, 1874-08-18

been no: mo1oly blind aud fatuoua foof, but
rldlSnoas h,a s,s,a,n9,. and moa unnany coward
toa9 liz aRnotfbeE dnt ba o. his G a hq'
liahdr . ] then. having tho advantage Of
tho :. ord, 10 cot,eB In with a, mlddIo
and .-.og for tho b,tBy--thinltingt by gon-
ora' 80 and countor-asaau's Oh Tjlton and |!
| Me :: to osoape by side-door, leaving tho |
M = least in uucorsainty. uo~ sets a poor |
9 : ) nevor ahifty. II is rarely patlont unilor
RS. t is usua1ly ablo to mako Its caeo. N1r.
| - S-cr hhs carried llimsolf throughout ths
So: 4oss like tacsiean-not like Rnplo truth.
+ ~. ! IGNITION o. outraged innocence. lie
hnb displayed, along with tho futile cunning Of
Nj: peehsniti. th9 patloncs Of Job. ho cioso1
STORY, tho foundations OF, Which rest 11pon tho
assumption TINT hc is nm extravagant idiot, Tim.
Ti'ton is Notwithstanding scoundro', that
bIrs. Tilton is ono lalf a,go ani tho othofr half
1hrlot, and ttAt oil tho olcmBtalcos aud lottcrs.
which cannot DO dlsprovcd. hnyo anotl,cr mcau-
inY to tl.em thun TINT which plainly appears
upon their fnco Mr.. DtcltenB, III none of Ills
amusing tlcionB, aa1sa It's to stretch our croluty
}ln'f m fnr nj Mr. beocher III this most amusing
fiction Of hia.
rLYMourH oiIuHuI PEOPLE.
l. From the SI. Loilit Gtobc.
Now that tile pastor and congregation OF
Plymouth Church havo boon brought to tho tcBt
Of worA-dny Christianity, it Is impossible not to
fool aou1e disappointment at tue 1cAut. If there
is any one CONNECTED with Plymouth Church WHO
Inns yot to revonl linlseif Mr. Tilton was cnt,-
epiouous example Of tho teaching aud Influences
Of tho place: yet there - NO character
hto %qh =; can pss1oc. se
which h1r. Triton enbolieB. Mra. Tlson was
almost a daughter of tho Church and Of the
pastor; slo was prominent, acLiYe energetic In
o n aSFs aPse et ospaoor y not but nts ost
explicab!o and suporauous liar in maltors whore
q true vito aud mother could not DO tortured
into lying. As to Dir. Moultoll, VIC will not
takc Afr. boocler's opinion OF him. bocauHo TINT
might 10 him injustice; but his notiong of
morality woro not 40 strict that he would refuse
to receive uouey from an esnuont preacher
whom ho had charged with adultery; and II ho
% wIat H So Vas '1 up to n frying to Got bcecher
,, into tue samo familiar, acquaintance With
Woodruff as that which sat 60 tightly
on his conscience. Bowen appears to
nnos t%o a. Louis e it BY astng rid Of sd
tor apl than assai]iug Ills character for tho pur-
pose Of preventing Ills recovering monoy due
d him. although. .un''lso tho proprietora OF ths
i Democrat bo subsequently paid tho amount, a.
- ho labored under the disadvantage Of encounter
a ing parsonage as unscrupulolls ns hlinBolf
a Carpcntor IL tia kind Of man whom anybody
a would rather have in another church than bit
i. own. Hhearmau certainly did NOT rank tho pur'
= suit OF truth as tho highest object Of human Of
!, fort indeed, with the exception OF tho Owing
a tons, thoro eeenlB to bo no ono whom these con
It aplcuoua Illustrations of Plymouth piety coulE
Il deal WITH who WINS oven ordinarily decent or q
+ all safo to neHpciRso With. .,:
t. "ANornEn EXPLANATION"
" From the 1t. Lottts Dtrocrdt.
IN Arc we compelled to boiieYo that Henry War
r. Doecher committed alu1tery7 That does no
I ia ttak ~ MI 1t fit
70 evidence produced. Every llno mud oyery ltet
is Of tho evidence thus fur ii capnbe Of anothe
ro explanation.
~ foas tlat Letwoeri NIrs Triton alid mysolt thor
10 grew friendship Which. insensibly riponed int
ct an unwarrnntod passion, but Which, poyorth'
r. inal. She confessed that fault to III
u husband, and, in he: koeu romorsc, usoa torn
q, which. seemed to lais mind to imply gravt
to wrong On my part. When afterwards charge
N with having made improper oyerturos to her.
III was amazed, and yet Gould not deny that PM
r'a | aiou had existed, which, in impulstvo or III
= promeJitated acts, had found expression M
it though acknowledged no criminal act ny. on
wrong / had done to 3Ir. Til;on, lod mo
,.ro 1angungo which TO his mind, alreat
ye tortured, seemed confirmation strong aH proc
it of holy writ All my endeaYors to repair u
/
~ dooplY in his mind tho conviction that had 20,
oa still greater wrong, aud ali efforts to guard Il
on reputation Of Mry. Titton, and my own ha'
ey boon defeated by Lis morbid temperament. -,
IN. havo loft only course, to frankly confess II
liz fault that did conlmt---to declare most ao!e4n
po ly, in Justice to Mrs. Triton aud myBcif. that
e ill orr intimacy there waH no net Of crime, a
To- to appoal to tho Christian world for its 1oEg?
leaa," Docs nut every candid reader fcol !
er,t Blinctiyaly ttat Mr.. Decchcr would thon ha
ast retained moro OF tho confidence anu roga
ILL., Of lis fellow-mon ti,an Ito can nov Q
ort pect9 Would nut that statement accon
1co proved; for ,Mn,. Iilton'H acknowledgment.
hor "hor sin," and yot her desire to viudlcate
w. }ccohor against I'LL other porsons, savo only 4
tho husband; and for Tilton'a foEglyHness o.
q N1toB fault, niid his prayer, "witE tue l'tHlt
,r's oarnostncss md so!cnnlty," t1.at Dir. Beeoi
,od his children to bliglt!"
Ut Upless such al explanation, can DO accopt'
tn. nIr, Dceoher must be deemed guilty OF son
,ui- thing worse. Aud it il tho tlatkest toaturo
ne, his caBo that lie has completely failed to ma
,rs, auy satisfactory explanation Of ha own lott
M or se9ns ID Il he q ~e 9{ SsR my
ally to prove It," His own acts and words 50 far
lily provo something elHo.
'iay b1r. Tilton may about rs we'll refrain II
tho inviting tile public gazo ut prosont AH much
poHaibe. CandId psoplo ire furcod quito 1
orally to conclude TINT nlr. Doechor l.aB b
guilty Of aoluc grave fault, but Mr. Tlton
Tor charged linn with particular crime Which
rac- las mt proved aA yet. Meanwhile. candid +
MIL plo also discover that, whatever Mr.. Beech
ers fault may havo been. Theodore Ti.ton, tuf
[ton islAido out, docs not present a picture "
mud which the eyo likes to rest ). Ut
OLD iuBtico must ha doao to Dacchur. but wo do
atnt | think strict {uutce can DO douo to Tiltou.
lbor uc.urrn1, ur.nr NtsrsnD1cA1 AMI rxuaus1
YER AEyIEw+"
hall traus thJ .Seev York ]faif.
and We cannot conceive it possible that any
darl projudiced, right-mndad, and hearted
beif eau road tlia careful frk, nothoa!cal, al'd
It ho hountyn royiow of tho circumstances, ncc
l1lb tlons, hostile testimony, md garbled lettora
we're hayo boon artfnlly connected to oifoct
8, IL Beochora ruin, without foolinE tho keonoat
.blo. nathy for tic HuorlngB llo luis anduroa and
owl. (lvoioAt admiration for tho horolo front ho
It 1t sents to tho world an lis acc1sorH, anil FOR
les O vigar Of tho blows with whcl, lo bscala
Why aftor another Ut tho links TINT Ind boon fo
tho to bind hin whlo the baser birds Of proy lnH
rtM." cd tlcir foul bcalss iuto Ills hoart.