The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-10


are foreign ana importer topics Tor discussion in
this court ROOM Each OF you may we'll say in
Jew. IAN OATH, an oath; have an
oatn IN heaven, and shall lay perjury TO my
jury departs from the evidence and the law the
moment IL llstens TO those seductons OF oratory
and TO these impure approaches tney VIII be
Ireacherous TO their duty and false to their oaths
ask TO influence OF TINS character / don't ask
forming the most solemn and sworn duty OF their
hves-I don't ask them to surrender their Judg-
msnt TO me bidding OF any man , or any class
A they DC newspapers or public orators-and when
am led into the discussion OF these foreign topics
II Is not with any view or purpose OF approaching
their convictions by any such appeal but
to repress what mink the danger,
my learned friends. l have the means, II
Thought 1t necessary or appropriate, TO satisfy my
in the professional Judgment founded upon this
case. But what IL the opinion that has 10 do
opinion which proceeds from this Bar and so far
as it Is entitled 20 the APPRECIATION OF this jury.
NO COMBINATION IN THIS CASE
could be more gratifying 10 my client, az 10 those
who ala him IN the assertion OF mis- rights upon this
trial, than That bis vile loved hun with her early
devotion and with her early purity. But Mr.. Por-
Ter gives US the assurance that sue does love MIN,
pressed in TINS language =
h 1t is one OF the things which seems TO marvellous
he st ant Sn the sh Which ghe Comes
from omniscience that that woman reierrng 70 Mrs.
Titonj, to This hour Loves him as have never
SaYe ever Tv wnessed IN the Whole course o. mS the
most idolatrous suppose he means iove'D and the
We'll, that is seemingly an irreconeilable incou-
sistency, that Mrs. Iilton should at once love and
loatnc Ter husband; that that love and loatnln9
should be expressed by the conduct she has pur-
In this controversy, and tlat any human being
should assert TO Intelligent, feeling men
thar ina, that woman na5 st. stu loves the hu s-
children. at the very time she confesses that she
loAthes him with bitter and an utter loafhing,
la nj M nln nat r. q " nav
ever witnessed. IL seems to me II TINS
lady had been left TO the impulses and instincts
OF her better nature, II the forgiveness which
covered her sin in 1870, and the love and Charity
which took her again 20 the bosom OF her bus-
band; II the policy OF protection to the wiic mad
! produced It's Just, legitimate aud anectionate IN
| nuence upon her nature; If sne nad been true to
husband followed none OF Ihese sad consequences
would have been exhibited TO this Jury TO-DAY. The
hold can never be lifted. Those children, pure
and Innocent and attractive, must suffer sl
and repeat, the man who IN mis- Jolly or his reck-
lessness mas forced TINS issue and these conse.
quences TO the community and TO the individuals
has assumed mighty responsibility, ana yei,
with an equal responsibility forced upon you,
you stand IN an attitude OF equal prominence, or
equal power and responsibility, and yvu cannot,
gentlemen, Whatever my friend Porter may say
on the subject, or any body else, you cannot shit
TiIroN's GRAY HAIRS
Much stress mas been laid upon tho fact that
Theodore 1tlton with his hand on the Bible had
sworn TO the goddess lie That he nad no gray hairs,
ia contradiction or the testimony OF Bessie Turner.
lie was surprised that so much importance should
be given 0y MIR. Evarts ana Mr.. Porter To such
trivial TACT The truth was that Tllton had no
gray hairs out IN writing TO his vile no does as
sTrae Inwaidnessn Where does Mrs. Tllton
learn this phraseS she had been under the teach
ings oil q man who used such expressions as that
ami better proof could not be desired as TO It's
authorship. lt is little remarkable that she did
not use II, but that Mr.. Beecher used It. He read
from one or the PASTORS letters TO Mrs. Tilton IN
which AIR. Beecher writes ner 10 "send me letter
or true inwardnessn Well, then, what becomes
or all the argument taat Triton was the author OF
this phrase. when II turns out that IT was the
master oil the English language" 1.-THE elecution-
ist,n Henry Ward Beecber
Mr.. Beach repealed the idea that Tilton for many
years has entertained malignant feelings toward
Mr.. Beecner. He did not mean to say that 1heo-
dore Triton loved Henry Ward Beecher; but the
man who can overcome passions and resentment
ike Tllion H. ust have some principle OF righteous
ness and justlce within MIN 20 suodue mis- pas
sions. Talk about hatred OF Beecheri Why, II IL
friend OF the house, deoauched the mistress OF the
household and the mother OF his children, Is there
q husband or father on the earth that will won
der that Tllton should feel indignatonf This
not Tor revenge. No. Not all that you can do, nor
all that the Court can DO will satisfy the longing
OF that revenge, so long as the tsmpter and the
seducer OF the wIIe breathe the same air as the
living husband. With all this temptation Theo-
dore Triton has withheld and stayed mis- hand. and
IL Is marvel how ne could bear caumny aud
The audience appanded and the court rebuKed
the interruption, saying, tue best way 70 snow
respect for the speaker was not 10 interrupts
him.
Mr.. Beach then referred TO the question OF the
disposition OF the EMISSION funcn and said ne
would snow now Mr.. Triton was driven TO make q
comparison tetween himself and Nj Beecner on
that occasion. Tails point ha1 been made by his
learned trends TO impress on the minds OF the
Jury that Theodore Tllton was an egotist that he
was full OF wretcned concert, tina. meanness was
his makeup, that he despicaDle rom head
70 foot. This character was TO Dc gwen 10 MIN.
and 1t shall not be In the testimony or false facts
he would not say false logic Mr.. Beach then
/ READ from the crosse Examination OF TIlton the
mission fund question, wherein ne is asked as to
WIN her q he ReecnRr
Very much mas been said about this so-called
"True Story as 10 its essential characteristics
and the uses made OF IL here his tiial. That
paper would DC made the subject OF discussion
hereafter. Mr.. Porter asserts that Mr.. I1ton
when first examined on that ''Trne StOry'i pro-
nounced q true, but when It was resurrected
understand sucn a statement, and IL could not be
permitted to 20 uncontradicted. because n that
statement were true ne could not argue against
such a demonstra ton, except IL were ior want or
memory. He taen read from the testimony OF
on the SUBJECT OF the -True story" luton says
II read the paper 10 III. Storrs, who said. Triton,
before can consult with YOU on TINS subject you
must assure me whether TINS narrative 10 the plain
and honest truth, what rs called In court, 'rne
ana IItOn replied. "'rIs Dot the who,e truta. lt ia
only part OF the truth but IL Is all that am
willing to give The punllen In other evidence
TIltOn explains the circumstances hich arose and
wulcn Leu to It's being written. lie explains IL IN
references TO Difficulty arising from the letter OF
"A Complaining Friend" ana OF the "rripsrtite
Covenant lie says IN ais testimony that s'In be-
cemDer ne prepared another document which
not true story, 81 was a false stery, as Mr..
Beechcr objected TO the true enc. Ii was written
over a dozen different denals.r how, then. could
tney attempt to seek TO impeach Theodore Tllton
on sucn charge Had not Milton ana John X.
Porter bOtn SAID "that truth needed no strata
GEM" Then why do they resort TO such slratagem
as this 2
Mr.. Porter in his relation, referring TO the letter
written 10 a lliend IN the West mad SAID that u
was intended lor the puOlic eye" Mr.. Porter
charge mat Tlton prepared this letter and lsid
A. away for future use against the integrity and
the pocket OF Henry Ward Beecher. 10 would
seem a weil-direc ed device IN pursuit. OF the line
OF policy adopted. Here Mr.. leach read from the
evidence OF Hilton, In relation TO the Comp laIn-
ing Friend" letter, in wnlch Elton gives his rea-
sons for that publication as being forced Dy public
pressure IN regard 10 the WUO1hnh publication
a pressure whica demanded that ne, Mr.. Beecher,
sir. Bowen, all should explain. TINS pressure
was In Brooklyn. In the church, the very air
seemed 70 rest upon us.v Mr.. Beecher desired
shat tney should cut The trpartite covenant. The
"ComPlanng Frendn letter succeeded that As