The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-05

OF guilt, but that legally nothing OF the
kind could be cO2victing evidence in q
case OF this ChaT" eter. They could be re-
garded MS eyiderCe against the defendant
only by process OF moGal reasoning.
Where before was ii ever pretended that
because man expressed remorse for some
act which he did not name, that the ma
ture OF that act, whether he had robbed n
bank or fired house, was to be determin-
ca by the depth OF remorse which he ex-
pressed? The plaintiffs side picked out
this and that expression OF remOrsG from
Bcecher's letters and said that there was
evidently something behind it, aud
they thought this was behind it. This
was no proof OF anything, but all the
expressions which permitted such an in
ference had been satisfactorily explained
by Beecher in his testimony. Such evi.
dence as this was not entitled to weight
even against an unknown man. A great
struggle was made by his learned op.
pOncnts, in which they were aided by wit
nesses, Tilton and MoultOn, to put aside
from the remOrse expressed in the inter.
view OF January first, all consideration Of
any injury by Beecher TO TiltOn, except
the alleged injury in regard to the wife Of
the latter. But the defence had wholly
overturned this great effort, and had
proved that BeeChGr had taken an active
part in the family after the husband was
abandoed by tho wife, thus giving oCca.
sion for active resentment, in that he had
intCriered in the business relations OF
TiltOn, and that Tilton was placed in such
position that he could not regain even
his place in society without n restoration
to his situation under Bowen, and an
obliteration Of the charges which OCCa.
stoned his removal.
THE ARGUMENT OF THE MUTUAL FRIEND
Bccchcr had in these matters taken
grave responsibilities upon himself, and
II was represented to him by MOulton
that lie had acted wrongly, and that all
the stories against Tilt0n were untrue.
MoultOn urged in iorcible manner that
IIcrchcr had acted hastily and unjustly
in giving immediate crcdcncC to the stO.
ries told by Bowen, who had told stories
equally infamous in regard to BceCher;
that the stories Of Bessie Turner grew
ont Of Il misinterprGtAtion Of innocent
acts under the influence Of TillOn's half.
crazcd mOther.in-law; that Mrs. Tilt0n
had also been influenced by Mrs. Morse,
who had mnlignCd TiltOn for years; that
BccChcr had suffered himself to be innu.
cnccd by his wiie's hatred Of Tilton, and
that by his ready yielding to all these
influences and by his pouring Calumnics
against TiltOn into tho ears Of Bowen he
had ruined 'rilton completely, and struck
him from proud position nt one blow.
MOuton also represented that lIcCchcr
had not only ruined TiltOn in business,
but had estrangcd his wife aud hlightcd
his family forever. When such n situa.
tiOn was placed before u man OF Mr..
lIcechcr's character, Of the highest sense
Of duty, and heart alive to every noble
feeling he felt that the ground on
which he relied for his hasty action had
slipped from beneath his fcet--wllat
could he do but rCprOach himself?
a munso placed, with the further con-
virlion that he had drawn to himself the
the affections Of the wife Of the man
whom he had so wrongcd, must nccessa-
rily be subject to keen rcmorsc, even II he
he not man OF exceptional sensitiveness,
but only Of correct moral feeling. But
with u man like Becchcr, ns his character
was represented by every witness, how
could there he any difficulty in dealing
with the mcmOrandums Of his express.
sions Of sclf.rcproaCh on that occasion,
even ii ii was accorded the weight Of n
production from his own pen. 1t must
be remembered that Nt nCcchcrs inter.
view with Mrs. 1'ilton on the night Of
December 3Oth she made no denial Of the
alleged ENHANCEMENT OF her affections
lIceChCr therefore credited its existence
when positively asserted by MOultOn, and
II was not until Mrs. TiItOn's statement
to the Church Commission that he learn.
ed that this too was an imposition.
THE LETTER OF COSTRlTION ANALY2ED-
WHEREIN rIITOS WAS A DErrER MAN.
Here the letter Of cOntrition was read,
commencing, 81 humble myself before
Theodore TiltOn as LIDO before my Cod"
which BceChcr says should be, 81 humble
myself before God for my error; ! nn
willing to humble myself before Theodore
filton.' Then, ale would have been Il
better man in my place" which he says
is substantially correct, for he rcmem-
bcred, with tears in his eyes, the service
Tilton did him by rcinstating his son in
the army Mt Washington, and he said to
himself that he had returned for that good,
evil lie reflected that he had acted
under the impulse Of the letter Of the
10Th, and no doubt thought that Tllton
would not have done 30, and that he ought
not to have acted so hastily. The rest
Of the letter was very generals ~
will not plead for myself" "l will
die before any one else shall be
incnlpatCd," "My thoughts are run
ming 10 that poor child, lying there with
folded hands" etc. lICccher Ina given
his statement Of how much Of that l. re.
ally his, and It is confcssedly Mouton's
report Of l&Cchct's emotional expression
carried to Triton with the view Of con.
vinring him that lIcCchcr did not hate
him. Then, MS to the policy Of silence,
licCchCr was wise in llis forecast that ii
II was once known that suCh woman ns
Mira. Triton had made II charge Of that
nlrorious character which furnishes no
guarantee that it il not falsely charged,
men and wOmcn's minds would he
divided. For, II yOu say II is not COmpati-
bic with II clrrgymnh's character, they
sny II is not compatible with the char.