The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-08-07
No. Is.
OUR NEW YORK LETTER
BEEcHER AID Triton.

TiltOn. TiltOn We are having a Surfeit
of Beecher and rather too much of Til
ton. None of your senses can escape
either Beecher or TiltOn. As YOU walk
the streets the newSbOyS howl ''All
about the Beeeher scandnlIl,~ You
look over the deai-wallS. and portraits
of Beecher and TiltOn, in Advertisements
of sensation papers, stare you out OF
countenance. Sit down ac table. and
your next neighbOr will. = thousand 10
one, ask YOU, What Is the latest re
garding the Beecher scandal - and insist
upon discussing the entire case com
meneing with the marriage of Tiitou.
down to the absorbing conundrum.
What will Moulton testify to-
And by the way the whole thing igst
now, SINNERS down upon this one man.
MoultOn. The fate of Henry Ward
Beecher is in the hands Of MOulton.
While Tilton has been ginning friends
every day and Beeeher losing ground
with equal rapidity. after all THton's
unsupported statement will never drive
Beeeher out of his place. For. while
Tilton affirInS, Mr. Beecher and Mrs.
Tilton deny, and Theodore has not kept
his hands sufficiently clean in the mat
ter of miscellaneous lOve-making 20 be
accepted as Il competent witness, uo
matter how strong his statement No
one who knows the parties doubts Dir.
Beecher's guilt, but the people get very
judicial in such eases, and insist upon
the charges being proved j:IdieiGlly.
Now, Mr.. Frank AOultOn was with Til
ton when TiltOn charged Beecher with
the crime, and it has been stated over
and over again that Beecher confessed
to adultery with Mrs Tilton in the pres
enee of MoultOn. The great moral, or
rather immoral question Is, Will 3loultOn
swear to this III SO, it settles the entire
question and makes a funeral Of Mr.
Beecher. If not, while the people at
large, will believe all that Tilton has
charged, Plymouth Church will effect 10
disbelieve it, and uphold its pastor
Why should not MOultOn testify to
what he knows, he being friend OF
Tilton? Because it is no small thing to
incur the enmity of so strong and power
full body as Plymouth Church, and
whoever assaults Beecher does Just that.
To Plymouth Church Beecier is more
than a man, he is demigOd. They be
lieve in him, in a wild way as the sum
total Of everything that is good and
great, and 10 matter what the proof
may be they propose to take him through
If MOulton sides with TiitOn To the
extent of supporting him by testimony,
vials of wrath, equal III quantity and
quality to those umcOrked upon JiltOn,
will be poured over his devoted head,
and that Mr.. MOulton cannot afford lt
remains TO be seen whether he viii have
the nerve to do this.
Now that TiltOn has been arrested for
libel, and the matter has got into the
Courts, it is possible that MoultOn may
be compelled to swear If 80, look out
for broken crockery. BY the way,
1T Is A MISTAKE
to put Tilton down as IL biatherskitc, or
as an utterly unreliable man. He is a
man of great genius, good and true
friend, and in most things steady and
level-headed. He mas notions that take
him out of the channels in which men
float, and his crOSS-cOuntTy expeditions
have been frequent, and 10 him most
disastrous His operation with the
Woodruff hurt him, though ] doubt II
there was anything more in il than what
lie stated. She is a wonderfully attract
i've wOman-wOnderful in intellectual
force, wonderful in conversation, and
with a peculiar wierd way about her
that could not but catch and hold
dreamy poet such aS T'iltOl is III times
Then they held views to some extent in
common on the questions Of love end
marriage, and there was Just enough Of
danger in supporting her to make it faS-
einating to him Besides all shese there
was business consideration involved
which Tilton in his circumstances could
not overlook. Altogether Theodore is IL
good fellow. He has his faults--he is
indiscreet and impulsive, but vino OF us
is perfect? presume ! am not, at least
! am not going to hurl the first rock az
Tilton.
/ predict that Mrs TiltOn will come
back to him, and that despite all that
has happened ne will take her back
For he loves her and he pitics her. She
is the mother of his children, and TleO-
dore TiltOn can no more live separate
from her than fly. When this wretrhei
business is over they will De reunited,
and possibly a change viii De- wrought
in both of them that will make their
lives happier
BOSS TWEED
has well-nigh gone out Of public sight.
It is astonishing how soon "A man Is Tor
gotten in New York politics, when ne
has nothing TO give. He might a. well
be dead. 1t is true he has influence
enough to get better treatment than
other convIcts, but that Is about the eX-
tent of it, The old man went over 20
the Island, and that day his star set.
Other aspirants for power administered
upon his estate ut once.
The venerable old villains political
property was divided just IL soDu as It
was tolerably certain that hc cOHid not
get out for year. MOrTis-ry grabbed "a
portion, and the other gin-Iniil pOiit.-
ticians took the balance. and were Tweed
out to day, he could hardly reinstatr
himself; for the men who have usurpei
his place will hold what they have, and
the old man, having no places to dispose
of, could not organize a new party 10
stand at his back They like him a. wcH
a. they ever did-that i, thOS- who
liked him at aIl-but personal liking lits
little 70 do with such matters. The
politician anywhere i selliSh-The New
York politician is particularly and e->-I.-
TALLY so. He commands respect pre'i-s.-
Iy in proportion 10 his power-Once dead,
always dead
But ] am happy 70 be able TO say that
the old rings will never again have the
power once welded. Tweed held it all
in his hands and used it 10 the advilu-
tage of himself and his friends unguc--
toned and unchecked. He was thr
source Of power and the fountain cf
wealth. Whoever was useful 70 him was
rewarded magnificently, and whoever
was opposed 70 him was mercile-~iy
killed But now that power j divided
there are a dozen able and Uu-crflUIli iGU-
men aspiring 10 be Tweeds and a. they
are wavering with each other it j. not
impossible for the decent elements Of the
city to wrest the power from them and
reform and purify the government II
is fortunate that each Of tile a-JiraLr
leaders had rather see the power 90 into
the hands Of the opposition than 10 let
it be grasped by rival. Let Us hope
that these rogues will continue 20 laII
out, till honest men come 70 their own
CHILD STEALING
The kidnapping Of children, iuau1-l-
rated in Philadelphia, has broken ont in
New York, which might have been eG-
pected, for i know Of no soil in which
villainy thrives so well a. here 4 child
of about five years Of age was stolen
from 35th street, nearly week ago. and
the only clue tine parents could yft 70 it
was by advertising i'll the Her0id. The
answer came prOmptly-the child had
been stolen and was being held for q
ransom. In this ease. however. the cold
bloOded villains made a mistake. Tor tine
parents of the child have no mean, and
cannot possibly raise u tenth part Of the
sum demanded. The fact chat they