, 1874-06-29

itlymonth Church md tile Church itself Ia no
nffoo a. pItss.olG tom'at ana public expectation Is on
Moe"tmo tho guilt Of A1r. Doccher will bo ns-
snneu s u.s. oonc,,iaivoly oatablinl,ed BY his con-
11G;ssiion, e; and Judgment will DO formed thereon.
WHO all agree In .doplorins tho scandal aud
not lew Wo o sr,a Gae n,1vt 11nvolvsa IN \ tae sto
naoeher -. BY tsestlng It AZ momontary peraonni
tAll from Ktaco TINT has boon sufficiently ntonod
Tor 70 merit shit ioudnE in the mantle oi cnrity
a 81 .s ooSss A s 1n, i 9t e tb S1.s naurs
WOW, Is 1t just to tho church Of Which hlr,
Beeetor is rastor, and to tho society in What,
no haa been and IL both a moral and politicoI
1Resosr Rssaas t. ttSat % i upon that basiss Mr.
man WIG has rounded Ills si1ty.arst
yoar, Of ife.. Tho charge agaiust lin Al
originally made four yoars ago, not by Mr. Til.
ION, but w ono who at Tint time was in l,igh
19atapE Vatap. T,tn so "reior@o1a" ot to day. s
personal nature, md involved tho advocacy Of
nso-loye Of stirpicutturo. Mrs, Woodhtill be-
naTed in the doctrine, and had tue brazcnners
To- To- publicly advocate 1t, backsd, "a she claimed,
IN oloso association with them. But when an
overwhelming torrout Of public Indignation
poured down upon har devoted bond. these
backers drow on, aud refused to come TO tic
afoat: an or,a Ms Woouhul wna Indignant at what
OF forging thc,n to take position upon E,or adj
yancol ground aho openly deolarcI that thoy
Woro privately practicng what she publicly
preached. In hor Weekly Of Juno, 1s72 and
Times, she chargel that ~ Clergyman @. Of
otnlnenco IN brooklyn" was 0 practcal freq
lover, '.who lyos IN oonoubinaee viii tl,o vito
o. another Clergyman" sho made Tho charge,
from n her atandpoint,. not to condemn hfr.
20 como out and jnotify hi.nsoif, al nlu qalu ilI
her elaborate publication Of November. 1879
"Tlio fanlt I find with Dfr. Beoohcr IL OF q
totally different character, rs havo told him ro-
poateoly aud frankly, and as ho knows worry we'll
1condemu him bocanao know, and lave hai
ovory opportunity to know, t4at be cntoztains,
on oonsiction, substantially tho same views
which I entertain on tho social question that
under tho Influence Of these convictions he has
lived many years. PERHAPS for ha whole adult
hfe, tn manner Which tho religious aud moral
iatlo public ostenahly, aud to aomo oxtont really
condomni thas ho has porm.tted himself to 10
oyerawod by public opinion, has consented to be
q h5pocrlte," !" ete. Mrs. Woodruff gave tic name
had from htra. Tiltona own lips faotu
sustaining what sho alleged, and rho produced
letter from Mrs. Davis dated Providence, Il, T.,
May, 1871, which closed with these words:
:" GOD ho!p you end save you. Tho moro think
Elizabeth Cady Stanton a. authority "Tnie
good woman" abe said, - did indeed know tic
faota and from MIR. I'ilton himself" Finally
slIa cited Mr. Tilton, from whom she had tho
And aha brought In tho namos Of Iaabella
Boecler Hooker, Mr.. Decohor's sister, aud Alr,
Frank 1loulton, as cognizant Of the facts Hys-
tantng tue truth Of what she said From the
aay tn f,s Of t 1es Of Mrs. Woedhu
sous namod by her have disclaimed the knowl-
edge attributed to them, and none OF the