The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-14
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,.1o,N,r,AY SEPTEMBER a, 1878 1871,
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NJ. pe,cher is again ia the CLOUDS. sso a,.
= - 'e~,,y,rIamentary statement, cunningY
ssM NATL Mr. Beecher had gwen aus
s ms Of the painful transactions that ioI
az snh;ect.matser Of the ansavoTy scanuai,
~. 81 last been given to the world, anu
.,,reIv q more horrible document mas new.
bas,, ynhlished, There is now but slns,e
sss,,a before The public--is Moulton q man
.snr.,v NJ heine believed, or Is he SOD Oh tne
C s,ts,er Of sliarsfs' There Is no use " W
,ns n, reconcile the incidents ana couNeasa'
s;ana which he details with any pfe I,:.,, =.
s;on &c AR. Beecher's Innocence: Etnei
shesa are malicious fctions, the prodocs VI .
asnr.Sed imaeiuation and q malicious msalt >
~ Az Reecher Is Iecherous oid Viiiain'
T.Sinc the record made by these TWO men
m th;s melancholy affair, ana We nna IL easier
To believe that Moulton Is liar tnan tna lt
Esecbel il an aduiterer. There are many
thousands of Just persons, however, VINO
will accept the other alternative.
We give the material portion OF Monlton,s
story and our readers will form their own
nn;n,ops as to whether it Is true or false. IL
seems Incredible that Moulton with hls
nreseut professions of honor and fair-deal'
fnel should have ibored for years to cover
am the sin of clerical impostor; tnat !. n y
sbould have lived on terms Of Intimacy VIII
him and allowed his wife to receive the
Holy Sacrament at bis hands. we canno'
reconcile Mouton's conduct Win us as
founding revelations. ..,.o
We NAV also say that there is fippant tone
about this statement which betrays aloui'
IONS true character. He deals with a very
sad subject in a very trifling way. a stnpio
clown trying to provoke the multitude 10
laughter could not have beel more anxious -
to make telling points. HIS reasonins -
eften weak and illogical, ana MS %l''iG 1S,n
are out of place and contemptlpe. lnas
mart of his statement which covers the perlou
between the publication OF Dr. bacon
letter and the report OF tbe lhVest'Sutips
committee has but little bearing on the case.
1t is nothing more than a iaDorea apology
for his own failure in playing the Toie OF
"mutual friend" If it were not LOT tne
letters which be produces he might easily De
dismissed as very shabby and very treach.
erous fellow; but we are obliged 10 confess
that Mrs. Morse's note to MIR. Beecher, ASK
ing for money, needs explanation. Ii seems
to have been impossible for poor Mrs. illtoI
to write anything that was not ABSURD, ana
charitable people will not construe her gush-
ing illusions to mean anything bad. NO man
of average common sense Wlli ever DeneFe
that Tilton's statement was not published
with his own consent and for his own pecuni-
ary profit, as so much of Moulton's argument
as rests upon Tilton's innocence in this ras'
cally transaction is utterly unworthy OF
notice. When he affects to believe thai
Maverick told the truth when he said he stole
the manuscript, he only discredits himself a:
witness. The effort to prop himself uE
with lie so transparent betrays conscious
weakness. The false construction put upor
one of Mrs. Titon's notes, in which she
speaks of the efforts made to concillate bel
husband by certain endearments, Is OF ths
same character. He tries to create the i'm
preston that these words apply to MIR
Beecher. Applying to Moulton the lega.
maxim, "falsus in uno, falsus IN oransons,'
his testimony is worthless. Nevertheless
many people will believe the material parts
The rape story is so disgusting, so brutal
and so entirely foreign to the matter unce
consideration that it seems to have beer
thrown in to commend the whole documen
to those who delight to read obscene litera
lure. 1t IS strange that Moulton should hay
listened to such story-still stranger tina
he should have published 1t. Let US o.
hope, for the sake of human nature, that
is not true.-Bolttmore american.
Yet in Mrs. Morse's letter which tn
american thinks proves Beecher to hhV
been guilty of the crime with which Tito
charges him, Mrs. Morse asks Beecher t
pray for her. Such mystery we never be
fore encountered.