The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-05

thaC must no longer suffer as dumb man
ana De mace to bear a. load of grief most
unjustly. One word from me would
make "a rebellion throughout Christen-
dom,. had almost said, and YOU know It
You nave Jast q little fine evidence from
the great volume in your possession. I
ana not pursuing phaDtom-but solemnly
broodlng over an awful reality"
Subsequent to this letterand on freouent
intervals from this till now. YOU have re
peated the statement that Won could at anv
moment expeL Henry Ward Beecher from
brooklyn. iou have reiterated the same
thing, not only to me, but to Others. Mare-
over'durlng the year just closed yonr let
ters on the subject were marked with,
more feellng than heretofore, and were
not unfrequently coupled with your
emphatic declaration that Mr.. Beecher
ought not to be allowed to occupy a
public position as Christian teacher
and preacher.
On the Goth of December, 1879, at an
lntervlewln your houee, at which Mr..
oliver johnson and were present, you.
spoke freely and Indignantly against Mr..
Beecner as an unsafe visitor in the
families OF bis congregation. You allud-
ed Oy name'to woman, now a widow,
whose hus bands der+h you did not
doubt was fastened by his knowledge
that Mr.Beecher had maintained with
her an improper intimacy. AS if to leave
no doubt on the minds of either Mr.
Johnson or myself, you informed lis that
Mr.. Beecher had made 30 you a con fes~-
ion OF guilt. and had with tears implored
your torgivness. After Mr. johnson
retired from this interview, you related
to me the case of a woman of whom You
said Gas nearly as can recolIect your
words) that Mr.. Beecher took her in his
arms by force, threw her down upon the
sofa, anG accomplished upon her his
deviltry. and left her. -
During your recital of this tale you were
filled with anger toward Mr. Beecher.
You said with terrible emphasis, that he
ought not to remain a week longer in his
pulpit. You Immediately suggested that
demand should be maze upon him to
quit his sacred Office You volunteered
to bear to him such demand in the form
of an open letter, which you would pre-.
sent TO him with your own hand, and you
pledged yourself to sustain the demand
which the letter should make, namely
that be should, for reasons which he ex-
plicitly knew, Immediately cease from his
ministry at Plymouth Church, and retire
from Brooklyn" The first draft of this
letter did not contain the phrase "for rea.
sons that he explicitly knew" and these
words, or words to that effect, were in
Ic0rporated In second at your motion.
You urged. furthermore, very emphatical-
| ~, that The letter should demand not only
Mr.. Beecher's abdicatiOn of his pulpit,
but the cessation OF his writing for the
Christian UniO:1-a point On which YOU
were overruled. This letter you present
ed to Mr. Beecher,at Mr.. Freeland's house.
Shortly after its presenta tion you sought
an interview with me IN the editorial Of
nee of he Brooklyn Union, during which,
with nnaocountable emotion in your man.
ner, your face livid with rage, you threat
ened with loud voice that If ever I should
inform Mr. Beecher of the statements
which you made concerning his adultery
or should compel you to adduce the evi-
dence on which you agreed to sustain the
demand for Mr.. Beecher's withdrawal
from Brooklyn, you would immediately
i deprive me Of my engagement to write
for the Independent and to edit the
Brooklyn Unjon,and that in case should
ever attempt TO enter the offices of those
Journals you would have me elected by
force. L told you that should inform
MIR. Beecher or anybody else according tc
the dictates of my judgment, uninfuenced
by any authority from my emplo ers
You then excitedly retired from MI
presence. Hardly had your violent words
ceased ringing in my ears when /. received
your summary notices breaking my con.
tract wi the Independent and the Brook
yn Onton. To the foregoing narratlv,
of fact | have only to add my surprise
and regret at the sudden interruption BY
your own act of what has been on my
part faithful service of fifteen years.
Truly yours,
THEODORE TLTCN.