The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-09-02
NEW YORK CITY,
BEEcHEa's PAPRh ON THE BRooKxys
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FAfhh ON THR BROOKLYN
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NEW YORK, Sept. THE CyI,tian
C7IOH, Beechers paper, has an SIticIs m
the Brooklyn scandal, In the course NJ
which II says that Mr.. Tilton, MI. Moul-
Ion and Mrs. Tilton have each, on their
own admission, or on ample and incoutro.
verliole proof, told two wholly different
stories Of the whole matter. Mr.. Beecher
alone has said always the same thing
The burst Of seli.reproach In which he
carelessly set his hand TO O paper he had
neither written nor read, which grossly
perverted his expressions; the tempestri.
Gus selt'reproach and sorrow which he
has described, and In which II seems Id
committed himself to q mistaken course
In the whole matter, Is surely essy 10
comprehend. twas Beecher's well known
old and long affection for Tllton, strength.
eneo, as he has told US, by the great
services which Tilton had done him. and
his profound desire, springing from the
sentiment which Is the deepest Of his life,
70 reclaim and save one who had erred
II was also owing 10 the stern reckon
ing 10 which he held himself for
errors that had aggravated the trou-
pie, tho utter forgiveness which he
gave TO the ofelcts against himself
the dread Of disaster, not 10 himself
only, but to Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton, and 10
the public morality and decency from the
stream OF vile scandal, which was
let loose to the utter WEAKNESS Of liie
at times under the burden. The ex-
Alteo and heroic ministery TO others was
never once interrupted by his own
troubles. All these things though they
may be forgotten or misunderstood in
the tumult Of the present will one dav
snow Out clear and ennoble in the eyes Of
tne world q man who made many mis-
taxes but never erred ignobly, who held
himself through all pure and upright and
the friend oi men and the servant OF God.
In a note to friend just after the
woodruff attack Mr.. Beecher wrote =:
Living or dying l am the Lords, he
KNOWS II and !, know it." After that II
matters little what happens to him! His
noDIe words will go on and his Master
VIII care. for him and for the truth,
and sooner or later the world wiliI
Know the truth, but each Of US il concerns
deeply, that we do not wrong ourselves
in misjudging this issue between a true
man and liz. .. 49, -
woRHNGMEN's MEETING.
A meeting was held last evening in
Iomklns square to protest against The
breaking up ofthe workingmen's meeting
in the Square last January and the arrest
and imprisonment of Christian Never on
. g. charge OF assaulting police sergeant.
Inc meeting was orderly and apparently
an Insignificant affair. John s. Winton
was the chief speaker. The resolutions
hold Mayor Havemeyer personally. re-.
sponsible. Ior the outrage OF the 18Th otI
January, and demands the immediate re.
moval Of Matsell and Duryee from the
Board OF Police Commissioners, and sav
the rottenness Of our financial system and
!he corruption and neglect Of our govern.
ing classes threatens torenew this coming
winter the heart.rending scenes Of misery
and starvation still fresh in the memory
OF the toilers, therefore personal vigilance
mas become the duty Of the, people. :,
Arthur Clayden, intimately associated
with Joseph Arch, in efforts to raise the
condition ot agricultural classes in Eng.
gland, has arrived here and will make
personal inspection Of the most promising
sections Of the country for enigrants
The results Of his examination in Canada
last year as field of emigration was not
favorable. Clayden sails for Norfolk
today.
A Almemorial meeting lin honor Of the
late Mark Smith was held this afternoon
at Booths Theatre, at which were pres
ent members Of the theatrical, literary,
legal and other professions. bester Wal.
lace presided and opened the meeting by
stating that its object was to render
tribute, TO q good and honest man: Reso.
lutions eulogistic Of the deceased and ex.
pressing sympathy with his family were
adopted and addresses delivered by ex.
Mayor Hall, Charles w. Brooks, Judge
Carter, oi Cincinnati, and others.
The dTst coal train from the Mahonipp
Valley over the Painsville and Younes.
town Narrow Gauge railway passed over
the limo few days ago. .-,',7,s-,s'