Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-06-17
BROOKLYN.
Beach VIII not Close till To-
Morrow.
Expected ReOpening of the Case.
New Evidence to be Introduced
against Beecher.
Yesterdays Gathering OF she Threads
Of Argument.


OF Argument.
NEW YORK, June 16.-At ten minu te:
past eleven to-day Beach continued his ar
gument. Taking up Mrs. Tilton's retrac
| ton letter, he said the word "inculpating'
was moi a Woman's word and did not be
long to the phraseOlogy Of the household.
Beeeher uses the same word in his letter Of
cOntritiOn and certain persons could be
distinguished by their style Of rhetoric.
| Beecher testifies that Mrs. TiltOn wrote the
letter, but it was written at his dietatiOn,
as he says Beecher wrote the letter aud
she copied it. When Beech
er returned 10 Mr.. MoultOn's that
night he told no one he had received the re
traction, and if innocent, how gladly and
cheerfIlly he would have gone into the
presence Of TiltOn and told him of t.
MOultOn was told by Beecher that TiltOn
had read to him a confession Of Mrs. Til
tons charging him (BeecheT) with having
sexual intercOure with her, and Mrs. Til
ton wrote a letter TO her husbandl stating
that she hoped her husband would never be
misled by good woman as she bad DSRn
mlsled by a coed man. This was said Of
this man Beecher whom the jury were
asked to believe to be all that was noble
and good.
Counsel followed this by reading Mrs.
TiltOn's statement to
Rev. DE. StOrrs
that Beecher, her friend aud pastor,
had made improper proposals to her
and solicited her TO become a wife to him
with all that the name implied.
Mr.. Beach said every effort az investiga-
ting into the matter was suppressed by
Beecher with the great power which he ex-
ercised in that community. He never
prosecuted inquiry into it, but stamped. it
under his foot. There must have been
some consciousness of guilt which caused
him 10 be silent and labOring to stife inves-
tigatiOn. This man was to be Judged &C
cOrding to our knowledge Of men, and Of
his character, and when we found him
Sinking In the Darkest Paths,
we must impute to him ordinary motives,
which showed the true criminal. When
Richards was Oh the stand the other side
refused to ask him whether in 1870 be did
not hear the confession Of his sister with
regard 10 her adultery with Beecher; and
were all these considerations to be over
looked, and was this man in his holy robes,
this potentate Of the pulpit, to OVerturn all
the rules by which evidence was to be
guided by the law
Beach then referred tOthe offer of the
prosecution TO admit Ms. TiltOn as a wit
ness, and argued that the wife's disability
to appear was an incapacity which could be
waived by both parties conserving, and if
both sides bad agreed to the admission Of
either Ms. Triton or Mrs. Beecher, there
was no power which could exclude their
testimony. Why was not Mrs. TiltOn
called?
MOultOn, Tilton and Mrs. MoultOn bear
testimony to Beecher's confession Of guilt
to them, and MOultUn and Woodruff testify
that adultery was the charge talked about
with Gen. Tracy, and if this were so
BeecheT was a fOrsWOrn nan.
Recess
After recess Mr.. Beach took up the letter
Of c0ntritiOn. 1t was maintained by some
this document was not good English and
could not have been dictated by a master
Of language like Mr.. Beecher. Well,
opinions differed Onthis point. One Of the
most cultivated editors in New York, when
this letter was read to him for the first
time, exclaimed THAT is Beecher all over.
Shakespeare might as well deny the author
ship Of Hamlet's solilOquy, as Mr.. Beecher
deny the authorship Of that letter."
What made Beecher write that MOultOn
was the best friend ever given to a man in
an emergency? Was not this almost a viz
tual confession on the part Of Beecher?
Who was il that was thus "hOlding the
storm on mis- honor and preventing it from
bursting on their hands but Francis D.
MOUlton2
The counsel then called attention to Mr..
Beecher's letter Of February, 1872, in
which he stated be was willing 10 step
down and out if that would serve their
purposes. What was there which led this
great preacher to offer himself as a sacri-
fee? What was there that caused Mr..
BesCher to say that he was living on the
dragged edge Of remOrse and despair"
There must have been some reason that
forced this strange yet meaning expression
from bis lips, and yet the other side tell US
that it was used by Mr.. Beecher al random.
Here the court adjourned. 1t was stated
during recess Mr.. Beach would not finish
before Friday evering, and in that case
Judge Nelson said be would not charge
till Monday.
II is now considered certain that TiltOn's
counsel will, at the conclusion of Beach's
address, ask that the case be opened for
newly discovered evidence.