Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-01

ment is reciprocated by your wife
having a "'lofty, spiritual, religion
/ yesTniIg and pure platonic love for tina
/ priestn that attracts her frequently L
/ his side, do you, unsophisticated younl
husband, just go right out to the neares
cobbler aud buy pair of pegged sogy
boots. Put them stogy-boots right on
aud the next lime that minister calls a
/ your residence to peddle his ''spiritua
/ essence" take him gently by the coat
/ collar, make a short ors'ion, whereo
| the perOration shall be, "Get outrp aDC
/ then elinch the argument q pOsterior
| with them stOgys. It's the best way Il
get along with an intimacy, innocen
1 though it may be, that sometimes bring
"heap of trouble" in its train.
/ From the Milwaukee Newsl
Henry Ward Beecher follows the pail
which Colfax, Henry Wilson, Garfield
! General o. o. Howard, Dawes, JAY
! Cooke, and the rest of them have trav
eled. The "christian statesman" tht
"ehristian soldier" the "ehristian bank
er" have each fallen. Their crimes wert
different from his, or were added to his
Corruption, fraud, raseality, bribery, AND
finally, brutal sud unhounded lecheTy
may well 90 hand in hand, and all thS
detected and exposed sc50acrels id high
places may be reg sr,ieSf as members oi
one Infamous class of cOnspiratOrs
against the laws, the coed name and the
virtue of the country. But the trouble il
that nobody but Beeeher knows how
many cuckOlds he has made in Ply
mouth church, for it is not possible that
he should have limited his experiments
in frest-biding" to a single case.
Since be, misnsmed the morning star,
Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.l
1t win not matter in the least what
vredict the committee may render in
this distressing case, for it has gone be-
yOnd the committee Of Plymouth church
TO a wider one, and Henry Ward Beecher
is being tried now at the bar Of public
opinion. 1t therefore becomes him to
make his innocence absolutely clear
50 clear that all the world may see and
know it.
From the Lafayette Qnd.) Journal
We can only look upon her Mrs. Til
ton with pity and sorrow, as a guilty
woman vainly seeking to conceal her
sin; though perhaps it would be more
strictly just to regard her as a purjured
adultress, cOnspiring with her paramour
to cover up their joint guilt by striking
down the injured husband
From the Lafayette Qnd.) Dispatch.l
Mrs. Tilton's statement is unsupported
by any evidence worthy that name, and
merely exhibits the ingenious efforts of
a guilty woman to escape the results of
her repeated criminality. She is will
ing to sacrifice her husband for her para
mour.
Prom the Burlington Gowa) Hawkeye.l
The telegraph informs us that Mr..
Baecher is +" social and in good spirits. -
What a jolly old soul Henry Ward is.
With TiltOn's thunderbolt ringing in lis
ears, and the sad sight of a ruined and
broken family before his eyes, it is GER
tainly refreshing to know that the great
''nGst-hider" is so rollicking and funny.
For q man who wished he was dead,
aud who so short time ago was calling
for the everlasting hills to lay down on
him, We think Henry Ward shows an
enterprise in being jolly that is really
refreshing.
From the st. Paul Pioneer
The subject is painful to the last de-
gree. We leave it in the hands of the
six personal friends and the two intrig-
uiBg lawyers of Mr.. Beecher, by ap-
pointing whom, and SO demonstrating
his unwillingness to trust his case to the
judgment Of an impartial jury of his
church or of the world, he has confessed
his guilt again, snd added the last cir
cumstance to the inv1lnerable array of
the dsmning evidences OF his crfme
May God help him TO repent of it amid
the dust and ashes Of his degradation.
From the Cleveland Herald.l
The worst calamity which could be-
fall not only the parties concerned, but
the cause of morality and christianity
alike, and which now threatens to be the
conclusion Of the case, would be the old
Scotch verdict: "Gnilty, but not
proven" Anything would be better
than that.
From the Springfield (Mass.l Republican,
If metropolitan journalism, as illus
tTated in New YOrk, has ever appeared
to worse advantage than in its recent
treatment Of this Brooklyn scandal, we
are not able at present to recall that time
or the occasion. With one conspicuous
exception, the Times, and with one or
two inconspicuous ones, these New York
papers have devoted themselves princi-
lIdalF " a DA,oAO1l6NC Vi
Theodore TiltOn. In more than one in
stance the very cutters and cess-pools
have been dragged for epithets and sim
lies of a satisfactory unsavoriness.
There will be a reaction presently, if this
policy OF abIse is persisted in.
From the New York Graphic.l
The morning papers, in commenting
upon the statement of Theodore Tilton,
with singular unanimity join in abuse OF
him and excuse for Mr.. Beecher. Justice
would seem to require that, while tender
consideration should be shown for one
who has lived long and honored life of
public usefulness, there should also be
some recognition of his humanity and
liability to err, some sympathy for one
who at present appears to be greatly
aggrieved and much-enduring man, So
far as the public can now see, from a
careful peTusal of Mr.. Tilton's relation
of the alleged intimacy between his wife
aud her pastor, there has been shown by
him a rare aud indeed wonderful for
bearance, for the sake of bis children,
the honor Of his home, and even for the
credit of the man who had most deeply
outraged him.
AbAh tAAG A'AAA WI AANNtAl hMfAAg NsI
There IS an evident intention, which
is indicated by what is very apparently
precOncerted effort, on the part of the
great New York dailies to divert atten-
lion from the points at issue in the
Beecher question to Mr.. TiltOn, and he
is accordingly abused without limit.
But Plymouth church is
wealthy, and this may tend to explain
tleunusual harmony yofsentimentam among
the New York papers on this matter.
From the Springfield (Nass.l Republican,
It is asserted, and denied, that Mr..
Tilton has declined to place original
documents in the hands of Mr.. Beech
er's committee. What the fact may be,
we don't know. But if the members Of
this committee are really saying the
things which are put in their mouths by
friendly New York reporters, common
prudence would seem to dictate to Mr..
TiltOn the advisability of retaining such
papers as he may desire to preserve in
his own possession. The violent parti-
sanshlp Of these reported utterances is
simply indecent, and will go far, unless
they are promptly disavowed, to destroy
whatever moral weight the committees
might otherwise have had
with the public.
From the New York Star Joe Howardl.
That she Mrs. Tilton] sought advice
from their mutual friend Beecherl, and
be TUNED her over to his wife. Mrs.
Beecher is not young and fiirty flibber-
ty-gibbet. On the contrary, she is the
wife aud competent partner Of the great
est intellect of the age. She is q woman
Of at least sixty-tall, handsome, dign'-
fed and serene. Her whitened hair adds
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