne MADE
those arguments during The cary years OF their
friendship. Now the early years Of tnelr friend
ship carried them back 10 1913 'ti ana 80. lie
began at tie beginning But these convincing
arguments, when she mad really reshed tnelr
true moral force and religious attlL ude, carried
away her sc up!es; ana | sha read 10 you from
this husband, plainun. wituess mouth. Inc
Teuospection seemed TO her TO make IL ali
FOR THE GLORY Or GOD.
She had not submitted without explanation and
without resistance; taat she mad sieadiasty re-
degree tnat 1t required on her part Almost bodily
resistance TO get rld or him. Now, mere was a
woman that did not believe IN these arguments at
this time-.tne earlier years. sac sIeaofastiy
resisted. Her mind mad not been overpOwered,
nor ber conscencs corrupted, nor her instincts or
chastity deadened; out yet through this teriod lie
sfonoled ner.p ana pressed MS coarse, poilutng
toucn 10 the point thai 1t almost required yio-
leuce to resist. And thls story was as cooly
delIyefed to rnis cnastc woman ana as cooy
received oy her husoand as II the narrative mad
been auouJ 4 persistent search for gewgaws or
dress through the OF the
city. What sort OF ngure IL any rank OF lie
woula a woman make in setting ~ her CHASTITY
as having Deen ogerpowcred by violence, in the
fiuai contamination ~ rum by orce, thar began
by telling the Court aud tue jury that tnroaga a
series OF years size had been Iondled so tnat only
by bodily resistance she mao preserved her vir-
tue / don't tnlnk tnat We awyefs or you lurS-
men or he Judges on the bench would listen
long o story OF violent consummation against
CHASTITY that mad been preceded by years Of vlo-
lent fondilug. AND Yet this rhetorician thinks ne
THE WHITE RoEE or CHASTITY
over his wife by quitting sucn narrative into her
mouth that be mas covered Mr.. geecner with
douDle guilt OF paramour and mistress and made
his wife a saint. Mr.. IIton puts her 1rst sur
render not at her own house, out al Mr. Beecher's.
How aid tue woman get there2 Was she carried
IT'D her sleep from No. Ia ITlnl sion street 10 NO.
l24 Columbia le gntsY she wasn't IN the habit Of
cong there: there Isn't any evidence that she was
tnerc on the 10Th; there was 10 reason Tor her go
tug. anu yet THIS slilY reason o. her HUSBAND has
made on uuconscnt9g, Reluctant submissive
prostitution, attended Dy the vines resurt 10 an
unacCustomed place OF meeting. ! on can Judge
Is Veu rs wnetheE tEag comports very
wei VITA the theory upon Whlcl ttIs prostitution
Il TIE gde Is presented; bur that theory - the
only tAeory; tngt staiemen ~ Is the only form ami
manner aud circumstance OF tnis adultery that Is
PRETENDED BY the tlainilM AnI Low, that after
ner lual surrender, 'dunng the period OF her sor-
row''-row tgfs l. AL over gpdin this Is what sns
tod ncr HUSBAND -.'Dunaq tue period Of her sor-
row IA Uctobe. 1865 he had then many times So
licifed hcr whica sne hia refused; that the ocA
CaSipns Of Ter yelalug ner bO4y IL nlm had not
been numerous, but that nis solicitations haa
neea frequent aud urgent am sometimes almost