Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-22
From the Christian Union.
Verdict OF Q Jury OF Two.
VENICE, August 6, 1875.

Hn ASiSk, au6uot v, Aoso
Dear Mrs. Stowe IS. and formed our
selves into jury, and thought you might
like to know that We have come in, and
agreed. In fact we have been out now about
ten months longer than any other jury on
record, and we brought in verdict OF Hang
the Plaintiff" have always known that
Mr.. Beecher was innocent. 1t would not
have been safe for me to know anything else.
There is S., person .irely unable to con-
tain herself if any one iares to cast doubt
upon Mr.. Beecher-making position on this
question a test Of character. even in Asia
you have no idea of the heat of her loyalty.
Basing her belief in simple trust in charac-
ter and in her love Of the man, she is unas-
sailable in her fortress. Now I, being
man, reason. l say, here are certain psy-
Geological laws. Unless the universe is 60
ing to pieces, it is not possible that person
can be the most internal rascal, and at the
same time noble and pure man. If Mr..
Beecher himself should confess to me that
he was in the former category, should say,
My dear sir, you are too late that won't
do; you must totally change your life and
your countenance before you can make that
story go down. | shall believe your life
rather than your tongue
Well, did not begin this note tu spread
out our well-kuown views. | see that YOU
are getting expressions from all around the
board, and you might like to hear of one
place where there has never been the least
suspicion. That is NuJaa. | spent a good
part of the winter in Nubia, and mingled
with all sorts Of folks, and had many op-
portunities to learn the position Of the peo-
pie, and | never heard a single person ex-
press doubt Of Mr.. Beecher's triumphant
acquittal. thought Mr.. Beecher might
like to know how Nubia stood. Since we
came to Venice, which was June 4th. we
have not set foot out of it living here. in
fact, up TO our heads in clover (also in fgs)
and cheap oh, you would not believe it
have seen, now and then, a newspaper, and
some extracts from what you in America
iacetiously call the religious press. Now,
some people don't like our religious newspa-
pers. | do, for know how entirely free
they are from any personal bias, or selfish
notises, or spirit of rivalry. If there ever
was press ready to go right up, it is our
religious press. | merely allude to it, be-
cause have read in this press articles eyi-
IDENTIFY wet with tears of regret, that moth
ing has been settled by this trial These
are not crocodile tears, oh, no, They are
crocodile eggs. intended to lie in the sun of
the public mind, and hatch other crocodiles
OF course, orthodox crocodiles. Bless nv
soul, l should hope SO.
This letter is writ, my dear Mrs. Stowe,
whatever may be the appearance of it, sim
ply because ). and | can't refrain from add
ing our % Thank God" for Mr.. Beecher, not
tor has acquittal--hang his acquittal His
tory won't have ay speck OF the whole
trial in its estimate of the man But for
the nan-and that ne is as he is, sustained
with sunshine on bis face and in his heart
We want TO swing our hat and hurrah with
The best Of you in fact to hug somebody,
md We didn't like to bother Mr.. Beecher,
who must by this tims be nearly congratula-
ted out Of his flesh. Yours sincerely,
c. D. W.
II any Of our readers who are acquainted with
he style Of that inimiiable little book Ny Summer
n GARDEN, should think that they recognize the
Iuinor OF this letter, wish them to say moth ing
"a ChriffiaH Union