, 1874-07-03

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BEECIIER---TIL
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Tho Vital Question in tho: Case.
10 the Editor q 1he Chicago 7T7oHns:
SIN: Inc altitude aaaumod by eome OF tho
Loading phpefs OF the country upon tho sab]eos
OF the boeoher-Ialton Scandal doems to demand
word OF romonstranoo. II their editors owed
Inv srs raao1yoa to raIifv % at ss INV sast Or II
~ lad .n1istad n1or H. ,,a,,anro
sno5 NV om'slsa ~ oanslnon uaao. 'no 1aanola
OF peecaes anu Lib ifionds' We mlRns feaalis IN
derstand their position. But, as thoy claim to
eora, No fail to oomnrolon1 thu ,uotiyoa Which
s...,,ta .1,a,, ''3' -A'0N" "&3'0A@
"onn's1 m.'" 49, . W.T. ,r.,, -.
19o NOW W., iofk Acra'a, Tor example, comes TO
Theodore Tllton. Htoadiy ignoring tho ronl issuc,
r. nt4ainnts tn aroi.o thc mill, nrolud;ca a1a;nat
.rliton hy onrhloa .Iatsnaonf - thc casn ,, IN.
.a,;na;,. - aaa.,,ate, ~ ~ sno eao', H.
writer "ttempts to arouRo oontcmpt for Mr.. Til
ton by placing him in tho light Of d xnnu who.
learning Of h]a wifo'e c,,lit cnnoncs thc osfonuc
lives With hor aftorwards fot four vs. ysara '1aui ani
then, for purposes ot bis orn, rssssai's tno nsn m
s that Tons % etof s osnpo fail sqsn spa a
lr,nr unop h,a wife. vhi1c Hcnrv Ward Hccchsr
-.tnt. ,..,..s,,f AL H., e.-.1u i.
ron, powerful, anu surrounded py 1nond'-is
nandloo very senaerly indeed. !
Now. we do not bol1eyo this to b. the correct
Wow Of tho matter, uor to be ordinary iustico in
apy Wow of tho caso. Aait now stands oharces
VI sue e gt"seas onatao,er nave peen brought
against the forcmost pulpit orator OF tho coun-
try. His accuscr's word han not as yet boon
gaiaaaid. and we arc brought face to faco
with tho question whether Tilton ia 4
! liar NNnNFter Ia II Efnr f1,ar
10 small chance indeed OF choosing
any other position in tho matter. Tho story Of
fully undorstsnds. aud % which nsaa1er and os IL
frionds onnnot rnibundoretaud: :is, that he
{Doeohor), :, being tho trusted family-frieud and
pastor of Theodore Tllton, 80 far betrayed tho
confidence roRoneao n him o. to mako improper
were rupulsod, and a statement OF tbo faots com.
munlcafed by MIS-. Tilton 10 hor Iusbsnd, Tiitnn
Immediately withdrew from fellowship witG
Plymouth Church; tho mntter was In como way
tho limit Of small circle Of friends, until yopr
afterwards, whon tho somewhat notorious Wood.
hull aud Uladin earo what purnortcd to te 4
atatomcpt Of tie case to tic world. It is further
understood that plymouth Church. while cornf-
ssut OF tho rumora Of scandal connocted
| with tho name OF their pastor. rofused to
tnko action or ;nycst;rsto thn :: ahac
snbsequently Mr. Beeohar's ,' friends s com. com.
mencod n svetam IT ahraa of Sfr' 1,;1ton
% iirootly eharrinr lin WIFI VIII beinv n YalMter1 Yl1
and a traduecr' and oontrnating what. tbov
doemod tha sair,tly and heroIo mapnnnimity ~
Doechor's silence With tho dnytsrJly rcatiyonoss
Of Titon, who il seems, did not lle ~ stli as
cn1nnv y nsu n,,, asnars,an ass 'o s"''so i'9u u
Thon Tilton lifted up his voice snd spoke.
His recent lettor went forth unto lin World.
Uuto US It seo1neth that as the oaao nav stands
ha IN avenrod. NoyarthaIoss' for th,a lila acIio1
fo haa han roorcd nt hy anao of thc wo,,iTs sha
tbnndorors Of tho nation WIN. straInfne At H.
nnat Of Tilton,a oommantoa s aro roady adv
r. "s asn33nW sha camn9 ~ nnnohnTa M noasib3r
1u;lt' t'"''o" s44e 'Ao' " sS4'& ''s'''0'e
wIe.hor Henry Ward Becchor.' tho man.
ever broke faith with h!s irfcnd or not, or
looked upon 4 woman to lust aftor 2or:
whether fhoodore Tilton has been Wyonged
in this matter ar not@seama to re
to bo but light matter indeed 1t in Comparison ID
with tho question which ton thousand timcs
tlo minister Of tho Gosnol. welcomed In ntmost
confdonce to orr fnrnilos and flrasidea. md 10
tho eiolr-chau,here of our .r;vca prd das,ehtors
DO @ scoundroi and q bypocrito, or mot. Thia Il i
tho vitai oueation tba{ conccrna na nj, n thia
matter. Are We to reverence him a. a. The N nun @ Of
God who has basoly nnod b,a sacred nf3ae tn