The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-06-18

Beach and the Jury.
The Brooklyn correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Commercial gives the follow.
ing: --.,.1s<..y . .
Court. Before Beach had vet placed
himself in front Of the, jury, Porter arose,
referred to the allusion yesterday.to the
of the jury. and was prepared
to appeal to every member Of he,rpanel
the limputat'on.. Beach there
upon Gisclaimed the accusation, DENYING
that he had imputed any improperly,
much less corruption.' to the Jury. 1t
was necessary for Beach to do this, as
some of the jurors felt aggrieved at his
language yesterday. and: were ready to
demand 'peremptory .inse sestigation. j..
The sfollowing'is Is the passage to which
the jury took exception:
The law has selected you as twelve in
telligent, honest and lawful men, to de.
eide the great questions involved in this
controversy. and to you has committed
this cause, freighted with these immense
and permanent interests. You have
been appealed to, Mr.. Foreman, person
ally by my friend Mr.. Porter. He has
assumed to know the sentiments Of this
jury box. He has assumed to say that
he knows what the verdict of this jury
will be. know he has large facilities
for obtaining that information, facilities
which are denied to this plaintiff; and I
know the influences which have sur
rounded this trial. I have seen these
ominous and noisome shapes lowering
about the outskirts of this investigation.
I know the power and the influence of
the organization which has surround
ed this defendant during this trial.
My friend, Mr.. Evarts, wished for the
hundred eyes Of Argus; he has them,
and more too. And the hundred arms
Of Briareus; he has them, and has had
them, and more too. And there was no
need of his wishing for the gold of Midas;
he has had that too. dispensed with great
liberality, with unbounded generosity,
and always placed where it will have the
best effect. But it seems to me a most
astonishing assumption of prophetic pow
er on the part Of my learned friend that
in q court of justice, before gentlemen
sworn to be impartial and true, an hon
ored and distinguished counselor, before
the plaintiff is heard, should assume to
say, "Gentlemen, know what your YER.
dict will be- To Mr.. Carpenter
ISir, you occupied that stand.
You avowed that you had
formed opinions favorable to the defend.
ant in this case, but you said, in the pres
ence Of that God whom you worship and
revere,that you could nevertheless decide
this case impartially ufon the evidence
Are you to prejudge it! Is there any
counsel in this case who can appeal t
you personally, and say he knows what
the verdict of this jury will be? Aye, thai
it will be the acquittal of Mr.. .Beeche,
without leaving your seats! By what
Authority does the gentleman speak? If
am addressing gentlemen of that charac
ter, gentlemen whose Judgment will be
carried by epithet, calumny and abuse
unsupported by evidence; if the eloquenct
and the oratory of counsel can move the
conclusions Of this jury, I have nc
hope Of success before you gentlemen
am not an orator as Brutus is
1have no calumnies to utter; have no epi
thets to apply. l have plain. simple
logical argument to present to you upon
thepro ofin this case. If there be not evi
dence enough, if there be not proven
facts enough under the ordinary admin
istration Of the rules of evidence, abiding
by those lessons of wisdom and Of truth
come to us from the past-if there be moi
enough to satisfy the minds and the con
sciences Of twelve impartial and unpreju
diced men, want no verdict in this case
want no untruthful judgment agains
Henry Ward Beecher. I ask for no per
version OF the law. ask for no surrender
of the consciences and the pure and in
telligent judgment Of this jury. But j
I bring to them those proofs approved BY
the law, justified by the history Of th'
Ilaw, evidences which the law pro
nounces as sufficient to convict even o
|guilt in the presence of all the charitable
|presumptions of the law, then in tn
name of that law, and its justice, l de
mand verdict.