Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-03

ballot the vote stood nine to three in favor
of BeecheT.
How Beeeher's Opportunity Was
Lost.
The Eagle says: Saturday morning a
few Beecher men, who had been using
gigantic efforts to convert Jeffrey, Davis
and Flate 10 their side, had so far succeed
ed that these gentlemen at last consented
10 bring in a verdict for Beecher. Had
| they been then summoned to the court
room, Beecher would have gone forth with
declaration of his innocence by the
| twelve men sworn TO decide on the charges
against him by the evidence submitted and
| allowed by the court during the trial.
| Some were in favor Of going into court at
| once, but unfortunately for Mr.. Beecher, il
was determined that they should
| delay their return to the courtroom
| until o'clock that evening, when they
| would hand 10 the presiding judge a sealed
| verdict At this moment of supreme i'm
| pOrtanCe, one Of the Beecher men made an
| indiscreet remark, which, thOughin no wise
| affecting the evidence in the case, occasion.
| ed tlUtter Of undue excitement, and had
| the effect Of alternating the minority from
| the majority. Thus the work of many
hours Of tedious and conscientious ar
gUment oas cheated Of its result, and a
gloom thrown over the future deliberations
Of the jury which could not be dispelled
Persistent efforts were made 70 cOunteract
the result Ofthe indiSCrGtiOn, but the minor
ity, consisting OF Messrs. Jeffrey, Flate and
Davis, retiring 10 the ground which they
had cOmpacted 10 abandon, emphatiCslly
declined TO hold any further argument on
the case. They were determined to stand
by TiltOn. On Sunday there was no bal
lOting, as many Of the jurymen had relig-
iOUs scrupleS and declined from doing so.
The ballot, however, on Monday showed
that they had returned to TiltOn's side, as
the vote stood nine for Beecher and three
for IiltOn, and from this count there was
no variation. When they were discharged |
they stood in the same relation to the case, !
nine for Beecher and three fOr TiltOn. |
Lawyer Shearman said to-day that counsel |
for defence had been visited several times !
by a friend of one man on the jury, who |
-fIdimat5d his
Verdict CouId be Purchased.
Sherman declined to state whether they /
would move ICr 4 new trial Immediately By \
placing the case on The October calendar, /
and that as soon as it is called a motion /
viii be made for change Of venue.
TiItOn TO be Reyenged on Tracy.
The Times tomorrow will publish the
following: \ Times reporter aScertained to /
night from most reliable authority that the 4
next movement on the part Of TiltOn will /
be TO indict Gen. Tracy for perjury; on the
grounds that Tilton, McultOn and Wood /
ruff distinctly stated to him the charge /
against BeeCher was adultery, while he /
sWCre on the witness stand that it had re-
ference TO improper proposals only. TiltOn
has been advised tO,take this step by counsel
who have had nothing to do with the trial /
and t is believed proceedings will be taken /
in the matter without delay.
A GathariBg ct Plymouth Church.
The Plymouth lecture room was crowded |
10 excess this evening by brethren OF the |
church. On the platform were seated the |
deaC0us Of the church and Mr.. Beecher's |
son, and the latter's wife. a small table /
was on the platform, loaded with flowers. |
When Mr.. Beecher entered, he was re
ceived with loud applause. After hymn |
had been sung, Brother Shearman led in |
prayer. He thanked God that when
The Bitter Cup
was presented TO their beloved pastor, they |
We're abe tO partake Of ii with him. After |
the congregation hal sung another hymn, |
DR., White prayed. Throughout this prayer
Mr. Beecher sat with his elbow rest |
inc ON the table and his face buried |
i'm his hands. Another hymn fol- |
lowed, dfer which Mr.. Beeeher, |
still retaining his seat, began his talk By |
stating he did not propose to say anything |
about that which touched all their hearts, |
T.s hs.
about the church, and before leaving for the |
summer would say some words to them
which were In his heart. There had been |
said a good many things about this church |
by persons who were ignorant Of its work |
in-. His own judgment, the fruit Of years |
ct acquaintance with it, was that by the |
blessing Of God, there had been brought |
into cooperative labor in this church a |
body Of people such as has rarely been !
pdrlileled, but not defined in wisdom, but |
remarkable for individualism. As a church |
IT, had dweit in unity, which had been |
the result Of a religious feeling. In |
referring to the late trial through which the /
church had passed, MT. Beecher said he |
thanked his audience for their patience and |
consideration. Without any concerted /
action this church bad stood for two years /
with immense sympathy for their chosen
head aud pastor, aud what they had done
was spontaneous, and not ordered. This
unity of the church in sOTrOW and aillictiOn,
for two years, was not from any arrange
meut between parties, b"t from the In
dwelling spirit Of GOF. Tley had passed 4
through tie Red sea like the children Of
Israel, aud where now Jsl the other side, /
and the wheels of Ph q MS ChariOts they /
could now see I.Eiu- in the mud.
[LaughteI,1
The Spelkcr deprecated alterations be-
tween households, and invoked them not i
to break up the harmony of the church. /
OF all the saints he knew, the worst were /
stOne-thrOWing saints. Like ShimIs, there /
were enough in the easy editorial chairs |
and the pulpits. God had not baptized /
him for nothing, but was preparing him for /
a work. though he did not yet know what /
il was. They were being -cOnsecrated for /
q great mission, and God had cOmtOrted |
them. By the way, be felt this church was /
cOEseCrated Tor some great work, and they /
were TO be employed TO Unsteel hard heats /
and make holiness no. myth, not poem, /
but a reality. Let them, therefore, rejoice, |
as God was leading them step by step /
TO Zion. With these words, Mr.. Beecher |
concluded, aud Mr.. SheaTman arose and |
said he had been for twelve months the vic I
tim Of a policy Of silence. Since that |
evening Of the 25th Of June, when he had /
an interview with Benz. F. Tracy, a man !
who was as high above those who attacked |
him as heaven above earth, since that time |
they had gone on until they had Won vic |
lory. ave, emphatically, declared the speak |
er. and il was a victory. Referring to the !
prosecutions Of the church, he said he |
blessed he Lord for them, and then dwell |
ling for a moment on tie letters Of Mr.. |
Beecher produced at the late trial, he said: |
Let the outside world say what it WOuld, /
he looked on those letters as the prOudest J
features If Baecher's case. He wOnld !
have considered him (Beecher) a cur and |
a hound if be had not expressed penitence |
when he learned be had alienaled a wife |
from her husband, and he would have de- |
spised Beecher had he acted otherwise. He |
hoped that they would join him in pledg- |
ing Mr.. Beecher their fidelity and, God