Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-08-09
Beecher, Sarah and Schefer.
INDIGNATION MEETING.


|of Augusta county, was held in the public
square in front of the Court House, for the
purpose Of giving public expression to the
sentiments o. this community, in regard to
the Wholesale SANDERS recently Published
from bis pulpit by Henry Ward Beechel,
and reiterated orer his Signature IN the In
DEPENDENT Journal published in New
| York. The meeting was organized by the
election OF Dr.. Z. G. Norman as Chair
man aud S. M. Y ost as Secretary.
J, D. lmboden, ESP, then addressed the
meeting briefly on the subject they had
assembled to consider, and concluded by
moving the following preamble and reso!u-
itions, whieh we're unanimously atop;ed.
Wheieas, 1t appears from the pubic
lprin,s, that the Rev. Henry ward Beaeher
on the 1st of June introduced to his con-
grega,ion in Ply mouth Church, Brooklyn,
a negro girl Sarah, formerly the property
OF one Of our most esteemed and reputable
cltizeEs, Ter tbs purpose OF raising by con-
trbu,ou a sum Of money for her purchase
and liberation; and that Gu that occasion
he INDUCED Id a coi.rse OF remarks towards
one OF our fellow citizens so grossly, slau-
Idereus aud false that we leel called upon
to take this public notice OF tie subject,
no less under sense Of duty to cur friend
| than from a desire TO vihdicate the com
immunity in which we live from a calumny
intended hy It's authors and publishers to
lhcge more than an individual application.
We suppose Mr.. Beecher did not iabrieate
but that he was furnished by interested
parties, with The details OF the foul and
caiumnois fslsehoods aud SANDERS, with
" Eich e RECALLED his congregation on that
Interesting occasion. 1t seems that the
lplot. by whomsoever originated. was Sue
cesstul, aud that Mr.. Beechts Consrega-
ton, wrought to tie highes. pitch OF ex-
element under his eloquent narrative of
Imaginary wrong and outrage. supposed
themselves to be most egreg ously swindled
out Of upwards oil $500. If this successful
and profitable Operation" On Northern
sympathy Lad been undertaken on The
tue merits Of the case If he parties " ho
lorig mated ;his scheme of testing by the
substantial and tangible standard OF dollars
and cents the sincerity o. Abolition pro-
fesslons. had been content 10 hazard the
success Of heir enterprise on presentation
oil the max Cd truth III regard TO Sara's
1HlstOi anu otSHSfu Z SHUGIu
not have ONE word Of complaint 10 utter,
Though she had received ten times the
amount OF money actually contributed for
her relief. Il eur ,lafes a;e 10 be liberated
in any way by Ncrthetn aid "e much
prefer iGat 1t Shall BE by purchase from ne-
gro traders at a lair cash value, than by
the operations o. The anndergfauua fati
read =; because then we shall get an equiv
alent tor cur property, aud be taxed with
none Of the criminal charges incident to the
arrest, lial and confinement in the Peni-
Tertiary OF taat class, OF rhlantnopiSts,
whose benevolent acts amount 10 an in
fraction Of the commandment Thou shalt
rot steal, and are punished as Felony un-
DEF our laws. We therefore would not be-
understood rs intending to apply any terms
of ha'shness OF reproach to Mr.. Beechers
congregation Oh account Of the exhibition
Of feeling and sympathy they manifested,
or the contribution OF money they made
tnder the extraordinary circumstances by
which they were surrounded Advantage
has been taken of their prejudIces against
an institution which they do rot under
stand, and in regard lc winch in all is So
Irial and domestic relations they are pte-
lioundy ignorant. for The purpose q. Sc
curing 10 a Specializing negro trader, bet.
ter piice for his property in New York,
than its quality would have commanded IN
New Orleans. But Tor TIM, We are in no
wise responsible, aut therefore leave the
matter where il pioperl, belongs.
| Our purpose is TO open the eyes of the
lprople OF Btcokiyn to the character Of Tie
luaud by which they have been duped and
tleeced aud al the same time to vihdica.e
| by our voluntary testimony, q christian
and gentleman, whose character is above
teptoaet III tits com inunily, from one Of
he most foul aud infamous ISLANDERS ever
published. Sarahs former owner, who
~ as so baself coilmniated by HE state-
nent OF Mr.. Beechel, that he was her
father, and had, along with oter members
OF his family, been gully OF uuteaid Of
csue!ty towards her Is our conniyman and
friend. He Is new aud mas been ior mans
years, member OF the Protestant Episco-
pal Chugch--ihe husband of pious and
most eslinahle lady-the father Of large
family oil grown up sous and daughters,
two Of his sons and son ln-law Being
hsghy esteemed physicians in iuli prac-
lt.ee. He was born, and has resided all
his HE IN his county, diseharsing with
esempIafy hdehiy every dnty to himself,
his family aAd HIS country. His social po-
sition is the very highest. Has personal
character Is unblemi Shed by blol OF stain.
In civil life, he has Tor many years filled
various offices Of the greatest respohsiblIl-
ty' and Tor several years has been on lac
bench of our county court, tribunal de-
rived from eur English ancestors, ard
which has been from the earliest colonial
times distinguished III Virginia for the
high moral worth and unbending integri'
IL of its members. Ii IS such IA man as
this, Who is made The victim of an inta
nous calomny, deliberately fabricated by
interested parties. and freely published by
minister OF the gospel from his pulpit on
la holy Sabbath day, to a congregation oil
respectable people assembled Tor the wor-
sip Of God.
We Shall go into no detail Of the cir
cumstances which induced her former
owner TO sch Sarah, for they have been
fully set forth in the columns of toe pub
lie journals here. Suffice it to say, that
she endeayored 10 escape 20 Tree State.
was arrested, and brought back, but not
punished, She admitted the UNIFORM