The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-03
TiltOn Failed to Sustain . Single
Charge Preferred Against
|. The Hieh, Moral Chief!
'sLet the Peace Of God, Which
Passeth all Understanding,
Be and Abide with Ply.
mouth Church.
Amen!
Also Let . Slight Nay Of His
Holy Light Fall Upon tho
Pathway Of the Guardian
Of His Flock.
The Old Boy, Like the ProdisaI
Son, is Welcomed Back Into
His Old "Posish," Amid
Shouts Of Aeclama.
ton!

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New YoRK, August 2S.-Henry c. Bow
en- has sga.n eued the Brooklyn Eagle for !
libel contained in an editorial Of yesterday, |
laying damages at $l4,OO2
Plymouth Church vas densely packed,
this evening; every available spot, sitting OF
standing room, being occupied. and even the
ros,rum was encfoached upon by the surg
ing multitude. At the east end Of the plat
form and on the table aloneside the prssid-
ing officers seat were vases Of rare exotics
Probably over 5000 people were presen'.
and many had to 90 away for want Of &C.
commodation. Alter siasing and prayer,
the report of the Committee vas read BY
Prof. Raymond The follovisg persons
were invited 10 tet'fy before the
Committee, al Of whom appeared
and gave evidence. An. Elizabeth
r. Tilton. Mrs. H. w. Beeeher, SamI. Will
kersoD, Jno. 4. Howard, Theo. Tilton,
Saml. Z. Belcher, MIS- N. B. Morse, Oliver
johnson, Rev. r. s. Storms. Dwight John
son, Jessie III. Bailey, Mr.. Puinsm, Jno.
w. Mason, Rev. w. L. Patton. Mary c.
Ames, Richard p. Buck, Francis Il Carpep-
ter, Albert F. Norton, Hon. n. Il. More.
Mrs. Mary B. Bradshaw, Elizabeth Turner,
Francis w. Stlee, DR.. Neston, Miss Oakley.
Mr. Elizateih A. Ovington, Mr.. Wallack,
Rev. s. B. Halliday, Thos. G. Sherman.
BENZ. F. Tracy, F. D. Moul'op, F. A. Wood
ruff and Rev. H. w. Beecher.
The.report then enters into a very long
and exhaustive review Of the testimony
taken by the committee, and concludes ~
follows:
We have reviewed Is briefly ~ We could
tie evidence before u. There are many
facts and details We have not di.cused. bat
We have cited the more important and dis
cussed the alient points. We have care
fully examined the evidence relied upon by
the accuser to sustain his charges We are
asked to believe. Finally, Who il this &C.
cuser? We may learn from the testimony
as we'll as BY common report, without de-
scending to unpleasant particulars and
perfonalilits, that Theodore Til,on has, in
recent year,, become . very different man
from what he was ormerly reputed to be. He
will hardly deny that both before and af er
his espousal of the Few marital philosophy,
signs Ct degeneracy were setting in, which
have made him . discredetable man in this
community. In the new role his downfall is
| well stated in the recent words by an
abe writer, who, in sketchipg his career,
says that in process of time he comes before
the world as an endorser Of Victoria Wood
hull, and lends his name to the biography
of her which would have sunk any mans
reputation any where for common sense
Such book is tomb frOm which no author
rises again. Such is the accuser. Who il
the accused? 1t is Henry Ward Beecher,
pastor Of Plymouth Church. He has been q
clergyman with honors en- for forty year.;
twenty seven of these years he has been here
in this church, which, a. al the world
knows, has 90 often been stirred to good
deeds and to better lie by his elegant minis
tration. The man has been living in the
clear night Of MONDAY before his people,
| and before all men life of great
Christian usefulness and incessant Wolk.
None have known him but to love and ad-
mire him. They who have been most
with him, at home and abroad, report
nothing Of his life or conversation but what
comes Of purity of soul. We are asked BY
Theodore Tilion, and his coadJutor, Moul-
ton, to bsleive that this man, with his long
useful life and high character to sus.aio
him, is unworthy OF our confidence or re-.
specf. Christian character and great servi.
| ces, which a.e usually considered . tower OF
strength and defence when any one is as
sailed, are to 60 for naught, according to
Mr.. Til,oD. We are invited to give
up this beloved and eminent man,
and send him and his good name and
fame into the vortex of moral destruction.
We are to do this upon what? Upon some
wild, absurd and contradictory assertions OF
Mr.. Tilton who, in all this work, does not
succeed in Disgusting his malicious and re
vepge al desisns. No tribunal Of Justice
ever held charge Of adultery, proved BY
mere words, Wi ten or spoken, that are de-
MED and not connected with circumstances
and sppearances, pointing unmistakeably TO
the guilt of the accused Upon review Of
all the evidence - relied upon By the
accussr, ne utterly fails to iustain
the charges made. We herewith sub
NIT a complete copy OF all evidence
before tee committee, with some unimpor-
the following statement of conclusions:
First-We find from Evidence that Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher did not commit
adultery with Mrs. Elizabeth X. Tilton,
either at the time or times, or at the place
or places, set forth in the third or forth di.
visions Of Mr.. Tiltons statement
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