The New York herald., 1875-06-11


| prove that Beecher was not exalted above COM
mon clay and was subject 10 passion and even
i vice ike other men, Counsel then proceeded TO
/ deal With the collateral testimony produced by
| the defence 10 blacken ana make odious the name
/ or T1lton.
I SENSATIONAL REVERENCE.
Beach In the course Of his address made . sensa-
tlon by declaring, IN answer the taunt OF the
opposite counsel that tney brought no practical
witnesses forward 10 prove the intrigue aud the
crime, that when they went to Jersey city TO get
at witnesses who tYed IN the 11lton household
and VINO could prove all that was needed, they
tound the lady zealots Of Plymouth church were
ahead OF them and the witnesses spirited away.
on THE BENCH
surrounding Judge Nelson, we're Joseph William
Clift, ex-member or Congress, Georgia; NJ. Lapoer
French Secretary Of the British Legation; Captain
w. Gore Jones' r "; W. +. Osborne. Judge Gale
l. V. D. Hardenburg. OF Brooklyn: Mr.. watson, OF
Washington. D. G.; Judge DiSeman, OF Brooklyn;
J. NJ. Cavanagh, or Montana, and d. w. Dickinson,
ofthe Champaign Uaion, Illinois.
Mr.. Beach VIII not rniSn uasn Saturday.
rms ADDRESS.
Mr.. Beach resumed ms speech as follows some
higa authority has SAID mat words things
aud undoubtedly they exercise great an1 most
importaa; ins0ence upon 'ae world. They stir
clety. rRes sUgCcsi fsesS watch reVolaacuize the
world gAsy ale potent ana powerful instruments
ana gavsrnsss ne GctonS y tae race But worss
are also a0clcaIlvs u lAa4Na1aAls, particularly
iArAScS. soTras of rhetoric ana expression are.
Sraasf - & ears - eaaawrlung, Indicative OF
tlS person 10 ASSs them. u Aou should see
SgxecG 81 my fTgeaa NJ. Hysris without any ute
pAee- lse.a ~ s1s1!AI all Eneqaaled eommana
81 aMGGAce ana fAe pecuiaritles OF It's use, you
Wo44S k2aw - oace fnat mat was q speech 81 Mr..
ArAvtS Sec ing E9oa tlat pTlncipie, We nave al
sg1e1 II evidence snd IN discussion 10 certain
pnvXSsS. uoraS appearing in written and verbal
expressions gwen in evidence BY various Wit
neSSes. evidence Of their authorship and as I'M
p4ied throuEn taese expressions 10 Mr. Beecher.
- the production OF the various scenes and con-
Versations and writings IN when they occur.
Win sagaciry which distinguishes my learned
friend. Mr.. Porter, he has endeayored 10 diSem-
barrass Mr.. Beecher from connection with this
particular movement and TO elevate him as pure
and undenled master OF tue English language, as
the clear and precise ana simple rhetorlclan,
speaking from the burning impulse OF mis- own
heart and mind IN expressive and simple Ian
guage, and ne seeks TO show that IL Is impossible
that sucn man can by any possibility employ
the singular words when were imputed TO oim.
therefore Mr.. Porter says, 'iou remem-
Der that singular word paroxysmal' whica
word this Gay affords occasion those
VINO are opposed TO Mr.. Beecher TO mpute to him
q base crime. Now II Is part or our history tnar
Ihat word was never heard 10 issue from the lips
OF Mr.. Beecner save by TWO men, Theodore Tlton
and Francis d. Mouton.n But gentlemen, aid
not agree with my learned friend as to the Iorce
and expression or tnat word. Indeed, II has been
adopted into legal phraseology and mas been
ADOPTED by one OF the most learned OF our profess
sion, and we have learned IL In our law books and
ia our Iurlsprudence TINS word "paroxysmal"
when means a sudden fervor or passion which
I
sense was used as expressive Ia It's character OF
the impulses have mentioned. Therefore l have
Beecher 10 see whether not he INDUCES In
words of tnat character, because, gentlemen. In
all departments OF this case II Is necessary Tor Us
TO show ana understand all the
CHARACTERISTICS AND IDIoSYNcRAsIEs
OF the person wnese motives we examine. ] hnd
In the sermons OF Mr. Beecher, in the first series,
In commentary he was making in regard TO the
Water street movement In the city OF New YORK -
mOvemeHt-a p2rOXVSmal
call lt.n The intensity OF It's Specification IS that
impuisive. ardent, irrepressible movement which
springs from some overwrougnt feeling or senti-
ment, either or love or Indignation or any other
Of the uasslons winch stir the human heart. In
one OF the same sermons ne says:-'Communities
are sometimes possessed Tor snort periods with
paroxysm OF contritlon.n And again THE par
oxysns OF cruelty from men thar wreak their ven-
geance without discrimination, the world II not
unacquainted wlth.n zone Of THESE paroxysms;
vrtue.n Il do not ask YOU TO wake up
10 paroxysm OF zeal" my cnn.
into what paroxysms OF Indignation would
have been thrown II any man had played exper-
the pIroxysms OF love looks splenddly," and II q
4 husband and iatner were LOOKING upon toe mother
| 10 such splendid Daroxysm OF love very hkey KEY
naugnteD. II think tnat man struggling
\ fractious cHlld struggling against It's mother
when sue reproves ana punIshes II until IL rusnes
/ into her arms and kisses her In q Daroxysm."
/ That is very mucn Ike paroxysmal kiss. II IS
very foreign 10 the usual expressions and the
habit OF rhetoric which belong 10 Mr.. Beecner,
\ and therefore, IN these few examples, drawn
promiscucusly from a simple observation OF his
writings, we have Mr.. Beecner full o. psroxysms-
paroxysmal repentance, paroxJsma contrltlon,
paroxysms OF personal feeling. paroxysms OF vir-
toe, paroxysms OF zeal, paroxysms or inclination,
paroxysIDs OF cruelty paroxysms OF love, parox-
ysms or Kisses, paroxysms OF tears.
Beecher and Porter wore a puzzled expression
OF face as Beach, reading extracts from Beecner's
sermons, showed the use in over twenty places or
the word ''paroxysmn and In two cases the word
sparoxysmal." Porter stoutly maintained In bis
speech that the expression 'paroxysmal kiss"
was an invention OF Tilton's and that Beecner was
never in tile naoI. Of using the word.
OK THE BRINK or A MORAL NIAGARA.
Now, this exhibition or tue rhetoric OF Mr..
Beecner, it seems 10 me. hardly IustIies my
TIE term .iparoxysmal klssr as foolshnsss and ab-
surdlty ana certainly does not Justify MN In the
But there Is another phrase which excites deeper
indignation upon tue part OF my learned friend.
Dir. Mouison 10 MS testimony, rom the nervous
force OF expression, and as descriptive OF the
sense or utter misery aud desolatlon expressed
by Mr. Beecher and felt BY him at the time OF
SAYS tnat ne distinctly remembers Mr.. Beecher
exclaiming-''I stand upon the brink Of a mural
I Niagara and 70 dlscredlt Mr. Aoulton and 70
convince this jury and the public that his
OF that interview was simple and bold laven-
tion, my TREND upon the part Of Mr.. Beecher DIS
claims the possible use OF an expression or that
character. He 81 ?, quoting the phrase ~ stand
upon the brink Of moral Nlagaraf-''Now tnat
i Tilton, IL l. not Henry Ward Beecher.u and at
tributes IL 70 Mr.. Tllton. Well II Is phrase tes-
ti1ed u BY Mr.. Aouton and not By Mr. nlton.
s'NOw that s Theodore 11ton. IL Is not Henry Ward
Beechsr. DO you THINK Henry ward BeecAer would
talk about moral Niagara anV more than ne would
O moral naystack or moral swamp II IL not
the man. with him words have ming. they
are alive. tnere is taought In them, there
Is significance IN them, there IL cone
renee IN them, but with 1ilton the
orinE or a moral Niagara brings togetner In
( eon9ruous IDEAS wnisn 10 him mas rhetorical
charm. and this Is put on tnr lips OF Henry Ward
Beecner as hls Language, Instead Of the language
OF Theodore 11t0nu Wen, Mr. Titon never used
the language in the 1rst place. Ny riend ell into
tnat error IN nis zeal 10 impute 70 Mr.. TIL
ton. have not the same idea or That expression
as i entertained Dy my fiiend. great preacher,
"A man distinguished for bis learning and holding.
as they claim, tie highest position among the
pleusts and the ol0curonists OF the are - de-
tected In the commission Of an Infamous moral
offence.
Here Beach threw down the paper he held in
his hand and started or on a very nne BIT OF