The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-10

mean 10 say that Illton loves Henr,
Ward Beecher, or did love him an instan
after that July, 1870, when Mrs. Tiltoi
made her confession.
he THOUGHT IT SUPERNATURAL
that the injured man should not harbol
feelings OF hatred or revenge, and the
heart beats not after receiving such ;
blow that would not bound with angry
animosity. The counsel granted tha
TiIton harbored these feelings, and wher
not restrained by his wife and children
they broke out with force, and the counse
would be ashamed to stand here for hin
il this were not the case. Talk abOuI
uniriendlincss aud hate OF Tilton It
Becchef. Why, ii it were true that
Becchcr, the chosen friend OF the house
had debauched this mans wife and dciilcd
his hearthstonc, nothing that . court and
jury would do could satisfy that revenge
1t would exist so long as both men would
breathe. Yet with all this passion he
strengthened by love for his wife and
children. had withheld his hand from be,
ing stained with the
BLOOD OF HIS INJURER,
Mr.. Porter also, said Mr.. Beach, touched
on the arrogance exhibited by Tilton rs
to the di.tribuliOn OF the church mission
ary funds, but all this was for the pur-
pose Of making the jury believe that Til.
ton was pulled up with his own egotism.
TiltOn says he OvcrmaIChcd Beecher in
that controversy because he (BceChcT)
was wrong, and the truth always pre-
vailed. That, surely, said the counsel,
was not self.gloriliCatiOn, as Mr., Porter
says. The learned counsel, said Mr., Beach,
dwclt at some length on what is called the
"rrue Story" and stated that Theodore
TiltOn called il first by that name to Red.
path, and that afterwards he (Tilton) had
pronounced this false. Beach argued that
this testimony had been misquOted by
Porter and read from Tilton's evidence to
disprOyc the assertion made by the COun.
sci for tho defense. Why then, said
counsel, did John X. Porter make use Of
the quotation that truth is mighty, and
will prcvaip?
Counsel here read from Tilton's tcsti.
mOny in regard to the occasion which
called forth the production Of the letter
to complaining friend" The next
accusation against Tilton was that he
quoted in the Bacon letter garbled cdi.
tion Of the letter Of "COntritiOn" or
APOLOGY" and failed to give that pOr.
ton oil il that was isvoIable to lIecCher.
This was u scrions imputNtion, and re.
Quired to be examined to see II they had
disprOvcd Tilton's integrity or that Of
any Of the witnesses produced for him.
Mr.. Beach then read portion Of the let
ter referred to, and said that TiltOn had
not put in Il word or suggestion in that
document imputing an ollensG 10 Beechcr.
On the contrary, it shields and defends
both. But Bacon had characterized
TILToN As A KSAvE AND DOG,
and said that he was living Oll'of Beecher.
Was this imputation to rest aud not be
denied? How was this to he remedicd
but BY simple relation Of the facts with
regard to his dealings with the Church
and the "Wcst charges and therefore
what nnrt diJ he omitY Mr. Porter snys
he omitted that portion Of 1t most favor.
council hoj misrcnrcscntcd nnother fnrt
IBotG had said that Y'iIlon, in the summer
of ISL had sent worIio IIccchcr by Icd.
paih tbat he wos roinp 10 change hi,
inc,ics Mr Til,on iii send wcr1 TINT
II" wos yning IN cLorUe odullcry WLy
did hc io it3 Why, M IN ihis time these
men had been working with the motive
"f shielding Mrs Triton. II was the
noIicy of silence and TiIton nm to TINT
ncriGd in pursuance of that p6licy, had
soij iic cbargcs werc oi imnronrr nro.
meals on the nort of I,cccher toward,
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