New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-10

Judging from all the probabilities OF the evidence
whether the plaintiffs claim. the whole, is esab-
lished
THE PUBLISHING OF THE WIFES LETTERS.
A very severe philippe was uttered by Mr..
Porter and in substance repeated but not with the same
violence of language by Mr.. Evarts, against Mr. Tilton
for the publication OF hts wfe's letters Well. don't
know gentlemen that you would be willing to apply
such severe terms OF apprehension to husband VINO
found occasion to publish his and his wes letters
under any Dos be circumstances am quite willing to
concede that without real mertorOus cause ON act OF
that character would be indelicatc 1t would be repul
sve feeling OF husband and to the sense OF every
man Of honor to publish letter written to him either
In the confidence OF marital intercourse even In that
confidence which sometimes attaches to communica-
ton as between business gentlemen But think we can
conceive Of which would make the propriety
of the publication very obvious; circumstances under
which neither OF the parties to the correspondence would
feel any repugnance, but yielding to the necessities OF
the case each would approve the act What were the
circumstances under which this publication was made,
and the inducements which led to 1T Upon the cross
examination Of Mr. TltOn lie was led to speak OF the cir
c,mstauces which led to the publication and of the man.
ner Of it, and he says:
During the early consultations had with my friend,
Judge Morris put into his hands the paners He read
them and said, "These letters ought to be published or
Al least liberal and cOpi0us extracts from thein said,
pror t in publishing them" esad on the contrary,
the of such seriousness and gravity and had
Sss@ e FSah y be He then @
restcd that good taste perhaps would lead 70 their pnb
pers but AZ distant point and at that time visit
made to house by an agent OF Inc CHICAGO Trio
me: Judge Morris made his acquaintance and commu-
nated 20 this agent written extracts from those letters
and in that way they were published.
Now, they were published at a time when Mr. Tlton
was pursued by Misrepresentation and false public accn
sation. He was represented as brute In his domestic
relations; was charged with the grossest outrages
mon his wife and family the most fragrant and debas
ing crimes were imputed to him, and the charges were
circulated in all the papers Of the land The only weapon
OF defense he had the testimony OF his wife, In her
letters written under circumstances which gave their
contents entire veracty and verify. His lawyer advised
him that under these circumstances 1t was stable to
use aud publish the letters, and he did so and he Is
called bastard, and villain, Outraging the confidence
and the honorable obligations u married life and OF
cIey Well dissent from that conclusion, gentlemen.
Under those circumstances and in the position in which
this man and wife then stood, that act upon the part OF
Theodore Tilton if she to him she then
fessed would be approved by her. 1t was publication
made in their common interest; 1t was @ publication
made under circumstances by no means dishonorabe
to her. and communicating to the public
correspondence which in OF its character
istics reflected upon her propriety or, virtue
aud when this thus overpowered by adverse in
uences when he was helpless aud hopeless under the
circumstances, there any improperly In IT, and Will
any lady or gentleman, under such circumstances con-
denn him as an ndecorous and indicate vioaOr Of do
nestle secrets But gentlemen, the astonishing state
pent is made by my learned friend Mr.. Porter
panied with tie most denuneiaon against Mr. Til
tom for publishing the letter Of Jan 8. 1867 You will re-
member gentlemen that it Is the letter which spoke OF
some inirmties aud sucngs Of Mrs. Tuton Mr. Porter
says oft
Hor rs1ioa linz
more indecent more mean more contemplate than TO
publish the newspapers Of all this land wes letters
in which she complains Of her felons her erupons her
in1amed eyes, and her looseness OF the bowels This
mans greed for admiration, his unbounied and sted
cgOsm IL such that " get compunent he wouiu pup
lisl any thing.
Well gentlemen turns out that this all that
published of that letter
THE SHIPS CABIN, My Desk Jan. 9, 1857:
MY BELOVED IL 1t quite time that you should have
little insight into the manner in which am using your
hard wrought earnings.
And then there arc points indicating an omission.
NV heart sick ut the figures while make confession
with shame and sorrow that do better in my
situation.
He was charged with parsmony, with not providing
for his household.
Once more would bless you for your delicious letters
They will be legacy to my children when no longer
live to preserve them. .
win try TO take care better of my wrctched self,
because the best man Ia all the world loves me.
That was the only way In which that letter was pub
lished aud my friend Mr. Porter must have known It,
No ausOn to any personal Inconvenience to Mrs. Tton
nothing dsrcspectu to her. and yet taking that letter
and asserting its publication by Mr. Ton, this violent
assault Is made upon him.
Well the letter Of January % Of that same year 10
spoken OF by Mr. Porter in like terms and the letter OF
March g. 1865 both Of them introduced by MI Shearman
this trial and read by him. Nowt little remarka-
BILE that the plan Of assault the system OF attack the
policy OF vituperation adopted by my learned friend
should have led him into such extravaganza. He says
that the cgotsm OF Mr. Tlton is enormous that he
hestaes at nothing to crafty his vanity think may
say that the vndictvcness Of my learned friend u
enormous that he hesates at nothing to deame bis ad
versary Charges Of this character founded upon mis-
statement, against man who claims the ordinary pro-
lection Of party In court OF Justice, shielded by the
mparaty Of the Law, cannot be reckessy INDUCED BY
counsel Misrepresentation Of this character. used Is
the foundation Of calunni0us vitupcration do not DO
the eminent gentlemen who represent this Defense
aud will show you instance after instance In the course
Of tho past ~ days where facts have boon clearly dis