The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-09-06

rainbow of hope, that the dark masses of
scandal would lift, and we would see the sill
yer lining illuminating the sorrow-laden
groves of Brooklyn Heights We felt sure
that Theodores beaming face would emerge
wreathed with smiles, breathing ''grace, mercy
and peace" that Moulton, without his pistol,
would cling to Beecher as the apple of his
eye; that Elizabeth would be solicited to
resume those grotesque apostrophes to her
husband, as one of the persons in the holy
trinity; and that the beatifc Carpenter would
paint the whole scene after the style of the
trescoes of the TRANSPORTATION. The Comedy
of Wrath and Scandal would surely be fol-
lowed by the Comedy Of Love.
Here it comes from Boston, from Lowell,
from the sea-washed shores of Gloucester,
where that descendant Of all the Adamses and
Otises, Benjamin f. Butler, contemplates
eternity and the Governorship of Massachu-
sets. The gospel of this reconciliation is
written by Mr.. Redpath, who seems to be
kind Of Boston mutual friend, but of a milder
type than Moulton, evidently not given to
pistols, but with Niagara Falls capacity
for talk. According to Redpath, Moulton,
who was believed to be in Brooklyn
at work with steel instruments and
chemicals upon a "new statement" is in
Lowell, at the feet of the saint-like Butler.
Although fresh from the three thousand Ply
mouth sheep who followed him like wolves
up Hicks street, Moulton, when found, was
full of tenderness, actually weeping" over
Beecher, ''and still loving him." Beecher,
also away up in the New Hampshire hills,
was supposed to be in high spirits over all
endless game OF croquet, and we have had
daily bulletins of his jokes, his merriment,
his kid-like gambols, his sweet pastoral
pleasures. But this is error, for Redpath
found him 'grieved in heart at Moulton
and still loving him." Then Redpath, in the
true apostolic spirit, gives us his beatitudes: -
81 think Bacon is either snake in the grass
or slanderer No man has done more to
hound Beecher. Judas did not kiss more ten
Derby Frank Moulton is one of the best
friends Mr.. Beecher ever had and has, for he
loves him yet" Crank is brave fellow and
an honest man." AS to the five thousand
dollars which Beecher raised by mortgage
on his house, and which Theodore has not yet
repaid by mortgage on his house, sit was
o good investment / think the trouble in all
this affair has been that Beecher, Tilton and
the rest have made too many half condolences"
s'Mr. Beecher," rash man, "totally miscon-
strued Moultons refusal to deliver up the
documents" and accordingly "struck one of
the tendcrest and strongest hearts that ever
stood around him." cit is the devils own
muddle"
Moulton has made many interesting ap-
pearances in the course of this drama but
this is the first time we find him in tears
We like him better in his pistol scene with
Beecher. and in his grand assault upon young
Raymond in the face of the three thousand
wolf-lke sheep of Plymouth church. But
now that he has come to tears and sorrow,
we are disposed to believe that he has no more
letters. If this Brooklyn Damon had any
more notes from Mrs. Tilton, or business
messages from Wilkeson, or sacred letters
from brother to sister, or mournful dis
tracted soliloquies OF poor, old, stricken
mother like Mrs. Morse their bad spelling
cruelty and carefully preserved-or confess
sions from Mr.. Beecher or mischievous notes
about DR.. Storrs, he would not be crying on
the shoulder Of Redpath about his ''love for
Beecher." It really looks as if the comedy
were about to close. Theodore is not insensi-
BILE to "grace, mercy and peace" Beecher
does not want to straddle that ragged edge
upon which Frank Moulton lovingly galloped
him for four years, and Elizabeth, poor soul,
can always find rest between the graves of
her two children on the lonely, shuddering
heights of Greenwood But what is to be
done with Carpenterp He was last seen
'twenty miles from civilization" in the woods
OF Northern New York, the place that as gentle
man as this perplexed artist would be apt
70 seek after seeing how he had been handled
and fondled and hidden to fetch and carry
by his Brooklyn friends And Bowen He
must not be forgotten. What is to be done
with the three hundred and fifty libel suits
that gentleman finds expedient for the vindi-
cation of his character?
II there is to be peace-real peace-let it be
generous and full. Plymouth church would
hardly seem to be large enough for Moulton
and Raymond, but these brethren can come
together. AS this trouble began because
Plymouth church preferred the worship Of
Beecher to the Worship Of Christ and