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THE BROOKLYN TRIAL.

THE BROOKLYN TRIAL.
New YORK, June 17.-Mr. Beach to-
day continued his argument before an
immense throng. He referred TO the
session of the Congregational Council,
and criticized the letter of Bcecher to
Moulton, in which he spoke of DR.. Storrs
before that body. What was Beecher 5
motive for denouncing this man? He
was friend of Beecher of twenty-five
wears standing. On the night of Decem-
ber 80, 1870, Beecher learned that Tilton
had induced his wife to make charge
against Beccher, charge diSgraceful TO
the law of God and society, and yet
Beccher comes TO Tllton and bears with
him the highest admiration of the wo-
man, and teaching her that she was noble
and magnanimous, and this man, high
priest of God, bound to rcbuke sin and
resent the false and atrocious charge
Beccher took this man to his own bosom
and eulogized him in his own paper, the
Christian Uhioa. When the Golden Age
was established Beecher contributed
$1,000 towards its spread throughout the
world.
The jury might be deluded by the Dig.
nifty of the defendant, and they might
think he was too needful to the cause of
God to be fcarlcssly judged. Let not
this world be the judgment of Him who
Judges the thoughts of the heart. Coun-
sci then spoke of Beccher's public career,
and said the jury were ked to believe this
man was so simple that he could not de-
fend his own character from attacks.
Tilton, Moulton aud Mrs. Moulton, all
stated that he was charged with adultery,
and by word and action he admitted the
charge: this man had sinned ut the altar,
and hnd dcsecrated his priestly robes.
Bcechcr has met such disquietude in the
house of Tilton that his gentle soul was
suffering torments of the damned, he was
standing on the ragged edge Of despair
What force did the jury attach to the
circumstance, that from December 30,
1874, up to the sitting of the Inves-
tigatng committee, Beecher had
been acting in concert with
Tilton and Moulton in suppresSing all
whisperings of this scandal What did
they think of Beecher's letter of June,
1873, to Moulton speaking Of the Stu,tify-
ing devices by which they saved them
selves? Why was Bcechcr silent so long?
If he was conscious Of his innocence, and
had spoken, the dishonored fugitive from
her home Mrs. Tilton) would have to-
day been there purified and redeemed
from all reproach and stain upon her
character The jury must recon
cilc these things. No matter if
Henry Ward Beecher stood in
the way of justice we must not swerve
one iot or little out of her path, and the
laws Of Justice must be executed Mr..
Becchcr recommended actions OF policy
and Of silence, and his persistence in
that course was wholly inconsistent
with his plea of innocence. Bcccher
deliberately practiced deception and was
an accomplicc in Il system Of lies to pro-
tecL Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton and to save
himself. The jury were to consider if
these thing, were consistent with the
tlATbil'I tl bll lltl''fllL anu llltl INll''l
individual. Could the jury believe that
Bcechcr when he appeared on the stand
as Il witness, 50 jocund and gay, had a
hardened nature? Bcccher says in his
letter, "God would take care of him.
What did he want Gods care for if he
was innocent and was preparing the
document which was to clear his charac-
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strong feeling and il brings peace with it
that am spending my last Sunday and
preaching my last sermon: ',,and this was
the feeling of noble gentleman encom-
passed by doubts and fears, who
thought at least he could Justify
himself by standing up and declaring
himself innocent before the world. What
cause was there for resgning, when
Plymouth Church believed in your in
nocence and you said you held it in the
palm of YOUR hand2 All its members
believed in you, and if YOU were going
to send out statement OF your innocence,
what filter place than to issue it from
Plymouth pulpit? Was there a member
of that congregation that would dispute
your word, and was there hard and bold
disbclicver in the church who would
doubt your word, resign straight of
his strongest and brightest armor, and
for the purpose of contest? Oh, no; il
he contemplated statement which
should clear his honor, well and good, but
when the next day he published it in the
eyes of the public he did not contem-
plate this caution, for he would not have
armed his adversary for conflict on the
following day. He resumed the policy Of
silence, and continued in his vain efforts
to suppress the scandal, until at last there
was no concealment to be further had.
He adopted the course which he pursued
before the Investigating Committee.
Court here took recess.